conference you were out with the british prime minister headed to scotland. he also said he was doing a lot of prep work for this meeting with either mere putin. what are your sources telling you in terms of what prep went into this, what is their game plan, especially since we are hearing for two different message from administration officials. much tougher on the russians than what we hear from the president, which seems to be playing the good cop in this. the president does have the unique ability to be a little play good cop and bad cop on some issues. when it comes to putin, you ll see reflections of the summit with north korean leader kim jong sunday. they are being top of the sentience of rhetoric we called with john bolton in terms of how he viewed the denuclearization and the president comes in and says hey, let s try to have a relationship. the president will go into the
talks. we also have confirmed the following statement the u.s. delegation in ongoing talks with north korean officials. we continue to prepare for a meeting with the president and north korean leader kim jong sunday. sounds like the summit will go forward. waiting on a date. leland: the public rhetoric we get from the north koreans strong times. president trump in his letter times and behind the scenes negotiations where they seem to have very different ends here of what is going to be accomplished. to a certain extent i think that is fair and to be expected. the president wants to put a good face on us. he does not want everyone in the united states to see the sausage being made, so he wants to publicly make sure. leland: you have to think you would go back to soviet times to reagan and gorbachev sitting down for so much focus to be on one or down senate. maybe, but a lot of attention
elizabeth: president trump says north korea s call to end nuclear testing is a sign of progress ahead of his meeting with kim jong sunday. the president reading a lot and there is more work to be done, though also partially declaring victory. the heritage foundation, friend of the show for a little bit more. rents as renée, vice-chairman chairman of the house foreign relations committee an hour ago saying that he thought the president was perhaps a little too optimistic here. do you agree? i m afraid i do. i am quite kim jong un is hanging is he s going to sit and pass. that is not the same as giving up his nuclear weapons. what we ve seen in the past as he has tried to use this kind of maneuver to make the claim north korea is a nuclear power. there are legal implications to that term and we and the other members have all said no, you do not get to make that claim.
investigators trying to figure out if the fire started on the lower floor of the casino or in an area of the hotel under renovation. eric: president trumps the pick to head the state department. mike pompeo already reportedly weighing into policy, taking a lead in the role in planning the president s potential upcoming meeting with north korean leader kim jong sunday. it was said this morning they are using back channel communications to do with the agency counterpart in pyongyang. intelligence professionals help in the planning of the agenda if the two leaders to me. joining us now is republican congressman mike gallagher enamored the house armed services committee in homeland security committee who served in the marine corps souvenirs at the a top counterintelligence officer, two tours in anbar province can experience on these matters. i want to thank you for being here today and thank you for your service.
they came in for a meeting and there s no more missiles going off and they want to do nuclear rides, so we may sit down and make the greatest deal for the world and for all of these countries, including frankly north korea. that is what i hope happens. eric: president trump last night speaking with north korea or republican congressional candidate breaks down. the focus shifting to pyongyang in the north korean proposal to set down kim jong sunday. it would mark the first-ever between a sitting u.s. president and the north korean leader. what are the risks and potential rewards? ambassador john bolton joins us now. senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and chairman of the gate so institute here in new york. ambassador, what do you think will come of the meeting? i think it will happen.