Communication late yesterday afternoon. Translator i had wanted to meet you again. And especially for both koreas. It is a sign of unfortunate history of the past. So for our two koreas to be able to have this opportunity for me to meet you here is very significant. This means that we can feel at ease and meet each other with positive mindsets. I believe that this will have a positive influence in all of our discussions in the future. Translator a symbol of the separation, but also a reminder of unfortunate past and the two countries with their long, unfortunate past as this place shows that we are willing to put an end to the unfortunate past
and also open a new future and provide Policy Opportunities in the future. Translator President Trump and myself, we have an excellent relationship with each other. If it wasnt for that good relationship, we would not have been able to make this sudden meeting possible. So this excellent relationship in the future as well, i hope that it can be t
the president showing a comfort level with dictators, which often he does not show even with some of america s closest allies. jim acosta, please stand by. i m here at the dmz, a short distance from where president trump is meeting with the north korean leader in a private, behind closed doors, bilateral meeting as we speak. i m joined here by paula hancocks, who covers south korea, based in seoul, been here a number of times, for some time. it is quite a moment here to have them meeting and discussing face-to-face an issue which has divided these countries for deck as and brought these countries to the brink of war a number of times over the course of those decades. i was raiding baeading back what the two leaders said. and we had that moment from kim jong un saying it s good to see you, i didn t expect to see you