pa li analyst, and spent a lot of time in north korea. and show down takes on the world. also here in new york global correspondent elise that spends time at the u.n. special meeting on monday. let me start with you, sam, next to me, big question letter comes in. how unprecedented is this moment, letter from the leader to the president of the united states requesting in-person meeting? this is historic. we did not a letter from the north koreans. they are going to start talking. let s listen in. on my resent visit to pyeongchang. i would like to thank president, the vice president and his national security team, including my close friend, general mcmaster. i explained to president trump that his leadership and his
adviser for south korea and he is saying in his meeting with president trump, president trump expressed his eagerness to i m sorry kim jong-un expressed eagerness to meet trump as soon as possible, president trump said yes, and he will do so by may. that is incredible thing. i don t think there is anybody watching this or expert on korea who expectsed that response at this time. pretty stunning. also you heard from the national security adviser of south korea a lot of flattery from south korea to the president of the united states. and saying that kim jong-un reiterating his position that north korea would refrain from anymore nuclear tests. there is so much to talk about here. sam who worked with president obama, you just said this was unprecedented in terms of getting this letter. let s get to elise, the response. president trump comes out and says yes i ll meet with you. i ll do it by may. that s right. look, president trump wants to be the leader that no wants
these make cleaning between myi love easy.sy. gum brand for healthy gums. soft picks, proxabrush cleaners, flossers. gum brand. as a crucial deadline to the iran nuclear deal draws closer, the diplomat in charge of negotiating it may soon be out of a job. sources inside the white house say the relationship between tillerson and the president reached a new low, it comes all in the wake of an nbc news report that tillerson called the president a moron and considered stepping down this summer. it s a claim that reportedly infuriated president trump and prompted tillerson to hold a news conference to respond to it for the explicit purpose of reaffirming his loyalty to the president and his foreign policy. joining me now to talk more about this is cnn global affairs correspondent elise, tell us
by clinton. let s discuss this now with our panel. cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein, cnn global affairs correspondent elise and author of the book nuclear show down, north korea takes on the world. ron, begin with you. the president zridescribing his strategy in north korea and that he wants to keep people guessing. does that sound as though this is part of good diplomacy or is it something sneelse? so many fascinating things you played in that video which i don t think the president distanced himself from the house bill and seemed to go in the direction of allowing pre-existing conditions to be decided by states. on north korea, look, the president supporters talk about is richard nixon s mad man theory. it is better if adversaries around the world do not know what the boundaries are of what
continued to make progress. elise, let me put this one to you. is it possible that the u.s. may have been able to sabotage the missile launch? look, it s very possible. it s probably not probable. but you ve seen what the u.s. was able to do with the iranian nuclear program and the worm that they invented to use against the iranian program. this morning k.t. mcfar laland asked this question and she kind of dodged the question such as the sony hack. it s very possible the u.s. has been increasing its cyber capabilities. but it s also that the chinese could have been involved. china supplies north korea with a lot of technology. i think we need to not be very complacent about the fact that