meetings. mike is with the u.s. china institute of the university of southern california and also the author of meltdown the inside story of the north korean nuclear crisis. and mike spent many years as an international correspondent for cnn. always plenty to have you with us, mike. let s talk about the relationship between is two lers. what is it that binds them and connect them beyond the obvious connection of north korea? reporter: i think the north korea issue is very important. for shinzo abe, he made it clear whatever donald trump s idiosyncrasy. he isware of little touches like designing the hats saying make the alliance greater that say reinforce the personal sense of