Out for this plane. Youre in the cnn newsroom. President trump is at camp david prepping for his summit with north Korean Leader kim jongun. Joining him, Jared Kushner, ivanka trump, donald trump jr. , tiffany trump. Staying behind at the white house it seems, first lady Melania Trump. The public hasnt seen her in 23 days, many wondering where she might be. North korean summit restart is getting mixed reactions from ally. Live from singapore where its set to take place in a little more than a week. Were at the white house where we start now with ryan nobles. Ryan, good morning. Reporter good morning, christi. This summit that was on and then off is back on again. Lengthy meeting with kim onchoi, the president emerging from that meeting, announcing that the summit planned for june 12th would go forward as planned, despite the president himself saying in a letter to kim jongun not too long ago that the summit wasnt going to go forward. And the president clearly taking a different tone as it relates to north korea. Remember, a few months ago where the president described kim jongun as little rocket man and was talking about being or talking about the size of his nuclear button. Now the president saying that things are going along very nicely with north korea and, as it relates to maximum pressure, well, at this point he doesnt even want to talk about that. Take a listen. Its going to remain what it is now. I dont even want to use the term maximum pressure anymore because i dont want to use that term. Because were getting along. You see the relationship. Were getting along. Its not a question of maximum pressure. Its staying essentially the way it is. At some point hopefully for the good of millions of people a deal will be worked out. Now there were many in the president s administration. Some prominent leaders of congress that were cautioning the president not to forge ahead with this meeting, particularly because north korea didnt seem to be coming to the table with all that much. The president was insistent. One of the reasons he was able to get this done is dialing back the expectations in a big way. No grand bargain expected to be struck at this summit on june 12th. Instead the president describing it as a get to know each other meeting. The president at camp david. He is there with many members of his family, including his son, donald trump jr. , soninlaw Jared Kushner and tiffany trump, and his daughter, ivanka trump and soninlaw Jared Kushner. Not there, Melania Trump, who hasnt been seen in 23 days. What do you know about reports that theres early talks about a summit with Vladimir Putin . The wall street journal reporting this, that the trump team in talks with the kremlin about getting together with Vladimir Putin. They say this is the early stages in which the negotiation is being led by john huntsman. He was at the white house yesterday. The president and Vladimir Putin have only met in person on two different occasions. If the summit takes place, it would be against the back drop of this investigation into russias conduct during the 2016 election and whether or not the Trump Campaign was involved in that conduct at all. At this point, the white house telling tthe wall street journal if it happens theyre not even going to begin the serious planning of that summit until after everything is cleared with the north korean summit. Long way to go still. Ryan nobles for us there. Thank you, ryan. Lets go live to singapore now where this meeting between President Trump and kim jongun is scheduled to happen in ten days. Correspondent will ripley is there. Lets start with the reporting from cnns pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr and what you saw several days ago, those explosions at the Nuclear Test Site really werent potentially what north korea wanted the world to believe that they actually were, that this detonation really didnt cause as much damage as they wanted people to believe. Reporter the thing is, victor, when we were on the ground we stated repeatedly that we had no way to verify what the north koreans were telling us, that the tunnels were irreparably destroyed. The entrances could be bull dozed. They blew up all the log cabins on the site. Those could easily be rebuilt. There was a lingering question that officials on site couldnt answer. Was this actually the closer of punggyeri. There are a lot of experts that disagree, that dont feel that looking at sighs milk data and whatnot that the explosions went deep enough into those tunnels to destroy them. Only what we were seeing on the surface, large explosions and describing everything as it unfolded. Will ripley for us in singapore. Thank you, will. This isnt the first time north korea has made promises to the u. S. Lets add some context to whats unfolding this morning with cnn president ial historian. Thank you for being here. Japan defense minister this morning saying north korea should not be rewarded for agreeing to talks. In light of how north korea has behaved in the past i believe its important not to reward north korea solely for agreeing to have a dialogue. To that, you say what . Well, look, the objective here is to dial down the pressure and anxiety and feeling of crisis that was in the region. Lets not forget how this all started. It started with the north koreans testing missiles, which they said could reach guam but potentially hawaii. So whats happening here, weve moved from a situation where the north koreans are threatening their neighbors in the United States to a situation where they appear now to want to normalize relations with washington and perhaps even sign a peace treaty with south korea. So we have moved many, many steps in a very positive direction. The japanese, understandably, have all kinds of concerns about the future of the strategic architecture of their region. They dont want the United States to pull out. They want the United States to stay strong with regard to china because the japanese are concerned about chinese. The Chinese Military posture in the region. So, those are the issues for the japanese. They just dont want the u. S. Government to be naive and to say my goodness, we can reach an agreement and can get out of the region. I think thats behind the japanese statement. You mentioned china. Defense secretary mattis is accusing beijing of, quote, intimidation and coercion in the South China Sea right now. Is that, based on what you were saying, a way of reassuring allies . Christi, i dont know for sure. My sense of whats going on here is that so much has happened so quickly in the relationship, or at least the tentative relationship between washington and pyongyang that the United States is, i think, very sensibly sending signals to its regional allies in the area saying, look, our basic policy hasnt changed. And secretary mattis is reminding the japanese and the singaporeans and the thai and even the South Koreans that our commitment to making sure theres freedom of navigation in the South China Sea hasnt changed. China is a very important player in our conversation with north korea. We need china to be helpful to us. We dont want the japanese and the filipinos to think we no longer have their back. Planning some sort of summit between President Trump and president putin most likely would discuss syria, ukraine, nuclear arms control. How does President Trump balance that when simultaneously theres this investigation by mueller . Christi, if there were a normal presidency, it would make perfect sense for the president of the United States, after meeting with the north korean dictator, to talk to all of the regional players, and russia is a regional player. Lets not forget that russia is a pacific power. It would make perfect sense for the United States to tell the russian leader this is what were trying to do with north korea, these are the steps were doing to help achieve denuclearization. These are the reasons we may be able to watch north korea sign a Peace Agreement with south korea. Because of the backdrop of the Mueller Investigation and because the u. S. President has not been straightforward about the russia hacking, that makes it all more complicated politically. It is a good idea for washington to send signals to moscow about what washington intends to do in the North Pacific. The president , when you look at the president and north korea and the history there, President Trump specifically, weve heard fire and fury. Were heard about the size of Nuclear Buttons that can be pushed, whatnot. And the president now saying, quote, its getting to know you meeting, referring to the summit. Getting to know you meeting plus. Do you see a shift in the way the president is going to be dealing with north korea, other than what he has said in the past . Is that part of his talent to negotiating . Christi, whats very exciting and interesting for those of us observing this administration is to see the extent to which the president is a strategist. Up till now its been very hard to believe that he really has a sense of international politics. He sees everything as a oneonone transaction with another state. Bolton and Vice President pence apparently were not participants in the big meeting yesterday. Thats really important. Both of them had sent the wrong kind of signal to pyongyang. Is the president working closely with mattis and pompeo, drafting a strategy for making the North Pacific a more Peaceful Place . I dont know, but that seems to be the direction that the rhetoric is leading us in. I think that would be the right direction for both the United States and south korea. All right. Tim naftali, always appreciate your perspective, sir. Thank you. Thank you, christi. President trump is at camp david with the first family today. The first lady is staying at the white house. Why hasnt Melania Trump been seen in public for 23 days now . Well talk about that. A dangerous wildfire forcing hundreds of families out of their homes. Officials say a milder winter may be partially to blame here. 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So hurry in. cause lobster shrimp summerfest wont last. 16 minutes past the hour right now. Melania trump isnt spending the weekend with President Trump at camp david and, it seems, the rest of the family. She was treat for the record a benign kidney condition in may but has not been seen since, which has many wondering about where she is, how shes doing. She tried to put the rumors to rest tweeting im here at the white house with my family, feeling great and working hard. As Huffington Post laura bassert explains that may have caused more speculation. All she needs to do is step outside of the white house, show her face, to prove shes fine. Instead she gives off this tweet which doesnt sound like melania at all. It sounds like her husband. She jabbed at the media a little bit. Thats not something that melania usually does. It just kind of fanned the flames. Some who say she doesnt owe us an appearance because she wasnt elected. Shes not a federal employee. In fact, cnn contributor ance o stoddard wrote missing melania gate needs to end now. She doesnt need to appear in a smashing outfit with the president. The media and the twitter mob need to let it be. Who wha do you say to those who say its not our business to know where the first lady is . People were practically pawing through Michelle Obamas trash when she was first lady. Shes not just the president s wife. The first lady of the United States is a position in itself. It is her job to be seen, to be present, to participate. Every first lady before her has done so. No one has ever disappeared for 23 days before. This is a really conspicuous amount of time. And so i think its fair to ask these questions. Where is she . Why is the white house not being honest about whats going on . Let me ask you about this being the potentially new normal. This is not a role that Melania Trump wanted. Should we expect her to be more private moving forward . I wouldnt be able to answer that question for her. Melania has always been a little more independent than other first ladies. There was speculation at the beginning of Donald Trumps presidency as to whether she might just remain in new york. She didnt necessarily want to move to d. C. She was pretty clear about that. She has, at times, not appeared at rallies, done separate motorcades. I think she has been a more independent first lady this whole time. This is interesting timing because shes had a more highprofile month leading up to this disappearance. She rolled out her be best campaign, hosted the state dinner. Everyone was talking about her fashion choices. Her Approval Ratings have been ticking up. I think its interesting that right now she suddenly disappears. All righty. They are the longest married president ial couple in even with the passing of barbara bush. Their love story lives on here. A moving tribute to a decadeslong romance that endured war, loss and political life. 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