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House diplomacy really works. lots to cover. here we go. donald trump is not going to capitula capitulate, so there's really only two options -- peace or war. >> they have already gotten a concession by the president. >> they are trying to fit a nuclear warhead on an interconnell ballistic missile. when they do it gives them the possibility to hit the united states. >> we have not been included in any of the preparation for this negotiation. so that's where we begin this hour. it's 4:00 a.m. monday morning in singapore. the summit between president trump and sim jeong eun just 24

Obama white house. ben t. thank you for being here. a lot to talk about in this fascinating book. as you heard president trump talking about the summit. he obviously sells himself as a deal master. what is the reading of his policy, strategy going into tomorrow? how do you rate it? >> incomplete, because i don't think it's gone on. you mentioned iran and cuba. it takes a lot of time to plow the ground with a country you have no relations with, like cuba or north korea. i worry they're rushing to get the summit on the books. they haven't been clear about what they're trying to achieve. it's not...

Atmosphere for the talks. bobby, there's a loot of criticism going around, that the summit is not necessarily substantive, we've had very little time to prepare for it. this is according to reuters that kim jong-un is reportedly departing 2:00 p.m. tuesday afternoon. that means he will literally be there to participate for maybe half a day's worth of meetings. is that serious enough for what is at stake that's trying to be accomplished here? >> it doesn't ounce like it, but we have to make allowances that he's doing some grandstanding himself. just like president trump has said if i don't fe...

Of iran and cuba. do you think there's a double standard of somewhat of a hypocrisy, that he was so -- when he bashed the obama administration for just the gesture of in the beginning talking to iranians or cuba? >> he said he would sit down and north korea, he said in diplomacy. is the entire republican party stayed on top of him for eight years for taking that position. they have moved 180 on a dime, at the same time we also see donald trump literally picking fights with our closest allies in the world on the way to the summit, which by the way, puts us in an isolated position. he's reaches ...

Out. i don't think that will be a problem. putting the word out that i'm going to leave at 2:00 could be a bit of grandstanding on his part as well. >> are you surprised he flew on a chinese commercial flight? >> no, north korea doesn't have planes that can rely believe get him to singapore. we knew there was going to be something. >> and the u.s. -- accommodations in singapore? that's a common tactic as well? >> well, we shouldn't. >> so there's a lot going on there, but you know the important point is president trump wants a summit. he ate not gotten a commitment to do what we think is neces...