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In the sweep of history. i know it's early. this is not happening in a vacuum. this is happening a day or two after the president of the united states pulled the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal. this is happening a couple of weeks before he welcomes the president of south korea to the white house, may 22, to set the table for what we think is an early june summit between the president of the united states and dictator in north korea. >> let's not do an end zone dance. but what this does prove, what ottawa said from day one, the situation that north korea situation was on an inevitable crisis...

President's critics were saying his hot rhetoric might lead to a nuclear war. instead we may now be on the brink of a peace summit, and three american hostages. her new this hour: we have learned the president spoke today by phone with the president of south korea, moon jae-in, duke discussed mike pompeo second secret trip to north korea. officials telling us the president told his counterpart he's looking forward to welcoming them back to the white house may 22 to get on the same page about the president summit with kim jong un. that call follows pompeo meeting today with kim in pyongyang for...

To that sort of thing and does that seem to be inclined to take more clikindly because mccain i facing mortality. >> i think all of that is correct, but if you talk to the people around mccain, they will always say the same thing, he is not against trump. he is standing up for principles that he believes he has fought for his entire life from before he was a senator when he was in the military and his book will come out may 22. and whether or not he is around to release it, that will stand as his last word. and they are about principles, bipartisan, compromise. the way washington was supposed ...

Closer to removing mr. pruitt from office? >> i don't have any personnel announcements on that front. certainly we have confidence in the number two, otherwise the president wouldn't have asked him to serve at such a senior level position. but i don't have anything further on that front. >> i wanted to catch back up on china after the delegation came back. presuming that the president has had some briefing on that interaction now, can you tell us his reaction to the talks that happened, if the u.s. plans to talk to china again before the may 22 public comment deadline and what the next steps a...

Otherwise the president would haven't asked him to serve at a senior level position within the e.p.a. but i don't have anything further on that front. >> reporter: i want to catch back up on china after the delegation came back. presuming that the president has had some sort of briefing on the interaction now. can you tell us his reaction to the talks that happened if the u.s. plans to talk to china again before the may 22 public deadline and what the next steps are? >> sarah: the president had a briefing this morning with the members of the team that traveled. the president has a great relati...