at the -- on the world stage with the white house. they got that. so what next they might want, you know, i think we'll have to let that play out. >> yeah. the white house yesterday issued a statement midday, so after the news of the cancellation of the north korean/south korean summit for today, for this week, the white house said we are aware of the south korean media report. the united states will look at what north korea has said independently and continue to coordinate closely with our allies. you know, since this sort of threat of backing out of the talks with the u.s., north korea and the u.s. there's been radio silence here. so one wonders what the response will be from the white house today. let's move on to the gop luncheon yesterday. the president held forth, a policy luncheon, and no mention of what the media is asking about, an apology for john mccain and zte. this china trade issue.