and in a historic first, kim jong-un plans to travel to seoul later this year. but two words in the agreement are raising questions about kim s intentions and just how serious he really might be about denuclearization. north korea agreed if the united states takes corresponding measures, to take additional actions including permanent destruction of the nuclear facility. what exactly are corresponding measures? reporter: they have not been revealed and that could be deliberate. it could the be that perhaps they could want something that the u.s. may not be prepared to give, like a reduction in the number of american troops in south korea, 28,000 currently, the north could claim, hey, they in the south just signed essentially what sounds and looks like a bilateral peace treaty, why does the united
hard for me to imagine that anything happened. with us here in the studio and their insights, michael bender, sung min kim. if she shows up as the president said, dr.ford, professorford saprofessorford professor ford said she wanted an investigation first. wolf, that s where we are right now, at least in terms of the senate impact. and i think you have seen this shift in the republicans thinking over the last 48, 72 hours, since she broke her silencethrou through our report and initially republicans were hesitant, they wanted to hear more from her, but now that we have gone with some time with no response and all these questions remaining about whether she
for his beautiful young daughters. here to help us sift through the day s developments, some of our favorite friends and reporters. joining us from the washington post, white house bureau chief phil rucker and white house reporter sung min kim is sheer here this afternoon on capitol hill for us. matt miller. former rnc chairman michael l steele. and at the table, mara, journalist and member of the new york times editorial board. and donny deutsch is back. let me start with you, you ve been covering this since we began. where are we today and where is professor ford foin terms of responding to the invitation to testify in public or in it private as i understand has been extended to her as well this afternoon? reporter: that is the major question right now because we ve been check bing in regularly with chairman chuck grassley s staff as to whether the attorneys for the woman, dr. christine ford, has responded to the judiciary committee. the committee had made two requests. one t
there is texas congressman blake farenthold who resigned after using government money to settle sexual harassment claims, in a deposition and documents obtained by the huffington post, he claimed, quote, the f-tards won. when the republican governor of texas asked farenthold to pay for the election to pay for his seat, he talked about deep state and being the victim of a political witch hunt. there is the case of melissa howard running for a state house seat in florida. reports said she did not actually have a college degree, more fake news. and posted to social media the truth shall set yourself free and distributed this photo of herself with a diploma. the university of ohio steps in and said, no, she doesn t have one, doesn t exist. days later, she withdrew from the race. sung min kim, you and i are on capitol hill most days talking to lawmakers, a wide variety of whom, you know, have
politics. there is texas congressman blake farenthold who resigned after using government money to settle sexual harassment claims, in a deposition and documents obtained by the huffington post, he claimed, quote, the f-tards won. when the republican governor of texas asked farenthold to pay for the election to pay for his seat, he talked about deep state and being the victim of a political witch hunt. there is the case of melissa howard running for a state house seat in florida. reports said she did not actually have a college degree, more fake news. and posted to social media the truth shall set yourself free and distributed this photo of herself with a diploma. the university of ohio steps in and said, no, she doesn t have one, doesn t exist. days later, she withdrew from the race. sung min kim, you and i are on capitol hill most days