STRAIGHT AHEAD. LETS BEGIN IN SINGAPORE WITH
NBCS LESTER HOLT.
GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: HODA, GOOD MORNING.
THE PRESIDENT FEELING VERY GOOD.
HE WRAPPED UP A NEWS CONFERENCE
A SHORT WHILE AGO, CELEBRATING THIS AGREEMENT WITH KIM JONG-UN.
HE CALLS IT AN AGREEMENT, A
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES THAT
THEY WILL WORK TOWARD THE DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE KOREAN
PENINSULA.
PENINSULA.
NO TIMETABLE, NO PLANS TO VERIFY.TABLE, NO PLANS TO
VERIFY.
BUT IT IS A START. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST NEWS THAT
CAME OUT OF THE NEWS CONFERENCE,
SOMETHING THAT WASNT IN THE
AGREEMENT, THE PRESIDENT
ACKNOWLEDGING, THAT HE MADE A
BIG CONCESSION, ABOUT THE STATUS
OF U.S. FORCES IN THE REGION.
OVERNIGHT, AFTER A HISTORIC
HANDSHAKE --
HANDSHAKE --
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND THEN, THIS PAT ON THE BACK, PRESIDENT TRUMP MOMENTS AGO,CK,
PRESIDENT TRUMP MOMENTS AGO, TRUMPETING HIS BIGGEST DEAL YET.
>> ITS RIGHT THERE.
ITS WITHIN OUR REACH. ITS GOING TO BE THERE.
ITS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAYING IN AN ALL-NIGHT HIGH
HIGH-STAKES SUMMIT, THE U.S.
PRESIDENT AND KIM JONG-UN AGREED
TO --
TO --
>> COMPLETE DENUCLEARIZATION.
THATS THE BIG THING.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP
TAKING PERSONAL CREDIT.
>> I DONT THINK THEYVE HAD THE
CONFIDENCE IN A PRESIDENT LIKE
THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR GETTING
THINGS DONE.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT
ANNOUNCING AN END TO WHAT HE
CALLED WAR GAMES, JOINT U.S. AND SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY EXERCISESD
SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY EXERCISES IN THE REGION, LABELING THEM
PROVOCATIVE.
PROVOCATIVE.
BUT THE PRESIDENT PUSHED BACK ON CRITICISM THAT THE AGREEMENT ISN
CRITICISM THAT THE AGREEMENT IS SHORT ON SPECIFICS AND CONTAINS
NO COMMITMENTS FROM NORTH KOREA
FOR OUTSIDE INSPECTORS TO VERIFY
ITS ENDING ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
>> WERE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE
THERE AND WORKING WITH THEM,
AMONG A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
BUT THIS IS COMPLETE
DENUCLEARIZATION OF NORTH KOREA.
AND IT WILL BE VERIFIED.
>> Reporter: BUT THE PRESIDENT
LATER ACKNOWLEDGING --
>> YOU CANT INSURE ANYTHING.
THEY WANT TO MAKE A DEAL.
THATS WHAT I DO.
MY WHOLE LIFE IS DEALS.
I MAY STAND IN FRONT OF YOU IN
SIX MONTHS AND SAY, HEY, I WAS
WRONG.
WRONG.
I DONT KNOW IF ILL ADMIT THAT. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENTHAT.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT PRAISING KIM, A DICTATOR KNOWN
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
>> YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.
VERY SMART.
VERY SMART. VERY GOOD NEGOTIATORS.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, THE
LEADERS OF THE TWO NUCLEAR FOES
FINALLY FACE-TO-FACE AFTER
HURLING INSULTS AND KIM, MANY
TIMES, HURLING MISSILES.
>> WEVE DEVELOPED A SPECIAL
BOND.
BOND. >> Reporter: UNVEILING THIS
AGREEMENT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
CALLED COMPREHENSIVE, PLEDGING
SECURITY GUARANTEES TO NORTH
KOREA, WHILE KIM JONG-UN
COMMITTED HIS COMMITMENT TO
DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE KOREAN
PENINSULA.
PENINSULA.
>> IT WORKED OUT BETTER FOR US THAN ANYBODY COULD HAVE FOR US
THAN ANYBODY COULD HAVE EXPECTED.
EXPECTED.
>> Reporter: KIM ADDING. >> Translator: WE HAD A HISTORIC
MEETING AND DECIDED TO LEAVE THE
PAST BEHIND.
PAST BEHIND. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT LATER
OFFERING AN INVITATION TO THE
NORTH KOREAN LEADER, WHEN THE
TIME IS RIGHT, TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
BEFORE THEIR SITDOWN IN SINGAPORE, THE TWO LEADERS
SIZING EACH OTHER UP WITH A
HANDSHAKE.
HANDSHAKE.
>> EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP, THANK
YOU.