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Undersecretary of defense for personal and readiness, to serve as the acting v.a. secretary until admiral jackson is confirmed. expect senate democrats to put up a fight. shannon? >> shannon: lucas tomlinson from the pentagon. thank you. kim jong un's secretive meeting with chinese president has left many in the u.s. wondering what will happen next. what it could mean for a future meeting with president trump. leland vittert joins us live with more on that. hey. >> good evening, shannon. lots of news but very few answers to the core questions here. when and where does the trump, summit take pl...

Undersecretary of defense for personal and readiness, to serve as the acting v.a. secretary until admiral jackson is confirmed. expect senate democrats to put up a fight. shannon? >> shannon: lucas tomlinson from the pentagon. thank you. kim jong un's secretive meeting with chinese president has left many in the u.s. wondering what will happen next. what it could mean for a future meeting with president trump. leland vittert joins us live with more on that. hey. >> good evening, shannon. lots of news but very few answers to the core questions here. when and where does the trump, summit take pl...

Site. but i think it's important this summit take place. things can't be going worse in that peninsula. i think the south koreans deserve the main credit in getting the summit with the north koreans and then brokering perhaps the summit with kim jong-un. and kim jong-un has gone from a bomb thrower to being i won't say a rational actor, but to a man with a plan that knows where he wants to end up. i think he's been underestimated. >> you think he's going to give up nuclear weapons? >> no. no, but i think it's still worth to talk to him about curbing their use. he's not going to dismantle them....

I think it's important that this summit take place. things can't be going worse in that peninsula. i think the south koreans deserve the main credit for getting the summit with the north koreans and then brokering perhaps a summit with kim jong-un. kim jong-un has gone from a bomb thrower to being i won't say a rational actor, but a man with a plan that knows where he wants to end up. i think he's been underestimated. >> do you think he's willing to give up nuclear weapons? >> no, no, but i think it's still worth to talk to him about curbing their use. he's not going to dismantle them. he's go...

Jong-un would not allow that. >> we'll wait and see if this summit take place. meantime as we mentioned, no surprise over the harsh statements from north korea, the pyongyang government over the sanctions slapped on them by the u.s. >> reporter: we were saying yesterday, natalie, it was only a matter of time. we expected some sort of strong rhetoric from north korea as a result of these sanctions. it seems as if the argument they're trying to make they're using the private cyber security firm in the united states that has raised doubts about the united states case against north korea and they'...