Just readout loud in the courtroom. What did they say . Plus an active duty coast guard officer accused of planning a terrorist attack in the United States. His hit list filled with the names of politicians and journalists as he stockpiled more than a dozen guns. Former trump adviser roger stone is in court right now. He posted a photo of the judge with what appears to be crosshairs in the corner, deep state hitman robert mueller, calling his case, quote, a show trial. The blurring you see of the judges images is cnns own blurring. Stone reposted later without the crosshairs. He told judge jackson he was kicking himself for the post, heartfully sorry but stone could not explain who sent him that particular photo and claimed he did not recognize the crosshairs at first. Stone was charged with lying to congre congressional investigators about efforts to coordinate with wikileaks. Theres a ruling just in . Reporter yes, thats right. The judge has decided to gag roger stone completely. Folks are inside and outside the courtroom. This is coming from the judge. He had a fairly tailored gag order before. He couldnt speak about the case around this courthouse. Now the judge has said, no, mr. Stone, im not giving you another chance. This is after roger stone decided to take this in his own she didnt feel that his testimony was credible and now shes saying he cant make any statements and the investigation or participants in the investigation, no radio, press releases, media interviews, nothing on social media. Jake, you can tell the judge was very aggravated when in court today. She felt roger stone was shifting in his stories of how his posts came to me. There were questions from her as well as prosecutors about why he posted that image twice and he wasnt able to answer that question about where that image came from in the first place, which seemed to be a point of contention in the first place. He did apologize for the post. He claimed he didnt know what that symbol meant that looked very much like a crosshairs but its also not the photo and the crosshairs image but the content of the caption. Thats right. The judge said theres nothing ambiguous about crosshairs. She wasnt buying into this belief that stone didnt know what that symbol meant or maybe it stood for something else. She pointed that out. She and the prosecutor pointed out he had this caption that he wrote on the Instagram Post that took aim at the judge and special Counsel Robert Mueller and continued to do interviews and went on info wars, saying it was something that the media was gining up to make him look bad. She felt his statements around this Instagram Post and in interviews didnt reflect what he was showing up in court and trying to deliver as this heartfelt apology. Thats why the judge, i think, jake said this rang hollow. David irwin will join us to talk about this. David irvin, stone trying to play dumb on the stand here, crosshairs Instagram Post. The judge was not buying it. Its hard to understand how when youre looking down the barrel of a bunch of years in prison that you dont understand when the judge says dont say things about dont go outside these two lines, and you go far afield of that, you dont understand theres going to be reper cushions. Its incredit alloulous. She thought he was trying to get somebody to do something, potentially to her. Do you think theres that much strategy going on in roger stones head . I dont know if he specifically thought that posting this would then lead directly to someone doing something. But the insinuation is absolutely there. I mean, roger stone this is a pattern for him. This is something that he this behavior is not out of the ordinary. And its so interesting. He would not have this spotlight on him had he not tied himself with donald trump. All of this that roger stone, quote, unquote, going through because roger stone thinks hes the victim here, but whatever, because hes hiding something with donald trump. Because he lied. I wouldnt put it past him that roger stone lied previously. Previously in other instances but because he has tied himself to donald trump, he got mixed up into the mess of his candidacy and now the presidency. He is sitting in this courtroom for antics that he regularly engages in. It is odd, paul, that a president of the United States would be associated with somebody like this. There are sleazy people in all walks of life but normally at least one person is between the but haver and the sleeves. He has the longest political relationship with donald trump than anybody, was key to his activities in atlantic city, pushed him in previous times to run for governor of new york, president. Theyre terribly close. Theyre very, very close. And i know he likes to hold himself out in public as a prankster. There was a federal judge murder when Gabby Giffords was shot. And the a federal judge when Steve Scalise was murder. He was shot. He was shot. He survived. Thats not a mistake. That could be incitement. Totally agree. Weve seen far too much incendiary rhetoric for far too long. Weve seen antisemitism talk on the rise in new york and around the world. I want to bring in former u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york, ellie hoenig. What did you make of this claim that it was not intended to be threatening . It was extremely roger stoneish. He was trying to have it both ways. This idea that he didnt know how the image got on his phone, or got posted. He didnt know which of his volunteers i dont know who is volunteering for roger stone, but which of his volunteers did this. He has a complete gag order on him now. T two, the prosecutor and the judge both said on the record that they found stones testimony not credible. Thats going to have a major hit if and when he gets sentenced down the line. Sentencing enhangsments for giving false testimony. And, three, stone could still be look at a neufeld charge. At the end of the hearing when the judge says on the record in front of the prosecutor, i found that post to be threatening, if im back in the prosecutors chair im going back to my office, im going to my chief and saying we need to think hard about whether were charging him for the federal crime of threatening a federal judge. Let me ask you, was it not wise for the defense to put him on the stand, to put roger stone on the stand . It was incredibly risky. I was shocked when we found out this was happening. They rolled the dice but it backfired terribly. Are you surprised the way the judge spoke with him . Obviously nobody likes to be threatened and no one likes to think theyre being threatened. There are higher crimes against people who are symbols of Law Enforcement, police officers, judges, but her tone was very, very sharp. I give her a lot of credit, judge jackson. She had a piece of the manafort case. Shes a no nonsense judge. Her ruling was not at all meely mouthed. She understands more than anybody that there are real threats to judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers. She could have sent him to jail. Ive had criminal defendants in cases ive handled sent to jail for far less than putting cross hairs of a rifle over a judge. For missing curfew, smoking marijuana. In a sense, roger stone should be thanking his lucky stars that he gets to walk out the front door of that courtroom today. Sarah, do we have any indication if stone does anything like this again, which, lets face it, he could. What the reper cushion could be . She warned he could be detained, that there would not be a third chance if he violated this order, he could be detained. Hes not allowed to talk publicly. He can ask for money for his Legal Defense fund, say hes innocent and thats about it. He can talk publicly about any other subjects. Thats th is one of the arguments that roger stone and his attorneys made, that he makes his money being able to speak publicly. She is still preserving that right for him but a very stern warning. If you put a gag order on his case, he could just decide to violate it. She said if you decide to do that, im not afraid to put you in jail. David urban . Roger stone has played the caricature of roger stone lets point out thats roger stone walking out of court right now with his team. He has played this character for his entire career. He has always pushed the line but today he went over that line and got smacked down by the judge. Roger stone is referenced by mueller during the indictment. After the july 22nd release of stolen dnc emails by organization one, wikileaks, Senior Trump Campaign official was directed to contact stone about any additional releases wikileaks had regarding the clinton campaign. Mueller claims to have direct contact to stone. Its not just a freak show. There is a significance in terms of the Mueller Investigation here. Right. Not only that he lied but he could have had means to invasion of the u. S. Through cyber security. Thats deadly serious stuff. Roger could go to jail for a very long time. I think david is right, he somehow seems to not understand the gravity of this situation. At the end of the day youre going to find out theres no big smoking gun there between roger stone and the russians other than roger stones own huberis, standing up and taunting the special counsel saying i havent been indicted, i havent been called before the grand jury, ive done nothing. You saw him come out of the courthouse completely differently than he came out of the courthouse when he was arrested in the nixonian pose. He didnt look like he was enjoying walking out right there. Theres no smoking gun here, i want to say look, the fact that roger stone has been charged, is in the courtroom repeatedly, there is some there there. Were back to talking about ema emails yet again, almost four years later about, his emails. There is some where theres smoke, theres fire, ive always said. This may not be the fire that some of my very good, progressive friends have been looking for, but this is the type of fire. It seems that he was instrumental in the wikileaks. I just want it noted. I was on the campaign trail in 2016. We are going back into a president ial election season. That is not normal. You should not have this kind of contact. More breaking news as empire Actor Jussie Smollett just appeared in court, accused of faking a hate crime. 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Any moment were expecting to see empire Actor Jussie Smollett leave court after posting bond. Prosecutors laid out point by point their case against smollett, laying out extensive details, including prosecutors say he had his attackers buy red hats to resemble make America Great again hats. Judge just posted bond and was ordered to surrender his passport. Jake, there were no cameras in there. Reporters were allowed in. It was an extraordinary scene. Smollett walked in, wearing a black puffer jacket, looking straight ahead. No expression on his face. The family was in the courtroom. They stood as jussie entered the courtroom and they stayed standing throughout the proceedings. As you mentioned, the prosecutor laid out their case that this was not a hate crime that Jussie Smollett was not attacked by two people shouting maga country but, in fact, he orchestrated this entire attack. And they took us through it point by point, how it was smolletts idea, how he first recruited one brother, then the other brother. There were a number of texts and phone calls that they cited to back up their case. You know, they also told us that smollett took the brothers to the scene, talked through them what was going to happen, that they were supposed to him him but not too hard and they were supposed to let him fight back. He apparently told these brothers that they were to shout at him, this is maga country. He had also given them 100 to buy supplies, including the noose that made that rope the rope that made the noose, sorry. And the clothing they were wearing. He pointed out the camera to the brothers and when he spoke to police, he said i think the attack was caught on that camera. In fact, it wasnt. It was pointing the other way. Jake . Chicago Police Superintendent who did not hold back when it came to criticizing smollett. Reporter listen, jake, in this job we get used to what i call Law Enforcement speak. When they give press conferences its usually just the facts, maam, approach. That was not this. There were a lot of facts but superintendent Eddie Johnson was really speaking from the heart. He said this city has taken in Jussie Smollett and he has slapped everyone in the city across the face. Take a listen. Chicago police are pissed off. Their words, not mine. Im offended by whats happened and im also angry. Reporter empire Actor Jussie Smollett claimed he was attacked by two men shouting this is maga country, hurling homophobic and racist epithets. Cue an outpouring of love, sympathy and support on social media but some doubters had a defensive appearance. On good morning america. Who the [ bleep ]. Would make Something Like this up or add something to it or whatever it may be . Reporter police say thats exactly what smollett did. So he went from that tearful tv appearance just last week to today in a courtroom bond hearing. Police say smollett knew his attackers, hired them, cut them a check, choreographed this entire attack. And why this stunt was orchestrated by smollett because he was dissatisfied with his salary, so he concocted a story about being attacked. Reporter police say they tracked the two alleged attackers using Surveillance Footage from around the city, identified the two men, one of whom had appeared on empire with smollett, found out they had flown to nigeria after the attack on return tickets. Arrested them on arrival back in chicago last week. The law says they can be held for 48 hours for questioning. Eventually, they confessed and were not charged. So it wasnt until the 47th hour of their 48hour hold time that we could legally hold them in custody that it took a change. But when we discovered the actual motive, quite frankly, it pissed everybody off. Here is what police say actually happened. That threatening letter that arrived at the empire set the week before the attack, smollett sent it to himself. When that didnt work, smollett paid 3,500 to stage this attack and drag chicagos reputation through the mud in the process. Reporter we have video of the two alleged hired attackers the day before, buying the clothes they wore. We also know they bought that rope at a local hardware store. Police believe smollett planned for the attack to be caught on camera but the nearby camera was facing the other way. They punched him a little bit but as far as we can tell, the scratches and bruising you saw on his face was most likely self inflicted. Reporter smollett charged with a felony, filing a false police report. Absolute justice would be an apology to this city that he smear smeared, admitting what he did and then be man enough to offer what he should offer up in terms of all the resources that were put into this. Thank you all. Reporter smolletts lawyers, for now, criticizing the investigation, the leaks, saying they will mountain aggressive defense. Now the judge in this case said it would be entirely inappropriate to release smollett without bail. As we discussed, he posted 100,000. Smollett has had to pay 10,000. We expect him to be leaving that jail cell over there any second now. The other thing is that judge who was an africanamerican, he said if this is true, it is utterly outrageous and he spoke specifically about thats in noo that smollett told them to put over his head. He said that image conjures up such evil in this country. He said innocent until proven but if so utterly outrageous. Whats your reaction to this story . Look, jake. One i have spoken with Jussie Smolletts team. Ive heard jussie tell his account in his own words and i want to tell you, when i had this conversation about two days ago, i believed him. It was believable. Jake, when the video came out yesterday of the two gentlemen buying what i refer to as the hate crime starter pack i, like everyone else, had questions. At this point my thoughts are i think we need to see some of the evidence. Its very concerning that all of these leaks came from the Chicago Police department. Frankly we have leaks from the Chicago Police department, what theyve said in this press conference and what Jussie Smollett and his team have said. At the very least, we should see the police report. This is not a good day for Jussie Smollett. Frankly, its a terrible day for folks who have not come forward, who have experienced hate crimes and who are now hesitant, maybe hesitant to come forward if something does actually happen to them because of this. Its just not a good day, jake. Its still a terrible black history month. Take a listen to what the chicago superintendent said earlier. Why would anyone, especially an africanamerican man, use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations . The judge, according to nicks report earlier, who is also africanamerican, expressed a similar sentiment. Obviously the legacy of lynching in this country is horrific. Its a stain on this nation. Whats your reaction . Look, again, i think senator kamala harris, cory booker and tim scott have made a bill making lynching a federal crime. Its passed the senate but not passed the house yet. This is very serious stuff. I stand with the comments that the judge made and that the superintendent made. Again, i would like to note, things do not add up here. This just doesnt seem right. 3,500 wont even buy a roundtrip ticket to nigeria. I am confused even though ive heard, seen what the Police Department said, ive heard what Jussie Smollett has had to say. Im confused. This is being litigated in the court of Public Opinion and i think Jussie Smollett has lost in the court of Public Opinion but this has to go through the actual legal system. You are innocent until Proven Guilty and i think we need to see some of this evidence. The leaks from the Chicago Police department are very concerning. But a noose, invoking images of lynchings are unacceptable and it is not a game. Symone sanders, thank you very much. More breaking news from another hearing. North carolina board of elections will hold a new election in one u. S. Congressional district after massive Election Fraud was uncovered. Stay with us. Its easy to move forward when youre ready for what comes next. At fidelity, we make sure you have a clear plan to cover the essentials in retirement, as well as all the things you want to do. And on the way, youll get timely investment help to keep you on the right track, without the unnecessary fees you might expect from so many financial firms. 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Mark harris said a new election should be called after evidence that one of his consultants tampered with ballots. Diane, there will now be a new election. Yeah. The board just voted bipartisan 50, to hold a new election. New primaries here as well in the North Carolina 9th congressional district. Its a complete 180 what mark harris did today, jake. He came in this, going with this gop line that there was some conspiracy to prevent the republican, who won the race, from taking office. Look, it ended the way it began. It started with this astonishing testimony from a worker who explicitly detailed being paid, collecting ballots, adding in votes, not sealing them and his son, his own son, assistant u. S. Attorney general then testified, produced emails, a paper trail that basically refuted every single claim that his father had made about having no idea about this operatives past in public. We were as surprised by mark harris decision today. He was asked as he was leaving whether or not he was going to run again, jake. He did not answer but his wife, beth, said it was something they would have to think about. Diane gallagher, thank you very much. Also prosecutors presented evidence that a coast guard officer planned a domestic terror attack and hoped to kill as many people as possible. The accused who calls himself a White Nationalist is behind bars until his trial. Christopher hassan built up a stockpile of weapons and created a hit list of prominent democratic politicians as well as media figures he wanted to target which includes, regr regrettab regrettably, some cnn anchors. Jessica schneider joins me outside the courthouse. His lawyers tried to argue what hes accused of is not a crime. How . Yeah, thats exactly right. So, notably, jake, this criminal complaint only charges lieutenant hassan with drug and firearms possession. Theres no Violent Crime alleged here. Thats exactly what his attorney, the assistant public defender tried to argue and stress to the judge. She said look, judge, in this detention memo, the government lays out this massive plot that lieutenant hassan was plotting this mass murder but dont actually charge it. The defender, public defender putting it this way, saying we are not yet a society that criminalizes people for their thoughts or detains people for their internet searches. So, making the point that he shouldnt be detained because hes not charged with any Violent Crime. The judge, in part, bought that argument. However he still ruled that lieutenant hassan should be detained pending his trial because he does pose a danger to society. If the government here doesnt press any additional charges against lieutenant hassan, any Violent Crime charges, the defense team can come back and once again argue for his release from detention. Jake . Jessica, explain to us who exactly prosecutors say the subject planned to target and why he chose nem. Prosecutors say this was stored on his work computer, this spreadsheet and on the hit list he was targeting prominent politicians, including House Speaker nancy pelosi, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer and on the hit list were prominent media personalities. Lieutenant hassan was taking his cue from a norwegian convicted terrorist, 150 page manifesto and theyre worried that lieutenant hassan was laying the groundwork for mass terrorism. The draft of a letter that the suspect wrote to, quote, known neo nazi leader. In the letter, the defendant identified himself as a White Nationalist for over 30 years and advocated for focused violence. That is the definition of terrorism. Americans tend to think about 9 11, rightly. This is homegrown terrorism. There were 50 political hate crimes, political terrorism acts last year. Frankly, every one of them committed by the far right. I mention ed earlier, it was somebody who hated republicans who shot and wounded congressman sc scalise. Our president should be standing up and saying violence is wrong. Targeting media figures and politicians is wrong. He has an obligation to speak out against these kinds of hate crimes. Do you agree . Sure. I think the president should absolutely do that. I dont think its fair to pin this all on the president of the United States. I think Political Violence is an unfortunate reality in americas very bloody history. We had a lot of Political Violence in the 1960s into the 70s. He needs to speak out, firmly speak out. We need a free press in this country and these democratic politicians should not be targeted. This guy deserves to go to jail. He deserves to have the book thrown at him. He is a domestic terrorist as far as im concerned and enough of this crap. His google searches included what if trump illegally impeached . Civil war if trump impeached. Where in d. C. Does Congress Live . Court documents go on to say the defendant performed an internet search for joe scarborough, msnbc personality, after viewing a headline claiming that scarborough referred to President Trump as the worst ever. Obviously, this individual is responsible for his own actions. Were not blaming the president or anyone else for his actions. But he clearly has a political view here. Look, hes clearly mentally ill, right . Thats the key. An crews bering, the mass murderer killed 77 people in norway. Yeah. Thats who hes looking at for guidance here. His hatred, unfortunately, is channeled in the wrong direction. Clearly mentally ill. There are lots of mentally ill people. If you want to talk about the crisis in america, lets discuss opioids, mental illness. Theres lots of crisis. This is evil not mental we dont know if hes mentally ill. Im guessing hes evil and mentally ill as well. Listen, paul, nobody sits down in their house and stock dls piles weapons and writes letters like that if they dont have a screw loose. Thats not normal behavior. I would be remiss if i didnt point out that it came after President Trump tweeted this. Five journalists were killed last june as one of the six survivors of our only newsroom shooting, his words have power and give bad actors justification to act. It was a week or two ago at a trump rally in el paso, one of his supporters went to a bbc journalist and attacked him. Assaulted him. We saw the president tweet a couple of days ago, singling out the New York Times saying the New York Times is the enemy of the people. What this gentleman did i would like to remind folks the kkk were the original domestic terrorists. If anyone out there is not calling this domestic terrorism i implore you to change your language. Everybody here. Im talking about the folks at home, jake. People like to play semantics and we cant play semantics with domestic terrorism. When it comes to donald trump, what folks like myself are asking for, the president has to change his rhetoric. His words matter. Rhetoric from his twitter feed and the white house and the podium, his rallies, they matter. Sure. His rhetoric is not only hot, it is inflammatory. Your words can incite violence. I say the same thing. There needs to be both sides need to put their guns down. Has anybody called . No, no, im just trying to symone . Both sides, go ahead. Go ahead. Im simply saying both sides. The media needs to stop referring to the president as the enemy of the people and everything the president does is not the end of the world. Every action that he takes is not inciting violence. The president needs to realize that everything the media does doesnt make them the enemy. I would like to note that the media has never referred to the president as the enemy of the people. Donald trumps rhetoric is look at the coverage. Inflammatory. If he thinks hes taking rhetoric off the reports, thats on him not people. Coverage is 90 statistically. Negative coverage isnt calling the president its incredibly negative coverage. Welcome to the white house. No. President obama when he symone, im pretty certain the coverage compared to the analysis . Not close. Not even close. Not even close. An american seen in this picture with Joseph Stalin portrait is a new target of senates russia investigation. Coming up. And it really shows. With all that usaa offers why go with anybody else . We know their rates are good, we know that theyre always going to take care of us. It was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. It was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say oh we cant beat usaa were the webber family. Were the tenneys were the hayles, and were usaa members for life. Get your usaa Auto Insurance quote today. 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Something of a mystery on capital hill today, Michael Cohen, President Trumps personal fixer and attorney was spotted heading into the congressional hearing room a week before he is scheduled to testify behind closed doors. Why was con on the hill today . As you said its somewhat of a mystery today, jake. He spent several hours inside the Senate Intelligence committee secure spaces ahead of his closeddoor testimony scheduled before the panel next week. This is an unusual step for witnesses who have been interviewed by the panel as part of the twoyear russia investigation. Though i did speak to cnn legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin who said it would make sense for Michael Cohen and senate intel to coordinate before such highly anticipated testimony next week. He is spotted departing and then returning from the committee spaces today after lunch, using a freight elevator to move through the capital, but cohen and his attorney, lanny davis, have declined to answer questions about what they were doing there today. The senate intel testimony will be behind closed doors next week along with his testimony to house intel. He is slated to testify publicly wednesday before the House Oversight committee. That will be the testimony garnering a lot of attention, because he has been cleared to talk about President Trump and his businesses, including hush money payments, his compliance with tax laws, attempts by trump to intimidate witnesses and the accuracy of trumps statements. Now russia matters will be handled by intel behind closed doors. Seeing Michael Cohen on capitol hill today spurd a lot of speculation. Jake . Thank you, pamela. Trump tower moscow well into the 2016 president ial campaign, it was this man who shepherded donald trump around russia during his visits in the 1990s when trump was pursuing a real estate deal there. Now, Senate IntelligenceCommittee Members want to question this longtime businessman with questions to donald trump and an aligarch close to putin. Reporter the Senate Intelligence committee wants to talk to this man, an american who once escorted donald trump around moscow, to see if he can confirm claims that russia has embarrassing material on the president , according to multiple sources. He has been based in the russian capital almost three decades, at one point taking this picture in front of a Joseph Stalin portrait, surrounded by scantily clad women. He has known donald trump since at least 1996 when he helped organize meetings like these, between the president and men who would go on to become donors to his 2016 campaign. Its been the best business queer of my life. Reporter this emerged on line a month ago, showing him looking on as trump meets with moscows deputy mayor. By his side, bennett lebeau. According to the New York Times, donald trump jr. Called him after his now Infamous Trump tower meeting with a kremlinconnected lawyer in 2016. Mind me i have to say we have some of our great businessmen of the world. Ben lebeau. He did not respond to several questions for comment. 1996 trip was part of a lo longheld plan to build a trump tower in moscow. Another figure of interest in the investigation, a sanctioned russian mining magnate, whose ties to Paul Manafort have been scrutinized. We have spoken to David Geovanis and lawyers for donald trump refused or declined to comment and the white house and the Trump Organization declined to comment on this report. Either way you have a new, intriguing character who has been investigated and whose links to the president and to russia go much further back than previous characters who have emerged as part of these probes. Because he remains in russia, he wont be interviewed despite the speculation that the Mueller Report will come out soon. Jake . Nina des santos. Even when the Mueller Report comes out, there are other investigations. Another dire sign of the escalating and current impact of Climate Change, a type of small brown rat is now the first mammal known to become instinct because of human induced Climate Change according to the Australian Government who says that the demise of the Bramble Cay Melomys is a result of Climate Change because of rising seas. A president ial committee on Climate Change but climate scientists are not happy about it, because the man reportedly picked to lead this committee on climate security is this guy, on record as being very passionate about the threat. Here is what he said he told donald trump in 2017. Quote, i think Climate Change has been tremendously exaggerated. Its significance has become sort of a Cult Movement in the last five or ten years, unquote. Not only is happer unworried hes known for promoting the idea that the rise of Carbon Dioxide is beneficial, which is at odds with the vast majority of scientists. And then, of course, theres this. The demonization of Carbon Dioxide is like the demonization of the poor jews under hitler. Its actually a benefit to the world and so were the jews. The man President Trump may now put in charge of deciding if Climate Change is a National Security threat. Well be right back. Get 2 medium, 1topping pizzas for just 6. 99 each. Because it takes two. To make a great everyday value. Every store. Every day. The italian way. 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Reporter its the sequel to a movie weve seen before. As with all sequels, will it live up to the hype . Following President Trumps historic summit with kim jongun last year in singapore, round two is designed to actually follow through on the commitments made the first time around, but havent quite gone anywhere. Whats been cited as success really has not been either unique or meaningful. Weve had no denuclearization since singapore. Reporter the president will meet one on one with the north korean dictator to kick off meetings in north koreans capital. We made a lot of progress. That doesnt mean this will be the last meeting because i dont believe it will, but we have subjects to discuss, which will be very fruitful, i believe. Reporter the president s message, the white house says, is to talk about what north korea could gain, should it commit to fully denuclearize. First problem, the two sides havent agreed what that even means. We see it as north korea abdomening its weapons, as weve agreed to do and north korea sees it as negotiating what they want to remove, what they say is hostile policy. Reporter three other broad priorities, transforming the relationship between the two countries, establishing a peaceful regime on the peninsula, and getting the remains of american troops missing and killed in the korean war. Preparation is fully under way. National security adviser john bolton is due in south korea this week for meetings while the state Department Takes the lead. This is a long and difficult task. Weve been negotiating hard. Reporter as with all international summits, the president will arrive on a gleaming air force one. North koreas fleet of soviet era planes, however, is a little out of date. At the last summit, kim jongun had to borrow a jet from china. This time, its believed he will choose to take a multiday trip on one of his famous but slow bulletproof trains from pyongyang through china to the vietnamese border, almost 2400 miles. From there, he will drive the remaining 100 miles to hanoi. Where he will find a city trimmed up for his arrival. One barber offering kims famous cut for free as well as President Trumps signature swept back blond do. If you listen closely to what the president and secretary pompeo are saying, they may be willing to lift those sanctions if they start to see what the president has called meaningful progress. Thanks so much. Our coverage on cnn continues right now. Happening now, breaking news. Fallen star. Actor Jussie Smollett is arrested and charged with a felony for allegedly paying two men to stage an attack. He posts bond after a dramatic court hearing. Motivation to lie. Why would a successful star lie about being beaten and having a noose around his neck . 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