north korea. today beijing foreign minister responded to the president committing to the summit saying another important step has been taken along the right path of politically resolving the korean peninsula issue. we are pleased to see that. ahead of the summit, there is growing tension between the u.s. and china. not only the two countries in the midst of tough trade negotiations, the u.s. is also threatening to take action against china military and the disputed south china sea. both of the issues could complicate u.s. efforts to get beijing s help in reaching any kind of a deal. with north korea. garrett tenney, thanks very much. for this we bring in the chairman of american defense international. in a former army deputy assistant secretary. nice to see you, sir. the president had a 70 minute meeting with a senior north korean envoy and then declared the singapore summit is back on. what is your read on that. well, i think a lot had to do what happened the night or two before w