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>> you bet. let's go live to north korea now. will ripley is one of the few western journalists still inside the country. he broke the news that the summit was cancelled. what are you hearing from the north koreans about the summit right now? >> reporter: it was interested to hear that measured response out of pyongyang. given the northern rhetoric, the attacks on the vice president, we expected an angry response. a defiant response when president trump cancelled the summit. they praised the president for his bravery for taking steps to do something that previous u.s. presidents would have n...

After the north korean dictator responded with warm words and lots of flattering. i'll get reactioreaction. our correspondents are standing by. where does this summit stand right now? >> in a sda stunning reversal president trump said it may be back on june 12th within 24 hours of cancelling it. the white house is way more optimistic than expected now that communications with north korea have re-opened. tonight president trump indicating the summit he already cancelled may still happen. >> is this summit still on? >> we're going to see what happens. we're talking to them now. it was a very nic...

North korea has gained very much from these last few weeks of punch and counter punch. >> mike pompeo now the secretary of state formerly the cia director, he's visited pyongyang twice. he's had face-to-face meetings with king jong-un. you want more talks about this level before there's a full scale summit. you think more lower level talks are needed or why not just have a summit and delegate your aides on both sides to work out specific details? >> i think the best scenario right now and very frankly the only one that i think is practical would be if they want to proceed with the summit, fine...

Issues. moving forward i think the messaging here will be sense tifr and the u.s. and north korea will have to be careful how they talk to each other opinion there's the potential for things to reverse course and go horribly wrong. >> thanks for your reporting. we are grateful to you. thanks so much. let's go right to the former defense secretary. he also served as the cia director during the obama administration. when you look at the back and forth of the the past 24, 48 hours on what's going on, will there be a summit. won't there be a summit. who is benefitting from all of this? the u.s. ...

Nuclear weapons or reduce nuclear capacity ahead of this summit. >> based on all your reporting and i know you've been to north korea many time, where do you see this unfolding in the immediate future? >> reporter: i have to say i'm far more optimistic today than i was in this time yesterday when we were in state of shock about the cancellation. it seemed like things could go back to square one. that said the situation could turn quickly. what the united states needs to realize is you have to be careful about the messaging when you threaten them, compare their country to libya. that is the wro...