critic s credibility. former congressman david jolly and susan delpercio, guys, thank you very much. again, we are still waiting for the prime minister, shinzo abe, and the president to come out and talk to reporters. i do want to go back to nick christoff because he is still standing by. we were talking a moment ago about japan and what they want. if the president doesn t sit down in the meeting with kim jong-un and address the abductees, and if he does not address the missiles that can reach japan, how does abe react? well, i think there is a general sense that abe has misplayed his hand with trump. early on it seemed to be very successful. then abe really used the north korea crisis for domestic political purposes. he wanted to have a threat, he is a tough guy, a hawk, so he manipulated him domestically. in the course of that he lost an area and lost to some degree his
distraction from the singapore summit. shinzo abe wants assurances the u.s. will safeguard japan s interests, even as the administration attempts to strike a deal with north korea. how much will the president care? the japanese invited for the meeting? will you be meeting with everybody? when it comes to north korea, how much will statements like these from the president s lawyer matter? we said, well, we re not going to have a summit under those circumstances. well, kim jong-un got back on his hands and knees and begged for it, which is exactly the position you want to put him in. but other questions today about the president himself. when it comes to north korea, what matters more? preparation or attitude? and this is peter alexander in the rose garden at the white house. nick christoff is columnist for the new york times.
that is afforded to any one topic during a workday is significant, and meetings of real value can be far shorter than one hour. even with world leaders. so as we look at this today, what does it mean? where do we go next? we hope that the president will want to give the american people a readout as quickly as possible. that s our hope. will he do that. we ve not been advised that he will. here we see the president talking toward the residence portion of the white house. the diplomatic reception room which is where the vehicles are assemb assembled. while we see members of the north korean party, u.s. officials are always responsible for the security of any foreign dignitary when they re inside the united states. we have nick christoff joining us from the new york times. nick, what do you make of this body language? you know, i think that it s pretty clear that they that
they acknowledged having kidnapped her. they said she then had died but the bones that they presented purportedly were not her home bones. maybe she is dead. but there are 30 such people kidnapped from japan and more kidnapped from south korea as well. wow. it s horrifying. and we have to we have to we should be pushing this on behalf of our allies. nick christophe. nick, thank you very much. jeffrey lewis is with us. we have about 45 seconds. what are your top line thoughts? i think it s incredible that the president s not asking them to give up their nuclear weapons. he is going to have a summit to get the know kim jong-un. i mean, i m generally supportive of diplomatic efforts, and so this is better than 2017. but i really wonder if it s sustainable, particularly in an era where i don t believe is the national security adviser. we didn t see john bolton
conflict could be this area here, golan heights. it s syrian territory. this is a plateau that overlooks northern israel. it also overlooks the damascus plain. that s why syria wants it back badly. asaad is in no position to take it back militarily, but iran and syria are in a position to turn this into the new front to threaten israel which is why this current situation is so dangerous. dangerous it is. joining us now, calipary in london, and here with us, nick christoff. cal, to you first, this escalati escalation, is this something the world should be worried about, or is this i don t want to call it a local issue, but for those in the united states who say i don t know, aren t they always fighting? what do you say? yeah. listen, so regionally we see this from time to time. we see it simmer and bubble. ali s point is the right one. the iranians have made gains on