the chinese foreign ministry urges the u.s.nd north korea to deescalate tensions. ♪ >> we begin in europe. this is where concerns over contaminated eggs is growing. 15 countries have been hit, switzerland and hong kong impacted. millions of eggs have been pulled off the shelf. the eggs were first discovered in belgium, the netherlands, and germany. these three countries are getting blamed. hague, walkrom the us through what we know about this contamination scare. >> this started with a lowly poultry mite. it was one company in holland that has proven effective at treating it. 180 companies have hired this company. the reason it was so effective is because it was treating this with an insecticide that you might use for your cat or dog. it is banned for use in the food industry. that led to a series of arrests, at least three arrested here yesterday. it is an international scandal because their supplier was in belgium. this has escalated into a diplomatic spat as well. the belgian minister learning the netherlands, saying the cou

what i did find interesting was that the white house statement and the chinese foreign ministry's statementwhite house said the relationship between china and america was extremely close, and together they would solve, consume a peaceful solution for the problem in north korea. however, in the chinese foreign ministry statement, it added that the president urged calm, urged restraint from donald trump. the chinese are worried. they do not wa nt chinese are worried. they do not want washington's involvement on the korean peninsulas. they hope, certainly from some within the white house is that the ramped up rhetoric coming from donald trump mayjust urged china to take up more of an interest and put the pressure on pyongyang. using in terms of who is saying what and what is actually happening. what, if any, saying what and what is actually happening. what, ifany, diplomatic effo rts happening. what, ifany, diplomatic efforts are taking place behind—the—scenes? efforts are taking place behind-the-scenes? this is important, because amongst the ramped up rhetoric, amongst this world words, there

today there was a statement from the chinese foreign ministry that said eve ryo ne chinese foreign ministrys situation should act very cautiously, should not use any word or words that could escalate tensions. they said it's a very complicated and sensitive situation. i was asking analysts, how do you defuse this, how do you calm down the tensions? many feel that it's perhaps that the international community has to step in and intervene. one analyst said china could perhaps play that role. jane o'brien is in washington. that phrase, locked and loaded. it sounds intemperate but also rather unpresidential. or have i got that wrong costa one would be surprised if the military wasn't on readiness in this situation or any situation, because that's what the military does, it deals with international threats. the language is the real issue here. locked and loaded sounds very cowboy like, but it's how donald trump likes to portray himself and we are used to that now. the problem with this type of language is the room for miscalculation. i was speaking to a retired general last night who was deputy

a chinese foreign ministry specs. now the countdown has started towards the end of the cassini mission to saturn. after spending two decades in space the croft is not performed its lowest orbit before it's destroyed next month. scientists say the hoping this final phase of closeup expiration will solve some long standing mysteries. of science correspondent rebecca rebel morale has more. instantly recognizable sefton and it's spectacular ratings. the cassini spacecraft revealed this planet in incredible detail. and these are some of its latest close up images. permits hexagonal north pole to its ring system and even an aurora. but this mission is very nearly six and. cassini's being in space for twenty years. it set out to prove spotted putting someone of sutton's means and discovered colossal storms but now it's running out of fuel. its final days though it will be crucial. we've learned so much but in that process we will say race many new questions. one of the things that we still don't understand about so in a simp

back but there's another development which is also quite worrisome now on wednesday the chinese foreign ministry posted a statement i think that was actually on thursday posted a statement saying that the fact that the u.s. destroyer sailed very close to the hunch islands in the south china sea that's a clear violation of the chinese and international laws as well as severely harming chinese sovereignty and security china was very displeased with this and will bring up the issue with the u.s. side they also a statement by saying that the chinese army immediately sent warships to the area in accordance with the law to implement the identification of the u.s. ship and warn it off the u.s. provocation according to the foreign minister of china also forced the chinese side to take measures to further enhance the national defense capability so the biggest question obviously right now is whether this is all just a war of words or whether people will actually pull the trigger will actually send those missiles or on the other hand would the. united states be willing to take a preemptive strike nonethele

we heard the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson of accusing other countries of hiding away when its, do you think she has a point? there's a whole range of diplomatic means available to the various actors here and i think obviously the ultimate aim is to get north korea to the table to engage in such talks. however, i don't think we're at a position at the moment whereby any of the related actors can push this to the four. i think we're in this tit for tat exchange of rhetoric now between washington and pyongyang which creates issues in tokyo and the overflight of the missile obviously establishes great concern with the abe administration, the new south korean president moon is more liberal and has stated from the outset of his presidency that he wa nts to outset of his presidency that he wants to bring pyongyang to the table. but it's very difficult to do on this current backdrop. the british royals princes william and harry have visited a memorial garden for their mother at her old home at kensington palace. the white garden is dedicated to princess diana's life and work. thursda

the chinese foreign ministry also responding which said the foreign ministry has called for all partiestened attentio attentions at this time. it's the kind of line you've heard from beijing before. these sanctions are an expansion set of sanctions that -- isha, i'll remind the viewer it was just last month you saw the u.s. imposing sanctions on a small chinese bank they said was doing illegal business with north korea. that prompted strong push back from beijing which was really condemning the u.s. for taking that approach. >> alex stand by for us. arty back to you. with the united nations playing down these sanctions, president putin talking about areas for common ground. where do efforts to reset the russian relations go from here? >> well, it seems like they're not going anywhere at the moment. it was secretary of state rex tillerson says relationships are as bad as that i have been since the cold war and still getting worse. tillerson will meet with the foreign minister this weekend and will talk about the exchange and a few more other statements. we'll expect a read-out of that me

there's a new statement that's just out within the past few hours from the chinese foreign ministry to cnn telling us, the current situation is complex and sensitive. china calls on the relevant sides to follow the broad direction of resolving the means, avoid remarks and actions that could aggravate conflicts and escalate tensions and make a greater effort to return to the correct path of resolving the issue through dialogue and nationation. dialogue and negotiation is what china wants. what they don't want is to see an accidental war break out at their doorstep. >> no kidding. will ripley in beijing, thank you. all of this comes on the heels of a u.s. intelligence assessment of north korea's increased nuclear capability. let's go to the pentagon, barbara starr is there with more. can you break down for us exactly what this assessment says north korea has advanced on and also if all u.s. intelligence is on the same page on this one? >> i don't think it's a surprise. there's some disagreement within the us intelligence community. you often see that. different parts of the community hav

the chinese foreign ministry even says he urged north k to stop t missile launches and the nuclear testsu. diplomat says china has a history of starting out strong, then falling back over time. >>> with congress in recess, east bay democratic congressman eric swalwell is talking with constituents, spent yesterday in union city. he is choosing to use his days off to get to know people in his district. and bringing them up to date on the investigation into russia and the presidential election. >> on the house intelligence committee, we're making progress in a bipartisan way. we brought in a number of witnesses, trying to understand how we were so vulnerable, whether any u.s. persons were involved and what to do to make sure it never happens again. >> he also hosted a li live live livermore and last week went on a hike with people in castro valley. >>> the eiffel tower is back open with extra security after being closed last night. police arrested a man who brandished a knife and tried to breach security at the monument. it happened just before closing time. the tower was briefly evacuated.

we've also just gotten a statement from the chinese foreign ministry of all this rhetoric going back and forth between the united states and north korea. china says they want all sides to calm the rhetoric rather than to relapse into the old path of showing assertiveness and escalating tensions. >> jon: rich edson, to keep an eye on the state a permit for us. thank you. president trump camping up his criticism of mitch mcconnell, making clear his frustration at the lack of significant process legislatively and congress. >> melissa: when asked if he should step down as majority leader, the president gave an open-ended answer. >> i'll tell you what, if you and get repeal and replace done, if he doesn't get taxes done, meaning cuts and reform, and if he doesn't get a very easy done infrastructure, then you can ask me that question. that means asking that question. >> melissa: rick leventhal joins us live from bridgewater, new jersey, near where the president is a sort of vacationing, mostly working. what can you tell us? >> of the president has been consistent on this all week, bashing

. >> the chinese military is supporting the north koreans, the chinese foreign ministry is not.to do? lou: i don't care about them, and i don't care about the commie party, what i care about american citizens vulnerable to icbm carrying a warhead that has been engineered on chinese technology to destroy perhaps americans. >> right, and we also should be worried because we had two previous administrations, maybe three -- lou: given me reasons to wory and not many to relax a little. >> yeah, but i think trump has the right instincts. lou: i don't think he has the right instincts, i think he has the right instincts, the right judgment and the right approach. do you feel better? >> i feel a little scombroort with that, we have to say good-bye. gordon. pick up a copy of my new thriller, jim tweeted -- up next, the stock market hitting record highs, another $4 trillion bubbling up the nation's wealth and a million new job rates. we'll talk about 200 days with president donald trump. stay with us. lou: in our online poll last night we asked should mueller shift his investigation to cle

intermediate range ballistic missile that overflew japanese territory earlier this week the chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman also responded saying quote the facts have proven that pressure and sanctions cannot fundamentally solve the issue both the china the and russia's ambassadors to the un the post sanctions on north korea and believe the best way to stop north korea from continuing to launch but let's take missiles as the employment the double free strategy which would require north korea to suspend its missile launches in exchange for the suspension of the joint us south korean military drills however the u.s. has rejected the opera poles ola nikki haley u.s. ambassador to the united nations condemned north korea's actions and so did fifteen members of the security council we are all denouncing north korea's outrageous act against another u.n. member state japan we are all demanding north korea stop any future missile launches we are all demanding north korea abandon its nuclear weapons north korea has violated every single security council resolution and violated international law we are a

we have that again today from the chinese foreign ministry, but there something else.y are really blaming the us and south korea for pressuring north korea into carrying out this test and that is because as we heard before, the us and south korea are having these big war games. china says the military exercise you should stop in exchange for north korea halting its missile programme, at least halting the testing of the missile programme. china also says that the un resolutions, apart from calling for sanctions, also called for all parties to move towards peace talks. it has questioned rhetorically whether or not everybody, and that means by this the us and south korea whether everybody is heading towards these peace talks. can china bring any more influence to bear on north korea and what it does next?” more influence to bear on north korea and what it does next? i think there is no doubt that china can pile more pressure on north korea. it is the biggest trading partner by a long shot with north korea and everything that china does by of sanctions hurts north korea. c

actions being branded a financial blow and a violation of international law or monday the chinese foreign ministry shared beijing's reaction to the news to rience of history shows that outside interference or you know article sanctions will make the situation even more complicated and will not help resolve the actual problem. the u.s. sanctions applied friday target any financial deal struck with president with hiro's government as well as with the venezuelan state all company two experts say the sanctions could send the country in an economic spiral even worse than is in the moment and cause rampant inflation however one multinational investment bank we can reveal has managed to dodge the restriction and restrictions we're talking goldman sachs it's said to be the only company on the list that is exempt after its controversial decision to buy almost three billion dollars worth of bonds in van as well as state oil company in may that move at the time was seen as a temper supply fresh funds to mature as government but goldman sachs denied the allegations saying they made the investment because they

nick: there is an interesting response from the chinese foreign ministry, basically suggesting that aot of trump's actions on the international stage are being carried out to cover up for what they see as chaos at home. so certainly, this is a long-standing effort by the chinese government to sort of use domestic events in the united states to sort of make a political point. it gets to a broader issue where they accuse the united states of high handedness, of faulting other countries and holding them to account for concerns over democracy and human rights and freedom of speech, and the nature around and say, hey, well, those who live in glass houses should not be throwing stones. so there is an attempt overseas, particularly in china, a country that has been the focus of u.s. scrutiny over human rights issues and things like that, to use what happened in charlottesville sort of is again as part of a broader strategic chess match between china and the u.s.. vonnie: there are reports that many comets the president has been making -- many comments the president has been making strengthen

today there was a statement coming from the chinese foreign ministry which said that everyone involveduld act very cautiously, should not use any word or words that could escalate tensions. they say this is a very complicated and sensitive situation. i was asking analysts, how do you diffused this and calm down the tensions? many feel the international community has to step in to intervene. one analyst says china could perhaps play that role. the pensions regulator has approved a plan by tata steel to give thousands of its workers in the uk less generous pensions but safeguard their jobs. the deal should secure the pensions of 130,000 steelworkers and stop the company becoming insolvent. finalising the pension arrangements is expected to clear the way for a possible merger with a rival german company. our correspondent, simon gompertz reports. it's the deal designed to keep port talbot steelworks running and salvage more from the pension scheme than the minimum amount guaranteed by the uk's pension lifeboat, pension protection fund — the uk's pension lifeboat. it depends on your attitu

. >> sreenivasan: a chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman called on the u.s.avoid sparking a "trade war," which she said would have "no winners." at least 200 people are dead after a massive mudslide in the west african country of sierra leone. heavy rains sparked the deadly torrent, which swept through the outskirts of the capital freetown. amateur video captured the surging waters as they rushed through city streets. officials warn the death toll will likely rise as the flooding recedes. in burkina faso, suspected islamist militants killed at least 18 people in an attack on a restaurant. it happened in the country's capital and officials said several foreigners were among the dead. cell phone video showed an exchange of heavy gunfire between the security forces and the two attackers, who were killed. vice president mike pence struck a softer tone today, on the crisis in venezuela, just days after president trump said military action there is an option. pence was visiting colombia, whose leader said yesterday military intervention "shouldn't even be considere

was using in this interview with china was a very strong and elicited a response from the chinese foreign ministry and china is mutually beneficial, important for everyone and that's really what they want to try and maintain. but this tough language over china not enough to distract the media over this ongoing fallout over trump's reaction to charts will. tim cook is the latest to criticise his response over the white nationalist rallies in virginia? —— reaction to charlottesville. he has, over the last 24 hours, we have seen quite a response from corporate america. normally they wouldn't want to turn their back on the president of the united states, particularly one who has campaigned on being able is this man and understanding how the world works. but that may have, we have seen the absolute collapse of two of the white house economic councils, many us businesses have been speaking publicly in rebuke of the president and his response to what happened in charlottesville. what's really most interesting, looking at the way us markets are trading, it doesn't seem to have been really rattled that muc

the cuban government denounced the move as a violation of international law on monday the chinese foreign ministry shared beijing's reaction to the news to the experience of history shows that outside interference or you know after all sanctions will make the situation even more complicated and will not help resolve the actual problem the u.s. sanctions applied friday target any financial deal struck with president would do or his government as well as with the venezuelan state all company experts say the sanctions could send the country down an economic spiral than and cause rampant inflation but what multinational investment bankers managed to dodge the restrictions we're talking goldman sachs it's said to be the only company on the list that sig zent after its controversial decision to buy a was three billion dollars worth of the bombs in venezuela's state oil company back in may the move was seen as an attempt then to supply a fresh funds to mature as government but goldman sachs deny the allegations saying it made the investment because they believed in the brighter future for the country pro

claiming the united states is violating its sovereignty by sailing destroyers into chinese territory china's foreign ministry issued a statement citing that they are very displeased and will take the issue up with washington china of course is a key partner in reining in the north korean threat while the mainstream media focuses on north korea's nuclear capabilities there was another more conventional cause for concern manila chan joins us tonight for more on that manila that is very well put add thirty seconds that's the number i want everyone to pay attention to that's all it will take for the d.p. r. k. to hit seoul with conventional arms and the nearly thirty five thousand american troops stationed in the area now while most people are discussing the publicly made threat from the camera game on the u.s. territory of qual the more immediate threat might actually be an attack with shells over the d.m.z. so i spoke earlier with the pentagon former pentagon official michael maloof about that very threat. that's why indications and warnings are going to be so important at this point and and if all of a sudden

foreign ministry. it was considered an adjunct to chinese policy.hink it is only in the last few years that the chinese begun top has understand that the north korea nuclear program is not something that is likely to fail. enough toing strong affect the balance in asia. effectivet can be within a year, the recent estimates suggest. dr. kissinger: i think speed has surprised everybody. the conduct of the north korean government, assassinating the half-brother of the leader at a .alaysian airport spreading poison. many similar things -- charlie: in fact, killing some of his father's advisors. dr. kissinger: yes. six pallbearers at his father's funeral have disappeared. and one of them, the uncle that helped put them in office was publicly disgraced and was executed.so it is another regime where you don't want to have nuclear weapons. the key point is many people would say, what we just accept it. because we have lived through the chinese. charlie: and the pakistanis and others. dr. kissinger: yes. but here is a country that has proliferated its nuclea

the chinese did not have a foreign ministry until the end of the 19th century. policy as we know it was conducted by something called the ministry of rituals that classified each country by the decree of its dependency on china. so china has reformed its economic system and deal with the concept of international order in which they can play some of the historic role. but not a central role exclusively that they had before. they are face to face with another country, namely us, which also thinks of itself as exceptional. what we do it more on a missionary basis and they do it more on a performance basis. to have a dialogue over the years with the american president and the chinese president has a certain frustration. the american president thinks the normal position of the world is the stability and if it is a problem. you fix that problem and the solution returns. the chinese president thinks the solution of any problem is an admissions ticket for another problem. therefore, the chinese president is thinking of a process. and the american president is thinking o

foreign ministry. so it was considered an adjunct to chinese policy. i think it's only in the last few years that the chinese leadership has begun to understand that the north korean nuclear program is not just a minor irritant, or not just something that is likely to fail, but something that could be operational and growing strong enough to affect the balance in asia. >> rose: and could be effective within a year, the recent estimates suggest. >> so i think the speed has surprised everybody. the conduct of the north korean government, assassinating the half-brother of the leader at a malaysian airport by spreading poison on his face, many similar things -- >> rose: in fact killing some of his father's advisors. >> yes. five of the six pallbearers at his father's funeral have disappeared. >> rose: five of the six pallbearers? >> have disappeared. one of them, the uncle, that helped put him in office was publicly disgraced and was executed. so it's another regime, that when you entrust with possession of nuclear weapons -- the key point is many people s

united states and let's not forget there is also china in this whole situation with the foreign ministry of chinese issuing a statement on monday that the current situation on the korean peninsula is highly complex and sensitive we hope to see that the relevant sides extinguished through their out their words and actions this. adding fuel amid tensions we hope to see them improve mutual trust and move toward the goal of preserving peace and stability on the peninsula as well as realizing they do nuclearization of the peninsula so in a nutshell china beijing is saying here that you know all sides should cool that off and the situation should be resolved at the negotiation table rather than you know in a military matter so we will see how the situation develops but definitely it's a little less chance that it was last week with the fire and fewer comments from the president of the united states for more on this we go to former u.s. diplomat jim jeffords jim nice to have you with us to see is kim backing down what do you make of this i would necessarily put it that way look you know up until a few day

we have just received word from the chinese ministry of foreign affairs. the first response on the record to president trump's fire and fury remarks and north korea's threat to attack u.s. military assets in guam, of course, china very concerned an accidental war could break out on the peninsula. they are reiterating what they said during other times of tension. they can calling for calm. let me read you the statement, i don't know if we've had time to make a graphic. the current situation is complex and sensitive. china calls on all relevant sides to uphold the broad direction of resolving the north korean nuclear issue through political means, avoid remarks and actions that could aggravate conflicts and escalate tensions. that message aimed both at president trump and also at north korea. north korea responding to the flyover on monday of two u.s. b-1 bombers. 30% of that island occupied by the u.s. military, thousands of troops there, north korea saying they could potentially hit it with their medium to lang-range missiles. also a piece of breaking news

the chinese government has responded. china's foreign ministrye and no winner a trade war. both sides will be the losers. as we have emphasized for many times, the trade relations is mutual benefit and win win. this is as the united states is trying to get china to cut off their supplying goods to china. >> sandra: thank very much. concerns over a potential conflict between the u.s. and north korea ease, stocks are up. we have more live from the new york stock exchange. lori, when the president began speaking, he started off with the economy. >> and why not? that's really one of the bright shining achievements of the young presidency, right? if you look at the markets, we're back above 22,000 on the dow jones industrial average. so you have easing tensions with regard to north korea. you know, if you back that up, coming off one of the crummiest weeks for the dow in months a lot of investors are looking at this as a big buying opportunity because of the economy and the confidence they have in it because of so far what happened since the outcome o

chinese perspective. i want to read you something from the ministry of foreign affairs that came out on friday. the chinese side hopes all relevant parties speak and act with caution and do more things at de-escalating the tense situation and enhancing mutual trust rather than relapsing between the old path of showing assertiveness and escalating tensions. you know, victor, i've covered china for several years, and often you can just predict exactly what they're going to say about north koreament this is different. it's a rebuke of the u.s. and north korean rhetoric coming out in recent days. china desperately wants to try and ease the tension in a very volatile situation. victor. >> david, thank you so much. >> david, thank you. while chinese president xi is urging restraint, president trump is not seeming to let up on the words he's using with north korea. cnn politics reporter dan joining us now from bridge water, new jersey. dan, good to see you this morning. what has the president said about north korea and about his call specifically with the chinese president? >> yeah. the presidents trip

and, you know, i'm not sure the chinese government itself is of one mind. the foreign ministryay think one thing. people's liberation army enterprise may think something quite different. arthel: is the program advanced to where the tougher sanctions won't make much of a difference? >> we don't know what his foreign currency reserves are. and certainly the problem is they are so close now by most of american analyst estimates to being able to land a nuclear weapon on the united states perhaps next year, that the effect of the cut, the sanctions, if they are strongly enforced which is open to question. the effect of their progress on missiles and nuclear weapons is in question. arthel: you mention the foreign minister and secretary of state talking. you have china's foreign minister urging north korea to react calmly to the anxious and and retentions. i asked you this before. what about including kim jong-un in talks? >> this is a waste of time. people say what can it hurt to negotiate. among other things. we have been negotiating with north korea for 25 years. second, time is no

president's previous tweets and comments, chinese officials i've spoken to believe he's connecting the two issues and it really bothers them. today, the foreign ministry weighed in saying the korean peninsula issue and the trade issue are two different categories. it is clearly inappropriate to use one issue as a tool to press the other issue. the chinese state media had been threatening retaliation. the "china daily" said the u.s. action could trigger a trade war and the "global times"s, the communist party paper, said we should make washington realize that china is not the one to be messed around with. if you take the chinese threats at face value, the concern now is this could descent into a tit for tat trade war that the global business community has been worried about. for "nightly business report," will begin the task of rewriting nafta. the president has repeatly said he wants to bring jobs back to the u.s. but what happens to those workers who lose their jobs to trade? kate rogers takes a look at a federal retraining program. >> hi, pat, hi, vicki. >> reporter: in 2011, after 22 years of the job at americanairlines as a shop mechanic, single f

. >> reporter: the chinese ministry of foreign affairs says it "hopes all reel haven't parties to speakith caution rather than relapse into the old path of showing asker is tiffness and escalating tensions. president trump says he'll speak tonight with chinese president ping as the two countries are working together on north korea. the state department has said china is making progress in pressuring north korea and it could be doing more. at the state department, i'm rich edson, fox news. news. also is military action to respond to venezuela's humanitarian crisis. the president refuses to speak to venezuela president nicolas maduro until democracy is restored there. the trump administration has sanctions in place against the country's opposition leaders. >>> the only woman in the navy s.e.a.l. train pipeline has dropped out. according to navy officials the female midshipman voluntarily decided not to continue the summer course. it tests their physical and psychological strength and it's a requirement for officers who want to be selected seal training. the services have been slowly integ

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the u.s., north korea, south korea, and also this statement from the ministry of foreign affairs unusually blunt saying the chinese side hopes all relevant parties speak and act with caution and do more things that are conducive to de-escalating the tense situation. and enhancing mutual trust among parties rather than relapsing into the old path of showing assertiveness and escalate right leg tensions. i've covered china for quite a while. normally they put these kind of boilerplate statements out. this is really indicating they want things to calm down and maybe try and open a path towards some kind of negotiations. christie, victor. >> very interesting. all right. david, appreciate it so much. thank you. >>> all right. let's talk now about president trump and venezuela with cnn politics reporter. joining us from bridge water, new jersey. the president suggesting that there could be a military option there on the table, but before we get to that, what's the white house saying about the president's call with the chinese president xi jinping? >> it's interesting, the official white house read out says that the two

you also had this pointed message coming from the ministry of foreign affairs in china saying that the chinese side hopes all relevant parties speak and act with caution and do more things that are conducive to de-escalating the tense situation and enhancing mutual trust amongst parties rather than relapsing into the old path of showing assertiveness and escalating tensions. you know, the chinese generally put out very kind of boilerplate statements but this is clearly pointed at both the u.s. and the north koreans who, as you say, just recently put out another very threatening statement on state media. >> david mckenzie, we appreciate it, david, thank you. >>> so as we heard, president xi is asking both sides to tone it down, exercise some restraint here, but president trump is really showing no signs of toning down his rhetoric on north korea. let's go now to dan merica at bridgewater, new jersey, near the president's golf resort. so what is the president saying about north korea now and this call with the chinese president? >> reporter: good morning, victor. that's right, north korea has al

took place just this weekend at a diplomatic meeting where the chinese foreign minister was able to speak to the north korean foreign ministry. that was the message that he passed along. china, of course, had to get behind these very tough sanctions in order for this to get through the u.n. security council. that happened after some weeks of negotiation. we do know, obviously, in recent weeks, while china and the u.s. say they share the same goal, they've differed in the best approach for achieving that. what we're hearing now from the region is the chinese foreign minister saying that these sanctions were necessary, but that the end goal here for china remains getting everyone to the table for negotiation which they feel is the only way to begin to get to denuclearization. >> i want to ask you about china's role on this. as president trump pointed out in a tweet just this past weekend on wednesday, trade between the two have continued, between china and north korea. it's surged, up 37%, i believe, in the past little bit. so rex tillerson, of course, is at that asia summit right now. what can he do to keep china's position a

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the conversations that i have been having with chinese officials they believe he is trying to connect the two and it really bothers them the foreign ministry the korean peninsula issue and trade issue are two different categories it's clearly inappropriate to use one issue as a tool to press the other issue. in the chinese state media since the weekend has been threatening retaliation. the u.s. action can trigger the trade war and we should make washington realize that china is not the one to be messed around with now if you take the chinese threats just at face value the concern now is that this could descend into the trade war that the global business community has been worried about, kelly. >> all right thank you. all major indexes up this morning. the dow now positive for the month of august. 150 point rally with markets seeming to shrug off the geo-political trade concerns and tensions and we're off the second worst week of the year. let's bring in ben steel director of international economics on the council of foreign relations and next to him is the global quantitative strategy at wells fargo investment institute quickly on this iss