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Considering traveling to singapore. rodman is not part of anything the white house is doing at the summ summit. the president hosts shinzo abe at the white house this morning. we have anna coren with the latest on the story. >> reporter: shinzo abe will meet with the president at the white house. this is the seventh meeting and a real act of desperation on the part of the japanese. they want to take their concerns to the summit on tuesday in singapo singapore. they have lived this story the last...

We have no choice in talking to the leaders of other countries. so if were talking to the leader of north korea, were not calling the chief chef of north korea. its the leader we have to talk to. reading that, damned if you do, damned if you dont position youre in at this upcoming summ summit, we have our panel here. danielle, to you first. again, the north korean leader is not a nice guy. a lot of family members have disappeared. >> mysteriously. >> millions of his people are starving and worse...

Statement condemning the travel. so this summit with assad is a signal from kim saying that he feel s he has the upper hand going into this meeting. police are searching for a gunman who may have carried out four you a four murders in arizona this past week. nick payton is in scottsdale with a preview, nick? >> reporter: the four dead are a forensic psychiatrist, a parallel, and an artist impressionist eflg but no name but what might be the motive.

And a possible summit with vladimir putin, is this kim jong-un trying to change his staff your ahead of the world summ summit? what do you make of this? >> i think the fact that they are announcing this right now is certainly some part of signaling by the north korean regime, precisely to what end, a reminder for president trump that he is not going to do a complete about face and change the man that he is, change the leadership that he has, it should be slightly troubling that he wants to send ...

Immediate with kim in pyongyang. what does this mean for president trumps summit in just nine days. police say the homicides may all be connected. details on that straight ahead. get all the lobster and shrimp you crave, together in so many new ways. theres new cedar plank seafood bake. tender maine lobster and shrimp, cedar roasted to perfection. or new caribbean lobster and shrimp. sweet pineapple salsa on grilled rock lobster, paired with jumbo coconut shrimp. and wait. theres lobster & shrim...

Face-to-face, otherwise this goes nowhere. >> no doubt they are watching closely everything the president says and does in japan, is also raising concerns about the summit telling the u.s. not to reward north korea just for showing up at a meeting, sam, is president trump embracing the theater of this and not paying enough attention to the substance of it? >> i certainly think so, but i also think that this meeting or potential meeting between kim jong-un and assad is not an accident. and i thin...

Do, which is convince kim to do something which neither he nor his father nor his grandfather have done in the past, the historic precedence is there to say that may not be likely, the south koreans want this to happen, saying lets not be imprei imprisoned by the history here. on the face of it right now, president trump does not have himself in as strong a position as he could have zone at this stage. >> and sam, i just saw you tweeted earlier, you know, 101 planning for a summit is to get your...

Trump. this is the third time the two have met in less than two months. the secretary described them as difficult but moving in the right direction. >> our two countries face a pivotal moment where it would be nothing short of tragic to let this opportunity go to waste. >> and preparations are underway in singapore for what the president describes as a once in a life time opportunity but isnt sure when he can announce the sent -- sut i am -- summ summit is on or off. >> sean: and joining us a fo...

Republican party of trying to profit off the holiday by offering a 25% discount on trump campaign merchandise with the code remember. now, we should have a better idea of the chances of this summit actually happening as these talks continue, and well likely hear what the presidents latest thoughts on all of this are tonight in nashville as he holds a rally, of course, the state of tennessee right now is trying to hold on to -- the republican party is trying to hold on to a crucial senate seat in...

And arms negotiations. theyll come up with a framework for future dialogue, future discussioning and talk about setting up a liaison office somewhere so the conversations can continue. i think thats good. ive never seen problems that are harder to serve with countries we didnt talk to one another. >> what the north wants above all else is to be secured to be assured that the united states snot going to invade, depose the leader. with chinas help, they may get those kinds of guarantees down the l...