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12th who knows. admiral, the question alisyn was getting to, what if its just a meeting? whats wrong with all they actually achieve is to sit across the table face to face, given how reclusive the north korean regime has been, given how little has been known about this man? isnt that enough for some progress? >> you know, you bring up a really good point, john, because first of all, there isnt anything in my view theres nothing wrong with the two leaders talking. its a huge concession kim to giv...

Quickly towards a summit. whether it happens the 12th or not we have to see. that hes coming to the united states, that sends a strong message that the north koreans are very serious about wanting to sit down with president trump and where it goes from now. john, as we talked about for many weeks, the release of the american hostages the back and forth over whether its going to happen or not, all that means that were getting to a summit and that should give us some confidence. it doesnt necessar...

As early as tomorrow for talks after a stopover in beijing. a close aide to kim jong-un arrived in singapore late monday to discuss logistics. meanwhile, a top white house official is leading a delegation in north korea. those talks happening in the demilitarized zone. officials trying to determine whether north korea will agree to complete denuclearization and what kim jong-un will demand from the united states in return. sources say that some trump aides, including national security adviser jo...

>> weve seen this presidents brand of deal making move over to diplomatic space. as you look at this and how this might unfold, how important is that going to be when you look at the issues being dealt with, is that a bond, a connection between these two men going to mean that much in the end? >> i think the events of the last ten days are case in point in that they dont mean mean as much as trump himself might believe. the blowup that weve seen in this summit that has occurred over the last ten...

Suspected repository for money laundering. and potorshin was planning to ce to spain in mayorca. all during the period and following it, torshin is flying in and out of the united states, forming alliances with conservative activists and groups. he goes to the annual cpac meetings outside washington and in 2016 he was attempting to broker a summit between then candidate donald trump and vladimir putin himself. he was never able to pull that off, but he did have a meeting with donald trump jr. at...

>> reporter: you mentioned the woman whiplash in your headline and it is really head spinning. there seems to be a new swift every few hours. the latest is the momentum of a summit between kim jong un and tru trump, coming hours after a summit nobody expected between president moon and kim jong un, their second in a month. they met for about two hours, president moon driving from here from seoul just over the boarder to the north side of the demilitarized zone, and they talked apparently accordi...

Isnt say anything about the specific surprise meeting between the two leaders, though the president is alluding to meetings like this saying productive talks are continuing. the biggest sign that things are back on track is something that bill mentioned, that white house press secretary sarah sanders announced the white house pre-advance team is on its way. we reported that donald trump wasnt to beat kim to the punch, thinking he wanted to pull out of the summit first. from there the president d...

Well see what happens. it could even be the 12th. they very much want to do it. wed like to do it. were going to see what happens. >> reporter: so were going to see what happens is what the president says. white house officials privately say there is some relief this meeting was cancelled for this reason -- it in many ways lowers the expectation for a summit should it ever happen, david. >> this morning the president tweeted about the return of an american hostage from venezuela. he said should ...

Around the president who say if you come up with a plan for denuclearizing the peninsula, which the president wants to do, coming up with a plan takes time and judging the success of it takes time. but the way the president talks about a summit suggests he wants a quick win and its one reason the president entered into the summit in a way that was i think we can say was probably ill prepared and probably more optimistic than they should have been. and i think there are white house officials who ...

Dont know, it doesnt work the other way around. donald trump seems to be very keen to reinstate this summit. hes been talking about perhaps singapore, perhaps june 12th, but you wouldnt bet on it. it does, however, seem that the summit is back from the dead. and one other point, david, kim jong un has now had two summits with president moon, two summits with chinas president xi, he at least preparing very thoroughly should that summit with president trump take place. >> always good to speak to y...