HARLOW: National Security Adviser John Bolton, this morning on North Korea, saying the regime has not yet taken steps towards denuclearization. It's significant. Michelle Kosinski joins me at the State Department. So he went on Fox News this morning. He said this. And he essentially said it last night with Jake as well. It's significant to hear from him.</s>MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN SENIOR DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I mean it's about time we heard somebody say that, right? He seems to be one of the first people in this administration to admit that all is not well following that big summit with Kim Jong-un that the president had not very long ago. And that North Korea hasn't taken the steps necessary. I mean just yesterday Bolton was saying that the U.S. is still waiting for North Korea to begin the process that it committed to. Listen.</s>JOHN BOLTON, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: They were waiting for the North Koreans to begin the process of denuclearization, which they committed to in Singapore, and which they've not yet done.</s>KOSINSKI: OK, so we have the administration now talking about North Korea not doing enough when it was only days ago the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, was testifying on The Hill before a bunch of senators and he seemed to be saying, yes, yes, there's progress, there's progress, there's progress, but he would not talk about it. So now we have Bolton is saying, no, North Korea really needs to do something. And he's also using the words again "maximum pressure" to maintain that on North Korea, and that's a phrase that the president himself said he would not use anymore because he thought things were going well. Poppy.</s>HARLOW: Michelle, thank you for the reporting and the update. It's important. Top of the hour. Good morning, everyone. I'm Poppy Harlow in New York.
Bolton Acknowledges Denuclearization Not Started.