assured north korea's leaders that we assure only peace, stability, and economic prosperity for northeast asia. as proof of our intent, america has provided $1.3 billion in assistance to north korea since 1995. in return, north korea has detonated nuclear weapons that -- and dramatically increased ballistic missile lnches to threaten america andur allies. our commitment to allies is in the face of north korea's escalating global threat, it is important for me to consult with our friends. let me be very clear. the policy of strategic patience has ended. we are exploring a new range diplomatic security -- diplomatic, security, and economic measures. all options are on the table. north korea must understand that he only path to a secure, economically prosperous future is to abandon its development of nuclear weapons, domestic -- holistic missiles, and other weapons of mass destruction. we called upon other regional powers and all nations in demanding that the north korean government choose a better path and a different page -- future for its people. the united states is committed to supporting th

steve: sheep rest them on the press access question, she does not know northeast asia as well as the diplomatic press corps. she works for dip -- there's a website whose chief executive was a former communications specialist for the public and party. there is a general privileging of partisan media in the white house, so be it. she did professional job. when shesaid to her asked him about press access was, i have only been on the job six weeks, the patient. but this cannot go on for six months. , do not think it is effective within the state department, the cabinet, as a strategy of carrying out diplomacy. charlie: she understood that if secretary of state he is accountable to the american public. he added he was determined to do things his way, because of exxon mobil here been successful diplomatically over 25 years for staying quiet and letting the government just governments he negotiated with manage their own to mr. politics. this is a narrow conception of diplomacy. when bargains are struck on a basis of private interests, that was said by you in your article. .teve: that is my

minister wang and i also spoke about the importance of safeguarding stability and security in northeast asia and the asia-pacific region. we noted that efforts made over the last 20ears have so far t succeeded in curbing the threat posed by north korea's illegal weapons programs. because china's stated policy is denuclearization of the korean peninsula, we renewed our determination to work together to convince the north korean government to choose a better path and a different future for its people. i discuss the importance of upholding a rules-based order in dealing with maritime disputes and freedom of navigation and overflight. and i made clear that the united states will continue to advocate for universal values such as human rights and religious freedom. i look forward on this visit to additional meetings today with state counselor yang and tomorrow with president xi. and to continuing to work together with my chinese hosts to address shared challenges and opportunities. >> again, we're listening to the translation of rex tillerson, who is talking with the chinese minister, wang yi, abo

this will be key for china going forward in dealing with geopolitical tensions in the northeast asiaion. david: we will be getting the latest lines on the bloomberg terminal. shery: we have cafe pacific with -- full-year results in half an hour. it has been a tough year for the carrier. david: the forecast this time around is not pretty. the weakest results in eight years, coming in at $58 million for 2016. scrapped itsay second outlook. fell.ofit sell -- we could be looking at pretty nasty numbers. -- there ismpanies competition from mainland china, less people traveling, and increasing costs, eroding the earnings. yields are in area, money earned for flying up passenger one kilometer. >> the biggest problem, we have seen throughout the region with the yields going lower. they wille of cathay, be doubly hard hit on yields because they are relying on transit traffic. [no audio] he is not too happy with that. if you look at the bloomberg, you can see there are no buys whatsoever. see the share price rising over the last six months or so. it is reflecting analysts' 12 month target pric

> foreign minister wong and i also spoke about the importance ever safe guarding stability in northeast asia and the asia pacific region. we noted that efforts made over the last 20 years have so far not succeeded in curbing the threat posed by north korea's illegal weapons programs. because china's stated policy is denuclearization of the korean peninsula, we renewed our determination to work together to convince the north korean government to choose a better path and a different future for its people. i discussed the importance of upholding a rules based order in dealing with maritime disputes and freedom of navigation and overflight. and i made clear that the united states will continue to advocate for universal values such as human rights and religious freedom. i look forward on this visit to additional meetings today with state counselor yang and tomorrow with president xi. and to continue to work together to address shared challenges and opportunities. >> now the q&a session. because of the shortage ever ti of time, just one question for each journalist. >> you're look at a live image

tillerson's visit to beijing is the final stop on his tour through northeast asia. >>> in the bay areare than a meal. 3,000 san francisco seniors who rely on meals on wheels for food every day are now worried what a loss of federal funds means for their future. president trump's budget proposal would cut money from this budget. how much is not known. kate larson talked to some people who count on the service for more than just food. >> hello there. it's meals on wheels. >> reporter: monday through friday, jim fleming delivers two hill. >> how are you? >> reporter: rosa is 89 years old, survived the holocaust in paris and now lives alone after her husband passed. for the past five years she's been relying on meals on wheels san francisco. >> i don't drive. >> reporter: meals on wheels agencies across the u.s. including here in the bay area are worried about losing much of their funding. donald trump's proposed budget which includes a $15 billion cut to the department of health and human services, which in many states like california partially funds programs like meals on wheels. the pre

tillerson's visit to beijing is the final stop on his three-country tour through northeast asia. >>>the bay area, it's more than a meal. 3,000 san francisco seniors who rely on meals on wheels for food every day are now worried what a loss of federal funds means for their future. president trump's budget proposal would cut money from this program's budget exactly how much is not known but abc7's kate larsen introduces us to some people who count on the service for more than just food. >> hello there. it's meals on wheels. >> reporter: monday through friday, jim fleming delivers two meals a day to rosa in forest hill. >> how are you? >> reporter: rosa is 89 years old, survived the holocaust in paris and now lives alone after her husband passed. for the past five years, she's san francisco.n meals on wheels- >> i can't get to the store. i don't drive right now. >> reporter: meals on wheels agencies across the u.s., including here in the bay area, are worried about losing much of their funding. donald trump's proposed budget, which includes a $15 billion cut to the department of health

tillerson's visit to beijing is the final stop on his three-country tour through northeast asia. >>>ell, it's more than a meal. 3,000 san francisco seniors who rely on meals on wheels for food every day are now worried what a loss of federal funds means for their future. president trump's budget proposal would cut money from this program's budget. exactly how much is not known but abc7 news reporter kate larsen introduces us to some people who count on the service for more than just food. >> hello there. it's meals on wheels. >> reporter: monday through friday, jim fleming driver delivers two meals a day to rosa. she's 89 years old, survived the holocaust in paris and now lives alone after her husband passed. for the past five years, she's been relying on meals on wheels san francisco. >> i can't get to the store. i don't drive right now. >> reporter: meals on wheels agencies across the u.s., including here in the bay area, are worried about losing much of their funding. donald trump's proposed budget, which includes a $15 billion cut to the department of health and human services, w

but i think the market is ignoring the fact of the mounting tension in northeast asia.if we see china come back with some type of response to our missile defense system being shipped over to south korea, i think that puts a bit back into gold and i think we'll be range bound from 1,200 to 1250 the next month. >> so many things to watch. meantime, we've got an extra-special show for you today. joining us on futures now, art cashin, ubs director of floor operations. he's at the new york stock exchange. and kathy ruby vera. we'll discuss the fed and stocks on this eight-year bull market anniversary. that's the top of the hour, futuresno futuresnow.cnbc.com. the "halftime report" back after this. this. [pony neighing] what? hey gary. oh. what's with the dog-sized horse? i'm crazy stressed trying to figure out this complex trade so i brought in my comfort pony, warren, to help me deal. isn't that right warren? well, you could get support from thinkorswim's in-app chat. it lets you chat and share your screen directly with a live person right from the app, so you don't need a

coming in at around estimates and it is reaching more than was the a quarter of a percent and northeast asiad we have cost with the room porting of this beginning with the arrival of equipment in north korea. and we arewing this seeing stock are somewhat weaker. we are taking a look at what is going on with industrial leading the rise and we have read hence stock. we are seeing a rise in building with investment saying demand has risen and this has rebounded for recent levels. here withk at this how the currency has been playing out. these markets are seen consolidating and they see the range staying in this with stock buying providing samsung electronics is a clear head. disagrees with the findings on these ports and alledge that other executives hid bribery. optimistic outlook with fundamentals around stocks. >> think. eufinance to says that governments debt is under control and this level will not change much. this in november and tom mackenzie is all over this story. is it generally reassuring to say it is generally under will? >> in a word, no. there is reassurance that this is a shift

it is symptomatic of the tensions in northeast asia. as you say, to price in the risk. our earlier guest said, what can you really do? how do you price something so uncertain? i want to go back to what we heard over the weekend with the national people's congress and the targets that have come out and the outlook from the chinese leaders. what is the major problem that you see? even if the government says, we are going to hit these targets and we are focused on stability, what to you is the biggest issue, biggest challenge? >> the biggest challenge remains what it has been, a growing challenge, the leverage in the system. you look across the chinese economy, many areas five or 10 years ago were not highly leveraged and are now highly leveraged. across the board, growth may be holding up relatively well with official figures, but that is underpinned by double-digit growth and leverage in the economy. there is deleveraging that needs to take place. it has been postponed for a long time. there are some encouraging signs in the last week or

-south korean military exercises are driving the korean peninsula and northeast asia.....president trump touches off a firestorm with his claim that president obama ordered his phones to be tapped during the campaign.. the unusual move today by the white house. also - a lot has been made about a crackdown on undocumented immigrants. this might be the reverse. the country which americans are getting caught in as they look for asylum. trumps new travel ban is getting a quick reaction from activists here in the bay area today those with the council of american-islamic realtions, or cair, spoke out about the new order.last month following presidents trumps order there were widespread protests that occurred throughout the country at cair today - the group said the new order is not as severe as the first one - knocked down by federal judges. however, they say it is still wrong and they plan to challenge the order in court once again. here in berkeley, berkeley mayor jesse arreguin says he stands by the police tactics used during saturday's march for trump event at martin luthe

year period of time i had time too practice in inner cities and in southeast asia as a young army doctor and 31 years in northeastssee and rural appalachia and we'll keep our word and repeal the law of laws to put patients and doctors back in charge of health care decisions. and my state to show you the carnage done almost 160,000 people do the -- chose to pay a penalty and i taught medical students and residents between 60% and 70% of the uncollectible debt are people with insurance. that's not providing care for people. people are delaying care because they can't pay the outageous co-pays and out of pocket. medicaid is going to be reformed. look, we have first-class people. i took care of them for years who are getting second-class care. with this reform and putting it back in the hands of the states -- look, the care that should be done in northeast tennessee and rural appalachia is different than inner city atlanta. i want the first-class patients to get first-class health care and i think they can with this reform bill. we're going to repeal the taxes the onerous taxes in the bill. and i think one of the mos

asia. >> fighting continues to intensify in the battle to retake mosul. iraqi troops have isis surrounded. >>> millions of people in the northeast are digging out from a powerful storm. >> mother nature is an unpredictable lady. toijt know what we did to offend her. >> much of the southeast hit with bone-chilling temperatures. >> march did not get the memo. >> an amtrak train travel u tloosh -- >> lesson learned for those passengers. >> all that -- >> spacex launched once again. >> it launched in the wee hour this morning. >> president obama's bracket game is still in full force. >> obama has tar heels taking it all. >> -- and all that matters. >> he made $150 million and paid 25% tax. mine do you understand what this means? seriously, i'm asking. i don't. is it good? >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> after 20 minutes mad dow was ready to show us the tax return. >> we just got it. we'll go through it next. >> what? a cliffhanger? are you kidding? is this news or a reality show? i don't want to watch "america's got 1040s." >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump is firing b

northeast cleans up after that big storm. nor'easter claimed two lives as it dumped snow from virginia up to maine. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson is in tokyo. on his first trip to asia. one of the big topics of discussion will be the growing threat of north korea. the state department says tillerson wants to discuss fresh approaches to dealing with the communist country. he wraps up that four-day trip in china. >>> a hearing about to get under way in hawaii against the president's revised travel ban. lawyers say the executive order could hurt the state's economy by hurting tourism and educational institutions, which recruit foreign students. >>> there are two other hearings today on the ban in washington state and maryland. that ban goes into effect at midnight tonight. we'll break down what happens at midnight in a few minutes. >>> up next, it's an uphill battle for republicans as they try to get the health care overhaul approved. after the break, i'll be joined by republican congressman chris collins of new york, who sits on one of the committees that recently approved the bill ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis isn't it time to let the real you shi

northeast. we are just saying how audit was to have a snowstorm in march. it is terrible. on betty liu new york. yvonne: and i am yvonne man in hong kong. you are watching "bloomberg daybreak: asiairst word news with nina melinda. nina. nina: hong kong is ever closer to triggering brexit. britain is ever closer to triggering brexit. it has now passed the house of lords as well and just needs royal approval.- now, a key regulator has backed the plan. the proposal is a modern take on a depression era law and would require firms to partition investment banking into separate billing companies. president trump first raised the issue on the campaign trail and still supports it. what of the east coast is raising for blizzards as you were talking about, forcing a state of emergency in new york and new jersey. forecasters are predicting up to 20 inches of snow, and thousands of light are canceled. public offices and schools are closed. the storm is leaving public transport systems with reduced services. storm warnings from late the night to tuesday evening for much of the northeast. in malaysia, no one has claimed the body of north korean leader half-brother, kim jong-nam. pyongyang reje