karen travers has more now. >> the summit abruptly cut short. >> sometimes you have to walk. this was one of those times. >> the white house says there was no agreement reached between the two leaders but called the talks very good and constructive. he thought the summit would be very successful. at a press conference thursday taking place two hours ahead of schedule, the president tried to put his spin on the summit. >> it was about the sanctions. >> will there be a third summit? >> basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety. and we couldn't do that. >> earlier in the day, a remarkable scene here in hanoi. the reclusive north korean leader engaging with american reporters who shouted questions at him just as they did at the president. kim is ao denuke lar ice. through a translator said if i'm not willing to do that, i wouldn't be here right now. president trump liked what he heard. >> good answer. that might be the best answer you've ever heard. >> the president continued to use praise as a negotiating tactic. >> i want to say i have great respect for chai

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karen travers has the latest. >> the summit abruptly cut short. >> sometimes you have to walk.s was one of those times. >> the white house says no agreement was reached between the two leaders but called the talks very good and constructive. last night, the president said he thought the summit with kim would be very successful. at a press conference thursday taking place two hours ahead of schedule, the president tried to put his spin on the summit. >> it was about the sanctions. >> will there be a third summit, mr. president? >> basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety. we couldn't do that. >> earlier in the day a remarkable scene. the reclusive with -- the reporters shouted questions at him as they did at the president. kim is asked if he's ready to dee nuke lar eyes. the north korean leader said if i'm not willing to do that, i wouldn't be here. >> president trump liked what he heard. >> that might be the best answer you've ever heard. >> the president continued to use praise as a negotiating tactic. >> i just want to say i have great respect for chairman

karen travers has the latest from hanoi. >> president trump's summit with kim jong-un abruptly cut short sometimes you have to walk and this was just one of those times. >> the white house says there was no agreement reachedleaders. but called the talks very good and conconstructive. he thought it would be successful. at a press conference thursday two hours a he hahead of schedu the president tried to put his spin on it. >> basically they wanted sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldn't do that. >> earlier in the day, a remark al scene here in hanoi. reclusive north korean leader engaging with the american reporters who shouted questions at him as they did at the president. kim is asked if he's ready to denuke lar eyes. through a translator, the north korean leader said if i'm not willing to do that, i wouldn't be here now. president trump liked what he heard. >> good answer. that might be the best answer you've ever heard. >> the president continued to use praise as a negotiating tactic. >> i just want to say, i have great respect for chairman kim and i have great respect for

karen travers, abc news, traveling with the president in hanoi. >> our thanks to karen. >>> the house 13 republicans voting for it. that's not enough to override. the president's expected veto. the senate now has 18 days to consider the bill. >>> federal records shows thousands allegations of sexual abuse of migrant children held in u.s. custody. the allegations go back to the later years of the obama administration and the records don't show a significant increase under the trump administration. most of the accusations involve one minor abusing another, but nearly 200 involved workers. >>> turning to the weather, the dangerous cold in the upper midwest means the snow from the weekend blizzard isn't melting. >> a school bus in omaha could not make it up a hill after stopping for a stop sign. the wheels are going forward as the bus slides down the hill. >>> heavy snow in oregon caused a massive 115 mile back up on interstate 5. >> roads are closed in sonoma county california due to flooding and mudslides. let's get the forecast from accuweather's paul williams. paul, good morning. >> g

. >> abc's karen travers begins our coverage from hanoi where a news conference with president trump just wrapped up. karen. >> reporter: good morning, janai and kenneth. just last night president trump said the summit with kim jong-un would be very successful. today he says it was his decision to walk away from an offer kim put on the table. the sticking point, sanctions. president trump's summit with kim jong-un abruptly cut short. >> sometimes you have to walk and this was just one of those times. >> reporter: the white house says there was no agreement reached between the two leaders but called the talks very good and constructive. >> chairman kim tried to change the goalpost a little bit on president trump. so what we heard is that he asked in return for sanctions relief, if he could freeze one of his nuclear production facilities, the yongbyon complex, and secretary of state pompeo said not so fast. >> reporter: last night the president said he thought t it would kim would be very successful. at a press conference taking place two hours ahead of schedule, the president tried to

karen travers live in vietnam, thank you, my friend. >>> in this country we're watching a developing story in northern california. mandatory evacuations are under way because of relentless rain triggering mudslides. officials in sonoma county are reporting the worst flooding in years. the river is expected to rise 14 feet. >> making matters worse, a mudslide has closed one of the main evacuation routes. one of the mudslides swept away people and explained what happened. >> crack, crack, crack, we saw like these huge redwoods coming down. >> they flew down every which way, just came running down the hill, these big trees. >> that road is expected to remain closed for weeks. the other local evacuation route runs next to the river which is now flooded. parts of the region have gotten 18 inches of rain in just the last two days. >> that is a lot of rain and more rain unfortunately is on the way for that area. let's take a look now at your forecast for this wednesday. >>> good morning. a major storm for the west coast. flooding rain, mudslides and feet of mountain snow along with gusty wi