describing as a potential break through when it comes to north korea and its nuclear program. kim's offer to denuclearize is being viewerred as potentially historic. there is no downside to talking one senior u.s. military leader who has been tasked with preparing for a possible preemptive military strike told me. it's good news. people should be happy. the pentagon was caught flat footed as you mentioned by the announcement tonight. spokesman and aides scrambled at the pentagon. jim mattis had to be pulled off offsite retreat with senior civilian pentagon leaders. he had to leave the meeting with news broke from the white house. secretary of state rex tillerson was in africa saying earlier today talks were premature. u.s. military exercises with south korea will go ahead as planned in april. in the past, sim jong un had demanded a freeze for freeze. he views these annual exercises as a dry run for an invasion to overthrow his regime. i just got off the phone with one senior u.s.