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Between the two of you? >> yes. >> surely not easygoing for the children of dave and debbie hawk. >> we do the best we can. >> thats all for this edition of "dateline." thanks for watching. good morning. im jo ling kent at msnbc world headquarters. heres whats happening right now. an unprecedented step and surprise summit. president trump visiting the dmz and doing something no other sitting american president has done before. this hour, the significance of that meeting and what kim told trump...

Has a tradition of putting on shows to celebrate itself and its achievements huge parades through the capital pyongyang showcasing the armed forces as well as happy loyal citizens but each parade is a bit different and experts study the details for their political significance what was missing today intercontinental ballistic missiles which could deliver nuclear warheads to the united states. a large part of the event was devoted to civilians and efforts to build the economy the declared priorit...

Event that it may incriminate you. >> joey jackson, thank you. we will dig deeper into the letter that was published by "the new york times" throughout the show and thank you for helping us to understand it. tune in to "state of the union" 9:00 a.m. eastern with jake tapper and is joined by house majority leader kevin mccartney. and canada foreign minister christa freeland. breaking news. another world leader apparently is lining up to meet north korean dictator. the north korean news agency s...

>> all right. joining us now once again live from seoul, south korea, nbc news correspondent janice mackie frayer. janice, good to have you with us. give us a sense if there is any explanation from the south korean side what led to the summit getting back on track after the signals we got from the white house. >> reporter: well, its been tough trying to keep up with all of the diplomatic moves that are continuing this morning. a u.s. delegation is in singapore looking at the logistics of a june ...

Im aman alongside yasmin and lewis burgdorf. we begin with the latest on the saga of president trumps summit with kim jong-un. a u.s. delegation is in talks with north korean officials in the korean border town of. a separate team is in singapore per the white house. you may recall thursday thank you trump sent kim a letter due to anger and hostility. >> trump tweeted, quote, we are having very productive talks with north korea about reinstating the summit which if it does happen will likely rem...

Well. i think theres a lot of good will. a lot of people are working on it. its moving along very nicely so were looking at june 12th in singapore. that hasnt changed. it is its moving along pretty well. well see what happens. >> trump added on sunday, our united states team has arrived in north korea to make arrangements for the summit between kim jong-un and myself. kim jong-un agrees with me on this, it will happen. so, south korean president moon jae-in met with kim on saturday in a surprise...

♪ ♪ welcome back, everybody. im yasmin alongside aman and louis burgdorf. lets start with the mornings top stories. we start with the saga of president trumps summit with kim jong-un. on saturday, two days african selling the summit due to recent, quote, tremendous anger and open hostility, trump had this to say. >> 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 good will. a lot of people ar...

Korean president moon jae-in on saturday. it came together literally overnight and it was an issue that kim obviously felt the two could not resolve over the phone hot line that had been recently established. on sunday, moon revealed that kim jong-un says hes committed to having a successful summit with president trump. says hes committed to denuclearization, but still we have no sense of what they mean by that. what is the north korean view. so, that will be the stumbling block ahead of june 12...

Between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un goes forward. theyre happening along the dmz on the north side of the border and into north korean territory exactly where this surprise summit took place over the weekend between north korean leader kim and president moon. the u.s. is trying to figure out whether pyongyang is really willing to denuclearize. its a high powered team. on the u.s., its led by the u.s. ambassador to the philippines. hes a former u.s. ambassador to south kor...