a hostile nation not to interfere. fred pleitgen, thanks very much. well, from russia to the nuclear negotiations, today in a tweet president trump took credit for avoiding an armed conflict with kim jong-un saying, quote, many good conversations with north korea. in the meantime, no rocket launches or nuclear testing in eight months. he went on to say, if not for me, we would now be at war with north korea. one more exclamation point. recent information seems to indicate kim jong-un is not committed to denuclearization at all. an analysis of satellite imagery by researchers, this first picture from april, the second one from june, appears to show that north korea is finalizing the expansion of a key ballistic missile manufacturing site. some of that was going on as kim and trump were meeting in singapore. back with my panel right now. if i could start, kelly and michael, with you. republican administration, democratic administration. there seems to be a pattern where this president will get his briefings from the