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U.s. troops on the peninsula near the russian border. there's more that russia can do to squeeze north korea. bilateral trade between russia and north korea, more than doubled in the first quarter of 2017. so trump may be preparing to ask putin to do things like cut off oil exports to north korea. but putin's going to be less likely to do any of that if he thinks trump is only focused on a military strike. trump needs to convince putin all options are on the table so putin does more to squeeze kim. >> and that's a really interesting point. on the whole progress, though, point, bruce, the presi...

Order a few months ago, we saw the momentum stop. it's a new peg point to say, forget about the past transgressions, from now on we'll look for more compliance. >> we'll continue to track this closely. bruce, thank you for being here to help us understand all of it. nancy and ken, stick around. and voters are headed to the polls today for some key gubernatorial races in virginia and new jersey. right after the break, what president trump is saying about the big race in virginia. he's had some tweets this morning. plus, our own steve kornacki is at the big board breaking down everything you...

Makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a deal that's good for the people of north korea and the people of the world. i do see certain movement, yes. and let's see what happens. >> reporter: so the president leaving the door open there for potential, what sounds like negotiation, but also not going too for a his comments. the big question is, what does progress look like? and part of that will come in china, that's the next stop here, and obviously the north korean threat will be top of the agenda for president trump and his team. we miss you, pal. i wish you were here. yo...

Here. bruce, thank you so much for joining us. let's just pick up on that point that hallie made, the shift in tone, and you say it is not just on north korea but the issue of trade as well. what do you make of the new tone, is it a sign of progress? >> well, the president is certainly keeping us guessing. before there was a lot of speculation whether the u.s. was going to do a preventive attack or attack north korea to simply prevent them from completing development of the icbm. that seems to be toned down. and also trade with south korea. the president has been very critical of the chorus, t...

To visit pyongyang. also, the regime's allowed americans to visit north korea, including reporters from cnn, "the new yorker," and los kristof of the "new york times" who came back and recounted even with the outreach, north korea is still on a war footing. >> there was much more military mobilization in ppyongyang. ever where you go, there are billboards showing north korean missiles striking the u.s. capitca capit capitol. students are parading with these military marches and there's an element of menace in the air frankly. >> north korea's recent missile tests are celebrated, xhem kate rate...