xi and you wonder if there s some concern on the part of president trump or russia, doing something similar which he believes china meeting with north korea. certainly his aides do. i don t know if he necessarily is worried about that. elise, thank you very much. great reporting, analysis. i want to bring in someone who has studied north korea very closely, the editor of north korea demystified. he taught international relations at the university of georgia and he has traveled there extensively on peace missions. professor, thank you for coming on. i just want to talk about the optics, the significance of the president meeting with kim jong-un s number two in north korea, the second most powerful man in north korea, in the oval office, for more than 90 minutes, giving him sort of the warm smiling handshake as he departed. what is the significance of that? are you concerned that north
karl penhaul, showing us just how difficult it is to know whether you take this seriously or not as seriously. how ominous are the development? joining mess a professor, the author of north korea demystified professor park, we just heard karl s report. it seems like the u.s. government kind of penciled this in on the calendar, they ll exec something provocative. should we take this very seriously? i do not think so. the north koreans are saying a lot of things for their domestic audience, they need to solidify the structure, especially after the execution. i think they know very well that any kind of provocation would lead to self-annihilation.