"We haven’t been notified at all," said Pres Trump about North Korean threat to cancel his talks with Kim Jong-un. "We haven’t seen anything. We haven’t heard anything. We’ll have to see what happens," he said in response to shouted questions at end of photo op with Uzbek Pres.
"We will see," said Pres Trump, asked about North Korean threat to scrub his summit with Kim Jong-un. In Oval Office photo op, asked whether he will insist on denuclearization, he said “yes.”************************
Greeting a visiting foreign leader at the front door is one tradition Pres Trump can call his own. His predecessors let the US Chief of Protocol perform that function. By my count, Pres Mirzoyoyev is the 69th foreign leader with whom @POTUS has had one-on-one talks.
Pres Trump welcomes Pres Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan to the White House for talks and working lunch. A sitting US president has yet to visit Uzbekistan.
Military honor guard getting into position at West Wing Portico and driveway for arrival of Uzbek Pres Shavkhat Mirziyoyev.
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MARK KNoller-CBS-Olivia also reports that that the Committee vote on Haspel took place behind closed doors, and it issued statement on the outcome.
Senate Intelligence Committee votes 10-5 to approve Pres Trump's nomination of Gina Haspel as CIA Director. Now goes to Senate for final advice and consent vote.
per Olivia Gazis-CBS