TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AFTER THAT
SUMMIT THAT COULD CHANGE THE
COURSE OF HISTORY.
AS WE GO "OUTNUMBERED" OVER
TIME.
I'M HARRIS FAULKNER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CELEBRATING
THAT HISTORIC SIT DOWN WITH
NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN.
THE TWO LEADERS SIGNED AN
AGREEMENT THAT MADE A BROAD
COMMITMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES
TO PROVIDE NORTH KOREA WITH
SECURITY GUARANTEES IN EXCHANGE
FOR DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE
KOREAN PENINSULA.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS WILL HALT
JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES WITH
SOUTH KOREA.
AND AT THE NORTH HAD AGREED TO
DESTROY A MAJOR MISSILE TESTING
SITE.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO OPEN THE DOOR
FOR KIM JONG UN TO VISIT THE
WHITE HOUSE AS HE EXPRESSES
OPTIMISM THAT THE DICTATOR IS
COMMITTED TO PEACE.
WATCH.
>> CHAIRMAN KIM AND I JUST
SIGNED A STATEMENT IN WHICH HE
AFFIRMED HIS UNWAVERING
COMMITMENT TO COMPLETE
DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE KOREAN
PENINSULA.
WE ALSO AGREED TO VIGOROUS
NEGOTIATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE
AGREEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HE WANTS TO DO THAT.
CHAIRMAN KIM HAS TOLD ME THAT
NORTH KOREA HAS ALREADY
DESTROYED A MAJOR MISSILE ENGINE
TESTING SITE.
PEACE IS ALWAYS WORTH THE EFFORT
PEACE IS ALWAYS WORTH THE EFFOR
EFFORT.
>> Harris: OF COURSE THE
EFFORT BACK HOME SOMETIMES
INVOLVES POLITICS.
DEMOCRATS SAY THEY'RE NOT
IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESIDENT'S
DEAL.
WATCH.
>> WORRISOME, VERY WORRISOME.
THAT THIS JOINT STATEMENT IS SO
IMPRECISE.
WITH THE UNITED STATES HAS
GAINED IS OF A VAGUE AND
UNVERIFIABLE AT BEST.
WHAT NORTH KOREA HAS GAINED
HOWEVER IS TANGIBLE AND LASTING.
>> I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,
THIS IS THE WEAKEST STATEMENT I
HAVE EVER SEEN COME OUT OF ANY
ENGAGEMENT WITH NORTH KOREA.
>> Harris: A VERY SOUR THERE.
A CHIEF WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT JOHN ROBERTS JOINS
US FROM SINGAPORE.
>> IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT
RIGHT HERE AT THE TOP THAT THE
DEMOCRATS BACK TO SOME OTHER
DEALS WITH NORTH KOREA THAT
MIGHT'VE LOOKED WRONG ON THE
SURFACE BUT EVENTUALLY FELL
APART WHEN NORTH KOREA DECIDED
TO CHEAT ON AT THE PRESIDENT
INSISTING THAT HE IS GOING TO
HOLD SANCTIONS AND OTHER ACTIONS
OVER KIM JONG UN'S HEAD TO MAKE
SURE THAT HE DOES COMPLY WITH
THE SPIRIT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
SOME SEEM SOME CRITICISM, WE'VE
ALSO SEEN SOME SKEPTICISM OF
WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN SINGAPORE
BUT FROM U.K. FOREIGN MINISTER
BORIS JOHNSON JUST A SHORT TIME
AGO, A STATEMENT OF PRAISE.
JOHNSON SAYING THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS THE
STABILITY OF THE REGION VITAL TO
GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH.
TO SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE SEEM TO
APPRECIATE WITH THE PRESIDENT
DID.
THE PRESIDENT POINTING OUT THAT
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, IT'S
A VERY GENERAL DOCUMENT, THE
PRESIDENT SAID HE DIDN'T REALLY
HAVE ENOUGH TIME DURING THE
SUMMIT ITSELF TO GET INTO A LOT
OF SPECIFICS.
IF THOSE DETAILS ARE TO BE
WORKED OUT IN THE WEEKS AND
MONTHS AHEAD BY A TEAM LED BY
THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE
POMPEO AND HE'LL HAVE HIS FIRST
MEETINGS WITH THE NORTH KOREAN
DELEGATION SOMETIME WITHIN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THE PRESIDENT IS GETTING SOME
BLOWBACK FROM A MEMBER OF HIS
OWN PARTY ON THE MILITARY FRONT.
LINDSEY GRAHAM CRITICAL OF THE
PRESIDENT STATED DESIRE TO ONE
DAY, NOT NECESSARILY NOW REMOVE
U.S. TROOPS FROM SOUTH KOREA.
LISTEN HERE.
>> I WANT TO GET OUR SOLDIERS
OUTCOME I WANT TO BRING OUR
SOLDIERS BACK HOME.
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW 32,000
SOLDIERS IN SOUTH KOREA.
AND I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BRING
THEM BACK HOME.
THAT'S NOT PART OF THE EQUATION
RIGHT NOW.
AT SOME POINT, I HOPE IT WILL BE
BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED AT THE TOP
OF THIS AT THE PRESIDENT DOES
WANT TO END THESE JOINT U.S.
SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY EXERCISES
SAYING THAT THEY'RE VERY
PROVOCATIVE AND THAT THEY WERE
EXPENSIVE AS WELL.
THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT IF
HE CAN GET NORTH KOREA TO
DENUCLEARIZE, IF HE CAN BRING
NORTH KOREA INTO THE LIGHT IN
THE PRESIDENT HAD A VERY
INTERESTING VIDEO THAT HE PLAYED
FOR KIM JONG UN.
HE HAD THAT PRODUCED WHERE IT
SHOWED NORTH KOREA COMING INTO
THE LIGHT AND THEN A QUESTION OF
WHAT IS THE NORTH KOREAN LEADER
GOING TO DO?
BUT IF THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES
THAT HE CAN DO ALL OF THAT,
THERE MAY NOT BE A NEED FOR AS