at a time when it will have maximum impact. and not divide that impact with a diplomatic initiative. which makes it sound like this is a lot about optic, and speaking of optics, president trump s national security adviser john bolton canceled plans to travel to south korea ahead of next week s summit. his spokesman says he decided to do so to focus on venezuela instead. do you buy that, christopher? i think he wants to focus on venezuela. but i don t buy that about south korea. it is pretty clear that bolton doesn t agree with trump. and is one of the ones who is most concerned that trump is going to look like a chump in dealing with kim jong-un. we will find out. christopher dicky, thank you so much for joining us live this morning. it has been a pleasure having you. 2020 democrats are already competing to make their mark in a jam-packed field. kasie hunt talks to kamala harris about how she plans to stand out. first, a quick programming note. we want to remind you that msnb