we're worried about these military conflicts around the world with north korea or syria or whatever. certainly that can stop business in places around the world. we're a globally intertwined economic fabric, of course, in 2017. so we do have to worry about what else is going on and the precious that can come to bear on our markets. >> what's going to happen, daddy? am i going to make money this year or not? >> and i think, yes, you will, or not. i think that's the right answer. look, we've seen this top call for a long time, it's just a top that won't happen. where we are right now, the trend remains intact, the market remains biased towards the upside. fear is continuing to triumph over agreed. i'm sorry, the other way around. greed is continuing to triumph over fear. people are discounting the bad news and risk. they kind of dismissed me as saying, he's one of these old guy curmudgeons who wants to be negative. i'm not, i want to make sure i have money when this thing drops, it will drop sooner or later. you've got to know what you own and why you own it. you have to have good bala

like north korea to use as an example, if this sort of ultra realism that brings you nothin do you have any views on that? p.m. trudeau: where one is going to solve a problem like north korea or syria very much in the news these days, there is an understanding that working across international borders, working with various stakeholders of different countries with different views, need to be a part of the solution moving forward, whether iran,china, north korea, or syria, we need to make should international communities are working in a cohesive way. being able to engage effectively with a broad range of factors across ideologies and forms of government is important. john: do you worry about the west and that they are less inclined to get involved in these problems as you are? p.m. trudeau: my focus is on what canada can and should do and how we can be helpful on bringing people together and applying pressure where it is anded, creating international approach where possible. this is what i will work on. worksgage in whatever way with the various allies of different ideologies. john: where does china fit in? is xiinteresting to me jingping. he is an ally for you to end up with. has t

i would say, we view sanctions as being a very important tool, whether it is north korea or syria. these sanctions are very mportant, and we will use them to the maximal effect. sec. ross: to me, the most traumatic thing about being and the situation room as he was making the decision was the thoroughness of the supporting information that went into it. the consultation he did with a ide range of military, diplomatic advisors, and the serious thought on which he made this very grave decision. in terms of the strikes themselves, it is my understanding they took out something like 20% of the entire syrian air force. it was huge, not just in terms of number of planes, but relative to the scale of their air force. >> secretary tillerson, you talked about -- indiscernible] sec. tillerson: the runways were not a target due to the nature of the construction of those runways. our military estimate was that we could not do serious damage to the runways. they are very thick and constructed in a way that the damage would have been easily repaired in a matter of hours. the targeting was select

out in the near future, but i would say we view sanctions has a very important tool, whether north korea or syria, the sanctions are very important and we will use them to the maximum effect. mostross: to me, the dramatic thing about being in the situation room as he was making the decision was the aramis -- thoroughness of the supporting information that when into it, the consultation he did with a wide range of advisors, and the a seriousness and thoughtfulness with which he made this very great decision. strikes of the themselves, my understanding is they took out something like 20% of the entire syrian air force, so it was huge, not just in terms of number of planes, but relative to the scale of their air force. , youcretary tillerson talked about the -- is that accurate? and can you comment if that will be your content and depends on the success of the operation? sec. tillerson: the runways were not the target due to the construction of those runways. our military estimate was we could not do serious damage to the runways. they are very thick and constructed in a way that the ordinance used,

nations including schochina and russia, which means you can't get agreement on things like north korea or syria. what is the aim in today's meeting? is there a specific goal with respect to north korea or syria? >> my belief is that president trump is probably going to convey his messages very clearly and say this is what we're planning do, this is what we would like to achieve in north korea and syria in particular. if you're with us, that would be great. and if not, we're not afraid go alone. and i think that speaks volumes. but that being said, i do think that the u.n. security council and its shortfalls speak volumes to the need for u.n. reform and president trump might mention that as well. >> he doesn't tend to shy away from those things. okay. thank you for clearing up that these meetings do happen. ahead of leading the 14 other security council members to the white house, nikki haley had a message this morning for north korea. here she is speaking first on the "today" show. >> what we have said from the beginning and what i'll continue to say is the united states is not looking for a fi

i think if they escalate in north korea or syria, that's a whole different story and does not fit. articularly north korea, but even syria to a point. this does not quite -- you can defend it under the war powers act. if you did anymore you would have trouble defending it. i think when congress gets back from their, this april holiday recess, easter passover, then i think you'll see some that say, congress does need to have some step up and use its authority here. part of the problem, the leadership in congress doesn't want this vote. they don't want the responsibility. they are rank and file members don't mind complaining tab but don't want the responsibility. we'll see if that changes. >> a lot to watch this weekend as well. chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press." thanks for being here on nbc 10. appreciate it. >>> and you can watch chuck every sunday on nbc's "meet the press" at 10:30 right here on nbc 10. >>> here's a look at some of the other stories we're following. county-by-county, this afternoons in burks county, 15 people hospitalized after getting sick from the smell o

your of some severe miscalculation, and that the situation spiraled out of control be it in north korea or syrialet's face it, a lot of these diplomats have not really had on the ground experience with this kind of situation. mark: i agree. of course, in the u.s. administration, which is a bit typical for the beginning of a new administration, but maybe a little bit more of a problem this time, they have not staffed up much. there is not a lot of support. i guess the risk might be raised, although i would think that that is no relatively unlikely. there always is, it does not make sense. unfortunately, i agree with what was said earlier, there will still be violence. increased violence almost no matter what happens, unless they reach some sort of agreement, which i said is a long shot. yousef: that is a long shot, that is not your base. if you had to rank the geopolitical risk, because we have a few to deal with and the markets have a few to deal with, and they are trying to get their head around that story and it has been pricing gradually. rank them for me. rank the risks for me. mark: it depe

are we overestimating the amount of leverage they actually have to bring original north korea or syria to the table? that is very much an open question. rex tillerson will be focused on what is happening with chemical weapons offering the idea we'll take you into the communications of nations if you stop backing assad. russia and syria and iran have been all in and united states has been dipping a toe in the water here and there, 2011, 2013, 2014, until today. when you have one side all in and other side trying to figure out how to stay out as much as you can, you have a mismatch and i think tillerson will face that this week. >> we come a long way from then candidate trump said let russia take care of isis and what's happening in syria and here we are fast forward a little bit. our thanks to all of you. still ahead here, president trump becomes the latest commander in chief to use a military strike to punish an adversevy. we'll look at what the attacks unfolded in the past and what they accomplished. >> palm sunday is one of the holiest days on christian calendar and today shattered b

he did not answer any questions about north korea or syria. president -- you can see elaine chow, his secretary of commerce to his right, screen left. as the president continues to make these remarks, the ceo policy organization, we'll keep you updated. >> the reign of the assad family is coming to an end. we see no further role for the assad regime longer term. >> jenna: president trump not talking about syria, but secretary of state rex tillerson is. he says time is running out for the assad regime. a similar stand, different words, was taken by the obama administration and was calling for assad's removal many times. >> the transition to democracy in syria has begun. it's time for assad to get out of the way. >> we condemn this indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians and we condemn it in the strongest terms. it's just further evidence that assad has to go. >> i think assad is going to have to leave in order for the country to stop the blood shedding and for all the parties involved to be able to move forward in a nonsectarian way. >> je

but i think one of the biggest problems many people including myself have, when you address north korea or syriaistan, the white house seems to be ill prepared, for a perfect example, not only was he ill prepared for the meeting with president xi but you look at the fact we don't have an ambassador to china, we don't have an ambassador to japan, we don't have an ambassador to s south korea. we're doing all these things and the white house is fundamentally broken. we're not prepared to take on the challenges. whether or not it's the meeting or whether or not it's his staff or whatever, we are fundamentally unprepared on the world stage. >> there are people acting in those roles just not formal. >> can we at least give him credit for engaging with china especially when it comes to north korea? i know that there are so many things that people would prefer for him to do a little bit better about you that's why he got elected. he got elected because he wasn't the regular politician. they wanted somebody to feel -- >> i think as a country though, i understand not being a regular politician but when we

whether north korea or syria. i think the chinese will be looking for consistency. yes, he'll take action, but he's said a lot of things about syria, not all consistent. they'll be looking for consistency in the messaging, as well. >> what do you expect to come out of this? this is their first meeting. it is at mar-a-lago, aimed at fostering a more personal relationship between these two leaders. but what do you expect will actually, the tangibles of it? >> first of all, i don't think they'll achieve much personal relationship. that's not the way the chinese do business. it'll be as generally as formal as it usually is. i think from the administration's perspective, north korea is the big deal. i think more important than trade. i think on trade, there's still some debate within the administration over that. on north korea, it is a very clear and almost present danger. the administration is tired about talking about it. it is time to get the chinese to act on the issue. >> let me have you weigh in. the optics, the significance of all of this happening while the presi

last 72 hours or so and there's really no sense of what the american response is either to north korea or to syria. or what is our strategy with going into this meeting with china? so you have three question marks on three incredibly important post-cold war global stories. >> yeah. so much happened at the white house today including, you know, the interview that this came out, the bannon thing, also in that same interview, the president saying that former obama national security adviser susan rice committed a crime. he didn't specify what crime, he offered no proof. what's your reaction to that? >> well, i think we're all concerned that he makes these wild accusations trying to divert attention from what the real issues are without any proof and, you know, in some ways insulting someone who had strong credibility as a national security adviser and in the previous administration. this is, you know, not becoming of a president, but i think what we saw today was really something even more startling, that was a total flip-flop on one of the biggest issues of our times and that is the syrian civil war.

we have moved beyond all these geopolitical risks whether it is european election risk or north korea or syria and the russian-u.s. detente, whether it is trade wars, we seem to be moving beyond them. people have excess cash and they need to put it to risk -- to use. the tax man could be a massive boost but he might also deliver nothing and there is the chance that the market goes, we want to see congressional of people first. what you promised may not be what comes into law and therefore we will not get too excited. this is a market that wants to rally, investors want to chase it. mark: they will want to see something by next year. they will want to have something there but for now as long as you headlines aggressive from trump, isn't that a catalyst to boost this market higher, especially the u.s. market? mark: i think so. we see this real positive headlines and they will spin them the way they want. when you have this speech you can choose what you take from it and what you think is most relevant. it is a speech about proposed plans, it is not hard data. --estors can choose to sit what to f

we're still working on a larger problem of north korea as it moves -- connell: we don't have a strategy formed you're saying with any of those with north korea or syria? no strategy formed yet in your view? >> we have general principles and they have existedded over the last several administrations. what we don't have is a specific, if you will, game book to get to a different place with the syrians, the russians and the iranians in iraq and syria. and that's understandable. it just has to be worked out. you can't just continue doing military operations without figuring out what they are to serve in the end. connell: thank you, sir. day 85 of the trump administration. we appreciate you coming on to talk to us about that. >>> we have new information, meantime, we have speaking of the administration, steve bannon's role in the white house. a lot said about this week alone. charlie gasparino has done excellent reporting on it. he has more news to share with us. he will have that coming up. >>> senator mitch mcconnell has made new comments on one of our favorite or least favorite topics depending on the day, tax cuts and when they will happen. grover nor

back down or you have to lose your credibility, or now you're stuck on a ledge and risk a military option, which is very, very risky. north korea is not syria or afghanistan. it's going to have to be devastating consequences. north korea will retaliate to any kind of military option. >> they will retaliate against south korea. >> absolutely. north korea has 70% of its ground zporsz 50% of its air and naval forces are deployed within 100 kilometers from the dmz that are separating the two crazy. that's 60 miles. and you said there's 0 million people in seoul. 20 million people in seoul. this is why i just don't think this kind of policy -- it's not a smart idea. it's a gross miscalculation. >> there are millions of people who are soft targets who are within easy reach of the north korean military? >> absolutely. >> former senior analyst of korean issues at the cia, thank you. >> thank you. >>> up next, i mentioned a little bit about this at the top, but we do have another breaking news story we are covering tonight. seems like friday night. stuff happens late into the evening. god doesn't want anybody to have fridays off this year. we'll hav

back down or you have to lose your credibility, or now you're stuck on a ledge and risk a military option, which is very, very risky. north korea is not syria or afghanistan. it's going to have to be devastating consequences. north korea will retaliate to any kind of military option. >> they will retaliate against south korea. >> absolutely. north korea has 70% of its ground forces and 50% of its air and naval forces are deployed within 100 kilometers from the dmz, the demilitarized zone, that are separating the two koreas. that's 60 miles. and you said there's 20 million people in seoul. this is why i just don't think this kind of policy -- it's not a smart idea. it's a gross miscalculation. >> even without nlear weapons there are millions of people who are soft targets who are within easy reach of the north korean military if they choose to take that action. >> absolutely. >> sue mi terry, former senior analyst of korean issues at the cia, thank you. >> thank you. >>> up next, i mentioned a little bit about this at the top, but we do have another breaking news story we are covering tonight. seems like friday night. stuff happens late into

down and sort of lose your credibility or you have to -- now you're stuck on a ledge and risk a military option, which is very, very risky. north korea is not syriaafghanistan. it's going to have devastating consequences. north korea will retaliate at any kind of military option. >> they will retaliate against south korea. >> absolutely. north korea has 70% of its ground forces and some 50% of its air and nafl forces are deployed within 10kilomers from the dmz, demilitarized zone, separating t two koreas. that's 60 miles. and you said, there's 20 million people in seoul. there's 28,500 american soldiers in korea. there's some 150,000 u.s. expats in seoul. this is -- this is why i just don't think this kind of brinkmanship policy is not a smart idea. it's gross miscalculation. >> even without a novel -- novel missile capacity, even without nuclear weapons,there are millions of people who are soft targets within easy reach of the north korean military if they choose to take that action? >> absolutely. >> former cia analyst on north korean matters, nice to have you here. >> thank you. appreciate it >>> up next, i mentioned a little bit about this at

president trump is handling these areas of the world come are you concerned about russia or syria or north koreacaller: no, i'm very confident that mr. trump will handle it correctly. he holds his cards close to his vest and he doesn't want the media knowing everything he's going to do at every moment. very competentis businessman -- he's proven himself over and over again to be nothing but successful. area wheret another i have confidence in his success . i can't believe some of these people who can't put two sentences together are calling mr. trump ignorant. host: the previous caller had mentioned boko haram. story today about the trump administration planning to sell planes to nigeria in helping with the boko haram fight. aircraft will be sold to help fight islamic militant group boko haram. the deal is said to be worth $600 million. it was agreed to by the obama administration but was sent to --gress rose in franklin, west virginia. independent line. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i'm not too anxious about what's going on around the world. the human condition has been de

or if mr. trump is serious. i would like to think that mcmaster and mattis, secretary of defense mattis, these guys understand that north korea is not syria or afghanistan. north korea is already nuclear armed state. >> stand by with me, sue, because as we're talking, jim acosta caught up with president trump at the easter egg roll and asked about north korea, and we've finally had that tape fed in. let's listen here to jim acosta and the president. >> reporter: mr. president, how does it feel to have the whole trump family with you today, sir? >> great, great. >> reporter: any message for north korea, sir, kim jong-un? >> got to behave. >> make america great! >> taking a moment to try to maybe calibrate what he wants to say in that message there a little bit. >> yes, yes. >> thank you, sue. >> thanks for having me on. >> i appreciate it. >>> coming up, it's no secret the president likes to talk about his election win, but is he moving on? you'll want to check his response for protesters over the weekend. >>> plus, breaking news. a nationwide manhunt under way for the man who police say posted a murder on facebook. he's vowing to kill mor

north korea and i would hope he would have taken donald trump aside and said, "do not strike north korea." syria doesn't have the capacity to hit japan korea." syria doesn't have the capacity to hitjapan orthe capacity to hit japan or south korea oi’ capacity to hit japan or south korea or the united states. north korea has back capacity. the problem with north korea is the development of a nuclear programme which you cannot guarantee to wipe out in one strike. you would create a massive crisis on that peninsular and on the whole of north asia. you would spend years regretting it. trump has said he will take on north korea. this is really frightening about what has happened in syria. trump has done a 180 on his policy towards syria in a matter of days and has done things where he has condemned others. north korea is a much more geopolitically more menacing presence. simple solutions to that problem not going to work and will create a domino effect. you have to hope that trump got that message. china can sit quiet over syria despite it being an ally. they cannot sit quiet over north korea. that is right on the border and there is no easy solution in north korea. do you want the colla pse

don't think that just because he's talked about potentially taking some action either in north korea or in syriatoday, which he sort of seemed to nudge towards, that doesn't mean he's going to go in as the obama administration and previous administrations did, as jamie knows well, and try to help women get into schools, try to help change the economy, try to sort of help crop up situations that will create this. he wants to clobber someone, and that is very different than being an internationalist. i think on your russia point, there is a more important thing here now, that russia began instantly peddling this fiction that perhaps these chemicals were in an offici's hands and someone had hit a depot and this came out. donald trump's words were a combination of that fiction. russia is complicit in trying to give a pathway for syria out of these controversies and we're not holding russia to account for that. >> jamie rubin and steve clemons, thank you for your time, guys. >> thank you. >>> next the latest on ivanka trump. what the president's daughter is saying about her influence in the west wing

americans look like they are confident that donald trump can handle what is happening in syria or what is happening in north korea? now it gets real. >> ron when you toss around a word like appeasement, which is fair, but the second time we've heard it in 75 years of modern american history. think back to the books you have read about lindbergh. think back to the criticism of jack kennedy's dad coming back from the uk. appeasement is a very real issue. >> there's a lot of ways if donald trump is not careful he is going to be on the wrong sides of history. and his supporters, although i understand why they wanted a change and why they wanted to blow up the system we have to worry about what side of the history we are going object on and there is a lot of issues that it looks like donald trump is on the wrong side. >> i guess it's time to ask about where it's really headed. we heard the president -- you and i heard him say, enough with health care. >> right. >> on to tax reform. what are the chances? what are the chances we are going to get infrastructure before someone raises hey how about solar panels the whole t

that could tip over the apple cart is probably something around a french election or escalation in syria or north korea or something outside the u.s. internally the function of when we get the president's agenda items to the table and voted on. if tax refunds get pushed out beyond the august break out will be the market. lea: "the wall street journal" pointing out small stacks have like behind big caps. do you think there is value in all-caps? >> absolutely. when you look at the rest of 2000, that's a great question. a stronger dollar we will probably get us through that by 2017. the evaluation argument they are. the problem is while we are waiting for the items to get moved in the legislation, we see a rotation o growth. i'll rotated to get more clarity on the agenda. lauren: vc investors by value signifies. but it's a signal? are they skeptical about economic growth. less skeptical about economic growth. the gdp growth hovers around 2.5 exiting. lauren: willacy. chief market strategist at wunderlich securities. lauren: thanks, art. united airlines acing backlash at your there was forcibly dragged dr.

. >> jim, when does either north korea or syria actually become serious enough to derail the indexes sn't, but do you think that day -- that's what you call the black swan i guess. >> yeah. the idea that russia, syria and iran are forming this kind of like nation -- it's really the axis. it's the axis of rogue behavior. i just think when you have that many in the axis, something bad could happen. >> right. i wonder and a lot of bluster on both sides. but putin didn't cancel the meeting, so that should be interesting. >> no, that's important. tillerson is going to come there and talk tougher than they have ever been talked to ever. >> right. all right, jim, thanks. see you at the top of the hour. and a programming note, don't miss wells fargo chairman stephen sanger. he will be on "squawk alley" at 11:00 a.m. eastern. 0 a.m. easte. 0 a.m. easte. with e*trade's powerful trading tools, right at your fingertips, you have access to in-depth analysis, level 2 data, and a team of experienced traders ready to help you if you need it. ♪ ♪ it's like having the power of a trading floor, wherever

experts in the first hour of the program, the broader implications and whether that is in syria or north koreaells us anything about policy coming out of the trump administration on foreign affairs, is still very unclear. that seems to be what markets are trying to contextualize. a quick word on the closes in japan and australia. weaker in australia, stronger on x, despite some flight into the yen. the broader picture in equities was -- u.s. futures suggested to be weaker by the start of the trading day. juliette saly has the first word news. u.s. has launched a cruise missile attack against syria. 59 tomahawk cruise missiles were planes, fuel, ammunition. the attack killed at least e.g. people. the assault comes after the white house accused us of regime -- assad's regime of killing civilians, an act that drew international condemnation. ahead of the u.s. missile raid on syria, turkey's government expressed its readiness to act over the poison gas attacks. state-runent told the agency that his country was prepared to do what ever was necessary without hesitation. at the same time, but country

syria last week. get the read on all of this, what john mcguire wants to see, former navy seal. served this country very honorably. john, if you're in north korea orou're thinking twice about what the u.s. will and won't do and that this administration has made it very clear it will do stuff. i'm wondering how it's changed let's say in north korea, how he is thinking? >> well, first, neil, thanks for having me on your show. i think the strike in syria sent a message. talking to my military buddies they say it is about damn time. i think we've shown weakness to it our enemies over the lasted a administration. and so it is very complicate what is going on in korea. very complicate what is going on in syria. in navy seals they teach us ere is bully on every corner, if you don't stand up to him it keeps getting worse. i think signal is they better respect the united states. neil: the russians as you know promised not to take this sleeping. i don't know if there is another such provocative act, how they termed our tomahawk missile attack they would respond in kind. they have a ship in that region. conversely, the chinese said it would be unwise for the

do americans look like they're confident donald trump can handle what is happening in syria or north korea now it gets real. >>> ron, when you toss around a world like appeasement, which is fair, but the second time we've heard it in 75 years of modern american history, think back to the books you have raerd about lindeberg, think back to the criticism of jack kennedy's dad coming back from the u.k. appeasement is a very real issue. >> look, there's a lot of ways that if donald trump is not careful he's going to be on the wrong sid of history. and his supporters, although i understand why they wanted a change and why they want to blow up the system, we all have to worry about what side of history we will be on. there's a lot of issues that looks like donald trump is on the wrong side. >> i guess it is time to ask about where it is really headed. we heard the president, you and i heard him say enough with healthcare. >> right. >> on to tax reform. what are the chances? what are the chances we're going to get infrastructure before someone raises, hey, how about sole or panels, the whole thin

the regime of north korea should remember the strength of president trump when talking about the strikes in syria and afghanistan. he said north korea would do well not to test his resolve or strength and that of the armed forces of the united states. very different tone there. poppy and chris, standing with the south korean president. obviously in diplomacy like any other way, shape or form we see these speeches come, the fact he wanted to stand side by side with the south korean leader was telling. >> dana, that was the issue of the day and the interview to have. be safe. see you at home. h.r. mcmaster says the problem with north korea is quote coming to a head. can the u.s. pressure china to stop the north's nuclear ambition? we have cnn's athena jones in d.c. with more. >> reporter: chris, that is the key question. the president is vocal on twitter and otherwise about his expectation that china, north korea's main trading partner, is going to step up pressure on the regime to rein in the nuclear ambitions. he acknowledged that china may not have the silver bullet here. one thing is clear from the perspective of the president's national security team. that is some actio

said this influences the discussions with china and north korea, or even the back and forth with north korea. does the idea we had air strikes in syria send a message to north korea that we're not joking. >> no doubt what they wanted to do with the strikes is not only send a signal to assad but really the world, that there is a new sheriff in town. they're going to take a tougher line. this isn't a president that's going to be reluctant to use military force. so they want to seize on that momentum right now, to see if they can pressure the north koreans, pressure the chinese and change the dynamic in the region. the problem is, if you don't know what your game is, i think you start to play with fire. i think the message to china this morning was a dangerous one. it sounds tough, it's threatening, but the fact of the matter is, we actually do need the chinese if we're going to solve anything in north korea. >> that's what i thought was interesting. charles, the message if you don't do it, we'll do it without you, backs you into a corner, to perhaps have to do something with north korea without china. there is probably no more effectiv

north korea, dana. the white house isn't commenting about whether a bomb like the one dropped in afghanistan could be used in syria ororth korea. instead press secretary sean spicer is referring those questions to the department of defense. but military experts say the trump administration doesn't need to comment because the very act of dropping the mother of all bombs sends a message that is loud and clear. the question is whether north korea is listening. remember, saturday marks what would have been the 105th birthday of kim il-sung, north korea's first leader and kim jong-uh said he will test a nuclear missile or testing a new missile. even with the uss carl vinson staged off the peninsula. china has cautioned the u.s. not to escalate what it calls a, quote, dangerous situation, but china state run media is all indicating that north korea needs to back off even threatening to limit oil imports into north korea the north relies almost solely on chinese oil and being cut off could hurt the economy. >> dana: president trump making his first comments since the bombing in afghanistan. >> lot of good offices. this is a

north korea without the help of china? >> well, my key takeaway is that after a couple of years when people have been rather ignoring north korea because they were focusing much more on syria orran or russia, now the focus is very much on north korea. i mean, remember stephanie, when president obama left the white house, he left a note saying essentially he thought north korea would be the first foreign policy challenge. and it's certainly turning out that way. and my best guess is what's happened is the nfc have conducted a review of north korea, it's accelerated to make sure it was ready before the president meets the chinese delegation this friday. and having read that, i think the white house is now seriously concerned about what's happening not least because all the signals are that north korea could have a missile that's capable of hitting the west coast by the end of the president's first term. >> you also asked president trump about cutting a deal with xi jinping of china and he said this, quot i would note at all surprised if we did something that would be very dramatic and good for both countries. okay. that quote right there to me is sort of this sound bite salesma

north korea and syria. this is a lot for the president, he does not necessarily want to enter into a war or be involved in syria issue, but how do you apply sanctions in russia and put pressure on syria for assad to step down. these are complicated issues, with not simple solutions. charles: great points, tammy, underlying thread. between china, north korea, syria. they became more belligerent during presidency of barack obama, understanding there were no consequences, now they are at a points, they will need to be pushed back, because they no longer have any fear, even though president trump has talked tough, i don't know if they have fear of america. >> this is where, remember in beginning when president trump was appointing a lot of generals, he understood this. and the messaging also is not just, the one thing that president trump let me say has to deliver is the overall vision of frankly a hawk america first attitude. good news is this is not a one man shop, you have generals in variety of areas, and strong voices in world, with what he want. the issue is, messaging from president, a strong america first d

visits to japan, indonesia and austral australia. >> now, whether it is north korea the crisis in syria, u.s./china relations orge, this week the president making a series of foreign policy shifts. this is a move that's really riling some of his supporters. u.s. ambassador to the u.n., though, nikki haley, was once a bold trump critic, you remember. he's been defending the president amid all this uncertainty and she's emerging as a strong voice. so cnn had a fascinating one on one with the ambassador. here is part of it. >> from condemning the chemical attacks in syria -- >> look at those pictures. >> to her aggressive stance on regime change. >> strengthening assad will only lead to more murders. >> reporter: u.n. ambassador nikki haley has taken center stage as the leading voice of foreign policy in the trump administration. not afraid to speak her mind -- >> for those that don't have our back, we're taking names. >> reporter: on contradict her boss. >> russia is trying to show their muscle. i don't think that we can trust him. >> reporter: has he ever said to you you shouldn't have said something. >> no, he

syria or afghanistan. everything to do with russia, china, iran, and north korea, am i wrong? >> no, you're absolutely right. and by the way, the attack in syria, the chemical attack in syria, the original one that obama let go because of the red line. people forget, because you know, richard is talking about diplomacy. that was bad diplomacy. barack obama was in bed with the iranians trying to make a secret deal and that's why he didn't cross the red line. he was in bed with the iranians. . eric: sure. >> that's nothing to do with the state department. that's bad diplomacy and hopefully donald trump will reverse that. >> if you cut the state department 28% reported to be in the donald trump budget, that means you're cutting our diplomates, cutting foreign aid, our ability-- >> there's lots of money in the state department directed towards climate change and things nothing to do with keeping us safe. and cutting programs that go to fund, programs in africa, development in africa, if we want to counter balance-- >> hold it, hold it, i literally lost control of this segment. i ap

the light can go off in syria or in north korea.e have to know every last detail about our relations with those countries and what they have been doing. this is not time for -- it's not amateur hour. >> don't forget our president just tonight said we are not going into syria. our defense secretary said our strategy hasn't changed. the number one strategy there is continuing to fight isis. we are continuing to see mixed messages coming from the white house. >> while sending what he called an armada. to our panel, thank you so much. ashley, thank for being a good sport. what a momentous day you were there to cover in the white house press room. >>> coming up, reaction to all this from one of trump's top supporters in the u.s. congress. "the 11th hour" continues. we've done well in life, with help from our advisor, we made it through many market swings. sure we could travel, take it easy... but we've never been the type to just sit back... not when we've got so much more to give when you have the right financial advisor, life can be br

the world is a tinderbox, and the light can go off in syria or in north korea. we have to know every last detail about our relations with those countries and what they've been doing. this is not time for -- it's not amateur hour. >> don't forget our president just tonight said that we aren't going into syria. our defense secretary said our strategy has not changed, that the number one strategy and priority there is continuing to fight isis and continuing to see mixed messages coming from the white house. >> sending what he called an armada. to our panel, thank you so much. ashley, thanks for being a good sport. what a momentous day you were there to cover in the white house press room. >>> coming up, reaction to all of this from one of trump's top supporters in the u.s. congress "the 11th hour" continues. aught. ...studying to be a dentist and she gave me advice. she said dad... ... go pro with crest pro-health. 4 out of 5 dentists confirm these crest pro-health products... &help maintain a professional clean. crest pro-health... ...really brought my mouth... ..

trying to send a message to them, but the message cannot have been lost on syria and its sponsor state of russia or north korea and its sponsor state of china that this is a president who is willing to be very aggressive militarily, obviously with the 59 cruise missiles last week into syria into that air force -- airbase, now using the biggest nonnuclear bomb in our arsenal in afghanistan and sending a message about the kind of efforts we would make to strike again in syria or conceivably at north korea. of course, we are coming up on a big anniversary in north korea this weekend, the anniversary of the birth of kim il-sung, founder of the north korean state and there have been rumors that they will have another missile or nuclear test. this is a president sending the message that he is, as opposed to barack obama, he is very comfortable projecting the use of u.s. force anywhere he feels is necessary. >> jenna: wanted draw our viewers attention to the press briefing room. why this will be significant as we have not heard anyone speak directly on the use of this weapon, not from the pentagon or white house, so

but you do have the uncertainty going on whether it's north korea or whether it's syria, or whateverat factor in to your thinking, though? >> i would argue, i think i disagree a little bit with steven here. i would argue it's a distraction. >> distraction? >> it ultimately, what you want to look at is fundamental. assuming that we're not going to have some kind of major war. let's just make that assumption for a second. rational heads will prevail here. but, if it's -- if it's a bombing here or bombing there, bombing there, that's actually been going on for a long time. the question is how much of a fanfare did it all get. but, the underlying, what steven said i think is very important. u.s. profit fundamentals, forget economic fundamentals for a second, profit fundamentals remain quite healthy and, in fact, i would argue getting healthier. and i think that's what investors should really be focusing on. not the geopolitical issues that are -- >> what about the policy implications of things being passed or not legislatively in washington and how much that weighs one way or the other o

north koreans will be met with response. >> the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. north korea would do well not to the strengthlve or of the armed forces of the united states in this region. repeated the u.s. wants china to pressure the north into abandoning its nuclear program. beijing called on all parties to return from the negotiating table. >> our proposal is from all sides -- is for all sides term all sides to refrain from action. >> north korea's other neighbor called for a de-escalation of tensions. recklessnot accept actions which violate mostly un security council resolutions. this does not mean other nations should violate international law in the same way through the use of force. hashe u.s. administration announced it would go ahead with the planned appointment of the ..s. defense missile shield a something moscow and beijing are opposed to, deeming it a threat to their own national security. >> south korea's former president has been charged with bribery, and of use of power. he was impeached last month after a scandal involving the electronics giant samsung. >> formally charged in her corruption scand

this type of weapon, and the question is now in north korea it's a little bit not safe but a little bit easier for president trump to make a decision in syria or in afghanistan. but the repercussions of what he might do in north korea are with military action are really unthinkable. the worst case scenario. i think you might try to see, you know, more u.s. diplomacy backed by the threat of force in a situation like this. >> a representative from the armed services committee spoke to what has to happen with north korea. let's listen to what he said here. >> we need to deescalate. this is not the time to, you know, try to act like a tough guy. north korea knows about our capabilities. they know our willingness to protect, you know, our allies, and so for us trying to push forward and push the envelope will create an escalation that could be very dangerous and tip over into a hot war involving nuclear weapons which nobody win which is that occurs. >> general marks, do you believe that this can be deescalated and how? >> let me address what the congressman just said. it almost doesn't matter what the united states or anyone else does relative to n