you are talking about years of hostility, years of problems, years of really hatred between so many different nations. >> president trump met with north korean vice chairman kim yong-chol for more than an hour yesterday. the president says they talked about many things including sanctions and denuclearization. mike, the president said that he explained that removal of sanctions would only happen if they were willing to denuclearize. at this point it is still incredibly unclear if that's something north korea would ever agree to. the president did say that he hopes eventually he can remove sanctions that are on north korea. mike? mike: ellison barber leading us off from the north lawn of the white house, ellison, many thanks. >> you bet. mike: one issue that won't be up for negotiation on june 12th is the number of american troops stationed in south korea. that's according to defense secretary mattis, who says the deployment is strictly between the u.s. and seoul. garrett tenney has more from washington. garrett? >> there's an important clarification that secretary mattis made today.