they re apparently angered by the joint u.s./south korea military drills. the pentagon released a statement today saying the exercises are defensive in nature and part of a routine annual training program. earlier today the state department says preparations for the summit are still under way and the north has not notified the u.s. of any official change. let s talk about it with two of our experts tonight. anita kumar and joe sa rinseiony, president of ploughshares fund and author of nuclear nightmares, securing the world before it s too late. on that note, joe, a lot of folks we ve had this conversation, the three of us have on this broadcast. we ve been walking around, talking in advance about denuclearizing north korea, and on shows like this, guests like you have said, you know, good luck with that. it s been at great expense. the people are eating dirt so they have the money to run a nuclear program. the question is, is this a real threat to the summit, or is this just the ri
he had talked about we could still walk away. but i think he did expect it to happen. joe, a former president once said to me, it sure looks different from the cheap seats. and isn t that true? it s true about all of us who are sports fans, all of it. it sure looks different from the cheap seats. few people know what it s like to be president, what it s like to serve a president, the west wing, over at the state department. my question to you is what would your advice be? there are fewer old korea hands, as they say, in the government, fewer of those institutional employees who have got some experience under their belts. they ve been around. they ve seen scares before, ups and downs in the relationship. what should the newbies know about what they re getting into? right. the very first piece of advice is an old one. don t panic. don t overreact to this. don t make it any worse. we now have multiple channels of communication with north korea. let s use them. in fact, just as i walke
the details before hand. by the time you have a summit, it s when you ve already made some big deal, and the leaders are getting together. so this is sort of going in the opposite direction, right? the president agreed to this meeting before all his ducks were in a row. one final point of order. when new jersey blueberries are in season, they will give any apple pie a run for its money. our thanks tonight to anita kumar and joe sir insee ownny. thank you. coming up, why is the president worried about jobs in china? why is he going to bat for a chinese cell phone company the u.s. has tried to cripple, a company our intel chiefs fear is trying to spy on us through their devices? two specialists standing by to talk with us about it when the 11th hour continues. so, what s new? we just switched to geico and got more. more? they ve been saving folks money for over 75 years.
they re apparently arranngered the joint u.s./south korea military drills. the pentagon released a statement today saying the exercises are defensive in nature and part of a routine annual training program. earlier today the state department says preparations for the summit are still under way and the north has not notified the u.s. of any official change. let s talk about it with two of our experts tonight. anita kumar and joe sa rinseiony, president of ploughshares fund and author of nuclear nightmares, securing the world before it s too late. on that note, joe, a lot of folks we ve had this conversation, the three of us have on this broadcast. we ve been walking, t around, talking in advance about denuclearizing north korea, and on shows like this, guests like you have said, you know, good luck with that. it s been at great expense. the people are eating dirt so they have the money to run a
so this is sort of going in the opposite direction, right? the president agreed to this meeting before all his ducks were in a row. one final point of order. when new jersey blueberries are in season, they will give any apple pie a run for its money. our thanks tonight to anita kumar and joe sir insee ownny. thank you. coming up, why is the president worried about jobs in china? why is he going to bat for a chinese cell phone company the u.s. has tried to cripple, a company our intel chiefs fear is trying to spy on us through their devices? two specialists standing by to talk with us about it when the 11th hour continues.