and airchina, but financial numbers from china eastern and air china, but will it all be good news?a preview from industry watcher matt driscoll. it's a mixed bag. china eastern is looking to beat expectations, a nalysts a re looking to beat expectations, analysts are talking about a 31% increase in net profit, china southern above market expectations according to the analysts, although profit is likely to be down as much as 40% compared to q1 of last year. air china is likely to be in line with expectations but profits still down. so much expectation from these mainland carriers and they have really expanded on the international routes. what is giving them better yields, matt? is it the international business or the domestic business? part of the problem is last year they turned in their best year since 2012, the combined profits for the top three we re combined profits for the top three were $2.7 billion. international yields are down a little bit, that's where they are having a problem. but i looked at it, markets go up and down, stocks go up and down, you need to look at the big

this is in eastern china. watch that sign. it did hit the delivery guy on the motorbike. see that again and a third time. boom. that missed three people. >> went around that guy like it was nothing. like it pirouetted around him. >> it was like magic or miracle. you pick the one that works for you. when it stops, it j sto this second pedestrian. hits that pole. that's nothing short of a miracle for all three of those people that were walking away from it. what would we be without a russia video where a pedestrian is in danger. he picks up a stick in the road and he starts poking at it. it does stop flashing and blinking and gets it to operate the right way. watch what happens after he turns his back. look what's starting to fall. >> what's that stick holding it up? >> who knows. that's another great mystery that will not be resolved. >>> a man spots his friend's stolen truck and gives chase. >> i'm calling him now. i know it's the truck. >> but things get serious when the thieves realize they're being followed. >> uh-oh. >> this is why the police are like, don't do this.

we'll take a look at the eastern china sea and japan. certain fictions might arise. so information exchanges particularly important. so information sharing, we have to continue. in an appropriate manner, most of all because of the situation we are in. so with this latest installment we will conclude the joint press conference. thank i guess. please stay where you are while the gentlemen leave. >> thank you for your cooperation. please stay seated until the prime minister and the vice president sleep the room. thank you. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> tonight on c-span2, book to be in prime time with a look at life in the white house and beyond. we'll hear from formal assistant to president bill clinton, adrian miller about his book, the president's kitchen cabinet. the author of the book, lincoln sense of humor, peggy grand on her experience working with president ronald reagan and her book, the president will see you now. a former deputy chief of staff on her book, who thought this was a good idea. and george w. bush discussing his paintings in his book "portraits of co

eastern china, we have this strip of wet weather affecting some areas but that has started to move away, a very big weekend with the chinese grand prix on the way and look at this, something saturday into sunday another lot of rainfall moving through. still some uncertainty about the timing. we can see the start of the next three days so sunday looks like it may well start raining, but does it clear way? sunday will be significantly cooler. keep an eye on that. this is the picture across europe. central and eastern areas looking unsettled, high pressure and those of sunshine around. if you're planning a european trip, getting closer to easter, this is what it is looking like for friday. showers around 430 and parts of greece, brian in italy, most and parts of greece, brian in italy, m ost pla ces and parts of greece, brian in italy, most places with cloud and sunshine and the ground left up golden with the sunshine through france, spain and portugal. what is in store for the uk? keep watching, and half an hour, goodbye. these are some of the main story is here in the bbc newsroom, the u

. >> a video released by china daily shows robots sorting packages at a warehouse in eastern china.he machine scans a code and it identifies its destination and seds it in the right direction. it's like "tron." a >> i just keep waiting for one of them to collide. it's credible. >>> and then the calls to suspend rules that allow airlines to over book flights and more with the exclusive interview this morning. >>> the million-dollar effort put on hold. >>> right now a live look at the nation's capital. sean spicer speaking out, saying sorry for the comments on syria's president, and i have been listening in and we will have much more on what he just said, next. >>> and if yesterday's rain messed you, over the next 36 hours we will have more wet hours we will have more wet weather. indid may imagine april showersy bringing her fashionable, flowers at such a sunny price? never but that's the beauty of a store full of surprises. you never know what you're gonna find, but you know you're gonna love it. - grocery outlet - grocery outlet is the home of 'wow' savings. wow means you save 50%

effort and try to share the information as much possible going forward and particularly look at the eastern china sea and korean peninsula and sea of japan. certain friction might arise so information exchange is particularly important. intelligence sharing and information sharing has to continue in an appropriate manner. first of all because of the situation we are in. so with this we would like to conclude the joint press conference. please stay where you are until both gentlemen leaves. >> advised to keep sitting until the vice president and prime minster leave the room. thank you. >>> you're watching breaking news we've been following. press conference between the vice president and the deputy minister of japan. of course talked about north korea, an economic conversation they were having. talk first and go through my motes and talk you through what they covered in regards to north korea. this was vice president's first visit to asia pacific. said their alliance together with the prime minster of japan is very strong and that it's based on peace, prosperity, and freedom. he said the u.s. will

likewise, china eastern as well. news about the rationale for doing this, price targets have been in focus when it came to morgan stanley. for instance, air china raising it impliesarget, but 13% downside from the last close. that's what we have at the moment. air china h-shares, likewise china southern and china eastern. the stocks that fell in yesterday's session 3% bank branch under suspicion of wrongdoing. it is believed to be in relation to fraudulent bank bills. this is a throwback that instrument used in china that can be sold on to banks and financial institutions. apparently the fraud is to the tune of 3 billion yuan and affects private clients and other banks. they are looking into that. they are setting up a working group to assist police. coming up, ambitions shifting in china, and we speak to the country's chairman live from the auto show. ♪ rishaad: there we go. , beautiful day in hong kong looking across victoria harbour. counting down to the start of the trading day in hong kong and shanghai and shenzh

first direct freight train from britain to china which has left london. 30 containers carrying medicines, food and fizzy drinks will take 17 days to reach the easternmed that china is enforcing an elaborate system to obscure the massive scale of executions in the country, despite ricky —— repeated claims it is making progress to itsjudicial transparency. that is the finding of amnesty international‘s report into the use of the death penalty and round the world. it found that once again china executed more people last year than all countries in the world put together. our east asia director from amnesty international joins me now. in your report, you find the rate of executions around the world is at its lowest level recorded in any year since 1991 but the situation in china appears not to have improved. can you tell us a bit about your findings? absolutely. the main finding of the report really is that china is a com plete report really is that china is a complete outlier in the international community in respect to the death penalty. china secretly sentences to death and executes thousands of people every year. it also engages in elaborate efforts

downgrades, china southern and china eastern, all getting the downgrades. the reason why, let's bring up this chart. it is morgenstern's contention china's international travel boom is over with. we will get steady growth, not still are growth -- ste llar growth. passenger traffic trending down. that is the contention. we are looking at those stocks at the open and more. haidi: absolutely. the chinese carriers have been adding capacity. amp up competition with the carriers. we are about 30 minutes away from the open. what will be interesting is the resilient of the rally we are seeing. based on just one comment from the treasury secretary saying these reforms will come soon. no detail at all. the markets taking it and running with it. let's get it over to shery ahn. this is an interesting rally. french elections are going to raise this issue of politics again. it is not surprising. we have seen little detail out of the trump administration, and yet the stock markets have reacted. not got many details. also the fact, as you mentioned, the french elections are

turning wet across eastern part of china, with this wet weather starting to move in linked to a weathern. shanghai korean peninsular and is about to spread throuthapan. shanghai will see some rain, notjust on thursday but good comeback at the weekend. the reason we are talking about shanghai, it is all to do with the formula 1 grand prix, the second race of the season taking place on sunday. there will be some rain on thursday and again at some stage over the weekend, but a lot of doubt about weather it will impact the race itself on sunday, we will keep you updated. this is the picture across europe, high—pressure, fine weather in the west, more unsettled in the east. milderairto west, more unsettled in the east. milder air to the west, more unsettled in the east. milderairto the far west, more unsettled in the east. milder air to the far east into moscow, things will turn cooler over the next few days. if you are heading to european holiday destination, through central and eastern parts of the mediterranean there are some showers and thunderstorms but it is a sunnier and warmer pictur

don't fiction that, americans aren't going to be able to compete in a world where people in china and eastern europe, they are improving at a faster rate than we are. if they don't come here to work they will start companies in those countries. it's a competitive world. that's a good thing. we have far fewer people mired in poverty. kennedy: brian brenberg, always great to talk to you. a bigger economy make everyone happy and rich. coming up, the end of the world as we know it. but if you are a billionaire you are probably feeling just fine. the super rich building bomb shelters. ken report situation in north korea pushed the threat of nuclear war to the highest levels. nuclear bomb shelters are not just for the tinfoil headwaring. the general manager of the rising s company says sales have risen by 300% since the november election. billionaires, are they right to go bonkers for bunkers? the party panel is back. andy, i love survivalism, but i don't think these people are being thermal nuclear war pragmatists. i think they are terrified automation and robotics will create a nation of people w

don't fiction that, americans aren't going to be able to compete in a world where people in china and easternpe, they are improving at a faster rate than we are. if they don't come here to work they will start companies in those countries. it's a competitive world that's a good thing. we have far fewer people mired in poverty. kennedy: brian brenberg, always great to talk to you. a bigger economy make everyone happy and rich. coming up, the end of the world as we know it. but if you are a billionaire you are probably feeling just fine. the super rich building bomb shelters. dear predictable, there's no other way to say this. it's over. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced, our senses awake, our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say: if you love something... set it free. see you around, giulia ♪ hey ron! they're finally taking down that schwab billboard. oh, not so fast, carl. ♪ oh no. schwab, again? index investing for that low? that's three times less than fidelity... ...and four times less than vanguard. what's next, no minimum

china vents. live 9:30 eastern on c-span 3. on c-span 2 the nomination of supreme court justice neil gorsuch.re expected to start debating on tuesday with a final confirmation on friday. live on c-span 2. >>> in case you missed it on c-span clinton watts of the foreign policy research institute at the senate intelligence hearing. >> through the end of 2015 and start of 2016 the russian influence system began pushing themes and influence seeking to influence the election. the covert trolls south to sideline both sides with adversarial views against the kremlin. it may have helped sink the hopes of candidates long hostile to russians. >>> lieutenant general gina corso on the shortage of officials. >> we were short 1,155 pilots across all mission areas. of this amount we were short 1,211 fighter pilots. it should be noted that a cost to train fifth generation fighter pilot is approximately $11 million. >>> nfl wide receiver bolden at a congressional forum on policing and minorities. >> there are a lot of police officers that aren't involved in the communities that they're serving in or supposed

n eastern europe, you have russian aggression. you have china flexing its muscles in the south china sea. ung, korea, kim jun threatening his neighbors and also the united states. you need someone to restore national order. but united do that states? power states is the only with the global reach. so that's why. said before, if the u.s. retreats from that role, you and leave behind a vacuum the bad guys in the situation. didn't sident obama sad crossed the red lines. putin has stepped in and has facts on the grounds that has made a solution much difficult now. guest: david is calling in from smiths grove kentucky on our democratic line. david. caller: hey, how you doing in i've always admired you. i've watched you for years on tv, and i think we need people pragmatic at have views of the world and russia europe. i just wanted to ask, how did view untries of europe trump and also, what are the military capabilities of nato? thank you. guest: first, on trump, well, i to say that in europe, it crisis in h like the the united states. of course, peop

china. heavy rain developing over eastern areas. shanghai, we have the grand prix here.weather will be south of shanghai but there will be wet weather heading towards the city. let's have a look at the forecast. probably try but then it will cool off a little bit and we will see some rain on race day. early in the day. by the time the race is on, the weather conditions should be drying out. finally, look at europe. the weather is looking pretty good along western and southern parts. lots of sunshine the uk. on sunday, peaking at 23. eastern and central mad, lots of sun around. warmer in london than in athens. past north west africa, all the way into calorific, here temperatures are in the mid—20 jeez, not far off what we will be getting a london. the weatherfor the not far off what we will be getting a london. the weather for the week ahead coming up just a london. the weather for the week ahead coming upjust before ten o'clock so don't forget to tune into that. our main headlines: the us has said it could take further military action against the syrian government after

china. how would you explain president xi's moves so far? >> i think president xi jinping has a very pivotal role. with him placing a roughly 150,000 troops on the eastern border or western border of china there between china and north korea showes a strong response from their president of china. i think that sends a strong signal to kim jong-un. the other thing is, his cooperation, hopefully with allowing these companies in doing business with north korea helping us put sanctions on the company secondarily to where they are excluded from the american or world financial banks. this is something he can come and help us with. if you look at what he has done previous to this, he was retaliating against south korea for their acceptance of the thad system in south korea. he was punishing the wrong korea. he should be going after north korea and helping us come together. he has done a good thing by preventing any more of the export of coal from north korea to china. let's hope he stays true to his word on that and that they help us bring this is a peaceful resolve. >> congressman, stand by. there is much more to discuss. we will resume our conversation right

this week, we have the middle eastern russia and north korea and china, the two biggest foreign policyina is particularly tricky because of that rhetoric. i cannot tell you how many times when i travelled around the country people would cite china's trade policies. they knew the chapter on dates about when china had stolen americanjobs. this dates about when china had stolen american jobs. this is dates about when china had stolen americanjobs. this is a big deal for american workers and donald trump's supporters. if he looks like he is caving in, that will be a problem for him politically, but on the other hand, he needs china when it comes to north korea, so he has gotjuggling act to do. it always looks very different from inside the oval 0ffice! a big day of news in congress. let's start with the story of devin nunes, the chair of the house intelligence committee. he is temporarily stepping down from the panel that is investigating claims of russian interference in last year's american election. a few weeks ago, mr nunes told reporters he believed mr trump or members of the transiti

and where industrial jobs have ten or 15 years, and where industrialjobs have gone away to eastern europe or chinaright. what was a bastion of the left. in fact, the national front has cooked up the disappointed very that once went to the socialist and communist. i'm in the city where the independence centrist emmanuel macron, now leading the polls, comes from. he grew up here and has launched his movement. at 39 years old he could become the youngest french president ever elected. any of them could make it to the run. let's turn to a young voter here, a 26—year—old studying psychology. he is supporting the candidate of the far left who has surged in the polls and is now fourth, just neck and neck with francois fillon, the candidate of the republicans. what makes you want to vote for whom? mostly the educational programme and questions about the environment, too, and labour. he has got what many call an expensive programme. he was raise the minimum wage and lower the retirement age. —— he wants to raise the minimum wage. he was too high a 60,000 teachers, 10,000 police officers, and the list goes

china. it will take just over two weeks to reach its destination — the eastern city of yiwa. products to fizzy drinks and whisky. steph mcgovern watched it leave. this train arrived from china back injanuary, with over 40 containers of cargo. today, it is starting the return journey, from essex, through france, germany, poland, russia, kazakhstan, and then reaching the east coast of china in 17 days' time. the final containers are just being put on the train now. there are 30 in total, with all kinds of different products in, food and drink, pharmaceuticals, baby products, all stuff that has been made here in the uk, and will now start the journey from here all the way over to china. we have these thin steel rails that go 7,500 miles to china, taking trade to and from china. it is an important day. britain imports a lot more than it exports, especially with china. it is hoped this rail link will increase that trade, especially with the weaker pound. but there is competition. london is the 15th european city with a direct link to china. it is just one stopping point in the new

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eastern time. tune in onou thursday. we will take a deep dive into the relationship between the united states and china for the hour. trump travels to florida to meet with his chinese counterpart for two days and mar-a-lago in west palm beach. on thursday at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. you can catch all of our interviews and live events on the bloomberg with function tv . this is bloomberg. ♪ >> 2:00 in new york, 11:00 in san francisco. i'm scarlet fu. julie: and julie hyman, welcome to bloomberg markets. scarlet: with her life and bloomberg world headquarters in new yo over the next hour. we will cover stories out of detroit, london, and hong kong. here the tp stoes. , a risk as we begin the second quarter when it comes to equities. major indexes trending lower, financials and materials relating the drop. top hedge fund manager tells bloomberg ps shorting shopping malls. hear more about why he is confident they are dropping retail is a forever trend. it's not -- shopping is not happening on car lots, u.s. auto sales missing estimates, as incentives -- struggled models. u.s. markets close in about two hours time. bu

the president is meeting with china's president xi at 10:30 eastern time this morning. there will be what we call a pool spray and limited number of journalists to go in and shout questions as we say. there's a chance he may make a statement beyond what he had to say last night in that very formal setting. in addition to that, white house officials emphasizing this morning that the international reaction that they're getting has been very positive, one of the things we'll be looking for is what kind of official statements come from many of those countries and what are they, our allies, prepared to do if, indeed, they're behind the idea that this cannot stand. stephanie? >> we know there's one country out there with something to say. russ yeah. there's strong reaction and support it is assad regime and bases inside syria. nbc's bill kneelly is live in moscow. bill, when's the word this morning from the kremlin? >> reporter: yeah. good morning, stephanie. president putin just finished chairing a meeting of his national security council and issued a statement saying -- con

the soviet union is change because of near, fear of china's reforms, fear of eastern european reslessness but most of all because of fear of falling parentally behind the u.s. i read that, the significance is that by the end of the reagan administration that it was still the view of the soviet union is reagan's china. and that's i think, very important in terms of thinking about reagan and europe and the end of the cold war. because there was tremendous improvement after eight years. but the cold war, the fundamental components of it were still in place when reagan left office in january of 1989. >> other comments or questions? yes, please. i'm sorry. get you next. >> david painter, georgetown. this is more of a comment. i always got the impression reading the documents and things that most american, many or most american policymakers don't consider the british europeans. and you know, when they talk about the europeans, they don't mean the british. the british are different, a special relationship and all of that. and it's interesting that they seem to come and go, as europeans and the d

china. it will take just over two weeks to reach its destination, the eastern city of yiwa. ina. the 30 containers are filled with items ranging from medicines and baby products, to fizzy drinks and whisky. this train arrived from china back injanuary, with over 40 containers of cargo. today, it is starting the return journey, from essex, through france, germany, poland, russia, kazakhstan, and then reaching the east coast of china in 17 days' time. the final containers are just being put on the train now. there are 30 in total, with all kinds of different products in, food and drink, pharmaceuticals, baby products, all stuff that has been made here in the uk, and will now start the journey from here all the way over to china. we have these thin steel rails that go 7,500 miles to china, taking trade to and from china. it is an important day. britain imports a lot more than it exports, especially with china. it is hoped this rail link will increase that trade, especially with the weaker pound. but there is competition. london is the 15th european city with a direct link to chi

china meantons with to signal to our other eastern partners -- [indiscernible] as you know, in the mar-a-lago meetings, we agreed on a 100 a program. .e are going -- 100-day program we are going back-and-forth with china on the 100-day program. actions with lumber and derry for canada, it really has no bearing on the chinese relationship at all. 25%b-25 percent -- is the tariff on lumber coming out of , has the administration done a study on how many american jobs will be saved due to this terra? -- terr -- tariff. sec. ross: lumber sells for about $27 per foot. part of the reason, i do not see pricehere would be a huge differential coming in, is this 31.5% of that output. american producers remain the same. this is suddenly not prices will 50%. that is silly. will beany jobs created, or jobs will be saved as a result of stopping the -- an exact: i don't have total, but i can tell you it has been quite a few states, the northern perimeter going all the way down to louisiana. this affects quite a number of people, and quite a number of businesses. report onbipartisan soft lumber -- [indiscerni

our interests lie with north korea, russian aggression in eastern europe, iranian nuclear weapons, chinese adventurism in the south china sea. so syria will not get solved. it is a going to come apart in the coming decade or so. it's a civil war between the sunni and the shia exacerbated by outside actors. i don't think there will be a good outcome. we can alleviate the human misery of the syrian people by aggressively spending significant resources along with our european allies of trying to sustain them in jordan and turkey, which we ought to get going on. >> malcolm, note how the conversation about russia has changed in the last 24 hours. and we've heard a lot about the president's process seeing that horrendous video of the victims of this sarin attack. but what now is our next trigger? a lot of talk about red lines in this country. what's our next trigger to act? >> well, it's quite possible that assad could use chemical weapons again in a small range. but i don't think that's going to happen. i think what's going to happen here is a big shift away from the military operations involving red lines to where russia is

our interests lie with north korea, russian aggression in eastern europe, iranian nuclear weapons, chinese adventurism in the south china sea. so syria will not get solved. it is a going to come apart in the coming decade or so. it's a civil war between the sunni and the shia exacerbated by outside actors. i don't think there will be a good outcome. we can alleviate the human misery of the syrian people by aggressively spending significant resources along with our european allies of trying to sustain them in jordan and turkey, which we ought to get going on. >> malcolm, note how the conversation about russia has changed in the last 24 hours. and we've heard a lot about the president's process seeing that horrendous video of the victims of this sarin attack. but what now is our next trigger? a lot of talk about red lines in this country. what's our next trigger to act? >> well, it's quite possible that assad could use chemical weapons again in a small range. but i don't think that's going to happen. i think what's going to happen here is a big shift away from the military operations involving red lines to where russia is

eastern we take you live president's sentiment with china xi jinping at mar-a-lago in florida, how president china over rising north korea tensions this morning all stories coming up joining me to talk all about it fox news network dagen mcdowell, kings college professor business economics brian brenned berg chief operating officer johnny courtney with us as always on jobs day happy you are here. >> glad to be here. >> good morning. >> a day of news dagen: i am curious to watch market not just today but coming weeks to see if a repricing of risk in terms of -- after what have happened what u.s. did in syria. maria: watching markets for sure, of course, we should not forget in reporting finance first quarter big story u.s. missiles strike a syrian air base, in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack conner powell live on israeli-syria board the la latest good morning to you. >> good morning getting information some of the conflicting information about aftermath of these u.s. strikes, on the air base in syria, about 6 or so jets damaged in these stwriekrikes pentagon telling our team 20 o

eastern on c-span. former government officials and experts in defense and foreign policy updated members of the senate armed services committee today on u.s. strategic relations with several countries korea,ng china, south north korea, and india. from capitol hill, this hearing is about 2.5 hours.

china. it will take just over two weeks to reach its destination — the eastern city of yiwa. ontainers of cargo. today, it is starting the return journey, from essex, through france, germany, poland, russia, kazakhstan, and then reaching the east coast of china in 17 days' time. the final containers are just being put on the train now. there are 30 in total, with all kinds of different products in, food and drink, pharmaceuticals, baby products, all stuff that has been made here in the uk, and will now start the journey from here all the way over to china. we have these thin steel rails that go 7,500 miles to china, taking trade to and from china. it's an important day. britain imports a lot more than it exports, especially with china. it is hoped this rail link will increase that trade, especially with the weaker pound. but there is competition. london is the 15th european city with a direct link to china. it is just one stopping point in the new modern silk road. time for a look at the weather. what a weekend, it felt like the summer in many parts of the uk, but the weather

eastern on cspan. >>> trade and foreign policy experts talk about u.s./china relations reviewing the recent meeting between president trump and the chinese president. infrastructure investment and currency manipulation. >>> good afternoon, everybody. welcome to the stimson center. it's a beautiful afternoon out there. we're glad you're in here for the time being. we're looking forward to a really good discussion today. i also want to start by sending a welcome to our audience on the live stream, as well as our audience on cspan. i'm ned oleson, i direct the center's trade in the 21st century program or trade 21. we established the program to help unpack how the global economy is increasingly the focal point a growing number of both challenges and opportunities on the international stage for countries, for the private sector, for the public interests at large. we also work to shape pathways for government and private sector action. to help trade and investments thrive alongside the public interests. we do this not least through collaboration with a superb group

eastern coast. president trump, who has vowed to, quote, solve nor kor china does not, is set to meet with chinese president xi jinping later this week in florida, where north korea will be at the top of the agenda. a senior white house official told reporters today, the clock has now run out on pyongyang adding all options are on the table. joining me now retired army colonel lawrence wilkerson. colonel, i want to read you two statements and get your reaction to how this president is positioning american policy on this incredibly high-stakes issue. this is the president talking about north korea to the financial times. well, if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. and this is rex tillerson just moments ago. north korea launched yet another intermediate range ballistic missile. united states has spoken enough about north korea. we have no further comment. how do you understand the u.s.-north korea policy at this moment? >> chris, i understand it in a way that i'm deeply concerned about. i've been on and off the korean peninsula as a military professional and diplomat for over 40 years. i've par

eastern on c-span's "q&a." a discussion on economic relations between the united states and china. this is about an hour and a half.

for the first time, about ten days ago, china indicated this was a red line, it said it would not tolerate instability affecting its north—eastern ijoin north korea. it is in a bind, does not want the regime to implied, but it does not like the regime, it does not like the nuclear programmes, and it is coming under immense political pressure from the united states to do something about north korea. worst of all now, the sense of timing, because we have the congress of the party coming up this autumn, which has to go well for the president, he does not want to rock any boats. how great is the chance of further, or an escalation of conflict, compared with 2a or 36 hours ago? the risk of escalation has dropped quite considerably. yesterday was quite rocky, and a lot of things might have gone badly wrong. fortunately, most of them did not happen. the uss boat stationed off the coast of career is still there, it has not done anything, nor haveit there, it has not done anything, nor have it accompanying destroyers, carrying cruise missiles, so for the time being the united states has not decided to lodge any military strike on north k

eastern port of sinpo, into the sea of japan. the launch looks timed to coincide with the visit by china's president to the united states.cuss with president trump how to rein in pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes. the bbc‘s steve evans has more details from the south korean capital seoul. it's looking like a pretty routine missile launch. not as big for example as the one on month ago, the four simultaneous missiles that approached japan. so it looks like it's a pretty calibrated gesture. firstly, they want to test missiles. secondly there is a political gesture going on and you can't divorce it from the political background. xijinping meeting mr trump in florida in the coming days. ramped up rhetoric about north korea from the administration. the reaction from washington has been not quite dismissive, but simply rex tillerson the secretary of state said we've talked enough about north korea, we've got no comment. the implication being the time of talking is soon to be over. so what the launch seems to be saying is, don't forget we're still here, but we're not going to make this launch so provocative that it goe

the first direct freight train from britain to china has left london. 30 containers carrying medicines and baby food will take seven days to reach the eastern chinese city. the train will travel to europe and russia, crossing seven countries. united airlines has been heavily criticized after one of its passengers was dragged off a flight to chicago. the airline had overbooked the plane and when no one volunteered to leave, they selected the man at random. when he refused to get off, he was dragged off by security guards. reporter: these are the disturbing moments that traveled around the world. several smartphones record as police hover over a man forced to exit the aircraft. the situation escalates as one officer manhandled him out of his chair. [screams] >> oh, my god! >> oh, my god. reporter: all three officers dragged him bloody and injured from the cabin. >> no! oh, my god, look at what you did to him! reporter: the incident began when united airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crewmembers. when none were found, they chose passengers at random, but this man refused. one passenger said he claimed to be a

begun its 18 day journey train from britain to china has begun its 18 dayjourney carrying 13 containers of medicine, baby food and fizzy drinks to an easterndeo has caused a lot of uproar on social media. a video captures the moment a passenger was forcibly removed from a united airlines flight. the american airline has apologised but as neda tawfik reports the apology has done little to quell criticism of united on social media. these are the disturbing moments that have now travelled around the world. several smartphones record as three police hover over a man who is being forced to exit the aircraft. the situation quickly escalates, after one officer manhandles him out of his chair. oh, my god. all three officers then drag him bloodied and injured from the cabin. no, this is wrong. oh, my god. look at what you did to him! the incident began when united airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crew members. when none were found, they chose passengers at random, but this man refused. 0ne passenger said he claimed to be a doctor who had patients he needed to see. good work, way to go. ten minutes later, in unexpl

my guests this week are the china expert isabel hilton, the north american writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, and rachel shabi, a writer on middle easternwelcome to you all. the horrific pictures of the gas attack in syria have brought a swift american missile attack. rachel, how is this seen in the middle east? where do we go from here? it seems to have support for trump's reports. there was praise for the courageous move. the king of saudi arabia praised the move. bahrain, jordan, turkey. israel, so the allies in the region were supportive. the reaction from syrians has been positive but measured. of course, people welcome some retaliation for such a horrendous act, a chemical attack against your own people, syrian people are going to be positive about anything that retaliates against that, to show that in an international community that is not acceptable. it is also measured in the sense that syrians would say "that is good, but why are there no similar reactions when there is attacks when the syrian regime throws barrel bombs on us or when there are chlorine gas attacks?" there was also a reservation in terms of what is this actuall

trump's incoming leading -- meeting with the leader of china and how president trump can be lured into an act of war in the korean peninsula on eastern europe. a lot of things to talk about. >> great interviews. that would be a great interview to watch. >>> 4:17 is the time. so, how's traffic? >> we have allie here this morning which, is fabulous and you're going to do traffic tomorrow. >> i am learning the ropes and after i wrap up here, i will bug him and watch. >> that's right. >> and she is doing well. it's going to be great. meanwhile, i get to take a day off. >> not for us but for you. >> yes. >> and good morning, everybody. traffic is moving well on northbound 101. it has been a nice drive. you can see here, the road centers, when you see green, you know they're doing well. once you see red or yellow, you see more traffic. and right now, it's still looking good in the south bay. we're looking at a live picture here in 280 and san jose and looks good. there are no major problems here. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, it's lightly travelled into san francisco. at 4:18, light bring steve in with today's weather. >> and

a 6:30 eastern time dinner is planned between the president and the president of china. the first meeting between two men and a lot on the agenda there. i want to stick with syria if i can and ask about the possibilities. you mentioned there will be options. the previous administration obviously struggled for years with how to handle syria and what kind of military force on use. this is a very difficult subject no? >> it is difficult. but there isn't a lack of military options. in 2013 when president, then president obama came very close the launching strikes, they had a whole host of options ready. the pentagon was ready to go. what we've seen the last 24, 48 hours, is the pentagon in some parts dusting off those plans but also doing new planning. there's been a lot between them. on one end we have taking out the entire syrian air force, grounding the planes. that means strikes against a lot of migs. that's not the just syrian migs. that's russian forces intermingled within there. we have to remember that the regime of bashar al assad and russian forces are close. then

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