the u.s. pacific command in hawaii he met with his japanese counterpart in a sign of just how quickly things are moving and how potentially concerned japan as an ally is about having its concerns reflected in any potential deal cut by the u.s. president. japan s prime minister slated to meet president trump at the white house a week before the proposed summit with kim jong un. mattis is in hawaii for the change of command ceremony for the head of the u.s. specific command admiral harry harris whose aggressive posture to china and military background is one reason president trump has chosen him to be his next ambassador to south korea. that ceremony begins in an hour in hawaii. dana: jennifer, what is general mattis message to china in this trip? it s notable that mattis referred to the region as indo-pacific. on the gaggle on the flight. that is likely to annoy china who sees india as rival in asia. mattis said the u.s. would continue to conduct freedom of
should look at the u.s. constitution. there s nothing in our constitution that says that a president cannot be indicted. but let s just take a step back. why are we even talking about this? this is pretty amazing stuff, right? we re talking about impeachment, about indictment. so why don t we wait to see what the report is the that special counsel mueller puts out and what he actually does and i think it s best that we wait to see what the actual evidence is. i want to turn now to north korea. it s looking like the summit between the president and kim jong-un may be back on track. do you expect it to happen? are you optimistic that anything can be achieved here? i hope it happens. i formerly served on active duty under u.s. pacific command. it s very clear the united states has zero good military options against a north korean regime. that s why diplomacy must always be our first option. i m glad it s taking center stage. and i hope it happens. i don t think june 12th is any sort o
program continues and if those tests we saw so much of with missiles being launched and so forth and have on the line here and we see president moon is sending and sending end couragicourag encouraging signals. joining me is member of both the judiciary and foreign affairs committee in the house. he thinks military conflict is not off the table. thank you, alex, for your question. i serve on active duty on the u.s. pacific command and the united states has exactly zero good military options. that s why i support diplomacy and i hope this summit still happens and i don t think that date of june 12 is a magic date that day or sometime later and the summit still goes forward. okay.
within the administration and the world is watching so kim jong-un is not only thinking about the libyan model but he s also looking at the iranian model which is maybe we ll get into a deal and build confidence and open things up, whoops, let s pull the rug out from under you so all of this makes it incredibly hard. there s another player entering the equation. we ve been talking about mike pompeo and jim mattis and the national security team. the new ambassador nominated to korea is the former commander of u.s. pacific command, admiral harry harris, known to many of the people here. i think he ll be a fairly steady voice but we should remember he is also deeply steeped in these war plans and so that set of personal relationships in washington will have a
this administration deserves credit for bringing them home. thank you, john, and poppy, for that question. yes, i believe the trump administration deserves credit for bringing in these hostages back from north korea. but also i want to note that two of these hostages were taken under the trump administration, one under the obama administration and north korea had no reason for taking these americans. they had done nothing wrong. north korea should get no credit. given that, do you think it is a good idea for president trump to sit down with kim jong-un in just a few weeks in singapore? i served on active duty under u.s. pacific command. it is very clear that the united states has exactly zero good military options against north korea. that s why i m very pleased that diplomacy is taking center stage. i support the president speaking with the leader of north korea at the summit. i hope the summit is successful. 77% of americans agree with you. they approve of the president, his