conference but from showcasing of it, hoping to attract other conferences, visitors, people hoping to do business with the trump administration, so the idea that this would be a move because it was in the best interest of the summit and not trump himself seems preposterous. we have to wait and see where it is ultimately held. thank you for your time. still ahead, the president gets a challenger. former republican congressman announces he will take on trump. will it chip away at trump s base or bolster it? and the axios report that had the president tweeting. that report that the president reported stopping hurricanes by nuking them. a new poll that could change the game for 2020 democrats. it shows a virtual three-way tie in that race. virtual three-waye in that race rves when i m worrit moving into our new apartment. why don t we just ask geico for help with renters insurance?
some policies that didn t work, that was fair during the campaign. this is about leadership, it s about acting. jason, i can t believe on the same day we ve got to turn to north korea. we ve already heard from the u.s. government that all options aron the table. right. president trump is about to meet withi jinping at mar-a-lago. if that meeting doesn t go well, if they can t find a diplomatic path, what could that mean? that could endanger the world. look, we heard lots of very aggressive rhetoric about north korea during the 2016 campaign, about nuking them, about taking them out. that would embroil us in conflicts with china. that would endanger the economy and the national security of south korea, that would endanger japan. how is the time for sober, realistic foreign policy. as you mentioned, that may not be the strength of our current president. but if he doesn t engage in some long-term thinking, we are all in danger. what is happening in north korea right now is not tha
reporter: 80-year-old myla nordike saw not one but nine nuclear explosions. he helped run project plow share, a program in the 1950s, 60s and 70s to find peaceful, practical solutions for low-radiation nuclear devices. the tremendous energy of the peaceful atom. reporter: you see what s going on in the gulf did it sort of come into your mind this is a perfect use for some sort of a small nuclear device? oh, it certainly did and of course, knowing that the russian also done it a number of times brought it to the top of my attention. reporter: that s right, the russians, who successfully shut down four out of five runaway gas wells by nuking them. the red and white is the device. as seen on youtube this russian well had been burning nonstop for three years. they said the gas flame was so high that it could be seen 50 miles away. reporter: watch as the nuclear device detonates.
standing when this nuclear device was detonated? oh, yes, i was standing at the control point. it was exciting to know that it went and everything worked about as we expected. reporter: 80-year-old milo is one of the few people you ll meet who saw not one, but nine nuclear explosions. he helped run project plow share. a program in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s to find peaceful, practical uses for low-radiation nuclear devices. with the tremendous energy of the peaceful atom. when you see what s going on in the gulf, did it come into your mind this is a perfect use for some sort of a small nuclear device? it certainly did. and of course knowing that the russians had done it a number of times brought it to the top of my attention. reporter: that s right. the russians. who successfully shut down four out of five run away gas wells by nuking them. the red and white is the device reporter: as seen on youtube,