UP AS THE LEADER OF THE FREE
WORLD.
ED THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
WE ARE AGAIN -- THIS IS A LIVE
LOOK AT THE ST. REGIS HOTEL
WHERE KIM JONG-UN IS EXPECTED TO
BE DEPARTING FOR THE U.S.-NORTH
KOREA SUMMIT IN A FEW MOMENTS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST LEAVING THE
SHANGRI-LA HOTEL ON HIS WAY TO
THE CAPELLA HOTEL WHERE THE FACE
TO FACE MEETING AND HANDSHAKE
WHICH SHOULD OCCUR IN ABOUT AN
HOUR.
HERE TO DISCUSS, CONGRESSMAN,
LET'S START WITH A TRUMP TWEET
HERE, IF WE MAY.
MEETINGS BETWEEN STAFFS AND
REPRESENTATIVES GOING WELL.
BUT IN THE END THAT DOESN'T
MATTER.
CAN WE PUT THAT TWEET UP,
PLEASE?
I'M TALKING WITH OUR PRODUCERS
IF THEY WILL BE SO KIND.
AND WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE VERY
PATIENT BECAUSE WE SOMETIMES
MOVE AT THE SAME PACE AS KIM'S
MOTORCADE THERE.
BUT THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S
TWEET.
MEETINGS BETWEEN STAFFS AND
REPRESENTATIVES ARE GOING WELL
AND QUICKLY.
BUT IN THE END THAT DOESN'T
MATTER.
WE'LL ALL KNOW SOON WHETHER OR
NOT A REAL DEAL, UNLIKE THOSE OF
THE PAST, CAN HAPPEN.
CONGRESSMAN, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
IS REALISTIC IN THIS
EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT BETWEEN
THESE TWO MEN AS THEY WILL SIT
DOWN FOR TWO HOURS TOGETHER.
>> THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
MOMENT IN HISTORY.
I AGREE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PEOPLE CAN GET TOGETHER AND TALK
ABOUT THESE THINGS.
BUT IT'S NOT GOING MATTER UNTIL
IT GETS TO THE DECISION MAKERS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SHOWN HE'S
WELL VERSED IN NEGOTIATING.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU ARE GOING
TO SEE IS A FRAMEWORK OF WHERE
WE ARE GOING TO GO IN THE FUTURE
WITH DENUCLEARIZATION.
AND OF COURSE OUR INTERPRETATION
AND DEFINITION OF THAT IS
COMPLETE DENUCLEARIZATION.
THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT SANCTIONS
DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT NOT NOW.
LOU: HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR AS
HAS HIS SECRETARY OF STATE AND
EVERYONE ELSE ON HIS NATIONAL
SECURITY TEAM.
IT'S GOING TO BE
DENUCLEARIZATION.
IT WILL BE VERIFIABLE AND
IRREVERSIBLE DENUCLEARIZATION.
AND THAT IS A VERY DIFFICULT
FORMULA OR ALGORITHM EQUATION TO
PUT TOGETHER AND ENFORCE, ISN'T
IT?
>> IT IS.
BUT IF KIM JONG-UN LOOKS AT IT,
HE CAN BE THE WAY HE IS AND
ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE
WORLD WITH A POOR ECONOMY AND
PEOPLE SUFFERING TO DEATH IN HIS
COUNTRY, OR HE CAN COUNSEL TO
THE 21st CENTURY AND BE
INSNRIETD.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOKING AT
THE SATELLITE IMAGERY FROM NORTH
AND SOUTH KOREA AT NIGHT.
LOU: SINGAPORE IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY PLACE.
A CITY-STATE.
' THE FOUNDER OF SINGAPORE WITH
TIES TO BUSINESS AND POLITICS
AND ACADEMIA, AND ALSO HIS
PROFOUND BRIDGE TO THE CHINESE.
AND IT'S REALLY APPROPRIATE THAT
THIS BE THE SETTING FOR THIS
SUMMIT.
SINGAPORE IN THE LARGER WORLD OF
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE.
>> IT IS.
AND THE FOUNDER, HE WAS SUCH A
VISIONARY.
WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET WITH PRIME MINISTER LEE
SEVERAL TIMES.
HE HAS AN ECONOMIC VISION FOR
HIS COUNTRY.
LOU: INNOVATIVE.
ALWAYS THE FORWARD PART OF
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT.
THE CONNECTIVITY OF SINGAPORE
FOR 20 YEARS HAS BEEN THE ENVY
OF ALL THE WORLD.
WHY IN YOUR JUDGMENT SHOULD WE
NOT EXPECT A GREAT DEAL FROM
THIS FIRST MEETING?
I KNOW THERE IS AN ATTITUDE IN
THE NATIONAL MEDIA AND I
UNDERSTAND WHY THE WHITE HOUSE
WOULD TRY TO DAMPEN
EXPECTATIONS.
I'LL ANNOY SOME PEOPLE BY SAYING
THIS MEETING.
I THINK INTERESTS ARE ALIGNED
NOT ONLY BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND KOREA, BUT AMONG
BEIJING, NORTH KOREA, AND THE
UNITED STATES.
>> JUST THAT IT'S HAPPENING IS
MONUMENTAL.
NOBODY ELSE BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP
COULD HAVE MADE THIS HAPPEN.
WAS IT HIS STANCE?
HIS POSTURE?
HE'S NEGOTIATING FROM A STANCE
OF STRENGTH.
NOT WEAKNESS OR STRATEGIC
PATIENCE.
IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED UNDER
THE LAST ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE GRAVITAS TO
MOVE FORD.
I THINK COMING OUT OF THIS YOU
WILL SEAT GROUND WORK BEING DONE
AND IT WILL MOVE STEP BY STEP
INTO THE FUTURE.
THIS WILL BE MONUMENTAL.
IF WE CAN HAVE A PEACEFUL
RESOLUTION TO THE CONFLICT ON
THE KOREAN PENINSULA, IT SETS