administration hopes to see a clear, verifiable step toward that goal emerge from these meetings. trump leaves washington, heads to vietnam tomorrow. on wednesday, the 27th, he'll kick off talks by having a face-to-face meeting with chairman kim followed by expanded bilalt rteral members. on thursday the 28th, officials will wrap up those talks, and president trump will head back to the u.s. the white house is hoping to use the backdrop of vietnam, which was once hostile toward the u.s., as an example of the kind of economic revival, the relative prosperity that could be possible for the north koreans if they were to soften their stance toward the u.s. trump acknowledged that in a tweet, where he claimed that north korea could be a great economic power without its nuclear arsenal. but fred, for now north korea does remain heavily sanctioned by the u.s., and there are no signs that will be changing in the near future. >> all right. sarah westwood, thank you so much at the white house. secretary of state mike pompeo