now, no plans to buy additional stakes, but we will have more on this interview with the cfo from air chinap. haidi: can't wait to see the rest of that chat you have there. tom mackenzie, our china correspondent. winning over the world, why chinese stocks have had a strong start, and why h-shares of the place to be. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. the chinese smartphone maker once compared with apple is growing and says global revenue should top $15 billion this year. spent 500 million on india since 2015 and the cofounder is pledging a similar investment in the years to come. xiaomi once ruled the roost in china, but has been eclipsed by domestic rivals and is now looking towards india as global demand slows. apple is turning its attention to india, said it is ready to this summer.one se production will begin in june in bangalore. it also says apple could make other iphones if the right tax incentives are given and more relaxed regulations about sourcing are put into place. reports say the government is considering apple's request. againsts

firstly you have hong kong's cathay pacific, holding 80% in flag terrier air china, while delta airlines015 —— carrier. —— airchina. in china eastern in 2015 —— carrier. —— air china. disproves the mainland market is becoming important for many of the global carriers. absolutely. —— this proves. we will see you again soon. south africa's finance minister is due to arrive home in the next few hours after he was urgently recalled from a meeting in london by president jacob zuma. the move has fuelled concerns there may be a cabinet reshuffle, which analysts say has unnerved investors, who see pravin gordhan as an emblem of stability. the eu's health commissioner says brazil needs to restore trust in its meat exports after being hit by a scandal over rotten produce. a number of countries have slapped restrictions on brazilian imports. the country has seen its daily meat exports plunge by 19%. the company that built a controversial pipeline under native american tribal land says it is now full of oil and will be in operation soon. construction of the stretch of pipeline in north dakota was de

anna: the cfo of air china speaking exclusively to bloomberg, to tom mackenzie. are a bloomberg customer, you can watch the show using tv . as well as getting the video stream and you can follow the charts and functions we are using. you can contact the show's producers. use the button at the bottom of the screen and it goes right to them. coming up, you does combat. the eu resident response to trump's taunts with a threat of his own. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ welcome back, everybody. the morning this friday come along: 45 in the morning in new york. equities suggested to be weaker at the start of the europe -- u.s. equity day. snp futures looking down 3/10 of a percent. let's get a business flash. >> thank you very much. china's official factory gauge has climbed to the highest in almost five years. manufacturing pmi increased to 51 .8 in march, beating estimates. the latest as -- evidence of momentum in the world's second-largest economy. japan has registered its first back-to-back inflation rise since 2015. pdi excluding fresh fruit rose 0.2% from a year earl

china southern, air china, china eastern out with earnings today.marked contrast to cathay pacific. this has all been boosting these companies ultimate lines, so we might reflected in the earnings statement. we will see how they open and find out what is going on. here is juliette saly. >> a mixed picture coming through. china and hong kong opening up her to hong kong higher by .1%. 300 down by .1%, adding to this next picture across the board. on this strong surge, the asx at a two-year and part ofe .4%, that is due to the commodity picture. we have seen crude oil conti

. —— clean air. china has two kick its addiction to fossil fuels.uple, the morning commute is a his and hers divide. he is part of the problem. and she is part of the solution. meek little blue, harmful emissions, zero. to beat the petrol heads, china subsidises electric vehicles and makes them much easier to licence. 0n smoggy days, little blue does not face restrictions like other car is. this woman is proud to do her bit for a cleaner air. translation: the pollution is terrible for our health and for the image of beijing. but i don't have to feel guilty even on smoggy days. i tell my friends they should get one, too. gathering winterfuel allowa nce. one, too. gathering winterfuel allowance. to beat the smog, all of the villagers have banned the burning of coal. and this 70—year—old farmer is forced back to the old ways. the fire heats their brick bed. the government did give them an electric heater. but on their pensions they cannot afford to switch them on much. winters are a sub zero. he tells me he is more worried about his electricity bill th

diversions, air china the only one in the green. oking at china construction bank reporting better than expected increase in full-year profit, share price under pressure, net income -- easing to vendors under pressure to achieve higher profit growth in the face of tighter regulatory scrutiny. says talks with ,reeport mark oran -- freeport the two sides are trying to resolve a dispute that has halted exports since january. indonesia wants producers to apply for a second special mining license. china's biggest oil and gas company reporting full-year results friday, investors want clarity and a higher dividend and an outlook for the rest of the year. petrochina the last of the three big energy companies to was or -- to report. of oil and gas at j.p. morgan, it has been a surprise, this earnings season come out of these guys, because they have been doing better than people anticipated? >> the biggest surprise has been the dividend. rishaad: under pressure to do that by the regulators and authorities. they do have a lot of cash they are s

keep an eye on a few stocks out of china today, particularly the big airlines, air china, china southernhina eastern, all three reported a combined profit of the biggest in five years, and net income was short of estimates. and a lot of data out of china as well with manufacturing and nonfood manufacturing pmi. i'm paul allen in city. more from "bloomberg technolog'' next. - i'm paul allen in sydney. cory: this is "bloomberg technology." concernedars are about the future of a landmark agreement between the obama e.u.nistration and the that protects europeans personal data. it is called the privacy shield. and it lets u.s. companies like facebook and google transfer customer data from europe across the atlantic to the u.s. and the promise that it will be protected by stricter european privacy laws. since the deal went into effect, donald has been elected and has expanded u.s. surveillance powers. the new commissioner flew to washington this week to seek reassurance the new administration will honor that deal pitch he joins us from the d.c. bureau. thank you for joining us. this is a reall

speaking exclusively to bloomberg, the air china cfo said the carrier expects to reduce exposure to u.sebt this year. >> we management hope that by the end of 2017, we can reach 35% or there about. 35% is our target that structure. -- debt structure of the rate at the end of the first quarter, we improved dollar debt ratio. i estimate it will be around 45%. david: the japanese finance minister has criticized toshiba. he said toshiba needs to sort itself out. the loss at the westinghouse unit could be more than $6 billion. to south africa. the currency is extending its with president jacob zuma having fired his finance minister. ofa accused gordon undermining his authority. he warned him to come home from investor roadshows in the u.k. news 24 hours a day, powered by journalists in more than 120 countries. let's get an update on the markets. an ok day so far across asia. juliette: we are seeing the regional index, holding on to those gains. terrifichat has been a three months for asian investors. for chinang through -- good buying in that index. also, good movement in the new zealand mar

was the last one still available, we had delta taking a stake in china eastern and cap they with air china of last-minute. i have been out of the business since 1998, but we would pick them in teams with china southern when i was there. china comingo much away but a matter of i think the chinese carriers making up their minds how they want to play. you are making a deal with cathay pacific, it is hardly the same as making a deal with delta. cafe is in hong kong. -- cathay pacific is in hong kong. it is not really a western airline. lot of issues.a thank you so much. bob crandall, former ceo of american airlines with us on the line. oil producers talking about output curbs being expended in, we will have talks had potential market implications. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ betty: good morning, i am betty liu in new york. haidi: i am haidi lun in sydney. you are watching daybreak australia. independent oil producers and opec members are looking at extending the draining of the blood. -- glut. there are conversations with kuwait, saying it should be another six months after the current program conc

cars are to blame for about one third of china's air pollution. so it is scrapping the worst offenders. but this is a losing battle against 30 million new cars taking to the roads this year. if these people want clean air, then from transport to heating and lifestyle, they have to change their behavior. china has to kick its addiction to fossil fuel. for this beijing couple, the morning commute is a his and hers divide. he is part of the problem. and she is part of the solution. meet little blue. harmful emissions, zero. to beat the petrol heads, china subsidizes electrical vehicles. and makes them much easier to license. on smoggy days, little blue does not face restrictions like other cars, and she is proud to do her bit for clean air. >> we all have to live in the city, and the pollution is terrible for our health and beijing's image. driving little blue, i don't have to feel guilty even on smoggy days. i tell my friends they should get one, too. carrie: gathering winter fuel. to beat the smog, all villages surrounding beijing have banned the b

as part of our series on tackling air pollution, our china editor carrie gracie reports from beijing.nd the solutions. cars are to blame for about a third of china's air pollution, so it is scrapping the worst offenders. but this ritual in the wreckers' yard is a losing battle against 30 million new cars taking to the roads this year. if these people want clean air, then from transport, to heating and lifestyle, they have to change their behaviour. china has to kick its addiction to fossil fuels. for this beijing couple, the morning commute is a his—and—hers divide. he is part of the problem, and she is part of the solution. meet little blue. harmful emissions — zero. to beat the petrol heads, china subsidises electric vehicles and makes them much easier to license. on smoggy days, little blue does not face restrictions, like other cars, and she is proud to do her bit for clean air. translation: we all have to live in the city, and the pollution is terrible for our health and for beijing's image. but driving little blue, i don't have to feel guilty, even on smoggy days. i tell my frie

cars are to blame for about a third of china's air pollution, so it is scrapping the worst offenders. new cars taking to the roads this year. if these people want clean air, then, from transport, to heating and lifestyle, they have to change their behaviour. china has to kick its addiction to fossil fuels. for this beijing couple, the morning commute is a his—and—hers divide. he is part of the problem, and she is part of the solution. meet little blue. harmful emissions — zero. to beat the petrol heads, china subsidises electric vehicles and makes them much easier to license. 0n smoggy days, little blue does not face restrictions, like other cars, and she is proud to do her bit for clean air. translation: we all have to live in the city, and the pollution is terrible for our health and for beijing's image. but driving little blue, i don't have to feel guilty, even on smoggy days. i tell my friends they should get one, too. gathering winter fuel. to beat the smog, all the villages surrounding beijing have banned the burning of coal. and this 70—year—old farmer is forced back to the old

china. i thought that was astounding. that's the same air other than american jazz gets translated to china. more than 90% of films shown in 1935 were american films. what do you attribute that a fascination in the various periods, in the 30s and the opening -- especially before tiananmen and then creeping up "after words". what role has american popular culture really played in china? is it merely entertainment? >> it has framed a lot of the ways the chinese often tell their own stories. the influence of american films in china was deep in terms of the americans being involved creating its own film industry and along with hong kong as well. in terms of if you look at jazz, modern jazz jazz came to china in the 1920s. it really took off in the 1930s during the depression because american jazz workers, players putting get jobs in the state. they were playing at hot dog stands to make a few bucks. the chinese economy was healthier and so they brought a lot of american jazz players to shanghai who then stop with chinese musicologists and chines

bloomberg spoke exclusively to air china's cfo about the carriers plan to hedge oil prices. now is time for oil hedging, given the uncertainty in the market at the moment. it remains unclear whether opec will extend their production cuts. secondly, the u.s. shale gas producers are very perp -- productive. thirdly, we have seen great uncertainty surrounding the new u.s. government. spacex has flown a reused rocket to space and back again for the first time, marking its attempts to reduce costs, allowing people to live on other planets one-day. placed a, a rocket satellite into orbit and landed on a drone ship in the atlantic ocean. it was 15 years in the making for elon musk, who has the eventual goal of colonizing mars. that is your business flash. guy: thank you very much, juliette. a story seems to suggest the brexit guide seeks progress in terms of the exit negotiations before trade talks start. that means we are neither in a situation where it is parallel or sequential. is happeninghat here. i.e., there will probably be a start on the divorce and if the divorce is going

cars are to blame for about a third of china's air pollution. in the wrecker‘s yard is a losing battle against 30 million new cars taking to the roads this year. if these people want clean air, then, from transport to heating and lifestyle, they have to change their behaviour. china has to kick its addiction to fossil fuels. for this beijing couple, the morning commute is a his and hers divide. he's part of the problem. and she is part of the solution. meet little blue, harmful emissions zero. to beat the petrol heads, china subsidises electric vehicles and makes them much easier to licence. 0n smoggy days little blue doesn't face restrictions like other cars. and she's proud to do her bit for clean air. translation: we all have to live in this city and the pollution is terrible for our health and for beijing's image. but driving little blue i don't have to feel guilty, even on smoggy days. i tell my friends they should get one too. gathering winter fuel. to beat the smog, all the villages surrounding beijing have banned the burning of coal. and

guests, the air china cfo should be joining us. combined profit of the biggest in five years. china could be looking at overcapacity as they continue to do aggressively add capacity. i will also be taking a look at the quarter in when it comes to china and southeast asia. more to come with "bloomberg markets." ♪ haidi: it is 9:00 a.m. in hong kong, midday in sydney, 9:00 p.m. in new york. i'm haidi lun. rishaad: i am rishaad salamat. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." china manufacturing pmi from but weestimates 51.7, have a figure of 51.8, just at the margins. the nonmanufacturing pmi great

cars are to blame for about a third of china's air pollution.nders. but this ritual in the wrecker‘s yard is a losing battle against 30 million new cars taking to the roads this year. if these people want clean air, then from transport to heating and lifestyle, they have to change their behaviour. china has to kick its addiction to fossil fuels. for this beijing couple, the morning commute is a his and hers divide. he is part of the problem. and she is part of the solution. meet little blue. harmful emissions, zero. to beat the petrolheads, china subsidises electric vehicles and makes them much easier to license. on smoggy days little blue doesn't face restrictions like other cars, and kim is proud to do her her bit for clean air. translation: we all have to live in the city, and the pollution is terrible for health and beijing's image. driving little blue i don't have to feel guilty, even on smoggy days. i tell my friends they should get one too. gathering winter fuel. to beat the smog, all the villages surrounding beijing have banned the burni

american airlines has bought a steak in china's biggest air inwho. 're paying $200 million for a minority stake. the deal is expected to give america a bigger share of china's growing travel market. spending on air travel in china was up more than 10 percent in that 2015. stocks were mixed with the dow down for its eighth straight session longest losing streak since 2011. reports on home prices and consumer confidence due out later today. uber's definitely driving cars back on the road again following a weekend accident. the uber vehicle was involved in al rollover accident in tempe arizona friday. police say the uber suv was not at fault and there were no life-threatening injuries in the crash. uber temporarily suspended its self driving vehicle tests in tempe and pittsburgh following the incident but testing of the cars resumed in both cities as well as san francisco. that's the latest in business from nasdaq. back over to you matt and tam. >> and that a you maribel. >>> time to talk about your accuweather our second really foggy morning. >> yeah, a

he pledged to tackle china's poor air quality, acknowledged the dangers of rising debt, and pegged gdpwth at 6.5%. while president donald trump wasn't mentioned by name he criticized mr. trump and said china remains committed. >> we can't allow china toe rape our done cubatry. >> reporter: mr. trump has had a rocky relationship with china after accusing the country of stealing millions of u.s. jobs. during a heavily choreographed press conference saturday, we asked where the u.s./china ruopp is heading. the question topic had to be presubmitted and preapproved. >> translator: we all hope american policy changes have positive effects, but if there are chaks china will face them head on. >> reporter: despite china's economic challenges and at a times choking pugs, the applause came when he announced china is suspending roaming charges for calls made in another province. adrian na diaz, cbs news, beijing. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," a look at a growing trend in skin care called micro needling and why doctors say it could be dangerous. >>> plus a first on "cb

china sea. officials say the aircraft didn't violate japan's air space. three chinese navy vessels sailed through the area on the same day. it suspects it took part in drills staged by china's navy and air force. the air self-defense force has scrambled jets more than 1,000 times during the ten months through january that's higher than the cold war record of 944 in 1984. the number of interceptions of cl chinese planes has been surging. >>> let's turn to the world of business. japanese government officials have released the latest batch of economic data this morning. you've been sifting through figures. what do you have for us? >> we have a snapshot of how people spend, the price trends of some of these items and also the job situation. let's start with the consumer price index that is leading gauge of inflation. the cpi rose for the first time in 13 months. the government official say the index was up 0.1% in january from the same month last year. the index includes oil products but not fresh food. the reading was also higher when all types of energy and

he pledged to tackle china's poor air quality, acknowledge the dangers of rising debt, and pegged gdp growth at 6.5%. while president donald trump wasn't mentioned by name, mr. li criticized the protectionist policy favored by mr. trump and said china remains committed to inclusive economic globalization. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. >> reporter: mr. trump has had a rocky relationship with china after accusing the country of stealing millions of u.s. jobs and advocating for high tariffs of chinese goods on the campaign trail. >> during a heavily choreographed press conference, we asked where the u.s. china relationship is heading. the question topic had to be presubmitted and preapproved. we all hope american policy changes have positive effects feid people congress spokesman fu ying but if there are challenges, china will face them head on. >> despite china's economic challenges and at time choking pollution the biggest applause during the speech came when he announced that china is suspending roaming charges for calls made in another province. adriana dia

the ministry suspects the aircraft and vessels took part in a drill staged by china's navy and air force. the air self defense force has scrambled jets more than 1,000 times during the 10 months through january. that's higher than the cold war record of 944 in 1984. the number of scrambles against chinese planes has recently been surging. >>> people in afghanistan are facing an increasing threat from taliban insurgents and the islamic state militant group. many people have been forced to flee their homes. the number of those internally displaced people increased by 500,000 last year alone. but the country's poor security is hampering activities to support them. nhk world's fumio sugaya has more. >> reporter: this is a camp for internally displaced people in the eastern city of jalalabad. about 2,800 people live here. 48-year-old reza gul lives in the camp. he was forced to evacuate last autumn after his village came under attack by islamic state militants. he fled with his nine children to this camp. >> translator: islamic state militants robbed my property and killed my cousin. they gun

he pledged to tackle china's poor air quality, acknowledge the dangers of rising debt, and pegged gdp growth at 6.5%. while president donald trump wasn't mentioned by name, mr. lee criticized the protectionist policies favored by mr. trump and says china remains committed to inclusive economic globalization. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. >> reporter: mr. trump has had a rocky relationship with china, after accusing the country of stealing millions of u.s. jobs, and advocating for high tariffs on chinese goods on the campaign trail. during a heavily choreographed press conference saturday, we asked where the u.s.-china relationship is headed. the question topic had to be presubmitted and preapproved. >> translator: we all hope american policy changes have positive effects. but if there are challenges, china will mace them head on. >> reporter: despite china's economic challenges and at times choking pollution, mr. lee announced that china is suspending roaming charges for calls made in another province. adriana diaz, cbs news, beijing. >>> up next, the reviva

ministry suspects the aircraft and vessels took part in a drill staged by china's navy and air force. the air self-defense force has scrambled jets more than 1,000 times through the ten months through january higher than the cold war record of 944 in 1984. the number of scrambled planes has been surging. >>> syrian forces have recaptured the ancient city of pal m palmyra from the islamic state group. they took control a year ago, only to lose it in december. it's registered a as a unesco world heritage site. the government's fight against the group is complicated by continued resistance from syria's opposition forces. >>> russia's deputy prime minister has indicated his country is ready to go it alone if there are no breakthroughs with talks with japan on joint economic activity on four russian-held islands. the presidential envoy to the far east told local media in a russia won't long because it can develop the northern territories without japan's cooperation. russian president vladimir putin and prime minister shinzo abe agreed to begin negotiations, the talks are to begin on march

i read that air pollution from china, india and other asian countries have apparently drifted acrossic ocean and is creating smog in the u.s. when he heard that, trump said, "we're going to build a giant fan and blow it right back at them." [ laughter and applause ] now guys, this is going viral. a youth basketball coach thought his own player was about to shoot at the wrong basket. i think he may have overreacted just a little bit. take a look at this. >> no! dude! no! no! no! [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: then he was like, "who wants pizza?" [ light laughter ] where was that guy when they were handing out the oscars envelope? >> steve: no, no, no! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: well you guys, it's the end of another crazy week and since there's too much to talk, about instead of giving you a full week in review, we put together a little montage that just focuses on the key words used this week. time for another installment of, "this week in words." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> the academy award for best picture -- >> you're impossible. go on. ♪ la la la la la

china will shift resources from land based troops to air and sea power. military spending after president donald trump has said that us military budget will increase by ten percentage. there are fears of a regional arms race developing. it has become tradition for the chinese government to announce its military spending increase in percentage terms at least the day before the start of the annual national people's congress. translation: fundamentally speaking, the united states is probably worrying that china's and abilities might be catching up to or exceeding that of the us. in fact, china catching up to or exceeding that of the us. infact, china is catching up to or exceeding that of the us. in fact, china is a developing country still has a great gap with the united states in its capabilities. however, china's military development and construction is to continue. this is the second year in a row for china to post a single digit increase in its spending. this followed increments over the decades of nearly ten percentage or more. however, some analysts h

you have china southern air after trading resumed and it is in talks with american airlines., the integrated real estate company coming online for the first time in two years. look at that pop. 63%. on the lunch break in hong kong. to one oft's get back our top stories, crude oil and some of the progress or lack thereof on the opec monitoring committee meetings. russia was leading the charge from the noble -- not opec front. 64% for non-opec. nobody is worried, they are convinced they will get it up soon. the other question becomes, do you extend this agreement? i sat down with alexander novak. possibility, i inld like to remind you that the declaration of corporations signed in december, there is an option, there is optionally to extend the agreement is -- if they decide to do so in six months. we have decided that in order to make any decisions like this or any recommendations, there needs to be a ministerial meeting. we have asked the opec secretary to prepare more materials on the state of the market and to communicate to members. done in april, we are going to have more

and we have to do air defense systems, thaad, we're placing in south korea -- >> china doesn't want the thaad air defense missiles there. >> they certainly don't, but the point is that china is the one that can -- the only one that can control kim jong-un, this crazy fat kid that's running north korea. and they're the ones -- they could stop north korea's economy in a week. >> they haven't. why? >> because the chinese have to understand there's a penalty going to be paid imposed by us if they don't rein in an individual that could literally start a world war. and more importantly, perhaps in the short term, strike the united states of america. he's not rational, greta. we're not dealing with -- even with someone like joseph stalin who had a certain rationality to his barbarity. this is incredibly serious, but the first place i'd go is china and say, look, you can shut down their economy. and so bring them in. rein them in. it's in your interest to do so. and if the chinese renews to fu that we have to consider all options, isn't necessarily a world war. but the -- mr. kim jong-un has go

sixteen couples said i do in hot air balloons floating high above the china this weekend, high flyingngs were held just as spring rolls in. turning the fields below beautiful golden yellow, something we wish was happening here. newlyweds are probably floating on cloud nine after those nuptials. >> can you imagine somebody said no that high in the air? that could have been a bad experience. >> this is a marriage, not proposal. >> another saint patrick's day parade is celebrated in the city of brotherly love. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> bag pipe players march down market street yesterday afternoon, high school bands, and step dancers also participate in the festivities many some kay from as far as florida to philadelphia parade which dates back to 1771. >> i'm snow bird now in jersey, easthampton new jersey so i came over the river. and i'm celebrating st. patrick ace day here in philadelphia. >> it feels good. everybody is happy. great day. great music. >> priests held mass in center city. saint trick's day officially this friday. >> well, there is ooh app for that. california man's war stolen twice

china is set to be the most popular country in the world for air travel by 2024.re. rishaad: thank you very much indeed. one of theern is companies on the way up. at what isa look going on. here is sophie kamaruddin. sophie: it's turning out to be a mixed picture and asia, the final week of the first quarter of 2017, shanghai, taiwan, and kl on the rise. falling 1%. yennikkei down, this is the trades at 110.36. the dollar slumped to a four-month low. we have volatility picking up across the region. he nikkei 225 rising the most. trulyrket is well and trading trump fallout with further to run. currencies like the malaysian ringgit and the thai baht gaining. it is crunch time for the unable to it has been reach 442, but with a softer dollar, that could be the breakout to watch. chart #7144.t this that new bearish trend in the dollar, the blue line on the chart, that is proving to be a tailwind for emerging-market equities. that is the white line on the terminal. emerging-market stocks are seeing to continue outperforming by. counterparts, dragged some of the updates

you know the rest of the world has to get on board to this kind of diplomacy, hey china, you got too many people, your airo called great wall is average at best. that being said, i love your general tso chicken. >> do you ever notice that only military dudes are in charge of chicken, general s tso, general sanders. >> popeye was in the navy. >> it is a conspiracy. maybe they have the secret spices, area 51, who knew. >> that rossie tweet is up against a classic. nothing ever happened with any of these women, totally made up nonsense to steal the election. nobody has more respect for women than me. nobody? >> nobody. >> wait, no, no, no, hasan, we got to test that theory real quick. let's do word association. >> i'm down, let's do it. >> america. >> baseball. >> schools. >> homework. >> respect women. >> done all trump. >> oh my gosh, he's right. >> i guess he does respect women. >> oh my lord. >> now its up to you the voters to decide which of these works of art makes it to the championship round. >> go to third month mania.com to cast your be vote vote for the greatest donald trump tweet of all time. >>

carl vincent an aircraft air yearless now in the south china sea. trump has just sent b52's as a way to threaten the north koreans, everyone knows what they carry, they carry nuclear weapons, the worst is the thad, the antimissile system. the chinese react to that the way the, when we wanted to put them in eastern europe. they get very upset because it can be applied against them. yes our reason for doing it is to defend the south koreans against the north. but the overall effect is to put up a missile shield that can degrade and weaken the chinese arsenal. they know that and we are worried about that. they're getting semi hysterical. global times just this week said that the government of china will no longer rule out a first nuclear strike. that's a big deal. that's not an official statement. but it tells you how much the chinese are upset, which is why we are now rushing to install the thad by the end of april before the election. so it's a tinder box. >> bret: they put out all kinds of things and we are supposed to be interacting with clean that

high altitude defense system by the end of this year angered not only north korea but china with the powerfulry air are dar as security threat. they plan top ha operational by end of year. >> other news this morning casey anthony is speaking out about her case. she's the florida woman that was infamously acquitted of murder of her caylee. she doesn't know how the last hours of her life unfolded it's the first she talked about the case since trial. her responses were at turns revealing bizarre and contradictory and raised more questions than answers about a case that captivated nation. >> to your undering how did she die. >> i don't know. >> something about drowning possibly. >> everyone else has their theories i don't know. >> so your parents had her. >> my dad did. >> and nvlt thing you know. >> she's missing and. >> right? >> how did it play? >> i did what i was told. i don't remember too much of what happened. >> well anthony served thee for lying to police. and works for private detective on her defense team. >> firefighters in multiple states deal with dry, wundy conditions feeling brush and w