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Pompeo mum on Kim meeting amid confirmation process

Season 2018 Episode 134 | 4m 04s

CIA director and secretary of state-designate Mike Pompeo met secretly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Easter weekend, President Trump confirmed on Wednesday. At his recent confirmation hearing, Pompeo spoke hopefully about the upcoming Trump-Kim summit, never mentioning in public or behind closed doors that he had personally already met with Kim. William Brangham reports.

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