>>> WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY, JUST 
FEET AWAY, FROM WHERE THE ACTUAL
LINE OF DEMARCATION IS AT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE THE 
FIRST TO MEET WITH A NORTH 
KOREAN LEADER AT THE DMZ.
THE MEETING COMES DAYS AFTER 
TRUMP TWEETED HE WOULD LIKE TO 
MEET HIM ON HIS TRIP TO THE 
DEMILITARIZED ZONE FOR A 
HANDSHAKE.
WE EXPECT PRESIDENT TRUMP ANY 
MOMENT TO COME OUT AND IF GOES 
TO PLAN, AS DESCRIBED BY 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE EXPECT KIM 
JONG-UN ALSO TO ARRIVE AND THEN 
THEY WOULD HAVE AT LEAST A 
HANDSHAKE.
WE SEEM TO BE GETTING SOME 
INDICATION IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
LET'S GO TO RICHARD ENGEL AT THE
DEMILITARIZED ZONE FOR US.
AS WE LOOK AT THE PICTURES, WE 
SEE IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO COME
OUT AND LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> I NEVER EXPECTED TO MEET YOU 
AT THIS PLACE.
>> YOU ARE THE FIRST U.S. 
PRESIDENT TO CROSS THE BORDER.
>> MOVE, MOVE.
>> CLEAR.
>> THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT.
>> BIG PROGRESS.
TREMENDOUS PROGRESS.
>> MOVE.
GO, GO.
>> CLEAR.
>> THEY'RE GOING STRAIGHT.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> HE WALKED ACROSS THE 
DEMARCATION LINE, MAKING HIM THE
FIRST PRESIDENT TO DO THAT.
>> -- REALLY EXPECT IT.
CAME TO JAPAN AND WE CAME OVER.
I SAID, HEY, I'M OVER HERE.
I WANT TO CALL CHAIRMAN KIM.
WE GOT TO MEET.
AND STEPPING ACROSS THAT LINE IS
A GREAT HONOR.
A LOT OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE.
A LOT OF FRIENDSHIPS HAVE BEEN 
MADE.
AND THIS IS, IN PARTICULAR, A 
GREAT FRIENDSHIP.
I WANT TO THANK YOU.
THIS WAS QUICK NOTICE AND I 
THANK YOU.
>> SO, WE'RE GOING TO GO INSIDE 
AND TALK A LITTLE WHILE.
AND A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE 
THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
AND I'M GLAD YOU COULD BE HERE 
TO SEE IT.
TREMENDOUS POSITIVITY.
REALLY GREAT THINGS ARE 
HAPPENING.
IN A LOT OF PLACES.
WE MET AND WE LIKED EACH OTHER, 
FROM DAY ONE.
AND THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU.
I WILL INVITE HIM RIGHT NOW, TO 
THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR A LOT
OF -- IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR THE 
WORLD.
BEYOND NORTH KOREA, SOUTH KOREA,
IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR THE WORLD.
AND IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE 
HERE.
THANK YOU BOTH.
>> I HAVE TO SAY, THAT WHEN I 
FIRST BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES, IT WAS GREAT 
CONFLICT IN THIS AREA.
GREAT, GREAT CONFLICT.
NOW, WE HAVE JUST THE OPPOSITE.
AND IT'S MY HONOR.
AND IT'S THE CHAIRMAN'S HONOR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS 
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY GREAT 
HONOR.
>> ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.
>> AND HISTORY WAS MADE, AS YOU 
CAN SEE THERE, PRESIDENT TRUMP 
MEETING WITH KIM JONG-UN AS WELL
AS MOON JAE-IN, THE PRESIDENT OF
SOUTH KOREA.
AND KIM JONG-UN SAYING THIS WAS 
A MOMENT IN HISTORY, THAT A U.S.
PRESIDENT HAD CROSSED OVER AND 
WAS IN NORTH KOREA FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
AFTER THEY HAD THAT SHORT WALK, 
THEY'RE NOW ON THE SOUTH KOREAN 
SIDE, IN THE BUILDING, ADJACENT 
TO THESE THREE BLUE U.N. 
BUILDINGS.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WILL BE
DISCUSSING.
BUT DURING THIS ENTIRE MEETING, 
WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN PUT 
TOGETHER LAST-MINUTE, ACCORDING 
TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS, IT 
TURNED OUT TO BE A HISTORIC 
MOMENT.
OUR CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT 
AT THE DMZ, HAS BEEN WATCHING 
THE LEAD-UPS TO THIS.
RICHARD ENGEL, YOU SAW THIS, YOU
COULD NOT HELP BUT THINK OF A 
HISTORIC MOMENT, THE U.S. 
PRESIDENT WALKING ACROSS THE 
DEMARCATION LINE THAT YOU HAVE 
SO WELL DESCRIBED TO US 
THROUGHOUT YOUR REPORTING.
>> Reporter: THIS HAS NEVER 
HAPPENED BEFORE.
TECHNICALLY, THE UNITED STATES 
AND NORTH KOREA ARE AT WAR.
THIS DEMILITARIZED ZONE HAS BEEN
IN PLACE SINCE THE END OF THE 
KOREAN WAR OR IF TWO SIDES 
STOPPED FIGHTING.
IT WAS BUILT FOR THIS PURPOSE.
IT WAS BUILT AS A SAFE SPACE, 
FOR HOSTILE PARTIES COULD COME 
TOGETHER.
MANY U.S. PRESIDENTS HAVE 
VISITED THE DMZ.
BUT NO U.S. PRESIDENT, UNTIL 
JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO, HAS 
ACTUALLY CROSSED OVER INTO NORTH
KOREAN TERRITORY.
WE SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVING 
ON THE SOUTH KOREAN SIDE, 
WALKING UP TO THE PHYSICAL 
DEMARCATION LINE BETWEEN NORTH 
AND SOUTH KOREA, A SMALL, CEMENT
BARRIER, JUST A FOOT TALL.
WAITING FOR KIM JONG-UN TO 
ARRIVE.
ONCE HE DID, THEY CROSSED ABOUT 
20 STEPS, EXCHANGED A FEW WORDS 
WITH KIM JONG-UN, AS IF TO REPAY
THE DIPLOMATIC GESTURE, TURNED 
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
AND THE TWO LEADERS CAME BACK TO
THE DEMARCATION LINE, CROSSED 
OVER IT, ENTERED INTO SOUTH 
KOREAN TERRITORY AND WENT AND 
MET WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN 
PRESIDENT.
ALL OF THIS, A SYMBOL OF 
DIPLOMATIC PROGRESS.
ALL OF THIS, TO SHOW THAT THESE 
THREE PARTIES, WHO FOUGHT ONE OF
THE MOST HORRIFIC WARS OF THIS 
CENTURY, ARE NOW GETTING 
TOGETHER, IN THE DEMILITARIZED 
ZONE, IN A PLACE THAT WAS BUILT 
EXACTLY FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THEN, IT DIDN'T END.
THEY SPOKE TO SOME REPORTERS, 
THE POOL REPORTERS, WHO WERE 
BROUGHT IN.
IT WAS A BIT CHAOTIC AND MESSY.
REAL-TIME EVENTS, REAL-TIME 
HISTORY OFTEN ARE MESSY EVENTS.
AND THE THREE OF THEM WENT INTO 
THE -- INTO FREEDOM HOUSE ON THE
SOUTH KOREAN SIDE AND ARE 
CONTINUING THEIR DISCUSSIONS.
THERE HAD BEEN RUMORS THIS WOULD
HAPPEN.
WE DIDN'T GET A CONFIRMATION 
THAT THIS KIND OF MEETING WAS 
GOING TO TAKE PLACE A FEW HOURS 
BEFORE IT DID.
WE DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL RIGHT UNTIL
YOU SAW IT ON LIVE TELEVISION, 
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS GOING 
TO TAKE THAT ONE-FOOTSTEP, BUT A
VERY IMPORTANT ONE-FOOTSTEP AND 
BECOME THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO 
CROSS INTO NORTH KOREAN 
TERRITORY.
>> MANY OF OUR PICTURES WERE 
FROM THE POOL REPORTERS THERE 
THAT WERE SCRAMBLING, AS YOU 
WERE DESCRIBING, TO GET EVERY 
LAST MOMENT THERE.
AND THAT, IN THE MIX, ALSO 
HAVING NORTH KOREAN MEDIA, AS 
WELL.
THIS IS VIDEO THAT WE'RE 
GETTING.
I BELIEVE IT'S LIVE IN THE VERY 
ROOM WHERE THEY WILL SIT AND 
TALK, NOW.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN LISTEN IN 
FOR A LITTLE BIT TO SEE IF 
THERE'S ANY AUDIO WE CAN PICK 
UP.
>> NOBODY EXPECTED THIS TO 
HAPPEN.
>> CAN WE HAVE THE PHOTOGRAPHER 
COME DOWN?
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU.
HEAR THE POWER OF THAT VOICE.
HE DOESN'T DO NEWS CONFERENCES, 
IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD.
THIS IS A SPECIAL MOMENT.
I THINK, REALLY, THIS IS A 
HISTORIC MOMENT, THE FACT THAT 
WE'RE MEETING.
AND I WANT TO THANK CHAIRMAN KIM
FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
WHEN I PUT OUT THE MEDIA 
NOTIFICATION, IF HE DIDN'T SHOW 
UP, THE PRESS WAS GOING TO MAKE 
ME LOOK VERY BAD.
YOU MADE US BOTH LOOK GOOD.
AND I APPRECIATE IT.
WE DEVELOPED A GREAT 
RELATIONSHIP.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE GO BACK 
2 1/2 YEARS.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT WAS GOING ON, 
PRIOR TO MY BECOMING PRESIDENT.
IT WAS A VERY BAD SITUATION.
A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
SOUTH KOREA, NORTH KOREA, FOR 
THE WORLD.
AND I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP 
THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED HAS MEANT
SO MUCH TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU.
AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO STEP OVER
THE LINE.
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT DO THAT.
I WASN'T SURE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN GREAT.
SAYING THE FOLKS FROM THE MEDIA,
THIS COULD BE A HISTORIC MOMENT,
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
I ENJOY BEING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> STRAIGHT BACK OUT, GUYS.
THANK YOU.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, KIM JONG-UN,
SHORT COMMENTS WITH THE 
PRESIDENT, BEING ASKED TO LEAVE.
JARED KUSHNER WITH THE PRESIDENT
DURING HIS G20.
AND MIKE POMPEO THERE.
THE PRESIDENT, SHORT REMARKS AS 
THEY NOW UNDERTAKE WHAT APPEARS 
TO BE A MEETING.
THIS IS THE DETAILS PUT OUT OF 
WHAT THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT,
OR HOW LONG AT THIS MOMENT.
WE HAVE, AS YOU'VE SEEN, THESE 
PICTURES OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, 
WALKING ACROSS.
HE STEPPED OVER THE LINE.
STEPPING OVER THE LINE HERE, 
RICHARD ENGEL, WITH US AT THE 
MOMENT, STEPPING OVER THE LINE, 
FOR AT LEAST A PHOTO OP AND FOR 
THE HISTORY BOOKS HERE.
THEN, THE TOUGH STUFF REMAINS 
HERE, RICHARD ENGEL.
WHAT WILL BE NEXT WHEN IT COMES 
TO NORTH KOREAN/U.S. RELATIONS?
>> Reporter: I THINK THIS IS 
DESIGNED TO BE IN THE HISTORY 
BOOKS.
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP KEPT 
REFERRING TO THAT.
IS HE REWRITING HISTORY RIGHT 
NOW?
ARE THERE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF HIS
VISIT, WHERE HE APPEARS TO BE 
REWRITING HISTORY.
HIS ARRIVAL AND HIS SPECIAL BOND
AND FRIENDSHIP THAT HE 
DELIVERED, A BOND AND FRIENDSHIP
THAT WAS CLEARLY ON DISPLAY, 
WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF NORTH 
KOREA, KIM JONG-UN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING WITHOUT 
THAT BOND AND FRIENDSHIP, THINGS
WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE, 
POTENTIALLY EVEN LED TO WAR.
THE REALITY IS THAT THE TENSIONS
BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA, 
SPIKED AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT
ELECTED.
THERE WAS TREMENDOUS RHETORIC 
AND INSULT, WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
CALLING THE NORTH KOREAN LEADER,
THE SAME PERSON HE IS EMBRACING 
AS A FRIEND, BEFORE HE WAS 
CALLING HIM LITTLE ROCKET MAN.
NORTH KOREA WAS EXPLODING 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS INSIDE OF ITS 
MOUNTAINS.
PEOPLE IN SOUTH KOREA, THOUGHT 
THE TWO COUNTRIES WERE ON THE 
BRINK OF WAR.
THERE IS AN ASPECT WHERE TRUMP 
IS NOW CONGRATULATING HIMSELF 
FOR EASING TENSIONS THAT HE ALSO
HELPED CREATE.
BUT IT IS STILL A HISTORIC 
MOMENT.
IT HAD NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE.
HE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS 
THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO 
CROSS IN NORTH KOREA.
BUT WHAT IS WRITTEN, IS THE WHY.
WHY DID HE DO IT?
DID HE DO IT TO REWRITE HISTORY 
AND PAINT HIMSELF AS A DEALMAKER
OR A PEACEMAKER.
IS HE TRYING TO DISTRACT?
OR IS HE TRYING TO RESTART 
NEGOTIATIONS?
THIS IS THE THIRD SUMMIT, THE 
THIRD MEETING THAT THE TWO 
LEADERS HAVE HAD.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IT WAS 
GOING TO BE A HANDSHAKE.
THE TWO OF THEM GOING INTO THE 
CONFERENCE HALL.
THE CONFERENCE HALL SET UP.
AMERICAN AND NORTH KOREAN FLAG.
NOT ALL OF THIS IS AS 
SPONTANEOUS AS IT SEEMED.
NOW, THEY ARE ENTERING INTO 
MEETINGS, WHAT APPEARS TO BE A 
BRIEF BUT THIRD SUMMIT.
>> RICHARD ENGEL, OUR CHIEF 
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT THERE, 
THERE AT THE DMZ.
PRESIDENT TRUMP, MEETING KIM 
JONG-UN AT THE DMZ AND BEING THE
FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO CROSS 
INTO NORTH KOREA.
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