i hope that this historic summit in singapore be a resounding success. it is hopeful that they make an audacious decision of generally considering each other s demands so that it worlds wished for the new era on the korean peninsula comes true. i hope they can march forward in a correct manner towards a political settlement of this issue. the two leaders need to be credited for the courage for which they decided to move forward with the summit. bret: the world reacts to this summit that is happening in just a couple of hours now. the two leaders coming together. let s bring in a new panel and washington, d.c. kv katie pavlich. a bee started, associate editor at real clear politics and jonathan swan, national political reporter for axios. jonathan, what are you hearing
tomorrow just begins to be a meeting about more meetings than it s actually not, it s a long, long process. bret: i don t mean to obsess about reagan and gorbachev, honestly i don t, s just i spent a lot of time studying it and geneva started like that too. they sat in tm and they said wow, they just need to sit there and the eggs were going to interrupt. it was only supposed to be 15 minutes and suddenly it went an hour and it was just the two leaders with t translators. that was the meeting to go to another meeting eventually. katie, i want to listen to secretary pompeo. he was asked overnight about g7 and how that all broke up on the issue of trade with canada and how that potentially affects the summit, the leaders are meeting in just a couple of hours. take a listen. we wouldn t be in this place. we wouldn t have this historic opportunity without the diplomatic work that has been done by our european partners alongside of us. president trump has led an enormous coalition incl
threat to the region? and what will be said about the horrendous human rights record for the pyongyang regime. one time north korean detainee kenneth bay as hoped about that. i think it s very important to see the humanitarian and human rights issues addressed at the summit. there is no attention being given by north korean state media to the summit activities of its leader, across the border in south korea there is grudging respect for an unconventional u.s. president who helped bring about this one on one summit. this man is a revolutionary in a sense. a revolutionary? he s done something that nobody else has been willing to do. south korean president moon also noted that it is president trump s birthday on thursday, and what a great present it would be if the summit went well. over to you.
affairs reporters for the associated press and alisha, thanks for being here. for people at home, i want to paint the atmosphere, the stuff that they don t really get to see on thed and paint the ure as you are seeing. first to you. singapore is already one of the cleanest most organized southeast asian city state theory and security has been rather tight all weekend leading up into the summit. there has been a certain excitement in the air here in singapore of onlookers pulled out their iphone cameras as kim jong un s motorcade passed by not just when he arrived, but also when he went on a little sightseeing trip last night. bret: here some video of that. we are talking about somebody who has been considered the murderous dictator of a pariah state going out sightseeing at some of the top places to see in singapore. he went to a botanical garden and he took a selfie with the foreign minister of singapore
good morning. president trump had planned on staying in singapore through wednesday morning in case more meetings were needed. north korea announced that kim jong un would be leaving this afternoon, leaving some u.s. officials to wonder if he really is serious about giving up his nukes. president trump spend monday the summit with kim jong un, meeting first with his host, singapore s prime minister lee hsien loong. the president also talked by phone with south korea s president and japan s prime minister, then huddled with his national security team for meeting that by its very nature will make history. secretary of state mike pompeo indicating that today will be just the beginning. speak of the discussions that will take place tomorrow will se framework for the hard work that will follow. we will see how far we get but i am very optimistic they will