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.

jon sopel, bbc news, palm beach, florida. president xijinping likes to play the strong man.ry appearance choreographed, every meeting scripted. he does not do risky blind dates. but in florida he hopes to seize the day and shake president trump's china policy so that it suits them. last time president xijinping that it suits them. last time president xi jinping visited the us, he made the point that companies like boeing earn good money in china. but with economic growth slowing at home he cannot afford a trade war with his biggest market. and he will have to offer help for us exports and jobs. he can promise enormous investments in the deprived areas of the united states. and in a sense allow president trump to claim that he is bringing jobs back from china to the united states. 9096 of north korea's trade goes through china, which does give president xi jinping leverage. he has already stopped the coal barges of pyongyang. and he has done a lot to discourage the nuclear programme of north korea. he does not trust him, but he trusts the us even less. china believes the us i

jon sopel, bbc news, palm beach, florida. es to play the strongman, every appearance choreographed, every meeting scripted. he doesn't do risky blind dates. but in florida he hopes to seize the day and shake president trump's china policy in a way that suits china. —— shape president trump's china policy. last time president xi visited the us he made the point that companies like boeing earn good money in china. but with economic growth slowing at home, he can ill afford a trade war with his biggest market, and he laughed to offer help for us exports and jobs. he can from this investment in deprived areas of the united states and promised trump he is bringing jobs to the united states. he's using north korea as an excuse to deploy aggressive strategic military assets closed china. he's using assets closed china. he's if deploy aggressive strategic military assets closed china. he's if mr she can then head off a trade war and temper mr trump's tweets on north korea, he'll call this florida summita triumph. korea, he'll call thi

the next three hours, the president being briefed on these developments at his resort in west palm beach, florida. and we begin with the visit to mar-a-lago and the cost to you, the american taxpayer on this sunday, april 16. our phone lines are open. here are the numbers. dd host: good sunday morning. thanks for being with us. these were the headlines on north korea. there was another missile launch one day after the massive parade that took place and the launch failed just a few seconds after its initial launch. we'll have details as we focus later on the program on the developments in north korea. but we want to begin with "newsweek" magazine, among the publications this weekend, again, reporting on the travel costs that the president and first lady are incurring as they head down to west palm beach florida. "newsweek" magazine writes the following, the trumps are set to become the most expensive first family in history if they don't immediately begin reducing their lavish spending habits and frequent trips across the globe. and taxpayers are picking up the tab as long as they keep it up. for

. >> reporter: at nationwide tax day protests reached the sunny streets of west palm beach, florida, president trump spent time at mar-a-lago resort nearby. first lady melania, and so far even the president's twitter page seems to be getting rest over the holiday. during his last public remarks, mr. trump praised thursday's bombing of afghanistan, when killed nearly a hundred isis fighters. >> we have the greatest military in the world and they have done their job as usual. >> reporter: and with a nuclear armed north korea saying it is ready to go to war with the u.s., the trump administration wants to show strength to the world while facing resistance at home. >> we want to know who do you owe. >> reporter: protesters want the president to finally release his tax returns and stop using taxpayer money on travel. >> down here it's ridiculous. nobody needs him to come down here every weekend. it's a waste of our money. >> reporter: based on a report by the government accountability office, cbs news estimates presidential trips to mar-a-lago cost at least $3 million and cbs news has als

kelly o'donnell is following president trump in west palm beach, florida. and from reuters, josh smith in the capital of afghanistan, kabul. kelly, let me start with you. we know that vice president pence is headed to south korea this weekend. what can you tell us about the white house's approach to the situation in north korea? >> reporter: well, the partnership the u.s. has with south korea is so critical in this, craig, as we understand they are at most risk, most vulnerable from any aggression from the north koreans. wanting to be on the same page, giving them insight directly from the vice president on this mission where he'll visit several countries in that part of the world. to ease any concerns they have, to have that face-to-face kind of diplomacy, where in this case, it's the vice president making this trip. and also at the same time, to keep things calm, to not suggest that the u.s. is prepared to inflame the situation, but instead trying to set some parameters for what the u.s. is prepared to do with the blessing of south korea, should anything

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

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chief white house correspondent john roberts is live in palm beach, florida, for all of this. lot of anticipation here, john. >> reporter: yes. certainly, this is the highest level meeting the president has engaged in. this will be lucky number 13 in terms of foreign leader. number 12 was king abdullah the other day, yesterday. and now president xi makes number 13. fortunately, they won't be meeting on friday the 13th. as you said, a number of issues. some areas of agreement, some areas of disagreement between these two countries. but let's remember that this is going to be basically an inaugural meeting, kind of a meeting to set the parameters and set the stage for future negotiations. they'll probably have a community communication that talks about the areas of joint mutual interest. there's no question that there is some sharp areas of difference and some very, very prickly issues between the two leaders. most notably over trade, north korea, and chinese military expansion in the south china see. president trump made no secret of the fact, he talked about this at length, th

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

kristin fisher is in palm beach florida. >> reporter: the government is continuing air strikes against opposition forces. the images shared by the civil defense group shows the aftermath of the air strikes. the strikes come after the u.s. took action thursday night. when president trump authorized a tomahawk missile strike on a syrian air base. the strike was a response to the chemical weapons attack that killed dozens. many of whom were children. roughly 20 jets were destroyed including fuel and ammunition depots. the syrian airport has more than a dozen other bases in operation allowing the war planes to take to the skies. syrians living abroad are expressing mixed emotions after the strike. >> instead of bombing, the u.s. can intervene for the safe of a peace solution. bombing cannot be considered a solution at all. whoever is bombed, they are our people and we are the ones losing. >> many say more could be done. >> what is needed is to stop the war. if they wanted to end the war, they would have done so five years ago. they are capable of doing it in one day. there is no internatio

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 first time ever. nejra: coming up, the dollar is talk of shrinking its balance sheets at the fed and we will talk about that in futures and focus. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: live from london and vonnie: live from new york, this is bloomberg markets. are weighing growing stockpiles of oil and the dollar is up as the fed effect dams and we have an sp tomorrow. chief market strategist at bullseye option is with us. typically before nonfarm payrolls, we get a quiet session but we got minutes yesterday rolling off of treasuries and mbs securities. >> that was a look out below. we found the markets unwound and filled in with that big gap from the adp private numbers. it's interesting to see what happens with the numbers tomorrow. i don't think the market is focus that much on that anymore. the unwinding catalyst was the allusion to the self rate hike f

jon sopel, bbc news, palm beach, florida.orter of president assad, has accused the united states of violating international law. it said that president trump's actions encouraged terrorists in the region, including the islamic state group in syria. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has the latest on russia's response. until recently, the russian media had been singing donald trump's praises. but no longer. today, state television accused him of an unprovoked show of force. with a missile strike that he had ordered ona missile strike that he had ordered on a syrian air base. less than half of the missiles fired, moscow claimed, hit theirtarget. still, russia condemned very attack as a gross violation of the international rulebook. it is definitely an aggressive act against international law, against a sovereign country, and without any true evidence of the assad regime being guilty of using chemical weapons. its russian military power that has been keeping president assad in power. russia's air force president assad in

a report isoss following the meetings with president trump and chinese xi in mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida. they talked about relations and u.s. military strikes against syria. sec. tillerson: the leaders had positive, productive meetings. president trump and president xi agreed to work in concert to expand areas of conversation while managing differences based on mutual respect. they noted the importance of working together to benefit the citizens of both of our countries. president trump noted the challenges caused by chinese government intervention and its economy, and raised serious concerns about the impact of

. >> kevin cirilli there at palm beach florida. the relationship is outstanding. the vote was 55 to 44 according to the supreme court. the swearing-in ceremony will occur on monday. justice roberts and kennedy will -- administer old the both. neil gorsuch our next supreme court -- >> let's look at how lumpy it is. just look at how lumpy the maturity profile is. 2017, 100 50 billion. 00 -- it is sevens, it is tens, it is stuff they bought a long time ago. how do you manage the rolloff of that passively? want to be passive they won't be predictable and if they want to be predictable they can't be passive. the answer is we don't know because that will depend critically on rates and the economy. i think that is a challenge for the fed. the fact we don't to know more i think it is pretty ridiculous. >> if you remember back in 2013, , theonger they delay longer those holdings get. qe is distorting everything in the market. >> you have to put this in the context of bank lending. you look outside the u.s., i or theuropean tapering japanese change of policy would be a much

tillerson, treasury secretary steve mnuchin, and secretary wilbur ross met in mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida. they talked about relations and u.s. military strikes against syria. the leaders had positive, productive meetings. president trump and president xi agreed to work in concert to expand areas of conversation while managing differences eighth on bejeweled respect. the tube -- differences based on mutual respect. ofy noted the importance working together to benefit the citizens of both of our countries. president trump noted the challenges caused by chinese government intervention and its economy, and raised serious concerns about the impact of china's industrial, agricultural, technology, and cyber policies on u.s. jobs and exports. president underscored the need for china to take steps to label -- to level the playing field for american workers for reciprocal market access. the two sides noted the urgency of the threat of north korea's weapons program. they reaffirmed their commitment to denuclearize the korean peninsula and fully implement un security council resolutions. they agreed

president trump himself is leaving the white house heading for palm beach florida and the hollow it -- holiday weekend from mar-a-lago. >> if you look at where he is on china and currency manipulation. these are very different things from what worries you. i know you getting to reporters but all theorld, current manipulation is an .xplicit move by the president it puts some pressure on china to put some pressure on north korea, and especially if you look at what happened on saturday morning. very busy, lots to discuss. if you are working for the --sident, the bottom line is >> were bringing live coverage of today's white house briefing. could be a couple more minutes. in the meantime, part of today's washington journal. us now is bart jansen with usa today covers transportation for that's newspaper and we're here to talk about airline passenger rights. good morning. >> good morning. >> we saw the video of the united incident over the next few days and now members of congress are incident -- are interested in it. >> yes the top democrats and republicans on the committee along with the

fox's kristin fisher in palm beach, florida, traveling with the president. >> reporter: new video outf syria shows the government continuing air strikes against opposition forces. the images shared by the syrian civil defense group known as white helmets show aftermath of air strikes northeast of damascus the strikes come after the u.s. took action thursday night when president trump authorized a tam ma hawk missile strike on syrian air base. the strike was a response to the chemical weapons tack earlier this week that killed dozens. many of whom were children. roughly 20 jets is the ear yann base were destroyed including fuel and ammunition depose but the runway was left largely untouched. syrian air force still has more than dozen other bases in operation allowing the regime's war planes to take to the skies. cyreans living abroad are expressing mixed emotions after the strike. >> translator: >> instead of bombing the u.s. can intervene for the sake avenue piece solution. bomb asking not be considered a solution at all. whoever is bombed they are our people. we are the ones who are

. >> weijia jang has the latest from west palm beach, florida. >> reporter: president trump says he was to take action after seeing images of innocent children killed in the chemical weapons attack. but this morning, the office of the syrian president says the missile strike was reckless and irresponsible. >>> reporter: last night a series of u.s. missile strikes took direct aim at the regime of syrian leader bashar assad. >> tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. >> reporter: two u.s. navy warships in the mediterranean sea fired a total of 59 tomahawk missiles aimed at this airbase in central syria. >> it is in this vital national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. >> reporter: a report on syrian state television called the u.s. missile strike an aggression but stopped short of calling it an act of war. russia's response is even more critical. the kremlin has aligned itself with the syrian government. this morning, russia is condemning the

president trump is due to arrive in west palm beach, florida around 2:30 p.m.rote -- en route washington. they have a lot more meetings scheduled. walking next to rex tillerson, the secretary of state. much that is is so especially relevant to the financial markets where you have the further opening of chinese markets to the open market, the idea that there is a big elephant in the room, north korea, which has become more hostile towards the united states. there h been baed traded from president trump and north korea - barbs traded. it will be a bit more interesting to try to figure out and go through all the different news we will be following on how the meeting goes, link which from the president -- language

west palm beach, florida, they gathered at the mar a lago result and dubbed march a lago. a large crowd gathered downtown. this is the first u.s. president since the 70s to not release his tax returns. to see more raw video, head to our website and find continuing coverage of all of the demonstrations. we are following develops on the korean peninsula. mike pence's trip continues as planned despite an attempted missile launch by north korea. it blue up almost immediately and likely not a weapon capable of reaching the united states. the attempted launch comes 24 hours after a massive military parade in pyongyang and they expressed concerns about escalation. this was far below a nuclear test, it shows a hostile north korea. they released a brief statement saying the president and his military team are aware of the most recent unsuccessful missile launch. the president has no further comment. we will continue to follow the latest in the situation with north korea. the newscast and the website. you can see it for miles around. an east bay car lot fire in an industrial park se

abc news reporter david wright has the story from palm beach, florida. >> reporter: president trump attendeder 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

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let us get it back over to palm beach, florida.has just gone half past midnight president trump. it is hosting xi jinping. rain inocencio joins us. us on thefor joining program. tell us what is the latest you are hearing. say: you know, i have to the bombing in syria clearly is now overshadowing the visit of president xi jinping with donald trump here. that happening, those strikes happening at 8:40 p.m. eastern time. it is 12:30 a.m. now, so four hours ago, but that didn't happen as the heads of state and their respective entourages were finishing up the dinner and we are learning donald trump did inorm president xi jinping advance of those strikes, so they were well aware of what was going to happen, even as they were dining, even as they were posing for the shots that we did see of them shaking hands as well as smiling to the cameras, but more details as we know them coming out from those airstrikes in syria. donald trump earlier confirming that he did indeed or to those strikes in retaliation for what twoened to days ago with -

jeff zeleny, you're there at mar-a-lago down in palm beach, florida. i don't think we can overstate what a departure the statement that the president just made and the orders that he just gave, what a dramatic shift from the statements he made as a private citiz citizen, from the states he made as a presidential candidate, from the statements he made as president-elect and even as president of the united states, all of this the result, jeff, of the images he saw, the horrific pictures of the children that had been gassed to death? >> reporter: indeed, wolf. of course there had been so many chemical attacks but none to this magnitude since he's been president. of course donald trump has said so many things about so many issues over the years, but as he gains information and intelligence and suddenly has the burden of responsibility, he acted differently here. now, i was flying down to florida with him earlier today, wolf, and we asked him again and given about again about assad and we paused when we asked if assad has to leave power and he said somethin

weijia jang joins us live with the latest from west palm beach, florida. >> reporter: >> reporter: president trump says he was moved to take action after seeing images of innocent children killed in the chemical weapons attack. but this morning, the office of the syrian president says the missile strike was reckless and irresponsible. >>> reporter: last night a series of u.s. missile strikes took direct aim at the regime of syrian leader bashar assad. >> tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. >> reporter: two u.s. navy warships in the mediterranean sea fired a total of 59 tomahawk missiles aimed at this airbase in central syria. >> it is in this vital national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. >> reporter: a report on syrian state television called the u.s. missile strike an aggression but stopped short of calling it an act of war. russia's response is even more critical. the kremlin has aligned itself with th

. >>> 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

xi jinping, the president of china, is getting set to land in balm bea palm beach, florida.on't see 747s in palm beach that often. there's two there now. air 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 w

abc news reporter david wright has the story from palm beach, florida. >> reporter: president trump attended 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

jay gray, nbc news, palm beach, florida. >>> for more international reaction, let's two to nbc's matt bradley in beirut, lebanon, which shares a border with syria. matt, good morning to you.. what is the latest on air strikes to that region? >> thanks, dara. most of the countries in this region have offered wholesome praise for donald trump .this air strike. but it has broken down along factional lines. those countries who are against bashar al assad, and that's really most of the countries in the region, have said that they're -- they basically released statements yesterday of something along the lines of it's about time. they're really ready for a president unlike the obama administration to put skin in the game against sear why and not just against isis and other jihadi elements. but the other countries are actually in favor of bashar al assad, there's been more of a -- well, muted but angry condemnation. worry hearing from, of course, the syrian regime who said they called it illegal and basically said donald trump was throwing in his lot with jihadi terrorists and hezbollah, base

jeff zeleny down in palm beach, florida. the united states informed russia before launching the crews missiles into syria, about an hour before. russia has reacted with more than just heated words. let's go to moscow. paula newton is on the scene. first of all, what is russia saying about the u.s. air strike and perhaps even more importantly what are they doing? >> well, we get to what we're doing first. they suspended that air safety communication. that's the communication that make sure that u.s. and russia don't have a collision in the skies over syria. on top of that, they are sending a war ship back to the sea off the coast of syria. they are saying that they are building up their anti-missile defenses. what does all that mean? at this point it hadn't meant much until that explosive news from barbara starr. when we get to the news about what rex tillerson, the secretary of state said, russia was either complicit or incompetent. it seems to me the pentagon is saying look, we're going to try to find out from russia if the

chief white house correspondent john roberts is live in palm beach, florida, for all of this.

. >> we want to go to west palm beach, florida, with hallie jackson. this is a big development with ambassador nikki halley. is the trump team on the same page? >> reporter: seems to be. the secretary of state now this morning is wheels up headed over to italy for part of that overseas trip that will of course include the first face to face with his russian counterpart. new questions about that russian relationship and on the north korean side, you have the associated press reporting they're calling the strike in syria unacceptable, essentially unpardonable is the direct wording. what does this mean? for president trump here at palm beach in mar-a-lago, it's foreign affairs taking center stage. far from mar-a-lago where the president's spending a sunny weekend, an ominous signal in the mediterranean. this russian warship with its own cruise missiles at the ready. vladimir putin sending a strong message to the u.s. over a syrian strike. the u.s. is not worried about retaliation. >> i see there is no reason for retaliation sings the russians were not tar

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 declined to say whether assad should leave power. when he was asked that directly, he said this, he said i think what assad did was terrible. but then asked again before he went out to the front of air force 1, he said something should happen. >> do you think that assad should leave power in syria? >> i think what happened in syria is a disgrace to humanity and he's there and i guess he's running things, so something should happen. >> but wolf, the president did not elaborate on what that something should be. now of course yesterday we saw him in the rose garden at the white house saying he does believe that syria crossed several lines here so the presi

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arthel: and here's a look at air force one, soon to be wheels up, leaving palm beach, florida, where weekend at mar-a-lago, heading back home to the white house in washington. >>> and a fox news alert, a massive hunt underway, manhunt underway for a suspect considered a national threat by law enforcement. police say 32-year-old joseph jakubowski stole firearms from a wisconsin gunshop and threatened to use them against several schools. he is also accused of sending an angry manifesto to president trump. will carr joins us live now from our west coast bureau with more on this. hey, will. >> reporter: authorities tell us they're keeping a close eye on churches in wisconsin after they discovered alarming details in the manifesto, and it comes after police working on a tip raided a janesville, wisconsin, home last night. nothing turned up from that, so more than 150 members of law enforcement are continuing to search round the clock. this started tuesday when jakubowski mailed his 161-page manifesto to president trump. it espoused a hatred for politicians and law enforcement, and he call

that's the latest live here in palm beach, florida. kris, back to you. >> thank you, jay. >>> after saying good-bye to an old sinatra digs and abolishing the filibuster of supreme court nominees the senate moved ahead and confirmed neil gorsuch. not surprisingly it was a close vote and almost entirely hey long party lines. >> the ayes are 54, the nays are 45. the nomination of neil m. gorsuch of colorado to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. >> all right. vice president mike pence presiding over the senate as the vote came in. 54-45 in favor of confirming gorsuch. a 49-year-old veteran jurist of the tenth circuit of appeals in denver whose rules according to legal experts put him closely in line philosophically with the man he's replacing, judge antolin scalia. he won support of all the republicans as well as three democrats and the outcome was a major win for the trump administration. >>> all new at 11:00, pepsi's latest ad controversy has a connection to the bay area. it turns out that the

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

past year, the president was approved to hire 64 foreign workers at his mar-a-lago resort in palm beach, florida, including cooks, maids and waiters. that same executive order also tightens rules for awarding h-1- b visas to skilled foreign workers workers the , american tech industry heavily relies on. employers say these visas are crucial because they fill in skill gaps in the american workforce. each year, 85-thousand these skilled worker permits are granted. petitions for those h1b visas -- by the way -- are on a steep decline. for the first time in years applications have get below 200,000. those are a few highlights. we'll be sure to keep watching. >> next, what's 55-miles across, comes in 68-thousand varieties, and can be seen from space? soledad: earth day is being observed this weekend -- at a time when environmental issues have become contentious. even within president trump's administration, there's a split over whether to accept the scientific consensus on climate change. the white house is considering pulling out of the paris climate change agreement backed by nearly 200 nations ove

we're live in west palm beach, florida. anne-marie, back to you. >> weijian, thank you very much. >>> well, jonathan vigliotti is in london with the reaction. the british based observatory said the u.s. destroyed over a dozen hangars, a fuel and ammunition depot and an air defense system. a fire was seen raging there hours after the attack, the six people were killed, several more wounded. according to the pent gone the missiles were launched from ships in mediterranean. they were specifically targetinging a base storing weapons and chemicals. more than 8 0e were killed. the pentagon said today's strike was intended to deter the regime from using their chemical supply. this retaliation marks the first time the u.s. has launched a direct attack on syria and it's likely going to cause conflict between u.s. and russia who president trump hoped to improve relations with. u.s. officials say russians and allies were warned ahead of the strike to prevent any casualties and it appears rush did tip off their ally, the assad regime.

. >>> last thing before we go here tonight, president donald trump arrived in palm beach, florida whereill spend the easter weekend at his resort mar-a-lago. this is the president's seventh weekend of his 84 days in office. this means by the time president trump is wheels up, leaving mar-a-lago on sunday, he will have spent 28% of his term at his florida resort, and that includes the time spent traveling to and from his florida resort. by one estimate, these trips are costing taxpayers 3 million bucks a throw, and not helping the optics of all of it was the second blue and white air force jet today. though smaller than air force one, arriving at the same time and carrying the first lady to florida from new york where she lives with their son barron. that is our broadcast on the thursday night. thank you so much for being here with us. and good night from new york. >>> tonight on "all in." >> we have given them total authorization. >> america just used the largest bomb yet in afghanistan, but who gave the order? trump's cabinet of generals and the expanding military footprint. >> i would

en west palm beach florida, angie sandoval noticias telemundo. >>> el ataque pone de manifiesto un cambio partidario de no intervenir en syria, que con algunas excepciones, como la de rusia, ha sido aplaudido, fuera del paÍs y sobre todo, dentro. diego arias desde washington nos amplia diego. >>> josÉ, la decisiÓn del presidente trump de atacar esta base militar al norte de syria, parece lograr lo imposible, unir a la gente aquÍ en estados unidos y junto a sus aliados apoyar al comandante en jefe >>> sucediÓ horas antes del ataque, el hecho que hl ri clinton fuera partidaria de la intervenciÓn estadounidense en syria. para evitar que el presidente sirio bashar al-assad es un buen termÓmetro del apoyo que ha conseguido el presidente trump. >>> estoy de acuerdo con el presidente trump, por fin reviÓo la situaciÓn de syria >>> los senadores demÓcratas y republicanos como john mccain uno de los crÍticos de la casa blanca apoyan el ataque. y tambiÉn la comunidad internacional con muy pocas excepciones. >>> rusia es sin duda la mÁs importante, principal aliado de al assad. moscÚ respondiÓ dicie

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we are live in palm beach, florida with the latest. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: this is "bloomberg markets." oliver: chinese president xi jinping just arrived for his first face-to-face meeting with president trump. we are waiting for president trump to touchdown shortly. for more, let's go to kevin cirilli. he joins us from west palm beach, florida. let's talk about what's happening today. this is a big meeting. arguably the most important meeting with a foreign leader yet. asin: definitely one of them the presidents of the two largest economies come together in west palm beach. ago, president xi touched down and was greeted by secretary of state rex tillerson. we are just moments away from air force one touching down. bysident trump is joined treasury secretary steve mnuchin, commerce secretary wilbur ross much you've of staff reince priebus -- chief of staff .eince priebus and steve bannon oliver: that is already a contrast to previous visits with foreign leaders. scarlet: are there any easy political victories for either side to