it means to say north korea and north vietnam.various radio stations broadcasters who are situated in one place or another claiming they are, for example the south korean broadcast. t they are announcing they are south korean broadcast. >> i wonder if you would discuss the main propaganda themes of the communists today. >> i have a chart here which i'll show you. these have taken five propaganda themes. one of them is that it's the united states that puts up the iron curtains while the soviet union seeks closer relations with everybody. we are the people who have the curta curtain. the soviet union seeks peace. they say that united states capitalism can no longer compete with progress under socialism. they are going ahead of us. they also say the communist countries will surpass the united states and allies in growth and strength and also that the united states is fighting a losing battle to maintain its colonialist on the a new countries. >> aren't there some things they can't cover up even with their highly touted propaganda. >>

many years ago when i was in prison in north vietnam, there was an attempt to rescue the pows, the prison been evacuated unfortunately, the brave men who were took on that mission and risked their lives in an effort to rescue us were genuine american heroes. the mission failed. mr. sean spicer should know that story. >> with us tonight is our msnbc's national security kevin barron covering the military congress for some 15 years and is the executive editor of defense one. kevin, how should folks feel about this beyond the number one rule in washington, don't pick a fight in military affairs with john mccain. >> yes, that's a pretty good rule. this is a case where everyone can kind of be right in different ways. so from the initial reports of this raid, i heard from sources saying yeah, it was a tough day for our guys but we got some good information out of it. in one sense, you knowshon knowshon -- sean spicer was correct. from mccain and his perspective, he's right to say too, any mission where you lose lives and aircraft, something went wrong and something was not expected on the ground

than 125 hours each week are , north the far east korea and north vietnam, and then there is 108 hourseby various clandestine clandestinens -- radio stations. they are claiming that they are, for example, the south korean broadcast. there actually broadcasting from north korea, but announcing that they are south korean broadcast. that's where the clandestine comes in. you see that the soviet union uses all the satellite countries to do broadcasting outside the communist as well. >> i wonder if you can and will find what you said about the soviet distribution of the magazines and books abroad. i have seen some very startling figures on that. do you have them in mind? >> i have some figures about the publication of the magazines. they are putting out 85 periodicals in 30 different languages. andodicals means magazines quarterly reviews and things of that sort. as far as books are concerned, sent millions of books into the free world. they sell them or give them away. >> i wander if you would discuss parts of the main propaganda themes for the communist today. >> i have a chart here. i wi

many years ago, when i was in prison in north vietnam, there was an attempt to rescue the p.o.w.s, unfortunatelybeen evacuated because the mission failed, did not in any way diminish their bravery and courage and willingness to sacrifice for their fellow americans being held captive. mr. spicer should know that story. >> it's not just senators making political statements, the united talent agency announced instead of hosting a lavish preoscar party they will hold a rally in support of immigrants and artistic freedom. they will donate $250,000 to the aclu and international rescue committee, a group that helps refugees. sports stars got involved as well. lebron james spoke out against the travel ban saying diversity is what makes this country so great. after the ceo of underarmor called donald trump an asset to the country, steph curry agrees, if you remove the e.t. from asset. an athlete with a sense of humor. >> arts, fashion, sports across the board. >> thanks for watching "early today." see you back here tomorrow. we are done with all this storm madness from the west coast to ok, let's try thi

then 125 hours each week are done by the far east, that means to say north korea and north vietnam. and then there's 108 hours now being done by various clandestine radio broadcasters, who are situated in one place or another claiming that they are, for example, the south korean broadcast. they are actually broadcasting from north korea but announcing they are south korean broadcast. that's where the slandestine slandestine -- clandestine comes in. so you see that all the european countries use the broadcasting outside the soviet union to do the broadcasting themselves. >> mr. allen, i wonder if you could talk about the books abroad. i've seen staggering figures on that. do you have any in mind? >> i have some figures about the publications in the magazines. they are putting out about 85 periodicals in 30 different languages. periodical means magazines and quarterly reviews and things of that sort. as far as books are concerned, last year, they had poured 100 million books into the free world. >> they usually sell at very low prices, don't they? >> yes, usually, or they give them aw

back in 1974, hayden traveled to north vietnam with his wife at the time, jane fonda. nguyen accused him of siding with the communist government. the senate memorialized hayden three days ago. >> on tuesday you had an opportunity to honor senator hayden. with all due respect, i'd like to offer a different perspective. >> senate republicans jumped to nguyen's defense, in a statement, senator pat bates says this sad episode is a textbook case of men trying to silence a woman's abuse that they did not like. there will be an internal review to figure out what happened and why. >>> california senator, la harris sported a helicopter to get a birds eye view of oroville damn repairs. she took a tour and attended the meeting yesterday to gauge current means at the damaged spillway. last week, the threat of massive flooding of the dam forced roughly 20,000 people from their homes. the situation prompted president trump to declare a state of emergency in the area, and now senator harris plans to see that the repair effort has the support it needs. >> so i'm here to see firsthand

he was famously known for micromanaging the vietnam war and picking out the bombing targets in north vietnam. >> way. anybody wants to understand what it's all about should pick that book. it is an excellent read and you're absolutely right. but he's basically saying if he is criticizing the military for caving to civilians in the conduct or at least in the strategizing of the war. eventually, ultimately it is the president's decision no matter who is enough is. it is the president decision no matter what we are talking about. eric: picking up on that, obviously it is the president's decision. keith kellogg lieutenant journal has been an advisor to donald trump. he's acting national security adviser. but that gave him the potential inside track? >> the fact that he is there right now perhaps. it is hard to tell. i'm not saying anything other people haven't thought. it is hard to understand what decisions they are going to make day-to-day. my point being when you sit around a table, the national security adviser is critical in the conduct of any white house. so when you have people sitting ar

vietnam, otherwise known as eastern invasion, and was involved in a very hectic air campaign over north vietnam for the rest of 1972. in fact, midway also had the distinction of making the very last miss you down of the entire vietnam war in january 1973 just before -- the midway has the distinction of making the very first and very last miss you down of the entire conflict. at the same time, preparations were being made to have her based in japan. we never base to carrier in a foreign homeport before. began anthe midway 18 year deployment. .he war went on in 1975, north vietnamese forces are really making headway and saigon was about to fall. the midway was assigned a special mission to act as a special floating base for long-range and large air force helicopters to evacuate certain people from saigon before the communistic over. as it turned out, not only were those people evacuated, but it turned into an humanitarian rescue effort as many the enemy citizens were able to be shuttled aboard the midway another ships offshore and south vietnam. operation frequent wind is a major milestone in mid

. >> when i was in prison in north vietnam, there was an attempt to rescue the p.o.w.s, unfortunately, the prison had been evacuated. but the brave men who took -- par took in that mission and risked their lives in an evident to rescue us prisoners of war were genuine heros. because the mission failed did not in any way diminish their bravery and courage or willingness to sacrifice for their fellow americans who were being held captive. mr. spicer should know that story. >> now, presumely, mr. spicer will know that story. the questions will be asked and we hope answered as well. the briefing i think is at 1:30 today kristen. finally to pete, we are now told we will get an hour and a half notice when the ninth circuit rules. >> very unusual. they say due to the intense interest they will try to tell us when it's coming in an hour or 90 minutes. haven't gotten that heads up yet. don't know if it will come today or not. at least it gives us a chance to get ready. >> thank you pete williams, kristen welker. >>> to the storm, the storm that's bearing down in the northeast. turning deadly a

. >> many years ago when i was in prison in north vietnam there was an attempt to rescue the p.o.w.s.ison had been evacuated but the brave men who took -- on that mission and risked their lives in an effort to it rescue us prisoners of war were genuine american heroes. because the mission failed dunn in any way diminish their bravery and courage and willing to sacrifice for their fellow americans who were being held captive. mr. spicer should know that story. >> whoa. >> wow. >> joe, where do we begin here? >> this goes back to what, mika, i was saying last hour, that we have got to figure out how to organize some of the shocks to the system. tweets about movie stars, even tweets about nordstrom, even though there may be some ethical charges there. you pursue those, i guess, if they are there. but some of these things that just people believe are undiggived you move that to one side. but attacks on judges and attacks on civil rights leaders, and attacks on war heroes, that's a bit more tubling and even more troubling than that, mark halpern, is when you have a white house that says of

in the past the queen has invited president of zimbabwe and leaders from north korea, vietnam, saudirabia, they are dictators, they came. they were welcomed to the palace and they came to parliament. president trump is simply a strong leader, yes, he may have some views that we don't all agree with, but you don't ban a man for that reason. he's a strong leader. he is democratically elected and we have to respect that. you don't look at the man, you look at the mandate and he was voted by the american people. trish: what is the hold-up here, the vote to lead the eu was months ago? >> no, no. the vote was on the 23rd of june of last year but you need to understand that, that brexit is not an event, it's a process, it then had to go through the supreme court. they decide that had we should debate it and vote on it in parliament. so it went to the house of commons on the eighth of february, they voted for brexit and then comes to the upper house, i'm a member of the upper house and we are now debating that. we have until the 31st of march to trigger article 50 so we are well within timet

they are from indonesia, vietnam and north korea, the three suspects. one of them, a woman, says she thought she was carrying out a prank for a tv program but police don't believe the story. they say the women were trained to wipe toxic chemicals on kim's face and wash their hands after. they carried out the attack without gloves. and they had dry runs before the attack. they say the place was popular with locals and tourists, ideal for practicing carrying out the attack quickly in a crowd. kim jong-nam distanced himself from the regime by residing abroad but seemed to live in fear, according to the owner of a restaurant kim frequented. the owner of this korean restaurant in kuala lumpur did not want to identify himself. >> translator: as far as i remember i met with kim jung-nam. he picked the time when there was few customers. when he ate there were always two bodyguards outside. two women. >> the owner says kim concealed his face with a cap and always kept an eye on his surroundings. he said kim probably chose the restaurant because the building its

one is from indonesia and the other from vietnam. a north korean man is also in custody. the police also confirm they're searching for four other suspects. they're all north korean men who left the country together the same day kim was killed. the murder has set off a diplomatic row between malaysia and north korea. pyongyang's ambassador's trying to cast doubts on the investigation and he says the dead man is not kim jong-nam. >> we cannot confirm the investigation by the malaysian police, even though its results would be obtained. it only increases the doubt that there would be someone else's hand behind the investigation. >> he suggested a joint probe between his country and malaysia. malaysia recalled its ambassador to north korea for consultations. the ambassador spoke with reporters while transiting in beijing. >> the thing is, our opinion is clear on this because the investigation that's been done is objective and impartial and very fair. it's just for the professionalism of our police and medical team to investigate to the bottom of this issue. >> the ambassador s

half brother of the north korean leader, was attacked last week at the kuala lumpur international airport. so far, two women are in custody. one is from indonesia, the other is from vietnam. police have also detained one north korean man. one of the female suspects claims she thought they were caught up in a prank for a tv program. police say they don't believe the story. they say the women were trained to wipe toxins on kim's face and wash their hands after. police also revealed they have asked pyongyang to hand over four other north korean suspects they have been searching for. >> we strongly believe all of them has left the country, and we strongly believe that they have arrived in pyongyang. and we would request the north korean authorities to assist us in tracing them and hand them over to us. >> the north korean embassy has said the three people already detained should be immediately released. it issued a statement on wednesday saying that the three, the vietnamese woman, the indonesian woman, and the north korean man, have been arrested unreasonably. >>> the police believe one of the north korean suspects prepared for the attack in indonesia. they say o joong gil

vietnam. police have detained a north korean man. and they've identified four more as suspects. a local chinese language newspaper says the women told police they put a cream on kim jong-nam's face and says police suspect the men used the women to avoid exposure to the substance. north korea's ambassador to malaysia is casting doubt on the investigation and the identity of the dead men. his comments sparked harsh words from malaysia's leader. >> we have no reason to paint a kind of negative brush on the image of north korea. we're very objective. the statement by the ambassador was totally uncalled for. it is considered diplomatically rude on his part. >> kuala lumpur has recalled its ambassador to pyongyang in protest. >>> police have been trying to track the four north korean suspects. malaysia's state news agency says they left for indonesia shortly after the attack. the news agency reports the men took a flight to jakarta less than an hour after the assault. an indonesian immigration official says three of them left jakarta for dubai on the same day. nhk obtained surveillanc

deadly nerve gas or agent reportedly was used to kill the half- brother of north korean leader kim jong. a woman from vietnam and in indonesia woman were arrested in the case. in north korean man is also in custody. here's a video. the two women are suspected of rubbing vx nerve agent on kim jong nam's face. protesters in malaysia now want their government to cut diplomatic ties with north korea because of that incident. spike anaheim police chief says the department is reviewing video between -- a group of teenagers and a cop. the officer and a group of teens who walk across his front yard. anaheim police say during the confrontation a 13-year-old boy allegedly threatened the officer. the officer then decided to hold the teen until backup arrived. there was then another altercation between the officer. you can see the teenagers, he pulled out a gun and he did open fire.>> while physically detaining the juvenile several houses away for the initial incident began several older juveniles became involved in a physical altercation. at least two juveniles physically assaulted the officer and knocked him to the gr

and they arrested four people including the two women on the screen one from vietnam and indonesia and a northorea man with a doctorate in chemuftry. investigators believe they were north korean agents watching while kim was poisoned. he had demanded to see the suspect and rejected an autopsy and said the malaysian authorities cannot be trusted with the investigation. and the north koreans blaming the south koreans saying they are setting them up. north korea is still in the headline for this. >> shannon: thank you so much. president trump taking to twitter to make comments on sweden. repeal and replace and along with the mantra of republicans wants to replace obamacare. you will not believe the town halls across the country. >> what do we have got? okay. ooh. okay. so we're trying from a different perspective and not make it a referundum. as too busy withe kids to get a repair estimate. i just snapped a photo and got an estimate in 24 hours. my insurance company definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance hey there, startin

for example, we have recently built a factory in vietnam and north india.e have recently built a cocoa processing facility to serve a growing demand in that region. we have recently opened a new soy facility in north china. those are examples of organic growth. we are also looking at how we can partner. a couple of examples -- we have recently partnered in the philippines with a company on value-added processing of chicken for their business. we have done a similar partnership in indonesia. haslinda: are you looking for acquisitions now? >> certainly. we see all of these tools -- haslinda: where? are you in talks? >> we certainly have things going on. a recent example is we doubled the size of our palm plantation in indonesia. that is something we are interested in. we certainly like china, important geography for us. in some cases, partnership might make sense, in some cases acquisition. india, certainly, if you look at south asia, a huge population. it has got a rapidly increasing middle-class. all of these things are driving demand and looking at ways we

chemical weapons, the claim comes after the half-brother of the north korean leader was killed at a malaysian airport. 2 women from vietnam will be charged with his murder. most of the water has been stored in santiago after floods contaminated a major river. funds in the andes river .ontaminated it schools and businesses were closed and people had to use temporary water. a local security response to a terror attack in tunisia that left 38 people dead two years ago was at best shambolic and at worst cowardly. by the the finding english corner. the authorities in tunisia insist the country is 100% safe. orla guerin sent this report. orla: on alert. a vigilance lacking on the day of attack. permanent checkpoints and controls by the police and armed forces. the message is you are safe, it is a new tunisia. ministers looking to brighter days after tourism was wounded in the carnage on the beach. oure have lost a lot of security. we think tourism will be coming back in the next few months. we have good indications in 2017. we have been very happy to see again the british coming back to tunisia. orla: you think it is 100% safe?

plans to charge to women in the murder of the death of the half-brother of north korean di dictator kim jong un. one is from vietnam other is from malaysia and they could face the death penalty. can was poisoned by a powerful nerve agent that they say was provided by north korea. germany's challenging lufthansa right in its own backyard. ryanair will more than triple the number of planes that it has based in the frank for airport next winter and they will add business-oriented flights to places such as london and milan. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts and more than 120 countries, i'm courtney donahoe. this is bloomberg. mark: let's get back to the markets and take a look at europe's biggest risks right now. did hdier now is duret. the more pressing concern is the dutch election. how are you guessing the vote next month? didier: i think for the moment the european market is also under the spell of the trump affect. still athat is prevalent fear that that outcome may come. if you look, there's not some form of sovereignty that is linked to this election. the election is h

general harold "hal" moore was best known for saving most of his men in vietnam during the first major battle between the u.s. and northarmies. it was in 1965. that battle became the basis of a book moore co-wrote "we were soldiers once and young," and the movie stars members gibson that followed. general moore was a graduate of west point. he was 94 years old. >>> as the trump administration's policies on immigration play out, there is another action, this one by president obama that has left hundreds of migrants in limbo. they are cubans who plan to enter this country via mexico. we get more from nbc's tammy leitner. >> reporter: the united states is just 100 yards from this dusty mexican border town, yet it might as well be 100 miles for these cuban migrants. for years like people like lady martinez had years to set foot in the u.s. to gain refugee status here. he found after traveling to mexico that traveling here would not mean a reunion with his wife in miami. martinez says he's been waiting here since january 14th. his wife lady del rio made it to the u.s. just before the border closed, leaving behind her husban

the victim, kim jong—nam was the exiled elder half—brother of the north korean dictator kim jong—un. he had two assassins from vietname thought was a reality show prank. she apparently told them she had no idea what she was handling. translation: she only said she was given a kind of oil like baby oil. this is the other suspected killer. and here she is competing in in a talent contest. the vietnamese government said she too thought she was taking part ina prank. in the real world the malaysian authorities are still investigating kim jong—nam's extraordinary murder. a north korean diplomat wanted for questioning has yet to come forward. it's the biggest weekend in the movie industry, with the musical lala land expected to dominate tomorrow's oscars ceremony. the event, however, is likely to become an arena for political discontent. keith adams reports. it is oscars weekend and the red carpet has been rolled out to signal the start of the 89th academy awards. millions of people around the world will tune in to see if la la land sweeps the board. the musical about two la dreamers is nominated in 1a categories and is ex

north korean dictator kim jong—un. his alleged assassins to women, one from vietnam, one from indonesia.omats say she had been paid about $90 to take pa rt she had been paid about $90 to take part in what she thought was a reality show prank. she apparently told them she had no idea what she was handling. translation: she only said she was given a kind of oil, like a bee oil. this is the other suspected killer. —— ab oil. the vietnamese government says she also thought she was taking part in a prank. in the real world malaysian authorities are still investigating kim jong—nam's extraordinary murder. the north korean diplomat wanted for questioning is yet to come forward. we can speak now to michael madden, a north korea expert. thank you for being with us. finger is clearly being pointed at north korea. from what you've seen and heard, what do you think?m korea. from what you've seen and heard, what do you think? it is no accident that you have north korean operatives in the airport at the same time as the attack occurred and they left the country on a very complicated flight itinerary a

north korean dictator kim jong—un. his alleged assassins, two women. one from vietnam, one from indonesia.0 to take part in what she thought was a reality show prank. she apparently told them she had no idea what she was handling. translation: she only said she was given a kind of oil like baby oil. this is the other suspected killer. the vietnamese government said she too thought she was taking part ina prank. in the real world the malaysian authorities are still investigating kim jong—nam's extraordinary murder. a north korean diplomat wanted for questioning has yet to come forward. for more on that story, go to our website. there's also more bankground there on the death of kim jong—nam. staying with movies, this weekend's oscars in los angeles this weekend's oscars in los angeles will showcase more breakthrough movies with diverse casting in its history. however, the event is likely to feature a lot of political debate. keith adam reports. it is oscars weekend and the red carpet has been rolled out to signal the start of the 89th academy awards. millions of people around the world will

north korean dictator kim jong—un. his alleged assassins, two women. one from vietnam, one from indonesia.ake part in what she thought was a reality show prank. she apparently told them she had no idea what she was handling. translation: she only said she was given a kind of oil like baby oil. this is the other suspected killer. the vietnamese government said she too thought she was taking part ina prank. in the real world the malaysian authorities are still investigating kim jong—nam's extraordinary murder. a north korean diplomat wanted for questioning has yet to come forward. and for more on the airport terminal in kuala lumpur being given the all—clear, go to our website at bbc.com/news. you'll also find further background on the investigation into kim jong—nam's death. zimbabwe's president robert mugabe, who's the world's oldest head of state, has been celebrating his 93rd birthday. and he showed no signs of being ready to stand down. shingai nyoka reports. organisers are saying they want to throw one of the biggest parties in africa. now, what does it take for such a big—budget birth

said the web of north korean nationals can only mean the regime of kim jong-un is behind the assassination. also arrested, a malaysian man and two women, one from indonesia, the other vietnam, suspected of poisoning kim jong-nam in a crowded airport in broad daylight. police are investigating whether one of them is this woman, wearing an lol shirt on airport security video. north korea's embassy here has demanded the body and objected to an autopsy. but malaysian officials say they're still doing tests. >> we are investigating. >> reporter: today his body remains here. officials won't release it until they confirm dna from a relative, and nobody has come forward to do it. janice mackey frayer, nbc news, kuala lumpur, malaysia. >>> in this country today, a successful and historic launch of a spacex rocket on a supply mission to the international space station. it came one day after the launch was delayed because of a problem with an engine part. nbc's kerry sanders reports from florida. >> t minus 30. >> reporter: on the second day, a second try and success. >> three, two, one, ignition and liftoff! >> reporter: the spacex liftoff this morning from pad 39-a, the space spot

said the web of north korean nationals can only mean the regime of kim jong-un is behind the assassination. also arrested, a malaysian man and two women. one from indonesia, the other vietnam. suspected of poisoning kim jong-nam in a crowded airport in broad daylight. police are investigating whether one of them is this woman wearing an lol shirt on airport security video. north korea's embassy here has demanded the body and objected to an autopsy. but malaysian officials say they're still doing tests. >> we are investigating. >> reporter: today his body remains here. officials won't release it until they confirm dna from a relative. and nobody has come forward to do it. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, kuala lumpur, malaysia. >>> northern californians can't catch a break. residents are returning after widespread flooding forced them to flee their homes over the weekend. now officials are warning be prepared to evacuate again because another powerful storm is on its way. this could prove to be a dire threat for some in the bay area as the anderson reservoir's already overflowing sending an intense amount of water down its spillway racing toward san jose homes. nbc important

said the web of north korean nationals can only mean the regime of kim jong-un is behind the assassination. also arrested, a malaysian man and two women. one from indonesia, the other vietnam. suspected of poisoning kim jong-nam in a crowded airport in broad daylight. police are investigating whether one of them is this woman wearing an lol shirt on airport security video. north korea's embassy here has demanded the body and objected to an autopsy. but malaysian officials say they're still doing tests. >> we are investigating. >> reporter: today his body remains here. officials won't release it until they confirm dna from a relative. and nobody has come forward to do it. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, kuala lumpur, malaysia. >>> we are watching severe weather across much of the country this morning. san antonio, 43 homes damaged. trees uprooted and cars moved around. flashes of lightning made it a very long night. bonnie schneider is tracking the situation there. tell us more. >> we have a severe thunderstorm warning bearing down on the houston area. a strong line of storms through east texas and watching for damaging winds with the system. expect the storms to work to the

plans, to charge two women with murder in the death of the half brother of the north korean dictator. one is from vietnama. they face the death penalty. he was killed by a powerful nerds -- nerve agent they say was provided by north korea. a fundamental shift in the communist party's approach to family planning. china scrapped the one child policy that had been in place. the u.k. has resisted proposals that would raise e.u. tariffs on underpriced chinese deals. a trade group and lawmaker warned that britain's embattled steel industry could suffer. they say that may lead to more below cost chinese steel being imported. spacexu.s., elon musk's plans to send two private citizens to the moon next year. they have paid a significant deposit. this will be their first attempt at space tourism. spacex is working with nasa toward a manned mission to the international space station. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. tom: thank you. joining us now for a long day, martin shanker, bloomberg's editor for polit

north carolina. caller: thank you for taking my call. i'm a 69-year-old vietnam veteran.he first thing i've got to say, has america not been great? it's always been great. as far as the military goes, our military is not depleted. we haven't lost the war. n stopped the bombing and we won the warwe'd when we came home. he doesn't talk about grenada and places like that -- we've done what the politicians want. we are just soldiers. we do what the upper-class say to do. the only people it's hurt is the lower-class people. the rich got it made. surviveto be the strong in america. it is now only the rich. speechresident trump's will take place shortly after 9:00 this evening. on c-span andit see it there on c-span.org and our c-span radio app. "washington times" talking about the preparations for tonight's speech. it was influenced by the president's listening sessions in the last month. judy chu announced her guest in the visitors gallery on tuesday night will be an iranian graduate student who was temporarily barred from entering the u.s. last month after mr. trump issued an

the web of north korea nationals can only mean the regime of kim jong-un is behind the assassination. also arrested, a malaysian man and two women, one from indonesia, the other vietnamted of poisoning kim jong nam in a crowded airport in broad daylight. police are investigating whether one of them is this woman wearing an lol shirt on airport security video. north korean's embassy has demanded the body and objected to an autopsy. but malaysian officials say they're still doing test. his body remains here. officials won't release it until they confirm dna from a relative and nobody has come forward to do it. the autopsy results could be released within days. as for kim jong nam's body, police say they'll allow one more week for the family to come forward before they consider turning it over to north korea officials. >> thank you so much for that. >> interesting. >>> we're watching severe weather across much of the country this morning. in san antonio, 43 homes have been damaged, roofs ripped off, trees uprooted and cars moved around. torrtial rai and lightning made it a long night. but no relief in site for california with the possibility of more dangerous mud slides

north carolina on the democrat. good morning. for taking myyou call. i am a 69-year-old vietnam veteran and my favorite president was bill clinton. because i worked in the construction trade. and there were no jobs at all until he came in. when he left,s, we were so far ahead with money -- mr. bush ruined us all with the money part. obama inherited nothing. and he didn't start the economy going back. and trump is trying to be a to wake so people need up. thank you very much for taking my call. todayif photographing usa from the former? concentration camp outside germany where mike pence and his wife are. sombere president paid a visit to the concentration camp yesterday, walking along the grounds where tens of thousands of people were killed in world war ii. they toured the facility that opened in 1933. joined.her groups in time, more than 200,000 people from across europe were held there. more than 40,000 died. it was liberated by u.s. forces in april of 1945. that picture this morning is from the usa today. the vice president on a trip to germany. on the republican line, good

two women from indonesia and vietnam who claimed they were hired as part of a tv prank, a malaysian man and a north korea north korean. suspected of arranging the logistics of the attack and has a doctorate in chemistry. police are on the hunt for four other agents who are at the airport and flew to dubai later. the assassination has caused a diplomatic spat after the north korean ambassador called it politically motivated. >> there is no clear evidence on the cause of death and that the moment we cannot trust the investigation by the malaysian police. >> the malaysian prime minister hit back. >> we have no reason why we want to do something that would put the north koreans in a bad light. >> it's worth pointing out this would not be the first time kim jong-un had murdered a member of his family. in 2013, he killed his uncle. >> james: benjamin hall in london. the immediate fate of julian assange may depend on ecuador's presidential election. we are awaiting results from the voting. if the ruling party candidate wins, assange may be able to stay at the embassy in london. the woman whose legal chall

plans to charge to women with murder in the death of the half-brother of north korean dictator kim jong in. one woman is from vietnam and the other is from indonesia. they could face the death penalty if convicted. kim was poisoned by a powerful nerve agent that malaysia says was provided by north korea. dayal news 24 hours a powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries, i mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. vonnie: coming up, i will be speaking with carl i set of western assets management. how he is finding returns with fiscal stimulus on the horizon. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." i am vonnie quinn. fed watchers after yields were sent higher and fed officials will all speak before president trump addresses congress. not to mention that we have this vice chair speaking friday. manages the $17 billion western asset core bond funds. we were talking about what you are looking at as a barometer for treasuries and where bonds and yields are going around the world generally. the u.s. german tenure spreads is one of those indicators you are looking at. tell us why. carl

north korea with orders coming from the very top. police say two women, one from indonesia another from vietnam, rubbed a lethal vx nerve agent on kimala lumpur airport. he died within 20 minutes. one of the suspects told investigators she thought she was working on a prank tv show by smearing his face with baby oil. iffed found guilty of murder they could face a mandatory death sentence. meanwhile a delegation arrived in malaysian a demanding kim jong-nam's body. malaysian authorities are refusing. they say they need a dna sample from the victim's next of kin. that's it for "the lead." democratic senator chris cools will join wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. if you're gonna make an entrance... [sfx: car driving upon the water] >>> happening now, breaking news. talking to the nation, president trump makes his first address to congress tonight and says he'll be speaking from the heart. the white house says he'll present lawmakers and the american public with an optimistic vision for america. can he sell the country on his agenda? >>> open to compromise. a senior administration official says president trump w

department which has been there since the vietnam war and is an important way for to make sure the line opens without intimidation. he has a lot of issues. he has northorea in their innert to build an ballistic missile. weavwh'haeng sya. soucisoi o weeehitoowethe clatfo cert s. ren-li. hes r cefiar. hes e rs w t ca rol tsesss thtliryor. ilanhitochve ho:he rki doct e'

north carolina. he wrote a book called "dereliction of duty." it was about the failure of the military to properly advise the president during the vietnam war. he was critical of the kennedy and johnson administrations for having too insular national security council. he was also a pioneer in counter insurgency strategy in the iraq war working with david petraeus and helping to launch the 2007 surge strategy. he is well known for views on russia. he said that russia was conducting a land grab in ukraine during testimony on capitol hill. he has been outspoken in his career. willing to buck convention. he criticized military doctrine in the past for being too rigid. he has bucked convention writing edtorial edtorials. it is interesting how he works in the white house with powerful players there. including steve bannon who is on the national security council. >> it is interesting to see. he is not considered as ideological or controversial as michael flynn. ryan browne, thank you. to help us break down all of this, let's bring in ellis henican. ellis, i'm sure you know what i'm about to ask you. >> i can guess. >> this new travel ban. one of th

north america or across asia, and also in places like india. they have identified a couple of key segments that producing outl for consumer products of locations in vietnamy see that as a really good growth story. particularly as that rising asian middle class gets wealthier and looks to add more products. and also places like myanmar and india, both are key targets for growth. betty: thank you so much. commodity isr, our reporter in sydney. we will be talking further with bluescope. a reminder we will speak to the bluescope ceo live on bloomberg later this morning. joining us at 12:15 sydney time, 9:15 in hong kong and 8:15 p.m. in new york. going to be asking about the sustainability of these very strong numbers we are getting out of the lot of the steelmakers. up next, as the terms of a $5 billion loan to mongolia are approved, we will hear excuse me from the imf's mission chief. about how the bailout is going. this is bloomberg. ♪ heidi: this is "daybreak australia." betty: i'm betty liu in new york. mongolia has reached an agreement with the imf by three $440ogram that includes a million loan package as part of a bigger $5.5 billion bailout deal to

north korea's missile launch. japan's nikkei is up, hang seng is up, smaller markets like vietnam and malaysia also on the upside.opean emerging markets have been doing very well recently. europe's up as well. we've got some of the material names doing well. a lot of the steel names are up, rio tinto on the upside, glencore having an amazing year, it was also strong in europe. here in the united states what you want leading the market, your banks, your materials and your industrial names. not a lot of new highs out there as carl mentioned. apple is essentially sitting right near a new high, but not a lot of new highs. but it's the ones you want leading the market there. there you go, three there, banks, industrials and materials leading the market. jim was talking about global growth and that's a very good point because that's what we're starting to see here. look at major reasons while u.s. is up 3.5%, the rest of the world is outperforming, emerging markets are having a great time. there was a number of analyst reports out over the weekend about this, goldman talking about higher inflation, talk about growth mo

vietnam war. the question is what happens next? he obviously takes the reins at a critical moment when the white house is dealing with recent provocations from everyone from north korea to iran, and russia. how will they perceived what steps will be taken next? that's what folks in the foreign policy will be looking for. so far this decision is an important first step as the president aims to turn the page on the first rocky weeks at the white house particularly as it relates to national security. >> a reset one month into an administration, april ryan, is this a president who can live or thrive for a period of time without some measure of drama. >> reporter: he may not have drama at the moment but whatever he delivers there's drama. the people around him offer drama. it's unfortunate almost playing out like another reality show but real life this time here at the white house. the reset is important for him particularly as the vice president was overseas trying to reassure nato. we are viewed right now as a country that's veryiness lar, focusing in on ourselves versus focusing outside. with the new national security advis adviser it will help bring him up to sp