power. reporter: russia and china are working together. this is a relationship that s built on mutual interest. reporter: the president and north korean leader exchanged leaders the intelligence community or findings have not changed. we continue that kim jong-un is not ready to denuclearize. reporter: the power competition appears to come full circle. brett: federal government removed from the most children in texas following reports of inhumane condition. more than 300 children were detained caring for each other inadequate food, water and sanitation. veronica escobar said 30
g20 lee leader to convince the iranians to sit down with us. president trump is still writing letters to kim jong-un and secretary of state pompeo said we re hoping to talk to north korea again. is communication a good or bad thing? the devil s in the details on this one. open communication is a good thing. even with hostile powers. because it reduces the risk of miscalculation. we ve had a series of letters and a series of summits and have little to show for it. we don t know what was in trump s last letter to kim jong-un but seems unlikely that he showed kim tough love based upon kim s reaction. he called it an excellent letter. we also know that any summit that we ve had to date has not had preconditions established in advance that both parties were willing to stick to and so if a summit happens again, the message going into a summit is that actions speak louder that words and the north koreans actually have to do something to show they re willing to denuclearize. samantha vin
refusal to denuclearize. reporter: china has said publicly they want north korea to get rid of their nuclear weapons. but xi says what they really want is to keep north korea from collapsing, to keep north korean refugees away from their border. and if keeping things stable means kim gets to keep his nuclear weapons, china doesn t have a big problem with that. brian todd, china. welcoming him home. he s the most beloved player to play in st. louis, and for the first time since leaving the field, he steps up to a lot of love. we ll show you his emotional return.
he understands very well what president trump wants, which is he badly wants a deal of some sort. kim jong-un is going to play that like a fiddle, i think. and i don t believe the north koreans are ever going to denuclearize. why should they? this is a short-range ballistic missile, most analysts say. the president seems to be drawing a distinction, though he didn t articulate it or can w t between the short-range ballistic missiles and the weapons. is it a big deal if you re, say, japan? japan, it is a big deal. united states, not so much a direct threat. as i say, this puts the japanese, particularly when they re hosting this major state visit, in a very awkward position. particularly, prime minister abe
to have no conversation. you know this as well as i do. what the president says, i m not bothered by it, is sort of different from what might be happening behind. he s saying i m in a process. i don t understand when they went to hanoi and kim jong-un said here s the framework and he walked away. so this is a negotiation going on between these guys. right. i assume this thing that just happened is kim jong-un saying let s go back into conversation. then notice that trump said i m not in a hurry. behind the dog and pony show of the president saying that is the deeper reality of what s going on there s. i want to press you on this. this is a matter of war and peace. sounds like you are backing the conversation. what i want to press you on. if you were president would you press north korea to denuclearize, yes or no? if so, how? absolutely. absolutely. this is an example. if you look at what happened