So good to be with you this afternoon. Welcome to americas news headquarters, im eboni williams. Leland hope youre having a great saturday. Im leland vittert. Investigators in california still dont know why a former soldier opened fire, killing three at a home for veterans. Adam housley in yountville, california in the nap p p nappy napa valley. The building was rented by the Group Pathway home. It housed veterans with extreme ptsd. We had been here to highlight the program and subsequent highlights, a movie thank you for your service that showed this program and a smithsonian, as well. And unfortunately a man who used to be a part of the program came here 10 30 opening fire, killing himself. As part of this program, we knew two of them, we most recently talked a couple of months ago about coming up and doing a followup here, jennifer golick, a clinical director. Christine lobar was 48 years old. The executive director. Jennifer gonzalez, 29 years old a clinical psychologist. The three women were killed by the gunman who had been here for ptsd. We believed hed left without completing the program. We covered this program four years ago because of the extreme success theyd been having. Many of the men whod come through this program and they were going to start a Womens Program as well, had come here after the va had basically given up on them. They had some of the most extreme ptsd cases out there and they had a success rate here of nearly 100 . In the high 90 . And they had almost 500 men come through the program in yountville, the middle of the napa valley. And Law Enforcement was here responding to the scene and the idea is to get these men and women men, actually and soon to be women, back into society and trying to help treat their trauma. This changes a lot in the program. Were not sure how it goes forward at this point, but the president did tweet about this, and with the president , his statement quote, via twitter, we are deeply saddened by the tragic situation in yountville and the loss of three of the women who cared for our veterans. We talked to two of the three women, and we were doing a story and they approached us to come back and talking about their success. We went out with them when they were bowling in the community and they would go to a chiropractor and the idea was reintegrating them into society. There were so many people we met from the sheriffs department, to the high schools and businesses in the napa valley that would help these men by volunteering time and inviting them over and to their businesses and go i having them a chance to go bowling and this, obviously, changes, possibly changes everything, leland. Were not sure how it goes forward, but behind me was the scene of the crime yesterday and the sad part about this the man opened fire at 10 30 a. M. And according to folks that were here, some i grew up with since i was six years old, they basically said they had no more contact with him, an exchange of gunfire until they went in 6 00 local time and discovered the horror within. Leland its hard that this would end a wonderful program. About the program, pathway home, you said it was folks that the va essentially had given up on. Is it public or private money . Its private. The home was where civil war veterans were. Yountville has been here over 100 years, over. This building was rented by them. A private Program Helping a public problem. The community basically supported it and the va actually supported it. A lot of these men were kind of given up on because they were so affected by ptsd and you hope it doesnt end the program, but when i tell you this is a gunfree zone and the man came on the campus with a gun and took three of the women from us who have been doing amazing work here and were hearing from a lot of the veterans going through the programs and what theyve gone through and talked about how this Program Saved their lives. A lot of the programs with ptsd are considered success if they have an 80 success rate. They were like at 98 , an incredible number when you think about it. Nearly 500 went through and they only lost like two until yesterday. As you said, until yesterday. Adam housley, yountville, california. More from adam throughout the day and week on this story. Eboni. Eboni President Trump is headed to steel country to rally his base ahead of a special election in southwest pennsylvania. At the same time the white house is i can ma is making plans for a possible visit between President Trump, and north Korean Leader kim jongun. Alison. President trump is leaving for pennsylvania a little later today. Yesterday, the president spoke to chinese president xi jinping. And they welcome the dialog between the United States and north korea and committed to maintain pressure and sanctions until north korea takes tangible steps towards complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. The president talked about the call and that china continues to be helpful. On thursday, south korean officials announced that President Trump agreed to meet north Korean Leader kim jongun by may. If the meeting takes place, it will be the first time a sitting u. S. President has met with a north Korean Leader. White house president secretary Sarah Sanders accepted the invitation to meet as long as the administration sees concrete and verifiable actions on the part of north korea. The maximum Pressure Campaign has clearly been effective. We know that it has put a tremendous amount of pressure on north korea. And they have made some major promises. Theyve made promises to denuclearize. Theyve made promise to stop nuclear and missile testing. And theyve recognized that regular military exercises between the u. S. And its ally, south korea, will continue. We want to see concrete and verifiable action on that front. The same day he made news on north korea, President Trump signed new tariffs on steel and aluminum, despite punishback from members of his own party and allies abroad. An of 15 days, the european leaders say theyre prepared to impose counter tariffs and u. S. Goods if they go into effect. The president says these are vit tal for National Security and hasnt backed away. He talked about what he sees as a trade imbalance for years and discussed it often on the campaign trail. The white house says his actions should not be a surprise to anyone, but they are controversial, even here in the white house, trumps top Economic Advisor gary cohn resigned. Reportedly his resignation was due in part reportedly to the fact that he disagreed with the tariffs. Leland more on the tariffs in a minute. Back to north korea. Thursdays decision caught almost everyone in the u. S. Government by surprise. As for negotiations begin with how a meeting would take place, here is a little more from Sarah Sanders, laying down the ground rules. Lets be very clear, the United States has made zero concessions, but north korea has made some promises and again, this meeting wont take place without concrete actions that match the promises that have been made by north korea. Leland late friday afternoon, the white house clarified again, seeming to walk those requirements back a little. With that, lets bring in the congressman from florida. Nice to see you, sir. Great to see you, leland. Leland youre the chairman of the House Foreign Committee on asia and pacific. Has the white house briefed you more on preconditions and how this meeting is going to take place. If they havent, should there be preconditions, in your mind . The first question, no, they havent briefed us prior to this. I would think we would have negotiations and that we would be part of that. You know, its up to the white house to start the negotiations and this is monumental. So we look forward to see where this goes and hopefully well have a hand in this. Leland so, if youre to give your advice to the white house, ins an area youve studied a lot, what should be the preconditions before the president and kim jongun sit down . I think the best thing is to go in there with the understanding that this is the beginning of the negotiations. We will not back off on sanctions, we will not back off on a relationship with south korea. South korea is our sixth largest trading partner. Weve got a Strong Military presence and we intend to keep it. To that point forward, unification ideally with denuclearization. Leland as you know, weve been down this road many times. We sure have. Leland and others have walked down it. The north was promised in the past to denuclearize a couple of times, as a matter of fact, never kept those promises. Out of 100 , whats the chance, you think, that the north agrees to denuclearize as a result of these talks . I think what youre going to see, we all know about President Trump, his skill of negotiating, its been the sanctionses the tough sanctions and we have a hand through our submarine committee on asia pacific to put those sanctions to make sure that all nations apply those to put the ultimate pressure on that. Leland somehow in that answer i didnt hear the answer to the question. Whats the percentage chance you think theyll agree to this . You know, if i was good at percentages, i would be in la l vegas. I think its high. I say that seriouslily. North korea has nowhere to go. The only way they can do this is to go through negotiations and denuclearizing and i would call that well over 50 . There is no other option. Leland well over 50 that theyll agree, whether they keep the promise, a whole other thing. Thats exactly right. Leland this is the concern from the member of the Upper Chamber from your state. Take a listen. The other thing that might be happening is hes luring us into these negotiations, but then he will make demands that he knows we can never agree to, like the u. S. Abandoning south korea, at that point he will go to the world and say, look, ive beeen very reasonable, ive met with the president and ive been flexible and thats designed to get the International Community to back off sanctions and not support action. Leland senator rubio has a reason to believe that. Theyve played this like a fiddle. Why is this time different, sir . First of all, ive got a lot of respect for senator rubio. This is going to be different because weve got a track record of the previous three administrations where they entered negotiations, were done and before the ink was dry, north korea kept building their nuclear arsenal. It will be different this time because the sanctions, my bet is, you will not see any sanction relief until there is legitimate, concrete evidence that theyre earnest in what they say they are, and i think youre going to see this president negotiate stronger than youve ever seen before and ive heard people criticize him because he is spur of the moment, this is not spur of the moment, its unusual because in the past, weve always used a career diplomate, that has worked through these things and my question to you would be, how well has that worked the last 25 years, and i think this is a way to step outside the box and negotiate strong. Leland well see if its deja vu all over again. We dont want to see that. Leland you point out the 1994 deal that fell apart. There was concrete relief and it fell apart and they ended up with a nuke. Great to see you. Thank you. Leland as you can imagine theres a lot more to discuss when it comes to north korea. Next hour, well talk to ambassador to the u. N. Bill richardson about the implications of that meeting between President Trump and kim jongun. The announcement that President Trump will talk with kim jongun, along with the movement on tariffs have led to very busy week at the white house. Abigail tracy is joining us. Thank you for having me. Eboni you wrote a piece not exactly the ateam. Is trump getting played by kim jongun, abigail, is he . Is is the president getting played here . I think one of the things when you look at negotiations and those who spoke before me kind of touched on this. The idea that in the past the north korean regime has made the promises, and one question as we look at the potential meeting between donald trump and kim, in talking about the ateam, one of the issues, we still dont have an ambassador to south korea and we lost one of our chief negotiators last week who resigned. So one of the questions is, as we move forward, who do we have alongside donald trump as he creases these potential talks to make sure were not going to fall into a similar set of circumstances, where the north korean regime kind of walks back those promises of a denuclearizati denuclearization. Eboni sure, a lot has been made of low level talks and high level talks. And historically, as leland was talking in his interview as well, the past administrations have had low level talks up to that level. President trump is doing something totally different here. Hes starting at the very top. From what we know historically, abigail, could there be a benefit from starting from the top down here . Well, i think one thing when youre looking at the history of this, you know, as theyve touched upon as those guests before we have touched upon. In the past these talks havent worked and tactics havent worked. While, yes, trump has received criticism for what some describe as a spur of the moment decision to accept this invitation, if you look back at history the past couple of decades, whats been tried hasnt worked. While were at this point, one of the ideas to take these back and discuss the issues and the promises that the North Koreans have made at this point. And the testing of Ballistic Missiles for one and also not interfering with planned u. S. And south Korean Military practices, that are upcoming this spring, and also, this idea of denuclearization and what it means to the North Koreans versus what it means to the United States and i think thats where, you know, we take those talks a step down and we kind of include some of those diplomates and whether its the foreign minister to north korean and abigail, back to the president doing something remarkable and unprecedented here, could President Trump indeed be the best diplomate that america has at this point based on what weve seen in the past that hasnt worked . Could coming from the president of the United States be Something Different that gives us a different result . Well, i do think there is something to be said that its coming from him and it does send a message that this is serious and also, you know, flipping the script might absolutely be a good thing. And well see. Theres still a lot of runway, obviously between now and may, but i think it will be interesting to see how trump fares relative to his predecessor. Eboni absolutely, we know whats worked in the past, has not been so successful, rather. So perhaps the president is on to something here, well certainly see. Thank you, abigail. Thank you. Eboni leland. Oh, thats me. John roberts is filling in for chris wallace. Hell talk to massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren about President Trump agreeing to meet with kim jong, you know. Tune into media buzz, 11 a. M. Eastern, howard kurtz will talk exclusively with jenny willoughby, one of the exwifes of rob porter. Well talk about the Media Coverage of the story and as the press moves on. Mark levine talks to president benjamin netanyahu. And coming up, well go live, from ohio to pittsburgh. Where President Trump is holding a rally. Well hold it in its entirety beginning at 7 p. M. Eastern. 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