administration is touting as a foreign policy victory and one that is a part of the path towards that summit. >> kelly o'donnell. thank you. stay with msnbc for this show and then after because andrea mitchell sat down with the vice president who had more to say about all of this. that interview airs at noon today. i want to bring in former deputy division chief for korea at the cia and our panel for the hour political reporter for the washington post amber phillips along with anna palmer. bruce, to you first. the president calling kim jong-un nice in letting these detainees go. really? nice? >> well, it really was removing an impediment to the summit. if they had not released the three americans it could have prevend prevented the summit from occurring. it is a part of initiatives by kim jong-un not only traveling to china twice but reaching out