AGREE TO, A VERY ROBUST VERIFICATION REGIME ALLOWING
INTERNATIONAL INSPECTORS TO GO
INTO NORTH KOREA.
>> CAN I ASK YOU, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH KIM JONG-UN HASK
ABOUT HOW MUCH KIM JONG-UN HAS ALREADY GAINED BY HAVING THE
SUMMIT SET UP BY BEING IN SINGAPORE, BY MEETING WITH THE
U.S. PRESIDENT, WHY IS THAT SO
STARK?
STARK?
WHY IS THAT SO UNUSUAL?
WHAT MAKES HIM SO DIFFERENT?
WHAT MAKES NORTH KOREA SO
DIFFERENT AS A COUNTRY, THAT IT
IS A REMARKABLE THING THAT HE
WOULD BE TREATED ESSENTIALLY AS
A NORMAL HEAD OF STATE?
>> BECAUSE NORTH KOREA, AS YOU
KNOW, THE MOST ISOLATED CULTISH
PLACE.
ITS NOT REALLY PART OF THE
INTERNATIONAL NORM.
IT DOESNT PLAY BY THAT BUT ITS
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO HAS AGREED
TO THIS MEETING WITH KIM JONG-UN WHERE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS, THISN
WHERE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS, THIS IS WHAT KIM JONG IL WANTED, KIM
SUN WANTED, BUT NOW AGREEING TO
SIT DOWN WE HAVE GIVEN HIM.
WHY DO YOU THINK HE GOT TO MEET
WITH PRESIDENT XI JINPING TWICE?
CHINA AGREED WITH HIM AFTER
TRUMP DECIDED TO MEET WITH
KIMBERLY KING.
NOW HE GOES AROUND LEGITIMIZING HIS RULE, LOOKING LIKE A NORMAL
PERSON, LIKE A NORMAL COUNTRY.
AND HE HAS NOTHING TO LOSE NOW.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH
THIS SUMMIT, HE CAN GO BACK TO
NORTH KOREA.
NORTH KOREA.
HE HAS ALREADY WEAKENED THE POLITICAL WILL IN TERMS OFE
POLITICAL WILL IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING SANCTIONS ON THE
GROUND.
WELL ALREADY HAVE REPORTS OF
CHINA LOOSENING IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS ON THE GROUNDTION
OF SANCTIONS ON THE GROUND LEVEL.
LEVEL.
NOW HE IS GOING TO GO BACK. THE WHOLE WORLD IS NOW THINKING
HE IS A NORMAL PERSON.
WE TALKED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS, BUT HE LOOKS LIKE A
NORMAL PERSON.
NORMAL PERSON. ITS GOING TO BE HARD TO GET
BACK TO THE MAXIMUM PRESSURE
POLICY HE HAD BEFORE.
>> JUST TO BE DISAPPEAR FROM OUR
VIEW, AN ARMORED MERCEDES WITH
FLAGS ON THE FRONT AND NO
LICENSE PLATE ON THE REAR.
THATS THE VEHICLE CARRYING KIM
JONG-UN INTO THE TALKS.
VICTOR, THE IMAGERY, THE USE OF
NEWS MEDIA IS SO INTERESTING.
THERE IS A CHASE CAR BEHIND THE
MOTORCYCLES, BUT IN FRONT OF THE MERCEDES WITH MEDIA OUT THE SUNE
MERCEDES WITH MEDIA OUT THE SUN ROOF AIMING BACK AT THE
LIMOUSINE THAT WOULD BE FREE
MEDIA WERE IT OUR PRESIDENT IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. ITS NORTH KOREAN STATE-RUN
MEDIA BECAUSE SOME OF THESE
PICTURES WILL BE TURNED INTO
POSTAGE STAMPS.
POSTAGE STAMPS. SOME OF THESE PICTURES WILL BE
TURNED INTO POSTERS AND HANDOUTS
AND LEAFLETS DARN NEAR FOREVER.
>> THATS RIGHT.
THIS IS A BIG MEETING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.ETING FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THIS IS A HUGE MEETING FOR THE
NORTH KOREAN LEADER. THEY COMPLETELY CONTROL INTERNAL
COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION.
COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION. THEY STARTED PUTTING OUT
INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED
STATES MEETING WITH POMPEOS
SECOND TRIP TO NORTH KOREA, AND
NOW THEYRE CONSTRUCTING THE
NARRATIVE.
NARRATIVE. AND THE NARRATIVE IS, AS RACHEL
SAID, THE WORLD COMING TO MEET
THE NORTH KOREAN LEADER BECAUSE
HE IS NOW A NUCLEAR WEAPONS
STATE.
STATE.
AND THAT IS THE DOMESTIC NARRATIVE.S THE DOMESTIC
NARRATIVE.
THIS IS A REGIME.
THIS GUY IS 34 YEARS OLD. HE TOOK OVER WHEN WAS 28, 29
YEARS OLD.
YEARS OLD. THERE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT
PURGING WITHIN THE NORTH KOREAN
LEADERSHIP OVER THESE SIX OR
SEVEN YEARS.
SEVEN YEARS. MORE SO THAN WEVE SEEN WHEN THE
PREVIOUS LEADER, HIS FATHER TOOK
POWER IN 1994.
SO A VERY HIGH LEVEL PURGING,
WHICH SUGGEST THERES IS
INTERNAL CHURNS THAT HE HAS TO
PROVE HIMSELF TO NAYSAYERS
WITHIN HIS OWN SYSTEM.
HE PURGED THREE PEOPLE JUST
BEFORE THIS MEETING, INCLUDING
THE DEFENSE MINISTER.
SO THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING A
DOMESTIC NARRATIVE THAT SHOWS STRENGTH, NOT NECESSARILYHOWS
STRENGTH, NOT NECESSARILY COMPROMISE AND CONCILIATION.
AND TO RACHELS QUESTION WHY ARE
WE ALL PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS,
PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE AS THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WE
VALUE PEACE.
VALUE PEACE.
AND THEY ARE THE THREAT TO PEACE.EY ARE THE THREAT TO
PEACE.
AND IF THEY WANT TO SHOW -- THIS
F THEY WANT TO COME OUT A LITTLE BIT, EVERYBODY COMES FLOCKING TO
THEM.
THEM.
SO THIS ISNT THE END, RIGHT? AFTER THIS FLIGHT WILL BE A?
AFTER THIS FLIGHT WILL BE A PUTIN MEETING.
PUTIN MEETING.
IM SURE A PUTIN MEETING WILL
DROP.
XI JINPING SAID HE WOULD RECIPROCATE BY COMING TO NORTH
KOREA.
KOREA.
HELL PROBABLY COME TO NORTH
KOREA, GET A BRIEFING FROM
CHAIRMAN KIM.
THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN HAS HINTED IN HIS MEETING WITH TRUMP
LAST WEEK THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO
MEET THE NORTH KOREAN LEADER
TOO.
TOO.
SO THERE IS A LOT MORE PAYING HOMAGE TO THIS RECLUSIVEAYING
HOMAGE TO THIS RECLUSIVE DICTATOR WHO IS NOW STEPPING
OUT.
OUT.
>> AM I RIGHT THAT BEFORE THIS YEAR. I RIGHT THAT BEFORE THIS
YEAR.
>> KIM JONG-UN HAD NOT MET WITH
ANOTHER HEAD OF STATE, AND NOW IN YEAR HE HAS MET WITH THENOW
IN YEAR HE HAS MET WITH THE SOUTH KOREA, WITH CHINA, WITH
SING MORE, NOW WITH THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES.
SOON TO BE JAPAN. THIS YEAR, THE RECOGNITION THAT
HE HAS ACHIEVED BY THIS OVERTURE
FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS
ALREADY VAULTED HIM INTO A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT REALM OF
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND
INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT, EVEN
BEFORE TODAY.
BEFORE TODAY. >> YES.
>> YES. PRIOR TO APRIL, RIGHT, PRIOR TO
APRIL, THIS LEADER, WHO HAD BEEN
IN POWER SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, AS
FAR AS WE KNOW, HAD NEVER MET
ANOTHER FOREIGN LEADER.
>> THATS INCREDIBLE.
>> NEVER STEPPED OUTSIDE THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
WITHIN THIS PERIOD OF BASICALLY A LITTLE OVER A MONTH, HE IS THE
TOAST OF THE TOWN.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO MEET HIM.
>> THE ONLY PERSON HE HAS MET
WITH WAS DENNIS RODMAN.
HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON HE HAD
MET.
MET.
>> WHO IS NOT A HEAD OF STATE. >> WELL, TO BE FAIR. OF STATE.