meetings with north korean officials that should begin in the next week to lay out the idea of dismantling the nuclear program and how they will verify that. the president threw kim jong-un a bone saying he would suspend at the very least, maybe not altogether, the joint u.s.-south korean military exercises. the president called them provocative, inappropriate and verypensive th president said with the caveat that if the negotiations don t turn out the president hoping they will, he could restart the military exercises. the one thing the president wot d is back off to any degree on sanctons until the dismantlement of north korea s nuclear program gets to the point that president tmpays it s on the path of be irreversible. dana: thanks, john. have a safe trip home.