president is writing right now. let's start with north korea. what's happening now is just this flurry of activity all around the world with a key u.s. official in singapore, another key u.s. official in north korea as we speak and a north korean official the former intelligence chief on his way to new york to be here as early as tomorrow. it really does seem as if everything is moving towards this summit. >> right. everything is accelerated. as alisyn pointed out earlier, there is a sense that previous presidents haven't been able to get action but the president's determination to force the issue seems to have spurred the north koreans into action. the on again/off again summit does seem to be on again by the movement of senior officials in all places and the president discussing a meeting with prime minister abe of japan ahead of the north korean summit. that is a sign itself. all systems seem to be go despite all the confusion the last couple of days.