historic step towards peace while japan's prime minister hails ththe summit as a forward movement, but he is looking for concrete actions. states, the senate narrowly confirms former cia director mike pompeo as secretary of state. it comes just in time for him to attend a nato summit today in brussels. we begin in the korean peninsula where earlier today we saw the leaders of north and south korea embrace after signing a joint statement. in this declaration were promises to reduce weapons, cease hostile acts, and transform the dmz, the demilitarized zone into a piece zone. zone.ce