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12th who knows. admiral, the question alisyn was getting to, what if it's just a meeting? what's wrong with all they actually achieve is to sit across the table face to face, given how reclusive the north korean regime has been, given how little has been known about this man? isn't that enough for some progress? >> you know, you bring up a really good point, john, because first of all, there isn't anything in my view there's nothing wrong with the two leaders talking. it's a huge concession kim to give in to a meeting with the president of the united states. we'll get something and that's dial...

Quickly towards a summit. whether it happens the 12th or not we have to see. that he's coming to the united states, that sends a strong message that the north koreans are very serious about wanting to sit down with president trump and where it goes from now. john, as we talked about for many weeks, the release of the american hostages the back and forth over whether it's going to happen or not, all that means that we're getting to a summit and that should give us some confidence. it doesn't necessarily mean that the summit will be successful. >> well, for sure. but just getting to the summit. ...

As early as tomorrow for talks after a stopover in beijing. a close aide to kim jong-un arrived in singapore late monday to discuss logistics. meanwhile, a top white house official is leading a delegation in north korea. those talks happening in the 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...

>> we've seen this president's brand of deal making move over to diplomatic space. as you look at this and how this might unfold, how important is that going to be when you look at the issues being dealt with, is that a bond, a connection between these two men going to mean that much in the end? >> i think the events of the last ten days are case in point in that they don't mean mean as much as trump himself might believe. the blowup that we've seen in this summit that has occurred over the last ten days is really a reckoning that has been about three months in the making, largely a product of...

Suspected repository for money laundering. and potorshin was planning to ce to spain in mayorca. all during the period and following it, torshin is flying in and out of the united states, forming alliances with conservative activists and groups. he goes to the annual cpac meetings outside washington and in 2016 he was attempting to broker a summit between then candidate donald trump and vladimir putin himself. he was never able to pull that off, but he did have a meeting with donald trump jr. at the nra convention in louisville in may of 2016.