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howie kurtz is here with this. a lot of this is our exposure is how americans are hearing the back and forth on this alleged relationship. having said that, where does this go? how does this work out? i think the big swing in that wall street journal poll, nine points, is because it s been wall to watch coverage of this story, neil. much of it painting brett kavanaugh as a possible suspected attempted rapist. surprised the poll numbers aren t around kim jong-un s. polls don t matter. the senators that decide this matters. the credibility of her testimony, a lot of vague holes in this, she doesn t know the year and where it happened and the tenor of the questioning from the 11 male republican members of that committee. one of the things that has come up is that her lawyers,
guarantees that kim jong-un had long been seeking. all those were on the table, but given the rhetoric coming from north korea and really the lack of kim jong-un s clarity on what he was willing to put on the table, unfortunately, led to this very dramatic letter in the last 24 hours or 12 hours really since that statement about vice president pence came out from the north korea s calling him a political dummy because of this whole idea of the libya model. that really led the president he was very furious about that statement and ultimately decided to up the ante and pull out. we re not sure if this is a real, you know it s done for good, but he s certainly leaving the ball in kim jong-un s court now, poppy. it is a stunning reversal, of course, for this white house. the language is markedly different than a president who weeks ago called kim jong-un honorable, said he treated american detainees excellently,
immediate. i think in negotiations you have to be willing to give and take. sorry, can you can there be interpretations of immediate? oh, yes. physically, that s impossible. i think the key thing here is that kim jong-un, the north korean regime is the rogue regime. they ll have to make the commitments but they ll be matters on both sides that will have to be dealt with and it s going to take some time. we have to be patient. we have to build confidence. quite frankly, we need transparency and we need congress involved in how we ll move forward. we don t trust kim jong-un, but we know diplomacy is the best way to resolve this issue. let me ask you about another comment the president made this morning. he was asked about the new nfl rule, about penalizing nfl players that don t stand for the national anthem. here s how the president sees it. i don t think people should be staying in locker rooms, but still i think it s good. you have to stand proudly for the national anthem.
north koreans had threatened to pull out of this summit because of these joint military exercises that the u.s. and south korea were looking to do, even though kim jong-un had said he understood that this is not a threat against north korea. so obviously we re waiting for more news. we will be hearing from north korea u.s. officials about this very dramatic decision. i think president trump really wanted to have this summit as a way of, you know, testing the waters with north korea, that there could be a negotiation. we have now a letter from president trump to kim jong-un. it s addressed, mr. chairman. we appreciate your time, patience and effort with respect to our recent negotiations and discussions relative to a summit long sought by both parties which was schedule today take place in singapore. we were informed that the meeting was requested by