president donald trump is hosting chinese leader xi jinping at his florida retreat for a two-day summit. attacking china's economic policies the cornerstone of his election campaign and trade and north korea are expected to dominate talks. alexander hearst has the story. alexander: china was one of donald trump's targets on the campaign trail. president trump: china, cihina, china. china! alexander: what the summit between trump and xi jinping will not be just two clashing agendas but also two men. xi, one of the most powerful chinese leaders is reserved and prefers highly scripted politics and diplomacy. contrast that with trump's rejection of diplomatic norms and unpredictable behavior, that often plays out in the full public on twitter. an unfiltered internet despite not appreciated by the chinese who worry the american poordent's anger at his polling number senate investigations into russia and failure on health care reform could be taken out on them. and that the luxurious mar-ala -lago. there has been no call. a game that xi has pressured communist party leaders to stop playing. t

shortly before, xi jinping arrived in palm beach. of the world's biggest superpowers with slightly different visions. we are getting ripped by china. we cannot continue to allow china to rate our country. -- rape. the port of miami, you can see what the president is talking about. far more goods are coming in from china that is going the other way. a massive imbalance. the president has decided to bring in tariffs that could start a trade war. the mayor of miami says that should be avoided. the president wants more exports and imports. we should not get in a trading was so be it would not be good either of. the picture is more complex. iphones. an american company that chooses to manufacture in china. within america, there is more and more chinese investment, like this windscreen facility in ohio, creating tens of thousands of jobs. this is the number one foreign policy concern of the trump administration. there is frustration that china has not done more, and donald trump has threatened to go it alone. a bad idea says this north kor

and there is a very scripted xi jinping.interesting to not only look at the body language but what happens afterwards. you will remember the 620 summit seven months ago in china. the story was all about whether president 0bama got a staircase or not from his air force one plane. it is all these things that will be symbolic of the relationship, i think, things that will be symbolic of the relationship, ithink, going forward. ina relationship, ithink, going forward. in a strange way you could argue that donald trump has already won by the very visual xi jinping coming to the united states to donald trump's, not just coming to the united states to donald trump's, notjust his nation, but really to his estate. and it is specifically for them, not on the sideline of some other summit. donald trump is setting the agenda. clearly the world is hopeful for a stronger unison between the two nations. and we are getting more footage right now. they are meeting inside that resort in mar—a—lago. body language is looking fairly positive at

underway at the moment, president xi jinping and president trump at dinner.s chart is showing trade will be at the top of the agenda. u.s. reliance on chinese trade as a percentage of global volume, 17%, close to the highs issue ofbut still an currency and could get quite interesting. bloomberg data suggests china's trade sensitivity when it comes to how that reacts to a weakness and the currency, that correlation has diminished come as so it will be interesting to see what the u.s. has to say on the trade front, but most deliverables when it comes to president ximp and jinping under domestic pressure to come up with the goods. electronics seems to have shrugged off scandals over product safety and corporate corruption to post fire first court of profit and sales. stephen ingles is on the story. fiasco, the note seven jay y. lee in jail, it can't keep the company down. were talking about deliverables. samsung delivering to shareholders because of the strength in the oled display and memory chip areas, parliamentary numbers of operating profit and sales, the h

perhaps caution against president xi jinping's visits.ump and president xi jinping have dinner at mar-a-lago. it will be uncorrectable --ncrypted president trump present trump versus president xi. joe: i will be looking at march fx reserves. we have not talked about that in a while. that story has calmed down a bit. scarlet: don't miss this, the best day of the month, u.s. jobs report coming out at 8:30 eastern time. joe: we are expecting a confirmation vote on neil gorsuch to be the next supreme court justice. scarlet: that does it for "what'd you miss?" joe: have a great evening. this is bloomberg. ♪ attention homeowners age sixty-two and older. one reverse mortgage has a great way for you to live a better retirement... it's called a reverse mortgage. call rfree information kityour with no obligation. it answers questions like... how a reverse mortgage works, how much you qualify for, the ways to receive your money and more. plus, when you call now, you'll get this magnifier with led light absolutely free! when you call the experts at o

china's president xi jinping arrives in florida for his first meeting with a u.s.sident donald trump. in their first face to face, what will the leaders of the two largest world economies do? who released poison gas in syria earlier this week? investigators are trying to find answers on syria, russia, turkey and other leaders in the united nations. ♪ brent: it is good to have you with us. we begin with the situation in syria. the u.s. president donald trump has hinted at a possible intervention in the country after a suspected gas attacon a rebeheld tn they are left week. at least 70 people were killed. there are claims of that russian planes hit a chemical depot held by rebels. correspondent: these men are carrying -- gathering chemical samples from the streets. they say they are also doing tests for chemicals on animals found in the area. they hope to preserve evidence that can be used in an investigation. western leaders believe that the evidence is already overwhelming. >> obviously there is a cocktail of chemicals. quartering, other substances and you see the

an historic meeting between donald trump and chinese president xi jinping begins the traded north korea tensions topping the agenda. we will have a live report from florida and analysis of what's at stake. good morning. i am nicole petallides. lauren: good morning. i'm lauren simonetti. we are going to tell you what the delay potentially mean for tax reform timeline with fox contributor kirsten haglund. train to today promises to be in historic day. supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. that's how you all about it. train to roller coaster ride for the dow before and it was the last of 41 points on concerns about the tax-cut timeline as well as federal reserve policies. train to u.s. stockmarket futures are down 13. s&p futures down one. lauren: stocks in japan fell to the lowest level. the nikkei sliding almost 1.5%. in china come to shanghai composite ended lower. lauren: facebook and ceo mark sabo and trying to crack down on revenge. lauren: amazon ceo jeff bezos going ahead again space-bar experience train to pick golfers at the masters tournament. a back injury keeps the world's numbe

days ahead of the president's meeting with president xi jinping. the u.s. warning it will take action on its own unless china increases pressure on the regime. >> the president said china will either decide to help us with north korea or they won't. if they do it will be very good for china, if they won't don't it won't be good for anyone. >>> no longer take the excuses from china that they're concerned too, they need to show us how concerned they are, they need to put pressure on north korea. the only country that can stop north korea is china. >>> she's meeting with president trump. coming up ahead. >>> the supreme court court pick neil gorsuch, the committee expected to vote today to advance his nomination to the fu senate. 52 republicans, eight democrats needed for confirmation. so far though only three democrats are supporting, with indiana, joe donnelly to get on board. >> mitch mcconnell is vowing to get gorsuch confirms even if it means changing the rules. >> all i can tell you is neil gorsuch will be confirmed. how that happens depends on our democ

the wild card now is what xi jinping will do with this. his government is seen as having the most influence with the regime in pyongyang. xi jinping is no fan of kim jong-un. the two have never met. at times the regime has frustrated china, even embarrassed china. but china does not want regime collapse in north korea. they see that as devastating. they would have refugees coming across the border, and taking a longer look at it, they're looking at the long game and thinking if there is regime change in pyongyang, that could lead to the reunification of north and south korea behind south korea as the leader, which is aligned with the united states. so strategically, this is not what china wants to see in the end. it was very telling that xi jinping did not make any sort of statement or comment at the state den, unlike shinzo abe when he was meeting with president trump and north korea had fired those missiles. the two men made a joint statement together. there was also no comment from any of chinese official orz any of xi's trusted adviser

geopolitical events on the peninsula will be a key focus for donald trump and president xi jinping when they kick off their summit today. that, thank you for sophie. china markets are joining in on this regional shout out on the back of those fomc statements overnight. chemchina is closer to its $43 billion acquisition of syngenta after the eu competition authority approved the deal him a but china's capital outflow restrictions could mean it is the last megadeal for quite some time. our gadfly columnist has more on this story from hong kong. are we sing this latest step by step towards the ultimate conclusion of this deal, why are they so key to chemchina? >> because i think these are the two big approvals that would have gotten the deal through. now they have the u.s., and in europe. you only have mexico, india, and china left. mexico and india have not stood in the way of big mergers. india has asked for concession sometimes, but generally they don't get in the way, whereas china once this deal. china has to cope with the basic dilemma. it has such a huge population and only 9% of th

had good talks in mar-a-lago an about north korea with xi jinping. and david's point is is central here, it looks as though the united states has flipped, now very open and praising china, very critical of russia. the opposite of where president-elect trump was during the transition. >> rose: what about north korea? what do you both see what our options are because the president has said in some of these interviews he has said in the last couple of days i'm sending an ar mata to the waters off nofort korea. what do you make of that? >> well, charlie, i will just begin and leave it to nick. i think trump is pretty much told us the base line, that he had extensive, it said four hours of one-on-one conversation with xi jinping. north korea was a central part of that. i'm told that each explained how they look at this north korea problem. trump said it's improbable for the united states to allow north korea to get a nuclear tip missile that could strike american territory. if you don't help us deal with it, we will deal with it. i think xi jinping talked

thank you. >> and again, this is president xi jinping.t now expected to emerge from that aircraft there on the tarmac at palm beach international. we will bring that to you live on the other side of this break. also, reaching across the aisle. president trump saying that he wants to work with democrats to pass key legislation. i'll have one moderate democrat how willing are they to work with him? [ all sounds come to a crashing halt ] ah. when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. awww. try this. for minor arthritis pain, only aleve is fda approved to work for up to 12 straight hours with just one pill. thank you. come on everybody. aleve. live whole. not part. there's nothing more important than your health. so if you're on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b here's why. medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. you might want to consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like any medicare sup

xi jinping said they have established a level of trust.n a plan to address the trade imbalance and president trump accepted an invitation to visit china. the head of indonesia's insurance agency says the country's banks will likely face more nonperforming loans. said that they haven't seen the bottom yet. she said the problem will keep success.growth under global news 24 hours a day in one to 20 countries. this is bloomberg. david: let's get the latest on the markets on this monday. juliet is standing by. reporter: we are seeing resilience coming through. top looking at what is most in the region. gains are coming through in 0.7 percent. the nikkei being boosted by the fact that the yen's weaker against the dollar for a third day. -- you have also seen some pickup in emerging markets. is here the highest level in one month. when you look at the ramifications of the geopolitical news on asian just take that away and have a look at the losers in the region. you can see weakness coming through in south korea. you are seeing some weakness comi

the top story: the chinese leader xi jinping news. the top story: the chinese leader xijinping has arrived in florida for his first face—to—face talks with president trump. the key issues will be north korea's is i'll programme. mr trump also previously said he would make china pay for the big trading balance between china and the us. in a statement obtained by the bbc, the basque military movements eta says is we'll unilaterally disarm this week, ending decades of violence between them and the spanish government. this is trending online. the french candidate frances friel —— france's feline is being investigated over allegations that he gave fake jobs to his wife. that's all from me. as for watching bbc world news. our top uk stories: theresa may has told the president of the european council donald task that the sovereignty of gibraltar is not up for negotiation during the brexit talks. let's cross over life to singapore for the latest business news. face—to—face for the first time, as xijinping and face—to—face for the first time,

he's clearly putting it on china and xi jinping.vant here. only consequences. >> what trump has done in previous tweets and previous statements. china should do this, if it doesn't the united states will go it alone. and it means imposing costs on the north koreans and on the chinese. >> there is a peculiar aversion to look at this he metrically and putting everything in proper proportion. first is that china is in charge here, not north korea, not kim jong-un. three consecutive administrations have tried to pretend chain ace an observer in the neighborhood rather than having control. we know the chinese are involved in their ballistic missile program and the nuclear program. >> the chinese have been selling semi processed uranium for north korea's nuclear weapons program as well as ballistic missile technology. lou: what's the next step? >> more sanctions on the north koreans. if china doesn't step up in a month or two, i think we'll see economic measures impose on china because trump set a timeline for them. lou: up next, the head

president xi jinping and with the most significant arrivals.and with him his wife. a5 president xijinping and with him his wife. as they make their way down those aircraft steps to meet the various dignitaries who have been standing in a line to wait and greet him. i mentioned north korea also on the agenda, other key issues that may emerge during discussions that may emerge during discussions that go on between the two presidents, climate change and the environment. that might feature at some point. chinese ambitions in the south china sea have again featured in president trump's thinking in recent times. the suggestion being that chinese ambitions in that part of the world have not only troubled the united states in recent times but have troubled some of china's near neighbours as well, japan, south korea, malaysia, the philippines have all made statements about their concerns in that area. that might well be raised. that issue of taiwan as well. much was made of president trump's decision to phone the taiwanese leader after he got into the w

on the other hand, xi jinping us and put america first.t america first. on the other hand, xi jinping says that free trade is the answer and that this is what will bring jobs to china and the us. what do you think president trump should be saying to his chinese counterpart? i'm sorry. i apologise. i have been perhaps unfair to you. i'm one of those people who thinks we should make more here. they are not a true democracy. that's the worst thing about china. social repression. who do you think gets the most out of it? definitely the us. whether they like it or not, when xijinping and donald trump are sitting across the table from one another, this is probably the world's most important connection. but it's not just connection. but it's notjust money and trade that drives the relationship. when it comes to climate change or getting north korea to contain its nuclear ambitions, america leads china. we will be watching closely. this is newsday. still to come: himalayan glaziers and the ganges become living entities in an effort to protect them

president donald trump will meet with xi jinping at mar-a-lago this thursday. unpredictable versus sticking to the script. blunt and brash versus reserved and controlled. will they find common ground? topping thesues agenda, trade, security and north korea. let's get more details. what's the view in china going into this meeting? we are seeing a lot of calls for positivity and cooperation. overall it's not antagonistic in any way. is going to be looking for stability in the relationship and avoiding economic friction. he has the biggest meeting of his term as president coming up next year. stability is going to be very keen to him. -- key to him. tillerson mentioned also when he was here earlier. jinping maytime xi be feeling confident given that even by having this meeting that has already been a success. trump has suffered a lot of losses recently. he may be looking for a win here. >> what should we be looking out for during this first face-to-face rendezvous? expectations and the bar are not especially high. especially with trump's somewhat volatile personal

high-stakes summit today with chinese president xi jinping. the threat of north korea's nuclear ambitions and tensions over trader on the agenda for the first in person meeting between the two leaders of the two largest economies. the nuclear option in the senate, unilaterally rewriting chamber roles to allow neil gorsuch to ascend to the supreme court. democrats serious that their efforts to block did not work. devin nunes a recusing himself from the investigation into russia in the 20's -- 2016 election. they are looking into whether he made unauthorized disclosures of information. donndary actor and comedian rickles died at 90 years old. he suffered kidney failure and died at home. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am alisa parenti and this is bloomberg. >> ♪ >> i am caroline hyde, this is bloomberg technology. a high-stakes meeting. president xi jinping arrives in florida for a meeting with president donald tron. two issues.he top 's ideas are more than just a pipe dream. and gett

he's clearly putting it on china and xi jinping. and it doesn't look like a quid pro quo is relevant here. only consequences. >> what trump has done in previous tweets and previous statements. china should do this, if it doesn't the united states will go it alone. and it means imposing costs on the north koreans and on the chinese. >> there is a peculiar aversion to look at this he metrically and putting everything in proper proportion. first is that china is in charge here, not north korea, not kim jong-un. three consecutive administrations have tried to pretend chain ace an observer in the neighborhood rather than having control. we know the chinese are involved in their ballistic missile program and the nuclear program. >> the chinese have been selling semi processed uranium for north korea's nuclear weapons program as well as ballistic missile technology. lou: what's the next step? >> more sanctions on the north koreans. if china doesn't step up in a month or two, i think we'll see economic measures impose on china because trump

scarlet: except that xi jinping does not golf.f tournament begins in agosta georgia tomorrow. joe: you don't want to miss this, an exclusive interview with jack lew, his first since he left that post, talking to bloomberg's david gura. catch that thursday, 1:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. london time. scarlet: that does it for "what'd you miss?" thank you for watching. joe: this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i'm alisa parenti, and you are watching "bloomberg technology." u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley says if the world body won't act on syria, the u.s. will. she spoke today. her comments came as the investigation into the attack continues and world leaders grapple for a response. president trump today condemned the chemical weapons attack calling it, quote "an affront to humanity." president trump: i will tell you that it's already happened, that my attitude toward syria and assad has changed very much. if you look back over the last few weeks, there were other attacks using gas. alisa: president trump has removed chief strategist steve

president xi jinping arriving minutes ago. there for two days of meetings with president trump at his mar-a-lago resort. we will have coverage of those meetings across bloombergs platforms. let's get a check on the market with abigail doolittle. abigail: major gains for the averages. take a look at what is behind the strength. bloomberg, youhe can see what is happening sector lies. the top sector, energy, oil trading higher for a third day in a row. right behind it, financials up .8%. if financials close up, it will be the first in five days, probably being helped by yields. all the big banks are trading higher, including bank of america, jpmorgan, citigroup, lots of strength for those banking shares. behind this is probably the move up in yields. of course, we had the news that gary cohn said in a private eating with lawmakers that he would favor splitting the lending and investment banking activities within banks. will this have an impact on banks? i spoke to a banking analyst earlier and he says no. analystsn, the policy ar

president xi jinping man tried to create more jobs president xi jinping man tried to create morejobsmore jobs for donald trump. he will possibly talk about investment creating hundreds of thousands of jobs investment creating hundreds of thousands ofjobs so that president trump has something to show for the summit. but above all he wants to avoid any kind of trade war or high tariffs. and then the trade deal. they have talked about the north koreans. they talked about the increasing testing of missiles and nuclear testing. they want china to squeeze them more strongly and fully implement us sanctions and put more pressure on north korea along with the united states to get it to stop. the tone is set in this summit during the meeting will probably guide how the two men go forward. —— tone set. they will try to have a working dialogue where they can talk about these kinds of issues going forward. barbara plett-usher in palm beach. in a moment, we'll get the view of our china editor, carrie gracie, on the meeting, but first, here's our north america editor, jon sopel. president trump an

president xi jinping and his wife. >> what's her name?> han lion. >> and she appears to be greeted by secretary of state rex tillerson. we understand the president of the united states is on his way, coming in his own 747 air force one. on the ground now in america, xi jinping. >> there you see secretary of state, rex tillerson. >> first happened sheik on the grou ground. >>. >> but they have a bit of a relationship, because he did meet with him in china. if there's any relationship at all in this administration, it would have to be with tillerson first. this is their second meeting, which is 100% more than many of the administration so far. >> secretary's visit to china was very different than what you would have seen from previous secretaries of state. secretary kerry always went with a very large entourage. tillerson brought only one reporter with him on that trip, which raised the hackles of the reporters in washington, d.c. but he has made it very clear, he is going to set a very, very different tone as secretary of state. in fact, w

. his way to florida to meet xi jinping.hink what happened in syria is one of the truly egregious rhymes and it should not have happened. i think what happened in syria is a disgrace to humanity. he is there and he is running things so something should happen. you may be wondering, the reason the star wars movie was playing on a screen to the side of donald trump was that was in the area where journalists on board air force one were sitting and evidently that was the choice of film they had made. it has nothing to do with donald trump, he did not put that on screen. this attack he was talking about was only town in the north—west of syria, if we bring up the north—west of syria, if we bring up much more detailed map, the aerial in purple is idlib, it is controlled by the rebels and we are getting more details about the extent of the loss of life in this attack. new figures from unicef saved 27 children died and another 546 people were injured. that in addition to the fact we already know that over 70 people lost their lives.

he will meet next hour with the chinese president xi jinping. he repeated his man tau that china treated the u.s. on trade, and indicates he will press china hard to do something about north korea's nuclear threat. senate republicans have made good on their threat to use the nuclear option, lowering the threshold of votes needed to break a fill bust err. the historic move clears the way for appointment of nominee neil gorsuch. i will talk with our analysts and guest, standing by with full coverage of the day's top stories. president trump is at his florida resort now, ready to meet next hour with china's leader. much of the talk tonight is about syria. sources say the president is weighing military action and urgent huddles are set with his national security team. let's begin with sara murray. >> that's right. the president will be meeting with national security advisers in mar-a-lago including defense secretary james mattis as he weighs potential ways forward when it comes to syria. this comes as we see a different posture from the trump admini

wrapping with with xi jinping when it happened. joining me a panel. lucy do you have a sense of the response among allies in the u.k. and europe? >> not u.k. but heard from the australian prime minister who called the air strike proportionate and calibrated but getting response now from syria, governor of homs province where the air base is located. he's suggested to ap that the u.s. missile strikes resulted in deaths. we haven't independently confirmed. may have been a proportional strike but sending 1,000 pound bombs at target, not outside the realm of possibilities. and hearing from activist group that monitors this, reporting that at least four syrian soldiers including officer were killed. not verified. but governor of homs saying that neither the syrian leadership or policy will change as result of this strike. he's a fairly low level official but significant point because it raises point of how effective this u.s. military action will be. doesn't necessarily change assad's grip on power or dynamics of the war. does allow president trump to say

as we discussed xi jinping as with president trump at the moment.hey are sent to discuss trade, and also the threat from north korea. first, our north america editor. >> president trump in the first lady arrived in florida a short time ago or what promises to be the most consequential meeting of his presidency. just a moment before xi jinping arrived. there sharply different visions. rippedgetting absolutely by china. we cannot continue to allow china to rape our country. travel down the coast from here to the port of miami and you can he with the president is talking about. farmer goods are coming in from china pan american product's going the other way. it is a massive imbalance, it could spark a trade war. like toresident would see more of a balance in the exports and imports, but i don't not think where going to get into a trade war with china. it would not be good for the united states and not good for china, either. jon: and a picture is more complex than the campaign rhetoric. take apple iphones. this is an american company that chooses to ma

what does president xi jinping take-home from the meeting?ng into this meeting, it was a meeting seen as having a number of risks for president xi jinping, especially president trump, who can be unpredictable. the fact that he came out of these meeting with these constructive comments and there were no notable missteps is seen as a success. it was an important meeting for president xi jinping domestically. this is an important political year for china with a party leadership reshuffle towards the end of the year. state media covered pictures of them walking the grounds that mar-a-lago and lots of praise and comments on social media about the granddaughter of president trump reading poetry and singing songs in chinese for president xi jinping, so he comes out of this looking didng, even though syria overshadowed to some degree. one advisor says it shows president trump is prone to changing his stance on some issues, and that is an area that will be digested by the chinese. is thise there continuing question around trade between the two countri

he is making comments about the summit between president trump and president xi jinping of china.called it frank, open, and candid. this was in his briefing to reporters on the china discussion. president trump stated a need for china to level the playing field when it comes to trade, and said president trump agreed to visit xi jinping at a future date. no further specifics offered on that. joe: this seems to be the general theme, that it was not about achieving any specific, whether on the security front or trade front, but as people we talked to in the run-up pointed out, the real goal of this is in large part to build a rapport between the two coup leaders. at least based on the official comments that is what it appears to be. scarlet: a getting to know you trip. let's take a deep dive into the bloomberg. you can see our charts using the function at the bottom of the screen. i want to put the jobs report into context. the backdrop is that president trump has promised to create 28 million jobs over the next decade, on average 2.5 million a year. no president has ever averaged th

he will be meeting with president xi jinping this afternoon at mar-a-lago.e saw tillerson walking with president xi. giving us an idea of what could be on the table here as he's hopeful china will find a way to influence north korea. obviously, that is going to be a point of paramount concern here. the doors opening as president trump gets ready to disembark. we want to bring in michael mckee, our chief international economics and policy correspondent. so much of the focus has been on what the white house will discuss with president xi when it comes to economics because of all the discussion on whether china is a currency manipulator or not. yet, rex tillerson just said there will be candid views to be exchanged between the u.s. and china. i have not heard the trump administration saying anything regarding human rights in china until now. : that had not been included on the list of things the u.s. was likely to talk to the chinese about. obviously, the trade issues and north korea and the geopolitical questions, arms sales to taiwan by the u.s. and chinese v

said the xi jinping two had established a level of trust.he two agreed on a 100 day plan to address their trade imbalance has president trump accepted an invitation to visit china. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. thank you. our next yes leads the u.s.-china chamber of congress. he joins us from chicago. he has an advice or to a number of corporations and governments. thank you for talking to us this morning. nothing tangible out of the meeting. much would you say both parties advanced there out interests -- own interest. >> yes, president trump talked about trade against china and said he's going to put 45% import tariffs on all the products imported from china. since he became the president, he has not talked about it at all. one reason is that is really complicated. a deficitlking about americans find goods have become part of their daily life, and consumers will not put their wallets on the has been donald trump silent about the 45%. there are not

the big one, president of china, xi jinping who are will spend two days in the u.s. starting thursday. extraordinary they're going to mar-a-lago. xi jinping hates golf, well, while all of this is going on another potentially big development in iraq for the president's son-in-law, jared kushner is visiting the war zone alongside joint chiefs chairman joseph dunford. i need nbc's kristen welker to help me out here. she's live at the white house. kristen, what can you tell us about this trip first? in my own little mild mind i would think bring rex tillerson, jared kushner, no experience, and he's already been charged with creating peace in the middle east, chairman of innovation for the white house. and i believe he was pretty involved in the xi jinping visit. so why jared in iraq? >> you're right. it's striking he's visiting before the secretary of state, steph. a couple of takeaways i think here, first of all, he's made it clear he's visiting on behalf of the president. as we know the president trying to cultivate a plan to fight isis as they try to ramp up that figh

we expect to see president xi jinping momentarily as well.the -- these are the two greatest economic powers. in addition to the nuclear threat from north korea, there are plenty of other trade-related economic issues on the agenda as well. right? >> oh, absolutely. on the currency manipulation side, that's a real big issue. if you're going to manipulate your currency so that at the end of the day it makes it more difficult for american companies to compete because of what you do with your currency, that's a real consequence. looking at the consequences of intellectual property rights -- >> there they are. i'll interrupt. the president xi jinping and his wife have now just emerged from that air china aircraft and they are walking down the stairs and they'll be received by an impressive u.s. delegation, senator, including secretary of state rex tillerson who made his way down to florida to receive the chinese leader. president trump will be down there and i suspect within an hour or so they'll have dinner tonight. so once again, i'm sorry for i

was told tois president xi jinping over dinner rather than being sprung at him. ifclear message by trump is, you are not going to collaborate with us on north korea, we will be forced to go in that direction. china will see it in its own interests to have some signal to the effect that they will act on north korea as well. david: as a chief strategist what is the next thing you're looking at? that makes you change your mind? things, howre two long does this last? it might give way to a more positive reaction depending on the outcome. second thing, is there a buying opportunity? my view is yes. buy korea when there is a north korea risk right there? wouldn't this move up by the trump administration exacerbate that risk? uwe: it is a zero-sum situation. if there is a war, it is wrong. if there is not, in fact this is the first step toward a possible resolution. why not go with that? are perennially undervalued in terms of pe. there is the risk premium there. that will not come off. but it is given an opportunity to jump in. you have today's samsung's results. what

president xi jinping wants to do the right thing.ood bonding, i think we had a very good chemistry together. i think he wants to help us together. i think he wants to help us with north korea. we talk trade, we talked a lot of things to be and isaid we talked a lot of things to be and i said the way you will get a good trade deal is to help us with north korea. —— things. 0therwise trade deal is to help us with north korea. —— things. otherwise we will go it alone, and that will be good to. is pressure over china working? well, they have urged pyongyang to halt what it called nuclear activities. john sudworth is in the capital and sent his report. behind me you canjust make out in the gloom the skyline of an eerie and quiet pyongyang, a city that finds itself at the centre of an increasingly tense international crisis, with a us aircraft carrier strike group on its way to these waters, and north korean media warning that if such provocations continue, there could be devastating consequences. the chinese and us presidents have spoken

, and how far president xi jinping pushes back.ey are looking forward to a new starting point. what are they looking for? -- china seems. they are looking for their own trade deal with donald trump. and that there we re with donald trump. and that there were strained relations with president 0bama, because president 0bama was keen to point out at certain times the human rights, the alleged human rights abuses. so when it comes to the relationship that they have with president 0bama, they are hoping that a new start with a businessman, and they are hoping when it comes to donald trump, that business acumen is one that they can work with. —— that his business acumen. and it is still a difficult dealfor him to pull. but it is acumen. and it is still a difficult deal for him to pull. but it is only more comfortable territory daily politics that he has had to play here in washington. thank you, laura. certainly an interesting week ahead. i know you will keep across that for us. stay with us on bbc news, still to come, peru struggles to

president xi jinp >>> jared kushner's surprise visit to iraq comes amid growing concern about isis. monitoring from istanbul. jared kushner's trip is really surprising here with someone with little diplomatic experience, no military experience. why was jared kushner in iraq, what's the point of that trip? >> well, i think that's the million dollars question, it was an unannounced visit came at general joseph dunford. we know he's been charged with defeating isis in iraq. we know the two were traveling together in iraq, what we don't know are some of the key details, any time a senior official visits iraq some of the key details are kept secret. the bigger question is that when there are visits like this and some details kept secret usually we know why the visits took place in the first place, in this case we don't know why jared kushner was in iraq, what it does show is the continuing descending -- of trump family members, we see on the ground is a convergence of all of those three things, primarily military operations, there are decisions being made by american generals every day i

. >> two of world's most powerful leaders, president trump and xi jinping to meet, senate democrats filibuster president trump's nominee neil gorsuch. >> and this just in, sweater of state rex tillerson announcing steps that are underway to tomorrow an international coalition to remove syrian dictator bashar al-assad, president trump reacting moments ago. >> i think what happened in syria is a disgrace to humanity. he is there, i guess he is running things, so something should happen. >> welcome to "risk & reward," i am in for deirdre bolton, major evens on day 78 of trump's presidency be we start with the latest. to adam shapiro on the ground. reporter: vote to confirmnism neil gorsuch is expected to take place tomorro afternoon. the senate changed decades of precedent it infocused what many people call a "nuclear option," lowering threshold to en debate on a supreme court nominee and prevent filibusters. like the one that democrats were using. republican senator lindsey graham worries that change will make senate more part son. partisan. >> it will have an effect on judiciary. not a good one

he and xi jinping have already formed a friendship.ered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, and stephen engle through this is bloomberg. david: thank you. let us get it back over to palm beach, florida. it has just gone half past midnight president trump. it is hosting xi jinping. rain inocencio joins us. us on thefor joining program. tell us what is the latest you are hearing. say: you know, i have to the bombing in syria clearly is now overshadowing the visit of president xi jinping with donald trump here. that happening, those strikes happening at 8:40 p.m. eastern time. it is 12:30 a.m. now, so four hours ago, but that didn't happen as the heads of state and their respective entourages were finishing up the dinner and we are learning donald trump did inorm president xi jinping advance of those strikes, so they were well aware of what was going to happen, even as they were dining, even as they were posing for the shots that we did see of them shaking hands as well as smiling to the cameras, but mor

but there was a surprise over with presidentng she paying -- xi jinping. republican senator rand paul says trump needs congressional authorization when it comes to action. detailing theial navy launching the tomahawk missile against syria. saying prior interventions have done nothing to make it safer. that coming from president trump saying, syria had repeatedly ignored warnings from the un security council. let's get it over to the markets clearly andave unexpectedly, we did see that reaction when it comes to that market reaction in safe havens. let's take a quick recap. >> it was a slow and brutal death for so many. even beautiful babies were cruelly burned in this very barbaric attack. no child of god should ever suffer such horror. tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield -- where theause chemical attack was launched. it is in this vital national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread of deadly chemical weapons. there can be no dispute that ned chemicalan weapons, violated its obligations under the ch

xi jinping has north korea to worry about.uld say russia, putin has almost the same issue with syria going on. would we be just as likely to have a discussion with russia, another superpower? that might be a great thing, but will the left and some of the people on the right say, this would be fantastic if trump could sit down and work with the russians? >> i think the obama administration did just that. with trump, a difficult situation given all of the interference in the election. >> my point is, i think this is a very positive thing. >> it is. and he is capable of exerting pressure on them privately and not making any kind of overt statements. it is very volatile, dealing with someone that is mentally unstable with kim jong-un. the dnc, only 30 miles away, a huge complication for the chinese. again, another complicated situation. >> we are going to have to lighten things up here a little. we've got the way to do it. greg gutfeld has got another one of his secrets to happiness and you're going to want to hear that. ♪ >> so a

that with the backdrop of the most important global relationship that become president xi jinping and president trump. another chapter today when they meet. i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans, thursday april 6th, 4:00 a.m. the president responding to outrage to a chemical attack in syria that killed scores of civ civilians. as early as last week the administration said outing leader assad was no longer a u.s. priority. >> what a revolution. but at a rose garden news conference, he quoted it as heinous and also hinted that the u.s. might take action. >> my attitude toward syria and assad has changed very much. i will tell you that attack on children yesterday had a big impact on me. big impact. that was a horrible, horrible thing. and i've been watching it and seeing it. and it doesn't get any worse than that. it crossed a lot of lines for me. when you kill innocent children, innocent babies, babies, l litt babies, that crosses many, many many lines. >> -- blamed the attack in part on president obama, president trump says the responsibility is now his and he will quote carry it v

of donalds the eve trump's meeting with xi jinping.hina to doants more to rein in the nuclear program in north korea and donald has raised the possibility of using them as a leverage to do that. we take a look at the complexity in the situation. a man on the frontlines of diplomacy, james stavridis. great to have him with us here on bloomberg television. it is great to speak with you general. you have gone to meetings like this before, meeting a counterpart for the first time, so how does the president approach this meeting that will take place later this week? doingope he is fundamental research and learned about chinese character and history. we talked a moment ago about the leader's bookshelf, one of the great books on it is the art of by annd and -- a book agent chinese strategists. he needs to look at the long-term view of china and if he does that i think he will have a better chance of being successful in these conversations. preparation is key, not only tactical issues, but also understanding the longer-term theory of a given -

president xi jinping arrived today for a highly anticipated meeting with president trump.t is the first bilateral meeting between the two leaders and an important step in improving u.s.-china relations. trump is expected to press his on issuesunterpart like trade deficit and north korea. president xi jinping is seeking assurances that washington will adhere to the one china policy. joining me now to talk about the summit is tom donlon, national security adviser in the obama administration and has met the president of china a number of times. i am pleased to have him back on this program. welcome. as national security adviser, you made china a particular area of interest for yourself. what do you think the chinese coming here are expecting? what do they hope to accomplish? is anor both sides it important meeting. it is the most important diplomatic meeting that president trump has had so far in his presidency by far. on the chinese side, their approach would be to have a successful meeting. i think they put a high premium on having a successful medium. particularly moving f