. >>> joining me now laura bassett, director for the huffington post. and john, what i want to ask you about what you've written about regarding north korea the summit in your latest column. you say, quote, no sign of major breakflews anytime soon when it comes to eliminating pyongyang's nuclear program. is there a scenario where both sides can come to an agreement that does include complete denuclearization or is there all or nothing? >> no, there is lesser goals. in fact, the lesser goals are more realistic goals. i think most people, not 100% of them, but most people who follow north korea closely, believe they have no intention of surrendering all of their nuclear weapons. so, one goal might be to freeze and diminish what they possess. or have some inspections or other ways of constraining the program. but i think that's one useful thing about the president's rhetoric yesterday. was taking expectations down. because if you go into a sum submit, making extravagant claims about what you're going to achieve and then you can't achieve them, you have the possibil