here's the report from palm beach. >> reporter: it's no wonder president trump has made palm beach hisecond home. sunny skies, pristine beaches, elegant shopping. some in palm beach dread his arrival. >> we have 1,200 feet up in the air off the coast of florida president trump calls the winter white house. the president of china xi jinping later on this week. when the president comes to visit. the entire airspace will be shut down. businesses on the ground are losing money. an attorney flies to see clients all across florida. he's grounded whenever trump arrives, that hurts his bottom line. >> sometimes it's two weeks at a time. i don't know what we'll do. >> reporter: the airport is in the middle of the no-fly zone that extends for ten nautical miles around mar a lago. it will be shut down. palm beach flight training school is about $67,000 this year because of the close years, they're worried about getting their students back. >> they're frustrated, mostly can sell their flights what do i do? and then you know looking at times when we don't have them. >> reporter: the flight restrict

leland: welcome back to west palm beach.ook east toward the crystal clear blue water of the atlantic and palm beach itself an hour south of where we are right now, firefighters continue to battle a massive brushfire which has been burning for days and early this morning you could smell the smoke, still 60 miles away as the with is whipping up these flames. it has consumed more than 5000 acres, as the wind shifted, they are getting an upper hands, 60% of this fire is contained and hoping if not for rain, blue temperatures stick around. >> donald trump delivering a major campaign promise i put a conservative justice on the supreme court, the senate confirming neil gorsuch in a of the 5-45 vote. our supreme court watchers are here to break down how impactful the new justice will be on big issues facing the court. the chief counsel at the judicial crisis network and elizabeth why is the president of the constitutional accountability center. thank you for joining us. issues you may differ that i want to get to but i want to get d

he's already down there in west palm beach.ou see the plane has just handed. i don't think we can overstate how important this meeting between the presidents of china and the united states, how important this meeting will be. >> i think that's right, wolf. one of the things that was talked about in the very early days of the administration was whether or not a trade war would erupt between the u.s. and china and the only reason why such a trade war would develop is if the president decides to make good on some of these campaign promises. now, he has said throughout the campaign, and jurisprudence jyo playing some of the highlights, he has talked about china rapping the united states and destroying jobs in the heart land in states that he carried in the november election. not only does the president face this delicate diplomatic distance in terms of what he's going to discuss with the chinese president, he also is facing this pressure and i think it's going to be mounting pressure over the coming months back in those states that

air force one is expected to land at palm beach air for. president trump is being accompanied by senior administration officials such as wilbur ross and steve mnuchin. they will then head to mar-a-lago will they -- where they will begin a series of meetings with president xi as well as his administration officials on a host of topics, the two most prominent being national security with a focus on north korea, as well as trade policy. two areas that we could see on trade policy some developments include nuclear energy as well as the auto industry. what are we expecting to come out of this? pressis no joint conference on the schedule. are we going to see any sort of documentation from the white house after about what accomplished here? kevin: this is a bit different from the past where we have seen president trump greeting foreign leaders. that purportedly ruffled some feathers in china although they have been more accepting to welcome president trump at the so-called winter white house. from an expectation standpoint, both sides are saying t

estimate could cost $3 million for a trip to the president for palm beach. is he planning to cut those back at all given his feelings about the priorities for the american tax dollars? [video clip] sean: that's a vast reach to suggest. presidents always travel. i think the president, wherever he goes, he carries the apparatus of the white house with us. that's just something that happened. the president will continue to go and travel around the country and have meetings to solve the nation's problems. again, i think just because i know you took a little bit of a shot there, i think even "the washington post" which is no friend to conservatives, even they sided with us that these false sort of narratives on meals on wheels, it's not a federal program, 3% is their total budget that comes from a block grant passed through there. the state-run program. apparently they had a phenomenal weekend this week. i get that's a cute program to point at but it's false and mid leadsing to try to make that -- misleading to try to make that point stick. reporter: no president

they are meeting at mr trump's resort in palm beach in florida and ina resort in palm beach in floridant we'll get the view of our china editor, carrie gracie, on the meeting. first, jon sopel. president trump and the first lady arrived in florida for what promises to be the most important meeting of his presidency. president xi arrived, two superpowers with different missions. we are getting ripped by china. we can't allow china to rate our country. travel down the coast from here to the port of miami and you can see what the president is talking about. far more goods are coming in from china than american products going the other way. it's a massive imbalance and the president has threatened to introduce tariffs, which could spark a trade war. but the local mayor said that must be avoided. the president would like to see more of the balancing exports and imports but i don't think we are going to get into a trading war with china. it would not be good for the united states or china. and the picture is more complex than the campaign rhetoric. take apple's iphones, an american company t

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

>>let talk about palm beach in general. it palm beach proud to have so many visits from the president and all the dignitaries? >> palm beach in general is like an oasis in the desert. it's liberal all over the place in palm beach county. it's very heavily liberal. but palm beach itself, about 10,000 people, is heavily republican. so because of that, there's some pride in having donald trump there. i think it's getting old pretty fast. i went on north avenue a couple -- worth avenue a couple weeks ago. that's the center of town, where the stores are, the fancy stores. sort of like rodeo drive. at this point, it should be packed, should be people all over the place. i was there three week ago, you know what, there's nobody there. i'm sure the businesses are losing tons of money and the traffic -- the reason you invest 25, $30 million to have a house in palm beach is to be comfortable and calm and quiet. this is anything but. >> jose lamb bay from the miami herald. thank you, sir. have a great weekend. >> you're welcome, don.

don't see 747s in palm beach that often. there's two there now.ir force one and air china carrying the president of china. >> 25-hour visit expected. so many issues on the table in such a -- gosh -- a visit we have all looked toward because of just the dramatic things that we have heard donald trump, president trump, say about china throughout the entire election process. >>currency, all on the plate today. >> i'm always so interesting that so many foreign leaders arrive in the commercial flag carrier of their country. air china is a state-owned enterprise, obviously. but they don't arrive in their version of air force one, an air force plane. i remember when the german chancellor came in. it was -- came on lufthansa. >> there are so many countries that still believe in this idea of a state champion. right? remember, every country used to have their own airline. >> swiss air, british air. >> they are the state-owned airline. so this is great advertising for air china right now. what we're going to do here, folks, a is soon as xi jinping -- >> i wo

the palm beach county sheriff's office is assisting. the sheriff has said if the security here in and around mar-a-lago costs his department $60 to $70,000 per day in overcosts and that doesn't even include the coast guard and other costs for the president to travel here to mar-a-lago. so we're expecting the president to travel here in a short time. and the protesters are eecte to be here for several urs. >> if you see him crossing by, we'll get back to you. >> and there's so much going on. a big development in the russian investigation. chairman nunes announcing this morning that he will step aside. what do we need to know about that in. >> yes. the pressure had been building from the very beginning when he went to the white house. viewed classified information and shared with it the president before he spoke to any member of his committee. questions were raised about his credibility, his ability to conduct an independent investigation. there was a very public feud that he had with adam schiff, the ranking democrat, and even a lot of r

kevin cirilli is in palm beach in florida.all that is going on in washington, a scramble before a two-week recess, what will the president and the premier speak about first? what a morning in washington. president trump is scheduled to take off with some of his most senior ministration officials, including commerce secretary wilbur ross as well as the treasury secretary steve mnuchin from andrews air force base. they will fly down to mar-a-lago in west palm beach, florida, where they will beget a series of two-day meetings with the chinese president. this is a private set of meetings. later this evening, they will be joined by their respective wives, including first lady melania trump, at mar-a-lago for a private dinner. top of the agenda is national security and trade. they will talk specifically about north korea. you will remember earlier this week, north korea tested ablest of missile that drew criticism not only from president trump, but also from president xi. and then trade, and whether or not they will be a little find

palm beach airport is tiny.dignitaries this airport is having to get because president trump... there you go, massive plane, tiny airport! wrecked was in the shot. i understand that president's son—in—law, who was influenced, the trip to the chinese through the back channels, and there was talk it had to be in mar—a—lago because the japanese prime minister had been there a few weeks ago, so there is strict protocol to these events. people in the us and in china will have their own opinions on how the talks should go. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathan and stephen mcdonell have been finding out more in washington and beijing. camaraderie, co—operation, maybe let us off a little bit of our debt to them. shall we go down here? president trump likes to talk tough on china. throughout the election, he promised to bring jobs back to the us and put america first. 0n the other hand, china's president, xijinping, says that free trade is the answer and that this is what will bring jobs to china and the us. what do you think pr

church easter sunday in palm beach.esident, thousands of miles away, at a service in south korea. just hours earlier, north korea's new missile launch failed. u.s. commanders say it blew up almost immediately after lifting off from the launch pad near sinpo. >> we shouldn't be gloating i about a failed launch because it does show us that they have a determination to eventually perfect a long-range nuclear missile capability. >> reporter: pence was briefed aboard air force 2 after landing, the vice-president addressed u.s. troops stationed just a few miles away. >> this morning's provocation from the north is just the latest reminder of the risks each one of you face every day. >> reporter: abc news was granted unprecedented access to a u.s. defense base near the dmz. >> we are always training at that level to be able to fight because we don't know when that is going to come. >> reporter: our own martha raddatz got an exclusive look at a top secret facility where officials monitor the north's missile launches and nuclear

we also saw live shots of the president arriving in palm beach, west palm beach.dent disembarking air force one an hour after president xi arrived. syria -- hes about said the events in syria horrified us and there's no doubt that the assad regime is responsible for it and his role in the future is uncertain. the process by which he will leave will require international cooperation. oliver: he said it was under way . scarlet: when asked if you've started organizing an international coalition to remove him, those steps are underway. decision.pretty big conflict --e syrian there's a lot at stake. the relationship between the u.s. and russia -- what implications will interaction and involvement by the u.s. in syria have on this relationship? always news when we get comments from tillerson. very unique secretary of state. his comments on north korea yesterday were very short and concise. scarlet: 156 characters. usually, a twitter comment is 140 characters. tillerson said the russian government should reconsider its support of assad. a bit of a surprise there and not

nbc is traveling with the president and reports from west palm beach. >> reporter: with a wave from air force two, today the pence left for seoul, south korea. mike pence's visit to four countries planned for two months takes on new urgency. pence will visit troops both american and south korean who could become a target for aggression. with no nuclear test, no reaction from the white house as the president spends the holiday weekend in palm beach. experts say president trump delivered his message by bombing syria's airfield after its chemical attack this month. >> reporter: the missile strikes changed the equation which meant that probably china decided to start to reign in north korea. >> reporter: beyond u.s. military power, president trump who hosted president xi in palm beach may have induced china's help now by exerting economic pressure. the president used trade as leverage. >> i said you're going to help us with north korea or we'll gng remains north korea's closest partner, it wants a relationship with the u.s. >> china has a lot of reasons to corporate with president trump rig

up next, we go live to palm beach, florida. president trump and president xi jinping will meet later today. golf may not be on the agenda. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: president trump with two days of meetings with president xi. north korea testing a ballistic missile and trade. joining us from palm beach, cummin kevin cirilli. look like forn president trump? kevin: he has to get something across on national security. the administration feels they might be able to find some common ground on dealing with north korea. he will be flying from andrews air force base to florida in west palm beach at around 2:30, he will land. sean spicer will speak to reporters, trying to set the parameters of this two-day summit. they will head into private meetings with top administration officials, including wilbur ross , steve mnuchin as the begin to talk about things like trade and whether or not they will be able to find common ground. it may be more difficult on that issue. later this evening, president trump will be accompanied by first lady me

palm beach county tax suggesting a special levy.ostly $60,000 a day for law enforcement over time. the county has spent 2 million since january. if the federal government does not reimburse the county palm beach may use the tax to make up for all of the extra security spending. >> if you don't like spinach, you won't like it after this story. here is a reason not the eat your greens. a maryland couple found this scorpion inside a bag of spinach, and it's alive. they bought it from a local giant store and discovered the creature crawling in the leaves. they were able to capture it in a water bottle and bring it into the store to have proof. the company pulled the product from the shelf saying, quote, we take the quality of our products very seriously and we are flowing up with the supplier to ensure this isolated incident does not occur in the future. >> it did happen. another grocery store in florida, they found the bat. although the bat wasn't alive, in their salad. >> take your pick. scorpion or bat with your salad. >> neither tha

the presidential motorcade rolled along the ocean's edge to a palm beach church where the trump celebrated easter services. after a surprising 40-hour break from twitter the president unleashed a spring storm of five tweets. he explained had his shift on china. why would i call china a currency manipulator when they're working with us on the north korean problem. john mccain said the president is right to lean on china. >> china can shut them town. and whether they're currency manipulators or not, we should expect them to act to prevent what could be a cataclysmic event. >> reporter: in aer mo defensive mood, the president linked his

church easter sunday in palm beach. his vice-president, thousands of miles away, at a service in south korea. just hours earlier, north korea's new missile launch failed. u.s. commanders say it blew up almost immediately after lifting off from the launch pad near sinpo. >> we shouldn't be gloating i about a failed launch because it does show us that they have a determination to eventually perfect a long-range nuclear missile capability. >> reporter: pence was briefed aboard air force 2 after landing, the vice-president addressed u.s. troops stationed just a few miles away. >> this morning's provocation from the north is just the latest reminder of the risks each one of you face every day. >> reporter: abc news was granted unprecedented access to a u.s. defense base near the dmz. >> we are always training at that level to be able to fight because we don't know when that is going to come. >> reporter: our own martha raddatz got an exclusive look at a top secret facility where officials monitor the north's missile launches

as the president spends the holiday weekend in palm beach. experts say president trump had already delivered his message by bombing syria's airfield after the chemical attack earlier this month. >> president trump's trump's missile strikes on syria changed the equation which meant that china probably decided to reign in north korea. >> reporter: president trump, who hosted president xi in palm beach may have induced china's help by exerting economic pressure. >> i said the way you're going to make a good trade deal is help us with north korea otherwise we're going to go it alone. >> reporter: although china remains north korea's closest partner, it also wants a relationship with the u.s. >> china has a lot of reasons to corporate with president trump right now. its economy is not nearly as strong as people think. that means that beijing does not want a trade war with the united states. >> reporter: with that latest estimate that north korea may have attempted, but failed, to do a test, still no word from the white house. with the vice preside

. >>> president trump has just arrived west palm beach international airport.going to be spending easter sunday weekend down at mar-a-lago in palm beach. we understand the first lady melania trump flew separately down to west palm beach from new york city. they'll be getting together mar-a-lago, the president likes to clearly go to down to palm beach on these weekends especially a long weekend like this one. there's he's going to get into the limb owe seen. head over to mar-a-lago for the weekend. most of the senior aids we're told remained in washington. they want to be with their families this weekend. reince priebus he drove from the white house out to joint base andrews outside of washington, d.c. with the president. wanted to discuss some final issues before reince headed back to the city to be with his family. we're going to monitor the president of the united states in palm beach this weekend. we're back with our political team and the fallout from president trump's renewed push on health care. he's now threatening to kill subsidies on obamacare unless d

nbc's kelly o'donnell is live in west palm beach with that. kelly, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. the president has talked about the advantages of unpredictability when it comes to foreign policy. today the white house is projecting caution and reassurance when it comes to north korea. kim jong-un's ambitions could pose the greatest challenge to president trump, and today a long-planned trip to asia for mike pence comes at a critical time. today the vice president heads to seoul, south korea, part of a four-country trip. pence intends to deliver a message of unwavering support to the u.s. ally most vulnerable to a nuclear strike. >> really, the president's message and vice president's message is to show support with allies and the fact that we are there with them and confront this threat together. >> while president trump has a new friendship with his

world so well in this attack was right now donald trump is at trump international golf club in west palm beach. we don't know if he is holding meetings are not but team is working on how to proceed with syria and russia. rex tillerson says he is disappointed in how russia has responded, disappointed russia has not publicly condemned the assad regime for striking his people with chemical weapons. at the same time the pentagon investigating if russia was somehow involved in the chemical

let's go now to cnn's athena jones in nearby palm beach. so, are we hearing any comments from the president in detail on the missile strike? >> reporter: hi, fred. well, no comments in detail. we are seeing his first remarks about thursday night's missile strikes since that night. he tweeted earlier today, congratulations to our great military men and women for representing the united states and the world so well in the syria attack. those are the first comments we're getting from the president on that attack. as you mentioned, we did capture some footage of the president on the golf course today here in nearby west palm beach. this is his 15th visit to a trump branded property and the tenth week he has visited such a property. he often frequents his golf club, whether in south florida here, west palm beach or jupiter. he also frequently visits a golf club in virginia. it's an opportunity for him to promote his brand, to promote these golf clubs. often the white house will tell us that he is taking phone calls or having meetings. occasional

they are meeting at the president's mar-a-lago report in palm beach.d say earlier that he and xi jinping have already formed a friendship. let's get the latest from bloomberg news with kevin cirilli, who joins us from palm beach, florida. press wereost of the down to cover this china-u.s. a visit but events have taken a very dramatic and different development. what has been the reaction? we are steadily getting comments from both sides of the aisle. what are the comments you are hearing? kevin: several prominent republicans are voicing their support for president trump's actions tonight, taking ballistic missiles against the same syrian field in which president bashar al-assad launched that chemical weapon. officials saying that the last three attacks have been chemical weapons. senator john mccain and senator lindsey graham are voicing praise for president trump tonight. -- trump tonight. this is the first military action president trump has taken. this was supposed to be a two day summit in winch he would meeting chinese president xi jinping. but syr

once he gets used to it, i think he'll be alright. >> and david wright joins us live from west palm beach tonight. did the president actually see and hear those protesters at mar-a-lago today? >> reporter: he didn't see them, but he was certainly aware of them, tom. hundreds of demonstrators right along the route that he normally takes back from his golf course. well, today, the motorcade took the long way around, a ten-minute detour. >> david wright west palm beach tonight. >>> next the breaking news out of war-torn northern syria. syrian television reporting scores of people were killed when a bomb rocked an area where people were trying to escape. children among the dead. abc's jennifer eccleston reports. >> reporter: the massive suicide car bomb engulfing the scene in flames. rescue teams say at least 100 dead just outside of aleppo. [ crying ] innocent children, bloodied by the blast, among the casualties. buses charred, car mangled. the target, thousands of evacwees from rebel-besieged towns heading to government areas. the goal, to move trapped residents to safer, friendlier zones.

as you know, i'm meeting with the president of china on thursday and friday in palm beach, florida. and i think we're going to have a very interesting talk. we're having -- have a lot of respect for him, i've spoken to him numerous times, but we have to do better because our deficit $504 ina as you know, billion, that's enough for a lifetime. even steve would say that. but that's a year. we're going to have a great meeting. i'm sure we're going to have a fantastic meeting. we're going to talk about a lot of things, including, of course, north korea. a problem.

and arrive at west palm beach at about 2:30 p.m. and they will have a series of meetings privately before they have dinner with their respective wives. on the issue of north korea, yesterday president trump came out again and said this would be something they discuss, saying that on the issue of trade, i'm told that the white house and president trump's political orbit, this is the first in a series of meetings. back on the campaign trail, chinaent trump hammered as a currency minute you later. since becoming president, he has walked off a bit on some of that rhetoric but he did issue executive orders last week calling for his administration to take a look at trade deficits with countries including china to see what could be done to renegotiate deals. this is the first in a series of meetings that they will have on trade. vonnie: our thanks to kevin cirilli, reporting from palm beach florida. stay tuned to bloomberg tv and radio for the latest news and analysis of what's at stake when president trump and president xi meet for the fi

there's a 1 a, a very scenic road in west palm beach. shut down completely while the president is in town. so there are those inconveniences while the president is traveling. the big issue with the local folks is the local tax dollars that they're spending on security and whether they'll get reimbursed. >> what about what gabe the just mentioned about an added tax on try to help defray the costs? >> sure. one of the county commissioners has talked about trying to set up putting mar-a-lago in some sort of special taxing district. i don't know whether that will fly. another commissioner had a good idea involving the hotel tax. and there's various legal and practical obstacles to it. so i think what local folks here are hoping for is that the federal government will eventually be persuaded to reimburse the locals for what they've been spending. >> is there a silver lining? are tourists coming into the area because they know it is where president trump likes to come? >> i think palm beach county is that florida all together, tour six a big i

david wright has the story from palm beach, florida. >>> president trump attended church in palm beach. his vice president thousands of miles away at a service in south korea. just hours earlier, north korea's new missile launch failed. they say it blew up almost immediately after lifting off. >> we should not be gloating about a failed launch. it shows they have a determination to perfect a long-range missile. >> presidevice president trump addressed troops. >> this provocation is a reminder of the risks that each one of you face every day. >> we were granted access to a u.s. defense se. >> we don't know when that call is going to come. >> our own martha raditz got a look. lawmakers in washington are looking for a diplomatic solution. >> they can stop this, if they want to, because of the north korea economy. >> they are they are the only ally that north korea has. >> president trump seems to agree saying why would i call china a currency manipulator when they're working with us on the north korea problem. for now the u.s. is not expected to respond militarily unless there is another

abc's david wright reporting 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 release his returns. >> i'm under a routine audit, and it'll be released. and as soon as the audit's finished, it will be released. >> reporter: later, a change of heart. >> he's not

barbara plett-usher in palm beach.or, carrie gracie, on the meeting, but first, here's our north america editor, jon sopel. president trump and the first lady arrived in florida a short time ago for what promises to be one of the most consequential meetings of his presidency. shortly before, xijinping arrived in palm beach. two of the world's biggest superpowers with sharply differing visions. we are getting ripped by china. we cannot continue to allow china to rape our country. travel down the coast from here to the port of miami and you can see what the president is talking about. far more goods are coming in from china than american products going the other way. there is a massive imbalance. the president has decided to bring in tariffs that could start a trade war. we should not get in a trading war. it would not be good either of us. the picture is more complex. take apple's iphones. an american company that chooses to manufacture in china. it accounts for 40% of the imports coming in from china to america. within

from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i want to take you from palm beach to washington, d.c. and london in the next hour. here are the top stories we are following. president donald trump heading to florida this hour where he will meet with chinese president xi jinping. it will be the first of the real test of president trump, who promises to win negotiations with america's chief economic and military editor. u.s. stocks are edging higher ahead of tomorrow's jobs report. energy shares, consumer discretionary leaving the game. and a policy could radically reshape wall street in favor of separating the consumer lending units of banks from the investment banking units, echoing comments by president trump and the public and lawmakers about bringing back the glass-steagall act. we have the latest on the bloomberg exclusive. we are halfway into this thursday trading day. abigail doolittle is here with the latest. abigail: fascinating to me at least as we have a small gains after we did have some very small starts this morning, following the big, bearish reversal yesterday, somethin

let's go to kevin's a really, who is at palm beach reporting on this. after this bilateral meeting they go to a working lunch. any idea what may come up at the luncheon? a national security is the focus on north korea as well as trade agreements. the president is expected to depart mar-a-lago at approximately 2:30 p.m. but president trump with national security council being cleared. they then got reports that syria's president bush are al-assad had used chemical weapons. he headed into one of the most if not the most high profile for since visits he has had he has become president and taken over the white house. the two leaders of the world's largest economies had given word 59military officials to use tomahawks to deploy a military strike in syria while meeting with president she. the drama that has unfolded here politically in the past 48 hours has been remarkable to say the least, given that we are just under 80 days into this president's first term. >> we are getting reaction from leaders all over the world. verbal support to iran, criticizing this

the president pausing for the cameras on a sunny if slightly breezy day at palm beach airport.cene. in a moment, plenty more in100 that scene. in a moment, plenty more in 100 days throughout the evening here on bbc news on events in florida. hello and welcome to 100 days. the leaders of the world's two biggest powers meet in florida. there's not much love lost but they have urgent issues to deal with. the president has long cast china as the villain for stealing american jobs. will donald trump and xijinping find middle ground? it could be a challenge given mr trump's aggressive anti—china rhetoric which rallied his supporters on the campaign trail. we can't continue to allow china to rape our country! amidst a cloud of controversy, the congressman heading an investigation into russian interference in the us election announces he's stepping aside. on this vote, the ayes are a8, the nays are 52. the decision of the chair does not stand as the judgment of the senate.

let's go now to kevin cirilli, our chief washington correspondent, reporting from palm beach, floridat we have time to the events of the last 24 hours, bring us up-to-date on the timeline. kevin: on tuesday, all of this started, which reports surfaced that president bashar al-assad of syria used chemical weapons in syria, killing more than 80 civilians, including women and children. then we go to wednesday, in which trump spoke from the rose garden at the white house and said that "many, many lines had " in this heinous crime. that was also a signal against former president obama for drawing that red line but not taking military action. by thursday, he traveled to mar-a-lago here in west palm beach with his top military advisers, including secretary of -- rexexx tillerson tillerson, for a two-day meeting with china's president to discuss national security. the presidents0, sat down for dinner. at 8:30 p.m., 59 missiles were deployed from two navy said -- ships off the coast of syria after trump gave the command to utilize that military action. while all of this is going on, the presid

. >>> still ahead, we're waiting for president trump's arrival any moment down in palm beach florida meet the president of china face-to-face, have those meetings for the next couple of days. >>> also, more ahead, white house retaliation. sources saying that donald trump is discussing options for u.s. military action in syria. we'll take you live to the syrian border, next. >>> breaking news out of the white house today, sources telling cnn that president trump is now considering military action in syria. retaliation for that chemical attack that has, as he called standing there in the rose garden, horrific, noting dozens of children have been killed. this comes a ever a survivor of the 2013 chemical attack in syria made a plea to president trump right here speaking with me yesterday. >> if i may say a few words directly to president trump. >> please. >> if you will give me the chance. >> please. >> mr. president, president president, please, please, in the name of every woman, child and elder who got killed by the assad regime, please come in and help us. don't make the same mistake

the palm beach county commissioner wants to turn the resort into a special taxing district to offsetoins me now. good to see you. good morning. >> good morning, from sunny, beautiful palm beach county. >> how big a hit is the country taking and who should pay for it. >> it's a substantial hit and we're a local government. palm beach county is a large county, but we're a local govement and at the end of the day it has an impact on our budget. we're working all channels, but i did put forth the benefit unit and it's a conversation that the county commission will need to have. >> here's some of the other figures that have been thrown out there. since he bought the property in '85 trump has gotten a tax break and part of the reason is because it's classified mar-a-lago as a club instead of a hotel, but he also collects $200,000 initiation fees and $400,000 a year in membership fees. how complicated would it be to change the status? >> well, it certainly would be a case of first impression as we say. it's probably never been done in the united states before, but multiple local governments

athena jones, thank you so much in palm beach, florida. also looking at pictures we're just getting in of donald trump arriving at his -- i believe this is shhis arrival at the pa beach golf course, correct? >> right. i haven't seen those pictures. i did see a picture of him with reading glasses appearing to read something in the back of his vehicle, but i have not seen the latest pictures you're looking at. >> this is the tenth straight weekend as you mentioned that he's heading to a trump branded venue or resort so here he is at this one. as athena mentioned which was interesting and you get a sense of the motorcade heading this direction in palm beach, this is an opportunity for president trump perhaps also for there to be branding opportunity with his venues there with his golf courses and resorts but it was interesting that it was pointed out that he does have meetings although sometimes we're led to believe sometime there was a meeting but we see the photos as you mentioned on social media come out and someone might see him passing i

last night president trump command in order of syria. >> kevin cirilli in palm beach for us there. to be a strikes appear single targeted attack and the big question is now what? let's go to former defense secretary william cohen, now chairman of the cowen group. is this a change in u.s. foreign-policy? >> i think it is. aesident trump campaign on basis that we are going to have america first policy. going to beally building our infrastructure backup. even though we don't like what is going on with the world, the world is not going to walk away from us. change, it iss a a positive change. we can't simply become isolationists. retrench --ley simply retrench. most of the time that international response will be led by the united states. president continue to strike at syria doesn't back down. russia appears to be backed into a corner. putin doesn't like being in this position. >> we reach out to russia but on the basis that we are willing to do business with you. at a time when they destabilize ukraine in violation of international law. that we are violating international law and be

that meeting at mar-a-lago in palm beach.ews, a prominent wall street figure has raised a red flag over the state of the u.s. economy. blackrock ceo says growth is slowing, i am concerned president trump's addenda may face problems in congress. he said the u.s. is the slowest growing u.s. economy in the g7 in the first quarter. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. >> we are seeing red across the board. nikkei 225 coming up line -- online, up 2/10 of 1%. we have the taiwanese dollar leading the drop. southeast asian currencies, following the lowest since march. gold up 1%. oil jumping up after the launch against syria by the united states. an update on our top story, president donald trump did inform president xi jinping personally of the syrian strike. they did inform others before they carry through, russia being one of them. russia warning before news broken made public the military action the u.s. took, this limited strike on that airbase. a lot of these chemical gases

trump in mar-a-lago in palm beach later this hour. we're standing by for that. >>> the embattled house intelligence devin nunes steps aside from his committee's russia probe because he is under investigation. the house ethics committee now looking into whether nunes mishandled classified information. and senate republicans have taken drastic and historic action to clear the way for the confirmation of supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. the gop deploying the so-called nuclear option, lowering the number of votes needed to break a filibuster. our correspondents and guests are all standing by as we bring you full coverage. first let's go to our jeff zeleny he's with the president in palm beach florida. you were on air force 1 when the president spoke about al assad's future just a little while ago. >> reporter: wolf, i was and the president spoke in his most direct terms yet about bashar al assad. he called the chemical attack there a truly egregious crime but when pressed by reporters as he visited with us for just a few minutes, he de

kristin fisher is live in palm beach, florida, where the president is spending his holiday weekend with very latest. hi, kristin. >> reporter: hey, julie. today it's not so much what the president is doing, it's what the vice president is doing. right now he is on his way to seoul, south korea, for the start of an 11-day trip through southeast asia, and the white house say that is the number one reason for the vice president traveling to the region is to reassure all of our allies that are there that the u.s. will stand behind them in the face of this growing nuclear threat from north korea. now, the vice president left joint base andrews this morning onboard air force two, along with him for this trip his wife, second lady karen pence, their two daughters and several members of their senior staff. right now they're getting ready to get to anchorage, alaska. they're going to stop there to refuel,ing and then they're going to be heading across the pacific with stops planned in four countries; seoul, south korea, where the vice president is going to spend three days, though there are no p

ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm palm beach welcome to dr. joseph j. ellis. [ applause ] >> i'm not sure i'm going to be able to live up to that. no human being can, and that's going to be one of my themes that the founders were all human and we finally have a moment in our own history we can understand them as creatures like us, imperfect human beings, impressive nevertheless for reasons that i'll try to explain. i want to begin with a statement of sorts, with a story and then a question for you. i can't see you very well, but i hope that i can ask you a question. here's the statement. i think that we must begin with certain assumptions about american society and culture right now as we address the founders that this lecture series. namely, that the american public is embarrassingly illiterate about our history, that the scholarly world has largely abdicated its responsibility to communicate beyond the cloistered groves of academe, that political correctness is operating at epidemic levels in our most distinguished colleges and universities, making se

weijia jang, cbs news, west palm beach. >>> still to come, celebrating a milestone high in the sky. we'll check in on the ceremony now under way on top of the "salesforce tower" in san francisco. >> plus, new details just in from the golden state warriors. why we could see kevin durant back on the court in just a few days. >> the first storm of the spring season is now impacting our bay area forecast. but i'll talk about the major impact it will take on the greater lake tahoe area. the full report including your weekend outlook is up next. ♪[ music ] ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the "salesforce tower" is now considered the tallest building west of chicago. kpix 5 reporter ann makovec was >>> a milestone today at a san francisco construction site. the "salesforce tower" is now considered the tallest building west of chicago. kpix 5's anne makovec was there the moment it happened. >> this is truly a great day for san francisco. >> reporter: the ceremonial topping off of the "salesforce tower," the 61-story tower occupies a full city block and is taking over the san francisco skyline. it's 1,070 f

thank you. >> secretary of state talking to reporters in west palm beach, florida.ent. ahead of the president's meeting with xi jinping, the president of china. he gave a brief statement about that meeting that will be ongoing this evening and thi afternoon. he was also asked about ria. he said two very interesting things. there's no dbt the syrian regime is responsible, according to u.s. officials, for the attack. he also said, and this is extremely notable. it is important for the russian government to consider carefully their support for the syrian regime. standing by, nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. what stood out to you? >> first, we just got off a back ground call with state department officials saying when he goes to moscow next week, he will bring this up if russia is still denying assad's role. and did he speak with the official, lavrov, yesterday. and they have given message personally to the foreign minister that they cannot continue to deny assad regime was responsible for this kept attack, saying there has to be a response to th