It was most likely it was already done and he was already back. You think they would let the whole world MP was in airspace near the Korea's? Not likely.
They were probably picked up on the last trip. They needed GREAT news because they would be ripped apart by Mockingbird for Iran deal. They wait to "play this scene in the movie" now. Follow the script.
Then she is in the auditorium… That could have been filmed anywhere. Def body double many times. The one outside NYC was the worst. Her breasts were too large. Different everything