we picked a country. we ll be announcing it in the future. kim jong-un is looking very forward to it and so am i. we made a lot of progress. cnn international correspondent will ripley joins me now from beijing. what are the possible locations where this second summit could happen? fred, my sources are telling me the overwhelming odds are they re going to do this in vietnam. one, it s about a four-hour flight from pyongyang so it s easy for kim jong-un to get there. also vietnam has good ties with north korea and the u.s. and is an example of a country that emerged from the ashes of a war with the united states, has reinvented its economy and is a success story and potentially a model for north korea to follow if they do open up ek knollically as kim jocken h jon
fredricka, good morning from honolulu. the president hoping that this trip to the asia pacific region can help him escape a little bit from all the controversies that he s dealing with in washington. this is an ambitious trip. he ll travel to five different countries and meet with some of the most important leaders in this region, particularly leaders that are being forced to confront head on the growing tension with north korea and the kim jong-un administration. the president will meet with the leaders of china, the leaders of japan, south korea, philippines and vietnam. these are all important players not just as it comes to national security but also ek knollically economically and the president expected to talk about trade deals with these different nations, especially in the wake of the administration deciding to pull out of the free trade pack that was initially hatched by the obama administration. now, we get back to what s going on in washington. you mentioned it, fredricka.