north korea, the white house had no choice but to do what the president did but didn't want to be in that position anyway. i'm not sure there is unanimity inside the administration about the wisdom or merits of going ahead right now. but if that's what the president wants to do, the structure is there to support him. but the kind of leverage position has to be right. and they just couldn't go into the meeting given some of the things that kim had said and what we learned yesterday about them getting stood up in a planning meeting that sort of thing. you want in ha meeting like this summit like this for both sides to have some agreed upon deliverables, let's use that word, but something to show there was a point to it. >> that's certainly what tradition is. tradition you is work out 95, 96, 98% before the leaders sit down. the president was applauding this mornings, he said he found it good and welcome. this statement from the north korean regime. we reiterate to the united states we are willing to sit