thursday night. thank you so very much for being here with us. good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. bill cosby convicted of sexual assault in a high stakes retrial that included half a dozen women claiming that he had drugged and assaulted him. a jury has found cosby guilty. >> plus president trump distances himself from his attorney michael cohen but is he creating more difficulty for himself doing so? and breaking decades of hostility. kim jong un has become the first north korean leader to set foot in the south since 1953.

>> good morning, everybody. it is friday, april 27th. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we start with bill cosby, a man famously once known as america's dad was convicted of sexual assault in a retrial yesterday. a jury found cosby guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault against one woman andrea constand. she testified that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in her home back in january of 2004. in the courtroom upon the reading of the first guilty verdict, several of cosby's accusers sobbed and shook with joy. the 80-year-old's head was slightly bent and eyes were shut when prosecutors asked to revoke his bail due to his wealth and that he owned a plane. he lashed out yelling he doesn't have a plane, you a-hole.

he faces a sentence and a fine up to $25,000 on each count. he remains free on bail until that sentencing. more than 50 other women have accused cosby. he denies all the allegations against him. turning now to president trump and the fallout over his 30 minute free wheeling interview on live television yesterday morning. he took aim at everything from the russia investigation to stormy daniels and made an admission about his personal lawyer that legal experts say could complicate his case. international correspondent peter alexander has more on this. >> reporter: federal prosecutors arguing anything you say on fox and friends can be used against you. after president trump mentioned stormy daniels name for the first time publicly acknowledging he's tied to her case through his personal lawyer. >> how much of your legal work

was handled by michael cohen? a tiny fraction. he represents me like this crazy stormy daniels deal. >> how are you feeling today? >> cohen who just pleaded the fifth is locked in a legal battle with a porn star who says she had a sexual encounter with the president which he denies. he previously denied any knowledge of the hush money payment to daniels. >> did you know about the payment to stormy daniels? >> now this line from the president cited in a new filing. prosecutors inzirsisisting they should be allowed to see those documents seized from cohen earlier this month. even as the president is distancing himself from cohen. i've been told i'm not involved. >> i think the president should appear on fox and friends every morning. that's what i think. i thought it was exceptional for

our case and thought it was di tast rous f sast ro -- disastrous for him. >> our justice department which i try and stay away from but at some point i won't -- >> a group of senators pushed forward a bill that would help protect robert mueller from being fired although it's not likely to get a full vote, the message to the president was clear. >> all right. thanks to peter alexander for that report. joining me on set, nsnbc analyst, you have to have a bre breadth of knowledge. i know that's your courtroom where bill cosby was found guilty on three counts. you have practiced in that courtroom for quite some time. >> and in the southern district. yesterday was danny day for sure. >> talk to me about the ruling yesterday.

were you surprised by it? found guilty on three counts for bill cosby and what do you think was different about this trial than the last? >> the biggest difference was the number 5. that's five women that testified against bill cosby as opposed to the one that was permitted in the last trial as to what we call prior bad acts. normally you can't have evidence that somebody's just generally a bad person and that's why he committed the crime but there's an exception where these prior bad acts show modus on ran die but i think that's going to be an appealable issue. that's probably the main one that we'll see. >> so you think cosby could see some success with his appeal and also with his sentencing, how much time do you think he's going to see? he is 80 years old. he could get up to 30 years for each count. >> the counts don't what we call

merge, but potentially ten years each count. he will not get that because under pennsylvania sentencing guidelines given that what we call a zero, he has no prior record that i know of so he can argue for the lowest category. 22 months is the range we'll be looking at. >> let's turn to michael cohen now. it seems as if we're getting breaking news? are we getting some breaking news, you guys? i want to turn to international relations. just hours ago the korean leaders greeted each other at the demarcation line. moon and kim both smiling, shaking hands and according to moon's office and we should note that all of the following dialog comes from his office. kim told moon he was quote, filled with excitement and truly moved that he was his bold and

courageous decision that allowed that to happen. north korean leaders stepped foot inside of the south and what was an unscripted gesture, kim invited moon across the border to the north to the applause from onlookers. moon's office said the moment came after moon said he wanted to visit some day. kim signed the visitor's log at the peace house writing quote, the new history starting from now on. at this starting point in the history of the air peace. according to a direct translation. kim said it was time to start a quote, new chapter in their history adding if they work together they could avoid their past failed attempts at diplomacy. a leader adding he is there to quote, put an end to the history of confrontation. moon's office said that the leaders held quote, frank and serious talks about the denuclearization and the settlement of permanent peace on

the peninsula. a joint statement will be released at the conclusion of the summit and here are if live pictures right now that we have been looking at from that moment taking place. we have this covered with caliper cal perry. what does this meeting mean going forward especially in the context of president trump's upcoming summit with kim? >> well, that's the question that everybody wants thens as to. right? we've heard this rhetoric and these live pictures coming near the dmc. this issa scheduling issue. this has gone off without a hitch. this entire summit has been planned for the cameras. it's really gone off without a hitch except for the timing of this. everything is running about two and a half hours late which is why we had that surprise animation there and the breaking news now of this, the joint sort of statement coming out after what has been really an incredible and exciting 24 hours on the peninsula. when it comes to donald trump

and this is the thing that world leaders are going to be looking at. we saw in the last sort of 48 hours you had the french president, you had their body language in washington, d.c. almost really giving a lot of credit to the u.s. president for what has been up until now a bombastic rhetoric about the korean peninsula but has potentially helped force this talk. this has been of course planned out that these two leaders meet well before donald trump travels for his meeting with the north korean leader. one of the things that's certainly going to worry people around the u.s. president was that moment that you talked about, what is becoming a moment that is going to highlight these talks where the north korean leader and south korean leader said step back with me into the north and the two leaders walked into north korea. that was totally unscripted and the u.s. president likes to come

off his script as well. so that's something that people are talking about as well. >> it was obviously such an incredible moment to see and such a historic moment to see something like that but the thing that is all weighing on us is how much can we trust the process and how much can we trust kim jong un really in that process? because we have seen him be a real actor in the past. >> reporter: absolutely. listen, he's gotten everything that he wanted to get from a standpoint of image, for his people, that he needed to get. the photographs that are going to be broadcast and it will be interesting to see what the state television in the north chooses to broadcast are going to show the north korean leader being almost bowed to by the south, being given all of theeds sort of trappings that you would see on an official state visit

and what the south got in return are incredible quotes from kim jong un, a man who just like donald trump chooses to sort of man mad theory of international leadership, but here's what he said. when he sat down and spoke to the leader of the south, he said we have a chance to heal the wounds. a new history begins now. he said and he smiled to the south korea president, i was told you could not get a good night's sleep. i will make sure you can sleep soundly. making jokes that his missiles are keeping the south korean leader up at night and vowing that is coming to an end. that is obviously incredibly historic. >> wow, a total new era of peace it seems. both declaring no more war on the korean peninsula. we'll have to wait and see how this whole thing develops. >> thank you. all right. still ahead, former staff secretary rob porter stepped

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>> welcome back, everybody. we are following a developing story from the korean peninsula as you can see there, the leaders moon jae-in and kim jong un having this historic meeting moments ago basically saying that the war is over on the korean peninsula. a very historic moment in our time. of course ahead of the meeting that the president will be having with kim jong un in a month or so. i want to bring in now white house correspondent to talk more about this. this is such a historic moment

in history. to see these two men shaking hands, but then also seeing kim jong un as you can see right there asking moon jae in to walk across the border into north korea. something that is so unpressodentded to see these two leaders do. how do you think this is setting up president trump ahead of his meeting? >> yeah, well, i think the white house is going to be paying close attention to this and the developments that took place in this historic summit. this is a remarkable development. even to see these two leaders sort of engage in that organic moment in stepping across the border into north korea and issuing this joint statement that they are committed to denuclearize the peninsula. the white house is looking at this with a watchful eye. president trump has already said and so has his new secretary of

state mike pompeo that the u.s. is not going to back off of their maximum pressure campaign t all. they continue to keep the sanctions on north korea and pyongyang until they see concrete progress and verifiable results. and so i do think that while this is an important and certainly a remarkable development, the white house is still extremely cautious and not taking the north korean leader at his word. >> how much of an impact do you they that the meeting that mike pompeo had influence on kim jong un? >> i imagine it had a great deal in sort of paving the way for these talks and also to sort of set an agenda for when president trump meets with kim either next month or in early june. you know, mike pompeo is not

somebody who is going to go into a meeting like this with the leader of north korea feeling naive. he's not going to take him at his word. he's been somebody who's just been just as tough and bold on north korea as president trump has and i do think that you know, he's watching these developments take place and sort of concerned about what denuclearization means. does this mean that kim jong un is ready and prepared to swiftly get rid of his nuclear arsenal? does it mean that he is committed to no longer pursuing a ballistic nuclear missiles program or is this just things that he's saying in front of the cameras to get president trump to pay attention? >> i'm looking at the president's twitter feed this morning wondering if he's going to tweet something out about this. but i think we can anticipate that we will be seeing him obviously referring to this meeting and then of course taking some credit for the success that we've seen with

north korea so far and their promise to denuclearize and also with these two leaders declaring there's no longer war in the korean peninsula. do you think this is the president's moment to take that credit for where -- where what we have achieved with north korea? >> look, i do think this administration has sort of engaged in an unusual route when it comes to north korea and it's benefitted in some ways and this is a moment where president trump can really step up to the international stage and show his leadership, but it's also a moment that could easily go wrong if the president walks into these talks with the leader of north korea unprepared to negotiate, to, you know, with stand concessions that the north koreans are asking the u.s. to make. he really does need to stand strong, be tough and ensure that the u.s. gets what it wants out of talks with north korea and not just look at these puck churs, look at what's developing and say look, this is a great

moment and we're not going to really do much in these negotiations. i think that that's the -- the risk that president trump has going forward. >> and of course kim jong un needs to feel confident that his power will not be compromised in that regard and he needs to get that promise from the president as well. we know that is his one main concern as to why he was building up the nuclear arsenal in north korea in the first place. thanks for weighing in. very much appreciate it. we are going to go live to south korea for a live report as we follow this historic moment coming from the korean peninsula between the two leaders there. we'll be right back. ok here you go... over... under... hey whoa, pop, pop... your shoe's untied. ♪ ensure he's well taken care of, even as you build your own plans for retirement.

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entresto, for heart failure. welcome back, everybody. as you can see the leaders of both north and south korea with their wives alongside them on this very historic moment on the korean penis korean peninsula. we want to go to jenny who's standing by in seoul. janice, we have been talking about this for quite some time. obviously a lot of the rhetoric being ratcheted up under the trump administration but it seems as if we are in a historic cross road in the relations between north and south korea. talk to me about the

ramifications of all of this. >> well, consider how this day started with that historic hand shake and kim jong un walking across the demilitarized zone, meeting him at the military line, inviting moon to step in to north korea before the two proceed to the summit table. there were not great expectations that this summit would produce any top lines. the expectation would be that there would be an agreement to meet again. so the fact they've stepped out and saying there's an agreement to end the korean war, that there are talks towards complete denuclearization and that moon jae in will travel to north korea by the autumn is fairly spectacular. they are still short on specifics but this is certainly greater expectations than most people had. people figured that kim's move

was more contatactical, that h a achieved success with his nuclear and missile capabilities. all of this of course is also an important intelligence gathering on tubety for the united states as it prepares its summit between kim jong un and president trump. >> i'm wondering how the people in south korea are feeling like this -- are feeling right now considering their proximity to north korea, they have sort of obviously dealt with the brunt of all of this and feeling the fear from north korea every day considering that there could be a conflict with them at any moment and yet now they're seeing these two leaders holding hands and stepping across that border there into north korea. how are they feeling with regards to where we're at in these talks? >> there seems to be this split between optimism and skepticism. people have been down this road

before. there have been summits in the past, promises made, promises broken. there is the sense that perhaps this conflict has spanned so many generations perhaps this will be the positive and successful attempt at things, but public opinion is still fairly fractured. here in seoul there was an almost festive mood but the government has been very adamant about tightly choreographing every moment. but for some people there are key issues that need to be addressed. the issue of human rights, north korea of course not boasting a favorable track record and people thinking there needs to be also an attempt to reform the north korean state itself before people here believe that this really is going to be a lasting peace. >> all right. thank you so much for joining us, janice. >> just a historic hoemt and

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welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. it's the bottom of the hour. we begin with one of the most historic moments in modern international relations just hours after meeting iffer the first time moon jae-in and kim jong un have announced the end of the korean war, 65 years

after the armistice was signed. joining us now from london, cal perry and we talked just a couple of minutes ago about this historic moment, but of course everybody is thinking about how this is going to now affect the meeting that president trump will be having with kim jong un, likely in the next month or so. not necessarily knowing the details of when and where that's going to be happening but how is this setting up the president? >> well, there's a few markers that we have now and again as we roll these pictures we now know the two leaders have made that joint statement. they're headed to a banquet. there's some markers that we have out of this joint announcement that was made. first there was that vow saz you said to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons but now he's going to travel to north korea sometime this fall so it's likely president trump will have his meeting obviously before then so as you said, in the next

few months. there's going to be high level military talks to take place next month. there will have been some u.s. involvement on that nont as well. we know of course that the u.s. has already had some high level delegations to the north, but the next chapter of this is going to be president trump sitting down with the north korean leader. the table is now set for this. this is what needed to happen before the trump pleading could happen. so as you're saying, details on this are sketchy because we don't nose what the capability is. we don't know if he's willing to go back to the south. so it will be interesting to see how that plays out, but certainly we'll be looking for not just international reaction but president trump's reaction as we will sort of focus on twitter i guess for that. >> yeah, i've been watching his twitter feed since this news broke to see when and if he's going to be reacting to this. i imagine it will be more when.

>> definitely. >> i imagine he will be taking some credit for the inroads that have been made on the korean peninsula so far. in your analysis and i talked toe another analyst about this earlier, but in your analysis, do you think that this is a moment for the president to take credit for with regards to the inroads that we've made on the korean peninsula? sure. and i think he will, regardless of whether or not it's a moment he will take credit for, he will take credit for it. something horrendously flightening to the world because you don't know whether or not the rhetoric is going to be followed up by military action but that's what donald trump has ruled out here and it certainly seems as though it's paid off. this is a unique situation because without any question the world looks at kim jong un as a madman as well. but as we look for more international reaction and we look at the history here that's taking place, the history books

are going to include a tweet and my button being bigger than your button and my button working. so certainly a very unusual route, right, to this meeting, but we're here now and i think we all have to also take a day and be really kind of, i don't know, it's warm. this is incredible. since 1953 people has never thought this would happen. >> warm and fuzzy. >> i'm going to take it. >> i think we should take it. just quickly, i'm told to wrap with you. we have the deadline coming up, how closely is iran watching these meetings between these two lee leaders right now? >> they're going to be looking if president says something, we're looking at you next. i think i rap is going to look at the facts on the ground as they see testimonit.

>> so i think they'll be looking at that and there's the photograph now of mike pompeo meeting with the north korean leader. the people have made it very clear they are not in the business of making peace with iran unless are there are serious concessions given by the i r iranian government. the senate judiciary committee has voted to advance legislation that would protect bob mueller from being fired by president trump. under this bill mueller and other special counsels would have the ability to fire their attorneys in court. four republicans voted in favor of the legislation along with all ten of the democrats on the panel. watch this. >> i am glad we did this today for the special counsel. i stand with my colleagues on the other side. on this side.

that president trump somehow tried to fire rosenstein or get rid of mueller it would be the worst decision. we don't need that. let's must have forward in a professional way. >> so the bill is unlikely to get a vote by the full senate. majority leader said in an interview last week that he would not bring the measure to the floor. chuck schumer released a statement last night calling for a full senate vote. writing in quote, rather than waiting for a constitutional crisis, they should act now. >> scott pruitt faced the fire on capitol hill as he went before lawmakers. he testified before two house committees yesterday on his agency's budget, but it was reports of lavish trips and pricey office purchases, trying to calm the uproar. >> let me be very clear.

i have nothing to side as it relates to how i've run the agency in the last six months. i admit there's been a progress. ultimately as the administrator of the epa, the responsibility for identifying and making changes necessary rest with me and no one else. >> i did have a phone call that came in, the sense tifz nature and i gave direction to my staff to address that. and out of that came a $43,000 expenditure that i did not approve. that is something that -- >> you're not taking responsibility for the $43,000 that was spent in your office? you're saying that staff did it without your knowledge? >> career individuals took that process through and signed off on it all the way through. >> so you were not involved in that? >> i was hot noveled in the approval of $43,000 and if i'd have known about it i would have

refused itz. >> so you authorized jackson to sign those documents for you. one of the aides who received a substantial raise stated that you were aware of and supported the raises. was that true? >> i think with respect to the raises what's -- >> was that true? >> congressman. >> i have five minutes so i have to move along. >> i was not aware of the amount. >> were you aware of the raises? >> i was not aware of the amount nor was i aware of the bypassing or the ppo process not being respected. >> so pru ititt's answer was different than the one he gave to fox news when he denied knowing about those raise. good to talk to you once again. last time we spoke we were talking about what's happening on the peninsula. now i want to turn to scott pruitt. grilled over his numerous ethics scandals as we saw.

what to you were some of the biggest takeaways from yesterday's hearing? >> well, i think that last sound byte when he's talking about whether or not he was aware of these insanely large staff salary raises that took place at the epa or one of the biggest things that happened in yesterday's hearing and that's because it really called into question what scott pruitt said in the rest of his testimony. i mean, in that fox news interview earlier this month he said that he was not aware that the staff salaries were given, that these raises took place. yesterday he changed his tune on that and said he was aware and so that contradiction really calls into question whether or not scott pruitt is telling the truth on all the other answers that he delivered yesterday. the other thing that i really paid attention to was the fact that he sort of bucked responsibility on a number of other issues that have dogged this epa and his administration. he talked a lot about the phone booth that was purchased for $43,000, the living situation

that came under scrutiny when he was living in a condo leased by an energy lobbyist's wife. all of these things were questions that he faced today and didn't really take responsibility for hisas. -- his actions. >> the biggest base that he covered that a lot of us are talking about now besides that fact that he only got melania a card for her birthday was the fact that he acknowledged that michael cohen represented him in the deal with adult film star stormy daniels which was an astonishing admission there on live television to say the least. do you think of this new admission is going to hurt the president and how? >> well, look, it was already cited yesterday in a legal document that was filed by attorneys with the southern district of new york, so obviously his comments on public

television are having an impact on the litigation that is taking place in the michael cohen and stormy daniels case and that's not something that president trump's lawyers i can imagine are happy with. you know, he said michael cohen was only represented him in a tiny fraction of legal cases that he's dealing with right now. that was then cited by lawyers representing the southern district of new york in their attempt to try and review these documents that were seized during the raid on cohen's office and his apartment, so i do think these interviews have an impact. >> all right. good seeing you, gabbi. have a good weekend. >> you too. much more on that breaking news on the korean summit and leaders from both countries declaring there is no longer war on the korean peninsula. we'll be right back.

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we want to turn back to that breaking news out of the korean peninsula where both leaders have basically declared the war over. joining us now from seoul live, janice, talk to us about the significance of the meeting between these two leaders right now. >> reporter: well, it was historic to begin with seeing kim jong un walk across the demilitarized zone, meeting him at the demarcation line and shaking hands and then inviting moon to step on the north korean side to shake hands. there were a number of meetings over the course of the day. they broke for lunch, they had a private discussion in the afternoon without aides around and then coming in front of live television cameras with this joint declaration saying that there will be an end to the korean war by the end of the year, that they'll take steps towards having three-way talks with the united states, four-way talks with china in order to

promote the armistice to a full peace treaty. these are fairly remarkable events considering that we started 2018 with kim jong un and president trump touting their nuclear buttons. there are many who believe that this is all a tactical move, this move to diplomacy is tactical on the part of kim jong-un. he therefore can present himself as a states marn, bringing other leaders to the table, but many people here saying that this summit has kpeetded expectations and there is an air of optimism. >> is there any reporting to suggest that the leader of south korea was able to ensure kim that he would have -- that he would be able to remain in his post as a leader of new yoorth , that there would be no challenges for him?

we know that was would be of his major concerns with deflew clearizing north korea. >> there's nothing so far so suggest that there are any new specifics attached to these steps towards the complete denuclearization of the peninsula and we have to remember that definitions and interpretations are important here, how kim jong un might be different than the rest of the world. so we're still short on those specifics but there seems to be a credit l warmth between the two men. they spent quite a lot of time talking and smiling and south korea really took every possible step to choreograph this summit tightly in order for it to be a success. >> thank you. good seeing you. all right. switching gears here, president trump will travel to the u.k. since july. according to downing street

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let's turn to business and turn back to the meeting between south korean president moon jae in and north korean leader kim jong un. joumanna bercetche joining us live if london. how is this news of this historic agreement to end the korean war being received by the global markets? >> good morning, yasmine. as your correspondent was saying, there's an air of optimism as far as global markets are concerned. the main market is the kospi index, it was up more than 1% in trading. it's pared some gains, up .7%, boosted by positive sentiment surrounding the talks. the index is quite exposed to exports and tariffs. so not only is it being pushed up by some of the optimism surrounding the korean peninsula talks, but also due to the fact that there's been a softening of

rhetoric as far as the u.s. and china are concerned, vis-a-vis the tariffs, so it's helped boost asian equities higher and the nikkei was up about .6% and the move is continuing into europe with european equity indices up .5%. u.s. earnings season has been very strong so far, that's helped boost wall street stocks and so all of that momentum on the geopolitical side, optimism there and the strong earnings season is helping boost equities this morning. back to you. >> as we see the markets open here, we'll be seeing more reaction in that regard as well. joumanna bercetche live in london, thank you. all right coming up, axios's mike allen has a look at this morning's one big thing. and coming up on "morning joe," more on the historic breaking news out of the korean peninsula. a live report from on the ground as the leaders from the north and south agree to end the korean war and the fallout over president trump's admission that michael cohen represented him as part of a payment to adult film star stormy daniels.

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welcome back, joining us from washington with a look at axios a.m., coat founder, mike allen. good to talk to you. talk to us about what axios' one big thing is this morning. >> our one wig thing is what the white house is thinking about that history being made on the korean peninsula. as you're on the air. if you're in the white house, you're thinking president trump is going to get credit for moving the conversation away from what looked like could be war, fire and fury, remember. now to these historic developments. ian bremer of the eurasia group who is out this week with the book, "us versus them" points out to me that this is the first major positive geopolitical development of the year. we are used to bad news about the globe here. here's a change, but this also

boxes the president in. ian bremer points out that the united states cannot now credibly threaten preemption when as he says, peace is breaking out all over the korean peninsula, and a little spoiler for your viewers, when axios a.m. drops in a couple of minutes, the tweet duh jour will be ian bremer predicting that perhaps trump, xi, and the leadsers of north and south korea could share the nobel prize. >> wow, that would be quite something to see. how do you think that this historic day and the leaders of north and south korea will affect president trump's standing in washington? how do you see that playing out? >> he's going into his own korean summit. and an interesting point that the french president macron made when he was here is, is it harder for the president to get a deal with north korea right after he's expected to break the

iran deal. so this will put the president in the position of having moved to the conversation as ian bremer said it to me, president trump snapped the football and the koreans ran with it. the koreans did this very cleverly. richard haas, who we're about to see on "morning joe," tells me he doesn't know how to say "charm offensive" in korean, but that's what we're seeing. >> richard haas joins us at the top of the show. i want to switch gears to mike pompeo, he admitted in meetings with senators yesterday that the state department had atrophied under rex tillerson. what did he tell lawmakers exactly to reassure them about his ability to revive that department. >> so this became a campaign for confirmation and the point you just made was one of the campaign messages. so it looked like mike pompeo could fall short. the votes that he needed in the senate. he wound up with seven to spare,

57 votes, he could have gotten by with 50, with mike pence voting. how did he do that? the campaign included as you point out, saying that he's going to rebuild the state department. the state department which had lost relevance at home and abroad under rex tillerson that he would build that back up. they used classic campaign techniques. when he was meeting on capitol hill with red state senators, that democrats, they wanted to jam to push, they called the cameras and told them to be outside the office when pompeo came for the visits so local reporters would get the coverage. other senator who is wanted to fly under the radar, they didn't want to overpressure, those meetings were held in secret. they had a campaign war room where they would even fight back against the headlines on your air during the confirmation hearings. >> mike allen for us, thank you, mike. we'll be reading axios a.m. in just a bit. you, too, can sign up for the newsletter at axios.com.

that does it for us on this friday, i'm yasmin vossoughian, "morning joe" starts right now. history made overnight for north and south korea. just hours ago, kim jong un crossed the most heavily-armed border zone in the world, for face-to-face meetings with his presidential counterpart. and then, going off-script, he invited south korea's leader to visit the north. the two men again crossing the dividing line, hand in hand. and finally, the big news this morning -- agreeing to end the korean war this year. good morning, everyone on this big news day, it is friday, april 27th, welcome to "morning joe." with us we have the president of the council on foreign relations and author of a book "the world in disarray" richard haas. national affairs analyst for nbc news and nb