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Weren't returning phone calls and a -- a sign from the president he needed them to take us seriously and now the north korea puts out a nice statement as the president acknowledged and the potentially the gears are again in motion. and developments that surprised people who assumed that was the end of it. >> pamela brown is reporting from the white house, a senior administration official ryan said are involved in the north korean summit preparations. they are way more optimistic today than they were yesterday. >> i mean the north korea yanz are learning what we all learns as covering trump as ...

House. the state department is going ahead with summit preparations. more from our correspondent michelle kaczynski. officials were also blindsided by this north korean announcement. >> and this happened before the briefing. so obviously they didn't know where this was coming from and didn't know much detail. but kept hitting home the point that it is their understanding still that kim jong-un understands or supposed to understand that these kinds of drills are routine and are not provocative. listen. >> kim jong-un had said previously that he understands the need and the utility of the unit...

To discuss summit preparations between kim jong-un and president trump, so secretary pompeo had a one hour meeting with the senior north korean official and then there was a luncheon also, largely dealing with the summit and then he went to his hotel room and he sat and waited. you have to understand, when he arrived he was not sure who was going to meet with, he did not know if he would have the chance to meet with kim jong-un and he was not 100% confident he'd be able to leave with the prisoners. he was taking an attitude of i believe it when i see it. so shortly after the luncheon, things -...

It will happen." the president told reporters summit preparations are moving along quite nicely. >> and i think there's a lot of goodwill. i think people want to see if we can get the meeting and get something done. >> reporter: there are no shortage of skeptics. former cia director mike hayden says he's concerned the president is rushing ahead without being fully prepared. >> kim jong-un knows his program inside and out. i think he knows what he can concede and what it means and what he cannot concede. i don't know that the president has done the kind of homework that would allow him to do th...

Can the summit be effective without america's most important gulf ally? he'll be represented by the crowned prince. i'm joined by ben at the white house. thank you very much. i know you are saying no snub was intended or taken and that the right players, obviously the crowned prince is the real deal and and someone the u.s. works with all the time. with that said, the king told john kerry last week he was coming. the foreign minister told john kerry friday in paris he was coming. then all of a sudden this weekend the king isn't coming. nothing happens by accident at this level in diplomacy. th...