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Demilitarized zone. officials trying to determine whether north korea will agree to complete denuclearization and what kim jong-un will demand from the united states in return. sources say that some trump aides including national security adviser john bolton have told the president that even a cursory meeting with kim would be a diplomatic victory and could lead to more serious talks. "the wall street journal" reports that the white house was preparing to announce new sanctions against north korea but decided to halt those plans as they try to salvage the summit. president trump agree to go me...

President is writing right now. let's start with north korea. what's happening now is just this flurry of activity all around the world with a key u.s. official in singapore, another key u.s. official in north korea as we speak and a north korean official the former intelligence chief on his way to new york to be here as early as tomorrow. it really does seem as if everything is moving towards this summit. >> right. everything is accelerated. as alisyn pointed out earlier, there is a sense that previous presidents haven't been able to get action but the president's determination to force the i...

Summit to become the goal itself. even though it is for me get people around president trump and himself saying, you know, just being there and talking is a great thing. >> i think that's totally right. as far as the marriott being booked, both have dibs on it for the week after that. it all seriousness, it is dead on right. if the end goal is just to meet then, then that may be achievable. is that enough? doesn't that count for something? isn't that exactly what kim jong-un wants? all he wants is a picture of a shaken hands. >> kim's whole goal is to be seen at the same table on equal level w...

>> do you see it as the president's letter of having been a successful tactic in getting kim jong-un's attention and putting these things into overdrive to make this summit happen? >> there's a few things going on here, a couple dozen. i do think his demonstrating his willingness to walk away is essential to maintaining some leverage here. the leverage is dissipating because the chinese are playing their own game. the south korean president moon is swooning over a peace treaty with north korea and denuclearization and hopeful that all the pledges from kim jong-un have been authentic and are ge...

Shaping up at the white house. president trump laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery this memorial day. paying tribute to fallen service members and their families. at the same time, a flurry of diplomatic activity. positive new signs the face-to-face summit with kim jong-un, the same one the president called off on thursday, may still happen. here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: on this memorial day, president trump greeted service members at arlington national cemetery, while half a world away, urgent preparation...