Un canceling the big sitdown for betting things going again. Watch. This president in the letter last week got Kinetic Energy going. Folks all of a sudden said wow this may not happen. If we want it to happen, then we will start moving. Ever since then practically, north korea, south korea and the United States have been making positive moves. Harris chief White House Correspondent john roberts with the fresh details from the north lawn. John . John harris, good afternoon. Anyone who haggled over the price of a car knows you usually get the best price as you are about to walk out the door. It seems that is what President Trump did last week. Now north korea coming back to the table. Much more optimistic tone in recent hours than we saw last week after the president sent the letter to kim jong un. The summit not back on yet but a rather positive outlook from the press secretary Sarah Sanders in a Statement Released in the 11 00 a. M. Hour saying, since the president s may 24 letter to n
Begin his briefing in a few moments time. I may have to sit down rather abruptly but i can tell you, what a difference a week makes. Only a few days ago President Trump canceled the summit. Now he is saying that talks to put it back on track went very well. And all indications that there was considerable progress. The meeting between the two countries lasted today a little more than two hours. A state Department Spokesman says the reason it was relatively short is because there was progress. The secretary of state mike pompeo sent out a tweet a short time ago. It said, quoting him, Good Progress today during our meeting with Kim Young Chol and his team. North korea and the world would benefit greatly from the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. We have not heard from north korea. But a Senior State Department spokesperson did say that a priority for north korea is security. And that the spokesman then said the u. S. Now has to convince north korea that nukes simply do not make se
Brian have you seen our shows at night . There is no. Hannity has a band . Ainsley we have had djs. Brian first day we had a dj. I will play it back for you. Ainsley such a tease. I thought it was going to be like that every day. I said yes to the job. Brian meanwhile, so much to talk about today. I know you have been watching the coverage last night and the president had a major rally. First first there is lot going on in new york today. We begin with a fox news alert hence the sound you just heard. All signs point to a summit. Pete we are just hours away from a crucial meeting between secretary of state mike pompeo and high ranking korean official. Ainsley Griff Jenkins has the latest from washington, d. C. For us. Griff . Good morning. This is a big deal. First time in 18 years that a high ranking north korean official travels to the u. S. Last time it failed to produce results. This time the administration hopes things will be different as Kim Young Chol vice chair of the norths ru
John good afternoon, dana. The president meeting this hour with the secretary of state to go over final strategy before secretary pompeo heads up to new york for meetings with Kim Young Chol who you pointed out just landed in new york. Whether or not this summit goes ahead on june 12 could well hinge on how those meetings go. They are clearly going to see if they are enough on the same page that they can have the two leaders sit down with each other and try to forge an agreement going forward. Kim young chol is someone who secretary pompeo has gotten to know over recent weeks already meeting with him twice. Here is the state Department Spokeswoman heather nauert. This will be the secretarys third meeting with Kim Young Chol. They have had obviously very deep conversations where they have talked about a lot of detail about what the United States expectations are. I think its important that we are going to new york. I know the secretary looks forward to engaging him in new york. John the
Radio show, marie harf. And former Deputy Campaign manager for donald trump, president of Citizens United david bossie is here. Its a long list. David let trump the trumpet. Harris this is such an important day to get your perspective. He said that he wanted to go forward with this as promised. David i look forward to it. Harris he is going to meet with the president at the white house. Comes after a series of meetings he had a new york city with north korean vice chairman. He is also going to meet with the president at the white hous white house, expecting to give him a letter from the north korean dictator as i mentioned. Secretary pompeo meeting. Our two countries face a Pivotal Moment in which it could be nothing short of tragic to let this opportunity go to wast waste. This is a difficult challenge. Make no mistake about it. There remains a great deal of work to do. And we made progress here. Here. Harris president trunk stomach trump has said that his main take more than one meet