we call it the southern white house, which it actually is. it was originally built as the southern white house, a lot of people don't know. but it's sort of strange how it got there. but it's going to be something i think very important, very special. i look very much forward to meeting him and the delegation, and we'll see what happens. but i am very, very proud of what you've been able to do in a short period of time -- just this little, short period of time, the optimism is so high. and i see the billions of dollars that are being invested by your people and your representatives in plant and equipment and jobs. and i appreciate that, jay, very much. congratulations. you may want to say a few words. mr. timmons: well, i do. and i want to reemphasize for the media here that this quarterly survey of our 14,000 members has been going on for 20 years. and to the point you made, this was the highest level of optimism that our manufacturers have expressed in 20 years. president trump: that's fantastic. mr. timmons: and the other statistic that i t

businessman of our times and we're having a meeting tonight at what we call affectionately the southern white houseseems to be the most convenient location. everyone always wants to go to the southern white house. are you going to be at that meeting? you heard about it, right? it's going to be great. all about the v.a. host: the president's reference to mar-a-lago, in case you're interested, the mar-a-lago website. this is what it looks like and you can get more information on what it would cost to join to be a member of mar-a-lago for a wedding or other event. cynthia from the independent line. ood morning. -- er: why don't you have [inaudible] everybody would find out the real situation what is happening. this is just a circus. donald trump is not in charge by himself. congress has run away. i mean, he's got open purse, the whole government has an open purse on all of us. i mean, it's not good for trump. it's not good for any of us. please let's get it together. the people are in charge. they should be in charge. congress has to do something about this. we need to stand together, everybody now. t

white house." so why has he started calling it the southern white house and stopped calling it the winter white house's going to be there year round, mother [ bleep ] [ laughter and applause ] sorry. i'm sorry. i feel bad now. i shouldn't say that. i should say, he's going to be there year round, taxpayers! [ laughter ] of course, that wasn't the only awkward meeting trump held at the white house on friday. german chancellor angela merkel met with trump in the oval office which led to this embarrassing moment you may have seen by now when trump appeared to ignore an invitation from merkel to shake her hand. >> all right. thank you. >> handshake? >> seth: you know you're ice cold when even the german chancellor wants to warm things up. [ laughter ] look at him slump next to her like a beanbag. like a high school burnout who has to meet with the principal. "look at me, donald. donald." [ laughter ] "i hate school." [ cheers and applause ] and if trump looked grumpy on friday, you can only imagine how he felt today when fbi director james comey testified before congress and confirmed publicly for the fi

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white house. they continued their meeting at the southern white house and i can attest personally that they have forged a good personal relationship which is already benefiting both of our nations. their relationship truly demonstrates the extraordinary respect that president trump has four our critically important ally, japan. today, as, as we have for more than half a century, the united states and japan stand united in defense of democracy and the rule of law. not only in this region but all across the world. tomorrow, i will speak from the deck of the uss ronald reagan at the naval base. a tangible sign of our unity with japan and the united states unyielding commitment to peace and security in the asian-pacific. under president trump the united states will continue to work with japan with all our allies in the region, including south korea to confront the most ominous threat posting this region of the world, the regime in north korea. let me be clear, our commitment is unwavering and are resolved could not be stronger. as president trump told prime minister at the southern white house, i say on hi

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believe me, there's not rest at the southern white house. gone to the white house? high-level job applicanapplican members of congress. many flown down at taxpayer expense and staying at high price rooms. xi jinping stayed there, as well as japanese prime minister, shinzo abe. and businessman like new england patriots owner robert kraft who traveled on air force one and marine one. >> i can't think of anything like this in the modern era. >> reporter: an ethics expert at george washington university says what is different from george w. bush's trips to his ranch in texas or president obama's trips to martha's vineyard, trump can mingle with members who now pay over $200,000 to join. >> he shouldn't be traveling there on a regular basis on the public's dime, and shouldn't be driving business to his personal interests. it is unacceptable. >> reporter: what is the price tag and who is paying? preside prime minister abe's was a personnel gift from the president himself. the transportation, secret service protection, military support and the coast

nation and pointed to everybody, point to the world, next week as you know in florida, the southern white house, we are having the president of china and a large group from china, his representatives and we are going to get down to very serious business. we look forward to it. i have spoken to him numerous times on the phone and we very much look forward to it. it has been very bad what has been happening to our country in terms of our companies and our jobs. we are going to start turning it around and we are going to turn it around fast. it is not going to take a long time, it is going to go fast. i want to end by saying we have a team that is second to none, and when everybody is a simple and fully in gear after these two orders, i think it will be something very special. i would like to ask wilbur to say a few words, and then peter, you say a few words. i think i'm speaking for both, i am not a hundred percent sure. i will say, he has one hell of a good marriage going. come on, wilbur. mr. ross: if anyone had any doubt about the president was all to fix the trade problems, these two executiv

white house. they continued their meeting at the southern white house.nd i can attest personally that they have forged a good personal relationship, which is already benefiting both of our nations. their relationship truly demonstrates the extraordinary respect that president trump has for our critically important ally, japan. today, as we have for more than half a century, the united states and japan stand united in defense of democracy and the rule of law. not only in this region, but all across the world. tomorrow, i will speak from the deck of the "u.s.s. ronald reagan" at a japanese naval base. a sign of our unyielding commit to peace and security in the asian pacific. under president trump, the united states will continue to work japan, with all our allies in the region, including south korea, to confront the most ominous threat posed to this part of the world. the regime in north korea. our commitment is unwavering. our resolve could not be stronger. as president trump told prime minister abe at the southern white house, so i say on his behalf tod

white house. continued their meeting at the southern white house and i can attest personally they have forged a good personal relationship which is already beinnefittg both of our nations. their relationship truly demonstrates the extraordinary respect that president trump has for our critically important ally japan. today, as we have for more than half a century, the united states and japan stand united in defensive democracy and the rule of law. not only in this rouge, but all across the world. tomorrow, i will speak from the deck of the uss ronald reagan at the naval base. a tangible sign of unity with japan and united states unyielding commitment to peace and security in the aush pacific. under president trump, united states will continue to work with japan and all our allies to confront the most ominous threat posing this region of the world, the regime in north korea. and will let me be clear, our commitment is unwavering and our resolve could not be stronger. as president trump told abe at the southern white house, i say on his behalf to all the people of japan, in these challenging times, we

white houses. we have a southern white house, the white house in d.c. whatever happened to camp david? didn't we used to run that as an alternative to the white house where you did bills? host: camp david is still in existence, still maintained. president trump has not used it for a weekend. it is in the maryland mountains, established back under president roosevelt, and eisenhower certainly named it camp david. but trump has gone down to his estate in mar-a-lago. caller: but didn't all the other presidents use camp david for secure purposes? the taxpayers already paid for it and it has the security. host: they used it in varying ways over the years, some more than others. caller: but we are paying for all of that security down there in florida. and he is not utilizing the property that his job provides for him. host: we appreciate your comment this morning. we go to tom in el dorado, kansas. democrat line. caller: we had better get used to that because that is going to be coming. i don't know if your name is got carolt you've oates. she tweets in, last week she tweeted twice and it wa

white house. they continued their meeting at the southern white house, and i can attest personally that they have forged a good, personal relationship, which is already benefiting both of our nations. their relationship truly demonstrates the extraordinary respect that president trump has for our critically important ally, japan. today, as we have for more than half a century, the united states and japan stand united in defense of democracy and the rule of law, not only in this region but across the world. tomorrow i will speak from the deck of the "uss ronald reagan" at yokasuke naval bass, a sign of yunity of peace and security in the asia pacific. under president trump, the united states will continue to work with japan and with our allies in the region including south korea to confront the most only noise thre ominous threat posing this region of the world, the regime in north korea. let me be clear, our commitment is unwavering, our resolve could not be stronger. as president trump told prime minister abe at the southern white house, so i say on his behalf today to all the people of japan, i

jessica snyder with a view down there from the southern white house, let's get perspective from the region. paula hancock is live in seoul, south korea. good to see you. north korea wants to send a message with the new missiles it's put on display. can you put that message into context for us and i'm wondering what is the reaction from south korea? >> well, martin, i think many experts are saying that this is really quite a significant array of missiles that we saw this saturday from pyongyang, some -- two in particular, experts are watching closely believe could be new icbms, intercontinental ballistic missiles that kim jong-un has said clearly that he is working on to try to be able to hit mainland united states. now he's already said at the beginning of the year he was close to test launch one of those so we have intelligence agencies and exports pouring over these images to try to clean information they can about the capability that north korea has. of course, one thing they're focusing on closely, they're within these canisters, they don't know whether or not or what was inside those

. >> we have the southern white house in florida. we get a lot of work done. no rest it's all work. >> reporter: who z what gone to the southern -- who has gone to the southern white house? high level job applicants, policy applicants and members of congress many flown down at taxpayer expense and staying in high priced rooms and chinese president xi jinping. last week he stayed overnight at a nearby resort and japanese prime minister shinzo abe. businessmen like new england patriots owner robert kraft who travelled on air force one. and marine one. how unprecedented is this? >> i can't think of anything like this that we have seen at any time in the modern era. >> reporter: steve schooner an ethics expert at the george washington law school says that unlike president bush's trips to crawford ranch or president obama's trips to hawaii, president trump is visiting a private family business and he can mingle with club members who pay $200,000 just to join. >> the president should have divested from the properties to begin with. he shouldn't be traveling there on

is not the first time the president faced and international crisis from what he calls the southern white houseu may remember these pictures of president trump with japan's prime minister being briefed in february on a north korean missile launch that in the mar-a-lago dining room. >> just last week president trump authorized these strikes in syria while meeting with china's president in mar-a-lago. what will happen this weekend in north korea with the president at mar-a-lago? bottom line with cnn political director david chalian. it's a critical weekend. national security experts around the world have their eye on north korea expecting some kind of displace think weekend. is it a nuclear test? a ballistic missile launch? it might be something, and might be something soon. i think the white house probably wants to put out a different image eight weeks after he saw him dining with the japanese prime minister. the white house is probably learning on the job here. >> no doubt about it. in fact, we've learned from the white house there is a secure facility at mar-a-lago for president trump to be ab

trail to impose a steep tariff on chinese imports, the price tag to secure the summit at the southern white house is adding up >> if we were doing the president the mar-a-largo is around 60 to 70,000 a day. >> secret service will be on-site at the hotel where the president is staying and at mar largo. >>> the president removed chief strategist steve bannon from the national security council reverses an earlier controversial decision to give the political operative access to the high level meetings no, word on why the president made the move >>> first lady milania visited a public charter school. she made education and children a priority in jordan launching several key initiatives. >>> a major make-over hard rock unveils the big plans in atlantic city. the two separate arenas and more than 2000 slot machines will be part of the transformation, hard rock purchased the resort last month and is now under going a $375 million renovation, governor chris christie is excited >> it will have a significant impact on the local economy. again, to have a brand like this saying atlantic city is worth coming i

the president going to what he calls the southern white house in west palm beach. going to talk a little bit coming up later on the controversy, growing controversy about the cost of this so-called southern white house. but in the meantime, we want to talk about whether the fbi and cia ignored early warnings about possible ties between the trump campaign and russia. from the u.k., the guardian with some block buster reporting that british spies were first to spot team trump's links with russia all the way back in late 2015, finding suspicious, quote, interactions between figures connected to trump and known or suspected russian agents. this intelligence was reportedly passed to the u.s. as part of a routine exchange of information and the report continues, the fbi and cia were slow to appreciate the extensive nature of contacts between trump's team and moscow. joining me, julian borger, the world affairs editor for the guardian, part of the team reporting this story and matt miller, former spokesman for the department of justice under attorney general holder. great

trail to impose a steep tariff on chinese imports, the price tag to secure the summit at the southern white house is adding up >> if we were doing the president the mar-a-largo is around 60 to 70,000 a day. >> secret service will be on-site at the hotel where the president is staying and at mar largo. >>> the president removed chief strategist steve bannon from the national security council reverses an earlier controversial decision to give the political operative access to the high level meetings no, word on why the president made the move >>> first lady milania visited a public charter school. she made education and children a priority in jordan launching several key initiatives. >>> a major make-over hard rock unveils the big plans in atlantic city. the two separate arenas and more than 2000 slot machines will be part of the transformation, hard rock purchased the resort last month and is now under going a $375 million renovation, governor chris christie is excited >> it will have a significant impact on the local economy. again, to have a brand like this saying atlantic city is worth coming i

we see the president going back to miralago, he's called it the southern white house, or the winter whiteof money for the trump organization. he's taken dignitaries there. there are concerns again that this encourages people to get membership so that they can get closer to the president. we still haven't had the president's tax returns, even though he's been asked again and again to do that. he's the first president not to release his tax returns, though some of them have been leaked in the last couple of months. so there is a lot of uncertainty, confusion perhaps tied up in some of the money in the white house at the moment. but the white house itself said, look, we're being completely transparent, we're releasing these figures. we're doing what we've been asked to do and that actually, a lot of people who had a lot of money have had to give up a great deal to come into the white house and be public servants. the headlines on bbc news: the uk says it will stand up for gibraltar‘s interests after the territory accused spain of using brexit to forward its territorial aims. research says th

but first let's bring in kristin fisher live from palm beach with the latest from the southern white house. reporter: residents of the same syrian town hit in that chemical weapons attack said war planes have returned to bomb them, this time without the deadly gas. in a letter to congress he defended his decision to launch almost 60 tomahawk missiles without congressional approval saying he acted in the vital interests of the united states per unit to my constitutional authorities. he said the u.s. will take action as necessary and appropriate to further its important national interests. senior military officials say a russian drone was seen flying over the hospital where victims of the attack were taken. a few hours later, it was bombed. the kremlin is denying any responsibility. now russia is singled a warship towards the two u.s. ships that launched the strike on syria. rex tillerson is ready to take his first trip to moscow. the trip is still on and he will be bringing a powerful message with him, that president trump is willing to take decisive action any time a country crosses his re

threatened on the campaign trail to impose a steep tariff , price tag to secure this summit at southern white house is already adding up. >> if we were just doing the president up there it is around 60 to 07,000 a day, you can double that. >> reporter: secret service will be on site at the hotel where chinese president is staying. now one issue two leaders are not expected to discuss is climate change, we are live, this morning, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back inside to you. >>> president trump's chief strategies steve ban on has been removed from the national security council. his appoint the to the nsc was controversial in the first place, president decided to remove ban on but can still attend meetings where his expertise is needed. >>> in business news, how soon you'll be able to hear new albums on spotify. >> i love that. >> why amazon is refunding 10s of millions of dollars to customers. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange. >> good morning. >> futures are pointing to a bit of the lower open, minutes from the fed last meeting, beneficial think

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translator speaking ] >> earlier this month president trump met with chinese president xi at the southern white houseeach of them reaffirmed their commitment to a denuclearized korean peninsula during that meeting on april 7th. they also committed to fully implement u.n. security council resolutions and increase cooperation to convince north korea to abandon its illicit weapons program. it's heartening to see china commit to these actions. but the united states is troubled by china's economic retaliation against south korea for taking appropriate steps to defend itself. the better path would be for china to address the north korean threat that is actually making such defensive measures necessary. now, while issues like that remain, the president and i have great confidence that china will properly deal with north korea. but as president trump made clear a few short days ago, if china is unable to deal with north korea, the united states and our allies will. [ translator speaking ] [ translator speaking ] [ translator speaking ] >> so, today it is my privilege on behalf of president trump, to reaffirm

earlier this month president trump met with chinese president at the southern white house. leaders noted the urgency of the threat posed by north korea's weapons program and each of them reaffirmed their commitment to a denuclearize peninsula during that meeting. they committed to fully implement un security council resolution and convince north korea to abandon weapons missile program. it's hard to get china to commit to -- for taking appropriate steps to defend itself. the better path would be for china to address the north korean threat that is actually making such defensive measures necessary. now, while issues like that remain, the president and i have great confidence that china will properly deal with north korea, but as president trump made clear just a few short days ago, if china is unable to deal with north korea, the united states and our allies will. >>> so today it is my privilege, on behalf of president trump, to reaffirm the united states enduring commitment to the security and trump of south korea. and to ensure the people of south korea of our unbreakable

some of the things he said about women, and she said he should spend more time at the white house and not the southern white house. >> she is talking about a president. >> wendy: low approval ratings. also as you said, she and a lot of others are trying to create distance. you don't want to be tied to that person. i found it extraordinary she had the courage to say i agree with some policies but not all. trump supporters want you to support him 100%. given what senator ernst said, we're looking at something where dcs are using momentum. i interviewed karen bass, and she talked act how the defeat of the american health care act was so important by democrats and progressives, that by coming out and showing up you can effect change. that on top of doing better in kang, and you put on top of that trump care, and what they have to do, even if assaf loses in june, it is a sign this this is a marathon, not a sprint. >> and a lot of foreign policy issues, north korea, iran, if we don't get interrupted by sean spicer, let me play lindsey graham talking about the pre-emptive strike. it is making the south korea

. >>> number seven, if you are headed to the southern white house you might want to pack a lunch. so far no comments from mar-a-lago. >>> 40 years ago "star wars" captivated millions around the world. >> and now fans have gathered to celebrate that milestone, and it's a "star wars" celebration, and once inside they encounter people dressed as "star wars" characters. >> what was amazing in the beginning when it became a hit and it's amazing as we have gone through the years, and the fans have always been there, you know, for 40 years. >> the festivities run through sunday and many of the people associated with "star wars" continue to mourn the loss of actress, carrie fisher, who played princess leia. >>> and an incredible tribute to her mother, and you can look at that online if you have not seen it. >>> and then the president's policy of def tpepfunding sanct cities. >>> and now the doctor is on the run. the reward now offered to help find him. >>> taking a live look outside at 5:27 in the morning with at 5:27 in the morning with news no indid may imagine april showersy bringing h

dollars on securing his residences in new york and in florida and flying to his so-called southern white house almost every weekend, he's slashing to zero the great lakes restoration initiative, an absolutely critical program that directly impacts my district and many others responsible preserving the world's largest body of fresh water from serious and growing environmental threats. what's right about that? president trump also wants to eliminate tiger grants, a highly successful transportation program that provides funding for communities across america with backlogged infrastructure projects that create jobs and produce robust economic benefits. everyone agrees on that. he is has also called for nearly $3 billion draconian reduction to foreign operations endangering our national security. we are the leader of the free world the last time i looked, meanwhile he and his family spend millions of american taxpayer dollars on travel and security costs for themselves. with an investigation into president trump's possible entanglements with the putin -- with putin's russia already under way, and m

in fairness, he certainly does do official business at what's been called the southern white house, you'llhosted foreign leaders there, including china's president. and some of his golf outings include foreign leaders as well. ceos, other dignitaries, so it's not entirely just play and no work. still, he might at least take a lesson from another former president, who never looked like heft out of the office, even when he was at his own vacation home on the beach. welcome to our panel now, we got jack kingston, matt lewis and by satellite we have steve day. jack, i got to start with you, how do you defend that? >> number one, the american people always have the right to request the work habits and the work venues of anybody who's elected to office. but i don't think you can ever say that he's not out there working, because nobody from hollywood will play with them, unlike obama who went out there and played golf. >> he's been given a lot of opportunities, 17 times. >> the only people who are going to play trump with golf are out there talking about business, or how to handle world affairs.

. >>> lets talk about trending topics, right now anyone visiting southern white house may want to bery of the kitchen. back in january inspectors found 13 violations, in the mar log owe kitchen. they were found just days before japanese prime minister visited president trump at the maralogo estate. he hosted chinese presidents there at palm beach florida resort just last week. most serious of the violations , fish, meant to be served raw or under cooked had not under gone parasite destruction. raw meats such as chicken, duck, beef, ham were stored at temperatures above 41 degrees. cooler were not kept in proper working order. >>> one of the real housewives of beverly hills, spills juicy little secret in the sneak peak at next week reunion show , former child star kim richard revealed to the group that she once dated the president, with a smile on her face she said she didn't want to get into it, but she did have dinner with him is one dinner considered dating. >>> when probed about whether or not the two were intimate she laughed saying i don't want to talk about the president. >>> ♪

. >> we have the southern white house in florida. we get a lot of work done.t there. it's all work. >> reporter: so who's gone there? a who's who of the administration, plus high level job applicants, and members of congress. many flown down at taxpayer expense and staying in high-priced rooms. plus, foreign officials, such as chinese president xi jinping. and the japanese prime minister shinzo abe. businessmen like robert craft, who traveled on air force one. and marine one. how unprecedented is this? >> i can't think of anything like this that we've seen at any time. >> reporter: steve schooner, an ethics expert, says what is so different unlike president bush's trips to texas or president obama's trips to hawaii, president trump is visiting a private family business where he can mingle with club members who pay more than $200,000 just to join. >> the president should have divested from his properties, he shouldn't be traveling there regularly and shouldn't be driving business to his own commercial business. >> reporter: so what's the price tag? prime minist

. >> martha: at about 3:15:00 p.m., the president called with top advisors in the southern white housean hour later, the chinese president arrived for a crucial two day meeting 2 minutes later, that's when the president gave the go order that would begin the process to launch 50 tomahawk missiles at the syrian air base. then it was dinner, dinner, more dinner, then we are told during the dinner that president trump told president xi that it was on the way. at about 8:30 p.m. local time, the missiles were launched from u.s. naval ships. programs and course corrected for accuracy in mid flight. it is stunning how these missiles operate. the chinese motorcade departed. at that point, we are told that missiles were nearing their target at 8:34 space bar p.m. making contact. this photo was taken 915 eastern 9:15 eastern. take note. more what this seating chart may tell us about the power struggle we have heard so much about, we'll get more of that from kellyanne conway in just a moment. chairman of the house homeland security michael mccall is with us as well, and john mccain coined domain

. >> they call it the southern white house also. >> the prime minister of japan. >> all you have to doar-a-lago. apparently all the club members get to see everything. >> kevin, is he feeling -- the white house feeling any of this heat or like karen says he's so secure in his position no one will change it? >> we haven't heard 100 days yet. this talk of special elections might be a little premature but i think it's planting seeds heading into the 2018 elections democrats will see. you can file a freedom of information request to see who their government affairs office is meeting on capitol hill. >> while i was gone this trump tweet i read today. the fake media, not real media has gotten even worse since the election. every story is badly slanted. we have to hold them to the truth. >> was that this morning he tweeted that? >> i think so. i downloaded all his tweets. >> you read the "washington post" and "new york times" and the tweets. >> i was watching fox&friends this morning and were doing a segment about media bias while he tweeted that. the show he watches. >> i'll stay out of that

. >>> meanwhile president trump is at the southern white house, in florida, and cnn's suzanne malveaux is live in nearby west palm beach. nice to see you. do you know what president is wo working on? >> martin, it's a very slow weekend. it's quite surprising because the white house was certainly on high alert, all of us were, whether or not the north koreans were going to initiate some sort of military demonstration or provocation. that did not happen. so what we've seen here is that the president has been golfing this afternoon, as he was yesterday. this is very intentionally at kind of a light footprint. white house officials say when it comes to the staff of the president, they wanted to make sure this was the kind of weekend he could enjoy with his family, his wife and children. and give that brek, that opportunity to the top white house staff. but he does have his deputy national security adviser k.t. mcfarland at mar-a-lago to go ahead and give him any briefings. they were watching overnight to see if there was any kind of activity, and that did not happen, so, you know, they are

back say i know that president trump is looking forward to welcoming the president to the southern white housethis weekend. i think they are looking forward to productive discussion discussion on our economic relationship, but our expectation is that north korea will also be a part of that conversation. and as the president said this weekend who, if china won't deal with north korea, we will. >> martha: the tone of this meeting in florida will be when we know the president wants to trade trade practices, he spoke about that for decades. and you've got this expansionism that china is exhibiting and their reluctance for years and years to crack down on north korea. that makes us a pretty tough meeting, doesn't it? >> the president has described it as a difficult meeting. but our expectation is that both of those leaders are going to have an opportunity to get to know another, have an opportunity to sit down. what they're going to find a president trump is a strong leader, going to put america first. and it's going to be willing to talk about the hard things. the fact that we lose $500 billion a

what he dubbed the southern white house.h an estimated total price tag, a whopping $21.6 million. that puts the president on pace in his first year to surpass former president obama's spending on travel for his entire eight years. >> presidents always travel. >> reporter: pushing the white house on the defense. >> the president, wherever he goes, he carries the apparatus of the white house with us. that's something that happens. >> reporter: then there's the white house north. while trump has not traveled to new york city, it's melania and their son's primary residence, costing them between 127 and $146,000 a day to protect them according to new york city officials. trump's adult children have pushed the logistical and financial needs even more. from van vufcouver to dubai, th are on the go. vacationing, working for the trump organization and bringing with them their own secret service contingents. such a large family combined with the typical key white house staff amounts to a doubling of those protected under the trump adm

. >> cnn correspondent jessica schneider joins us from the southern white house in florida. president trump is breaking his silence on twitter. what does it mean? >> that's right, martin. president trump has been down here in south florida throughout the easter weekend, but for the most part he has stayed fairly quiet, even relaxed. we saw him on the golf course. this morning president trump breaking his silence over twitter. he did tweet about five times, espo espousing. tweeting out this about the might of the u.s. military. tweeting this morning our military is building and is rapidly becoming stronger than ever before. frankly, we have no choice. so perhaps a veiled reference to north korea. the real mouth piece of the administration, though, national security adviser h.r. mcmaster, he has spoken out quite extensively this morning talking about the fact that the u.s. and president trump have repeatedly said they will not just stand by while this increasingly hostile regime continues to show its might saying that the u.s. is standing by with its allies saying no options a

. >> everybody always wants to go to the southern white house. >> today trump has the spent nearly 30%y at his resort inviting foreign leaders to the club. mingling with the members and playing plenty of golf. >> this is part of being president. >> number six, the strike on syria. >> tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the air field in syria from where the kept attack was launched. >> it was a symbolic strike, meant to send a message to the world. >>> even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. >> at five, wiretapped. in early morning tweets, trump accuses president obama of snooping on trump tower. exclaiming, this is mccarthyism and calling the former president a bad or sick guy. but the fbi finds no facts to back him up. >> i have no information that supports those tweets and we have looked carefully inside the fbi. >> number four, fbi bombshell. >> investigating the name of any ling between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between campaign and russia's efforts.

it will happen southern white house mar-a-lago.of that meeting the president signed executive orders aimed at combating abuses aimed at contributing to the half trillion-dollar trade deficit. here is the key, martha, as it relates to china. white house officials say this is really all about fairness. and balancing the need for trade with an important global partner while also having a more balanced economic relationship. >> the field has not been a level field. jobs have been leaving our country, going to china and mexico and lots of other places. and you'll be seeing what's happening over the next few weeks. it should be very interesting for you to watch. >> very interesting to watch, indeed. and as you pointed out the president, of course, heads to twitter to sort of preview these big kind of meetings and i said and i'm quoting few the meeting with china will be a very difficult one in that we can no longer have massive trade deficits. there it is. and job losses. american companies must be prepared to look at other alternatives.

bring in fox news correspondent kristin fisher live from palm beach with the latest from the southern white house. kristin. >> reporter: chris, residents of the same syrian town hit in that chemical weapons attack. this time without the deadly gas. it has the world wondering how president trump will respond. in a letter to congress he defended his decision to launch almost 60 tomahawk missiles at a syrian air base without congressional approval. i acted in the vital national security interest of the united states pursuant to my constitutional authority. he then said that "the u.s. will take additional action as necessary and appropriate to further its important national interest post. [applause] " senior military officials say a russian drone was seen lying over the hospital where victims of the attack were taken. a few hours later it was bombed. the kremlin is denying any responsibility. now russia is flexing its muscles by sending a warship towards the two navy destroyers that launched the strike on syria and all of this just days before secretary of state rex tillerson is scheduled to take his

he calls it the southern white house and tonight it certainly is a white house that's quite busy. >> i want to go back to our military panel. how does that play out. >> normally something like that is done obviously you're doing this in a hurry so it's usually done over the phone and you pick those countries that are most invested in this that have a stake. i would suspect some of our gulf allies were consulted and key partners in europe. i'm not surprised there wasn't deliberate outreach to the russian government at least in moscow to give them any kind of a heads up about this because you don't know what they were going to do with that kind of information, but you do want to try to clear the decks as best you can before you do something this major that is going to have ramifications starting very very soon. i'm surprised we haven't seen a reaction from moscow yet. that's the thing i'm looking for the most right now. i think they will be early out of the gates. >> any moment we expect a tape from the president who spoke to the reporters. that has not been broadcast. 50 to 60 tomahaw

president trump is heading the mar-a-lago, his seventh trip to the southern white house since assumingwith president bashar al assad, his conversation will mark his first on camera interview since last week's chemical weapons attack and subsequent u.s. air strikes on his country. >> tuning in for that for sure. lawmakers in chicago are set to hold a hearing over this week's incident involving a united airlines passenger forcibly taken off a plane. representatives from united airlines and the aviation department have been summoned. that's a wrap for us on this thursday. i'm alex witt alongside ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >> secretary general stall ten berg, it's a pleasure to welcome you to the white house, especially at such an important moment? our great alliance. the nato alliance has been the bullwork of international peace and security. the secretary general and iad a productive discussion about what more nato can do in the fight against terrorism. i complained about that a long time ago and they made a change. i said it was obsolete. no longer is it obsolete.

. >>> president trump is at the southern white house right now. his resort in florida. l saying aides from the national security council are accompanying him during his trip and weekend at his resort as tensions rise with north korea. cnn jessica schneider is live there. what's the latest we're hearing from the president? >> president trump this morning actually went out to his trump international golf course here in west palm beach to actually spend part of the morning. he's still over there now. he will be headed back to mar-a-lago where he'll spend easter weekend. all of this amidst rising tensions in asia. we do know that president trump will be kept fully informed, fully briefed by his national security council staff. we know several staffers from the national security council are here at mar-a-lago. they will be keeping him updated as we approach that national holiday in north korea where tensions are rising and concerns are brewing that they could conduct a sixth nuclear test. it would be the first nuclear test under president trump's presidency. so all of that is

we've got team coverage from the ground in syria to trump's southern white house in florida. let's begin with ed wedeman on the border between syria and turkey. ben, what more are we learning about these new air strikes? >> there were air strikes yesterday and today on a town which on tuesday morning aircraft struck, it's believed with chemical weapons. death toll to that attack has now gone up to 89. now, we understand one of the air strikes today left a woman and several other people wounded and there was another air strike on a town just about seven miles to the north of -- excuse me -- as well. in that instance ten people were killed. of course, it's important to stress that chemical weapons were not used. this was conventional weapons and of course, you know, we've been paying a lot of attention to the chemical weapons but the fact of the matter is this is routine for syria. more than 400,000 people have been killed in syria in the last six years. this is just one incident. >> all right. ben wedeman, thank you so much. hope you can get some water there. we'll check back

. >> i know president trump is very much looking forward to welcoming president xi to the southern white house this weekend. i think they are looking forward to a productive discussion on our economic relationship, but our expectation is that north korea will also be a part of that conversation. and as the president said this weekend, if china won't deal with north korea, we will. >> as you just heard there, vice president mike pence saying north korea's missile launch will be one of the main topics of conversation when president trump we will comes china's president xi jinping. ahead of that meeting at the president's mar-a-lago resort in florida, president trump previewed his face-to-face with president xi at the white house yesterday. >> as you know, i'll be meeting with the president of china very soon in florida. and that's another responsibility we have and that's called the country of north korea. we have a big problem. we have somebody that is not doing the right thing. and that's going to be my responsibility. >> well, the president has described it as maybe a difficult meeting, but o