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JUDY WOODRUFF: The United States and North Korea continued to meet at high levels today,

trying to bridge their differences and to pave the way for a summit between President

Trump and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un.

Foreign affairs correspondent Nick Schifrin reports.

NICK SCHIFRIN: In a Manhattan high-rise, the U.S.' top diplomat and North Korea's top envoy

began the day with a historic handshake.

QUESTION: Would anyone from North Korea like to say anything about today's meeting?

NICK SCHIFRIN: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean senior aide Kim Yong-chol

took no questions before two-and-a-half-hours of meetings, two hours shorter than expected.

Pompeo said their teams made quick headway, setting the right conditions for a summit.

MIKE POMPEO, U.S. Secretary of State: The conditions are putting President Trump and

Chairman Kim Jong-un in a place where we think there could be real progress made by the two

of them meeting.

It does no good if we're in a place where we don't think there's real opportunity to

place them together.

We have made real progress toward that in the last 72 hours.

NICK SCHIFRIN: The main condition?

Trying to convince North Korea to reverse decades of policy of considering nuclear weapons

the best way to keep the country safe.

MIKE POMPEO: I believe they are contemplating a path forward, where they could make a strategic

shift, one that their country has not been prepared to make before.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Pompeo and Kim started their talks last night with a working dinner of

filet mignon and sunset toasts.

Kim Yong-chol is considered Chairman Kim Jong-un's right-hand man.

He was also the country's notorious spy chief, blamed for a 2010 attack that killed 46 South

Korean sailors and the 2014 cyber-attack on Sony Pictures.

He's on a U.S. sanctions list, and needed special permission to visit the U.S.

Today, Pompeo said their talks were positive, but not without challenges.

MIKE POMPEO: I have had some difficult conversations with them as well.

They have given it right back to me too.

There are decades into this challenge.

And so one ought not to be either surprised, or frightened, or deterred by moments where

it looks like there are challenges.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Beyond New York, two other U.S. teams are trying to resurrect the summit.

In the demilitarized zone, veteran U.S. diplomat Sung Kim is leading a team meeting North Korean

officials.

And in Singapore, a team led by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin is working

on logistics, trying to make sure they're ready if the summit is back on track for June

12.

JUDY WOODRUFF: And late today, North Korea state TV announced that Kim Jong-un will meet

with Russia's President Putin, but no date is set.

And Nick Schifrin joins us now, along with our White House correspondent, Yamiche Alcindor.

So, Nick, to you first.

We heard Secretary Pompeo said there's been progress.

Do we know what kind of progress?

NICK SCHIFRIN: We don't know for sure, but a senior State Department official says that

the U.S. needs to understand what North Korea is willing to do or at least to pledge at

this summit, and that that needs to be something that North Korea has never done before.

And that means a step toward denuclearization.

What does that mean?

Could be shutting down a nuclear facility.

They have done that before.

Number two, bring in inspectors to shut down centrifuges.

We have never seen that before.

And, number three, what the U.S. is really hoping, shipping out some kind of nuclear

material.

We certainly have never seen that before.

That's what the U.S. is asking for.

What is North Korea asking for?

Intelligence analysts have always said North Korea's priority is regime survival and they

have thought that nuclear weapons gave them that survival.

So the U.S. has to replace that, replace nuclear weapons with a kind of fundamentally different

political relationship.

That means ending the Korean War, a peace treaty.

That means some kind of shift in tone.

We have no hostile intent toward you, perhaps even normalization.

It means mutual respect.

One analyst says take North Korea off the terrorist sponsor list.

And it also means perhaps some lifting of sanctions.

But, Judy, we have to remember, the two sides can't even agree or haven't been agreeing

on the very definition of denuclearization or peace, so there's still a lot of gaps.

JUDY WOODRUFF: So, talking, talking, but still some fundamental disagreements.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Yes, especially on denuclearization.

The U.S. has long said, we want instant, immediate denuclearization.

North Korea says, well, we will do it in steps, and for every step we do, you have to take

another step.

But we saw a little hint today that maybe the gap could be bridged.

And that's when President Trump was talking this morning.

He said, well, maybe we don't have to only have one summit with Kim Jong-un, maybe two

summits or even three summits.

And that is evidence that the administration is considering that maybe this doesn't have

to happen all at once and that they're lowering some expectations for the summit.

And that is hugely significant because that does mean that this gap might be bridged.

The question now, of course, is whether you can get to the point where the two sides are

happy enough to proceed with the summit.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Really interesting, because originally they were saying or suggesting

it had to be all at once or very -- happening at the same time.

So, Yamiche, why did the president -- with the conversations going on now, why did the

president cancel the summit a few days ago and then now everybody is proceeding as if

nothing has changed?

YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Well, that's one of the key questions I have been asking people in

the White House.

The number one answer I have been getting is that this is the president that wrote "The

Art of the Deal," this is someone who really understands negotiations, and his tactics

and the way that he looks at the world is that he has to be on the offense.

So, in this case, you saw him -- because the U.S. was getting very frustrated with the

fact the North Koreans weren't responding to us, he decided to write this letter saying,

OK, well, we don't really need this and you guys are the ones.

We have our hostages back.

We have what we want.

We're the ones with the big nuclear weapons, so when you come to the table, maybe we will

see, but we don't need you.

And, as a result, you saw this letter.

Now the White House will stop short of saying that this is actually going to happen.

I have asked the question so many times to people, saying, OK, so we're back on for June

12?

They won't say yes, but the president essentially is saying, yes, now that they're back on the

table, and I'm the one setting the rules, and I'm the one in control, that I feel better

about what is going -- how we -- going forward.

JUDY WOODRUFF: There is a sense of eagerness about making -- having this happen?

YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Yes.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Totally different story, the surprise announcement today the president

is pardoning the conservative writer Dinesh D'Souza.

And then the White House has let it be known the president is letting it be known that

he is considering commuting the sentence of the former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich,

who is serving prison time right now, and also pardoning Martha Stewart.

Do we know what's behind this?

YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Well, if you ask the president, these pardons are about his sense of justice

and the fact that he thinks these people were treated unfairly.

There's this idea that he also has political and celebrity ties.

It's not really surprising that a president who obviously got his start on "The Apprentice"

and a lot of people know him from his reality TV days, that he has these kind of celebrity

connections.

So, on the political said, Ted Cruz was pushing for D'Souza to get pardoned.

So, there's a political side to that one.

But Blagojevich, it's really about the fact that -- well, at least some people think it's

about the fact that he was on "The Celebrity Apprentice."

So, the president is familiar with him.

When it comes to Martha Stewart, part of my research today was watching a literal video

of Martha Stewart showing Melania Trump and the president how to make meatloaf.

So, they go back.

And they were joking about the invitation that she got to his wedding and the fact that

she couldn't go because she was in prison.

There is something there.

Then, when it comes to the prosecutors that are involved, this is where I think it gets

really interesting.

So, Preet Bharara, who was a United States attorney in New York who President Trump fired,

he was the one who actually prosecuted D'Souza.

And D'Souza tweeted today that karma is really kind of coming back to him because he thought

that this prosecutor was trying to make his career on this case.

James Comey was the one who prosecuted Martha Stewart.

So, there's also a Comey connection there.

Then Patrick Fitzgerald, who is a very good friend of James Comey, was the one who prosecuted

Rod Blagojevich.

And he's also the same person who prosecuted Scooter Libby.

The reaction is that Democrats are saying that the president is really out of line when

it comes to these pardons, because he's basically saying I can do partisan pardons, and everyone

should be aware because of the Russia probe.

But Rod Blagojevich's wife, who has been really pressing to have her husband released by the

president, said she's really encouraged by the president's words.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Makes everyone wonder if there are signals that are being sent by all of

this.

YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Yes.

JUDY WOODRUFF: Yamiche Alcindor, Nick Schifrin, thank you both.

A lot going on today.

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U.S., North Korea Inching Toward Summit - Duration: 1:59.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives Press Conference on meeting with NK official - Duration: 10:26.

but Carl you have to hold that thought because here is Secretary of State Mike

Pompeo as you know in addition to my meeting with vice chairman kim

yeongcheol we have teams in Singapore and at the

DMZ working with their North Korean counterparts to prepare for president

Trump and chairman Kim's expected summit in Singapore

through these series of meetings I'm confident we're moving in the right

direction today vice chairman Kim and I discussed our countries could come

together and take advantage of the unique opportunity that our two leaders

have created through their visions of the future that they have so clearly

articulated vice chairman kim yeongcheol is now planning to travel to washington

to deliver a personal letter from chairman kim jeong-hoon the proposed

summit offers a historic opening for president Trump and Chairman Kim to

boldly lead the United States and the DPRK into a new era of peace prosperity

and security our two countries face a pivotal moment in our relationship in

which it could be nothing short of tragic to let this opportunity go to

waste in conversations with Chairman Kim jong-un and Pyongyang and today with

vice chairman kim yeongcheol had been very clear the president Trump in the

United States objective is very consistent and well known the complete

verifiable and irreversible denuclearization in salon

president Trump has also made it clear that if Kim jong-un denuclearize as

there is a brighter path for North Korea who envision is strong connected and

secure prosperous North Korea that maintains its cultural heritage but it's

integrated into the community of nations we think that working together the

people the United States and North Korea can create a future defined by

friendship and collaboration not by mistrust and fear and threats we

sincerely hope that Chairman Kim jong-un shares this positive vision for the

future which both both leaders to enter the summit in Singapore but proceeds

with their eyes wide open and with a clear understanding of the possibilities

for the future if these talks are successful it will

truly be historic it will take bold leadership from Chairman Kim jong-un if

we are able to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change

the course for the world president Trump and I believe chairman Kim is the kind

of leader who can make those kinds of decisions and then the coming weeks and

months we will have the opportunity to test whether or not this is the case

happy to take a couple questions our first question and one question each

please goes to Nick Wadhams from Bloomberg Nick go ahead

thanks mr. secretary last night the State Department told us that the US

would be looking for a historic commitment from North Korea before the

summit would go ahead today you ended talks with kim youngchul early can you

talk about why you did that did you get the commitment you sought and did the US

and North Korea now agree on what denuclearization would mean so let's

attack on that we didn't end the talks early we had a set series of items that

we wanted to make sure we covered topics which would make sure we were clear on

in terms of what our expectations were and their expectations in return of us

we achieve that this is a difficult difficult challenge make no mistake

about it there remains a great deal of work to do and we made progress here as

well as at the same time made progress than the other venues the conversations

were taking place we had all the time we needed today to make the progress that

was achievable during our time here in New York City our next question goes to

from The Wall Street Journal sir following up on that the senior State

Department official the same person who spoke to us last night also indicated

that the United States hopes to persuade North Korea that its security doesn't

depend on on nuclear weapons you've now had three meetings with them spent some

hours with them do you feel that you've been successful yet in doing that or is

the difficult and settling is this issue the reason why president Truong

is now talking about the possibility of having two or three summits and not just

trying to break the back of these issues in a single meeting yeah make no mistake

about it a president from this administration completely understands

how hard this problem is there's a long history where North Korea has viewed its

nuclear program is providing the security that it needed for the regime

the effort now is to come to a set of understandings which convince the North

Koreans of what President Trump has said if we're able to achieve it if North

Koreans are prepared in fact to denuclearize this includes all elements

of their nuclear program if we convinced convinced them of that that in fact

their security is greater that in fact the real threat to their security is

that continued holding on to of that nuclear weight nuclear weapons program

and not the converse we've had lots of conversations around that the true test

of course comes when we actually achieve this but many conversations have been

had about how we might proceed what the path might be forward so that we can

achieve both the denuclearization that the world demands of North Korea and the

security assurances that would be required for them to allow us to achieve

that next one in Martha Raddatz from ABC News Secretary Pompeo you call it a

proposed summit will we find out whether it's a go tomorrow and and also you

looked the vice-chairman in the eyes you have been with him in the room what

accounted for the progress this has been such a rollercoaster ride the summit was

off we've gone from fire and fury to this so talk about what accounted for

the change and do you worry that you could still change back

Marthe I I have had the chance to meet chairman kim jeong-hoon

twice and now control three times have spent a great deal time with each of

them I believe they are contemplating a path for where they can make a strategic

shift one that their country has not been prepared to make before this will

obviously be their decision they'll have to make that they'll have to choose as I

just spoke about they'll have to choose a path that is fundamentally different

than the one that their country has proceeded on for decades it should not

be to anyone surprise that there will be moments along the way that this won't be

straightforward that there'll be things that look hard and times it appears

there's a roadblock and sometimes perhaps even perceived as insurmountable

our mission is incredibly clear it is to continue to push for the president as

directed me to push forward to test the proposition that we can achieve that

outcome so I know everyone's following this minute by minute and hour by hour

this is going to be a process that will take days and weeks to work our way

through there will be tough moments there will be difficult times I've had

some difficult conversations with them as well they've given it right back to

me too there is a there were decades in to this challenge and so one one not

ought to be either surprised or frightened or deterred by moments where

it looks like there are challenges and difficulties things that can't be

bridged our mission is to bridge them so that we can achieve this historic

outcome and on the proposed summit will we know tomorrow whether they will

actually be a summit don't know you don't know the answer to that and our

final question goes to Adam Shapiro with Fox News let me just say well we

wouldn't at midnight know tomorrow I will tell you we've made real progress

in the last 72 hours towards setting the conditions right so your question really

goes to what what are the conditions the conditions are putting President Trump

and Chairman Kim Jon you in a place where we think there could be real

progress made by the two of them meeting it does no good if we're in a place

where we don't think there's real opportunity to place them together we've

made real progress towards that in the last 72 hours

and Adam from Fox what concerns of the United States have about exposing South

Korea and our Asian allies Japan to greater perhaps Chinese influence if

there is a part of the deal in future drawdown of US military presence in

South Korea I'm not gonna talk about today ignored anytime during the

negotiations about the elements of what the the shape of the agreement looks

like that's those are those are things that ought to be held so that the

leaders have all the freedom they need to make the right decision so with

respect to the trotter and it's obviously a DoD issue I'm not gonna I'm

not going to speak to that today what I can say is this in the Secretary of

State now for thirty odd days I think there is no daylight between the South

Koreans the Japanese in the United States with respect to our approach to

how we resolve this issue with respect to North Korea I've spoken to my

counterparts there I've spoken to a Zanna moon there we

understand their concerns we understand the risks that can be posed to them and

an agreement that we reach will provide out an outcome that each of those

countries can sign on to as well the Chinese are moving all around the world

today let's be clear the risk of that is real everywhere not just in this

particular space we're keenly aware of it and I'm I am confident that the

things we're talking about with respect to North Korea will not enhance the risk

of that to any significant degree we wouldn't do that to the South Koreans or

the Japanese two of our most important allies in the region thank you

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U.S. slaps EU, Canada and Mexico with steel tariffs - Duration: 2:57.

The world may be teetering in the brink of a full-blown trade war.

This,... after the Trump administration announced it's imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on

three of America's closest allies -- the EU, Canada and Mexico.

The U.S. tariffs will come into effect in around six hours from now.

Lee Seung-jae reports.

A full-scale trade war could be on the horizon.

The U.S. is imposing tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico,....

a decision that's overshadowing a gathering of G7 finance ministers and central bankers.

The decision ends months of uncertainty about possible exemptions and is sending a chill

through financial markets around the world.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says the 25-pecent tariff on steel imports and ten

percent tariff on aluminum imports will be imposed on the EU, Canada and Mexico starting

at midnight Eastern Standard Time.

Responding to the move,... the EU said it will retaliate by targeting three-point-three

billion dollars' worth of American imports,... like Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Levi's Jeans

and bourbon.... and will also start a case against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization.

Canada said it will impose tariffs on as much as twelve-point-eight billion dollars of U.S.

steel, aluminum and other products starting July 1st.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the U.S. measures as "punitive" and "unacceptable",...

adding that the tariffs "will harm industry and workers on both sides of the Canada-U.S.

border,... disrupting linked supply chains that have made North American steel and aluminum

more competitive around the world".

The Mexican government also said the U.S. action was not justified.

It has vowed retaliation,... threatening to impose duties on everything from U.S. flat

steel to cheese.

Despite the retaliatory warnings,... the U.S. commerce secretary says Washington is not

concerned.

" Well even if the EU does retaliate and even if some others do, it still will remain unlikely

to be as much as one percent on our economy.

Remember just because they put tariffs on some of our products, it doesn't mean those

sales will go to zero.

And in the case of agriculture, they may very well find other markets that are just as good."

While the world may be closer to a full-scale trade war than at any time since the 1930s,...

observers say the Trump administration is using tariffs to squeeze better trade terms

out of China and the EU,... while putting pressure on Canada and Mexico to reform the

North American Free Trade Agreement.

Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.

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U.S. slaps EU, Canada and Mexico with steel tariffs - Duration: 2:48.

The world may be teetering in the brink of a full-blown trade war.

This,... after the Trump administration announced it's imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on

three of America's closest allies -- the EU, Canada and Mexico.

The U.S. tariffs will come into effect in around one hour from now.

Lee Seung-jae reports.

A full-scale trade war could be on the horizon.

The U.S. is imposing tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico,....

a decision that's overshadowing a gathering of G7 finance ministers and central bankers.

The decision ends months of uncertainty about possible exemptions and is sending a chill

through financial markets around the world.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says the 25-pecent tariff on steel imports and ten

percent tariff on aluminum imports will be imposed on the EU, Canada and Mexico starting

at midnight Eastern Standard Time.

Responding to the move,... the EU said it will retaliate by targeting three-point-three

billion dollars' worth of American imports,... like Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Levi's Jeans

and bourbon.... and will also start a case against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization.

Canada said it will impose tariffs on as much as twelve-point-eight billion dollars of U.S.

steel, aluminum and other products starting July 1st.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the U.S. measures as "punitive" and "unacceptable",...

adding that the tariffs "will harm industry and workers on both sides of the Canada-U.S.

border,... disrupting linked supply chains that have made North American steel and aluminum

more competitive around the world".

The Mexican government also said the U.S. action was not justified.

It has vowed retaliation,... threatening to impose duties on everything from U.S. flat

steel to cheese.

Despite the retaliatory warnings,... the U.S. commerce secretary says Washington is not

concerned.

" Well even if the EU does retaliate and even if some others do, it still will remain unlikely

to be as much as one percent on our economy.

Remember just because they put tariffs on some of our products, it doesn't mean those

sales will go to zero.

And in the case of agriculture, they may very well find other markets that are just as good."

While the world may be closer to a full-scale trade war than at any time since the 1930s,...

observers say the Trump administration is using tariffs to squeeze better trade terms

out of China and the EU,... while putting pressure on Canada and Mexico to reform the

North American Free Trade Agreement.

Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.

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US Imposes Trade Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum - Duration: 1:38.

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Trump EU trade war BEGINS: Juncker promises retaliation to US trade tariffs WITHIN HOURS - Duration: 4:23.

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U.S. slaps EU, Canada and Mexico with steel tariffs - Duration: 2:52.

The world may be teetering in the brink of a full-blown trade war.

This,... after the Trump administration announced it's imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on

three of America's closest allies -- the EU, Canada and Mexico.

The U.S. tariffs will come into effect in around six hours from now.

Lee Seung-jae reports.

A full-scale trade war could be on the horizon.

The U.S. is imposing tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico,....

a decision that's overshadowing a gathering of G7 finance ministers and central bankers.

The decision ends months of uncertainty about possible exemptions and is sending a chill

through financial markets around the world.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says the 25-pecent tariff on steel imports and ten

percent tariff on aluminum imports will be imposed on the EU, Canada and Mexico starting

at midnight Eastern Standard Time.

Responding to the move,... the EU said it will retaliate by targeting three-point-three

billion dollars' worth of American imports,... like Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Levi's Jeans

and bourbon.... and will also start a case against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization.

Canada said it will impose tariffs on as much as twelve-point-eight billion dollars of U.S.

steel, aluminum and other products starting July 1st.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the U.S. measures as "punitive" and "unacceptable",...

adding that the tariffs "will harm industry and workers on both sides of the Canada-U.S.

border,... disrupting linked supply chains that have made North American steel and aluminum

more competitive around the world".

The Mexican government also said the U.S. action was not justified.

It has vowed retaliation,... threatening to impose duties on everything from U.S. flat

steel to cheese.

Despite the retaliatory warnings,... the U.S. commerce secretary says Washington is not

concerned.

" Well even if the EU does retaliate and even if some others do, it still will remain unlikely

to be as much as one percent on our economy.

Remember just because they put tariffs on some of our products, it doesn't mean those

sales will go to zero.

And in the case of agriculture, they may very well find other markets that are just as good."

While the world may be closer to a full-scale trade war than at any time since the 1930s,...

observers say the Trump administration is using tariffs to squeeze better trade terms

out of China and the EU,... while putting pressure on Canada and Mexico to reform the

North American Free Trade Agreement.

Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.

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Mark Demos - ICC US - Election for League Representative - Duration: 4:12.

This is a great time for us cricket, it's a new day!

Cricket is thriving in the USA

Mark Demos

Mark Demos - League Rep Candidate

Great things are happening every day for cricket!

Independence Cup - Dallas

Cricket is thriving there is freedom. There is opportunity. This is truly a new day for US Cricket

The reason is because the old organization that controlled US Cricket is now GONE!

Itwas filled with politicians

They were greedy people who are greedy for money and greedy for power

I despise politicians

Who am I?

Mark Demos - League Rep Candidate

Mark Demos - Coach

Don't elect another politician!!

Don't elect more politicians

Politics is what killed it. That's what ruined it

Look for servants of US cricket

St. Louis Academy and leagues

Look for people who run these different academies in the US

People who share what they have and include people as much as they possibly can

people who reach across

different nationalities in different

Look for people who want to make cricket more and bigger and better look for servants

People who are involved in youth cricket like Jamie Harrison.

Look for people like Brian Walters men with a conscience.

We have an amazing group of talent who are and candidates who are running and whose names are really on the ballot

Coached the Northwest region and the Central West region I've been involved in cricket for 27 years in the US

My hope my only hope is that cricket becomes amazing in America

It has all the opportunity and all the potential to do just that so

If you want that kid in your academy to think about the future and think maybe I can play in the IPL

Maybe I can represent the US and feel like I'm representing something worthwhile

if you want to make American cricket amazing with more facilities and better facilities and

It's time for you to start getting involved as well

Sign up friends sign up your league get people involved

But most of all if you have a vote vote for servants of US cricket

Not for politicians if you really care about the future of US cricket,

Mark Demos

I'm not asking for your vote. I'm asking use your vote. Well

Mark Demos

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Favorability rate for N. Korea, U.S. leaders rise among S. Koreans: Gallup - Duration: 0:40.

A poll by Gallup Korea shows a greater number of people here in the nation view Kim Jong-un

and Donald Trump in a more positive light…compared to March.

According to the survey conducted between May 29th and 31st, the favorability rate for

the North Korean leader climbed to 31 percent from 10 percent in the second week of March.

The American president's rating increased to 32 percent from 24 in the same period.

The poll shows more than four out of ten South Koreans in their 40s and 50s expressed favorability

for Kim.

However, a Gallup official pointed out the rate for the regime's leader is expected to

change...

depending on the results of the upcoming Pyongyang-Washington summit.

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US Hits EU, Canada and Mexico With Steel, Aluminum Tariffs - Duration: 0:56.

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North Korea's Kim Yong-chol, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hold working dinner in NYC - Duration: 2:20.

One of the most trusted aides of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, sat down for talks with

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Little is known about how much of the summit agenda was addressed, but it's apparent such

meetings will continue, in order to build trust, before more serious negotiations begin.

Lee Ji-won start us off with that meeting in New York.

In New York late Wednesday, local time, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted that

he had a "good" working dinner with the vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers'

Party's Central Committee, Kim Yong-chol.

Pompeo said the menu included steak, corn and cheese,... and posted two pictures from

the dinner.

One showed the two shaking hands, and the other was of them at the table.

Seated there also was Andrew Kim, chief of the Korean Mission Center at the CIA, a project

Pompeo set up when he was the spy agency's chief.

They met at 7 o'clock that evening at the Manhattan residence of the deputy ambassador

to the UN... and spent 90 minutes together.

Afterwards, Kim headed straight back to the Hilton hotel at One UN Plaza where he will

be staying for two days.

U.S. State Department said Kim and Pompeo will have all of Thursday, local time, for

their official meeting, starting at 9 a.m., but the venue has not been disclosed.

After the meeting, the State Department says, Pompeo is scheduled to hold a press briefing

at 15 past 2 in the afternoon, local time, at the Palace Hotel.

Kim and Pompeo's talking points have not been made public.

But it's widely believed they are putting the final touches on the agenda for the Pyongyang-Washington

summit -- how North Korea will denuclearize... and how the U.S. will guarantee the regime's

security.

Kim Yong-chol, who arrived at JFK International Airport earlier on Wednesday, is the most

senior North Korean official to step foot on U.S. soil in nearly 20 years.

To make his trip happen, he was granted a "sanctions travel waiver," as he's under U.S.

sanctions for his role in North Korea's nuclear program and other illicit activities.

While Kim Yong-chol and Pompeo are meeting for the third time,... watchers are keen to

find out if Kim Jong-un's right-hand man will visit Washington and meet with President Trump.

Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.

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Legalized Theft Made Possible By The US Supreme Court - Duration: 11:24.

Last week, a decision for the case of Epic Systems versus Lewis was handed down by the

Supreme Court, and it dealt a huge blow to workers in the United States.

The case dealt with whether or not employees have the right to join class action lawsuits

if their employers were stealing wages from them, or if they had to fight it out in private

arbitration, that's what the Supreme Court says they have to do now.

The Supreme Court sided with arbitration because they know it is so pro-corporate.

To put it in its simplest terms, forced arbitration, which millions of Americans have already agreed

to by signing arbitration clauses and contracts, takes away the rights of consumers and workers

to sue corporations when they lie, cheat, and steal.

There are arbitration clauses in your credit card contracts, your cell phone plans, your

car and mortgage loans.

The list goes on and on as more corporations are making sure that they get a legal advantage

over you if they ever find themselves in trouble.

Unless you're a board member of one of these corporations, there's virtually no way that

these arbitration clauses benefit you at all.

And even if a consumer's willing to jump through the countless hoops that corporations put

in place, studies have shown that businesses win in arbitration against consumers more

than 90% of the time.

The deck has been stacked against American consumers, but that's only part of the story

with this case.

The other issues we have to deal with is the growing problem of corporate wage theft, but

in the eyes of the US Supreme Court right now, both wage theft and forced arbitration

apparently are perfectly fine.

Joining me now to talk about this recent court ruling is RT correspondent Brigida Santos.

Brigida, start by telling us about the Supreme Court case.

What happened up there?

Well, as you said, the Supreme Court has now ruled in favor of big business.

They have ruled that employers can now require employees to sign arbitration agreements that

ban them from suing as a group or suing in a class action lawsuit.

So this is a huge win for businesses, which will now hold all the cards when it comes

to employment, and a huge loss for employees.

Now, the biggest problem with this is that employers increasingly slip these arbitration

agreements into their contracts for employment.

So if you're seeking a job, you will now likely have no choice but to sign these bad agreements,

even if the terms are against you, because the only way to opt-out is to opt-out of the

employment opportunity altogether, and that's just something that people simply can't do.

Now, unfortunately, this ruling does make it incredibly easy for companies to now get

away with broad sexual harassment, misconduct, wage theft, and unpaid overtime because employees

now will have to go it alone and sue their employee by their selves.

They will not be able to band together as a group and take them on with strength in

numbers.

To put that in terms of how people are going to be confronted with this, if a person has

a loss, let's say they have a loss of $5,000 because there's some scam that Walmart or

some other corporation has run on them where they're taking ... There's actually wage theft.

Let's just use wage theft for example.

So that person, for $5,000, can't go out and hire a lawyer to go toe to toe with Walmart

to get their money back.

Walmart has their in-house lawyers, it doesn't cost them anything.

But the individual who's lost $5,000 can't go to an attorney and pay that attorney.

I mean, the cost of just going to court, just the basic court cost would be somewhere around

$10,000, and then add onto that so many other things.

So it's going to cost $20,000 for that individual to get their $5,000 back.

Used to be class actions.

Before these nincompoops took it away, you would have class actions.

Everybody could band together.

You could go in one class, and you could figure out what the losses were.

Walmart would have to pay into a fund.

That fund would then pay each one of these people who'd been scammed.

It would pay them back.

Brigida, what kind of scams are you seeing with corporations pulling off here?

I mean, Walmart was one that comes to my mind where they had people working overtime, and

they weren't paying them for overtime.

They would say, "Hey, can you throw in another 30 minutes or an hour?

And by the way, we can't pay you, but you like your job, so would you work that other

hour?"

That's what we saw with Walmart.

Yes, and there are-

What other scams have you seen?

There are so many wage theft scams, but I'll give you another company that's going to benefit

greatly from this ruling here, and that's Chipotle.

Chipotle has been trying to prevent thousands of employees from suing them for wage theft

is a class action lawsuit.

Now, at least 10,000 people have joined that lawsuit saying that Chipotle forced them to

work either before or after they clocked in or clocked out.

Now, Chipotle before this SCOTUS ruling said that at least 3,000 of those workers had signed

arbitration agreements preventing them from suing in a class action, but now this SCOTUS

ruling is going to completely make it go away altogether.

And Chipotle will be allowed to carry on stealing wages from employees who have rightfully worked

for and earned those wages.

Yeah.

One scam that they use is they'll take lunch ... For example, somebody would have a lunch

break, and they would say, "Do you mind working through the lunch break?"

They'd work through the lunch break, and they wouldn't be paid for that.

Another scam that you would see is they would call these workers contractors.

They'd say, "You're really a contractor.

You're not entitled to an hourly wage."

So they would have them working well beyond a 40-hour work week only being paid for 40

hours.

We handled one of the biggest cases against Walmart for this.

The losses are predictable.

The losses are going to be anywhere between $3,000 to $5,000 per worker, but if you have

500,000 workers out there, you make a lot of money by stealing from them, and that's

what they're doing.

We see it typically in a lot of the big box stores, but what kinds of workers are most

at risk of having their wages stolen from them, Brigida?

Anyone is at risk if they have signed one of these arbitration agreements that bans

class action lawsuits, but it's really low-wage workers that are harmed the most because,

as you said, they don't have the money to go after the big machine.

So they're going to be the ones that are getting their wages stolen, and they just don't have

the money or the means to sue individually.

Yeah, in the arbitration process ... By the way, the latest statistic is that once the

corporation moves that worker who they've stolen money from, it's no different than

going to their locker and taking out $5,000 per worker, but once they move that worker

into an arbitration setting, the corporation wins 90% of the time.

And the reason that happens is the arbitration is rigged in a system where the corporation

decides who the arbitrators are.

I mean, typically it's going to be somebody working in the same industry, it's going to

be somebody who's retired in management from the industry.

They're nothing but puppets for the corporation.

And so unfortunately, the chances of the worker winning is almost next to nothing.

What is your take on this rigged system as you've reviewed the stories that have been

written about this?

I mean, it's incredibly unfortunate.

As you said, it is entirely rigged.

In fact, in California, the National Arbitration Forum ruled in favor of businesses 94% of

the time, and this is according to a study that overlooked these between 2003 and 2007.

And because 90% of all arbitration clauses ban employees from engaging in class action

lawsuits, people are increasingly going to have to go it alone, sue their employer by

themself, which deters them.

A lot of people are afraid that their employer is going to retaliate against them, and again,

they just don't have the means to sue them and take them on.

Well, the statistics show that they will retaliate.

It's not just supposition.

The numbers, you look at the history of these corporations, they absolutely target these

people, who are simply doing one thing — they're saying, "Corporation, you've stolen from me.

You've stolen from my family.

You're already paying me minimum wages.

You've stolen my minimum wage.

I'm living paycheck to paycheck, and you've stolen $5,000."

When that employee does that, the statistics show the corporation then targets that employee

and moves them out.

It's not just bad for workers.

Millions of Americans who have signed these arbitration agreements without even realizing

that they've signed it, it's not just bad for them, is it?

Other people are affected by this, aren't they?

Yes.

Consumers.

The Supreme Court has also ruled that companies can sneak these class action waivers into

arbitration clauses that we as consumers sign when we're doing anything from buying a plane

ticket to a computer or signing up for a credit card or even internet service.

These really do incentivize bad behaviors by these big companies, which are now forcing

consumers to sign away their rights to present anything in front of a jury and a trial that

might prove that these companies are getting away with really bad predatory practices.

The other part of the problem, Brigida, is that it's destroyed American unions.

I mean, what it is, it's a race to the bottom.

Okay.

You have employees that they're under the heavy thumb of a corporation.

They're having to say, "Okay, I got to work minimum wages.

Yes, I give you permission to steal from me.

Yes, I understand that I can't do anything but arbitrate."

So there is an absolute rush to the bottom, and what that does is it affects union folks

to where right now, the unions in the United States are at such great risk.

We want to say, "Oh, that happened just because of the Republicans."

I ask you, the Republicans led the charge, but if you will go back and take a real close

look for whether or not the Democrats were with the workers anymore when it came down

to push and shove on issues like wages and the right to protect the union.

You're not going to find much difference.

And so arbitration is continuing that push to make unions virtually disappear, and I'm

not seeing any really meaningful pushback from Democrats or Republicans.

So, in closing, I guess what's happened here, Brigida, is workers, now that the Supreme

Court have ruled this way, simply have to live with it, and there's not much that they

can do until we get a Supreme Court, which we might not get.

I mean, another election of Trump and even one more appointment by Trump is going to

change an entire generation of how workers are treated.

Brigida, thanks for joining me, okay?

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Exposing the OAS' Anti-Venezuela, Pro-US Bias and Right-Wing Hypocrisy - Duration: 11:35.

BEN NORTON: It's The Real News, I'm Ben Norton.

The Organization of American States is a Cold War era international body of countries in

North and South America that claims to be independent and neutral, but in reality, frequently

acts as a proxy for the United States government.

The OAS is notorious for its extreme bias against left-wing governments in Latin America,

particularly Cuba and Venezuela.

Western corporate media outlets frequently echo the OAS's anti-Cuba and anti-Venezuela

reports, without providing any further information as to what exactly the OAS is, and what interests

it serves.

In reality however, the OAS was formed at the behest of the U.S. government as a coalition

of anti-communist governments at the beginning of the Cold War.

In 1948, the U.S. convened the International Conference of American States.

At this meeting in Colombia, which was led by the U.S. Secretary of State an infamous

cold warrior, George Marshall, the right-wing governments of Latin America joined the U.S.

in signing a charter that established the Organization of American States with the explicit

goal of fighting the spread of socialism and defending capitalism in North and South America.

Although media outlets today cite the OAS as if it were supposedly an independent and

impartial source, U.S. government bodies have openly admitted otherwise.

The U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, which is an ostensible aid organization

that serves as the soft power arm of the U.S. government, wrote very clearly in its 2008

Congressional Budget Justification, that the OAS, "promotes U.S. political and economic

interests in the Western Hemisphere by countering the influence of anti-U.S. countries such

as Venezuela."

On May 29, an OAS panel released a report accusing Venezuela's leftist government, led

by elected President Nicolás Maduro, of supposedly committing crimes against humanity.

The panel plans to present evidence for these alleged crimes to the International Criminal

Court.

Journalist Max Blumenthal attended the OAS press conference on May 29 in Washington D.C.

In the Q&A session, Max Blumenthal called out the OAS for its extreme bias and hypocrisy.

MAX BLUMENTHAL: I questioned the members of the panel about their moral consistency and

claim of independence.

Max Blumenthal- my question is, I was told that independent experts would be at this

panel.

Mr. Cotler has been a lawyer for the right-wing coup leader Leopoldo Lopez, and he's also

spent his career defending Israeli human rights crimes.

He recently defended the shooting and killing of 62 protesters in the Gaza Strip, along

with the shooting of thousands more.

BEN NORTON: That was Max Blumenthal, speaking at the OAS press conference.

Joining us to discuss this is Max Blumenthal.

Max is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books.

He is also the editor of the investigative journalism website, The Grayzone Project.

Max just published an article and an accompanying video at that website.

The article is called, OAS Panel Accusing Venezuela of "Crimes Against Humanity" is

Grilled on Moral Hypocrisy and Open Bias.

You can find the article and the accompanying video at grayzoneproject.com.

I also cohost the Moderate Rebels Podcast with Max and I contribute to his website.

Thanks for joining us, Max.

MAX BLUMENTHAL: Great to be on.

BEN NORTON: So, can you just speak about what happened at this press conference you attended

in Washington D.C. and what you told the OAS?

MAX BLUMENTHAL: First of all, thanks for that really informative introduction.

It really highlights the role, the damaging role, that the OAS plays in the Western Hemisphere,

where all Latin American countries are expected to pay into this organization.

That means that millions and millions of taxpayers in Latin America have to pay into the budget

of this organization.

And it's used simply as a weapon of Washington against any government that violates the Washington

consensus, in this case, Venezuela.

The last two OAS Secretary Generals, the current one and the last one, Insulza, have just waged

these obsessive campaigns to push regime change in Venezuela.

And when I got to this event yesterday, it was 2:00 PM and this was the only panel I'd

heard about.

But I was told that there were five other panels on Venezuela.

It's like, just this nonstop Woodstock of regime change and it's going to continue,

I think, into the OAS General Session, which will just be held on Venezuela.

What brought me to the panel was the nature of the so-called independent experts who were

seated on the panel.

I was just shocked at who they were, especially Irwin Cotler, who is the Canadian version

of Alan Dershowitz.

I think Alan Dershowitz even said, "He's my Canadian mirror image."

And Irwin Cotler is this- he was a right-wing Canadian parliamentarian with the Conservative

Party until fairly recently, who had just used his position to push the Israel lobby's

line in parliament and in Canadian society and across the world.

And whenever Israel committed some kind of atrocity, the Mavi Marmara massacre or one

war after another in Gaza, Cotler would rush out, just like Dershowitz, as Israel's public

advocate.

He's also claimed that he was Nelson Mandela's lawyer.

And I don't know what kind of evidence there is there, but in Nelson Mandela's memoir,

The Long March to Freedom, there is no mention of Irwin Cotler.

There's a lot of mention of Oliver Tambo, but nothing about Cotler.

So, he's just a suspicious, sort of morally dubious, figure.

And for him to be on this panel, I think they just deserved to be questioned about that.

When I got there, the OAS Secretary General was waving around this 400-page report accusing

the Venezuelan government of crimes against humanity and demanding that President Nicolás

Maduro, who is now facing crushing sanctions because he won an election, should be brought

before the International Criminal Court.

All the other panelists echoed this recommendation.

And I noticed that Santiago Canton was also on the panel.

Canton is an Argentinean lawyer who's also a regime change activist.

And in 2002, when Canton was the head of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,

he attempted to legitimize the coup dictatorship that briefly overthrew President Hugo Chavez,

and wrote a letter to the Foreign Minister of this briefly installed dictatorship, before

it was thrown out again by Venezuelan citizens, referring to him as "His Excellency," and

basically saying, "Please take care of Chavez when he's in your custody and you're the new

government."

So, the whole panel was compromised, but it's emblematic of what the OAS as an organization

is.

And it was me sitting there in a room full of all of the major news agencies taking pictures

of the panel and asking softball questions.

And as soon as I got home after the panel, Bloomberg and Reuters and all the agencies

had articles up that said, "OAS Accuses Venezuela of Crimes Against Humanity."

And all the headlines basically supported, without any criticism, what this 400-page

document contained.

And I would just point to one comment by Irwin Cotler which summed up the hyperbolic and

propagandistic nature of the whole presentation, which is that "Venezuela was responsible for

the worst humanitarian catastrophe in Latin American history."

So, I mean, worse than the genocide of the indigenous population?

I mean, that's basically what he was saying, and that kind of rhetoric prevailed throughout

the entire session.

BEN NORTON: Yeah, of course, we recently saw Ríos Montt, who was a U.S.-backed dictator

in Guatemala, who himself was responsible for actual crimes against humanity.

He oversaw genocide against indigenous Maya in Guatemala as part of a larger anticommunist

counterinsurgency campaign.

And then of course, there's the "Dirty Wars," again backed by the U.S., and Pinochet the

Chilean dictator.

So, it's certainly an extremely hyperbolic for him to claim that.

But just quickly wrapping up here Max, I'm wondering if you can just briefly comment

on how this reflects this kind of Washington D.C. bubble, where you see corporate media

outlets will just trot out to these events and just film what these panelists say without

ever questioning who the panelists are, what they're prerogatives are, and just reciting

and echoing verbatim, their claims as news.

MAX BLUMENTHAL: Yeah, I mean, I couldn't have put it any better than that.

And what you see with the "Beltway culture" and the nexus with mainstream media is a de-democratization

of the American public on the issue of foreign policy.

When reporters don't go to these events, or to the think tank events, and ask critical

questions of fake experts who are actually just activists on behalf of the Washington

consensus, and when the public is not involved in any of these forums, and when the media

doesn't report critically, there's very little reason for the public to question foreign

policy at all.

Everything's just fine.

We do see a debate on things like local school budgets, or you see some critical reporting

on the school-to-prison pipeline, domestic issues.

But on foreign policy, it's just this kind of elite debate carried out inside, or it's

not a debate at all.

There's an elite consensus carried out inside a foreign policy bubble in the Beltway, and

the OAS event was completely a portrait of that.

When I got up and asked this question, you could see the OAS staff start to whisper to

each other, "How the hell did he get in this room?"

And I just registered as a journalist and asked what I thought was a fair but critical

question.

And they were really upset.

And I was also approached by several journalists afterwards, just asking, "Who are you?"

Kind of like, "What wandered into this room?"

But you know, I think that's our job.

And as long as I'm in Washington, I'll report on it just like I reported on any other place.

It's unfortunate that the agencies won't.

BEN NORTON: Well, thank you for your reporting Max, and thanks for joining us here.

I was joined by Max Blumenthal, who is an award-winning investigative journalist and

the author of several books.

He's also the editor of The Grayzone Project, which you can find that grayzoneproject.com.

He just published an article and an accompanying video about this OAS panel on Venezuela.

Thanks Max.

MAX BLUMENTHAL: Thanks a lot, Ben.

BEN NORTON: Reporting for The Real News, I'm Ben Norton.

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US Nuclear Chief Warns Of Hypersonic Missile From China and Russia - Duration: 3:33.

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RED ALERT: U.S. Allies Just STABBED America in the back after Trump Turns Up the HEAT

on Iran

Iranian officials are plotting with U.S. allies across the globe to develop a series a measures

meant to counter new sanctions by the Trump administration following its abandonment of

the landmark nuclear deal, setting up a global economic showdown between America and its

allies over their future business dealings with the Islamic Republic.

Iranian leaders disclosed on Tuesday that they had recently held high-level meetings

with European Union nations and leaders in India and Thailand to explore options for

skirting new U.S. sanctions.

Iran's efforts and the warm reception it is receiving from many nations has roiled leaders

on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers are already moving to confront these countries

and ensure they face harsh repercussions for any breach of U.S. sanction law.

The State Department also is scrambling to respond to Iran's efforts by building a counter-coalition

aimed at isolating Tehran and any nation that works with Iran to skirt new U.S. sanctions,

U.S. officials told the Washington Free Beacon.

Iranian Government Spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht disclosed on Tuesday that the nation's

top leaders, including Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, have met with European leaders and

others in the region to discuss skirting new U.S. sanctions, which have targeted virtually

every portion of Iran's economy, including its contested nuclear and energy sectors.

Zarif recently concluded a trip to India and Thailand, where he is reported to have made

much progress in convincing these nations to help Tehran "bypass" the new U.S. sanctions,

which were fully reimposed by the Trump administration after its decision to walk away from the nuclear

agreement.

"In addition to the E.U., we are improving relations with other countries, especially

the neighbors," Nobakht was quoted as saying on Tuesday in Iran's state-controlled press.

Meetings with leaders in India are said to have gone particularly well for Iran, sparking

outrage in the United States where these same Indian leaders have been pleading with the

Trump administration to boost relations.

India and China have already vowed to continue purchasing Iranian crude oil, despite the

Trump administration's crackdown.

"A major part of the oil is sold to India and China," Nobakht said.

"We are also in talks with Europe to continue oil sales to them, and Iran's increased oil

sales to them has even been under discussion with them to compensate any drop if some states

decrease oil imports."

Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, in remarks following meetings with top Iranian

leaders, vowed to ignore U.S. sanctions.

"India follows only [United Nations] sanctions and not unilateral sanctions by any country,"

Swaraj was quoted as saying, emphasizing that India remains "independent" and immune to

"pressure."

A U.S. State Department official, speaking only on background, told the Free Beacon that

under newly installed Secretary of State Pompeo's leadership, American diplomats are already

developing relationships aimed at ensuring U.S. sanctions on Iran have a maximum impact.

"We are hard at work in our efforts to build our new effort to counter the totality of

Iran's malign activity with our friends around the world.

Secretary Pompeo speaks frequently with his counterparts from the UK, France, and Germany

as well as our allies in the Middle East and Asia," the official said.

Teams of U.S. diplomats are being sent across the globe to galvanize support for the new

U.S. sanctions, the official said.

"We will be sending out teams of diplomats and specialists to talk about specific concerns

with the plan for re-imposition of U.S. nuclear-related sanctions and next steps with Iran," the official

said.

"We are fully engaged at all levels."

On Capitol Hill, opponents of the nuclear accord are working on parallel efforts to

ensure that any foreign nation caught skirting new U.S. sanctions on Iran faces harsh repercussions,

including massive economic penalties and a possible cutoff from the U.S. financial system.

"India is going out of its way to alienate members of Congress, including many who have

been sympathetic and trying to help them," said one senior congressional official who

works on the issue and has discussed the matter with the administration.

"They're almost certainly violating the sanctions against Russia that overwhelmingly passed

Congress last summer," said the source, who would only speak on background about these

efforts.

"Now they're bragging about violating Iran sanctions too.

They keep telling us they want a new relationship with America but then they act in these destructive

ways.

It's very troubling."