Peninsula. There was so much excitement that this smeshl commemorative coin popped up in the White House Gift shop putting the american president and the north Korean Leader referred to here as supreme leader, side by side. Just as the coins went on preorder, things began to fall a apart leading trump to fear north korea would cancel the summit first. On thursday morning before kim could break up with him, trump broke up with kim. Personally dictating a letter cancelling the meeting. Id do a dramatic reading. Lets let secretary of state mike pompeo do the honors. I felt a wonderful dialogue was building up between you and me and ultimately its only that dialogue that matters. Some day i look forward to meeting you. If you change your mind having to do with this important summit please do not hesitate to call me or write. That was real. He had to read that. Congress and key allies including the South Koreans were kept out of the loop and the confusion worsened when trump on friday suggested the summit could still take place. Is the summit still a possibility . Well see what happens. It could be the 12th. We are talking to them now. They very much want to do it. Wed like to do it. Well see what happens. Everybody plays games. You know that. Meanwhile, less than a day after trumps renewed optimism the leaders of the koreas met at the dmz and discussed the renewed possibility of a summit. So will it happen . Wont it happen . Either way, the trump kim coin is now on sale for just 19. 95. Get them while they last. With me now, joe sirinioni, Christine Ahn of women cross dmz and malcolm nance, msnbc contributor. Thank you for being here. Christine, ill go to you first. A note to the audience of a slight delay. Christine, you just returned from the dmz. I want your take on how this thing fell apart and whether or not president moon jaein of south korea is succeeding in trying to put it back together. Well, in the last week we saw some pretty barbed exchanges between north korea you know, sending messages to the Trump Administration. I mean, clearly targeted john bolton. There were two things that took place preceding those pretty harsh rhetoric. One was the introduction of b52 bombers and fighter jets during the war drills. Clearly the libyan model that john bolton and mike pompeo later were basically stating that it was the model for north korea. Clearly thats not preparing the table for peace talks. That very much angered north korea. It would anger anybody who is beginning a diplomatic process. North korea sent a clear message and the Trump Administration used that opportunity to basically unilaterally with draw from the june 12 summit. As you noted, there is so much taking place in the last 24 hours. We organized a delegation of 30 women to be here to support the peace process. Today we marched on the dmz, 1200 south korean women marched with 30 women from 16 countries calling for a peace treaty to end the war. It was unbelievable that just yesterday President Trump said he would not meet kim in singapore. So we protested outside the u. S. Embassy. You know, its so great to know that while we were at the dmz today that the leaders of north korea and south korea just proceeded. They were un detdeterred by tru whiplash diplomacy and the peace train has left the station. Its so heartening to see that the two Korean Leaders are proceeding to try to end the war. Joe, you know, on the one hand we had fun with this coin donald trump created, but on the one hand you have the Trump Administration wanting full credit for any progress toward peace on the Korean Peninsula. Full credit. On the other hand, it is the Trump Administration that seems to be the biggest impediment to getting a peace deal, even a summit. They seem to be in the way. Three items the Washington Post to christines point, about john bolton who has always had this extremely hawkish attitude toward pretty much the planet, but particularly toward north korea. John bolton, the new yasnationa security adviser said the threatening language was a bad sign. That the president told advisers he was concerned kim was maneuvering to back out of the summit and make americans look like desperate suitors because of North Koreans calling mike pence, the american Vice President a political dummy. Here is why. Here is mike pence on fox news on monday threatening regime change if there is no deal. This will only end like the libyan model ended, if kim jongun doesnt make a deal. The libya model. Gadhafi was dragged through the streets and deposed. We have the nbc report that there is a divide inside the administration between mike pompeo and john bolton. Several Administration Officials say pompeo who has taken the lead in negotiating with the North Koreans blamed bolton for torpedoing the process. You have people in the administration that dont want to deal. They want regime change. You laid that out beautifully, joy. Lets try to unpack a little bit. First, john bolton was dead wrong in the advice he gave the president. He said that north korea was threatening to pull out. Thats not true. You just saw the interest that the north has in continuing this summit process demonstrated dramatically on the Korean Peninsula today with his meeting with president moon. President moon and chairman kim, not supreme leader, are the ones who have been driving the process since the olympics to try to get the summit to happen. I think they are still both committed to it. So bolton advises the president incorrectly, gives him bad advice. Secretary of state mike pompeo and secretary of defense jim mattis apparently arent consulted in this and trump issues this impulsive letter, embarrassing letter, as you heard mike pompeo read it. Okay. Then he realizes this is completely unnerved the u. S. Allies in asia. This rollercoaster diplomacy has raised serious questions about the reliability of america and the credibility of our word. Then trump appears to be backtracking. Now putting the summit process back on. This is a good move. If i were betting, i would bet we are going to have this summit. Why . Because of what christine just said. The peace train has left the station. There is a tremendous interest in both koreas and particularly the South Koreans to see if there is a path forward and have a meeting. It appears north korea has been consistent about its desire to discuss a stepbystep denuclearization of the peninsula. Its been the americans that have been vacillating on this. You see the process and the american side is driven largely by Donald Trumps insecurities and his vain glorious attitude, the way he smiled when the crowd chants nobel. Hes now putting the summit back on. Why . Because kim jongun wrote him a flattering letter. I think trump, moon and kim are now reinvested in having this summit go forward. I would predict well see a summit sooner or later. It is interesting to contrast the personality types such as we know it of kim jongun and donald trump. Tony schwartz wrote the art of the deal, knows trump well and has dark thoughts about him. He said trump has a fear of being humiliated and shamed. This is showing who is the biggest and strongest so hes sensitive to the possibility he would look weak and small. There is nothing more unacceptable to trump than that. You have an american president Whose Administration is standing in the way of peace. Then his own personality seems to be standing in the way, even when the president of south korea is willing to give him the credit to get peace if thats what it takes. His personality is driving this entire process. To tell you the truth, i dont think he will, in the end, get the credit hes looking for. Hes looking for a nobel prize. Lets put it on the table. Ever since 1987 when he took out the New York Times full page article asking the then Bush Administration to make him a Nuclear Negotiator for the star talks, donald trump has been looking for global acclaim. What we have here is a north korea that understands this mans ego must be massaged and can be manipulated. They are manipulating him. There are other regional aspects of these negotiations that are not being satisfied. Japan wants the return of people who have been kidnapped by north korea. South korea wants to reopen the relationships between families in north korea and south korea. The Industrial Center they have and which will, if all of these things happen, create an opening for north korea to get more trade, more money, more resources without the United States. This is a good example of why kim jonguns plan to actually retain those Nuclear Weapons has propelled him back into the normal routine of states. Hes never giving up the bombs. Hes going to get something out of this and trump is going to give it to him. I think thats a good point. Donald trump has given him the legitimacy on the world stage he craves. He treated him as an equal which kim jongun wanted. It feels like the koreas are driving everything. To be blunt, they are blundering and hes just revealing his own insecurities daily. In this letter cancelling the summit, trump is said to have dictated the line, you talk about your Nuclear Capabilities but ours are so massive and powerful that i pray to god they will never have to be used. Then you have the atlantic quoting officials on the North Koreans literally not picking up the phone. When the americans are trying to call they are not picking up. Who they are picking up the phone to china. Nbc news reporting china, beijing is the hidden hand behind the summits derailment as xi jinping became increasingly anxious about the potential. Heres President Trump claiming the change happened because china changed its attitude or kim jongun changed attitude. Its personality driven but donald trump doesnt seem to be driving any of the actual kwo developments. If we go back to the letter not only is it a bad breakup letter but it had serious personality disorders. Its like your 6th grade boyfriend saying, its over, my stick is bigger than yours, but call me maybe. I know this is crazy. Heres my number, call me maybe. On a much more serious note, its unbelievable the president of the United States wrote that letter. The letter was nuts. Things changed in the past 24 hours. Whats crazy now is kim jongun looks like a stable, mature leader. Hes taken over the talks and made the u. S. Irrelevant. It is supposed to be the u. S. And south korea are allies getting to the table to talk to north korea. Now not only is the u. S. Left out of the process, but donald trump, the master negotiator, is at home tweeting. Christine, we have already pulled out of tpp, so pacific trade is in the hands of china. China seems to be the big player other than south korea in sort of deciding kind of what the future economically is in the region. How important is china relative to south korea in making sure that a summit happens . I think everybody in the region is pretty supportive of the korea peace process. I think the only one thats really driving a wedge between the u. S. And rok is the u. S. When the Trump Administration threatened to destroy north korea there would be devastating consequences for the entire Korean Peninsula. So i think it is really important to remember when we were walking today in the dmz, i was walking with women whose siblings are still in north korea. When we were overlooking the river across into north korea through the telescopes, i heard a father tell his young son those are we are the same people, but we cant see each other. I think we have to bring it back to this is about the Korean People. This is a conflict thats lasted for seven decades. This is a strip of land thats the most symbolic manifestation of a longterm division. Let the Korean People see peace on the Korean Peninsula. Thats what they want. The International Community should support it. So this is not about who is gaming who. This is about the will of the Korean People, millions of families remain separated. They dont want to live in a perpetual state of war. The International Community should support it. Moon and kim should get the nobel peace prize. We shouldnt allow peace and the Korean People to be held hostage by trump or the u. S. At this moment. Well said. The world should listen to what you said. The point is that the people of the Korean Peninsula deserve peace. Maybe the Trump Administration should get out of the way. Thank you all very much. Up next, the latest on trumps attacks on the department of justice and the horrific policy separating Asylum Seekers from their children which trump now blames on democrats. He just tweeted put democrats to end the horrible law that separates children from their parents once they cross the border into the u. S. Catch and release, blah, blah, blah, build the wall, et cetera. Democrats, ms13, all of the greatest hits in that one. Its funny how. You never listen to your dad when youre a teenager. My dad he always gave me two pieces of advice. One was to always be humble. And the second was to always do the right thing. Now that im the new ceo of uber, ive taken that advice to heart. 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Nothing we heard today has changed our view that there is no evidence to support any allegation that the fbi or any Intelligence Agency placed a spy in the Trump Campaign or otherwise failed to follow appropriate procedures and protocols. Donald trumps attempts to launch a new distraction this week, an episode of his white house reality show focused on a supposed spy in his campaign, fell apart on thursday as democrats characterized a classified briefing by the department of justice that up until the last minute was only open to republicans as containing zero evidence to back up trumps claim. Also president the white house chief of staff and trumps lawyer which made an already unprecedented briefing that included the kind of highly Sensitive Information thats never released to the subject of an investigation even more unprecedented director of National Intelligence dan coats said both men left before the substantive part of the briefings began and they were there only to relay the president s desire for as much openness as possible under the law. We have only his word on that. Meanwhile Rudy Giuliani tells the a. P. He wants his own readout of the briefing. Doubling down on what he told nbc news last week that he wants to see files on the informant before trump sits down with mueller. Joining me now former watergate prosecutor nick acker man, nbc analyst danny savalos and professor of law at Georgetown Law School paul butler. Nick, you have Rudy Giuliani saying he wants to see the classified information for one purpose only to show it to Donald Trumps attorneys and derail the Mueller Investigation. Exactly right. This is precisely what happened during the watergate investigation. John dean sat in on the fbi interviews of approximately 14 white house individuals. The whole point behind that was to get what everybody was saying so they could give it to nixon and others so they could come up and concoct their stories so they would know where the pitfalls are and how they could get around what people were saying. Yeah. This was a way to keep tabs on the entire investigation and be able to basically mold their stories around what other people were saying. Thats what this is all about. Thats why Rudy Giuliani wants this. I know Rudy Giuliani. I served with him for six months when he was u. S. Attorney. He would never in a million years have ever, ever allowed this kind of information to be given to a defense lawyer. This is total buffoonery right now. Its just another example of this administration trying to obstruct the mueller probe. Danny, you know, there are two ways to look at it. On the one hand it is a direct attempt to give a headsup to the defense about the prosecutors case, even if that means exposing classified data which is normbreaking