him today that we know of? that s essentially it, katie. i don t think we expect to see him for the rest of the day. the white house called a lid, meaning we don t want to see any more official movements or statements from the president, although he could always be active on twitter as he so often is. no doubt about that. good to see you in person, phil. admiral james is the dean of the fletcher school at tufts university, also a former supreme allied commander at nato and nbc and msnbc s chief international security and diplomacy analyst and he joins us now. admiral, good to see you. good seeing you. our big question is, can a summit like this get pulled off in just a matter of two weeks? so, i ll ask you. you re the expert. i think it can. i ve attended innumerable summits over the years, including both in nato and the pacific. sometimes they have a herkkey je jerky quality toward the end but if the objective is to sympathy