saying nice things about the nice things that kim said about him. late tonight, just moments ago in fact, he tweeted the following. quote, we are having very productive talks with north korea about reinstating the summit, which if it does happen will likely remain in singapore on the same date, june 12th, and, if necessary, will be extended beyond that date. for more what fed into the remarkable 24 hours, that turn around, let s get to kaitlyn collins at the white house. i know you have talked to people in the white house, you talked to them yesterday when it was down. you are talking to them now when it is back, alive again. what changed? reporter: that s the question here. it seems to be a big question mark for a lot of the people that work inside of this white house, despite the fact that the president seems to be expressing confidence that this summit could still take place in singapore on june 12th. most white house staffers doesn t feel that way. they certainly didn t feel that
from seoul. a lot of action indicating this is really back on track and working on not just the logistics now but the substance with this high ranking official heading to new york. reporter: that s right. the white house is signaling that this on again, off again summit is now back on again. you have kim jong-un s right hand man coming to new york to talk to secretary of state mike pompeo to hammer out some of the final details, some of the final sticking points. as you pointed out the president set to meet with prime minister abe on june 7th. there s a u.s. delegation at the dmz and we know that joe hagen who is the deputy chief of staff traveled oaf the weekend to singapore to start to lay the ground work. the tone here at the white house has changed. i spoke to kellyann conway and she stressed all of these
feasible it could happen in the next 18 days or so. of course, there s so much planning and logistics that goes into a summit of this nature. that s the question for white house staffers. if the president makes the final decision, we re going ahead, we re going to have the summit in singapore on june 12th, that s going to cause a lot of problems for the staffers here who are going to have to prepare for something like that to take place after just 24 hours ago thinking it wasn t going to happen on june 12th. but did anything substantial change here or is it just that 24 hours ago the north koreans were saying not nice things about at the time the vice president and now they re saying nice things? i mean was it as simple as that? reporter: that seems to be the question, is the president overinflating what kind of progress has been made in 24 hours, because just yesterday what the north koreans were saying was warranted, did enough to make the u.s. want to call off that summit, threa
everybody plays games. you know that. you no he th you know that better than anybody. let s bring in white house correspondent pamela brown. what do you make of that. reporter: the bottom line is the president wants that to happen. and he sent that letter to kim jong-un yesterday canceling the summit with keeping the hope alive it will still happen on june 12th. so the dilly whip lish whether the historic summit between u.s. and north korea will happen continues into today with the president saying, hey, it could still happen on june 12th. everybody is playing games here. the president tweeting as well, saying only time and talent will tell. he clearly liked what he heard from north korea with the statement last night saying very good news to receive the warm and productive statement from north korea. where north korea said it would still like to hold talks. and is ready to do so at any time. on the hills of what we heard
single stage has proven that whatever this administration has said is going on in fact has proven not to be the case. i m glad you raise that because we re going to start talking about it that here in a couple of minutes. when we continue, another revelation from the memo, the president did work on that statement splarning his son s meeting with the russian lawyer in trump tower. plus, the on again/off again summit with kim jong-un is on for now, but is the president falling into the same pattern bill clinton did years ago? later as the antiestablishment movement takes power in italy, one of the fathers of it here in the u.s. says maybe now isn t the best time after all. kasie d.c. back right after this.