he has been talking with the south koreans who very much want this summit. and i think this is part of continuing moving in the direction of getting him engaged into the modern world. chris: it gives him the - - bonanza and weakened sanctions. singapore,last june , the chinese are trading more. so you ve given him a lot and so far, we ve got nothing. i think our sanctions have been very effective. nothing we do whether meeting or not meeting with him affects the russians and chinese. they will act out of their own beliefs. i think it helps that can meet with the present and understand how farm we are on these things and i think terry pompeo s been very clear about this. i don t regard this as a mistake but i frankly expected it to happen. i think there have been signs of opening up north korea in ways that are pretty close to
he has been talking with the south koreans who very much want this summit. and i think this is part of continuing moving in the direction of getting him engaged into the modern world. chris: it gives him the - - bonanza and weakened sanctions. singapore,last june , the chinese are trading more. so you ve given him a lot and so far, we ve got nothing. i think our sanctions have been very effective. nothing we do whether meeting or not meeting with him affects the russians and chinese. they will act out of their own beliefs. i think it helps that can meet with the present and understand how farm we are on these things and i think terry pompeo s been very clear about this. i don t regard this as a mistake but i frankly expected it to happen.
terry pompeo was expected to meet again with crown prince and discuss the murder of jamaal khashoggi protector of state says the united states will hold them accountable expects developed. he was murdered more than 100 days ago the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi government says it has charged 11 suspects with his murder and looking for the death penalty in five of those cases. jon. jon: rich from riyadh, thanks. in a rare acknowledgment israel confirms it attacked hundreds of marine targets in syria over the weekend. this after the country announced another discovery on its border with lebanon. the jerusalem bureau has more. reporter: jon, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu taking credit for hundreds of strikes against iranian targets in syria including strikes over the weekend against weapons depot near the damascus airport.