adriana diaz has more on this from beijing. >> reporter: april 6th was a busy day for ivanka trump. helped host a dinner for chinese president xi jinping at mar-a-lago and looked on as her daughter charmed him with a chinese folksong. but what happened that day in china is what is grabbing headlines. her lifestyle brand won provisional approval for three potentially lucrative trademarks. the timing raises ethics questions about whether ms. trump who remains the owner of her company is personally profiting from her white house role. but according to four independent china-based trademark experts interviewed by cbs news, the approvals were standard. dan plane is an intellectual property consultant in hong kong. >> there certainly isn't any indication that these marks shouldn't have been approved. and if you treat these as any other application by any other applicant, i don't think there is a smoking gun here. >> reporter: a cbs new as fall sis says ms. trump has been applying for trademarks in china since 2008 including one of her name in mandarin while her father was running for pres

antimissile system in south korea that china veemently opposes. >> pelley: adriana diaz in beijing for us, thank you. north korea has forced president trump off of his campaign promises. there were times when candidate trump seemed to be running more against china than against hillary clinton. last may he said we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. in his contract with the american voter he promised that on day one he would direct the secretary of the treasury to label china a currency manipulator. now that he needs china's help with north korea, mr. trump tweeted why would i call china's currency manipulator when they're working with us on the north korean problem. the president also tweeted his irritation with weekend protests calling on him to release his tax returns. he wrote i did what was an almost impossible thing to do for a republican. easily won the electoral college, now tax returns are brought up again? for the record, mr. trump's split decision victory is among the closest in history, in the three states that clench the electoral college for him. mr. trump w

china is north korea's key ally, and adriana diaz is in beijing. adriana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. there is a coordinated effort to make sure that this doesn't escalate further than where we are right now. and in the middle of it all is china. as you mentioned, china's north korea's only major ally, its only trading partner, really, north korea's lifeline. and china has one message, and that is for everyone to restrain themselves, to try to de-escalate the situation. and they're trying to deliver that message at all levels. chinese president xi jinping spoke to president trump over the weekend. today, china's nationalistic tabloid, a state media outlet, tried to warn north korea from a nuclear test. they said the nuclear test would be the point of no return. now, north korea's already tested a nuclear weapon five times, or conducted five nuclear tests, but they are saying a sixth would be catastrophic because it could just lead to the situation spinning out of control. the paper also warned all parties to exercise restrai

also moving more military assets to the region, not being afraid to show a display of force. >> adriana diaz in beijing, thank you so much, adriana. >>> well, in washington, negotiations are under way to try and prevent the government from shutting down at midnight friday, and it appears president trump has backed away from demanding that funding for a border wall be included in the spending legislation. hannah daniels is here in new york with the details. hannah, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the clock is ticking on congress to pass a federal spending bill by the end of the week. the white house remains confident a government shutdown won't happen. >> we will build the wall 100%. >> reporter: it's one of the core campaign promises that president trump ran on, but the reality of the budget process is making it a hard one to keep. >> how high will it be? how much will it cost? >> reporter: the demanded congress include funding for the mexican border wall in the spending bill. that's due by midnight on friday. but amid backlash from democrats and some republicans, senior administr

adriana diaz reports. >> reporter: that has become one of the most controversial issues in the region. and its early deployment took south koreans by surprise. hundreds gathered before dawn and through threw water bottles at the military trailers carrying sections of the missile defense system. at least ten were reportedly injured during clashes with police. the south korean government believe it's an unnecessary defense against an increasingly aggressive north tuesday as kim jong-un presided over what north korea claims was its largest live fire drill ever. despite fearing more missile launches from pyongyang, beijing strongly opposes it, foreking it could spy on china and calls again for its removal. adriana diaz, cbs news. >> secretary of state rex tillerson and mattis will brief the senators this afternoon. that meeting is at the white house. >>> okay it is kind of gray but the brighter days are ahead and so the heat. meteorologist allyson rae is talking 90 or close to it. >> oh, yeah. 90 by saturday? yeah. it's going to be possibly our first 90-degree day, i'm forecasting 89. may

adriana diaz is following the standoff but first to chip reid at the white house. good morning. >> good morning. the white house is sending a message to its allies and pyongyang that north korea is a top foreign policy priority. vice president pence reinforced that message with an unannounced trip to north korea to the demilitarized zone where he pointed to recent military action to highlight america's resolve. >> if china is unable to deal with north korea the united states and our allies will. >> reporter: standing with the acing president of south korea, vice president mike pence offered a warning to the north. >> the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president, in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. north korea would do well not to test his resolve. >> reporter: the administration is hoping north korean leaders were watching when the u.s. launched a recent air strike on a syrian air field in response to a chemical gas attack and when the u.s. dropped the 11-ton mother of all bombs on isis in afghanistan. earlier in the day, vice president

adriana diaz cbs news beijing. >> so meanwhile the president's older sons are looking to extend the family brand as well. eric and donald trump are considering creating two new hotel chains one a four star and the other less lurch yourous and would focus on texas and the south. they are in ch organization is looking to do more business at home, domestic ventures now that international deals are off limits to avoid conflicts of interest considering their father is the president. >>> and going back to breaking news out of prince georges county where fire and rescue crews spent most of the morning battling this fire here under construction in college park. delia gonzalez is joining us live keeping an eye on what's happening there. >> that's right pretty impressive scene. i got off the phone with mark brady with prince georges county fire. he confirmed they are going to be here until this evening. the fire far from being under control at this point take a look at that impressive smoke that dark brown smoke billowing from the roof. that color smoke is an indication i'm told that the fire is sti

we'll get an update adriana diaz in beijing. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday morning.ks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> breaking overnight a weekend stretch of violence in philadelphia continues with a fatal shooting outside of a bar. we'll tell you where the violence unfolded and what investigators know so far. >>> and, developing right now, a manhunt underway for a murder suspect in cleveland, ohio who posted video of killing on facebook this morning why authorities believe the suspect may be in pennsylvania. >>> and vice president mike pence makes a surprise trip to south korea. we'll tell you about the tough words he has for that country's neighbor to the north. >>> today is monday april 17th, i'm jim con van. >> meisha has the traffic, first, let's get you out the door. >> welcome back, happen zero happy monday

we'll get an update adriana diaz in beijing. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday.or watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm anne-marie green. great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> time to rise and shine this morning as we take a live look at the bay bridge from treasure island. i don't know about you, but i'm feeling the message of hope. >> i'm kenny choi. >> who are you? >> you know, it's easter weekend, it's a new start. >> i think you're positive because i'm back. >> that is the code word. >> you probably have some caffeine, didn't you? >> that's right. >> he got the message at church yesterday. >> okay. good. >> it was great. how was your weekend? >> i was telling him i cried at church yesterday for lots of reasons and he said i did too. >> you're not supposed to say that part. >> oh, that's okay. it was a good weekend. >> i was in southern california driving in, 85 degrees in socal, but the rain came in for us. it's still raining. we have a lot of low level moisture as well as the fog that's be

adriana diaz is there with the muscle flecking that was tarnished by the missile lawn p. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this weekend's parade marked the 105th anniversary of king jum jong-un's great grandfather. with missiles, s brava bravado, weapons after weapons rolled by in honor of the country's founder. but when it came time to test it failed in spectacular fashion, exploding in about five seconds after lift-off. in recent years they've tested a number of arsenal but a number have failed. in 2014 president obama ordered strikes against their missile program. a digital war that president has inher inherited. >> on fox news sunday k.t. mcfarland refused to say if the u.s. sabotaged the most r >> not just with north korea, with any country, major country, we're entering a cyber platform, a sooner battlefield. that's where a lot of the wars are going to be fought. >> conspicuously absent from the military postulating, a sixth nuclear test. north korean vice minister told cbs news friday that the test will inevitably happen at a time deemed necessary. th

adriana diaz has the story from beijing. >> reporter: president trump is also ramping up his war of words. monday he said kim jong un is not a strong militarily as he international community for not doing more to rein him in. >> the status quo in north korea's also unacceptable. >> reporter: at the white house on monday, president trump scolded members of the u.n. security council for falling short in their dealings with north korea. >> the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions. >> reporter: in a show of force, intended to send a warning to north korea, the uss carl vinson strike group along with two japanese destroyers are rapidly approaching the korean peninsula. there they'll be joined by south korean ships. the uss michigan, a nuclear-powered submarine also arrived in the port city of pusan today. angered by the buildup and threat of further sanctions, the regime has stepped up its rhetoric, unveiling new weapons while lashing out at its adversaries. north korean media called the movement extremely dangerous, saying carefully any catastrophic consequence

adriana diaz is in beijing. adriana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.ad has become one of the most controversial issues in the region, and its early deployment today took south koreans by surprise. hundreds gathered before dawn throwing water bottles at the military trailers carrying sections of the missile defense system. at least ten were reportedly injured during clashes with police. the south korean government believes thaad is a necessary defense against an increasingly aggressive north korea. that aggression was on display again tuesday, as kim jong-un presided over what north korea claims was its largest live fire drill ever. despite fearing more missile tests from pyongyang, beijing strongly opposes thaad fearing it could spy on china and called again today for thaad's removal. >> adriana diaz in beijing, thanks. >>> nancy cordes is on capitol hill with how every u.s. senator is invited to the white house today for a special briefing on the north korean threat. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and that is an unusual venue. normall

adriana diaz is in beijing with the new effort to avoid a possible war. adriana, good morning to you. >> good morning. with tensions mounting here in asia, the trump administration says it wants to diffuse the situation, to try to bring pyongyang to the table peacefully, u.s. officials laid out options wednesday, including ratcheting up diplomatic pressure, harsher sanctions and relifting the regime as a state sponsor of terrorism. while a diplomatic solution is preferred the u.s. strike group deployed to the peninsula is a few days away and the pentagon says it has military plans ready as a last option. secretary of state rex tillerson will make a case to further isolate north korea diplomatically on friday at the u.n. the u.n. announced it's sending a human rights expert for the first time to north korea next week. the question is, how much it will actually be allowed to see. >> thanks, adriana diaz, in beijing. >>> republican senator john mccain of arizona was at the white house briefing yesterday on north korea. he joins us now from capitol hill. senat

adriana diaz is in beijing where china's president chaualled mr. trump.d morning. >> reporter: good morning. china says its president initiated the phone call but was invited to talk by president trump. xi says china is willing to coordinate with the u.s. on the north korea issue but wants a peaceful solution. meanwhile, north korea is preparing for a major holiday, the birthday of its founding father. it will likely feature a trademark military parade, including a defiant display of its banned missiles. on tuesday kim jong-un addressed parliament but did not mention escalating tensions with the u.s. a u.s. navy strike group has been rerouted to the korean peninsula, angering pyongyang. in a statement, their foreign ministry said it will hold the u.s. accountable for the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by its outrageous actions. china's state-run tabloid warned north korea against any provocations. the editorial said that the u.s. is full of arrogance after last week's missile strikes on syria and should not be tested. norah. >> all right, adrian

adriana diaz is in beijing with the escalating showdown. adriana, good morning. >> good morning. in addition to beefing up america's military presence near north korea, president trump is already ramping up his war of words. monday he said kim jong-un is not as strong militarily as he says, and also blamed the international community for not doing more to reign him in. >> the status quo in north korea is also unacceptable. >> reporter: at the white house on monday president trump scolded members of the u.n. security council for falling short in their dealings with north korea. >> the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions. >> reporter: in a show of force intended to send a warning to north korea, the "uss carl vinson" strike group with two japanese destroyers are rapidly approaching the korean peninsula. there they'll be joined by south korean ships. the "uss michigan" a nuclear powered submarine also arrived in the port city of busan today. angered by the buildup and the threat of further sanctions the regime has stepped up its rhetoric, unveiling n

>> thanks, adriana diaz, in beijing. nikki haley the united states ambassador to the united nations in washington today, to host an unusual outing for the new rk-based u.n. security council. the group will meet with president trump at the white house. ambassador, good morning. >> good morning. >> can you tell us more, everything that we know so far about the arrest and the detention of a u.s. citizen and what we can do about it? >> well, i think right now, we're trying to gather information and, of course, this is something we never want to see happen but i do think that it's north korea just trying to show their strengths again, and not going to work. these are challenging times, but it's not one where we're not -- where we're afraid to make a decision and we will handle it properly and we will have to use china to do that. >> what considerations are there about options? >> well, we have to discuss that. i think that's all part of the discussions that will have to take place. we always want to get every citizen out aliv

adriana diaz is following the latest missile test from beijing.ood morning. >> reporter: good morning. the medium-range missile flew about 40 miles before splashing into the sea. it comes as president trump and chinese xi jinping prepare to discuss the north korea threat tomorrow. ahead of the meeting, kim jong-un may be sending a signal of defiance. the missile in february was launched as japan's leader dined with president trump at mar-a-la mar-a-lago, but the stakes are higher ahead of china's meeting. china is north korea's largest trading partner, providing up to 90% of the north's fuel supply. the u.s. wants china to go beyond u.n. sanctions and use more of its economic leverage over kim jong-un. yesterday a senior white house official said the clock has now run out and all options are on the table. after last night's launch, secretary of state rex tillerson issued an unusually terse statement saying the u.s. has spoken enough about north korea. we have no further comment. that no comment generated a lot of conversation. one analyst told us

adriana diaz is in beijing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. s.a.d.d. has become one of the most controversial issues. hundreds gathered before dawn, throwing water bottles of the military trailers carobing sections of the missile defense system. at least ten were injured during clashes with the police. the south korea government believes s.a.d.d. is necessary. king jong-un presided over what north korea claims was its largest live-fire drill ever. despite fearing more missile tests from pyongyang, beijing strongly opposes s.a.d.d. fearing it could spy on china, calling again for s.a.d.d.'s removal. >> mthanks. >>> everybody in the white house is invited to the white house for a special briefing on the north koreaen threat. good morning. >> good morning. normally these briefings take place at the capitol, but senators say they're very eager to learn more about what they see as a grim and escalating threat. >> obviously an assessment of what could be the latest threat we've faced since cuban missile, i thit's very helpful to hear from the president of th

says the thaad missile program will be available in a few adriana diaz is in beijing with a plan to avoid a possible war. good morning to you. >> good morning. with tensions mounting here in asia, the trump administration says it wants to diffuse the situation, to try to bring pyongyang to the table. while a diplomatic solution is preferred, the u.s. strike group deployed to peninsula is only a few days away and the pentagon says it has military plans ready as a last option. secretary of state rex tillerson will make a case to further isolate north korea diplomatically on friday at the u.n. the unl announced it's sending a human rights expert for the first time to north korea next week. the question is how much they'll be allowed to see. >> adri >>> senator john mccain was at the white house yesterday. he joins us now from capitol hill. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> let me ask you this. not only were you at the briefing, but you had a series of calls with the president and you called the moment. not just because of the damage but because it sent a signal unlike previous years

adriana diaz is in beijing. good morning. >> good morning.hina said their president xi jinping initiated the phone call but invited trump to talk. they want a peaceful meanwhile north korea is preparing for a major holiday. the birthday of its founding father. it will likely feature a trademark military parade including a defiant display of its military missiles. they did not mention escalating tensions with the u.s. a u.s. navy strike group has been rerouted to peninsula angering pyongyang. the minister said it will hold the u.s. accountable to be entailed by its outrageous actions. china warned north korea against any provocation. they said u.s. is full of arrogance after last b tested. >>> the ceo of the airlines is apologizing. the dao family said they're very preesh ya tish of the outpouring of prayers and support they have received. kris van cleave is there this morning. good morning. >> good morning. initially they criticized dr. dao calling him belligerent and disruptive for not giving up his seat. that only added fuel. now oscar muno

. >> to adriana diaz in booing with new information on the type of missile that north korea tried to st over the weekend. adriana, good morning. >> good morning. despite the vice president reiterating in japan that the u.s. is committed to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula north korea has other ideas. they displayed their largest weapons over the weekend, including what appeared to be intercontinental ballistic missiles. u.s. intelligence hasn't verified if they're real. icbms are capable of reaching the continental united states but the north has never tested one. they have tested plenty of shorter range missiles including one sunday that exploded seconds after launch. u.s. officials believe it was a liquid fuel medium-ranged missile known as a kn-17. it's an anti-ship weapon that north korea may have been testing to intimidate the u.s. strike group that arrives off the peninsula next week. some of the missiles that were displayed at the military parade this weekend were carried on chinese-made trucks. they could have been sold to north korea for civilian use but repurpose

>> adriana diaz, thanks. >> the kremlin is pushing back on charges that russia is providing weapons tohe taliban. mattis made the comments yesterday in afghanistan where about 9,000 troops are serving. this morning russia's foreign minister says the claims are unsubstantiated. mattis says the u.s. must confront russia. >> we'll engage with russia diplomatically. we'll do so where we can, but we're going to have to confront russia with what they are doing is contrary to intti >> the taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack friday on an afghan military base. at least 140 people were reportedly killed. >> a cyber security firm says the same russia-linked hackers who targeted hillary clinton's campaign are trying to interfere in the french election. trend micro says hackers tried but failed to break into the presidential cane of the front-runner eemmanuel macron. >> ivanka trump arrived in germany for her first international trip as white house adviser. she's attending a summit on women and economic power. president's daughter says progress has stalled for women in business. mark