american families. sandra: interesting. governor, the president seemed really optimistic last night at that speech he gave at the rally. we have a great team together for our talks with north korea. we are moving along nicely, says the president. maybe put the date and exact timing of this aside, what do you think are the actual chances of this summit taking place and those two world leaders getting together and sitting down? well, it looks like the summit will take place and i said that it is because both leaders need it and the international community needs it because you want dramatically less tension in the korean peninsula. i think the issue is going to be will it happen june the 12th. look, i don t think that should be criticized if it doesn t happen then. if a few more weeks are needed, let s do that. if the pompeo meeting with the north korean doesn t turn out well and you need more negotiating, you know, we have
north and south meet at the blue house, have that discussion. the reality is that we hope for a peaceable solution. the president remains open to a summit taking place and will continue to pursue that path even while we stand strong on the objective of denuclearization in the extreme pressure campaign that is underway today. martha: if it doesn t happen, the military option is basically back on the table. well, it never came off, martha. the truth is that president trump has made it clear that this administration will not tolerate the regime in north korea possessing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that threaten our people, that threaten the united states of america, that threaten our allies in the region. we will continue to be open to the diplomatic path and it will be much of the discussion tomorrow with president moon. martha: so it is wait and
singapore. todd: the pres. making it his mission to denuclearize the korean peninsula. years lieut. gen. richard newton, former assistant vice chief of staff for the u.s. air force. thank you for coming on this morning. good to be with you again. and cotuit this decade seems there s a great divide and a lot of space between what each of these men once. seems like lots to bridge that gap. it is. donald trump is going into this summit taking place in singapore from a position of strength and that is how he needs to approach these negotiations was a position of strength not only militarily but economically and diplomatically as well. secondly he got to keep in mind and not keep in mind but keep in the forefront the number one objective is denuclearization of
now more businesses in more places can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america s largest gig-speed network. new this morning, the white house says the president is canceling his trip to south america. there is a key summit taking place there. instead, the white house says he s chosen to stay home. their claim is to monitor the response to syria s alleged chemical weapons attack. that response from the united states to that attack could come very shortly. our barbara starr live at the pentagon with the latest on that. barbara? good morning, tom. what we do know is the u.s. military continues to look at options and discuss with the president what he wants to do. we also know that there is an attempt here to put some kind of coalition effort together. the president talking to british prime minister theresa may, he s already talked to the french
embassy in israel though jerusalem. palestinian president abbas saying the united states can no longer play a role in the middle east peace process. david lee miller is live in jerusalem with reaction. so far no initial reaction from israeli officials regarding the speech given by the palestinian president at an islamic summit taking place in istanbul. in that speech which lasted for more than one hour, abbas had his harshest criticism yet for president trump s recognition as jerusalem as israel s capital. he said the u.s. has chosen to use its qualification as a mediator. we will no longer accept it has a role in the peace process. he called it a crime and said the responsibility should be shifted to the united nations for the peace process and other countries to recognize palestinian as a state. other leaders at this emergency summit echoed abbas.