operational part of this. because these private organizations need landing rights. they need to have assurances provided to the transit countries. the transit countries look to the u.s. government to make sure that the refugees are moving on to third countries. and once the refugees get to the third countries, it could take a year before their paperwork is processed. so, we really do need the state department to be part of this pro process, to work with the private organizations. and my understanding is they re trying to get a system in place. but they re literally building the aircraft while they re flying. and so, hopefully, they will they will get that process down, and be able to help these private organizations who are doing so much to help our afghan allies. these guys and women are angels, phil. they are doing, frankly, what
we would hope, quickly getting rid of their weapons and nuclear infrastructure. leland: the president is calling this the start of a process, he says, the sit-down in singapore for june 12th. does it make sense? should there be a pro process or kim jong-un would say come in, a and if this is going to work, it s going to work as a result of a long-term process of building confidence and meeting each other s national security requirements. leland: interesting that we hear someone from the left, as you are, and someone who is as hawkish as secretary mattis, both using that term, confidence building. well, i think it s a both secretary mattis and i are probably probably hawkish on the question whether or not north korea is a threat to international peace and security. i think that both secretary mattis and i are both realistic, how this is likely to play out given what we ve seen in other
chinese support in consultation. i do think on the question of whether the summit is going to happen or not, too much is happening publicly for my taste. the president seems much too focused on whether the summit is taking place rather than this diplomatic process will bear fruit. frankly, i m less concerned about whether the summit happens, whether it s delayed and the real question is there going to be a diplomatic pro process, and if so it s not surprising it won t again with a complete verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of north korea. james clapper says it s almost impossible to verify everything that they ve got in the way, even to the extent that
states and allies to bring pressure and presence in the region. this is not what china wants. china does not want a long standing increased u.s. presence and increased pressure from its competitors in the region. when you just reflect on china s self-interest in this pro-process. it s understandable they want to play an active role and get to end state that serves their needs. one of the pedestrianments is the nuclear program that north korea has. jon: certainly some promising outlook there. let s hope it all comes to fruition. retired air force general don alston, thank you very much, sir. thank you, jon. julie: republicans weighing new strategies to hold on to their congressional majorities in the november mid terms. why we could see more tax cuts this year. plus, another gerrymandering case before the supreme court. with an argument from republicans this time. so did politicians go too far in redrawing their districts? partisan gerrymandering
then congress had the ability to decide to release it so, essentially, the president could say it can t be released so he could potentially punt it back to the congress and, you know, say to the committee, release it or don t release it. well, that s actually has he what happened. it s the same process. it was five days. it was on a friday of last week in the same way. that s why that last paragraph is really key. they are encouraging them to keep working on a version of the memo that can be made public that level of transparency is good to hear. it s not just that they get shut down. they get to try again. but without hurting the sources and methods that this filled that memo with as an attempt to kind of thwart the pro-process. martha: what do you think democrats stuffed this with classified information to make it look bad if it wasn t released if the white house didn t release it then they could say gee you let the g.o.p. memo out but not the democratic one? i think the bigger