the north korean soldiers were ambling around. there was an incredible palpable sense of tension is gone from that area. >> bigger picture here, there are the optics, and this will be a powerful optic. it is history, the first time the u.s. president to meet face-to-face with the north k korean leader, and there has been no progress on the actual denuclearization. steps taken to hem in the nuclear program. i'm just going to take a beat here for a moment because i can see off in the distance, these are the president's helicopter, marine one, along with several others. the president, the u.s. president traveling here as well as the south korean president. it appears that they have something of an escort as well. they will be landing shortly. it's what's known as jsa, the joint security area here at the dmz. then the president's arrival, walking right up to the border there for that meeting with the north korean leader.