Plant. so, they look as though they re trying really hard to make that happen, so putin on may ninth can say that the russians now have completed the takeover of the land bridge that will link donetsk to crimea. but as you reported, they re having a very hard time and it s not at all clear that by may 9th they ll have made progress and have completed that operation. and, you know daniel, i was speaking to the ceo of the azovstal steel plant, i would say probably about two weeks ago now, and i remember him saying to me, it s not azovstal that putin wants, it s the symbolism that comes with it, and obviously that symbolism would be incredibly important to him and to his rhetoric and to his message on that may victory day. talk to us about the symbolism for putin, for this date, if, indeed, he does make he does
Of course, we will bring it to you live as soon as it happens. for now hours away from historic summit between president trump and kim jong un. so how did we get to this point? let s rewind for a second, march eighth, the president trump declared he was ready to meet with rogue regime s leader, on april 18th, confirmed that secretary of state mike pompeo met with kim in north korea just two days later north korea announced it would dismantle all nuclear weapon test, on may ninth, three american hostages were brought home. from may 22nd to 25th, the summit seemed to be up in the air. president trump speculated intentions of north korea and briefly canceled the summit from may 27th to june 1st, preparations were back underway for historic talks of course leading up to this week where the much-anticipated summit will take place tomorrow. a lot to talk about. rob: certainly has, all right, jillian. president trump making history as the first sitting president to come face to face with nort