The official business gets started in a couple hours. You see the president here about two hours ago, stepping down the stairs with the first lady of the United States, melania trump. He will have a formal meeting with the king and prince. And white house staffers focusing on the busy agenda. A slew of controversy z threaten to follow their travels. Back in washington, sources tell cnn russian officials were so close about ties to Michael Flynn in the 2016 campaign that they openly bragged about it among themselves. They believed they could use him to influence policy if mr. Trump won the election, which of course he did. As if that wasnt enough, fbi director james comey is ready to give his side of the story after mr. Trump fired him last week. He will testify before the Senate Intelligence committee in the next few weeks in a public hearing. That is story line two. Here is three and four on top of that. New york times reporting mr. Trump referred to comey as, quote, a nut job when he
Its 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast at cnn world headquarters. Newsroom starts right now. Breaking news this hour of a major diplomatic development. The president of south korea has announced hes sending a delegation of highlevel officials to north korea monday for a twoday visit. One purpose is to build on that dialogue that developed between the two koreas during the winter olympics. Another is to try to open a path to direct talks between north korea, and the United States. Lets get the very latest with our correspondents following this story. Cnns will ripley has reported from north korea numerous times and joins live in beijing. Our andrew stevens, also on the story with us, live in seoul, south korea. Andrew lets first start with you. What more can you tell us specifically about this south korean delegation and what the meeting will entail . Its a very powerful delegation, george. Not only have they got the head of the National Intelligence service, which is basically the
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