it is not just the policy of xi jinping, but xi jinping continues. think it is quite obvious that the united states, in some term, they are following china's example. donald trump says, america first. china does not say that. but china acts in that sense, china first. why not? gudrun: actually, the chinese ambassador to the u.s. said, if ththe u.s. says america first, d we need to protect ourselves from the trade deficit, it is like looking in the mirror. so what you just said is reflected on the chinese side as well. melinda: in fact, andreas said earlier that certainly donald trump, or that china is not going to be looking to play a values-based leadership role, but that is hardly what donald trump is looking for either. his approach to foreign policy is explicitly transactional. so what would you say he will be looking for from xi jinping in this meeting in china, in terms of getting a good deal? andreas: first of all, i wanted to briefly respond to your previous question about the trade deals, because to me it illustrates that there are bigger is

talks about the influence of chinese prison xi jinping. the wilson center, this is just under an hour and a half. >> i think we can start now. good afternoon everyone welcome to the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and welcome to those who are joining us live today on her webcast in c-span for this discussion on china's 19th party congress. my name is sandy pho and i'm a senior analyst on china and united states at the wilson center and i will be chairing this discussion but as many been a china's 19th party congress wrapped up last week in beijing. for those who follow china the party congress here is like "game of thrones" and awards season all rolled into one is how i described it to my non- non-china france three detailed profiles of who's who in china's political circles and how they are connected seem to pop up everywhere and everyone starts making predictions in who they think will make it on the politburo standing committee which is the pinnacle of power in china. this year congress however was really all about one

xi jinping emerges as a powerful leader in china. did he enhance his position as the party congress? yes. is he all-powerful? no. let's look at some of the assumptions before the party congress. those who argue that xi had acquired unlimited power to the extent of negating the concept of active leadership thought it possible or even likely that xi would waive the age limits, replace the premier, hack the standing committee with his cronies, change the size of the standing committee, put yourself on par with chairman mao by adding xi jinping thought to the constitution and in other ways the part from the president set during the last few decades. let's examine these propositions in terms of the result of the 19 party congress. the age limits are respected. were there any exceptions but no. was premier? no. was xi added to the party constitution: yes. did xi keep the standing committee the same size yes. did he keep the pack committee with this but it is no. were those about it to the standing committee based on seniority? by a large,

yes, we have not seen a leader like xi jinping here for a long time.mmunist party constitution really means to challenge xijinping now constitution really means to challenge xi jinping now is to challenge xi jinping now is to challenge the party itself. and so, yes, he doesn't have the checks and bala nces yes, he doesn't have the checks and balances on him the way that donald trump does. of course, donald trump is also a very powerful person. but it isa is also a very powerful person. but it is a completely different system in the united states. i guess some, though, would say that within the party, behind closed doors, there are sort of checks and balances on xi jinping's are sort of checks and balances on xijinping's power. but i think others would counter that by saying that he is really drawing power to himself the likes of which we have not seen for decades. and yet, that also means that he can deliver on things. and so, i suppose, also means that he can deliver on things. and so, isuppose, when donald trump sits down with xi jinping to discuss m

this is what xi jinping is doing. he's working within an established tradition and he's offering to the chinese people chinese civilization, it's technology, material culture, s asthetic tradition. chinese power has always been founded in claims of the virtue of the leader. in fact, the concept of virtue and power in traditional china are very often melded and confused. chinese moral and political philosophy are indistinguishable in the classic text. it is translated in a number of ways including the classic of the way of power and the classic of the tao of virtue. we see in the great learning, this is made very explicit when he describes how somebody becomes a perfect human being, which then qualifies you to rule the country. it says that this ideal person first gains knowledge, there mathereby making his thoughts sincere can rectify his heart, then cultivate his person, regulate his family, rightly govern his state, and through this right governance of the state the whole kingdom is made tranquil and happy. so this

he is meeting with xi jinping. a clear sign that xi jinping will have huge pageantry.dent is obviously looking forward to this. he wants to talk to xi jinping. he wants to talk to vladimir putin, all about getting on board. he wants to talk about trade. will he be successful? david: i think the atmospherics of this visit, i think xi jinping want this to be mar-a-lago ii, photographs and smiling leaders, may be the leader's grandchildren, this idea of the united states and china shaking hands, establishing a partnership for future stability in asia and the world. i think that is what the chinese want. i think it is also what trump wants. charlie: today in the new york times, maybe your paper, the idea that xi jinping is talking about china and the united states. it was to join the united states and rule the world. david: i think united states sees a g2 world. the chinese traditional slogan that western analyst use is "hide and bide." don't show your power too openly and bide your time until you are stronger. i think they look at united states and its retreat from global

. >> well, donald trump will be meeting with the chinese leader xi jinping in the coming hours. what is xi expected to say to donald trump? what will his reaction be to what he said just hours ago in seoul? >> john, you and i have spent the last year, two years now, talking about how china's strategic calculation when it comes to north korea has not really changed. yes, they've signed on to harsher, more tough sanctions drafted in the u.n. security council. but their strategic calculation that north korea continues to be a buffer against the u.s. and the south koreans and the southern part of the peninsula hasn't changed. whether that's going to change when donald trump comes here and meets xi jinping i think most analysts would scoff at that idea that over one day the chinese would really completely change their viewpoint on this issue. but one thing that donald trump pointed to during that speech that paula alluded to when she was talking, he really took the approach of almost an argument of morality, if you will. talking about how can countries like china look at themselves i

genie: xi jinping really imposed his agagenda from beginning to d . he has been reinvested as party leader. he has amassed a tremendous amount of power, and he wants to show the world that yes, china is a world leader on par with the united states. no mention of human rights, no mention of press freedom, no mention of militarization on the china sea, and for the first time in decades, journalists were not allowed to ask donald trump any questions. this is the very first time the u.s. president is not taking instions from journalists china, and russia said this is because of pressure from china, so xi jinping really mastered the agenda from beginning to end. genie: thank you for that. overseas aid minister priti patel resigned wednesday. she stepped down after unauthorized meetings in israel, and is the second and latest cabinet members to before stop by scandals that have rocked the government of theresa may. it's go to benedict in london. this is the latest scandal. this one almost came -- became a national sport with thousands of people following wh

i think his model is xi jinping in china. xi jinping tried to make the party more efficient and enhance his personal rule. that's what m.b.s. is trying to do with an anti-crushen drive, he doesn't have the party to purify that. the only thing is the royal familiar will you. >> rose: where is the trump administration on this? >> i think one explanation for why m.b.s. moved so decisively is the trump administration, the president, jared kushner senior advisor are all in with vaibz saudi arabia and m.b.s. i think mime pompeo unlike john (en who was close to baniaf, pompeo is strongly behind m.b.s. and that's been a factor. we don't know whether the u.s. gave a formal green light but the fact jared kushner was inside saudi arabia only a few days before the events happened makes you think that at a minimum m.b.s. felt he had strong support from the administration and could go forward with what he wanted to do. >> rose: some will suggest that the idea of this began because of all the obvious things you have been talking about, the

chinese president xi jinping once again pulled out all the stops. but behind closed doors the two leaders were faced with thorny issues among them the increasing threat from north korea a strong young's closest ally beijing is seen as a best bet to rein in an increasingly defiance north korea. with the menace of north korea and. we've heard from a discussion in there today and i think things will happen i believe things will happen. the positive tone taken by trump marks a departure from his previous criticism of china. in september north korea launched its latest ballistic missile and president trump threatened to cut off ties with all countries that do business with north korea over ninety percent of pyongyang's trade is with beijing. but president xi made no new commitments saying his country would continue to improve u.s. china relations. though. china is willing to work with the united states to enhance cooperation and properly manage differences the spirit of mutual respect and mutual benefit. the visit has so far been a friendly one between t

xi jinping did not mention north korea. president trump did saying they had a restricted bilateral meeting this morning. much smaller group. the president saying i believe as you do that there is a solution to north korea. we are not sure at what point that solution becomes apparent to the rest of the world. at the moment there doesn't seem to be a solution. the president saying that the united states lags well behind china when it comes to the u.s. and china trading relationship. 347-billion dollars trade deficit the u.s. has with this nation. the president would like to shrink that if not erase it all together. >> laura: thank you very much. joining us with reaction from fresno california, victor davis hansen. author of a new book. there is a lot to unpack in this visit. the president with xi. to watch the two of them together it seems like a modern-day love story. the forbidden city and the pageantry. they want to out do us on the pageantry side. what a stark contrast from what we heard from president trump on the campai

the shoot from the hip impulsive donald trump and the guarded protocol of a xi jinping. and things didn't start out too well between them. to allow china to rape our country and that's what they're doing on the campaign trail trump took a hard line against china and its economic policy accusing it of manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages. but since becoming president has taken a noticeably cozier stance to its america's one time for. when she visited the u.s. in april trump had room words for his chinese counterpart we have developed a friendship i can see that and i think we're ok we're going to have a very very great deal and i look forward to. trump was also quick to convey his admiration after she consolidated his grip on power at the communist party congress last month. spoke to president xi to congratulate him on his extraordinary elevation also discussed north korea and trade two very important subjects. and two subjects where despite the friendly rhetoric the two presidents don't see eye to eye. north korea is the major issue that's testing u.

ecological problems around from that point of view i'm not very sure whether she jinping this policy they mark. to organize the march but dominated by state whether this policy would succeed in that in that sense would you say that the international press is overreacting when they say that jean ping is the new mousing dong. yes certainly if which is compere mounted don't. and see. his henchmen just stated this top and instantly we could also compares jumping wisdom jumping and jumping traveled to nine hundred ninety to two thousand china the man didn't have any office any longer and he just gave two very short interviews and instantly we experience the great wave for reform and opening up to policy but being had together sort of team of his is only of he's per person we see that he could not get through with so much not a part of them were jumping could afford to go to the back of some doubts there that we've just heard about how strong this new strongman really is your opening statement says that china that he is making an effort to project an image of china as a great power and to

judging by his response, xi jinping is delighted by the personal touch. watching newsday. hello again. there is some colder weather on the way for this weekend. but overnight it is not going to be quite as cold because this area of cloud is moving down from the north—west, bringing with it a bit of rain and drizzle. as the cloud clears away from northern scotland it will turn chilly later. perhaps the lowest temperatures for a while ahead of the cloud to the south—east. here the numbers will be higher by the morning. we start the day with cloudy skies and some light rain or drizzle. and temperatures six or seven. for much of southern england, wales, the midlands, up to yorkshire and lincolnshire it will be an dull start, low cloud, rain or drizzle here and there, no great amounts. already it is brightening in northern england and some sunshine to agree today in northern ireland, particular scotland, where there will be a chill in the air here. and some sharp showers into northern scotland. they will continue pretty much all day. it will be quite windy her

president donald trump has just arrived in beijing with a message for china's president xi jinping get tough on north korea earlier trump gave a speech in seoul where he called out china and russia by name to put pressure on pyongyang the president also called on north korea not to underestimate the u.s. well earlier in his address to south korea's national assembly trump emphasized u.s. resolve against north korea today i hope i speak not only for our countries but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try this we will not allow american cities to be threats with destruction we will not be intimidated lived out of beijing al-jazeera is a dream brown is there for us adrian one of the chinese going to make of what president trump was saying in south korea regarding north korea. well adrian i think the chinese will feel that his language was actually quite measured there were warnings there but not talk of imminent war and i think they'll be hoping that that same measured language that we seen in south korea and japan will continue here in c

here he is with xi jinping and they are announcing all these deals.e is talk of them adding up to $250 billion i think. it's going to be something we'll have to have a look at overcoming days and weeks. some of them are more in the memorandum of understanding category. not necessarily actual contracts with deliveries of units. and yet other parts of these, some of them do seem to be the real thing. xijinping has said that under donald trump, his administration is ushering in a new spirit, a new time of cooperation between the two. they needed to have something to show this. that's why all these deals have been announced now. you have your" announceable" you've been looking for. in terms of what's going on now, us business bosses wa nt what's going on now, us business bosses want better access to china. some of the big corporate have really struggled to operate and make headway in the chinese mainland market, which is worth billions. yes, and xijinping has said today that that is going to happen. he said there will be greater access to china for us com

about his hosts china warm words from xi jinping but donald trump really went into a lot more detail than president xi did did and he stepped on particular issues that are top of the agenda on this visit north korea calling kim jong un's regime a murderous man and also about trade and what he would like to see from from china . yes exactly of course north korea was very high on the agenda and although president xi jinping said that the actually urges everyone to implementing a u.n. resolution that has been adopted last month against north korea he actually didn't go into any detail of what china will do to do its part because of course donald trump been urging china to do more to cut off the trade relationship with north korea and also put a lot more restrictions and also he said that again also during this press conference he said you should stop financing and trading with north korea and there was no detailed response from president xi on that particular issue there was a lot more on trade though because the united states and china have actually signed an amazing amount of trade de

rob: our next guest an expert on us korea policy, the meeting between donald trump and xi jinping ise key to this historic trip, stay tuned. >> life pictures, the president and first lady touring the forbidden city in the heart of beijing, china, a beautiful place, he has a big day ahead of him as he tries to convince president xi jinping he needs to get tougher on north korea, to stop what he considers a madman with growing arsenal of nuclear weapons. and the importance of this tour in the forbidden city, we go to scott snyder. director of us korea policy program on foreign relations, we are talking about north korea, china, all these issues, the president landed in beijing. what does the president need to say to xi jinping to motivate him to do the right thing with north korea. >> donald trump may have said what he needs to say to president xi jinping in his speech in the national assembly overnight. by describing the nature of the north korean regime and letting the facts speak for themselves rather than engaging in any insults or personal attacks. if president xi jinping takes on

there is now something called xi jinping thought. the last i looked, mr.rump's popularity ratings were around 40% will stop the russia controversy continues to dog him. there is no legislation he has gotten through congress. it is a significant difference am in no doubt. amy: trump when he was speaking in seoul, said the u.s. stands ready to attack north korea over its nuclear weapons program. the question is, and he is just been in china, how much leverage does china have on north korea and what does trump expect from china? >> dear mr. trump say it you pickedhink if xi jinping up the phone and called kim jong-un and said, a way to dismantle your nuclear facilities, he would do it. that is a myth. there's an enormous amount of bad blood between north korea and china. and the tougher china is and we are on north korea, the more likely they are to hang onto their nuclear weapons. that is the first thing. the second thing is, the chinese already voted for the very tough u.n. sanctions in august and september. 96% of north areas trade is with china, but the c

[applause] guy: you are listening to xi jinping at the apec summit. if you want to follow what the chinese leader is saying, you can do it in a number of ways. life go on your bloomberg. thek in and you will get speech as it is being delivered. if you are looking for smart analysis on what is being said in this speech and the other speeches we will be tracking, gore is a special tliv function you can access on the bloomberg. let's talk about how we should be reading between the lines. joins us.min let's talk about the difference delivered bypeech donald trump and xi jinping. let's note the different approaches taken by the chinese and u.s. administrations. a divergent view, for sure. different ends of the argument. we just heard from trump earlier saying he is no longer interested in multilateral trade agreements. if anyone wants to do trade with the u.s., it will be on a bilateral basis and must be reciprocal. if you speak to the leader of a communist country, xi jinping saying globalization is irreversible. all for multilateralism. that is what he h

[applause] jinping: the honorable president trump .nese and american business representatives, places and gentlemen -- ladies and friends: it is my pleasure to have president trump with us today for the business exchange. over the years, the business communities of our two countries have been committed to a friendship of our nations. this is the driving force for economic operation and overall relations between our two countries. here commitment and contributions are highly appreciated. this year marks the 45th anniversary of this communique. china's past 45 years, -- economic relations have achieved hysteric development delivering great benefits to our two peoples. motors,r, the general ford, and yet chrysler the three u.s. automakers, manufactured and sold over 5 million vehicles in china. was bigger than their combined sales and other parts of the world. the chinese investment in the united states is also rising rapidly. over 100 --created 140,000 jobs directly for the local communities in the united states. during president trump's

the last couple of days for that state visit meeting with his chinese counterpart counterpart xi jinping that he didn't blame the other countries talking generally not just about china but about the rest of the asia pacific countries he didn't blame them for taking advantage of the united states in terms of selling its goods into the united states perhaps at a cheaper rate then they should he said that really it was the fault of previous administrations in the united states for signing bad trade deals which he says is now coming to an end he doesn't want any part of large multilateral trade deals he repeated that again saying that he wants to sign good bilateral trade deals with the member nations of a pic and wayne talking of bilateral is what also is interesting about getting this number of world leaders together of course is what goes on on the sidelines of the official. the official agenda we've got a china and south korea summit taking place or should be very interesting not to mention possibly a putin trump meeting. yes exactly now the real work begins really the leader's statement

and amend that strong language china's president xi jinping has showered trump with a lavish and warm welcome but that tone could soon change still ahead a full day of talks between two superpowers over eight host of divisive issues have a listen. more than a night at the opera president trump's asia trip brings him to china where his key themes trade and north korea converge china is one of america's largest trading partners and north korea's major sponsor. competing for global commerce but also partners in it part of trump's trip includes a signing ceremony for commercial deals between the two countries worth about nine billion dollars. trade is tricky business trade imbalance is a big issue for trump he even said it got him elected one year ago and it's really big with china the u.s. a leader in services enjoys service trade surpluses with china and many other countries however trade in goods easily wipes out these gains in two thousand and sixteen that left the u.s. in a three hundred ten billion dollar hole with china which trump is keen to climb out of. two of the world's most p

trump said in the interview that i referred to just now that he has the best relationship with xi jinping of any president president would you say that is true and what accounts for this radical change in tone over the course adama trying to present i mean honestly between his tweets and his statements this is showmanship i mean that it means absolutely nothing i think she didn't ping we often in the west into the chinese have a plan and everything i do think she didn't think will run circles around this man intellectually so does. do they all i don't think anyone interpret i mean reads any takes it takes any place any currency and donald trump saying we're good friends now after this meeting. so it i think they just disregard that and get down to a long term interest power calculations both angela merkel and she jinping i think do it that way so good on vaca. aside from the overall notion of trust. what kind of relationship do you think we might see evolve between these two leaders and also these two countries certainly one of trump's big issues has been to trade and particularly china.

president donald trump has arrived in beijing with a message for china's president xi jinping get tough on north korea earlier trump gave a speech in seoul where he called out china and russia by name to put pressure on. the president also called on north korea not to underestimate the u.s. . today i hope i speak not only for our countries but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try us we will not allow american cities to be threatened with destruction we will not be intimidated lived out of beijing and houses there as adrian brown so adrian one of the chinese going to make of what president trump was saying in south korea regarding north korea. well i think by trump standards the chinese will feel that his language was actually quite measured there were warnings but no warnings of imminent war and i think they'll be hoping that the language remains restrained here in china now in the last few minutes president trump and his wife of arrived at the forbidden city one of the most popular tourist attractions in china the forbidden city has o

i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up and shakes and smiles for xi jinping and donald trump as the two leaders find common ground on trade and discuss north korea. it digitas communities not in tina say that they're being persecuted and pushed from native lands. and the u.s. college basketball scandal that has several coaches playing defense in a court of law. the un's humanitarian chief is warning of the worst famine that the world has seen in decades unless the saudi led coalition allows a. aid into yemen fuel and food prices have skyrocketed since saturday when the blockade was tightened the situation is being described as catastrophic in a stark warning from the u.n. official james pace reports now the u.n. security council has struck a different tone. after three days of quiet diplomacy with saudi arabia the u.n. is now changing course laying out the dire scenario if the blockade of yemen isn't lifted. there will be a famine in yemen. it will not be like the famine that we saw in south sudan earlier in the year where tens of thousands of people are affe

well president xi jinping laid on a very lavish welcoming ceremony for president donald trump outside the great hall of the people china has really been rolling out a very long red carpet for trump inside the two leaders met for several hours the dominant themes of course being trade and north korea afterwards the two men appeared before the media they didn't take questions but simply read prepared statements front called on all countries to cease trading with north korea a direct reference of course to china which continues to provide aid to north korea aid that is not covered by the current u.n. sanctions he also called on china to address what he calls the chronic trade imbalance between the two countries well president xi jinping was more upbeat in his message he said that it was time for the united states and china to draw up a new blueprint in their relations and that the pacific region was big enough for both china and the united states china's leaders clearly want president from to leave here a happy man and they appear to have given him just enough to ensure that happens in r

i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up and shakes and smiles for xi jinping and donald trump as the two leaders find common ground on trade and discuss north korea. britain's and battled prime minister to resign may lose his her second cabinet minister in a week that's pretty battell quits of a secret meetings in israel. and spreading it thin there europe's biggest butter consumers but french shoppers and are facing a nationwide shortage of. the un's humanitarian chief is warning of the worst famine the world. it has seen in decades unless the saudi led coalition allows aid into yemen fuel and food prices have skyrocketed since saturday when the blockade was tightened the situation is being described as catastrophic and is being discussed criticized by more than twenty humanitarian groups it's a stark warning from the u.n. official but as james bays reports out the un security council has struck a different tone after three days of quiet diplomacy with saudi arabia the u.n. is now changing course laying out the dire scenario if the blockade of yemen isn't lif

he's tour with president xi jinping, and then he heads to vietnam are for the apex summit. we're covering president trump's aksa trip from all angles with our paula hancock standing by in south korea. and matt rivers is in china. ask you're there to put sort of the focus on the trade relationship between the u.s. and china. how is that going to play out once president trump touches banging is? >> reporter: for all the justified attention being played to north korea, the other big reason that he's coming to asia is trade. and the united states and china trading relationship is potentially the most important bilateral relationship in the world. right there behind me you can see that's american soybeans. that's soybeans that were grown in america, sent to china. and that's incredibly important to people who live in the middle of the united states. that's american livelihoods right there. and that's what's at stake here when the u.s. and chinese leaders get together that has been a trading relationship that has seem to have the potential to have punitive measures enacted on bot

how do you get them to give up jinping. our raison d'etre, and they said they are prepared to negotiate once they have a fully capable intercontinental ballistic missile, then they will start talking. but for china and the us, that is a bit late. for now, thank you so much. 0ur correspondent in beijing. you are with the briefing. welcome to the programme. it was an unusual start to the programme. we live in beijing where us president trump and chinese president xi were addressing the press, talking about their discussions this morning and some of theissues discussions this morning and some of the issues that they have talked about and some of the agreements that they have made in principle. steve was talking through some of the issues. general electric has announced three commercial deals with chinese partners. those deals amount to around three and a half billion dollars in terms of value. that is something that has happened on the sidelines of this state visit. now, let's talk about other stories in the news. the british

speaking alongside xi jinping, the u.s.med his predecessors rather than china for america's trade deficits. president trump: who can blame a country for taking advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens? i give china great credit. in actuality, i do blame past administrations for allowing this out-of-control trade deficit to take place and to grow. francine: president trump's words in contrast to what he said was good chemistry between the leaders as they announced $350 billion in investment deals. let's get to the latest with tom mackenzie. i am confused, he says it is unfair trade by blames past u.s. leaders, is it a friendly president trump or a tough president trump? >> that is a good question. the personal relationship he wants to maintain with xi jinping, and he talks in glowing terms earlier about the chemistry between he and xi jinping, saying he felt warm for the chinese president but he does not want to drop he has been talking to his chinese counterparts about how they can address the issue. he

but nonetheless, putin has been supporting xi jinping down the line and we see the russian an chineselitaries exercising together in the south china sea so that is problematic for us. so president trump, i think, needs to sort of use coercive, we should be making sure that we will tell them that we will aggravate the problems for him if he doesn't help us on north korea. rob: right, don't stir the pot. the ever complex story of north korea and asia all put together. thank you so much gordon. appreciate it. >> appreciate it. jackie: 20 minutes after the top of the hour, chelsea handler to lead the resistance, now blaming the church massacre on republicans. rob: online backlash of this story and carley shimkus is going to have it after the break . elevators use iot data and ai to help thousands get to work safely and efficiently. this is not the cloud you know. this is the ibm cloud. the ibm cloud is the cloud for business. yours. ♪ ♪ rob: a lot of outrage after comedian chelsea handler very quick to blame republicans for the massacre in texas. jackie: carley shimkus, siriusxm 115. carl

president trump congratulated the chinese president xi jinping with consolidating power in his rulingommunist powder becoming the most powerful chinese leader since mae , president trump arrived in beijing to the splendor of a state visit. an opera performance in the forbidden city. it's north korea's nuclear program that will dominate talks today between the president and chinese president xi jinping. >> i have come here to this peninsula to deliver a message directly to the leader of the north korean dictatorship. >> before arriving in china, president trump had tough words for kim jong un in a speech to south korea's national assembly. >> the weapons you are acquiring are not making you safer. they are putting your regime in grave danger. do not underestimate us. and do not try us. >> the president laid out a scathing indictment of the north korean regime, branding kim jong un as a criminal dictator. at the same time he was playing the role of bad cough, president trump was good cop too, offering kim an exit ramp to the escalating crisis. >> despite every crime you have committed a

yvonne: how will this set up the meeting with president xi jinping?ill that meeting be tougher than it already has been with president moon, and shinzo abe, which was quite warm? steve: it is going to be tougher, because the stakes are a lot higher. on the trade front, the deficit the united states has with south 2016.is $27.6 billion in yes, it has doubled over the last five years, but relatively small compared to japan, which is $69 billion last year. china -- [laughter] 360 plus billion dollars deficit. negotiations on that. and how far do you push china? donald trump authorized an investigation into allegations of chinese theft of intellectual property from u.s. companies. how far is he going to push that? keep in mind, donald trump wants xi jinping to come to their aid in trying to resolve the north korean situation. boy, we are getting some loud music playing now. i will have to shout over the din. the security cordon has increased. donald trump will probably be arriving fairly soon. yvonne: sounds that way. we will be monitoring closely. steve