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Achieve denuclearization. hallie jackson joins us live from the white house. how did this come about? >> reporter: quickly and as a surprise to a lot of folks even inside the west wing. let me take you into the evening. the policy implications are real. as you mentioned we have now learned that the white house, the president has accepted the invitation to meet kim jong-un. we expect to know more in the next couple of minutes. we could talk more perhaps later in the hour with new details from the...

>> reporter: quickly and as a surprise to a lot of folks even inside the west wing. let me take you into the evening. the policy implications are real. as you mentioned we have now learned that the white house, the president has accepted the invitation to meet kim jong-un. we expect to know more in the next couple of minutes. we could talk more perhaps later in the hour with new details from the white house. we will be bringing that to you when it happens. let me start sort of where the picture ...

Policy implications often fall short. this was an compact repeat of what we saw with the daca meeting. feinstein all giddy. he gets it, he gets it. this is great. >> is that your feinstein? >> he gives her the high fold. he yeah, id be good with that. then we will do the other stuff. and the republicans, no, no, no, we cant do any of this stuff. then nothing happens. look, it is so offensive to the people who are pushing for this kind of change. immigration lives on the line. you know that. you ...

And raise the age to buy a rifle, i agree with the president on that, but beyond that the folks yelling gun control dont have a great grasp on what theyre talking about. >> laura: so the cnn producer who called you right after the shooting said specifically what about the way they wanted to produce interviews and so forth? >> as i recall, the producer said were looking for people who want to talk about the policy implications about what happened in terms of -- she didnt mention guns but in terms...

And raise the age to buy a rifle, i agree with the president on that, but beyond that the folks yelling gun control dont have a great grasp on what theyre talking about. >> laura: so the cnn producer who called you right after the shooting said specifically what about the way they wanted to produce interviews and so forth? >> as i recall, the producer said were looking for people who want to talk about the policy implications about what happened in terms of -- she didnt mention guns but in terms...

And so many people at lower levels of the government including heads of cabinets and even in the nsc, share the assessment we heard today about the russian threat. especially the russian threat coming up in the last few months now. but somehow the president of the united states doesnt agree with that assessment, doesnt want to deal with the policy implications that come from that assessment. and that disconnect means that were not doing what i consider very elementary things to protect our vote ...

Democrats and the republicans. >> does the base stay, david, or do they finally say, look, we put this guy in there, because we didnt want it to be business as usual. we didnt want to be for the fourth straight time finding ourselves in a position where maybe we would need another cr, another continuing resolution that may be the government would be threatened with a shutdown. what are the implications of this? the wider implications? even beyond? the policy implications? >> sure, no, i think th...

Differences between s-hole countries and hes talking about the countries and how they are not great places. >> the word the president used, whichever one, has gotten the attention but the its the policy implications behind what he said thats important for us to be discussing. thats what sounds like god lindsey graham, a republican whos made a lot of efforts over the last months to beyond trumps side, it had him worked up. trump said we dont want people from these certain countries. we would rath...

Businesses. the sons are controlling the empire. >> of course hes note divesting from his businesses. you know, hes still very much engaged in it. its part of his family. he is also profiting from the tax cut, even though hes not showing us his tax returns. we all know that. so you either take it or you dont, but its very hard to argue he is not profiting from this in one way or another, and he is constantly marketing his brand. we saw it even earlier in the year when we saw government agencies ...

>> how? >> he would have voted for trump policies and repeal and replace obamacare. he would vote for trumps priorities. and thats why many republicans still thought that he should have been supported. because the virtue trumpers said lets get rid of this guy, now you got what you wish for, now one vote closer and chuck schumer being there. >> it does beg one question where the moral high ground is on the republican party? >> well, they didnt want trump to be president either. and that would led...