karen travers is live in singapore. give us an idea of what this summit will actually look like. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. for now, all we know about this summit is that president trump and kim jong un will be meeting one on one to start that meeting. as you say, it will take place 9:00 eastern time on monday night. after that, they'll let in their expanded staff for what would be their second meeting, a more, full meeting a larger conversation. but for now, the white house is not indicating if there will be anything else added. but there's certainly the possibility. this, for now, on the books is a very short schedule. just two meetings. not clear how long they're going to take. but the president said over the weekend he's going to know in the first minute if kim jong un is serious about giving up his weapons. he was asked how is he going to know. he said his touch, his feel, gut instincts. >> gut instinct is how the president's going on this. i know there's a half mermaid-half lion there. what's the

nbc news reporter karen travers is in singapore. >> reporter: just hours before the first-ever meeting between a sitting u.s. president and the leader of north korea, president trump projecting confidence. >> this is a great opportunity for peace. >> reporter: the president, prioritizing instinct over planning. he says he'll know in the first minute whether kim jong-un is serious about giving up his nuclear weapons and the man who says he's mastered the art of the deal says he can still walk away. >> i'm not going to waste my time and i don't want to waste his time. >> there are only two options, peace or war. >> reporter: president trump who has called this meeting a one-time shot. >> at least we will have met each other and we will have seen each other, hopefully we will have liked each other. >> reporter: this one-on-one summit with kim jong-un comes right after the g7 world leaders summit. president trump arrived late, skipped out early and continued his tough talk on trade. >> we're like the piggy bank that everybody's robbing and that ends. >> reporter: the u.s. abruptly pulling

check it out on apple podcast or your favorite podcast app. >> karen travers, one of the biggest eaglesans around that i know of. >> sorry, karen. >>> in the meantime, the philadelphia mayor jim king said the president's disinviting shows he's not a fan but an ego maniac afraid to throw a party that no one will attend. >> he took one step further, comparing the inauguration to the eagles' victory parade with the caption, our party was bigger than yours. >> philadelphia, the city that loves you back. >>> turning now to the ruling from the supreme court in a closely-watched case that pitted a colorado baker against a gay couple. >> the court overwhelmingly sided with the baker who refused to make a cake for the gay couple. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: protests on the steps of the supreme court after a ruling in favor of a colorado baker, who turned away a gay couple. jack phillips had refused to design a cake for a same-sex wedding, arguing it would violate his religious beliefs as a christian. >> it's not just a cake. this is a religious ceremony that goes in direct conflict with m

karen travers, abc news, traveling with the president in singapore. >> the summit has far-reaching consequences beyond the questions of nuclear arms and missiles there are thousands of koreans here in the bay area who are hoping for a unified korea once again. >> the meeting is easy. the problem is what happens afterwards. >> former north korean adviser to president clinton, phillip young works to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons around the world. north korea is not likely to give up their nuclear program quickly or easily. >> when i was involved in negotiations with them, they constantly cited slobodan milosevic of yugoslavia, saddam hussein of iraq, and moammar gadhafi of libya. if they had had nuclear weapons, they would still be in power. this is something that is not lost on them. and i think they probably are right. >> in return for denuclearization, kim jong-un wants political legitimacy, and assurance that north korea will survive. but that's not what many koreans want. >> i'm often asked are you north korean or south korean? i'm korean. there was only one korea until the summer of

nbc news reporter karen travers is in singapore. >> reporter: just hours before the first-ever meetingetween a sitting u.s. president and t