still have lots of work do to find common ground. i'm very hopeful that he and president trump will get a chance to elaborate on that further in the next couple weeks. >> that's secretary of state mike pompeo on capitol hill right now talking about that meeting that may or may not happen between trump and kim jong-un. these some live pictures of him there. the comments coming after president trump injected some uncertainty into those plan talks even suggesting china may be to blame for the recent tough talk. they told the foreign affairs committee the talks are still on for june 12th and the u.s. has not made any concessions. let me tell you what's happening in the region. you've got two dozen foreign journalists making the long trip to one of the north korea's nuclear test sites to witness its shutdown. they say that train triple take eight to 12 hours, then a few hours on a bus, then an hour hike to the actual site itself. journalists were in sleeping cars on the train. four bunks a pop. i'm joined now by msnbc victor