standby as i get a live report with the president's new encounter with vladimir putin and the prospects of them getting together again. let's go to our senior white house correspondent jim acosta traveling with the president in vietnam. the president is at the asia pacific economic summit. jim, we saw president trump and president putin face-to-face today. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. and the big question of this trip for trump on this day is, will he or won't he have a formal sit-down meeting with russian president vladimir putin. earlier in the week, the president said the white house expected to talk to putin about north korea. now the world may see a little more than a photo op of these two leaders. after raising expectations of a critical meeting between president trump and russian president vladimir putin at the apec economic summit in vietnam, the two men only make time for this, a quick group photo with other world leaders. the white house says both sides are running into trouble finding time for a meeting.