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Said that they had no knowledge of anything that was going on, and the white house also had no comment for several hours. and that was before when we had gotten the first initial word about that the summit was at risk, not just tonight's news. you know, it's just -- the situation is that the white house and the president has made the expectations for this summit huge. i mean they've been talking about it for weeks. if you'll recall, president trump immediately agreed to this when it was brought up without having a full discussion about it. he's campaigned on it at his campaign rally recently. ...

That was saber rattling. it involves nukes that could potentially reach our country. that was scary, and we saw that in the polling when things started to thaw. a cnn poll on the upcoming summit, do you agree of trump's decision to meet with kim jong-un? 77% approval rating. we can't agree that many people on apple pie in this country, so that does show you there's a whole lot of people who want to see this happen. >> yeah. i mean definitely. you're so right. remember, last year when there was all that talk, when president trump was making all those comments, there were a lot of people that we...

They're apparently angered by the joint u.s./south korea military drills. the pentagon released a statement today saying the exercises are defensive in nature and part of a routine annual training program. earlier today the state department says preparations for the summit are still under way and the north has not notified the u.s. of any official change. let's talk about it with two of our experts tonight. anita kumar and joe sa rinseiony, president of ploughshares fund and author of "nuclear nightmares, securing the world before it's too late." on that note, joe, a lot of folks -- we've had ...

The studio, there was a late breaking story that apparently u.s. and north korean and south korean officials are getting on the phone to talk about this and see if there's some way to clarify what everybody's position is. that's number one. number two, recognize that negotiations have phases, and we're now in sort of the mid phase. we're now four weeks out from the summit. expect this push and pull. expect posturing. this is kind of what you would think each side would do, stress their maximal positions to try to get concessions from the other side. and, three, this is what you were saying, br...

Of this, by just how much was the administration surprised with today's announcement? >> right. well, they were taken by surprise. you saw the state department said that they had no knowledge of anything that was going on, and the white house also had no comment for several hours. and that was before when we had gotten the first initial word that the summit was at risk, not just tonight's news. you know, it's just -- the situation is that the white house and the president has made the expectations for this summit huge. i mean they've been talking about it for weeks. if you'll recall, president...