of common agreement. and if the president is able to stick to that and not do the kind of gratuitous freelancing that he did in singapore it could be a significant step forward. tom countryman, thank you very much. we ll be covering it as he meets with kim in vietnam. coming up necxt dramatic moment during an oversight hearing moments ago. hearings on the trump family separations at the border. what we re hearing about allegations of sexual abuse against migrant children. plus, we are a few hours away from a house vote to terminate trump s emergency declaration on the border wall. and yet another republican senator is standing up to the president. why some say they are ready to just say no. i switched to miralax for my constipation.
policy for america. tom countryman, a pleasure to have you back. welcome. welcome, sir. thank you, brooke. all right. so letters aside, the first summit between these two may have been more of style over substance but now the pressure s really on, right? to walk away with something tangible both for trump and for kim. yeah. pressure is on. and i think it is not just optimistic but possible, conceivable that there will be a significant step forward, that both the united states and north korea will do something significant that advances the process and at the same time they agree to an intensified negotiation process below the level of the national leaders. progress, tom hang on. can you be specific? what kind of page progress are you counting on? according to press reports, there is at least hope that from the north korean side there will be a commitment to decommission
was the power of the written word. when i did it, and i was really being tough, and so was he, and we were going back and forth. and then we fell in love. okay? no, really. he wrote me beautiful letters. that was in september. but trump reportedly has six of these letters which call him your excellency while touting his intelligence and energy. letters he is fond of showing off in private and as he did just a couple weeks ago at a cabinet meeting in public. i just got a great letter from kim jong un. and those few people that i ve shown this letter to, they ve never written letters like that. this letter is a great letter. we ve made a lot of progress with north korea and kim jong un. tom countryman was a senior state department official for national arms security in the trump administration. he s also an adviser on foreign
heard from, tom countryman. we have to take a quick commercial break. reminding all of you watching, what a day in washington. we re about to hear from the man who found out he was fired from his job as secretary of state from a tweet this morning from the president of the united states. rex tillerson. tom countryman, i m coming to you next. i received a call today from the president of the united states a little after noontime from air force one and i ve spoken to chief of staff kelly. clarity in the days ahead what is most important is to ensure an order ly and smooth transition during the time that the country continues to face significant policy and national security challenges. as such, effective at the end of the day, i m delegating all responsibilities of the office
and deal maker when it comes to any type 6 conversation i think as is reflected in senator graham s statement and we feel very confident where we are. thanks so much, guys. have a great weekend. there is a lot there. let s dive right into it. i have david chalian and also with us tom countryman former state department employee. and so tom, let s me begin with you because in team kept coming up, the kgu/trump meeting. and the theme was i kept hearing from sarah sanders there have to be concrete and verifiable actions must take place in order for this meeting to actually occur. correct me, but i thought that the president in n. maki making said yes, he will meet with kju and location tbd. and now sarah sanders says actions need to max words and not just in halting testing, but proof of denuclearization. how do you prove that? well, in-as has occurred