It is now krumpl time with just ten days until the two leaders meet facetoface in singapore. The harsh rhetoric starting to soften once again. North koreas exspy chief personally developing a letter from king jongun to President Trump in the oval office. The secret service carefully examining that letter for anything potentially dangerous before its presented. Both countries with a lot on the line for the highly anticipated meeting. It will be a beginning. Youre talking about years of hostility, years of problems. Years of really hatred between so many different nations. But i think youre going to have a very positive result in the end. Not from one meeting. I didnt cancel a meeting. I canceled it in response to a very tough statement, and i think were over that, totally over that, and now were going to deal and were going to really start a process. Do you believe kim is committed to denuclearization . Yes, i believe so. He wants to be careful. He wants to be, you know, hes not going t
Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Im natalie allen. And im george howell. From cnn world headquarters, newsroom starts right now. It is 4 00 saturday afternoon in singapore and ten days from now, history is set to unfold there. Thats right, the summit between donald trump and kim jungun, that is back on. President trump made the announcement on friday. This after an unprecedented meeting at the white house, he and the number twoman in north korea, that countrys former spy chief met facetoface in the oval office. That man kim yongchol hand delivered a personal letter from the north Korean Leader. Jim acosta reports from the white house. Reporter after meeting more than an hour with the north korean envoy carrying a letter from dictator kim jungun, President Trump emerged from the oval office and declared the summit he canceled last week back on. I think it is a getting to know you meeting plus. Well see where it leads, but june 12th well be in singapore. It
Im anna cabrera in new york. We begin this hour with breaking news. The New York Times reporting this hour that Donald Trumps attorney sent a 20page letter to special Counsel Robert Mueller arguing why a president cant obstruct justice. According to the paper, the letter was hand delivered back in january and was an attempt to head off a possible subpoena for President Trump to testify. We are covering all the angles of this. Cnn senior White House Correspondent pamela brown is in washington, and White House Correspondent Boris Sanchez is at the white house for us. Pamela, tell us more about whats in these 20 pages. Any revelations . These 20 pages certainly offer a glimpse into the legal strategy and what has been conveyed to Robert Muellers team by the president s attorneys, and they made the case in this 20page memo that was hand delivered to Robert Mueller in january that the president cannot be compelled to testify and that he couldnt have obstructed justice under the constitution
World headquarters in atlanta, we welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im george howell. Im natalie allen. Newsroom starts right now. It seems like only yesterday there were insults like little rocket man or mentally deranged dotard. And warnings of fire and fury. Now it seems to have passed. I forgot about the dotard. That was one of them. You are looking at pictures from the meeting on friday. U. S. President trump sitting down with the second most powerful man in north korea, former spy chief Kim Yong Chol. He hand delivered a letter from kim jongun and mr. Trump announced the singapore summit is on. Our Global Affairs correspondent elise labott has more for us. Reporter President Trump and Kim Yong Chol emerged from the oval office smiling after a nearly twohour meet with trump telling reporters a summit with kim jongun in singapore is back on. Were going to be june 12th. Well be in singapore. It will be a beginning. Ive never said it happens in one m
The really spectacular number that has gone all the way down to 3. 8 . The last time we saw 3. 8 was in early 2000, before that 1969. There are about 6 million open jobs in america, there are about five or six million workers who havent reentered the work market. Thats a little bit of a point that you want to start to get to fix. Overall, a very strong employment report, something that economists call full employment. Wages up 2. 7 , that might indicate that now what we have been hearing from employers, theyre paying up for the workers theyre getting. Where are the jobs coming in . Retail, health care, across the health care spectrum we have seen jobs for several years now and manufacturing. That is interesting. What is the reaction to the tariffs . The tariffs is something that is really concerning to a lot of people who are, you know, invested in the markets, doing business in the markets because you have america, the United States sort of going at it with allies on trade here. And t