And aluminum tariffs set to expire at midnight. U. S. Allies are bracing for a trade war. How about a lesson plan . Teachers in the state of arizona set for another day of walkouts as they fight for wage hikes. Were here to shape our youth and if we dont have the resources to do that, whats going to happen to our students when they grow up . We begin this morning with a growing expectation surrounding the president s upcoming summit with north koreans kim jongun. On the one hand, youve got officials and the president insisting theyre willing to walk away if they did not make a deal. But others calling for a Nobel Peace Prize. That can be a powerful incentive to get something done here. First, i what nt ant to explain. It is one thing to have an ann coulter or even Lindsey Graham saying trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. This morning the president of south korea said he also thought trump should win it. Folks, we dont even know whether or not the summit is going to take place. But that did not stop Trump Supporters in michigan from echoing that sentiment. Chanting, nobel, nobel, when the president brought up the subject of north korea. Nobel, nobel, nobel thats very nice, thank you. Thats very nice. Nobel. I just want to get the job done. All this comes as developments on the Korean Peninsula are moving extremely fast. In the latest reports regarding fridays summit between the korean leaders,th south says kim jongun promised to abandon his Nuclear Weapons if the u. S. Would promise not to invade his country. He also promised to shut down his countrys only known nuclear site and invited the United States and south korean experts to watch it happen. All of this sounds fantastic. Heres a big question. Could the hopes for the summit grow so high that anything short of Historic Deal could be seen as a failure . On the sunday shows, you could hear some of trumps own officials trying to reel back expectations. This administration has its eyes wide open. We know the history. We know the risks. Were going to require those steps that demonstrate the denuclearization is going to be achieved. Were not going to take promises. Were not going to take words. Theres nobody starryeyed around here. Weve all been call add numbed of things. Naive is not usually one of them. As he says repeatedly, the potential for no deal at all is also there. I want to bring in nbcs Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter, talk of a Nobel Peace Prize. On one hand certainly sets the bar high. Or is that what guys like Lindsey Graham are doing to push the president to make sure he doesnt bluff, to make sure he doesnt walk away . The president himself has been amping up the expectations. Recently casting himself as this great deal maker. Insisting i have the responsibility to see if i can do this. Obviously successfully convincing north korea to denuclearize would be a crowning achievement. This morning, musing publicly about the site of a summit. On friday he said it was down to two countries. But today apparently more than that, tweeting numerous countries are being considered for the meeting but would peace house, freedom house, on the border of north and south korea be a more representative important and lasting site. Just asking, he writes. Claiming almost all of the credit for the summit and addressing prospects Going Forward. Take a listen. Denuke. Well see how it goes. Again, whatever happens, happens. I may go in, i leave. Its not going to be a john kerry who makings thes that hor iran deal. Similar pledges on multiple occasions with little intention of sticking to it. The white house realizes that. John bolton, you played a clip earlier, saying the u. S. Wants to see real commitment in his words, insisting there will need to be a full, complete total disclosure of everything related to their Nuclear Program with a full International Verification to ensure that action happens this time around. Stef. All right, thanks, peter. I want to bring my panel in. Bobby gosh, former International Editor of time magazine. Noel ampore. And my friend kate lynn huey byrnes, political reporter for real clear politics. I want to talk of a Nobel Peace Prize, thats a very big deal. Setting the bar too high . Well, no, we were talking in the green room a minute ago and obama got a peace prize and nothing was done. One of the things i think we need to look at is the fact that trump has ignited this. We wouldnt be here in these negotiations if it wasnt for trump hammering down really hard. I can tell by the way youre looking youre not excited about this. Not at all, no. We are where we are because of what how trump has negotiated this. Which was really pretty hard swore. You know, a lot of name calling. But whatevers going on, i think its working. The other thing of it is, we dont know whats happening in that meeting with pompeo. But something happened. I dont know if you guys, you know, honed in on the body language of, you know, the south korean president and kim jongun. He was grabbing his hand. He was smiling. This is not the behavior that we saw from kim jongun months ago. And south korean president is the one who has said Nobel Peace Prize theres a reason. There are skeptical Trump Supporters who voted for the president and said his behavior is so crazy, it just might work. Is this an example of that, bobby . Thats certainly what theyre saying this morning. What are you saying . I have to agree. I think that trumps belly belicose rhetoric has helped to this point. Not directly what hes saying about but people are also afraid because hes unhinged . To put pressure on north korea. So it has worked. It has brought these. I mean, look, if the president of south korea is willing to give trump credit for making this happen, we have to acknowledge that he has more information and he has much more at stake than we do. So thats not the same thing as saying he deserves a nobel prize, lets be clear. Just because the nobel commit ent committee lowered the bar for obama doesnt mean theyll do it for trump. Or is the south korean president playing to President Trump saying i Say Something like this and trump wont walk away . Trump loves a compliment like that. This will get trump to absolutely focus on it. If the south korean president wants to make sure this summit happens, calling for the president to get the nobel, thats going to help it. We have to talk about the way in which this president is driven by being able to do things that his predecessors havent been able to do. He mentioned that time and time again. Thats his jam. Thats his jam, for sure. Even friday standing next to angela merkel, saying, look, nobodys been able to do this, listing all the president s, and i feel a responsibility to do this. I think its important that of course its big news that the south korean president is saying that, and we have to assess kind of how important that is to trumps own aim for moving something forward like that. On fox news over the weekend, he was specifically asked watt United States wants from north korea. Will President Trump insist that kim give up, ship out, all of those Nuclear Weapons, all of his nuclear fuel, all of his Ballistic Missiles before the u. S. Makes any concessions . I think thats what denuclearization means. Is there any possibility that the u. S. Would accept north korea as a Nuclear Power and allow them to keep some infrastructure . I dont see how thats possible. Is that realistic . Hes not saying not, hes just saying how he doesnt see thats possible. This is a regime that defines itself by power. Nuclear power is what makes kim jongun a world figure. The reason were paying attention to him at all is because hes got Nuclear Power. Otherwise north korea is a poor country with an overlarge military that cant feed its people. Nuclear power is the reason. I can see him making a deal that has vague promises that says well give us testing. What if they dont need to test anymore. Thats exactly right, they dont need to. I dont see them actually physically giving up their nukes. What if they dont need to test anymore . What if theyve done enough testing to figure out weve got the capabilities . Thats a possibility. Youve got to realize that john bolton doesnt mince words. When you say he doesnt mince words, you mean mince words against muslims . No, no, i say all the hateful rhetoric he has put out oh, its so much fun being a republican everyone, i get to defend you just said he didnt mince words. My guard was down. On this topic though, he has said how can you tell north koreans are lying, when their lips are moving. So he doesnt have a lot of trust with north korea in general. Nor should he. Do you think that maybe some of of this turnaround is because china sanctions, prove they were working maybe . No question. This is really about no question, not only its trade partner, without pressure from china, this doesnt happen. But chinas had opportunity to put pressure before. Lets acknowledge trump has put pressure on china they could think hes unhinged. Like we think kim jongun is a nut. They could think trump is a nut. He could actually punch the button and do something. They dont know him. Nixon used to say this. Richard nixon going back that far used to say i want people to think im crazy. I want them to think i cant be trusted. Under nixon, we had great foreign relations. He may have been a bozo on one issue we also had kissinger. Im not sure mike pompeo qualifies in that weight category. I can try. Look, if there is if theres a facetoface discussion between trump and kim jongun. Kim jongun already comes out the winner. Hes already been taken seriously by the most powerful country in the world. He has said hes going to stop testing. Its an important statistic. North korea has tested six times. India tested six times. Pakistan tested six times. We have no question that india and pakistan today are fullfledged Nuclear Powers. North korea does not need to test anymore. Giving up testing, not a big deal. Plenty of experts say the use of the site is already compromised. It cant be used again. A few years ago, they blew up an iranian test site in front of the worlds cameras. They brought an expert in from the u. S. To take a look at that. And they said u. S. Experts could come in now. Weve seen this movie before. Its not enough to just say theyre going to denuclearize or for us to say we insist they denuclearize. Well have to see when the rubber meets the road. Hold on, katelyn, if President Trump tears up the iran deal, does it make this deal harder . Well, he doesnt see theres a question, right, about what the u. S. Credibility is when it comes to making these deals. If were ripping up the iran deal and then expecting to make some kind of negotiation with north korea. The president , though, that criticism is certainly warranted. The president , though, doesnt seem to be reacting to that. You heard him in that rally saying john kerry made a terrible deal on iran. Im not going to do that on north korea. So we dont see him thinking about that, at least publicly in this way. The president is setting a very high bar for himself when it comes to north korea. Saying that nobody else has been able to do it of course but i could. Hes been, you know, talking to the crowd about it. Last week he tweeted that the war between north and south is over. Has no one been able to do it . I heard Michael Hayden this morning saying weve been here before. Have we . Thats why its very important to see what are the ramifications for north korea if the talks do not go well. What is the u. S. Going to do if we do not have a full denuclearized north korea . What is we havent talked much about that. What a walk away looks like. A walk away does not look good for President Trump because hes invested so much of his political what does it look like for people. It doesnt look for kim, it doesnt matter. He already comes out of this looking good. Hes made peace with south korea. He has offered to trump is not going to be shamed. Yes. But the thing is, trump has to control a message in a country where theres an open media. That is likely to criticize him as not. Kim jongun does not have that problem. He controls the media. This is important. One of the things i would look out for ahead of these talks is how the north korean media is covering this. What is kim telling his own people . This is something thats crucial. Is kim telling his own people i want to give up nukes . So far, he has not done that. When kim starts talking that language with his own people, remember, we only began to trust gorbachev back in the day when he allowed his own people more freedoms. Not just giving up, not just promising to give up nukes. Good point. Coming up, please Pay Attention to this, thousands of teachers, theyre planning to take to the streets, demanding more resources for their classrooms, as well as pay raises. Were going to take you to phoenix as a third day of protests are planned. Remember, every day those teachers arent in the classrooms, those kids in the state of arizona are not getting an education. Weve got to find out why. Weve got to help these kids. Plus, were going to talk about why women should not be afraid of saying this. I want to be rich. I want to get there myself. Author jessica noel will join me about her New York Times oped that caught my eye. 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Can he say hold off, just give it more time . He can just as easily issue another memorandum that essentially says for these countries, the deadline will get extended. For these countries, the tariffs are going to begin at midnight tonight, or for these countries, theyre going to be exempt from these tariffs permanently. Ive talked to about six people who have been briefed by the administration and they say that there will be some bespoke extensions based on nafta and other things the administration is trying to get out of them. Well then, whats the holdup . Steve mnuchin is on fox business this morning. He was asked multiple times about exemptions. Of course im not going to comment on what the president is going to do or not going to do. The president is going to make a decision on this. He will make it quickly i assume because the deadline is tuesday. And the decision will be to extend or not . Im not going to comment on what the president s decision is in advance. Why be so vague . It could have been a nice win after macrons visit, after merkels visit, that the president could have announced them. And didnt. Is it more that the president likes drama and a bachelorstyle rose ceremony . Or is it something broader than that . Why wouldnt mnuchin tell us . I think the president truly believes the longer they go and the closer they get to these deadlines, the stronger concessions he would get out of these allies. This is an administration that has extremely strong stomachs and a lot of patience when it comes to these trade issues. Certainly no issue getting right up to that deadline to see whether that forces some allies to come to the negotiating table with something different. To that end, europe has said as recently as last friday theyre not going to be negotiating or offering anything under threat. Theyre preparing their own retaliation which the president doesnt seem to be faced by. To that point, how big of a stick does the United States have . 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