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From seoul. a lot of action indicating this is really back on track and working on not just the logistics now but the substance with this high ranking official heading to new york. >> reporter: thats right. the white house is signaling that this on again, off again summit is now back on again. you have kim jong-uns right hand man coming to new york to talk to secretary of state mike pompeo to hammer out some of the final details, some of the final sticking points. as you pointed out the presiden...

Feasible it could happen in the next 18 days or so. of course, theres so much planning and logistics that goes into a summit of this nature. thats the question for white house staffers. if the president makes the final decision, were going ahead, were going to have the summit in singapore on june 12th, thats going to cause a lot of problems for the staffers here who are going to have to prepare for something like that to take place after just 24 hours ago thinking it wasnt going to happen on jun...

>> everybody plays games. you know that. you no he th you know that better than anybody. >> lets bring in white house correspondent pamela brown. what do you make of that. >> reporter: the bottom line is the president wants that to happen. and he sent that letter to kim jong-un yesterday canceling the summit with keeping the hope alive it will still happen on june 12th. so the dilly whip lish whether the historic summit between u.s. and north korea will happen continues into today with the presi...

Single stage has proven that whatever this administration has said is going on in fact has proven not to be the case. >> im glad you raise that because were going to start talking about it that here in a couple of minutes. when we continue, another revelation from the memo, the president did work on that statement splarning his sons meeting with the russian lawyer in trump tower. plus, the on again/off again summit with kim jong-un is on for now, but is the president falling into the same patt...

Eventual withdrawal of troops from the korean peninsula, the end of the american nuclear umbrella and economic concessions in exchange for their willingness to talk and take steps towards denuclearization. loo lots to be worked out, but on the ground in north korea they believe it might be possible to salvage the talks and move forward, making progress towards peace with the united states. jim. >> will ripley inside north korea. very few individuals bring the kind of experience to this story our...

Freedom. today we pay tribute to their service. we mourn alongside their families. we strive to be worthy of their sacrifice. >> meanwhile, leaders from north and south korea meeting over the weekend as a tweet from the president sparked new rumblings that his on again, off again summit with north koreas kim jong un may be on again. kevin cork is live from the white house with the latest. hi, kevin. >> hey there. mice to be with you. happy memorial day to you and yours. solemn occasion at the ar...

What has changed now. we have seen a change in the communications, of course. that is one thing we should note. secretary of state mike pompeo was testifying on capitol hill yesterday and said essentially the north koreans werent returning his calls, ands a senior administration official noted when the advance staff for the white house went to singapore to smooth out the wrinkles ahead of the trip the north koreans stood them up and didnt show up there. so a breakdown in communications certainly...

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Cautiously optimistic now that they might be able to salvage this june 12th summit in singapore with president trump. obviously theres still a lot of mistrust on both sides about what the others intentions are, but i think the statement that we saw from the ministry of foreign affairs in pyongyang where they really dialled back some of the harsher rhetoric we heard in recent days, including the insult hurled at vice president pence, calling him a political dummy after he compared north korea to ...

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