it isn't easy to pull off coverage of an institution used to making its own rules since merlin and arthure running things. now, though, it's back to the big stories of the week. after the break, the number two republican in the united states senate john cornyn will join me to talk about the long, hot summer ahead inside the beltway. but first, to discuss the reasons for that weather and political predictions, our trio of the capital's best analysts, franchesca chambers, white house correspondent of the daily mail.com, courtney kube of msnbc, where she covers the pentagon and national security, josh crashauer of the "national journal." welcome, you three. franchesca, i'll start with you, with the korea summit, on and off, off on thursday, on on friday. what was the reaction to the pentagon on thursday? >> surprise. a tremendous surprise. thursday, after the letter came out, it was scrambling to figure out what exactly it meant. did it mean it was actually off? did it mean there would be a practical change to the tremendous military presence in the region? the answer, of course, so far, has