WITH SIMON JOURNALISTS FOOD
ANNOUNCED TRUMP WHEN HE WAS
EXCHANGING NUCLEAR THREATS WITH
KIM NOW SEEM UNWILLING TO GIVE
THEM A CHANCE.
>> Shannon: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST
CALLS AFTER THE SUMMIT WAS TO
OUR NEXT GUEST IN SOME OF HIS
COLLEAGUES ON CAPITOL HILL.
REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO
FROM WYOMING SITS ON THE SENATE
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE AND
YOU CHATTED WITH THE PRESIDENT.
HOW DID HE SOUND?
>> OPTIMISTIC.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
PRESIDENT.
THIS WAS A HISTORIC AND
IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN THESE
ONGOING DISCUSSIONS TO ELIMINATE
NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM
NORTH KOREA.
THE PRESIDENT FELT HE HAD MADE
PROGRESS AND HE IS STILL VERY
CLEAR EYED ABOUT THIS.
WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
MIKE POMPEO AS WELL AS
JOHN BOLTON WILL BE MEETING WITH
THE NORTH KOREANS NEXT WEEK TO
TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
SOMETHING VERIFIABLE AND
ENFORCEABLE AND ACCOMPLISHES
WHAT WE NEED FOR AMERICA'S
SECURITY AND SAFETY AT HOME
WHICH IS NORTH KOREA WITH NO
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
>> Shannon: YOU KNOW THAT IT'S
WHAT CRITICS HAVE SAID.
THAT THERE ISN'T THAT FRAMEWORK.
ALL THE THINGS CRITICAL TO THIS.
ONE OF YOUR DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES CHUCK SCHUMER HAD
THIS TO SAY.
>> THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS: WHAT
THE UNITED STATES HAS GAINED IS
VAGUE AND UNVIABLE --
UNVERIFIABLE.
WE HOPE THIS DOESN'T CONTINUE.
>> Shannon: WORK FOR SECRETARY
POMPEO AND OTHER STAFFERS TO DO
IN GETTING SOMETHING DONE.
HOW DID THEY GO ABOUT IT IN A
WAY THAT WILL SATISFY THE
PRESIDENT'S CRITICS, OR CAN THEY
PRESIDENT'S CRITICS, OR CAN THE
THEY?
>> SOME CREDITS YOU WILL NEVER
SATISFY.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT SET UP THE
SUMMIT, THEY CRITICIZED HIM AND
WHEN HE CANCELED THE SUMMIT THEY
CRITICIZED HIM.
WHEN HE WENT AHEAD WITH THE
SUMMIT, THEY CRITICIZED HIM
STILL.
WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS WHEN HE CAME INTO
OFFICE, BARACK OBAMA SAID WE
WERE ON THE VERGE OF WAR WITH
NORTH KOREA.
AT THAT TIME, WE WERE.
WE SAW IN NORTH KOREA'S
SOPHISTICATION.
IT INCREASED DRAMATICALLY.
NOW LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AS A RESULT OF THE SUMMIT, THE
WORLD IS MORE SAFE, MORE SECURE,
MORE STABLE THAN IT WAS
BEFOREHAND.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND
I WANT SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY
CAN BE A TREATY WITH THE ARAD
AGREEMENT FELL APART, TERRIBLE
AGREEMENT BUT IT WAS NEVER
BROUGHT TO THE ELECTED MEMBERS
OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE
REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF THE
COUNTRY.
INSTEAD, THEY TOOK IT TO THE
UNITED NATIONS.
I WANT SOMETHING WITH
NORTH KOREA WE CAN TAKE TO THE
U.S. SENATE AND GET CONFIRMED AS
A TREATY.
THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE LASTING
RELATIONSHIPS.
>> Shannon: THE PRESIDENT
TONIGHT SAYING THAT'S ABSOLUTELY
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO AND THAT'S
HIS GOAL THAT YOU CAN VOTE ON
THAT WILL BE BINDING THAT
HOPEFULLY HAS BIPARTISAN
BACKING.
WE TALKED, HOWIE DID AND WE
REFERENCE SENATOR RUBIO.
HE SAID "I TOO HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT HOW THIS WILL TURN OUT BUT
I DON'T RECALL THE EXPERTS
CRITICIZING OBAMA WHEN HE MET
WITH THE BRUTAL DICTATOR IN CUBA
WHO OVERSAW A POLICE STATE AND
KILLED IN JAIL HIS OPPONENTS.
#DoubleStandard.
>> HE'S THOUGHTFUL ON THESE
ISSUES, SPENT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
PRESIDENT GAVE UP NOTHING.
HE COULD HAVE PUSHED THE PAUSE
BUTTON ON SOME OF THESE MILITARY
EXERCISES BUT WE ONLY DO TWO A
YEAR.
WE DID ONE IN THE SPRING.
THIS ONE, FOR MONTHS TO COME.
IT WOULD BE EASY TO PUT THAT ON.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS GIVING
UP NOTHING.
WE'VE SHOWN IS THAT MAXIMUM
PRESSURE WORKS.
TOUGH TALK BY THE PRESIDENT
WORKS.
WE ARE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE
TODAY THAN WE WERE A BIG DAY
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK OFFICE WITH
REGARD TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
AND FOCUS SPECIFICALLY.
WE KNOW NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE
HANDS OF NORTH KOREA MAKES THE
WORLD LESS SAFE AND LESS STABLE
AND LESS SECURE.
>> Shannon: JUST ABOUT