pass, would be up to president trump. what happened? kim jong un so that he would be ready to close the yongbyong nuclear facility, but in exchange, he wanted president trump to lift all of the sanctions against north korea. kim, was unwilling to budge off of that. president trump walks. listen to how he describes it. they were willing to denuclearize a large portion of the areas that we want to, but we couldn t give up all of the sanctions, so we continue to work. we will walk away from that particular suggestion. kim s demands demonstrate a fundamental difference in how the two nations due denuclearization. kim thought that giving up his biggest nuclear facilities would be a big enough carrot to get under the crushing yolk of sanctions. nuclear warheads, two nuclear
of north korea. if we look back to where we were one year ago, we re in a good position today and that s what the president was simply referring to. okay. for more on this i m going to will ripley who is standing by live in beijing. good to see you, will. after the fanfare of the singapore summit, does mike pompeo, does he really need to bring something concrete back from this visit to pyongyang? he does, ivan. i think in many ways the credibility of the singapore summit and that agreement signed by president trump and the north korean leader kim jong-un, it really lies in what pompeo can deliver on his two-day trip to pyongyang. he gets in there thursday morning. he ll leave on saturday. and he has to try to convince the north koreans now to get specific. we know the americans are going to be asking for a full inventory of north korea s nuclear program. that means full transparency. how many warheads, where are the missile production facilities, nuclear enrichment facilities. keep
seriously. the national spelling bee champ wins with the word most of us have likely never used, maybe not even ever heard of. the answer to that is probably no, right? these kids are really bright nowadays. nothing surprises me anymore. every year they get smarter and smarter. good morning, everybody, welcome to early start. we re really happy to have you here this morning. we are bringing you the news from a to z 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. up first, john edwards likely off the legal hook for good after a jury acquitted him of one count of campaign finance fraud and was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts. the judge declaring a mistrial on those charges. and many legal experts don t expect prosecutors to retry the former presidential candidate who was accused of misusing campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair during the 2008 election. here is our jeffrey toobin. i don t see any rationale for going forward with this case. jo