let's get to cnn's abby phillip live at the white house. >> reporter: this is breaking news and really important news on the front of the president's upcoming meeting with north korea. he sent his cia director mike pompeo to north korea under the cover of secrecy in the last several days and pompeo is now on his way back to the united states with those three americans who have been detained in north korea for months. here's what the president tweeted. i'm please today inform you that secretary of state mike pompeo is in the air and on his way back from north korea with three wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting. they seem to be in good health. also good meeting with kim jong-un, date and place set. that's for that meeting with kim jong-un. he also added that secretary pompeo and his guests will be landing at andrews air force base at 2:00 a.m. in the morning. i'll be there to greet them. the president has been waiting for it seems these detainees to be released in an effort to get some good faith efforts from the