and obviously it's a big deal to engle. and he even said at the end of appear on his show, he says hopefully we could do it before the primaries, the show is on very, very late, but it's pretty good. [ laughter ] let me just say if you want to appear on the show. maybe say it's on pretty late, but it's very, very good. and obviously i respect what eliott engle is doing, but the only thing i'll say is, the reason i can't have you on the show, i believe it's every american's right to own an operate flame throwers. [ laughter ] and i know people say, but flame throwers throw flames. no, people throw flames. and i have the right to feel safe at night with a flame thrower by my bed because you never know when a japanese world war ii soldier is going to kick in your door. you're going to want a flame thrower. flame throwers. george washington wanted me to have a flame thrower. but again, i do want to thank congressman eliott engle for having a really bill, really happy about that. thank you so much congressmen. [ cheers and appla

deal to engle. and he even said at the end of the article, maybe i could appear on his show, he says the primaries, the show is on it's pretty good. [ laughter ] let me just say if you want to show. maybe say it's on pretty late, but it's very, very good. and obviously i respect what doing, but the only thing i'll say is, the reason i can't have you on the show, i believe it's every n an operate flame throwers. [ laughter ] and i know people say, but flame flames. no, people throw flames. and i have the right to feel th a flame thrower by my bed because you never know when a japanese world is going to kick in your door. you're going to want a flame thrower.ontrol, but not flame throwers. have a flame thrower. to thank congressman eliott engle for having a really bill, really happy about that. thank you so much congressmen. [ cheers and applause ]strong runner, donald trump has announced that he will sit out thursday night's gop debate on fox news after complaining that fox anchor s been unfair to hi

he even goes on and say, "i'm a big snl fan," said engle. "i have very confident people we thought, gee, it's perfect, let's just do it. thus with the flame thrower's really act christened. we thought really would make the point, "said engle i was incredibly honored and feeling pretty good about myself. to the very next line the bill hasn't exactly rocketed out of committee. [ laughter ] now, what the flame thrower act is about, is it's about making it harder for people to be able to buy flame throwers. it turns out, there's only two states in the nation that have any restrictions on flame throwers whatsoever. you can order them online. they bring them to your house. and obviously it's a big deal to and he even said at the end of the article, maybe i could appear on his show, he says hopefully we could do it before the primaries, the show is on very, very late, but it's pretty good. [ laughter ] let me just say if you want to appear on the show. maybe say it's on pretty late, but it's very, very good. and obviously i respect what eliott engl

. >> they call him the stark tech, danish designer engles. he spoke in the stadium and wants to build a mote. he says he takes risks with many of his buildings. >> the more you are up to something interesting, the more it's going to inspire praise and criticism. >> and, in your case, we have a fair amount of sunshine and the opposite. >> engles is responsible for building designs in new york city and california. right now, it's not clear where the new redskins stadium will be built. they staged a mock train derailment. the annual st. patrick's day parade. more than a hundred groups participated this year. it's been a tradition here in the district for more than 45 years now. >> temptures will be a little on the chilly side. sunshine finally starts to make an appearance late in the day on tuesday, but then showers possible on wednesday as well as thursday. tomorrow, i change my forecast. i've updated it from earlier. i think the weather is going to have more of a low versus low to mod rat impact. otherwise,it's going to be orr cast and cool. n

richard engle, nbc news, istanbul. >> this story is still developingment we will let you no he if any new details are released during our newscast. lester holt will have an update on the nbc nightly news at 6:30. >>> ate greenville, south carolina police officer was shot and killed this afternoon trying to serve a warrant. the police chief says the by a man who was a self- admitted gang member. he said several officers were trying to serve the paperwork when the man opened fire. the suspect then called his investigators haven't release the suspect. >>> a sanford man died this morning when his atv collided with a sheriff's deputy strike. this happened on east forest oaks road around 1:00 a.m. the highway patrol says 32-year- old shelton mchalloween was driving down the road left of center when he collided with the cruiser. the deputy was taken to the hospital, treated and released. charges are not expected. >>> new data showing black men are more like to be stopped by police in durham is getting at tension of civil rights groups. the organizes have been pushing for reform in the police

stephen engle has the latest. us,ill have them for imminently.ld get an idea of what is happening export wife, import wise, and domestically, and perhaps paint a picture of the global economy as well. experts on the way, down. reporter: we are getting the you one figures right now. we'll cut dollar figures in a minute. in yuan terms, exports year over year, falling 20.6%. we are expecting 11.3% down. is previous month in january 6.6%. this is quite a significant drop. there are significant -- seasonal distortions because of the lunar near, but this is a significant risk. imports, better than expected, down 8%. we were expecting 11.7%. january was 14.4%. imports, little better, but exports are worse, 20.6% down. terms.re in yuan we will get the dollar terms later. theeparated it because of distortions over the last year after the revaluation -- devaluation in august. that leaves the trade balance more narrow. in january, it was a record high trade surplus of 406.2 billion yuan. that has been whittled down, because of the drop in exports and improv

richard engle reporting a short while ago about the raid on going in brussels at this hour. they think they may have found the launching pad and now a news agency is claiming that isis is responsible for those attacks. back to you. >> thank you, sue, i believe we still have tara from politico on the phone. obviously it's going to take awhile for brussels the city to return to business as usual as these manhunts continue. we know that the eu, they're still letting staff come into the buildings if they have badges but all meetings on premises and outside have been cancelled. what have you learned from the eu which you traditionally cover for politico about when they will return to normal. and i know in this eu area that many of them have been advised to stay and some are trying to car pool to get out of town but if you weren't home you are to stay home. and the flags are at half mast right now out tps side of the circle which is mean by where the attack happened and that's in the location of the eu council and the commission. people move very, very freely. it's not a city that

stephen engle, joining us from beijing.inbi is concerned, it is perfectly clear that the authorities want to focus on the basket. they'd like to see some stability, or even better, some slight weakness in that -- anna: risk off. >> precisely. i think this will continue. the one thing about the pboc that we should bear in mind is that they are learning by doing. over the past year or so, like for example in august, i suspect that the market was unexpected. i think the important thing to remember is that, as we are going through this phase and the central bank is learning by its mistakes, they are fixing -- it's much more normal. so i suspects that from here on, it will be a gradual depreciation. anna: against the basket. and what about against the dollar? edgedollar story -- ha funds had been betting on the weakness of the currency. >> on the whole, it will depend on how the dollar fares against the other major currencies, but i still expect the renminbi to weaken against the dollar. i think it is because china is moving tow

engle for his questioning. >> thank you, mr. chairman.you know, emotionally, because of terrorism and the attacks on 9/11 and the attacks in brussels and things that we're hearing, emotionally you just want to say, well, throw them alls< in jail and put them all in jail and throw away the key. but that's not how we're supposed to work as a nation. that's now what we stand for, and i don't believe that we should abandon our principles if we can still be safe. i would say that things are a trade-off. i wouldn't be for abandoning all principles if it meant that there was going to be a larger chance of being unsafe as a result of releasing or transferring some of these people. but when you read the facts and you look at the facts, you see that it's really worse by keeping them there. you have a balance sheet. i'm not for releasing anybody who was guilty, but i'm also not for keeping people in prison year after year after year after year with no trial. that's not what i learned when i was in grade school. that's one of the reasons why this co

last week flames tore through the 150-year-old first presbyterian church of engle wood. parishioners are gathering with a lot of gratitude that no one was hurt and that their people remain intact. >>reporter: the reason why the church is holding services here this morning at the bergen performing arts center is because they expect so many people to come out for easter services. these are pictures that we got of the damage from inside the this fire last tuesday night. the fire badly damaged the 150-year-old church. congregants celebrated good friday nearby at saint paul's and those who are with this church say they are so thankful to the community which has come out to help. >> it is a devastation to the whole community, for one thing. certainly. they've been very generous. church. >>reporter: this is a cross that the pastor of the first presbyterian church showed to parishioners at good friday services. it was pulled from the rubble. he says it is a should and that they will rebuild. we're live in engle wood, kristin thorne, channel 7. >>> tens of thousands packed into s

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stephen engle joins us from beijing. what are we expecting today? stephen: we will get the annual press conference from the premier. the premier will be answering questions. it is a fairly scripted affair. it's not like the media can get up and ask any question. these are all vetted beforehand. it is a rare chance to ask a -- a very chance to ask a question of the premier. he will have his talking points, including jobs. ,his has been a big priority top of the agenda. the delegates of the -- go back to their various provinces as of today. they need to keep creating jobs and a slowing growth environment. the monthly indicators have shown the economy continues to weaken. we've seen some stabilization like in the property market but overall, the academy -- economy continues to weaken. they will again set a target of creating 10 million new jobs, the same target as the last couple years. 6.5%ys we need at least gdp growth to have full employment and to have those 10 million new jobs. that will be the biggest challenge as i said. the numbers are indicati

steve engle there. politicsng to american .ton and donald trump seen as the big winners. five states holding primaries. front runners doing well. megan murphy is watching the race. macon, what have we learned in the last hour? megan: we are waiting for missouri where it is tight on both races. andeen bernie sanders hillary clinton and between donald trump and ted cruz. on the republican side, this is ted cruz is chance to get on the boards. john kasich one his state of ohio. ted cruz would like to get a victory tonight. mean ted cruzthat will have people show up behind him even though he has had a bad night of it or will it the john kasich? macon: that the establishment faces a row quandary here. they don't like ted cruz much more than they don't like donald trump. john kasich has won ohio, that is the only state he is one so it is hard for him to see a pathway. he is a candidate to could get the nomination. he will not get it out right. his strategy is to take it to where people will be freed up and a new winner could emerge.

bill: thank you, laura engle. jfk airport there.eanwhile countries around the world lighting up landmarks in the colors of the belgian flag. this is the eiffel tower in paris. this is the brandenburg gate in berlin. the testify very fountain in rome, italy, and world trade center here in new york. all tribute to those in belgium. the french prime minister this past hour, the e.u., all european nations must invest massively in his words, in security, and security systems. that is another wave in the story. we have a long way to go on this already. there so so much we do not know. patti ann: a lot more questions than answers at this point. donald trump meanwhile raising a red flag. >> we better get tough and better get vigilant because if we're not vigilant to start off with we'll be in big trouble in this country. patti ann: trump renewing calls to shut down the borders in the wake of attacks in brussels. his campaign spokeswoman join us live next. [ male announcer ] this saturday, megan is home doing yoga. last saturday, she was sho

that is stephen engle this morning in beijing. let's have a detailed look -- we will have a more detailed look throughout the course of the show. tweet us your thoughts, @wrist rishaadtv. china opening as well as to buy a luxury hotel and resorts chain. they snapped at the new york waldorf-astoria hotel last year. more on the latest purchase. the seller is black stern, and they are selling for $6.5 billion, which is about $450 million more than they bought the chain for a few months ago in december. they have about 16 properties across the u.s. they are trophy properties, including jw marriott, essex house in manhattan, and some properties in scottsdale, arizona. if this goes through, it would be the biggest purchase of a u.s. real estate purchase by a mainland chinese buyer. let's take a look at how big the deal is. since 2014, they have spent about $5 billion buying real estate overseas outside of china. billion. is $6.5 it encompasses all of the purchases that were made in the best -- last couple of years. no one has really hea

laura engle has the latest. >> reporter: parts of the south are still under water, but in some areas the flood waters are receding after nearly a week of heavy rain. the storms leaving at least six people dead and more than 5,000 homes damaged in louisiana alone. now and civilians are scrambling to assess the damage. >> i'm just concerned about what kind of damage the water is going to do and especially if it stays around for a long time, kind of like the katrina event. >> reporter: and the trouble isn't over yet. about a quarter of louisiana's river gauges are still in some level of flooding prompting president obama to declare a major disaster for the state. the emergency management office describing the flooding as historic and calling for voluntary evacuations of at least two towns near the pearl river along the louisiana-mississippi border. >> it's very current, and just if it come in the house, you can redo that. but if you get in it and you're gone, it's over. >> reporter: also causing concern, another line of thunderstorms that hit parts of oklahoma, arkansas and east texas.

the fire department measured 74 parts-per- million of carbon monoxide in jari engle's home. normal indoor air should be 10 or below. a rusted-out exhaust pipe from the furnace was causing the odorless, colorless and deadly gas into the home. another bill passed in the senate would allow iowa pharmacists to prescribe birth control pill to females of any age. that means women would be able to get birth control doctor. the bill now heads to the republican-controlled house where it could face an up-hill battle. some republicans tell the register they have reservations about turning over that kind of health care decision to pharmacists. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. the city of ames is working with iowa state to hire a consulting firm to look at safety issues along lincoln way. that's the same street where a cyride bus hit and killed 18 year old center point-urbana high school graduate emmalee jacobs a few months ago. ames city engineers say there is no correlation between the december incident and the safety study. they just want to make a busy road safer for everyone espec

the structure collapses in front of engle's eyes. >> it was terrifying. i'd be lying to you if i -- i had never seen anything like this before. it was terrifying. the sound of it was panic. i think that's the best way i can describe it. panic. >> sam! >> sam! >> sam! >> 12 people are treated for broken bones and bruises at the nearby hospital. no players are injured, but the cowboys' staff suffers a devastating blow. the most severely injured is 33-year-old assistant scout rich beam. his spine is severed and he's permanently paralyzed from the waist down. >> the initial reaction was, man, we were lucky. nobody got really hurt. it wasn't much later we realized, not everybody was so lucky and we found out about rich. i think that changed everybody's perspective of all of it. >> the cause of the collapse is immediately investigated. at first it's thought that a tornado hit the facility but it turns out the collapse is caused by a microburst, an intense downdraft of air over a small area usually caused by a thunderstorm. the investigation reveals that wind sp

reporter laural engle has the cross-examination in the case. >> reporter: another tough day in court for fox sports broadcaster erin andrews. the tv personality crying as she describes the impact nude video secretly shot and posted online on her relationship with her boyfriend hockey player jarrett stoll. >> i think he would have loved the girl more, that was there before this happened. and i felt very guilty about that. it would not be the coolest portrait. and i don't want him to see this. >> michael david barrett admitting in a recorded deposition played monday having shot video of andrews after all terring the people of her hotel room door. the footage makes her feel insecure. the 37-year-old believes she will be dealing with this for years to come. >> what happens when my kids come home from school and saying that you are naked on the internet. is this still an issue in your 60s. who will explain it to my grandkids. >> andrews is suing the owner and operator of the nashville marriott and barrett for $75 million. the company say that the man that shot the video is at fault but an

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the forum is underway, and stephen engle is standing by with a guest. over to you. good we are in southern china. we are with our guest, the deputy managing director of the imf -- thank you for your time. it has been a rocky two months for the renminbi since the last time we talked in china at the world economic forum. just after they devalue the currency, we have had a lot of hedge funds speculation, talk of competitive devaluation, what with negative rates in europe and also japan. are you concerned about competitive exchange rate policies, and how it might affect the renminbi? >> so far the central bank governors will not take comparative devaluation to monetary policy. i think that is clear. we do clearly see the exchange rates volatile in the market, and a lot of currencies depreciating with oil price dropping. meanwhile, this is a different mark on the exchange rate market. twoexchange rate -- this is very different concepts. stephen: i guess we have seen the authorities spend about half $1 trillion of their reserve defending the currency. is the imf asking ch

richard engle, thanks, and stand by. we're going to go to havana, cuba. where the visit of president obama continues. it will end today, but one of the highlights of his trip is an address he is going to give to the cuban people. it will air, translated in spanish across cuba. this is the kind of split screen day we're having. we haare guessing the president will begin by talking about this situation in belgium. just as the french president did the same in the last few hours. he was at a business conference, and devoted the top of his remarks to the loss of life in neighboring belgium. andrea mitchell is covering the president's visit, covering this opening to havana. andrea. >> and the president is going to address it at the top of the speech. the white house had been meeting this morning, national security council meetings, informally with susan rice here in havana. secretary kerry also here. them talking to the president, rewriting that speech. that speech was really the baby and the brain child of ben rhodes, the deputy national security adviser, and

it is raining so hard, laura engles house would be blown down. melissa: washed away. >> oh, my gosh it is amazing because the rain held off, for entire funeral rain held off. right as they brought the casket out before the interment the rain began as dignitaries payed their respects. this was supposed to be evening funeral. they wanted to replicate when the former president was buried. anyone saw that, vivid picture of nancy reagan breaking down putting her head on the flag-draped casket. they were trying to recreate that in some sense. clearly they were also playing with the weather. they hoped if they had the funeral early enough, 11:00 here on the west coast they could get through it and planning was perfect because at 12:30 when everything was just about over, it started to drizzle. now it is coming down in buckets and forecast to come down like this for the next three, four, maybe five hours. so the timing here was perfect. melissa. melissa: wow, trace. didn't get the sunset for drama. but got dark clouds and rain like the sky is crying. tra

our chief foreign correspondent, richard engle, rejoins us in the studio., we've learned from tom costello in the last hour that ap

joined now by richard engle and terror analyst.ichard, give me a sense of how this guy got away from the terrible attack from november in paris, after 130 were killed. how he got away, supposed to commit suicide and all that. how long it took, and why so long to catch the guy. >> well, how we got away is he didn't go through with his attack. he was never supposed to have survived the paris attacks. the other attackers died while fighting against counter terrorism police, killing innocent people or detonating suicide vests. he had a suicide vest. he chose to dump it, and escape and was seen driving across the border, leaving france entering belgium. so he got away when there was still an opportunity for him to get away. why it took four months, critics will say it shouldn't have taken four months. because in the end, he went right back to where it all began. he went back to the molenbeek area, he met the master mind of the attack. and he went back to the place where he had contacts and friends. and i think it also shows how isolated

nbc's richard engle broke the news this morning. >> american special operations forces conducted a commandoaid stopping the car of the isis second in command who is generally known as haji imam, they first tried to arrest him, the situation escalated, and he and three others in that vehicle in syria were killed. this is a serious intelligence victory. the u.s. has a lot of information how to find the top isis leaders, and after yesterday's action, the will to go into syria on a very dangerous mission and kill them. >> for more on today's news, i'm joined by terrorism analyst, a former state department spoke woman. let's go to tara first of all. what good does it do, how hard is to kill one of these guys. >> first of all, they wanted to capture him. they wanted to try to capture him. we don't flow if something went wrong or security was at stake. they probably wanted to capture him for intelligence. the effect, it's necessary to do it. it's not sufficient. the organization will replace him. there are cells and other parts in the world that will operate with or without the second in charge, b

i want to bring in richened engle. good morning. what is that news?>> well, according to the federal prosecutor in brussels, a fingerprint has been found for a man, if you remember, he is a wanted fugitive, still wanted in connection for the bataclan atactions. this goes back to a joint french/belgian raid that took place on tuesday afternoon. this joint operation took place on an apartment at the time, the authorities carrying out the raid thought that they were entering a derelict apartment. the power had been cut, water had been cut. they thought perhaps it was one of the terrorist safe houses they had been using. instead, when the officers went in, they found themselves engaged by gunfire, and a several-hour gun battle raged. one militant who was in the house was killed. three officers who were involved in that operation were injured. over the last several days, police and investigators have continued to comb that safe house that turned out to be occupied, and that's where they found the fingerprint, according to the belgian federal officer of abd

richard engle is still with us, our chief foreign correspondent. richard, what have you been able to find? >> i was told a short while ago that, by a senior u.s. intelligence official, that belgian federal police appeared to have made some progress in their investigation. they are searching a residence in a brussels neighborhood. and that they believe this residence was possibly the staging ground for the three attackers believed responsible for for today's atrocities in belgium. if they have located a residence, a potential staging ground, searching it. that shows quite a bit of progress being made just in the last several hours since these attacks took place. that's one piece. the other is u.s. intelligence are currently sifting through all of the chatter, online chatter, intelligence intercepts, to try to eliminate circular reporting, duplications, rumors, and to see if there are other imminent threats out there. and at this stage, they're still -- that process is still under way and have not been able to determine if there are other imminent th

manus: joining us now is stephen engle who is live. obviously a really reassuring message there from one of the most interesting words, we will not devalue the yuan to reduce exports. -- fib,able, or playing fable, or playing to the gallery? >> i have been asking this a lot around china. the currency markets in the stock markets have been seeing a lot of volatility and i would have to say the chinese leadership is learning a lesson that they do need to convey their message more clearly and more readily to the investment community around the world because of that volatility. had all of those bets against the yuan thinking that the chinese had to devalue. message even though some say, the chief strategist at goldman sachs told me earlier this morning that china would be served well by devaluing the currency. least rest of it they will keep that relatively stable. there were two other risks on the table today highlighted by goldman sachs and the property market rebound. goodman addressed boast -- both of those as well. he said the fiscal

let's talk to stephen engle, taking a closer look. stephen: he just went through it with haidi as well. china has relied on throwing fiscal spending on those railways and bridges. so muche built up overcapacity. they need to work that off. they need to have these supply-side reforms falls to otherwise, if they have this record deficit, there is going to be running the risk of higher debt problems. they will run right back into the same problems they had following the amount of stimulus in 2009. -- the are hearing is central bank governor supports the states plan to overhaul state owned enterprises. a lot of vested interest against that. let's see the quote from him. he was cornered in the legislative hallway yesterday afternoon in beijing. he said supply-side structural reforms will help fiscal policy to be more effective from a functional point of view. he is supporting supply-side reforms. it is a big venture when you are trying to really go for short-term growth. yvonne: especially if you have a target of 6.5% -- at least. when it

stephen engle spoke to goldman if beijingsk him should lower its expectations.s at least 6.5%, but according to our forecast that kind of growth is high, because it will imply a rapid increase in china's debt to gdp ratio. that's the highest in the developing world. >> what is tolerable and what is not? up the gdpl push ratio over 300%. some people say this to japan, is we know household wealth higher in china. that is quite dangerous. >> what are the biggest risks? you also have a bubble forming again and properties and currency risks. >> a lot of things are interrelated. that currency is facing downward pressure, but the problem is when you maintain exchange rate stability at a time when the exchange rate is weakening, you will have a much sharper decline in the future. at the same time, i think china households to buy property. that is also risky. i can give you some numbers. in hong kong, people talk about high property price because income ratio is 13 times, but in china almost 30 times. >> the policy to get the oversupply, excess inventories, down in the t

stephen engle caught up with the ceoeffrey and asked of rockefeller and company about china's growthobust economic growth. thes down from the high chinese experienced for many years, but still quite substantial. ,rom an investor's standpoint we watch the sustainability of that level of growth going forward. the leadership in china has articulated a new five-year plan , a variety of economic and other reforms. we and other investors will be watching the implementation of those. the overall thrust from a conceptual and policy standpoint is in the right direction. >> you see an opportunity for increasing investment in china? >> sure. there are always opportunities to invest in china. companies around the world are looking for investment opportunities in china. if for only one reason, the market is so big, largest population center. while it has experienced tremendous growth, it has tremendous open runway ahead. sector under see a appropriate terms and conditions not being right for external investment in partnership with or on a sole basis by a u.s. company or other. >> what would be th