Donny deutsch is with us. And yamish almador and mike pompeo who met with kim jong un over easter has been confirmed as secretary of state. How will his tenure differ from Rex Tillerson . Plus, President Trump takes it up to 11 on fox news, and prosecutors immediately seize on what he said. Why his freewheeling interview may have just undercut his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen in a major way. But we begin with breaking news, that the leaders of north and south korea are taking historic steps toward peace. After 65 years of division, threats and violence, a document signed by both sides reads in part quote, the two leaders solemnly declare before the 80 million Korean People, and the whole world, that there will be no more war on the Korean Peninsula. And thus, a new era of peace has begun. Joe . Richard haas, james fellows said last night he wasnt prone to overstatement. He said this was one of the most shocking diplomatic developments hes seen in his lifetime. You of course have nixon with mao in china. Anwar sudat and menachim begin at the peace accord. And now this. Its hard to overstate just how surprising a turnaround this is, from what we were hearing just six months ago. Thats true, joe. But theres a but. All the positives are potentially true. What we dont know is exactly whats motivating kim jong un. Let me give you two different scenarios. One is hes been forced by the sanctions, by china, by his internal problems to essentially accept the fact that he needs a different relationship with his neighbor to the south. And the United States and the world. The other is that the Nuclear Weapons and the Ballistic Missile tests have reached a point of sufficiency for him, where now he feels confident enough and secure enough to make agreements with, including the end of war. Because he feels the north korea now has a secure future. I think, its just too soon to take out the champagne. As impressive as this is, and its potentially significant as this is, we still have to translate from the rhetoric of the morning, to policy and reality. So i just want to introduce, dont mean to be a wet blanket, but i think we need to introduce that caution. Were talking about north korea, the entire Playing Field is wet so theyve been lying to us for 30, 40 years. So we dont know whats going to happen. But actually, if you just talk about the Charm Offensive, as youve said. The Charm Offensive thats under way right now, something certainly pushed the north to do this. That is what our policymakers are going to have to figure out. Maybe you know, its hard not to look at all the bluster and insults and all the threats from donald trump. And not believe that that actually forced the north and the south to troy to figure out a way to get together. Because if left to donald trump, at least from what they were hearing out of washington, d. C. , and the white house, they could wake up one morning with 500,000 dead koreans on the peninsula. Could be. The american threats played a role. Either visavis north koreas calculus or with china. Thats all quite possible. Again, i think its important to distinguish between the norths commitment to ending the state of war, which is something that obviously would be welcome by one and all. And the commitment to denuclearization. I think translating the denuclearization exitment in particular, a lot has to go. We still dont have a common definition of it, we dont have a timetable, we dont have specific steps, we dont have verification. I dont want to seem cynical this morning. As important as this potentially is, as exciting as this potentially is, now weve got the hard slog of diplomacy that awaits. Lets see how this is play being in korea, joining us live from seoul, south korea, Janice Mackey frayer. Was there an overdelivery and what are people saying on the streets, as they watch these images, the likes of which theyve never seen . If they overdelivered remains to be seen. Theyve certainly exceeded expectations. This pledge to end the korean war by pursuing threeway talks with the u. S. , fourway talks with china, is certainly a dramatic move. And then to see kim jong un standing in front of Live Television cameras, in the dmz, making a statement on the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, is a whole turn of events from how 2018 opened. Where kim jong un and President Trump were exchanging threats about their nuclear buttons. There is a healthy degree of skepticism here. People have been down this road before. Deals have been brokered and broken before. But there is a different kind of optimism. There are also no illusions. Many people see this move toward diplomacy by kim jong un as very tactical. That he had achieved his Credible Nuclear Deterrent and it was enough to bring other leaders to the table. This is also been an important intelligencegathering operation for the u. S. Side, as it prepares for the summit between kim and President Trump. This joint declaration by the two leaders today have raised the bar for that meeting. Janice Mackey Frayer in seoul, south korea. Im thinking about the olympics, the Opening Ceremony where the delegation from north korea visited. It was an historic step, i i was there covering it there was a same dose of skepticism coming from the south as they watched the images on tv. Whats what you keep hearing, willie. Talk of skepticism. And cynicism. And theres again a good reason. People shouldnt talk about donald trump or anybody in north or south korea winning the Nobel Peace Prize. When we remember a Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 1994, for a deal that did nothing but allow the North Koreans to have more cover. To to develop this nuclear program. Weve been made suckers time and time again. Whether it was bill clinton or whether it was george w. Bush or barack obama. I dont see any reason to believe that the North Koreans arent going to try to cheat on any deal they a i cheev, anyway. That said, the fact that six months after almost every military analyst mika and i spoke to inside the white house feared a coming land war on the Korean Peninsula, where half a million to a Million People would die, this still is a very positive development. Jon heilemann . Yes. Joe, to your point, we are in such a position of tension, the rhetoric was so, at least with respect to the United States and north korea, was so inflamed, over the year ago, six months ago, nine months ago, you know, President Trump has not yet reacted to this. We could expect that he will and he will do so in a tone of triumphalism. Taken all of the tones of skepticism are obviously well deserved and well placed. But the president is going to have some ground for saying all of you skeptics, who said that my rhetoric, that my unconventional approach to this problem was foolish. You all said it was provocative, it was inflammatory, yet look whats happening now on the Korean Peninsula. He will certainly say that his kretics were wrong and it does create obviously at this moment with all the caveats, it creates a moment for him as he heads towards his meeting with kim jong un, it creates a moment he desperately wants, a moment where he can follow this potentially historic set of developments with another set of historic developments that he can really claim directly as his own. Maybe so. And mika, maybe kim jong un finally just looked at donald trump and said, man that guy is crazy. I better start peace talks on my own. With any luck, though, donald trump will take a victory lap this morning by calling in again to fox and friends, because i got to tell you yesterday, yesterday was wonderful. And lets just say for our friends over at fox and friends they asked him some good questions, ask him some good followup questions that i think really opened up the conversation. So they certainly should be commended for that, it was a remarkable 30minute interview. But donald trump put down land mines for his legal team. All over the place yesterday. So much so, that the Southern District of new york moved immediately and amended their pleadings, based on the admissions against interests that donald trump made on tv. He made it to his friends at fox and friends who did a really good job sort of flushing out the story and figuring out whats going on. He sounded so amped up. So this morning, federal prosecutors he did sound amped up. He was really amped up. Well play it later. But there was a tone in his voice that signaled something for sure. This morning, federal prosecutors are seizing on comments made by President Trump during that freewheeling 30minute Television Interview yesterday. That the hosts were really trying to, they were trying to end it. And it kept going. On fox and friends the president appeared to acknowledge for the first time, that his attorney, Michael Cohen, represented him. As part of a payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, listen. How much mr. President , how much of your legal work was handled by Michael Cohen . A percentage of my Overall League work, a tiny, tiny little fraction, but michael would represent me and represent me on some things. He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal. He represented me. Shortly after that interview, attorneys for the Southern District of new york added a new legal filing in cohens case. Citing some of the president s comments. They specifically mentioned that trump said cohen performs a quote tiny, tiny little fraction of his overall legal work. Prosecutors argue that proves that relatively few of the documents seized in the cohen raid are likely to be Confidential Communications between cohen and trump. Thats potentially a problem. Retired federal judge Barbara Jones was appointed special master yesterday, and will decide what documents may contain communications protected by Attorney Client privilege. Jones is a former organized crime prosecutor. And the wall street journal has gnaw reporting on the relationship between Michael Cohen and donald trump. Its so painful, mika. According to the paper. In the months before the election, the cohen told associates he expected to be tapped for the role of campaign chief. Or possibly white house chief of staff. People familiar with the discussions tell the paper trump decided that bringing cohen inside the white house carried too many risks. A person close to the president told that paper trump has privately described cohen as a bull in a china shop. Who when brought in to fix a problem, sometimes breaks more china. And joe, there was a quote in there that was, is just sad kind of really paints a picture of a relationship that may cross some boundaries. Are you going to read that . Well, are you talking about how something about how, i love you, boss, i miss you so much. I miss you so much. It was just kind of i think its safe to say that everybody at the morning joe news room, when im gone, they all call me and say, i miss you so much, dont they . Maybe they dont. Im going to do a poll. That is the wow. So donny deutsch, i know you know michael, reading that, that article made me flinch time and time again. There was so many times that donald trump went out of his way to publicly humiliate michael. Like for instance, the bar mitzvah, he shows up late at what is his sons most sacred religious ceremony. One of the most important moments in his sons life. He shows up late. And then he spends all of his time talking about how he didnt want to come. He wouldnt have been there. But, but the boys father, Michael Cohen, begged him to come so much. And then begged his secretary to come so much. And then begged his children to have him come so much. That finally he just had to come. And you know people were laughing at michael and it was just i dont know who does that. Its unbelievably cold and calloused to try to humiliate a man at his sons bar mitzvah. And then you again i literally have never met in 55 years, anybody that would be that hateful to anybody else. Thats number one. And then number two, of course, you have that picture of him Walking Around washington, d. C. During the inaugural festivities, just sort of walking out, not being a part of anything. He and his friends, being embarrassed in front of his friends, because trump hasnt given him any nice tickets. Hasnt given him anything that you would expect somebody who is devoted their entire life to him. I know that you know michael and you like michael. And again there is such a disconnect from what we see on tv and for people who know Michael Cohen personally. Most people really like the guy in person. Talk about that story and what could only be called an abusive professional relationship. What ive seen up close over the last 11 years with michael ive not seen any of that play out. Clearly, when you have a guy like trump and you are working by his side, probably whether youre his kids or michael or anybody else, there are going to be those moments, thats the guy youre working for, this is not a sweet, loving, nurturing guy to any of his employees. I do know michael loved donald and in some twisted way, he does. He was affected when he wasnt brought to washington. Donald said look, i need you watching the store. I need you watching the kids, kind of thats where i need you. And michael understood that and took that at face value. I think personally he was disappointed. He, you know i dont think he necessarily would come out and say that. I dont think he would be human if he wasnt. It was interesting what trump did yesterday. I was shocked on that festival on fox news, where he started he humiliated him yesterday by saying hes not that important to me. He only does a small, small sliver of my work. Hes, hes a nothing. Hes a nobody. And also, of course he throws him under the bus in saying oh, wait theyre not even looking at me, its all of Michael Cohens work that the Southern District of new york is looking at. Michael was caught by complete surprise by that. I found it kind of stunning in that if i am fearful of one person on this planet right now, one, and there isnt a close second or third, its Michael Cohen. Totally agree. So i was stunned that trump, if im Michael Cohen and im going through this emotional roller coaster, whatever it is, i do love this man and i dont want any betrayal involved, and all of a sudden trump is basically stepping 50 yards back and saying, you dont matter and youre on your own boy, i found that strategically bizarre. Donny, i say exactly the same thing. There are a variety of things about that interview which is unhinged in a variety of ways, to mikas point, the tone of it was more disturbing in some ways than the substance. He sounded like a person having a manic episode on National Television. The high pitch of the voice, the scratchiness, the palpitating quality of it. Those substantive things, first of all the admission that cohen represented him in the Stormy Daniels case, the way in which that creates a conflicting account from his previous accounts. Which will add fuel to the Michael Avenatti fire in terms of being able to justify asking for a deposition. The thing about the Michael Cohen issue, if my understanding is right, and im not going to ask you to betray confidences, but my sense of it talking to people who are friends of michaels, is that ten days ago say, he was freaked out, thinking hard about whether he might skr to make a deal with the prosecutors to turn on donald trump. And then in the last few days, you started hearings you know, michael is in a little better place, hes feeling confident. He think hes heard the messages from donald trump. Trump has his back. Hes got a good lawyer now, everything is going to maybe be fine. The comments that trump made yesterday, i would have thought Michael Cohen is back to freaked out. I cant trust this guy. Hes not going to pardon me. Hes unreliable. I got to cut a deal to get out of here. Your cake is a nailing it. And i literally fell off my chair in that. And i havent spoken to michael since that interview yesterday. But yeah, i think your road map is a pretty accurate one. Lets listen now that we, because i felt like i appreciate that you heard what i heard. I was concerned i was the first thing i thought last night let alone the fact that hes messing up his own legal case against him with the words hes using here, just listen to his voice. How many mr. President , how much of your legal work was handled by Michael Cohen . Well, yes, a percentage of my overall legal work, a tiny, tiny little fraction. But michael would represent me and represent me on some things. He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal. He represented me. You know, mika, i did speak to somebody that, that talked with michael yesterday. And he was shocked. He was shocked on sever