walter reed this morning. that s great to hear. let s talk about the bigger picture here, with us, former senior adviser, the state department, delvita wang and david gergen. so nice to talk about such great news. we know that they have shown incredible resiliency emotionally and physically as well. how significant is this in the bigger picture of the hopes that this picture and country have of a denuclearized korean peninsula? it is a very important step diplomatically and politically because the holding of u.s. citizens in north korea has always been a very pesky obstacle to furthering any kind of diplomatic or political talks and has always been a thorn in the side of any kind of progress in political talks.
here. they re lining up at the gates waiting to get into this event which starts in another few hours. so, in order to make this area safe, they ve closed the roads around this event, sort of ringing it all the way around with police officers. they ve also told people, for example, not to bring bags. they said searches will be incredibly extensive. they re going to look in every single bag you bring. just to make things simple, don t carry anything around with you. and that seems to have made people feel a little bit more comfortable. really the idea, joy, the concept behind this is just flooding the place with a massive presence. not talking about numbers. not making those facts public. but just showing an incredible police presence. particularly, like i said, at the exits, at the gates here, joy. yeah, incredible resiliency there in london. one of the things i wanted to ask you about, kelly. jonathan karl is affording on the possibility ever donald trump actually traveling to
incredible resiliency and that really speaks to the health of the economy long run this could be a boom for that part of the nation. well i don t believe in the broken window, right? the money that people are spending on rebuilding it would be better if they were spending it on movie tickets and starbucks and this is a tragedy and natural disasters are destructive but one thing that as we stand back and talk stock of the loss here, we also should take stock of the amazing philanthropy, generosity speaking volumes about the hearts of people in texas and across this nation. i wish we could measure the blood, the meals, the favors, the time, the money that people are giving to one another because we truly are fill on tropic society that goes hand in hand and we want to strive to meet the wants and needs of others paid or unpaid to do it and this event as sad as it is the hope coming out is that people are helping one another. jonas, most of the rebuilding