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Him from kim jong uns younger sister, also one of the advisor advisors. question: the north koreans, matt, are clearly involved in a charm offensive here. will it work? >> good for them for trying. but great for mike pence for realizing that this is a regime that treats its own people abysmally, horribly. i think there are times to talk and there are times to show a stone face. mike pence did the right thing when you look at their record. >> chris: karen? >> there was no interaction between the ...

Vice president pence will be over there for the opening ceremony. you could have -- we dont know the seating chart but you could have this sister and the u.s. vice president sitting certainly under the same roof. >> yeah. well, this is important because mike pence, the vice president, said look were not ruling out discussions with north korea while hes at the olympics. hes not trying to set them up. moon jae-in, who does want to see a dialogue between north korea and the u.s. could very well try...

All of a sudden its a secret meeting? there is nothing secret about this. there were literally hundreds and hundreds of cameras when the president spoke to vladimir putin. we saw the replay a thousand times probably of the handshake. and then he is seated at the dinner with 39 other people. putin son the other side next to the first lady of the united states. all of a sudden a secret meeting? nothing secret when there are 40 people at the dinner. ainsley: what do you think she thought im sitting...

Those senators who can be very vulnerable, so a not so veiled threat during that lunch. >> interesting map of the seating chart, in that senator heller would be seated next to the president, given everything that we know. jason carroll, thank you so much for setting it up. lets discuss all of the above and more. kevin sherden is with me. hes the former senior adviser from mitt romneys presidential campaign and also with us, adam gentleson, former communications director for the retired democrati...

That is something some senators believe the president can do, is help urge some republicans to start supporting this. well see if that actually happens. between now and next week, he does not have any more travel on his schedule this week thats health care focused. well see about next week, brooke. >> staying on health care, jeff, we got -- cameras were able to roll for just the tip-top of this luncheon. we heard from the president, and the seating chart is fascinating, right? because sitting to...

Had gotten a little bit more involved a little bit earlier. i think this may have an effect on the senate. the senators who have, you know, are holding out their votes right now to move forward and actually take it to the senate floor -- >> you think it will change their minds? >> no. i mean, this alone wont do it, but there are things he could do, and its not on -- all on him. i mean, this is up to the senate to do this for themselves. i mean, look, theyve campaigned on it for eight years, as w...

Anticipate ean ti anticipated meeting lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes, longer than the planned 40 minutes. melania trump was sent in to break up the meeting to keep the president on schedule but the meeting lasted another hour. tonight, she was sitting next to putin at a dinner. a white house official says they do not make the seating chart. interesting that melania trump played a pivotal role, at least a visual one, by trying to interrupt the meeting for time and later seated by mr. putin. you ne...

Hes referred to that as a mean thing now, but then you have all these conservatives to satisfy in some ways and oh, by the way, its okay if we dont pass anything at all. thats not exactly i think the vote of confidence you need if youre going to ramrod this thing through which is what theyre going to have to do. >> you know what struck me, the seating chart that we saw in the white house yesterday when we saw, you know, after their field trip, the senators taking a field trip to the white house,...

Health care bill up. wolf? >> thank you very much. as their health care bill stalls, republican senators have been brought to the white house to meet direct well their president. lets go to the senior white house correspondent jeff zelany. about this meeting, whats the mood there? is the meeting still going on? >> wolf, the meeting is still going on, but they said its going to be wrapping up shortly. the mood is one of concern. trying to find a way forward for this republican priority, really, f...

But after the meeting senator mitch mcconnell he said that no is not an answer. they must reach a consensus. >> we made good progress. the president got an opportunity to hear from the various members who have concerns about market reforms and medicaid, the future of medicaid, medicaid expansion. so, i think the meeting was very helpful. the one thing i would say is that i think everybody around the table is interested in getting the yes, interested in getting an outcome because we know the stat...