IT IS A SURPRISE ABOUT FACE AND COMES AHEAD OF THE MEETING WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WE HAVE LUCY KAFANOV WITH MORE. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,MORE.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, SHEINELLE.
SHEINELLE.
THE NORTH KOREAN LEADER ANNOUNCING A FREEZE ON NUCLEAR
AND MISSILE TESTS.
THIS IS A FAR CRY FROM THE END OF THE NUCLEAR PROGRAMMING.END
OF THE NUCLEAR PROGRAMMING. OVERNIGHT, AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
NO DOUBT STUNNED NORTH KOREA AND
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. KIM JONG UN SAID TO DECLARE THE
QUEST FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS
COMPLETE.
COMPLETE. PLEDGING TO HALT NUCLEAR TESTS
AND CLOSING A NUCLEAR TEST SIDET
AND PROMISING NOT TO TRANSFER
THE WEAPONS OR KNOW HOW TO
ANYONE ELSE.
ANYONE ELSE.
THIS COMES AHEAD OF THE SUMMITS
WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN LEADER
NEXT FRIDAY WHICH COULD PAVE THE
WAY WITH A FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT NEXT MONTH.HE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT NEXT MONTH. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING VERY GOOD
NEWS.
NEWS. TWEETING BIG PROGRESS.
PRAISE FROM CHINA AND SOUTH
KOREA.
CAUTION FROM JAPAN.
PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE CALLING FOR COMPLETE VERIFIABLE
DENUCLEARIZATION.
DENUCLEARIZATION.
THE DICTATOR IS NOT GIVING UP THE NUCLEARKES YET. GIVING UP
THE NUCLEARKES YET. A PLEDGE NOT TO USE HIS ARSENAL
UNLESS PROVOKED.
UNLESS PROVOKED. THE REGIME IS THOUGHT TO
POSSESSION A FUNCTIONING NUCLEAR
WEAPON AND ABLE TO HIT THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES.
KIM SAYS IT IS TIME TO FOCUS ON
REBUILDING HIS COUNTRYS SHATTERED ECONOMY.NTRYS
SHATTERED ECONOMY. NORTH KOREA HAS DUPED THE WORLD
MANY TIMES BEFORE.
AND RESOLVING THIS THREAT WILL
TAKE MORE THAN JUST TALK.
IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER IT IS A
GENUINE OLIVE BRANCH OR A TRAP
TO BUY MORE TIME OR GIVE THE
REGIME ECONOMIC RELIEF.
WHAT IS CLEAR THE NUCLEAR
WEAPONS PROGRAM GAVE KIM
LEGITIMACY.
LEGITIMACY.
HE IS NOT LIKELY TO GIVE THAT UP
WITHOUT CONCESSION.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LETS BRING IN NATIONAL
SECURITY ANALYST JEREMY BASH. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, SIR.H.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, SIR. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE
SUSPENSION OF THE NUCLEAR
TESTING IS QUOTE GOOD FOR THE
WORLD.
WORLD.
YOU HAVE KIM JONG UN WHO IS SAYING ESSENTIALLY THEY ARE
STOPPING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW A
LEGITIMATE FULL NUCLEAR POWER.
IS THIS GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS?
>> I WOULD BE DRIVING UNDER A
YELLOW CAUTION FLAG THIS
MORNING, CRAIG.
MORNING, CRAIG. NORTH KOREA POSSESSES A NUMBER
OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THEY STILL POSSESS THE
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE THAT CAN HIT THE
MAINLAND OF THE UNITED STATES.
THEY ARE NOT GIVING UP ANY OF
THAT.
THAT.
THIS IS A HALT AND FRANKLY
REVERSIBLE FREEZE ON TESTING. I THINK THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
WILL HAVE TO GET A LOT MORE
CONCESSIONS FROM NORTH KOREA
BEFORE WE CAN COMPLETELY DECLARE
THEM HAVING BECOME
DENUCLEARIZATION
DENUCLEARIZATION DENUCLEARIZATION.
DENUCLEARIZATION. >> LETS TALK ABOUT THIS
SITUATION WHERE THE NORTH
KOREANS MEET WITH THE SOUTH
KOREANS AND THEN THE MEETING
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WHAT WILL THEY EXPECT IN RETURN FOR THIS? THEY EXPECT IN RETURN
FOR THIS?
>> SHEINELLE, THEY WILL ASK U.S. TROOPS LEAVE THE KOREAN ASK U.S.
TROOPS LEAVE THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND ASK FOR SUSPENSION
OF AMERICAN AND SOUTH KOREAN
MILITARY EXERCISES AND
RELAXATION OF SANCTIONS.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THE
THINGS THE UNITED STATES SHOULD
BE CAREFUL ABOUT GIVING TO THE
NORTH KOREANS BEFORE DESTROYING
NUCLEAR STOCKPILES.
NUCLEAR STOCKPILES.
>> JEREMY, MIKE POMPEO, CIA DIRECTOR, WENT THREE WEEKS AGO.
THEY HAD A FACE-TO-FACE WITH KIM
JONG UN.
JONG UN.
A SECRET MEETING.
IS THERE A CORRELATION WITH THAT
MEETING AND THIS ANNOUNCEMENT?
IS THIS A WIN FOR THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION? >> I THINK THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND MIKE POMPEO
PRODUCED THIS WAVE.