The summit will take place with kim jongun. Hallie jackson, to you first. Good morning to you. Whats the latest on the president s arrival . Reporter hey there, richard and alex, we expect it to happen within the next half hour according to the guidance from the white house. The president will pull up and land right here from air force one. Let me tell you, we are packed in like sardines here. On the tarmac of Singapore Air business. What im seeing so far, it doesnt look like typically when the president arrives in a different country there tends to be an honor guard, a setup, a flag. But in this case, thats not necessarily what were seeing. We do see the stairs set up ready for the president to walk down air force one. He will have what appears to be a kind of innormal meet and greet. Then hell head to the hotel fo are the night. And then a light day, meet with the singapore delegation and expect it to be prepping ahead of the meeting with kim jongun Tuesday Morning. Singapore time which is monday night your time basically. That is going to be rather extraordinary. Were seeing kim jongun arrive here in singapore. You saw the live shots of his motorcade going through the streets, people cheering and waving at the north Korean Leader. When President Trump arrive, small difference, its dark now. The sun has set. So he will said to his location. The security here is intense. Theres been a lot of preparation in place over the last three weeks or so to get ready for the summit. That is actually why singapore was chosen as the location for this critical meeting. Because singapore has some diplomatic relations with both countries for several decades now. You also have the physical geography where kim jongun could actually get here in his plane. So the president has come over from the g7 in canada. That brings us, alex and richard, to the geopolitical context of this, right . When you look at what the president has been doing on air force one, hes been sending tweets. These tweets are aimed at americas closest allies. Typically, 2k3w78 g7 is a bear a meeting. Its the meeting the closest internationally. This is a lions den, not a bear hug. Hes departing after exchanging very harsh words with some of his u. S. Allies. Hes now coming to singapore to take someone who is a foe and try to find peace. Its an interesting dynamic. One that critics have questioned why hes being so nice to trends and nice to enemies. He wants to find a pact to peace. There is a sense he considers this a legacydefining moment for him. Ill tell you its a long way from little racket maocket man. Its a long way from fire and fury. When the president sent that le letter to kim jongun he said, thanks but no thanks. Thats actually what he ended up doing, sending kim yongchol with that letter, youll remember. And right now, certainly back with air force one set to land here any minute, guys. So, a lot happening. A lot of interest in what could be, and what will be a historic moment. The question is, how history will judge what comes out of this. We know there are more meetings to come. The president hinted if this goes well he might invite him back to the white house in d. C. Hallie jackson, thank you so much. Now to nbcs chief global correspondent bill neely, hes live where the summit will take place on tuesday. Bill, as we watch history unfold in front of us, were going to hear that a lot over the next couple of days. The issue is, over the last four or five hours of history, a lost of things have been sort of, well, ad hoc . Reporter yeah, very much so. And as donald trump was in the air, is still in the air, kim jongun has been hard at work. Hes already met singapores Prime Minister, they had a meeting that broke up within the last hour. And during the meeting we saw a very relaxed kim jongun dressed in his traditional blue suit with an interpreter at his side. He said to Prime Minister lee, the entire world is watching the historic summit between north korea and the United States of america. He didnt mention Donald Trumps name or indeed his own. But, yes, you will hear the word historic a lot. And possibly unknown as donald trump said yesterday before he left from quebec. For kim jongun, literally, hes never been here. Its the farthest hes ever been as leader from outside his bubble of pyongyang where hes surrounded by adoring people. Hes just met his third world leader after president ji, and moon, and now the Prime Minister of singapore. And right here on santos island he will meet donald trump. He arrived here, of course, before mr. Trump in midafternoon on an air decline plane lent to him by the chinese government. Its a plane that president ji has used. And then a he was greeted by a long convoy of officials carrying north korean officials. The interesting thing, kim jongun has brought virtually his entire leadership here. Hes brought his number two man who met donald trump a while ago. Hes brought his foreign minister, his army, his sister, the member of the politburo. It shows he wants to do business. This is a collective risk. Its not just kim jongun going alone, its the whole leadership taking a risk and meeting donald trump. He went in this huge convoy, as hallie said there was cheering, crowd smiling and waving. It must have been quite a sight for him inside that black limousine. And then he went to the luxury hotel. It appears that singapore is going to pay for his luxury suite that costs thousands of dollars. And from there, he left with 12 bodyguards we saw running alongside his car, in south korea with president moon. They were there again just a few hoyers ago. And well see them quite a few times over the next few days. We dont know what kim jongun is going to be doing tomorrow. Presumably preparing for the summit. Ive been to north korea four times. They do not issue advance timetables or itineraries about what you might be doing, or indeed what the leadership is doing. And that usually is for security reasons. And then on Tuesday Morning, right here at the capella hotel, just across the bay from where im standing, the two men will meet, and interestingly Reuters News Agency is reporting that kim jongun is scheduled to leave five hours after the summit begins. Now, we dont know if thats true. Nbc news cant confirm that. But, of course, even if it is accurate, it can be changed, because donald trump has talked about a meeting that might go on for eye a day. Might go on for moon. President moon of south korea himself is pretty desperate to get here. And be part of some great possibly Peace Initiative which would end the korean war technically is still happening. A lot of surprises possibly. We had one a few hours ago. We didnt expect live pictures of kim jongun meeting singap e singapores Prime Minister. I suspect there will be a lot of unscripted moments in the day to come. Alex, this is kind of like a foreign super bowl. Play by play with developments and youll be in for us along with Hallie Jackson. Bill neely, thank you so much. Joining us profrl of korean studies sungyoon lee. And senior fellow of the American Federation of scientists. Were going to begin with you, sungyoon, with north korean neighbors, china japan and south korea, all as bill neely was saying they have a shared interest in the denuclearization of the peninsula. But what role will the nations play in these talks, if any . They will play supporting roles. And ive seen this movie before, namely in 2000 when kim jongun came out of his shell, the father, that is, in may made his first visit to beijing, meeting with the chinese leader. The next month he met with the south Korean Leader. In july, he met with vladimir putin. An sent a special enjoy to bill clinton and received secretary of state Madeleine Albright in pyongyang. Then next january in 2001, he paid another visit to south korea to the Southern Province of guangdong. And he came across as a global statesman who is genuinely interested in following along in chinese footsteps that is, gradual reform and opening. So i foresee kim jongun meeting with Prime Minister abe, president putin in the next few weeks or months. Perhaps even speaking at the u. N. General assembly and when kim jongun visits that special Economic Zone in china, the world will hail the arrival of the reasonable peaceseeking north korean. Its all a grand ploy. And i think everyone is just falling into his elaborate trap, especially donald trump. Sungyoon, thats pretty dramatic rhetoric youre using when you say its a grand ploy and a dramatic trap. At what point, in your estimation, would you think that your ideology would become apparent . I mean, how long do you expect this all to play out . Well, what are we talking about here in singapore. Why are the two people there . To talk about nuclear negotiations. Nuclear diplomacy in terms of International Politics. Its really International Politics played at the highest level, short of waging war, or negotiating peace in the middle of war. Its at the risk of sounding a discourteous, its not like negotiating quid pro quo or neither person is negotiating to buy a house. Its serious business. And to presume that a state like north korea that has to contends with a far more successful, far for richer korean state across the border that has spent five decades trying to develop a bomb. Will all of a sudden have a change of heart and give it up, i think thats a fallacy. Alex, i think what were seeing here, certainly more activity at the Paya Lebar Air base. That is the foreign minister of singapore who also greeted kim jongun, the foreign minister of hours ago, hes had a busy evening, shall we say, moving from this air force base to meet President Trump when he does arrive. It may portend as hallie was telling us that air force one would arrive very soon. I was wonderingf it was the Prime Minister that would not be the equalequal, right . Right. So we might see air force one touch down very quickly. Lets get to sumi terry now. Thank you for standing by. As we look at the liv pictures at the moment, and alex may underline that point, it needs to be equal, right . That is the emphasis of why theyre staying at two Different Hotels and why theyre meeting at a neutral location, the island, a smaller island all of the bigger island which really isnt that big to begin with. But still another neutral location. But at the same time, this is exactly what kim jongun wanted, right . He wanted to have that equity with the United States. And in the event, if he does leave five hours after the meeting, sue, he does come out a winner, hes got his photo op . A for himself as you said, hes now be looking as a world leader thats equal to the United States. This is why he wants everything to be equal. You cant have a foreign minister greet one and not another. This is exactly what north korea wants and why President Trump sitting down and meeting with kim jongun hes giving him that legitimacy, before we begin this tough negotiation that professor lee was just laying out for you guys. Sue, its alex here. If the reuters reports are correct and kim jongun plans to leave at 2 00 p. M. Local time on tuesday that is a previous fivehour potential. Not even, frankly, by the time you have security and making your way out of the airport to take off. Do you think that time allotment has been adjusted at all to allow for the wording and the expectations of our president who has said he just feels like this is, in some ways, im not trying to downplay it, but in some ways a meet and greet. He is getting a chance to know him. Get a feel for things. But the actual nuts and bolts of trying to negotiate a treaty based around a very complicated effort of denuclearization. And what that even means on both sides. Is there a chance that kim jongun has been reactingo this president and saying, look, im only going to stay five hours because thats what this president has indicated this is all about. Its true. After President Trump really raised the bar and raised the expectation that he can somehow get north korea to reverse their Nuclear Program they has lowered the bar to say this is a phased approach, meet and greet and so on. I think trump has matched the rhetoric. But well see, they could have a second day of meeting because this schedule can be changed very easily. Okay. Sue, im going to ask you to stand by, as well as sungyoon and adam mount. All stay with us because were going to take a very quick commercial break. We dont expect the president to land in a few minutes and a commercial break. Also all of you watching for politics nation, the reverend al sharpton will certainly be back here next sunday morning. All of the events in singapore have prompted this special coverage. Thats right. Were waiting for President Trump you can see the live pictures there. 8 16 in the meeting. The latest preparations that will be after the break, especially the drama that at the g7. Plenty of that. You wouldnt accept an incomplete job from any one else. Why accept it from your allergy pills . Flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills dont. Flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. Most pills only block one. 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Rated pg13. 20 past the hour, everyone. Im alex witt here at msnbc World Headquarters with my colleague richard lui. All eyes on that spot, the Paya Lebar Air force base in singapore. We expect the president to touch down on air force one, three, four minutes from now. Alex, when we started this hour, it was not even close to this number of people standing in front. And earlier in the morning as well. If theres any indication, we expect that to happen. We have our entire team covering this story from nbc, as well as msnbc. Part of that team Kelly Odonnell also covering the story, kelly, what do you know in terms of when the president might be landing . I know thats not necessarily something that we have all the details on. Reporter well, there are certain limitations on what the reportable schedule is. Right. Reporter so, we cant give extreme specifics. We know its in the next several minutes. Thats part of the typical securities protocol. Obviously, once the plane touches down here in singapore, it will be visible on camera. Youll see the ceremonial welcome. Youve talked about the need for parity here where the president will be joined by the Prime Minister and, kelly and, kelly, the president is also settling in and about to touch down. It looks like it has touched down, everyone. Air force one, safely having landed there at that air base. The Paya Lebar Air base in singapore. Kelly, we will go back to you. We just want to let people know what were seeing there. It is wheels down for air force one. Reporter well, this is a historic moment for President Trump who has had a packed few days. Weve seen how he interacted with leaders of the g7. Those are among the United States closest friends and that was contentious and equivalendin his way leaving from canada, he referred to this as a very big trip. Clearly his focus has been the meeting with north korea. In part because the president has tried to separate himself from predecessors, not only president obama, but as he said, going back as much as decades with relationships the United States has had with north korea that have been fraught with tension and conflict and hostility. And he is saying hes doing it a different way. There are critics who say the president , by agreeing to have this meeting with kim jongun is giving the north Korean Leader a win, simply by appearing shoulder to shoulder with the american president. The mr. Trump said that is something that haters are saying. He believes that there is a lot to gain. And he says the unistates has given nothing so far. And has already received the return of three american citizens who had been improperly detained in north korea. He believes theres potential for an agreement here. He said at the same time, he will assess this within a minute or so, a gutcheck moment when he meets kim jongun. He says if he does not sense seriousness on the part of north korea, hes prepared to walk away. The white house is also prepared to stay. And stay a little longer. Theyve got fluidity in the schedule. Theres a oneday meeting set but theres some time that they can expand that. The president has said repeatedly he says it may take more than one meeting and perhaps more than one da