the oval office. the highest ranking north korean official in some 20 years almost. we've been waiting for delivery of the letter from kim jong-un to the president. also watching for this meeting to start literally any moment. also -- breaking with the president. steve bannon, back in the spotlight. criticizing the president's attack on jeff sessions, and nation of outrage. the left celebrates the cancellation of "roseanne." the right calls for cancellation of samantha bee's show. have the standards in our culture shifted dramatically and perhaps permanently? those stories in a moment. >>> all eyes on the white house. any moment, a high-ranking north korean official expected to meet with president trump in the oval office. we are waiting for this official pull-up at 1600 pennsylvania. nbc's kelly o'donnell is standing by for us at the white house. also with me, jim walsh, a research associate specializing in international security at m.i.t. security studies program. kelly o., start with you. what do we

that is the oval office. that is where the presence of the united states is meeting for the first time in nearly 20 years with a top korean official, kim young chol. for the first time in nearly 20 years, to go to the white house. on the right side, you get to see from moment to go -- we watched it live, we are not bringing you that moments ago table. john kelly walking with the top north korean official and others who have arrived just moments ago too in a black suv outside the white house. this is history. let's bring in republican congressman, a member of the house oversight committee. no doubts. first of all, i want to make sure that you are with us. >> sure, yes. >> harris: all right, thank you for joining us. first of all, outside the glass looking in, get your perspective on what needs to be talked about, what needs to be happening behind the glass right now. >> well, first of all, we want to remember that kim jong un is an evil person. we establish that. we take no acknowledgment that all of a sudden,

chol out of the oval office and down to his vehicle. rs he's walking him all the way to the car that, to me, is an indication that the president feels that this meeting went well otherwise, you would not see that level of diplomatic nicety here the bull reporters are doing the best they can here to get pictures of this departure and get pictures of the president but this is not an area where we typically shoot these departures at the white house, not an area that the pool usually is able to film the president just sort of wandering around >> we're going to move and see if we can get a better angle here >> trying to get a picture of the president there. >> you would think they would want a good photo opportunity to promote and highlight what appears to have been a successful meeting here. >> reporter: absolutely. this is the centerpiece of the president's foreign policy agenda here. this is a meeting that's enormously important to this white house, but the fact that you're seeing some of this scrambling shows you in realtime just how free

you're looking inside the window into the oval office. we'll be right back. >>> john kelly, the white house chief of staff, just moments ago walking through the colonade near the rose garden walking into the west wing of the white house. he's got a letter from kim jong-un, a letter from the north korean leader to president trump that he wants to hand-deliver. the president of the united states deciding to receive this north korean official. this is an historic moment that's unfolding. we anticipate perhaps we'll be hearing from the president of the united states following this meeting. we'll see what the president says, but things are moving quickly. samantha, as we watch this unfold, the north koreans have had an international diplomatic bonanza lately. the north korean leader who hadn't met with many over the past few years, all of a sudden he's met twice with the south korean president, met twice with the chinese president, yesterday met with sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister setting the stage for a meeting with putin down the

now sitting in the oval office. that's right and this is it appears from my monitor here they are still sitting in the oval office what are they doing well we know that the vice chair of north korea delivered a letter that was handwritten we're told by the. north korean leader kim jong un and that it was to be personally delivered to president trump and that is what is taking place right now this is building on of course the relationship building that was occurring in new york city just twenty four hours ago between the u.s. secretary of state and the vice chair of north korea kim yong cho and you're right just the optics of this are absolutely remarkable because a lot had to come into play in order to even allow the vice chair to enter the united states given the fact and fact under the maximum pressure campaign that exists in the united states against north korea heavy strict financial sanctions individual sanctions and this includes kim young now why is he one of the people that has been sanctioned well in the ey

we believe he is still in the oval office. the picture that you can see there, brooke, is being shot via the rose garden, where the president often stands for events and other matters. we're on the other side of the white house here but our cameras are keeping an eye on the oval office. you cannot see much looking in there. we do know that the president was meeting with this top north korean official, who brought that letter to him from kim jong un. we're told by officials that at least the general contents of the letter were generally positive towards setting up that singapore summit. the timing of that is still in question, but there is one person here, brooke, who wants that to happen on the 12th of june. that is the president. it's one of the reasons all the rules essentially were thrown out the window to have this personal envoy of kim jong un come here to washington after meeting with mike pompeo earlier this week in new york city. so we do expect to hear from the president at some point this afternoon. we do not know if

they're still meeting in the oval office. that's a long time to get a chance to meet with the president of the united states who is the busiest person in the world. quite a historic day at the white house. just your general thoughts and observations at this point. >> yeah. my first since you and i having worked at the white house when president bush was making progress with the north koreans. you might see the spy chief come down from new york and meet with the president is certainly a historic moment. >> one of the things that i noted today in "the new york times," it was written the americans and south koreans want to persuade the north. they're continuing to funnel most of the resources into its military and nuclear programs. short changes its citizens economic well-being. the north doesn't see the two as mutually exclusive. i that might be something the president is talking about. >> it's hard for the north koreans to get over this. they believe nuclear weapons are their insurance policy to regime survival. at the end of t

president and kim jong il and kim young child is meeting donald trump in the oval office. spain's conservative government has been toppled by a no confidence vote in parliament brian orakpo he was replaced as prime minister by the socialist party leader pedro sanchez. and italy's first government has been sworn in ending three months of political deadlock. it's a coalition of politicians from the anti establishment five star movement on the far right party now the c.e.o. of brazil state controlled oil producer petro has resigned after the government intervened in diesel prices president michel tamer announced plans to bring fuel prices down after a truck driver strike crippled the country the nine day protest calls fuel shortages that gas stations and airports and left some supermarket shelves empty pedre piron day except of the top job in two thousand and sixteen on the condition he had the freedom to control fuel prices. joins us now from when his ira so a budget is without a chief executive at this time but what are the implications of this for the government's role in s

was that phone in the oval office when the north korean military intelligence chief was there in the oval office for a exult of hours today? i mean, maybe our government knows exactly what they are doing here. maybe they are playing north korea like a fiddle. maybe every other u.s. president since north korea came into existence was just too dumb compared to this one. maybe every other previous u.s. president who decided not to meet with the north korean dictator only did so because they were too dumb and not savvy enough to know how to pull off a meeting with the north koreans safely and to our country's advantage. president trump now says he is again planning on neeting with north korea's dictator. the president announced today that even though that june 12th summit had previously been canceled now it's back on. that said, the president today was a little bit hard to follow in his remarks. he gave a long rambling statement to reporters after his two hours with north korea's ex-military intelligence chief. he told report thaerz why he had received a very nice letter, a letter he call

they're chasing 215 for victory at the oval, in the first match of their 0di series.the stars of london 2012 calls time on his career. we speak to greg rutherford about retirement and one last bid for glory in london this summer. hello and welcome to sportsday. this will be our home for the next four weeks and a bit. this time tomorrow, we will know the results from the first match at the world cup, russia versus saudi arabia. we are in the shadow of st basil ‘s cathedral. behind that, red square and behind me, the kremlin. we are at the melting pot of this russia world cup. so many fans here, creating before they go off on their travels. 11 host cities, two of the stadia here in the capital city. there is a gala concert taking place tonight at the time tomorrow, we will be talking about the football. it has been such a busy day with details of that bidderfrom the been such a busy day with details of that bidder from the united states, mexico and canada coming up for 2026 and also the astonishing news from the spain camp. but the last of the teams is in position. belg

and i know -- i know that some of you are thinking i can't believe this moron is in the oval office, t don't forget, he was elected by the american people. so show some respect. ( laughter ) and, you know, i don't know about you but whenever i see a photo of someone next to donald trump in the oval office, i always play a game where i try to decide if the other person would be a better president than him. pretty much every single time the answer is yes. like in this one, yes. that one? yeah, yeah, yeah. ( laughter ) this one over here, definitely. ( laughter ) yeah, because at least they're not allowed on twitter yet. it would work. i'm not surprised to see kim kardashian meeting with with donald trump. they have so much m in common, both reality stars, big on social media, kanye loves both of them. they believe employing everyone in their family no matter how useless they are. makes sense, kim kardashian met with president trump yesterday and turns out she was there for something legit. >> kim kardashian at the white house for reasons you may not expect. the reality star lobbying for

right now it appears as if they're still in the oval. first, across the country, the prices on items you could use every -- stephanie's making faces. let's start again. the prices on items you could use every day could soon go up. in the market for a car, a washing machine, an iphone, planning a get away? want a can of beer after work, you may soon have to pay more. and if your job is tied to any of these products, pork, apple , levi's, harley davidsons, jobs head quartered in iowa, kentucky, pennsylvania, take notice. president trump has launghed a trade war -- launched a trade war on our allies. first, steel and aluminum after trade waltalks crumbled. and the european union, mexico and canada are retaliating with tariffs of their own. with friends like president trump -- it's not just our national allies who don't like it, it's also his own party. paul ryan, today's actions targets america's allies when we should be working with them. senator hatch, tariffs a hacks hike on americans. ben sass dubbed them dumb saying make america great a

england beat australia by three wickets in the first one day international at the oval. united 2026. the world cup will be hosted by the us, canada and mexico in eight years' time. and painfor spain, as they sack their manager just two days before the start of their world cup campaign. hello and welcome to sportsday. more build up to the start of this year's world cup in just a moment but first, england made heavy work of a run—chase before eventually beating australia by three wickets in the first one—day international at the oval. it's the visitors first international series since the so—called sandpaper scandal — but after taking a 1—0 lead, england weren't rubbing it in, asjoe wilson reports. arriving at the oval, australia post a new captain and leading a new australian ethos but in south ones and everyone remembered south africa. the ball tampering scandal. old en route to the ground, some witty entrepreneur provided a bit sandpaper. just to rub in. is this abuse or is a banter? i think it's banter. they love dishing it out so they can have it back occasionally. am

after meeting in the oval office with a top aide to kim jong-un, president trump says his summit with the north korean dictator will take place as originally planned this month in singapore. mr. popularity. north korea's ruthless dictator is known more for killing his foes than sitting down with them. why are world leaders suddenly charmed by his charm offensive? >>> record employment. red-hot hiring brings the jobless rate down to 3.8%, matching a 50-year low. but president trump publicly hints about the good numbers before the markets open, breaking decades after protocol and giving traders an edge. >>> and canada. president trump imposes steep tariffs s on imports causing a split with some of his closest allies and leaders of his own party by blaming close friends like canada for a trade imbalance. is he setting off a trade war? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. a blockbuster announcement from president trump saying the june 12th summit with kim jong-un will take place as originally scheduled in singapore. that follows an extraordinary white house

we watched the first lady return to the white house and go to the oval office. clearly, this wasn't a jacket she wore on the ground. she wore it on the way to texas, walking up to the plane and then we were surprised to see it again on the way back. of course, during the flight home was when all the controversy came up. this $39 jacket with this writing on the back. i think if any first lady had worn a jacket with a statement like that, be it michelle obama or laura bush or anyone, there would be questions, clearly, it's messaging. this is the first lady who is, in my opinion, used her fashion sense to reflect purpose. whether that's traveling to another country and mirroring that country's cull ture or the white pantsuit and white hat that many interpreted as beyonce. these are choices the first lady is making, clearly. i'm going to read the tweet from her communications director about the jacket. she tweeted today's visit with the children in texas impacted flotus greatly. if media would spend time and energy on her actions and efforts to help kids rather than

from the oval, chris slegg reports. a photo—op with a link to the distant past.stralia‘s aboriginal team today... and the 1868 side. the first australian to sever to tour england. without them, the ashes might never have been born. at the lord‘s today the current generation learned more about their ancestors. probably australia‘s greatest untold sports story in terms of what they had to overcome to get here. it‘s been really, really interesting and we‘re incredibly humbled to be here taking it all in. the team was brought to england despite some protests in australia. contemporaneous reports differ as to their treatment, but several suggest they were well received and their presence educated the english about indigenous australians. such an amazing story and honestly it‘s one we don‘t talk about much. i‘m proud indigenous and i didn‘t know anything about it before this trip. including 1868, this is the fourth aboriginal tour of england, but, further false aboriginal tour of england, but, furtherfalse time, aboriginal tour of england, but, further false time, it‘s

he's welcome north korea's former top spy to the oval office. so why is he embracing a brutal dictator and alienating america's closest ally? >>> plus, trump breaking decades of protocol with a single tweet ahead of the jobs report. is he giving his wealthy friends a heads-up about the markets. and michael avenatti facing new questions about his own financial dealings, including his work with a convicted felon. it's an outfront exclusive report tonight. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnet. outfront, the breaking news that's on. president trump declaring the on again/off again summit with kim jong sun on again and set for june 12th in singapore. trump meeting today with the top north korean envoy kim yong chol at the white house. here's trump right after the meeting. >> we'll be meeting on june 12th in singapore. it went very well. it's really a get to know you kind of a situation. >> all right, well, chol hand delivered a letter to trump from kim jong-un. you know, it was a letter from kim jong-un, right? look at that envelope.

we'll bring you the president's comments from the oval office as soon as we get them. the justice department is acknowledging that rod rosenstein will not recuse himself from the mueller probe despite the firing of james comey, this as the president's legal team stepping up attacks on the probe. and democratic senator joe manchin a midst a tough re-election fight says he regrets supporting hillary clinton in 2016 and could back president up from in 2020. is he just pandering to voters? even if he is, does it prove how popular the president is? we'll debate. come here, babe. ok. nasty nighttime heartburn? try new alka-seltzer pm gummies. the only fast, powerful heartburn relief plus melatonin so you can fall asleep quickly. ♪ oh, what a relief it is! ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. i'll take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. new ensure max protein. in two great flavors. new ensure max protein. while it's design was meant to be seen.. experience the 2018 lexus nx and the nx hybrid. experience amazing at your lexu

to kevin corke at the white house with the very latest on what happened today in the oval office. sir? >> what a day it has been, neil. i think it's probably going to be a very successful meeting. that's what we heard the president tell reporters not long after the conclusion of that meeting. north korean officials said listen, pack your bags. the trip is on. the summit is on for singapore on june 12. what a turnabout when you senior where we were a few days ago. a rare gathering indeed at the white house between leaders of washington and pyongyang. the first in two decades. a top official from the hermit kingdom has come here. what began as an expected delivery of a letter from kim jong-un and perhaps a brief visit morphed into an 80-minute ranging discussion of a number of topics from denuclearization, security, sanctions and more. the president was asked if he might extend an olive branch to the north by curbing sanctions and he was asked about the so-called maximum pressure campaign. >> i look forward to the day where i can take the sanctions off of north korea. i don't want to

the oval office and would not be indicted. read with me what rudy giuliani he huffingn post today his client, president trump. in no case can he be subpoenaed or indicted. i don't know how you can indict while he is in office, no matter what it is. if he shot james comey, he'd be impeached the next day. impeach him. and then you can do whatever you want to do to him. our correspondent boris sanchez is at the white house. boris, we had to look twice at this to make sure it wasn't a parody or a bad attempt at a joke. it seems he really said this. any reaction from the white house? >> none yet, ana. i've reached out to multiple officials within the press shop to find out their thoughts on this. again, no response. often when it comes to responses about statements of rudy giuliani, we're referred to outside counsel, that is rudy giuliani itself. cnn isto get clarity o these statements from him. certainly not the most tactful way to make the argument that the president cannot be indicted, something that we've heard repeatedly from

i was star struck over the oval office. that oval office is so powerful. i just -- i literally had to take a second and take it all in and just inside -- >> this is not a movie set. >> yeah. like it was -- it really felt powerful and felt like you can just feel the history in there. i had just a second to take it all in. and then we talked about it. >> you're not a republican. how do you make sense of that. you guys don't agree politically. how did you handle that? >> i think you for me i was very focused. i knewicn't go in and talk about all the policies i don't agree with. and i've always had a very open dialogue with jared about how i felt. trump is the last person i would have thought was do this, he did and he pulled through. i knew there would be tons of backlash. i knew people wouldn't understand it. at that point, i had to make the decision that this was bigger than me. so i'm worried about my brand? and a woman's been in jail for 22 years almost? that to me, it wasn't even a question. i would have taken the backlash no matter what the outcome woul

overall scheme of things considering the president, the secretary of state sitting down right now in the ovalffice with the number two inside of north korea. a high-level meeting like this hasn't taken place here at the white house in some 18 years. by the way, still uncertain if we will hear from the president after this. still don't know if our cameras will be brought into the oval office. we wait and see as we are now approaching close to an hour of this high level talk. trish? trish: it was supposed to be five minutes. we're coming up on an hour we don't know if it is good news or bad. blake burman, thank you very much. i want to bring in fox news strategic analyst, general jack keane four-star general. the guidance was five minutes. it has been roughly 50. can you read anything into that, sir? >> i will take it on face value all that is in the letter is kim jong-un's response to the president's letter, telling him, yeah, i do want to go to the summit. i'm definitely interested in making some kind of a deal with you. he is leaving it up to the emmys se ri and the one in pam one john. pomp

korea's former top spy -- i'm sure he hasn't take than hat off in his current role -- he sat in the oval office for 80 minutes observing the president, the president and his advisers, the room. did he learn something? >> oh, sure. first, i need to caveat this. i've had to talk to a lot of distasteful people in my career. >> i hope i'm not on that list. >> and so, you know, i've talked to convicted war criminals, rocco modic, to the head of the libyan service affiliated with the lockerbie bombing. i understand why we had to do this, but, yeah, he'll make a trip report, size up the president. what i think he's really going to do is note who around the room did the president allow to participate, who among the americans did the president listen to and defer to and allow to make some of the case? who in the room seemed to know the most about what it is they're talking about? and he'll bring that back to the dear leader. >> now back to the dear leader, 2018 will be a remarkable year for him. he'll meet with the u.s. president. he has commitment to meet with the russian president. he's met wit

. >> the president today in the oval office sitting next to the king of jordan mentioned some progress in the middle east peace process. but he didn't give any specifics. there's been quite a bit of shuttle diplomacy going on the last few days in the middle east with jared kushner and jason greenblatt. do you have anything concrete to tell us about any sort of positive movement whatsoever from all of this? >> again, we think that the meetings that took place over the last week with senior advisor jared kushner and special representative jason greenblatt. they met with a number of officials and principals in saudi arabia, jordan, egypt, israel and qatar last week. they discussed the situation in gaza as well as the next stages of the peace effort. we're going to continue those conversations and we're committed to the peace effort and we're going to keep working forward with those conversations are productive. julie? >> they said at the border protection they are no longer going to be referring people without authorization if they are traveling with children which is essentially return t

applause][n] when i first made the announcement we were getting together five or six months ago in the oval office. unbelievable to you know this? from south korea and it started with the olympics when chairman kim said we want to go to the old fix that is a big dialogue different. they want to go and that would have been a massive failure it turned out to be a massive success. and president noon from south korea gives us credit. people did not want to be new in a stadium as they watch the opening ceremonies.

that donald trump desperately needs someone like a leon panetta or a jim baker who can walk into the oval office close the door and tell him hard truths and there's no evidence so far that trump has wanted someone like that around how long will john kelly be around will he be here through the midterms that's a great question larry i don't have a crystal ball i think this is kind of like a bad marriage where the two where the partners have agreed to kind of muddle through for a while hard to know how long it would last i think donald trump would benefit from having new blood in that position and so i think he could use a new chief of staff. but so far i think trump is willing to muddle through i'm not sure that he has anybody else in mind and not easy to find another jim baker or leon panetta to step into that role someone you direct command i can't give you a name larry because it's as i say those guys are few and far between so it's hard to imagine but i think that he needs to find somebody.

they had a lengthy meeting in the oval office. discussions of the upcoming summit next tuesday in singapore. the president will make a statement and the prime minister and then open up to questions from american and japanese reporters. here is the president. >> thank you very much. today i'm greatly honored to welcome my good friend, prime minister abe from japan to the white house. over the past 16 months we have worked closely together to address common challenges of which there are many, ceasen opportunities and address our nation. today we have had a deeply productive and valuable discussion. we have developed not only a strong working-relationship over the last year and a half, specifically 503 days. but a great personal friendship. i was honored by the tremendous hospitality the prime minister showed me when the american delegation went to japan last year. it was really something very special and we had the prime minister and mrs. abe as our guest in march ra ro mara la go beach. from the beginning of my administration, the

and they have won a massive concession just be being in the oval office. which hasn't happened in 20 years. by standing next to the president, we're going to see more of that in spades next week in singapore. >> a regime where we always point out citizens have been forced to eat dirt while so much goes into the development of a nuclear arms program. catherine, you're good at getting people to talk to you in this west wing. has anyone though admitted to you, anyone of any rank and stature, that the fear is we, the president, has already given too much and this is a slippery slope into singapore? >> i think the thing that we heard some going into the last sort of roller coaster negotiations is there was concern with a lot of the people around the president that expectations have been set very high for this meeting. the chatter about nobel prizes and the historic nature of the meeting. i think some of what you were seeing today with the meeting back on is really an effort by the president to manage expectations. you know, he is saying it's not going to get fix

president's on again/off again summit with north korea is back on again after a dramatic photo in the oval office.

the next thing i know, i am sitting right outside the oval office. says,walks up to me and you are going to get five minutes alone with the president of the united states. ? what do you think? pretty impressive? i am thinking i have a new jacket, shirts, ties, can't, i'm not coming out in five minutes. i walk in and there is the president.i greet the president . he says, sit down. as an 18-year-old are scored her freshman, i spent 20 minutes along with the -- along with the president in the oval office. bad news is i spent 18 years in congress.if all the time, ip to out at 18 and should have gone to out at 18 i peeked and should have gone to harvard. [cheers and applause] gov. kasich: i didn't know what to expect with this kind of a crowd. i kind of know what i want to say, but this is not like a public policy speech. -- remarkspeech that that are directed at a lot of the young people that are here. when i see the mix of the crowd, i would hope that you would think about what i have to say today, the remarks that i will make your today that -- make he

the president today in the oval office, sitting next to the king of jordan, mentioned some progress in the middle east peace process, but he didn't give us any specifics. there's been quite a bit of shuttle diplomacy going on in the last few days in the middle east with jared kushner and jason greenblatt. do you have anything concrete to tell us about any sort of positive movement whatsoever from all of this? sec. sanders: again, we think that the meetings that took place over the last week with senior advisor jared kushner and special representative jason greenblatt, they met with a number of officials and principals in saudi arabia, jordan, egypt, israel, and qatar last week. they discussed the situation in gaza as well as the next stages of the peace effort. we're going to continue those conversations and we're committed to the peace effort, and we're going to keep working forward. but those conversations we productive. julie. >> sarah, the commissioner of customs and border protection said today that they're no longer going to be referring people who cross the border without author

the white house came young child's hand delivered a letter to chong from kim jong un and stayed in the oval office with the president for almost two hours the former spy chief is the most senior north korean to hold talks at the white house since a senior i'm voight met former president bill clinton in the two thousand. we're meeting with the chairman on june twelfth and i think it's probably going to be a very successful ultimately a successful process will soon remember what i say we will see what we will see but i think it's going to be a process that we deserve to have i mean we've really deserved a they want it we think it's important and i think we would be making a big mistake if we didn't have it i think we're going to have a relationship and it'll start in june well let's go lights are all white house correspondent kimberly helka who was watching all of that statement that donald chung maint and so we have a summit on we don't really have an expectation though that it's going to be a good deal straightaway. that's right what we seem to be able to glean from the president's statemen

in the talks here in the oval office focused on the abduction issue and the ballistic missile issue. the president said they will try to take steps t ler playing field. but i have to be honest, the trade talks are not going well and american allies are banding together to put pressure on the united states to rescind the tariffs. during the bush administration, they tried to do something similar. eventually they signed so many waivers that the tariffs were like swiss cheese and they backed up a. i don't know what the future of the tariffs is, but the trade negotiations are fairly heated, we heard about the pal he prime mter of a ours are not prepared to give in on this. we'll see where this goes, shep. >> shepard: john roberts at the white house. thank you. you. >> axios reporter, alaina treen. has there been a time that we've been so isolated? we're all alone now essentially. in axios today, he said that e this is probably going to be one of the worst g-7 summits for the u.s. that we've seen since 1975. because really all of the u.s.' closest allies are angry with the t negotiations

right outside the oval office. and like i guy walks up to me e says, you are going to get five minutes alone with the president of the united states. what do you think him john's lady? impressive? out tell you what i'm thinking. i am a new jack, you should come to tie, new pants. i'm not coming out in five lousy minister are out of luck. they open up the door, i walked in and there's the president. i greet the president and he says sit down. the good news is, as an 18-year-old first-quarter freshman i spent 20 minutes alone with the president of the united states in the oval office. the bad news is, the bad news is i spent 18 years in congress and if at all the time i spend oval office, i peeked out at the age of 18 and should have gone to harvard. [applause] him so i didn't know what to ext when they cameap here today andi really didn't know what to expect with this kind of a crowd. i kind of know what it want to say but this is not like a public policy speech. this this is a speech that was y wrinkly, the - remark

listen, virtually impossible to ronald reagan, and the oval office and say i need to see mark weinberg there was no logical reason that would be the case. i said i'm sure he does, thank you very much. i thought it was a scam. people kidded each other in the white house all the time about those things. so i didn't know. [laughing] i didn't, i didn't go. about an hour later the phone rang again. he really does want to see. i'm not kidding. i said all right, all right. i'll be there. i took my leisurely time and the bicyclic on, walked up to the oval office and by this time the personal aide wasn't there but the president sector was in a said he said he wants to see me. and she said, he does? she did know anything about it. she said, let me go see. it was around lunchtime. she goes in came out and said he does. i always felt she was a little bothered by the fact that she didn't know, but who knows what she said go on in. so i go in and the president is sitting at his desk having lunch a reading a paper doing something. he said moore, connie. you wanted to see me? he said, yes, i did. now,

they will walk through the oval room in the colonade.n giving him stature. the president of the united states wants this summit. they're willing to put that aside at least for now to get it. he has the letter. how important is that? >> there is a way to sneak someone in. this isn't the way that happened. and the letter is very important for two reasons. number one, if there is anything that goes wrong in that letter that scuttles the summit, the stakes are very high. but more importantly, the letter will give us a hint of how many concession agreements they will be willing to make up front. and there are these questions about is there enough seriousness behind this that they should go forward with the meeting? will they touch on verifications? will they touch on inspections? will they touch on whethill the. give anything in return? the letter goes into detail. >> this is the south portico of the white house. you normally see the north portico. this is actually the front of the building. a lot of americans don't realize that because we sh

neil: yeah but look at the thing they're meeting in the oval office now whether it's impulsive and crudeer, unpredict unpredictable, wacky, whatever, we have not seen a u.s. president get this far with the north koreans and to your point, ambassador, it could all unravel very very quickly and these trade tensions could be anthropology unraveling feature especially if the chinese get annoyed but are you surprised with all of this that you tried all typical routes of diplomacy doing all the thing that we're told and diplomacy 101 you do, and none of that has been practiced here and here we'd be. >> well, but the south koreans have had a lot to do with this. kim jong-un has had a lot to do with this and i think the president's unpredictability and his accepting this summit was the right thing to do because you're right from the bottom to the top in the past things have not worked. i'm just saying that his style should now change to having a strategy, to being tempered. practicing diplomacy, letting pompeo run the show, not the vice president. you've got to have one message and we've had 50

the oval office, the president said he's pleased with the executive order he signed last week shooting down reports that he didn't want to sign it but he insists it's up to congress to act and change the law. listen here. >> we want strong borders and we want no crime. the democrats want open borders and they don't care about crime. >> over the weekend the president getting a measure of support from what would be an unusual corner. the former secretary of homeland security, jay johnson, homeland security secretary in the obama administration, kind of backed up the president a little bit in the president's call to increase the detention for families that come across the border illegally. jay johnson did the same thing. listen here. >> we believe it's necessary at the time and i still believe it's necessary to maintain a certain capability for families. we can't have catch and release. in my three years, we repatriated over a million people. >> can't have catch and release. that's exactly the same thing that president trump is saying. one other point here, shep, still no word from the ca

he's willing to have north korean leaders in the oval office. ing a number of concessions before they sit down to talk in the goal of talking. and even during his campaign, he made it clear he'd be happy to talk to north koreans. he disagreed with what americans have done in the past and it's relevant and very typical to donald trump. >> we had an analyst in the first hour here in the 6:00 a.m. hour who said kim jong-un has already won just because he's secured this meeting. is there credence to that? >> i think you can look at it from a number of ways. we've seen three americans be released from north korea recently. that was a big victory for the president. and i think that old standards don't apply at this point. north korea in the past several years has accelerated the nuclear program. it's much more sophisticated than it used to be. kim jong-un was much more aggressive in his missile demonstrations to show that he can and will try and reach america. so i think the dynamics have changed, and i think it's too early to criticize the president f

the north korean envoy carrying a letter from dictator kim jung-un, president trump emerged from the oval office and declared the summit he canceled last week back on. >> i think it is a getting to know you meeting plus. we'll see where it leads, but june 12th we'll be in singapore. it will be a beginning. i don't say and i've never said it happens in one meeting. you're talking about years of hostility. >> reporter: the president already making it clear he is not expecting to sign on to an agreement in singapore that will guarantee north korea gives up its nuclear arsenal, but he signaled he is taking the pressure off the regime. >> i don't want to use the term maximum pressure because we're getting along. why would i do that when we're talking so nicely. >> reporter: there were some conflicting comments from the president who described the letter as nice and interesting. >> a letter was given to me by kim jung-un and that letter was very nice letter. oh, would you like to see what was in that letter? moistu how much? how much? >> you can give us a flavor of the letter? >> it was a very

. >>> tonight, a summit surprise after meeting in the oval office with kim jong-un's right-hand man, president trump reveals that historic face-to-face meeting is back on. >> we'll be meeting on june 12th in singapore. >> but is the president tamping down expectations? >>> the unemployment rate the lowest in years but there are new concerns tonight about that trade war with our allies that could cost you more on everything from food and beer to computers and cars. >>> a deadly ride on the highway in denver. >> our caller is on -- an uber driver, he shot a passenger. >> at least ten shots fired. that uber driver behind bars. what happened in that car? >>> the president swings back at samantha bee, why hasn't she been fired he wants to know after that vulgar attack on ivanka. and late word tonight, could "roseanne" be coming back without roseanne. >>> and our salute to the class of 2018. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm kate snow in for lester tonight. the u.s./north korea summit is on, once again. president trump at the white house this w

after the oval office discussion, president trump announces singapore meeting was not gone. there is a shot at some progress that the trump administration officials. >> the president has been bolder on this in korea and on world trade than any other recent president. everybody says you can't do it. the president said tang on the second. we may be able to do it. >> there has than some published reports that north korea wants the u.s. to pay for a fancy hotel rooms for kim jong un in singapore. not so says state department spokeswoman. now the u.s. is not paying for the north korean delegation and we are not asking others to do so. leland: molly henneberg with that development. thank you good lives. >> for more insight, let's have a staff writer with the "washtington examiner." thank you for joining us. right off the talk on the details of the negotiation for the intelligence community may not be something wholly new. am i right? >> the drama over scheduling the summit is new, but the details necessarily aren't. we've seen this before in the clinton administration pushed for an