in this race you have the republican and the democrat basically saying they agree with the president s decision to levy those steel hatariffs. this is a race with a razor thin margin with both sides looking for clues on what it might mean if anything for the midterm elections. good points as usual, thank you so much, geoff benefit. the president is tweeting about his meeting with north korea, writing chinese president xi jinping told me he appreciates that the u.s. is working to solve the problem diplomatically rather than going with the ominous alternative. china continues to be helpful. joining me now, senior fellow at the federation of american scientists, adam yount, big welcome to you. what risk is there for the president in taking this meeting with kim jong-un? there s actually a tremendous amount of risk, alex. kim jong-un holds a very strong hand here. they ve continued to develop they re nuclear and missile programs. the price of eliminating those