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We're following breaking news on north korea. the president just spoke at some about it from the oval office where he seems to be blaming china for north korea's apparent change of heart and being steadfast on talks with south korea and also throwing his national security under the bus for talking about a libyan model as a model for north korea's nuclear program. the president said that want a case. also another interesting twist in the story, listen to what a former british negotiator just told christiane amanpour about his recent trip to north korea. >> when i was there in december, they wer...

Gadhafi. this would be with kim jong un, something where he'd be there, he'd be running his country. his country would be very rich. his people are tremendously industrious. if you look at south korea, this would be a south korean model in terms of their industry, in terms of what they do. they're hard working, incredible people. but the libyan model was a much different model. we decimated that country. we never said to gadhafi, oh, we're going to give you protection, we're going to give you military strength, we're going to give you all of these things. we went in and decimated him, and we d...

Tempering expectations he was raising for weeks. we heard him place blame on north korea if it falls through, it is their fault, not his. >> best thing he could do is make a deal. >> reporter: president trump trying to keep the summit with kim jong-un alive, urging the north korean against backing away from landmark nuclear talks in singapore. >> they're willing to do a lot, he is willing to do a lot also, i think we'll have a good relationship, assuming we have the meeting and something comes of it, and he will get protections that are very strong. >> reporter: the president not saying what p...

May happen later. but this president is ready if everything is on track. >> bill: rich edson to pick it up from there at the state department. >> folks at the state department. officials at the white house and north korea are trying to figure out how exactly kim jong-un surrenders his nuclear weapons, when he does it and what he gets in return. senior u.s. diplomat has floated an idea. the idea that kim jong-un would give a big down payment. this is from susan thornton, the acting assistant secretary for east asian and pacific affairs. she said at a conference in tokyo the question is what cou...

Picking the places in singapore, the rooms, who will be in the delegation. so it seems despite what we're hearing from north korea, things are still on track for the moment. shep? >> john roberts, live on the north lawn. let's turn to david lawlor for axios. sounds like another strikedown. john bolton says we're looking at a libya model. the president said no, we're not. >> he said the libya model trump referred to was the invasion that toppled libya. that the talk if they don't work. he said that bolton was incorrect when he referred to a libya model for at least of the nuclear program. >> do...