news agency released a statement saying that it was urgent for north korea and the u.s. to halt irritating and hostile military actions against each other. trump has agreed on a step by step denuclearization process by the north in return for u.s. concessions north korea may have pledged to dismantle its nuclear arsenal the questions still remain as to how and when this will be achieved and verified. north korea s state media also confirm the tramp and cam have both accepted mutual invitations to visit washington and pyongyang. to discuss this further let s bring in correspondent jason strother who s in seoul jason good to see you north korea s reaction to the summit appears to have causing confusion over the issue of sanctions hasn t it. absolutely
discussions are now ongoing. we are hearing those white house officials are going back to singapore and they re expected to meet with a number of officials to help with that planning and taublks are happeng on a lower level between officials in washington and pyongyang and the idea that the north koreans are meeting with the south koreans. the south koreans have been very much of a broker between washington and pyongyang where the north koreans will meet with the south koreans and the south koreans will provide the information to the white house. so that s another way that this dialogue is starting to open up once again. it does remain to be seen whether or not that dialogue will actually lead to this meeting happening on june 12th, but the president wants to have this meeting, the north koreans appear they want to have that meeting. what s your sense about what s happened here?
a glimmer of hope as both the president and defense secretary jim mattis seemed to signal optimism that talks could happen after all following statements from pyongyang. all that just ahead of saturday s report that the leaders from north and south met that pyongyang s commitment of the meeting and full denuclearization remains resalute. i think people want to see if we can get the meeting and get done something. if we got that done and if we can be successful in the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, that would be a great thing for north korea, it would be a great thing for south korea, great for japan and great for the world. bill, advanced teams from washington and pyongyang are set to be headed to the region perhaps soon as today in advance of meeting. by the way, date is an interesting, june 12th, 1987, president regan told gorbisach
a glimmer of hope as both the president and defense secretary jim mattis seemed to signal optimism that talks could happen after all following statements from pyongyang. all that just ahead of saturday s report that the leaders from north and south met that pyongyang s commitment of the meeting and full denuclearization remains resalute. i think people want to see if we can get the meeting and get done something. if we got that done and if we can be successful in the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, that would be a great thing for north korea, it would be a great thing for south korea, great for japan and great for the world. bill, advanced teams from washington and pyongyang are set to be headed to the region perhaps soon as today in advance of meeting. by the way, date is an interesting, june 12th, 1987, president regan told gorbisach
was killed. ivan watson has the latest for us. good morning, ivan. reporter: good morning, dave. vice president pence went on to say in the interview the military option for north korea has never been taken off the table. it is remarkable how much of a change we have seen from the positive diplomatic messages coming out of washington and pyongyang in recent months to suddenly seeing threats. thinly veiled threats. it is a sign of how rapidly the mood has changed. president trump will sit down face-to-face in the white house with the south korean president in a matter of hours. this will be an important meeting because the south korean president moon jae-in has been styling himself as a mediator or north korean whisperer, if you