host: the president's reference to mar-a-lago, in case you're interested, the mar-a-lago website.his is what it looks like and you can get more information on what it would cost to join to be a member of mar-a-lago for a wedding or other event. cynthia from the independent line. ood morning. -- er: why don't you have [inaudible] everybody would find out the real situation what is happening. this is just a circus. donald trump is not in charge by himself. congress has run away. i mean, he's got open purse, the whole government has an open purse on all of us. i mean, it's not good for trump. it's not good for any of us. please let's get it together. the people are in charge. they should be in charge. congress has to do something about this. we need to stand together, everybody now. they're trying to teach the constitutional rights to everybody. let's start teaching in schools because we gone forgot about all the rights. especially the first five of them. host: thank you for the call from texas. mark knoller of cbs news who keeps fess tidous information on all things presidential wit

which one of view it is ready to go to mars? i know you are ready. hugh was ready to go to mars? >> absolutely we are ready to go to mars. all of us are happy to go. and then to recognize the real steps that will be taken into have a part of that. >> dr. whitson congratulations every bed we here every betty is incredibly proud a reason to love space and think about space with tremendous discoveries of medicine and some many other fields. thank you very much. god bless you. god bless america we are very proud of you and your bravery. [inaudible conversations] >> that was day a little different . >> i love the of building your said the use the mass that but in conjunction with an activity we're doing that day. >> something that is fabulous my students use their pregnancy right now they are clipping videos and making questions to turn into their own building here. perfectly set up ready to go with a variety of topics that are current and relevant today. . . in 1979 c-span was created as a public service america's cable television companies. and it is brought to you today by your cab

when men landed on mars? we remember, most of us, that we had a space program in the 1960's and landed on the moon in 1969 coming up on 50 years a ago. and that's the space program we had. most of this book isn't about that. there are a few chapters about the space program that we grew up with and remember, a little known incident like almost having an engine explosion on the lunar module on apollo 11 that i didn't know about until six years ago. most of this, the programs were designed in the 1950's, 1960's primarily of the militaries of the world who had a slightly different vision of what we ought to do. i'll start with a piece to reorient us to the space age and a little bit of what might have been. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> there it is, a small atoll of coral island in the pacific, man is dedicated to one cause, the conquest of space. our spaceship moves ponderously toward the firing site. ♪ >> minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... >> out to xr-1, your cut-off altitude 63.9 miles. so that was a little clip from that o

>> what is the government's plan for landing on mars? >> what is the government's plan for landing on mars? the plan as it has been put forward which has been called the journey to mars, or since we can't build the constellation program, is an overarching plan to incrementally work our way to mars with humans some time by 2036 and what i have given you is as much detail is really nailed down. there is a larger plan. i interviewed the senior national official in charge of the program in charge of human spaceflight a couple months ago who said what is the plan to go to mars? he gave me a very long answer. it is a good answer. to build our capability on earth, build the sls rocket, get crews in it, retires the space station because it is expensive to operate, get stations in sizzler space, get experience there and get that step to mars in 2030. he said something i thought was very profound which is we design life-support systems, experimental hardware and test it on earth for a year all the time, get it to the space station and in two weeks

when men landed on mars is that what he means. so we remember both of us that united states had a space program that started in early 1960s we land on the moon in 1969 coming up on 50 years ago. and in between that, we have the mercury program. gemini program space shuttle now space station and the private tears. that's the space program that we had. most of this book isn't about that. there are few chapters about space program that we grew up with and remember and note incidents like almost having is an engine accident plosion on lunar module after it landed which i didn't know about until six years ago. most of this is about space programs designed in the 1950s and 1960s primarily bit militaries of the world who will had a slightly different vision of what they thought we ought to do. from the start with a brief piece just to reorient us to space age and a little bit of what might have been. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ there it is islands in the pacific where man is dedicated to just one cause, with a conquest of space. ♪ our spaceship towards the

this is the great entrance hall to mar—a—lago.ur which appeal to the real estate mogul. he then turned it into a private club to make a bit of money, or even a lot of money. membership costs have doubled since the election. today, access to this elite resort would set you back a cool $200,000 a year. mr trump has stayed at mar—a—lago nearly every weekend since his inauguration, despite grumblings about the cost to taxpayers for all the security. the president is perfectly in his rights to spend his weekends wherever he pleases. to be honest, between washington in the rain and palm beach in the sun, which would you pick? christian, i am firmly here in washington, dc where it is pouring down with rain. not in florida. you showed those picture of him setting off in the pouring rain and he is going to be under a palm tree next. who is the fool? how about 100 days coming to you from florida? i'm going to paris for the elections. how about that? that's all from one hundred days — plenty more on that meeting between presidents trump and

plus, the potential market impact of the mar-a-lago meeting. that is up next.s is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." i am haidi lun in sydney. across in ag news bloomberg in the last few minutes, u.s. missiles launched against an airfield target in syria according to a report from nbc in response to the chemical attack we saw earlier this week. what we have in terms of details , the u.s. has launched the strike on syria as a response, comprising 60 tomahawk missiles according to u.s. officials targeting one large syrian airfield, hangers, and aircraft in that area. we also know that to navy destroyers have launched of this as part airstrike. in terms of market reaction, futures erasing gains after news of the airstrike. the yen jumping to above 110 after this report. an entirelyrly not unexpected thing come although perhaps surprising given that president trump is meeting with the chinese president at the moment. we did have that sentiment from president trump, saying, forecasting this might happen, that there might be a u.s. response. he sa

the president's being briefed at mar-a-la mar-a-lago. what's the latest on this. >> reporter: all of this moving forward tonight with briefings, updates, options being looked at. late this afternoon here at the pentagon the joint chiefs were called in and they were briefed on the options. these are some of the classic signals that one would see before military action is taken. these things tend to have a pattern of activity. any president will get one last briefing from his commanders about what they want to do and what they hope to achieve. it's been our understanding here at cnn through most of the day that there are basically two options on the table for the president. a limited option if you will. strike perhaps the airfields that the syrians use to launch planes to drop those bombs filled with nerve agents on civilians, women and children being killed, those horrific pictures we saw, that would be the limited option. that would send a signal to assad and to the world that trump is serious and willing to use military force. there wil

. >> what mar-a-lago doesn't want you to know about its kitchen. >> president xi was enjoying it. >> when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm joy reed in for chris hayes. today the u.s. dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, the gbu-43b massive ordnance air blast or moab, informally known as the mother of all bombs, onto an islamic state tunnel complex in eastern afghanistan near the border with pakistan. now, this is the file footage of the 22,000-pound moab being tested in florida back in 2003. until today, it had never actually been used against an enemy. despite that, this afternoon donald trump appeared to indicate he was not involved in the decision to deploy the bomb. and even at this hour, it's not clear whether he knew about the strike before it took place. >> we are so proud of our military, and it was another successful event. >> did you authorize it, sir? >> everybody knows exactly what happened, so -- and what i do, is i authorize my military. we have the greatest military in the world, and they've done a job as usual.

trying to make money off of mar-a-lago. says why does the president or why did president obama need to go to hawaii so much, i think that's a legitimate question. that's what camp david is for. but the trump family are billionaires. they do not need to make money off of ma ra la go. that's where he prefers to do business. >> fine. we'll see if the initiation fee goes to charity. >> i have a point about it. >> we have to go. >> thank you. >> love you, brother. good to see you. >> right back at you. >> so the president plans to reveal his tax plan, at least in the broad strokes tomorrow. one headline we get is corporate tax is going to be cut in a big way. is that good for you? we'll debate the numbers next. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. switch and you could save $509 on auto insurance. call for a free quote today

what will happen this weekend in north korea with the president at mar-a-lago?tom line with cnn political director david chalian. it's a critical weekend. national security experts around the world have their eye on north korea expecting some kind of displace think weekend. is it a nuclear test? a ballistic missile launch? it might be something, and might be something soon. i think the white house probably wants to put out a different image eight weeks after he saw him dining with the japanese prime minister. the white house is probably learning on the job here. >> no doubt about it. in fact, we've learned from the white house there is a secure facility at mar-a-lago for president trump to be able to absorb information, be in touch with aides if he needs to be. that's quite different than out in the open. all that controversy whether or not he was looking at classified information out in the open. those eight weeks ago. i definitely think you're right, john. they are looking to portray a different image, and they are, indeed, learning as we go here, but this all

some people sort of referring to this as the mar-a-lago loophole. i asked a senior administration official about that very point. the pushback from the white house is that look, the president can encounter leaders outside of the white house. that effectively this could happen whether he's at mar-a-lago or a summit or any other location, but stef, the bottom line is if you have world leaders coming to the white house likely the press would be aware of it, would see them entering. there would be some record of it. in this instance, this was something, again, that the press learned about after the fact. expect a lot more digging and questions to be raised about all of this. >> all right. i want to bring my panel in. president trump saw any of these leaders at the white house what would be missing is the $200,000 it costs to join mar-a-lago. that $200,000 that goes to president trump. president trump, one of the things he said on the campaign trail, he wasn't being paid by special interest groups. he wasn't taking money from them. he owed nothing to no

and then keep mars, the planet mars as a focus for human spaceflight. cory: why mars?an argument that says singles and doubles are important. let's get data and signs and not sink so much of the budget into an expensive thing like mars. bill: two different things? the trips to mars are reasonably -- two different things, the trips to mars are reasonably priced, robots and rovers. what i would like to do in my lifetime is send a rover sophisticated enough, sterilized enough, to drive up to one of these so-called stripes running downhill that it is agreed are the result of running water, and we would look around, microscope examine the ground for living things or evidence of living , things. in the meanwhile what gets , people excited about space exploration is when humans go out there. so we want to get humans in orbit around mars by 2033. if you want to go earlier, all good. you only go to mars every 26 months. you cannot go any time. you have to time and with the orbit. but we strongly feel this would bring out the best in us and we would make discoveries that would c

humanity to mars.he's running amazon and has a rocket can. he isn't sure about mars. if you are like me and break into a close defeat cook holds a this is your rockets right here. we have a quiz and three copies of the book to give away. who was the third man to step on the moon? [inaudible] give him a hand. most people don't know that. who was the first woman to fly in space? most people say sally ride. valentina. >> [inaudible] >> question number three. what are you most often compared to? splenic iron man. cap'n crunch did you say. that concludes if you would like a copy of the book i can sign it. welcome to the new space age. before i turn it back to you i would like the gentle man in the red shirt to stand up to a moment. let's give him a round of applause. he goes through my books and keeps me from making mistakes. i just want to give a shout out to everybody and now i've will take questions. what is the government's plan for landing on mars? >> the plan as it has been set for is a plan to work o

but they will be meeting at mar-a-lago, golf or no golf. be watching for in this meeting? >> well, first, ana, let me first say that typically is the kind of meeting that would actually take place at the real white house, the one in washington d.c. you know, the president i think has to get over the fact that he's -- you know, he's not just a hotel/motel owner anymore. he's actually president of the united states. how we conduct our business i think is very, very important. you know, the fact of the matter is that president xi jinping is very experienced in his work. he holds three different significant positions in china, the ambassador from china is leading the preparations for this particular visit. so, you know, they have a sense i'm sure of what they want to accomplish, and, unfortunately, at the moment we have no idea what president trump might try to do other than the rhetoric, heated rhetoric from the campaign. >> well, this gave us a clue perhaps or a little sneak peek of their meeting, mike shields. president trump said this today

trump's traveling often to mar-a-lago his glitzy, sprawling florida estate.private club owned by the family business. seven trips since he took office including another one this week, more than half of the weekends. >> we have the southern white house in florida. we get a lot of work done. there's no rest it's all work. >> reporter: who z what gone to the southern -- who has gone to the southern white house? high level job applicants, policy applicants and members of congress many flown down at taxpayer expense and staying in high priced rooms and chinese president xi jinping. last week he stayed overnight at a nearby resort and japanese prime minister shinzo abe. businessmen like new england patriots owner robert kraft who travelled on air force one. and marine one. how unprecedented is this? >> i can't think of anything like this that we have seen at any time in the modern era. >> reporter: steve schooner an ethics expert at the george washington law school says that unlike president bush's trips to crawford ranch or president obama's trips to hawaii, presi

trump meets foreign leaders like the chinese president at mar-a-lago.palm beach county sheriff ric bradshaw. >> if we were just doing the president up at mar-a-lago its 60 to 70,000 a day, you can double that right now and that's not including all the other security measures we're taking with fencing and some barriers and stuff like that that's additional cost. >> yang: for more on what it costs to protect the president and how this commander in chief compares to his predecessors, i am joined by ken vogel, the chief investigative reporter for politico. and presidential historian michael beschloss. gentlemen, thanks to you both. ken, let me start with you. we heard in the spot the the former secret service agent talking about the challenges in terms of manpower and planning or protecting three residences, essentially. what are some of the other challenges the secret service has to deal with in not just the white house but trump tower and mar-a-lago? >> well, trump tower in the middle of manhattan one of the most densely populated areas in the country, a

. >> mar-a-lago. >> mar-a-lago. >> i like mar-a-lago. >> the mar-a-lago meeting. >> mar-a-lago. >> mar-a-lago. >> in mar-a-lago. >> sit down, everybody, please. i mean this is mar-a-lago. we give you seats. >> has the president's florida resort become an ethics loophole? >>> and taking aim at a developing trend in political ads. this is "mtp daily," and it starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington. welcome to "mtp daily." right now the president is racing to find a legislative accomplishment ahead of a 100-day deadline that he today has called ridiculous. there are rumblings of a possible government shut down as the president looks for a win on health care, tax reform or the border wall. both the struggles and setbacks, confrontations, investigations and general chaos of the president's 100 days have consumed a ton of oxygen. but there's an issue that perhaps just as important if not more that has now been thrust back into the spotlight. the president's possible conflicts of interest. first of all, remember this. >> hillary clinton did government favors for those g

we talked earlier about the mar. loophole.e president would spend more time in washington, d.c. 55% of the voters think the president spends too much time at his trump properties. is that a valid concern, or is it overblown? >> overblown. we're not 100 days in. let's see where he spends most of his time in the next three and a half years. if he spends a lot of time down there or up here. there's question marks about who is he meeting with. foreign policy or national security, you know, we don't have to know about all the meetings. >> transparency, as reporters, is an issue. >> here's the issue, the issue is you hear the white house saying, oh, he bumped into these colombian former presidents at mar-a-lago. it's not his fault. what's the difference? if you have someone come into the white house, you can't claim you bumped into them. it's the intention of a meeting. this gives them the space to say something that was a substantive meeting wasn't and we don't know. >> i agree with carol. i think the issue is also about the folks

and no babies have die from mars infection. neonatal con mars. ademas que ningun recien nacido ha muerto a causa de la infeccion, cuya fuente aun no ha sido identificada. sot leonel morales/padre de paciente en uci seria bueno que ellos explicaran cual fue el hermetismo porque realmente ellos no dieron a conocer esto será porque quizás ello no lo consideran que es algo grave. la agencia de salud del condado que trabaja en la investigacion dijo en un comuncado escrito: no tenemos evidencia de que los bebes admitidos en la unidad neonatal de uci esten en alto riesgo, mas que los bebes que son admitidos en otros lados. asi que un aviso al publico no servira para prevenir o disminuir el riesgo de una infeccion contagiosa. sot all of the staff caring for the babies have tested negative for mars. dijo que todo el personal a carga de cuidar a los bebes salieron negativos en las pruebas para detectar la bacteria mars. take vo --- incendio forestal... fuertes vientos y condiciones secas avivan las llamas de un fuego que est destruyendo

mar-a-lago. this is the area where the traveling press, the traveling white house, if you will, spends our time as the president is holed up at mar-a-lago as he will be tomorrow as well with the summit with president xi. no word on what the discussion was with xi around the syria air strike, but we do know there was no discussion formally with the kremlin between president trump and president putin. although there was that deacon flicks line discussion that did occur. >> halle jackson down in mar-a-la mar-a-lago. thanks for that. >>> andrea mitchell among our team members who have been following this all night. andrea a lot of people said it so far tonight. tonight proves the difference between having a twitter account and having the job. >> yeah. >> and how the view changes. and how the job changes people. then tomorrow at this time we'll probably be talking about north korea's ability and when they would be able to put a nuclear tipped ballistic missile that could affect the metropolitan popula

la mar-a- resorts. >> the post says the mar-a-lago has become well-known, as the president travels there to work. officials taking down this post, saying the intention of the article was to inform the public about where the president is hosting world leaders. we have removed the post. it was new fodder for critics, concerned with trump business interests. this is his private business being touted on a taxpayer-funded, taxpayer-state department site. has benefited from the trump presidency. the club raising its fee from $100,000 to $200,000 right after the election. >>> first daughter, ivanka trump at a summit focused on gender equality. ivanka is there at the invitation to angela merkel, who is looking for a back channel to the white house, after her photo op with president trump, who seemed to refuse to shake mer l merkel's hand. >>> north korea's military staged a large-scale artillery drill in south korea. it comes the same way north korea celebrates the 85th anniversary of the founding of its people's army. >> this is the latest in a series of recent escalations involving pyongyang.

to the owner of mar-a-lago, donald trump, president of the united states. with ice cream, two sauces, and a trump logo right on the top. but we've learned some information about the kitchen where it's made that may turn your stomach. according to "the miami herald," florida restaurant inspectors found 13 health code violations at mar-a-lago's kitchen in january. three of which were, quote, high-priority, meaning they could allow the presence of illness-causing bacteria on plates served in the dining room. a spokesperson for mar-a-lago responded to the report saying, quote, we take food safety very seriously, and all the minor adjustments were made immediately. additionally, the report by the health inspector was updated the very same day to reflect that the mar-a-lago club was in full compliance. the communications director for the florida department of business and professional regulations also released a statement, saying, quote, these infraxzs were part of a routine inspection and were not complaint-based. the infraxzs were corrected on de and the eablis

28% of his presidency, down in mar-a-lago. this is his 17th week, i think he's there. he's doing this in a week that benefits him personally. he's going down at taxpayers' expense, costing $25 million so far. on pace to spend more than barack obama spent over the course of four years. as a result of this, he is benefiting personally because the money is going into his pocket for the trump properties. that is not an ethical situation for an american president. >> keith and alice, we'll have to leave it there. we'll have you both back. thank you for joining us. >>> up next, the inspector general of veterans affairs said the hospital in washington, d.c., is putting patients at risk. a closer look at this scathing report next. live in the "cnn newsroom." to anticipate is lexus. experience the lexus rx with advanced safety standard. experience amazing. today, it's the dawn of a new lawn. that's because new roundup for lawns has arrived. finally, there's a roundup made just for your lawn, so you can put unwelcome lawn weeds to rest.

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mar-a-lago said we were scheduled to have these increases.ardless of the election but still it's concerning to many in the ethical community and president trump as you mentioned in the intro continues to go to his properties when there are cameras around and for anyone who didn't know what mar-a-lago was before he became president, they now know because it's on tv all the time. of course, we're -- we need to be there to cover what the president do, so that's essentially free advertising for president trump. >> all right. cristina alesci, thanks so much. latest in conflict of interest watch. back to politics. 100 days after he left office former president barack obama is back in the spotlight making his first official post-presidential remarks at the university of chicago speaking to young people about civic engagement. let's bring in correspondent athena jones. he chose a youth roundtable since leaving office which leaves a clear signal of what kind of work he wants to be doing. >> reporter: we heard the president talk quite a bit about this

so, it's awesome. >> tell me, mars, when do you see a timing for actually sending humans to mars? is there a schedule? and when would you see that happening? >> well, i think as your bill directed, it will be approximately in the 2030s that, as i mentioned, we actually are building hardware to test the new heavy launch vehicle. and this vehicle will take us further than we've ever been away from this planet. so, unfortunately, space flight takes a lot of time and money, so getting there will require some international cooperation to get it to be a planetwide approach in order to make it successful, just because it is a very expensive endeavor, but it is so worthwhile doing. >> well, we want to try and do it during my first term, or at worst, during my second term, so we'll have to speed that up a little bit, okay? >> we'll do our best. >> i know you will, and i have great respect for you folks. it's amazing what you do. and i just want to introduce another great one. kate rubins is with us today, and she has been so impressive at research and so many other things having to do with

it has a nine day orbit and receives about the same amount of sunlight as mars. the final plaintiff in the habitable zone is trappist one g . t -- trappist 1g is the largest in the system. it receives about the same amount of starlight as somewhere in between mars and the astroid belt in our own solar system. while we don't have the technology yet to travel to any of these planets, how long would it take to travel here? if we were able to travel at light speed, we could arrive in 39 years. a jetomething more like plane, it would take far longer, something along the line of 44 million years. felicia: thank you so much, nicole. these discoveries so exciting for the scientific community? sara: we have made a giant accelerated leap forward in the search for habitable worlds and life on other worlds, potentially speaking. it is not just one planet, but several. if we didn't have the habitable zone quite right or were it sure of what we were looking for, we have many changes over. planet see, like in this system, goldilocks has many sisters. we don't know much about th

it's awesome. >> tell me, mars, what do you see a timing for actually spending humans to mars? is there a schedule and when would you see that happening? >> well, i think as your bill directed, it will be approximately in the 2030s. as i mentioned, we actually are building hardware to test the new heavy launch vehicle. and this vehicle will take us further than we've ever been away from this planet. so unfortunately space flight takes a lot of time and money. getting there will require om international cooperation to get it to be a planet wide approach in order to make it special. just because it is a very expensive endeavor. it is so worthwhile doing. >> well, we want to try and do it during my first time or at worst during any second time so we'll have to speed that up a little bit, okay? >> we'll do our best. >> i'm sure you will. and i have great respect for you folks. you do. i want to introduce another great one, kate rubin is with us today. she's so impressive in research and so many other things having to do with nasa. i kate, i understand you're the first person to seq

how one congressman who controls nasa's purse strings is pushing to go to the moon, mars and beyond. >> i've always wanted to restore nasa, for the glory days of apollo, as you and i remembered as kids. i want to see nasa go above and beyond the glory days of apollo. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving lives through invention. in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff

. >>> president trump is telling nasa to speed up its work on sending astronauts to mars. he wants americans on mars until his first term but would be willing to wait until the second term. the president made his announcement during a call to the international space station to congratulate peggy astropaut naught. >> so which one of you is ready to go to mars? >> we are absolutely ready to go to mars. >> she will have logged 666 days nearly two years in orbit during her three space flights. the international record for this time in space is held by a russian cosmonaut in space. >>> time is 4:16. sal's right over there watching our commute down here on earth. >> that's right. >>> and so far so good dave and pam. we don't have a lot going on. this is just how we like to ease into a tuesday. traffic does look pretty good getting up into morgan hill and continuing into san jose. it is not a bad drive at all. continues to move along very nicely. it does look good and if you're driving to the bay bridge toll plaza it continues to be a nice drive here as well. so you know without

we know that president trump is over at mar-a-lago. we just sa some pictures, some video of him in the dining room there with president xi. if you noticed who else is at that table, his inner circle of advisers, jared kushner and ivanka trump, his daughter and son-in-law next to him, along with steve bannon, along with members of his cabinet, including secretary ross who was there. the president was heard joking about these negotiations with xi, saying i didn't get much out of him, at least so far. but he is working at least right now to break the ice given that xi is only here for 24 hours or so. at the same time, you've got this discussion on what kind of military options you will -- he might look at here. he might consider in syria. i think it is important to note, to underscore some of that reporting, which is that amidst talk of the strongest signal yet from president trump that he may take action now to try to push assad from power, his secretary of state is saying it needs to be done through international allies, through an inte

. - yeah, that is mar-a-lago. - that's right, this mar-a-lago.0 acre estate in palm beach, florida, where it costs a mere 100 grand just to become a member. - i think that if mr. trump... runs america... the way he runs his club, mar-a-lago... we have got it made. - yes. - we're gonna have the american dream back again. yay, yay, yay! - if we can run america... like, uh, an all-white, all-rich... private country club, we are good to go! - we are not an all-white country club. - very diverse. - very diverse. - how many african-american members are there? - i don't know. i can recount it. i've seen them, i know our head guy who is our... uh, top maître d' was-- was-- oh, he was divine. divine. divine. divine. - okay, but aside from this guy, divine, who else? - oh, we have our musician, um... i don't know all the memb-- - are you talking about members or staff? - oh, no, mem-- i'm talking staff and members. - oh, okay. - oh, staff and members. absolutely. - with all the diversity at mar-a-lago, toni must be open-minded when it comes to immigration.

even at the president's mar-a-lago resort. from west palm beach tonight. >> reporter: in berkeley, california, today, a melee, violence flared between pro and anti-trump demonstrators. a clash complete with fire crackers and pepper spray. police in riot gear standing by. at least 15 demonstrators are now under arrest. this on a day of nationwide protests scheduled for tax day, april 15th. in new york, l.a., washington, and chicago. dozens of cities, protesters demanded president trump release his tax returns. >> so, what does your sign say? >> well you can read it. it says 75% of americans say, "release your taxes." and that's what we want donald trump to do. >> reporter: today they were even marching on mar-a-lago. >> he's scamming the united states. he's costing millions of dollars by coming to mar-a-lago every weekend to play golf. >> reporter: at that first debate with hillary clinton, trump promised he'd eventually releas >> i'm under a routine audit, and it'll be released. and as soon as the audit's finished, it will be

, in part, abe was at mar-a-lago.y don't play golf. they're still doing it there. how much is this about the theater in terms of what it says to the rest of the world? >> well, i think a lot of it is about positioning, vis-a-vis other major players like japan. but i also think a lot of it is attempt by president xi jinping to build a personal relationship with president trump and doing it in the president's home effectively causes that to happen. so i think it's very strategic. and again, xi jinping is a very tested world leader. they know a lot about optics, as well as substance. and i'm sure that the chinese request to do it in mar-a-lago really played very much in to that perception. >> you know there's not a golf course at mar-a-lago. it's not a golf club. >> it's effectively the president's home. >> right. he has a golf course in virginia that trump owns, too. there's a golf course in palm beach that he owns, but it's not a golf course. it's on the ocean, and mar-a-lago. so it's, you know -- i don't know. i can't

the protest here at mar-a-lago as well. of course, during this tax day demands that president trump release his tax returns. that's something that's taking place. we saw the president playing another round of golf at his own trump international golf course. by our account, that would make it 19 visits to a golf course since he's become president and of course, his seventh time that he's been here at mar-a-lago resort. white house officials say that the white house staff's footprints is light giving the opportunity for the president to spend time with his family as well as other staffers. he's been briefed and updated on the situation in north korea. people were on high alerts yesterday and through the evening and over night whether or not there would be a provocation. his national security adviser, kt mcfarland is here at mar-a-lago to give him the updates. it is a relaxed weekend than they had anticipated and we heard paula's report of the vice president's trip and that's what they are tracking and following closely. he wi

departing yesterday for mar-a-lago, leaving a week ago, march 17 leaving for mar-a-lago, in a week ofgn and domestic policy 180s from the president, this might rank with saying nato is not obsolete. you can argue that the world had simply changed and he is merely changing with it. on this, the only difference seems to be is that was then and this is now. a reminder, here's then. >> i wouldn't leave the white house very much, because, you know, like little things, like these little trips where they -- they cost you a fortune. >> i love working, i'm not a vacation. i'm not like obama where he takes air force one to hawaii. i promise you, i will not be taking very long vacations, if i take them at all, there's no time for vacations. there's people that go away for weeks and weeks, i don't like taking vacations, obama likes going on vacation, i like working. if i get elected president, i'm going to be in the white house a lot, i'm not leaving, we have deals to make, who the hell wants to leave, right? >> just not a vacation guy, he said, so keeping them honest. take a look, by the end of

this means by the time president trump is wheels up, leaving mar-a-lago on sunday, he will have spentof his term at his florida resort, and that includes the time spent traveling to and from his florida resort. by one estimate, these trips are costing taxpayers 3 million bucks a throw, and not helping the optics of all of it was the second blue and white air force jet today. though smaller than air force one, arriving at the same time and carrying the first lady to florida from new york where she lives with their son barron. that is our broadcast on the thursday night. thank you so much for being here with us. and good night from new york. >>> tonight on "all in." >> we have given them total authorization. >> america just used the largest bomb yet in afghanistan, but who gave the order? trump's cabinet of generals and the expanding military footprint. >> i would bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. >>> then the fight for health care. republicans hear from their voters. >> i want this repeal crap to stop. >> as the president threatens to sabotage obamacare. >>> plus, leaked plans for the tr

our correspondents are on scene at mar-a-lago in south florida come at the pentagon, and bret baier in washington with many more on the sidelines. first, we'll take you back to regular programming. tucker carlson begins on fox news channel. it starts right now >> this is a fox news alert, a lot is going on in the country of syria, we are hearing conflicting reports tonight about what exactly that is, today of course there was a chemical attack on civilians in that country and claims from the very beginning has been that attack was waged by the government of bashar al-assad. the president of the united states says his attitude has completely changed as a result of the attack, he is no longer sure that assad should stay in power, there are indications tonight that some sort of military action might be imminent. we are going to bring you that the second we hear anything about it. secretary of state directs to listen said that the u.s. is moving toward removing the president from power. >> we are considering an appropriate response for this chemical weapons attack which violates all previo

today, he is hosting chinese president xi jinping at his mar-a-lago golf resort. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president donald trump said wednesday a chemical weapons attack in syria this week that left at least 86 people dead had altered his position on syria and its leader bashar al-assad. speaking at the white house alongside king abdullah of jordan, trump called the attack an affront to humanity, but offered no details about his planned response. pres. trump: it crossed a lot of lines for me. when you kill innocent children -- innocent babies. babies. little babies. with a chemical gas that is so lethal. people were shocked dear what gas that was. that crosses any, many lines. amy: when trump was later asked whether he would consider military intervention in syria, he said he would not disclose his plans leaving open the , possibility of a surprise attack. trump's remarks came just days after his administration said it would no longer seek the ouster of bashar al-assad.

we will have the latest from mar-a-lago. u.s. payroll gains slowed in march while the jobless rate unexpectedly dropped to the lowest in almost a decade, suggesting the labor market is returning to a more sustainable pace of progress. i will discuss the latest jobs report with the former director of the national economic council. the u.s. launched dozens of missiles at syria after the accusation of killing its own civilians wioison gas this week. the decision to attack came as president trump is hosting china's president xi jinping at his mar-a-lago estate. joining us with the latest is our chief washington correspondent, kevin cirilli. we heard from the president last night. there was a briefing with the secretary of state and the national security adviser. ist more are the white -- the white house adding to what we know about the strikes last night? kevin: we moments away from getting a briefing of sorts with an update regarding the syria issue that has developed this week. obviously, since that missile attack was launched agai