A Historic Handshake

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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For the first time ever, a sitting president of the United States has met with a North Korean leader. Was the handshake between President Trump and Kim Jong-un a beginning or an end? Guest: Mark Landler, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, who is reporting on the summit meeting from Singapore. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the Daily.
0:09.0	Today, for the first time ever, the President of the United States has met with the leader of North Korea.
0:18.0	Was the handshake the beginning or the end?
0:22.0	It's Tuesday, June 12th.
0:34.0	Good morning. Thank you for calling J.W. Mary Singapore South.
0:37.0	Which this is Rebecca. I'll assist you.
0:39.0	Yes, I am trying to reach a guest named Mark Landler.
0:43.0	All right. Just for a moment, allow me to transfer your call.
0:47.0	Thank you.
0:48.0	Okay.
0:58.0	Hello.
0:59.0	Hey, it's Michael.
1:01.0	Hey, how are you?
1:02.0	Good. You sound awake, which is remarkable.
1:05.0	I don't know why I'm awake. I can't tell you. I mean, I guess I just must be mainlining coffee or something.
1:11.0	Because I didn't sleep last night.
1:13.0	At all?
1:19.0	Literally after we spoke. No, not at all. So hopefully I will sleep tonight. But I'm only going to sleep for like, you know, four hours because then I have to get up and do the whole thing tomorrow.
1:22.0	Right.
1:23.0	Well, I'm actually really sorry to give you up even longer. I know how late it is. It's 237 where you are.
1:29.0	You've got just a few hours before this meeting between Trump and Kim.
1:34.0	The last time that I talked to you, President Trump was just arriving in Singapore.
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