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Where north korea goes, where china goes. the summit is an event, probably a one-day affair. the real question is what is it we try to accomplish if and when we meet with noirk noirth korea. if we try to be too ambitious, it will fail if we meet in singapore on june 12, and the president and his north korean counterpart agree say to two working groups, one would try to get some of a mini package. we do, you know maybe lock in the north korean freeze on testing and exchange, they get some small t...

Wants to solve this. even to, to institutionalize a dialogue that youre just describing, and maybe to get some stabilizing confidence-building meshes now, set up however many tracks of ambitious diplomacy down the road. it would be a big deal. >> it would be best diplomatically and it would also be best politically. it would make donald trump look more nixonian. and i say that in a positive sense. where nixon would have several summits with the russians. it would be an ongoing process. where you...

Kim jong un -- is waiting for the magic word. >> thats 11 yoers of chemistry. >> so is it wrong to say the magic word? >> youre like magic and hes worthy. >> a u.s. dell grags is in talks with north korean officials in the korean border town of panmunjeom for ongoing preparations ahead of the presidents canceled yet possibly still on summit with kim. a separate team is also in singapore per the white house. this comes after last thursdays trump sent kim a letter canceling the summit due to recen...

You need to set this in motion. if you want to get ambitious early on. then you have to delay the summit. if you want the summit to be a big deal, then youve got to delay it. >> the run-up has been so hasty and tenuous, you wonder what you could want out of this that would last. >> i agree with richard, less is more here. get the two leaders together. it will be hard for donald trump because he is a day trader, he wants the huge headlines, but what you really want here is less is more. get the l...

To say. try and follow. >> i just want to mention were doing very well in terms of the summit with north korea. looks like its -- going along very well. i think theres a lot of goodwill. a lot of people are working on it. its moving along very nicely. so were looking at june 12th in singapore, that hasnt changed. and its moving along pretty well. well see what happens. >> richard haass, this appears to be the "well see what happens" doctrine, in terms of north korea. theyre going forward as if t...

>> my brother can do that, too. >> the things you can do with a knuckleball. >> just stop talking. >> like a butterfly. >> you can pitch until youre 50. phil niekro. >> you can do that into your dotage. >> did the president tweet again? >> yes. >> about wiffle ball? >> no. >> so hes tweeting before 7:00 in the morning? >> well, there was a piece of news. we put a great team together for our talks with north korea. meetings taking place concerning the summit. kim yon chol, vice chairman of north ...

Speed. from everything ive heard mike pompeo is doing pretty remarkable job. >> hes doing the heavy lifting and doing a really great job. at getting up to speed on this. but heidi, hes gotten a new c.i.a. director, a new secretary of state. hes got a new national security adviser. theres a lot of turmoil, he doesnt have his team together yet. at least not in a way that would allow them to properly prepare for this summit. >> and he surprised everyone by even calling in the first place the summit...

Down. and so my question to richard would be, what would that framework look like? >> a short-term framework, as you say, heidi correctly. a continued freeze on testing. in exchange there could be diplomatic recognition, maybe even a formal end to the state of war between the two new countries. and what we could say is, if you want more from us, you would have to do more. you have a modest track and an ambitious track. i think whats so interesting is after president trump announced the cancellat...

Hes seen from president trump over the last week or so. he says he liked the letter. he says in some ways kim jong-un may have met his match here with our very unconventional president, clapper, of course, in 2014 went to north korea on a secret mission and brought back two americans held there. whats your opinion on where this may go if the summit goes off on june 12. >> im hopeful they can get this togeth together. i support the president trying to sit down with the north koreans, the real que...

And, do they come together? >> hearing secretary of state mike pompeo who has spent more time with kim jong un than any other leader in the world, and pompeo mentioned of course that the south korean president, president moon, has spent time with kim jong un. but do they define denuclearization the same way? what kind of assurances can we provide to kim jong un so he would give up the 70-year-old nuclear program that has been the dream of his father and grandfather. its clear that the south kore...