helsinki summit. i know your colleges are out with a new resport that says that russia continues to shoot the narrative about the agreements that the two presidents made what is the thinking in the white house to have the president tell the american public what he agreed to in a private meting with vladimir putin. i think that is a question that a lot of people have and a lot of lawmakers that i have talked to over the past week on capitol hill, and political observers, have raised this sort of question. going into that meeting, a lot of people wonder why wouldn t the president bring his top representatives his top aides into the meeting. this is the risk that i think a lot of them worried about. without having u.s. officials briefed and involved in these meetings, you run the risk of allowing russia to shape the narrative saying we agreed on x,
the first lady who gets over shadowed because of the breathe of the coverage about the president. she stopped at a local hospital and played lawn bowling with some of the children. she s always with grace and dib dignity making sure she represents the president of the united states. it s very interesting. there are democrats that say he shouldn t take the meeting now. no chance that would happen. back to you my friend. thank you very much. that meting is scheduled for monday. what would you do if you were armed with this information? should you get in the leader s face? how does it progress? what happens? we have a former seen i don t s. thank you for coming in on a
oh, wait. plus secret mission. the president tweeting about a previously secret meting between a top adviser and kim jong-un. did they set the table for a historic and risky one-on-one sitdown? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. president trump is striking back after stormy daniels and her attorney release this composite sketch of the man who allegedly in 2011 threatened stormy and her daughter for talking about her alleged relationship with mr. trump and saying she should keep quiet or else. quote, a sketch years later about a nonexistent man, the president tweeted, a total con job, playing the fake news media for fools but they know it. and the allegation is a strong one. and in considering the credibility, one should weigh not only whether you believe stormy daniels and her lawyer, but whether president trump and those around him have ever been accused of similar behavior before. parents, some of the language gets spicy so you might want to
we re standing by for what president trump says will be a major announcement from a south korean delegation that s been visiting the white house today and just came from pyongyang, north korea. i quickly want to go to cnn s will ripley. he s joining us from seoul, south korea, right now. what are you laerearning about s announcement, will? reporter: wolf, i ve just learned from a former senior u.s. official that what the south koreans delivered, and it was very top-secret, was a letter from kim jong-un to president trump inviting the president for a meting with the north korean leader. this is hugely significant and this is also an indication that kim jong-un is really pushing forward with this diplomatic path. he feels that president trump was leaning more towards military action, tightening up on the sanctions. so now the north koreans telling trump they re willing to talk, they re willing to meet. and that s what was expected to be delivered in this message that the south koreans