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Said that they had no knowledge of anything that was going on, and the white house also had no comment for several hours. and that was before when we had gotten the first initial word about that the summit was at risk, not just tonights news. you know, its just -- the situation is that the white house and the president has made the expectations for this summit huge. i mean theyve been talking about it for weeks. if youll recall, president trump immediately agreed to this when it was brought up w...

That was saber rattling. it involves nukes that could potentially reach our country. that was scary, and we saw that in the polling when things started to thaw. a cnn poll on the upcoming summit, do you agree of trumps decision to meet with kim jong-un? 77% approval rating. we cant agree that many people on apple pie in this country, so that does show you theres a whole lot of people who want to see this happen. >> yeah. i mean definitely. youre so right. remember, last year when there was all t...

Theyre apparently angered by the joint u.s./south korea military drills. the pentagon released a statement today saying the exercises are defensive in nature and part of a routine annual training program. earlier today the state department says preparations for the summit are still under way and the north has not notified the u.s. of any official change. lets talk about it with two of our experts tonight. anita kumar and joe sa rinseiony, president of ploughshares fund and author of "nuclear nig...

The studio, there was a late breaking story that apparently u.s. and north korean and south korean officials are getting on the phone to talk about this and see if theres some way to clarify what everybodys position is. thats number one. number two, recognize that negotiations have phases, and were now in sort of the mid phase. were now four weeks out from the summit. expect this push and pull. expect posturing. this is kind of what you would think each side would do, stress their maximal positi...

Of this, by just how much was the administration surprised with todays announcement? >> right. well, they were taken by surprise. you saw the state department said that they had no knowledge of anything that was going on, and the white house also had no comment for several hours. and that was before when we had gotten the first initial word that the summit was at risk, not just tonights news. you know, its just -- the situation is that the white house and the president has made the expectations ...

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Talking about. so thats the only prize i want. >> were seeing the dangers tonight of getting out ahead of a summit with a volatile adversary. just a short time ago, you may have seen the breaking news graphic at the bottom of our screen. the reuters news agency reported, quote, north korea said it may reconsider holding a summit with the united states if washington continues to unilaterally insist on north korea giving up its nuclear program, the north state media said on wednesday. north koreas...

With todays announcement? >> right. well, they were taken by surprise. you saw the state department said that they had no knowledge of anything that was going on, and the white house also had no comment for several hours. and that was before when we had gotten the first initial word that the summit was at risk, not just tonights news. you know, its just -- the situation is that the white house and the president has made the expectations for this summit huge. i mean theyve been talking about it f...