Summit Preparations News Today

Distance that we have bridged in the second point i think thats really important to make for your viewers, is that we dont know what this is. they could walk out and say this is the greatest summit of the world, weve agreed on everything. we wontwinimum for another year whether thias been a success. thats the other thing that we really need to keep in mind. >> bret: i will catch you up next time. gotta run. when we come back, an inside look at summit preparations. ♪

Working for bill clinton have a good idea with your north korean counterparts they could be trusted and a deal could be had. >> for the record, american pilots, remains out of our soldiers and political, my deals with the north koreans work. i was around the clinton administration. you dont find out with the north koreans right away. the pres. may be referring to the fact that a lot of these deals possibly could be pre-cooked. summit preparations are going well, pompeo is doing a good job narrow...

Diplomatic dance card might be filling up. bashar al-assad reportedly wan to meet and russian president putin is inviting kim to a summit. >> translator: we hope the sides will continue to enhance dialogue, improved ties come and play positive roles to advance denuclearization and political settlement on the peninsula. >> sarah huckabee sanders said today that good progress is being made on summit preparations and then start time 9:00 a.m. singapore time june june 12. mark it on your calendars. ...

Here? how does he make this really work and be more than just a photo op? >> one of the things that i thought was striking was the presidents message about ending the korean war. so the korean never -- its technically -- the two koreas are technically still at war. arthel: right. >> we only have an armistice. arthel: right. >> what i thought was striking about the presidents mentioning of the korean war and ending the war, it seems to me that we have to remember that we cant have peace on the ko...

And south korea have the same message here and the same coordinated position. >> but, adam, this economic development and potential alliance here between north and south korea and whatever china might bring to the table. can any of that happen without denuclearization? >> ideally, this would all be part of the same process. denuclearization would lead to, you know, an increased normalization of relations between the united states and south korea and north korea, all at the same time. economic in...

Werent returning phone calls and a -- a sign from the president he needed them to take us seriously and now the north korea puts out a nice statement as the president acknowledged and the potentially the gears are again in motion. and developments that surprised people who assumed that was the end of it. >> pamela brown is reporting from the white house, a senior administration official ryan said are involved in the north korean summit preparations. they are way more optimistic today than they w...

House. the state department is going ahead with summit preparations. more from our correspondent michelle kaczynski. officials were also blindsided by this north korean announcement. >> and this happened before the briefing. so obviously they didnt know where this was coming from and didnt know much detail. but kept hitting home the point that it is their understanding still that kim jong-un understands or supposed to understand that these kinds of drills are routine and are not provocative. l...

To discuss summit preparations between kim jong-un and president trump, so secretary pompeo had a one hour meeting with the senior north korean official and then there was a luncheon also, largely dealing with the summit and then he went to his hotel room and he sat and waited. you have to understand, when he arrived he was not sure who was going to meet with, he did not know if he would have the chance to meet with kim jong-un and he was not 100% confident hed be able to leave with the prisoner...

It will happen." the president told reporters summit preparations are moving along quite nicely. >> and i think theres a lot of goodwill. i think people want to see if we can get the meeting and get something done. >> reporter: there are no shortage of skeptics. former cia director mike hayden says hes concerned the president is rushing ahead without being fully prepared. >> kim jong-un knows his program inside and out. i think he knows what he can concede and what it means and what he cannot co...

Can the summit be effective without americas most important gulf ally? hell be represented by the crowned prince. im joined by ben at the white house. thank you very much. i know you are saying no snub was intended or taken and that the right players, obviously the crowned prince is the real deal and and someone the u.s. works with all the time. with that said, the king told john kerry last week he was coming. the foreign minister told john kerry friday in paris he was coming. then all of a sudd...