NEGOTIATIONS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL
WEEKS.
ED: LET'S GO TO CHIEF WHITE
HOUSE CORRESPONDENT JOHN
ROBERTS, JOHN, I DON'T THINK
YOU'VE SLEPT IN DAY OR SO, WHAT
ARE YOU SEEING ON THE GROUND,
SIR?
>> Reporter: MUCH LONGER THAN
A DAY.
[LAUGHTER]
ANY AMOUNT OF SLEEP WILL DO IN
THE NEAR FUTURE.
ED, JEDEDIAH, PETE, GOOD MORNING
TO YOU.
THE PRESIDENT IS BACK TO
WASHINGTON, D.C., LEFT ABOUT 45
MINUTES TO AN HOUR AGO ABOARD
AIR FORCE ONE, HE SHOULD BE BACK
THERE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THE PRESIDENT CLEARLY HAPPY
ABOUT HIS VISIT HERE TO SOUTH
KOREA IN ADDITION TO HIS VISIT
TO OSAKA, THE PRESIDENT TWEETING
ON HIS WAY OUT, QUOTE: LEAVING
SOUTH KOREA AFTER A WONDERFUL
MEETING WITH KIM JONG UN.
STOOD THE ON THE SOIL OF NORTH
KOREA, AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT
FOR ALL AND A GREAT HONOR.
IT REALLY WAS AMAZING TO WATCH
IT PLAY OUT.
SUCH A HISTORIC EVENT.
THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE, ABOUT
160 MILES LONG AND 2 AND A HALF
MILES WIDE, BUT WHAT'S CALLED
THE JOINT SECURITY AREA THERE,
IT COMES DOWN TO A STRIP OF
STONE ABOUT 16 INCHES WIDE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WALKED RIGHT UP
ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH KIM ON
THE NORTH SIDE, THE PRESIDENT
LOOKED AT KIM AND SAID, SHOULD I
STEP?
KIM INVITED HIM OVER.
HERE'S HOW THE PRESIDENT
DESCRIBED IT LATER ON.
LISTEN HERE.
>> WE WENT AND MET AT THE LINE,
AND IN MEETING AT THE LINE, I
SAID WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO COME
ACROSS?
HE SAID, I WOULD BE SO HONORED,
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKED
OUT.
I DIDN'T KNOW REALLY WHAT HE WAS
GOING TO SAY, BUT IT WAS MY
HONOR TO DO IT.
>> Reporter: NOW, GOING INTO
IN THE PRESIDENT SAID THIS
PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE MUCH MORE
THAN A HANDSHAKE, THOUGH HE SAID
HANDSHAKES COULD BE IMPORTANT,
THE MEETING WOULD LAST ABOUT 5-7
MINUTES.
AS YOU POINTED OUT AT THE TOP,
ED, IT LASTED AN HOUR OR SO WITH
AN AGREEMENT TO RESTART NUCLEAR
TALKS THAT BROKE DOWN AFTER OF
THE SUMMIT IN HANOI BACK IN
FEBRUARY.
>> IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
BECAUSE WE MAINTAINED OUR
RELATIONSHIP.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TEAMS,
THEY'RE GOING TO MEET OVER THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND THEY'RE
GOING TO START A PROCESS, AND
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: THE ONE THING
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP BELIEVES HE
HAS IS TIME, TIME IS ON HIS
SIDE.
HE SAYS HE'S IN NO RUSH TO DO
ANYTHING AND IN ORDER TO GET IT
RIGHT, UNLIKE SO MANY OF THE
OTHER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS,
YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT ALL
THE Is DOTTED AND ALL THE Ts
CROSSED.
LISTEN TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT
SAID.
>> SPEED IS NOT THE OBJECT.
WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN DO A
REALLY COMPREHENSIVE, GOOD DEAL.
NOBODY KNOWS HOW THINGS TURN
OUT, BUT REALLY THIS WAS A GREAT
DAY.
THIS WAS A VERY LEGENDARY, VERY
HISTORIC DAY.
>> Reporter: CERTAINLY WAS A
HISTORIC DAY.
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL
ULTIMATELY BE PRODUCTIVE, THAT'S
UP TO U.S. TEAM WHICH IS GOING
TO BE LED BY STEVE BEGIN, THE
PRESIDENT'S ENVOY TO NORTH
KOREA.
OBVIOUSLY, MIKE POMPEO, THE
SECRETARY OF STATE, WILL BE
INVOLVED TOO.
KIM JONG UN HAS PROVEN RELUCTANT
TO GIVE UP HIS ENTIRE NUCLEAR
PROGRAM.
BACK IN FEBRUARY IN HANOI HE
OFFERED TO DECOMMISSION AND
DISMANTLE THE YONGBYON PLANT,
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD HIM IN
NO UNCERTAIN TERMS HE'S GOT TO
GET RID OF THE ENTIRE NUCLEAR
PROGRAM, THE BALLISTIC MISSILE
PROGRAM AS WELL AS HIS CHEMICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE ARE
A LONG WAY FROM THAT EVEN THOUGH
THERE SEEMS TO BE SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS.
PETE: ABSOLUTELY.
JOHN, YOU SET THE STAGE NICELY
