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Trump's Military Concession Draws Criticism; Trump-Kim Summit A Huge Win For China; U.S. Secy. Of State Likely To Face Questions On "War Games"; Canada, U.S. and Mexico To Host 2026 World Cup; Spain Names Fmr. Real Madrid Captain As New Manager; British Parliament Debates Brexit Bill Amendments; Source: Spain To Grant "Aquarius Migrants" Refugee Status; Movie Trailer Meant to Show Kim What's Possible; Analysts: Western Influence Could End Kim Regime; Trump Says Human Rights Brought Up Briefly With Kim. Aired 8-9a ET
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[08:01:13] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to "News Stream". Boasting about the summit, Donald Trump
speaks boldly about meeting Kim Jong-un despite criticism over concessions he made to North Korea.
A host is decided, FIFA announces where the 2026 World Cup will take place. And on route to Spain, more than 600 tired and fresh routed migrants who
were refuse entry to Italy and Malta a several more days at sea.
U.S. President Donald Trump is back in Washington following that historic summit with Kim Jong-un. And while the White House is still not providing
any clarity on just how it plans to verify North Korea's commitment to denuclearize, the President himself is something pretty confident.
In a series of tweets a short time ago, Mr. Trump defended his decision to halt joint military drills with South Korea and he proclaimed the end of
the North Korea nuclear threat. But as Joe Johns explained, not everyone is so sure.
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JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): President Trump returning to Washington amid criticism over the concessions he made
to North Korea in exchange for a vague commitment to denuclearize.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We have some things that you don't even have in the report. We made a lot of progress, tremendous
amount of president.
JOHNS: The President defending his "great relationship" with North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un tweeting that "The world has taken a big step back
from potential nuclear catastrophe." But the President's announcement that he is suspending joint military exercises between the United States and
South Korea, provoking alarm and confusion in Seoul and Washington.
BOB CORKER, U.S. SENATE REPUBLICAN: I think sometimes the President has a tendency to stand up and say things that are ad hoc that haven't vetted and
sometimes those things are walked back.
JOHNS: Senator Cory Gardner tweeting that Vice President Mike Pence later attempted to reassure Republicans that readiness training and exchanges
will continue, although "war game will not".
TRUMP: We'll be saving a tremendous amount of money, plus I think it's very provocative.
JOHNS: The lack of detail in the joined agreement signed by President Trump and Kim Jong-un also garnering criticism.
ROBERT MENENDEZ, U.S. SENATE DEMOCRAT: This is the most anemic communicated that has ever come out of a U.S-North Korea engagement.
JOHNS: Critics noting that North Korea has agreed to complete denuclearization multiple times in the past and that the document contained
none of the language the administration has previously demanded.
MIKE POMPEO, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: The complete and verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korea Peninsula is the only outcome
that the United States will accept.
JOHNS: Also raising eyebrows, the President's glowing praise for Kim Jong- un despite his atrocious human rights record.
TRUMP: He's got a great personality, he's a, you know, funny guy, he's a very smart guy. He's a great negotiator. He loves his people not that I'm
surprise by that, but he loves his people.
JOHNS: The President's complimentary tone in start contrast to his rhetoric just six months ago.
TRUMP: No regime has oppressed its own citizen more totally or brutally than the cruel dictatorship in North Korea.
JOHNS: Mr. Trump insisting that his harsh rhetoric brought Kim Jong-un to the table.
TRUMP: Well, I think without the rhetoric we wouldn't have been here. I really believe that.
JOHNS: CNN has learned that President Trump wooed camp with his four minute Hollywood style movie trailer to pitch on the idea of peace.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two man, two leaders, one destiny.
JOHNS: On the Hill, Congressional Republicans offering measured praise in the wake of the summit.
[08:05:05] MARCO RUBIO, U.S. SENATE REPUBLICAN: The President has gone down that road and should be given the chance to succeed, but I also think
it's important for us to be cautious.
JOHNS (on camera): The President returned to the White House after the long flight back from Singapore with a couple competing realities in front
of him.
While the door to denuclearization on the Korean peninsula now appears open, the question is how much he gave up to get that? Joe Johns, CNN, the
White House.
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STOUT: Now, it could be years before the full impact of the Trump-Kim summit is fully known. But for now, there's one clear winner from that
historic meeting, China. CNN's Matt Rivers explains why.
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MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): North Korea, the United States, a historic summit and yet the big winner could be a country that
wasn't even there.
China, led by President Xi Jinping didn't get an invite. But two pre- summit meetings between Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un gave the Chinese leader a chance to make his country's goal clear. And based on what we know so
far, China's interests are being served.
(on camera): So, consider what we know about China and what President Trump said on Tuesday.
(voice-over): The Chinese government hates the U.S. military troop presence on the Korean Peninsula. They have felt threatened and
constrained by it for decades. President Trump said this.
TRUMP: I want to bring our soldiers back home. We have right now 32,000 soldiers in South Korea. And I'd like to be able to bring them back home,
but that's not part of the equation right now.
RIVERS: China also hates the U.S. military exercises in the region, because they're conducted not only with an eye on North Korea but China as
well.
(on camera): China even called for a freeze for freeze solution to this crisis where the U.S. would stop those exercise and North Korea would stop
its missile and nuclear tests. The U.S. President said this.
TRUMP: We will be stopping the war games, which will save us a tremendous amount of money, unless and until we see that the future negotiation is not
going along like it should. I will be saving a tremendous amount of money, plus I think it's very provocative.
RIVERS (on-camera): So, potential troop removal and possibly no more exercises. That's music to China's ears.
(voice-over): The government felt so good about this summit, they even brought up sanctions on North Korea. With the Ministry Foreign Affairs
spokesperson saying in part "Sanctions can be adjusted accordingly, including suspending or lifting relevant measures. China always holds the
view that sanctions are not the goal."
GENG SHUANG, SPOKERSPERSON, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS: China will be the first one to formally ask for sanctions to be lifted. Before then, I think
you will see the implementation already on sanctions very, very lack.
RIVERS: To be clear, negotiations over North Korea's nuclear program are just getting started. U.S. troop removal is not on the table at the
moment, sanctions remain in place and China says it's enforcing them.
U.S officials are also well aware of China's strategic goals and how they'll try and use the North Koreans to achieve that. But still, after
one day and one summit, the Chinese government is likely looking at what happened and saying, hey, that's not a bad start.
TRUMP: Thank you very much everybody. Thank you.
RIVERS: Matt Rivers, CNN Beijing
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STOUT: And, well, the U.S. reaction to the summit maybe polarize, reaction from Moscow, from Beijing as you heard, the E.U. so and others has been
largely positive. But the U.S. secretary of state may have to clarify some things for South Korea.
Let's bring in CNN's International Diplomatic Editor, Nic Robertson there in the South Korea in Capital for us. Nic, thank you for joining us. Mike
Pompeo is now in Seoul, and ahead of his arrival what did South Korean officials say about Trump's pledge to end joint military drills?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Well, what they're saying is they'd like to understand what his intention is, what he fully
means by this statement. They're not saying that that's not something that they can go along with, they're indicating that, you know, they believe
that South Korea should take the steps to help this relationship between the United States and North Korea get start to take holds.
So, it's clear it's seems that they were caught a little unawares by this. And as a Senior National Security Advisor to South Korea's president,
President Moon told us yesterday that he interprets this as something that would have surprised the leadership here. But he also says it's not
something that President Trump can do unilaterally.
So I'm guessing Sectary of States Mike Pompeo, not only explaining what was going on while he's here, but trying to sort of, you know, this is a
bilateral agreement between two countries. And as a senior national security advisor said, it's not up to or it's not possible for just one
side to decide to pull out of it unilaterally.
[08:10:03] So that it's clear some more conversations have to come here, Kristie.
STOUT: Yes, more conversation for more clarity. And the end of these joint drills that would be effectively the freeze -- for freeze option that
China and Russia had proposed all along. So, is Trump effectively agreeing with them? And what is the U.S. getting in return?
ROBERTSON: Well, it's interesting because, you know, coming from the Kremlin they've said this is positive but they -- they don't really
understand and seal the details in it yet. And obviously we were just hearing in that report that this is something so far that China can see the
positives and can see the upside and if you will.
So -- and the very fact that President Trump was using language to describe this joint military exercises. Remembering that, you know, South Korea and
the U.S. force is here do this exercises so that they're military ready. Should a threat suddenly emerge from North Korea, ready to fight tonight.
So -- and President Trump was describing them as a provocation. So, the language that he's using and the audience that he seems are have pleased
most, those that would like to see a diminution of the United States ability to project military force in this region.
So, you know, in a way, in a long term direction, this is a diminution of the United States -- the United States ability to have influence in the
region if you look longer term here.
So, at the moment, short term because the short term is the next steps in this process. And Mike Pompeo, the U.S secretary of state who arrived here
a few hours ago really the jobs on him right now because you could say the easy stuff was done with a further opportunities, et cetera yesterday in
Singapore. All the details of normally he'd be done in advance.
The Secretary of State Mike Pompeo needs to get to work on that now, beginning we understand with the meeting with the President Foreign
Minister tomorrow.
STOUT: Absolutely, the details have to be hashed out even though yesterday was historic. It was just a rough draft. We'll see what's going to come
next. Nic Robertson reporting live from Seoul, thank you so much.
Now, shares in ZTE have plummeted more then 40 percent, its lowest level in more than year. Analysts have predicted that the stock would fall sharply
when it resume trading today. The Chinese tech giant stock have been suspended for the past eight weeks after the U.S. blocked American firms
from selling parts or providing services to ZTE.
ZTE was slap at the ban after admitting to evading sanctions on Iran and North Korea. But last week, the Trump administration announced a deal to
lift the ban. In return, ZTE has to pay a billion dollar fine.
Out to Sport now in FIFA's decision on hosting the 2026 World Cup.
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INFANTINO GIANNI, FIFA PRESIDENT: The member associations of Canada, Mexico and USA have been selected by the FIFA Congress to host the 2026
FIFA World Cup. Thank you.
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STOUT: The three nation bid overcame Morocco at the FIFA Congress in Moscow winning 2/3 of the vote. And it's been a dramatic few hours in
Russia eve the World Cup.
Spain, one of the tournament favorites just sacked their manager. For more in all of this, Words Sports Alex Thomas joins us live from Moscow and
CNN's Paula Newton is in Ottawa, Canada for us.
And Alex, let's get things off with you. Morocco, they did have a strong challenge, in the end they didn't win the bid. Tell us why.
ALEX THOMAS, CNN WORLD SPORT: They were late to the bidding process, they surprise FIFA the world governing body and they put up a really good fight,
Kristie. Even 48 hours ago, insiders and people from the national associations across the globe, all indication from these people suggesting
it would be a very, very, tight raise.
So in the end, getting to 65 votes to the united bids, 134 will be probably be disappointing to them, where they told me as recently as yesterday that
if the united bid won, they would congratulate them. They'd be no sour grapes.
This process has been very different to the last time World Cup host were chosen eight years ago. It's been a transparent one, we've had the list
showing who everyone around the world is voted for. So, at least it's been a fair process.
Morocco, yes, they can go away with some pride and a head held high.
STOUT: Yes. From Alex in Moscow, let's go to Paula Newton standing by in Ottawa. And Paula, the timing of this just when there's this major new
strained relations between Trudeau and Trump. The U.S. and Canada along with Mexico, they win this joint bid to host the 2026 World Cup, is this
going to force them to play nice?
PAULA NEWTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, look, they've already on this issue. They've already played nice and something that they all agree on.
But, of course, it will highlight the ties, the ties that bind and they're unbreakable ties really.
We are waiting for Donald Trump just to arrive from the Singapore summit to tweet on this. He did put his backing behind this bid. And some people
thought that might even lose the bid for the united bid as they were calling it.
[08:15:05] And we are also waiting on Prime Minister Trudeau and, of course, the Mexican President to also tweet or say something about this.
They all back this bid. And one thing that you have to overlook is that you can't overlook as the fact that the supporting federations here, soccer
in particular, you know, they want the politics to stay on the sidelines on this.
The leagues already worked so well. They mesh so well in so many different levels and they feel that they have a really good team to put together a
bid that we have to say, Kristie, I may not to put too fine a point and (ph) but you're dealing with games in Edmonton, Canada, north to Mexico
City to the south. Well, over 3,000 miles. So, keep in mind the span of these games and what's going to happening.
I will say that we have a major league soccer league here in Canada and the United States. And they tweeted out that "There's no doubt that the World
Cup 2026 will elevate the sport of soccer to entirely new levels."
And that is the point. They are hoping that it will be contagious and that while North America, particularly the United States and Canada, not Mexico
obviously but that those two countries. The enthusiasm that we see on those pictures, on community league will then finally appear on the world's
stage.
And Kristie, from hundreds of thousands of children here in Canada including my children to FIFA's ears, does this mean that Canada -- and I
will add the United States -- will get a by into that tournament and that's what everyone wants to see now.
And as Alex will tell you, it's still undecided whether they will stop to qualify or actually get a by as host countries usually do.
STOUT: Yes. But still a lot of enthusiasm, a lot excitement there in Canada and across North America. Let's get back to Alex sitting by in
Moscow. And Alex, on the eve of the World Cup, the 2018 World Cup's kicking off tomorrow. And we got the stunning news at the Spain they
sacked its manager. What is going on here?
THOMAS: On Tuesday, we heard the Spain manager, Kristie, Julen Lopetegui had agreed to become the next coach of Real Madrid. Zinedine Zidane had
held with that position, but after leading the club to a record third successive champions lead triumph, he opted to stand down for various
personal reasons.
So, Lopetegui is a new man and we assume that it all been sorts out behind close doors, it urns out that wasn't true. The Spanish FA's, they were
given five minutes notice about the announcements and the head of the Spanish F.A. who's here in Russia for that FIFA Congress meeting where they
just announced the 2026 host.
He was furious, got in the plane, flew to the Spain camp and another part of Russia confronted Lopetegui and he's ended up sacking him, despite it
seems according to reports a last ditch attempt by players to persuade him to let Lopetegui stay.
They are already in all of this, Kristie, is that the temporary coach now taking them into the World Cup is Fernando Hierro, A Real Madrid legend
when he was a player. He was the Spanish sporting director. I['m furious, I had Spain in my office sweet stake.
STOUT: So, much for fun news this day. And of course all the actions begins tomorrow. A big thank you to you both, Alex Thomas reporting live
from Moscow, Paula Newton lived from Ottawa take care.
And this just in, U.S. President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to express a congratulations for that joint North American bid winning the
2026 World cup saying, "The U.S. together with Mexico and Canada just got the World Cup. Congratulations, a great deal of hard work!".
Now, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May. She is facing an uphill struggle. Right now, the parliament is debating if they want to keep
certain amendments to the Brexit Bill that would disrupt her vision for the withdrawal plan.
Also ahead, they were stranded at sea for days and while Spain is offering these migrants refuge, they still face a long frustrating journey to get
there.
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[08:21:02] STOUT: Now, this is as seen at the British Parliament right now is lawmaker's debate over several key amendments in the Brexit Bill. These
15 amendments added by the House Lords last month (ph) changed key aspects of Prime Minister Theresa May's brexit plans and endanger her government.
So far, she has managed to block lawmaker's demands for them to have the definite say over a final Brexit deal.
Now, Max Foster is there outside the British House of Parliament, he joins us now live. And Max, the vote did go the government's way, it was not
easy to get there. Could you tell us about the concessions that Theresa May had to make in order avoid defeat so far?
MAX FOSTER, CNN LONDON CORRESPONDENT: And that's the big, big question today, Kristie. It's not entirely clear, as you say the key amendment was
voted and it went to the government's way yesterday.
And this was really about what happens at the end of the Brexit process either when, you know, if Europe -- the negotiations collapse at the last
minute or if the British Parliament votes against the deal that the government reaches with the E.U. What happens in that circumstance?
There was a lot of talk about Parliament getting more control and the government retains control. There's a last minute deal done yesterday.
What isn't entirely clear is what that deal meant? So we know that the Prime Minister met some rebel and peace who eventually came on sides.
Rebel and peace today, members of the conservative party saying the government absolutely must stick to what she agrees. We just don't know
what was agreed. And we're hearing from the government side that effectively there was no specific deal made, only that parliament would be
kept in the loop on the whole process when it comes to crunch in a few months time or just over year's time.
So, we're not entirely clear what the concessions are. It's all very, very, murky here, Kristie. But it just -- does show the amount of tension
within politics here. But also, I think, you can conclude from this that the Prime Minister is getting weaker over time. And that's have big
concern going into negotiations with the E.U. parliament, making her position ever weaker.
STOUT: There is still so much tension and yet it's hard to believe. It's already been what, two years since the referendum. And Britain is said to
exit the E.U. by the end of March 2019. That is less than one year away. Is there enough time to reach a deal?
FOSTER: Well, that's another big question. It seems very difficult to understand what they can agree. And, you know, in terms of bringing all
that U.K. law back to the U.K.
So, I mean, that's part of what this main bill is about really. It's about, you know, ultimately when it comes to the crunch, can we just find
some solution to bringing E.U. law back into the British Parliament? And then we're worried about exactly which ones to include in U.K. law or in
the long term later on.
So, whereas why this particular bill is so important because if they don't reach conclusions in all matter of smaller laws, they wouldn't be able to
deal with it later on. But they have to take control at the end of the process and have sovereignty here in parliament.
So, no, they're not going to able to deal with everything in one goal. Well, they can deal with the main bits and if the government retains its
current position, they might be able to do that. But if parliament keeps getting involved and saying we want to take direction of this, then it's
seems less and less lightly because there's going to be many more people involved of course.
And it takes longer to get things through here than it does the cabinet of the British government for example.
STOUT: All right, Max Foster reporting live from London, thank you so much. Take care.
Now, a source, close the Spanish government tells CNN that Spain will grant refugee status to hundreds of migrants. They were stranded on a rescue
ship in the Mediterranean Sea and they're now on their way to Spain.
The Spanish government stepped in after Italy refuse to accept the boat. Many of the migrants were transferred to two smaller vessels late on
Tuesday. All three are now headed to Valencia.
I mean, while Italy is pushing back a criticism over its rejection of the migrant ship, the French envoy to Rome has been called to the Italian
Foreign Ministry.
[08:25:01] Our CNN's Melissa Bell turns this live from Catania, Sicily. And Melissa, hundreds of migrants, exhausted migrants are now heading to
what they hope is refuge in Spain. What's the latest you're hearing about their journey?
MELISSA BELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it looks they're in for good surprise. And so far is they're likely to be fast track. Thanks to the
new government of Pedro Sanchez, they're a socialist government that is offering asylum at least for the two years that allows them to apply for
official asylum there after.
So these 629 migrants in the end, Kristie, in a sense are the lucky ones.
Now, as for the change of policy here in Italy, clearly, the fall out continuous from Italy's refusal to allow the Aquarius into this port here
in Catania on Sunday that diplomatic rally (ph) that you mentioned, and of course, the migrants continue to arrived.
I mean, in fact, what the Italian government has now clarified is that -- it isn't that they're denying migrants the possibility of coming here
anymore. It's simply that the only post that will be allow to disembark migrants hands forth are bought like this one from the Coast Guard, the
Italian Coast Guard.
And you can see this is where they're being process. Still, many people all in that boat waiting to be process by the Italian Red Cross and then
waiting to have their finger prints taken, and then, to be taken on to migrant camps.
Now, Italy has changed its policy as a result of the change of government. It is now a populist and right wing government that is in charge, Matteo
Salvini, Italy's interior minister.
You remember the man who tweeted victory when it was announced that Spain would be taking in the Aquarius. He's been explaining his new policy to
the Italian Senate this morning. A very controversial policy since it means that no NGO ships that have been so crucial in saving so many lives
over the course of the last few years will be allowed into Italian Ports anymore.
With all of those questions of course, Kristie, after about what that means for the EU's migration policy. These even as European leaders begin to
consider how it might change and as they search for unit.
And we spoke a little while ago to a spokesman from the UNHCR who is here to talk about the extra misery that this new policy is piling onto migrants
who have already been through so much by the time they're rescued from the Mediterranean.
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MARCO ROTUNNO, UNHCR SICILY: I want to hear from what the conditions they are arrived to the ports are terrible conditions. So, it means that their
desperate journey at the beginning and in the countries of transit and especially Libya where they were held by the traffickers, the conditions
were terrible. So, all of them needs safety place where they can land.
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BELL: And that really goes to the heart of why this new policy from Rome has proven so controversial, Kristie is that owned ships like this one,
owned (ph) ships like the NGO ships, these rescued migrants, there are of course many economic migrants about them.
There are also many people who have a right to claim asylum here in Europe because they're fleeing war, because they're fleeing prosecution. And by
denying them access because they're on NGO boats, the Italian government is really not -- let's say, many living up to its obligations, Kristie.
STOUT: Melissa Bell, reporting live from Catania, Sicily where scores of newly arrived migrants behind her. Melissa, we thank you for your
reporting. You're watching New Stream and we'll be right back.
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[08:30:46] STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong, you're watching News Stream and these are the world headlines.
The United States, Canada and Mexico will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup after (INAUDIBLE) bid overcame Morocco easily at the FIFA Congress in
Moscow winning 2/3 of the votes.
On the eve of this year's tournament in Russia, Spain have sacked their manager and hired Former Real Madrid Captain Fernando Hierro as a
replacement.
British lawmakers are debating amendments to the Brexit bill. Prime Minister Theresa May has managed to block lawmakers' demands for them to
have the last word over a final Brexit deal, but she had to concede that parliament will have some safe no deals reached with Brussels in the coming
months.
In Yemen, forces back by the Saudi led coalition have launched a major new offensive. They're trying to recapture a key port city from Houthi rebels.
The U.N. and Red Cross warned hundreds of thousands of civilians could be at risk. The city is a main point of entry for imported food and medicine
in Yemen.
The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Seoul a short time ago. He is there to brief South Korean officials on the Trump-Kim summit and
provide some clarity over what Donald Trump meant when he agreed to end joint military exercises.
Meanwhile, the U.S. President just tweeted in apparent defense of the move, "We save a fortune by not doing war games."
When the President was asked if meeting with Kim Jong-un betrays the 100,000 plus people held in North Korean prison camps, he said those people
could be winners in the process. But we're told it is unlikely Kim will release any of those prisoners anytime soon. It's also unlikely that he'll
allow the kind of western investment that Mr. Trump is selling. Brian Todd explains why.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A new world can begin today.
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This likely produced movie trailer President Trump said was designed to show Kim Jong-un what's
possible for North Korea if Kim gets with of all his nuclear weapons.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What will he choose to show vision and leadership or not?
TODD: The video which Trump says he showed to Kim on an iPad for trace of flood of western investment, new railroads, factories, resorts.
TRUMP: They have great beaches. You see that whenever they're exploding the canons into the ocean, right? I said, boy, look at that view, wouldn't
that make a great condo?
TODD: Now, experts warn what while Kim would certainly more cash coming in to his country, the dictator knows if he really opens North Korea up to
western investment, it could spell his doom.
MICHAEL GREEN, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: It's like the opening the window of a submarine underwater to get more fresh air.
The North Koreans know that that is the beginning of their own doing.
TODD: Letting western companies like McDonald's come in, analysts say means letting more information into North Korea. Something that paranoid
regime doesn't want a traumatically sealed population to have.
Because it's so close, most North Koreans believed what they're taught in school that Kim is something it came to a living God that their country is
superior.
GREEN: When the information and the choice and the money flows into the pockets of North Koreans and they realize that they are living in a
hellhole on the earth, not the paradise of the pure race they were told. It's entropy, its chaos.
TODD: Which could lead to Kim's assassination and the destruction of his regime. That's a risk that President Trump could be downplaying or
misunderstanding when talking about how North Koreans feel about their Supreme Leader.
TRUMP: His country does love him, his people, you see, the fervor. They have a great fervor.
TODD: Well, that fervor is forced. Human rights monitor say the North Koreans graciously clapping for Kim at rally. Crying with Joy in his
presence, know what happens if they don't.
GREG SCARLATOIU, COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA: If you don't clap or adore him, you will swiftly be pulled out of the crowd and replace
to a somebody else and punished.
TODD: But it's not just people pull out of crowds. Kim deals with anyone who crosses him harshly.
SCARLATOIU: All prisoners in North Korea of any particular political prisoners are subjected to a relentless, vicious cycle of forced labor and
induced malnutrition, public executions, secret executions, torture.
TODD: Expert say that's what Kim uses to maintain control and it's his desire to maintain that control that could ultimately scuttle any nuclear
deal.
[08:35:07] (on camera): Most analysts do give President Trump credit for at least raising the issue of human rights with Kim Jong-un. They say if
Kim releases just a few prisoners or let's a little bit of western investment come in to North Korea, it'll still be a better situation than
it was before.
But they say any western companies that come in to North Korea like a Starbucks or McDonalds here or there will likely only be accessible to the
North Korean elites who are close to Kim at least at the outside. Brian Todd, CNN Washington.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
STOUT: So, is this new found diplomacy really a turning point when it comes to human rights and one of the world's most repressive countries.
Earlier I spoke with Sokeel Park, Director of Research and Strategy at the non-profit group liberty in North Korea. And I asked him what he thought
of the outcome of the summit.
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SOKEEL PARK, LIBERTY IN NORTH KOREA: I think that this clearly is a victory right now or it's a benefit to Kim Jong-un. He wouldn't be doing
that otherwise. But in the long term, this is a process and hopefully it does lead to economic development and opening a normalization of North
Korea as a country.
I think that it can really only push the ball for the down road with that. And so, the hope is that its benefits and the North Korean people as well.
STOUT: Yes, and Trump he did say he raise the issue of human rights when he sat down with Kim Jong-un, but the focus were still on denuclearization.
Do you believe at that -- as a human rights activist, do you believe that that is actually the right approach here? Because the risk of raising the
issue of human rights too soon, too directly with Kim Jong-un could enrage him and derail any chance for opening, any chance for progress.
PARK: Well, I think, that it's clear that Kim Jong-un wants to engage right now, he wants to deal with the international community. And that
doesn't mean that we only have to engage with him on he's preferred terms. It means that we can bring our terms to the table as well and that can mean
emphasizing human rights.
I think last month and just the right thing to do morally, I think it's the right thing to do strategically as well. Because this isn't -- at the end
of the day, it's not just about nuclear weapons and missiles. It's about the nature of North Korea as a country.
And in a long term, we need to see basically an opening, a normalization of North Korea, a resolution fundamentally of the state of North Korea in
order to resolve all of the other issues including security.
STOUT: Yes. And there's so many issues inside the country and we need to be reminded of this because as the world continuous to take in these images
of a North Korean leader smiling, shaking hands, sharing this historic moment of diplomacy with Donald Trump remind us of the desperate Human
Rights situation inside North Korea. I mean, this is a place of political gulags, of abductions, torture, executions, the list goes on.
PARK: Right. I mean, you know, it's 2018 but there's nowhere else on the planet like North Korea today as the most closed, repressive and
ideologically governed country in the world.
The North Korean people don't have access to the internet, let along international phone calls or access to any cultural information that's not
been basically created and curetted by that government. The most basic freedoms that we take for granted even freedom of movement, freedom of
speech, all of these things are denied then. And then in the long term, the bigger picture -- the resolve of that as well is that North Korean
people are kept very artificial poor.
The South Korea have a very different governance conditions of course and it's one of the biggest economy in the world. North Korea could have that
same kind of economic potential but the North Korean government contains that potential and represses the people.
STOUT: Right. And right now, after the Singapore summit, you're a little bit hopeful. This is an opportunity for engagement and for North Korea to
open up and to create more opportunities with the people inside the country.
But as an activist who has worked very hard with many other groups of the years providing outreach and support to the many desperate people inside
North Korea, does it in a way break your heart a bit knowing that Donald Trump and his allies are at this moment OK with overlooking to growths
human rights abuses of the North?
PARK: Yes, I definitely think that a different approach could've been taken. I think the overall with this summit it was oversold and under
delivered. There weren't actually that many significant concessions that we're gotten out of the North Korean government. The U.S. has put things
on the table.
So, it's not a great style, you know, it's a pretty a copy and a paste agreement from what we've seen before. But it's also kind of the starting
gun for a marathon process. You know, this -- it's the relationship. It's not just a one of event, and so, we're going to have to judge this maybe in
one or two years.
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STOUT: Sokeel Park there. You're watching News Stream. And still to come, Vietnam has fiercely defended its identity for more than a millennium
despite waves of outside influences.
And CNN's destination Hanoi, we're going to taste of a popular treat among the locals. That story is next.
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[08:41:33] STOUT: In Hanoi, the West Lake region reveals a mix of intra- traditions and modern improvement. And in good times and in bad, a popular streets gets help nourish the population.
Shrimp Cakes, not that fancy but they do bring a sense of nostalgia to many impose for Vietnam. And Neil Curry gives us a taste in CNN's Destination
Hanoi.
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NEIL CURRY, CNN CORRESPONDENTS (voice-over): North of the hubbub of the old quarter, you'll find West Lake, the biggest in Hanoi.
QUYNH ANH NGUYEN, FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER: West Lake is considered essential for Vietnamese like a center, like a center of energy. So, you
can see a lot of temples and pagodas on its shore.
CURRY: Quynh Anh Nguyen is a freelance photographer and a native of Hanoi. She's been around Vietnam and beyond on assignment, but there's something
about Hanoi that keeps bringing her back.
NGUYEN: I think, Hanoi is about the mixture of things of Asian lifestyle and some features from the colonial past. A lot of a modern growth of the
economy, just everything is just mixed together. It's quite interesting also to observe the changes.
CURRY: One thing about West Lake hasn't changed over the years, a beloved home grown snack that gives a taste of Hanoi in history, Shrimp Cake or
Banh Tom.
NGUYEN: We are at the restaurant called Banh Tom Ho Tay. This is the most famous spot for this dish. So the restaurant was opened in 1956, it's
quite a while ago. And thanks to this restaurant, the street snack became famous.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The dish is pretty simple itself, there is no fancy ingredients. The prawns or the shrimps are caught directly from the lake.
CURRY: Quynh Anh and many other Hanoians does nostalgia attached to this dish that transcends meat taste.
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STOUT: That looked absolutely scrumptious. And that is News Stream, I'm Kristie Lu Stout. Don't go anywhere, World Sport with Christina Macfarlane
is next.
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[08:46:08] GIANNI: The member associations of Canada, Mexico and USA have been selected by the FIFA Congress to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Thank
you.
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CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, CNN WORLD SPORT, ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to CNN World Sport. Well, we begin with our top story this hour. The United
States, Mexico and Canada have won the right to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Meaning, the biggest tournament in football will be returning to American soil for the first time in 24 years. The winning bid was announced at the
meeting of the FIFA Congress in Moscow short while ago, you can see here.
After 203 football federations voted individually, for the first time to elect the winner, North America will become the first World Cup to host an
expanded 48 team tournament set to feature 80 matches over 34 day is a factor that could have been influential in the decision making of process.
Well, for more on this let's get straight out to my World Sport colleagues, Alex Thomas, who was standing by in Moscow. And Alex, some experts
suggested it was going to be a close result but that wasn't the case. What gave the united team the edge?
THOMAS: Well, we'll have to wait and see what the united team bid people say. We have to wait and see what will the federations and the football
associations that voted for united bid say when they come out of Congress. We have a team down there, we'll be getting that reaction shortly.
But it seems clear from everything we've seen so far that what swayed it in favor of Mexico, Canada and the United States was a couple of things
really. It was the fact like of so much more money, a $14 billion windfall including $11 billion of profit for FIFA itself by the time when they're
trying to restore their finances.
And also, the fact that's stadium infrastructure was already in place. Twenty six stadiums already there with the huge capacities you need to say
what will be the first ever 48 team will kind of an (ph) expanded event on the 32 nations competing here and in Qatar in four years time.
And also, I found to that wasn't such a big deal as we thought it might be that Donald Trump scenario speaking to Morocco early this week, they said
it had been a factor in their lobbying (ph), but they'll be disappointed of the 65 votes they ended up getting to the 134 for united, quite a clear
majority. A lot of the Asian votes go in the way of the united bid, a lot of Europe votes as well. Italy, the Netherlands was some of -- and France
was some of the rare countries that voted out of the way of -- for the Morocco bid instead.
Donald Trump, congratulating the united bid. They can take a look at this tweet he sent out a bit earlier. A fresh off the plane after his Singapore
shenanigans, the U.S. together with Mexico and Canada just got the World Cup congratulations, a great deal of hard work.
And that should be means a great deal of hard work ahead or it was a word for the hard work they've already put in. Certainly we know yet to send
lessons to the FIFA members assuring them that he's tightening stones on immigration wouldn't affect all the teams and fans coming there if they won
the bid and now they have.
MACFARLANE: Yes. Donald Trump -- President Donald Trump, he was of course perhaps the factor in the spinning process. So, Alex, what can we expect
for the next steps for the 2026 World Cup debate?
THOMAS: A lot of hard work to go in interestingly away from sports. Canada, the United States and Mexico have tricky diplomatic relations right
now.
In terms of this football bid, its concern they tried to keep the politics out of it and they have presented a united front which is kind of the theme
of that bid hence what it's called the united bid in the first place.
And clearly, it's going to help three countries have an excuse to work together, go hand and hand as they head towards 2026. We know that soccer
continuous to increase in popularity in the U.S., major league soccer continuing to be a success. It's expanded in recent times.
[08:50:05] We know the huge crowd someone like Atlanta United are getting for a young U.S. soccer player Christian Pulisic for (INAUDIBLE) teams
playing for Borussia Dortmund so disappointed not to get to this current World Cup because USA didn't qualify.
He will be 27 in 2026 at it speak as a footballer, there are lots of other young American players is coming through too. They (ph) will be inspired
to play on home soil. Yet to find out of Canada for example will get an automatic place in that World Cup as a host, that would be decided in the
weeks ahead, plenty to do.
But for now, it was not as high to raise as we thought it's going to be for the 2026 World Cup. It does back to North America for the first time since
1994, Christina.
MACFARLANE: Alex Thomas there from Moscow. Alex, thanks very much for giving us the round top perhaps on exhausting couple of hours.
And on the eve of the tournament, a shock move as well by Spain as they decide to part ways with their Real Madrid bound coach. Fund out who will
replace him with their opener against Portugal fast approaching.
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MACFARLANE: Welcome back to World Sport. Where we are addressing (ph) some twists and turns in world football. We're just one day to go until
kickoff for the 2018 World Cup.
Just a few hours ago, we learned that Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has been fired just two days before Spain were due to kickoff their World Cup
campaign against Portugal. And within the last hour, it's been announced that Former Spain Captain and Real Madrid legend Fernando Hierro will take
charge of the squad during the World Cup. Hierro made 89 appearances for Spain and featured in four World Cups.
And I'm pleased to say I'm joined once again by International Football Journalist Antony Kastrinakis who has covered Spanish football for nearly
20 years.
And Antony, there's a certain irony to the fact that a Real Madrid legend has now replaced the new Real Madrid manager in charge of Spain. You have
met Hierro a few times, you know him well. How well placed is he to step into this role?
ANTONY KASTRINAKIS , INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL WRITER: He is best place person for the role to secure that the boat does not sink. He was the
technical director in the era of their complete dominance 2007 to 2011. So, he won the Euro and the World Cup as the technical director. He then
subsequently left and returned last November.
He's coaching career is very, very, brief. He only spent one season at Oviedo in the Segunda Division, the second era of Spanish football. And he
narrowly missed out in the play offs promotion -- on promotion and he left immediately by neutrals consent. But he has been back in the camp, in the
Spain camp and he commands the respect of all the players.
MACFARLANE: Crucially. But that being said, how much has the decision to replace Lopetegui actually damaged Spain's chances now of making a run the
title in the World Cup.
[08:55:05] KASTRINAKIS: Well, they were my standout team to win the tournament and they are no longer are for, the very simple reason that the
Spanish call it out of his too (ph) on self management.
The first match against Portugal may take care of itself, but deeper in the tournament in the look out stages the coach has made plans, has scouted
opponents, has made different decisions and has covered all eventualities.
Now, Hierro, even though he may have been prevail to Lopetegui's plans has to do it from scratch.
MACFARLANE: Yes. This isn't actually the first time we've seen a national coach take on a huge club role on the eve of a World Cup is it? There are
other examples.
KASTRINAKIS: And here in London, Chelsea fans and West London know all about that. In 2008, in year of 2008, we all knew that or certain a few of
us knew that Luiz Felipe Scolari that then Portugal manager was going to become the manager of Chelsea, but they kept it under wraps. No questions
were allowed and it was game of cat and mouse throughout the tournament.
Scolari kept at it, he never admitted it and only after they crashed out of the semi-finals was it announced. And then, of course Antonio Conte
against Chelsea, two years ago before the Euro, once again, he have agreed to take over. It wasn't announced until after he left the tournament. The
only thing he had said was that he was going to leave at the end of year 2016.
MACFARLANE: But in this case, of course, it has been managed in a very different way, hasn't it?
KASTRINAKIS: A fiasco.
MACFARLANE: A fiasco. Antony, thank you so much for joining us, giving us your perspective on World Sport.
All right, well, that's it for this edition. I'm Cristina Macfarlane in London. Stay with us, the news is coming out next.
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