to defend taiwan. what would you say on behalf of the members of the administration, to assure taiwan that the united states will have its back? >> thank you very much congressman. first i think taiwan has given the world a very vivid demonstration of what a democratic election is and what a democratic transition is. that was a very powerful powerful message. >> very good point, i agree. >> i met with the president, the new president, she came to visit washington this past summer. we had a very good meeting with her at the state department. >> we have strongly, encouraged the chinese to engage with her and with taiwan. in a manner of mutual respect with flexibility to try to build on the positive developments in cross-strait relations over the last decade or so. we hope the chinese will do that. second, we very much agree with you that what has given taiwan the confidence, to engage with mainland china, is the support from the united states including arms sales. we had wanted to make sure, as have prev

at least not in taiwan. they look spontaneous.ple are rushing up to the front and there's a big mosh pit and there's a big scrum. it looks like somebody lost his temper and went nuts but almost always it's actually planned in advance. >> here you have very dedicated brawlers. they have planned ahead. they have placards. >> they wear a special outfit on the days that they're going to fight and once i was interviewing a legislative assistant and he said oh yeah we got a memo. we have an e-mail in the morning that says tell the boss to wear sneakers and the vest today because we're going to have some action. >> planned or not, these brawls often turn violent and injuries can be serious. >> the most famous is the bloody face of the guy that got hit with a cell phone on his brow bone and split his eyebrow and blood all down his face. he had ten large stitches and 100 small stitches. so it must have been a pretty nasty cut. >> and there have been other causalities during intense sessions. mainly ruined suits. >> another very shocking bu

lin was born in taiwan but left at the age of 14, speaking only chinese. he became a u.s. citizen and enlisted in the navy, training to serve aboard nuclear-powered submarines. but then he switched specialties to become a naval flight officer on a reconnaissance squadron. access to sensitive information, one officer said. the navy showcased him as a "coming to america" success story, and he once told an audience, "i grew up believing that all the roads in america lead to disneyland." instead they led to navy brig in virginia where he is being held until the navy decides whether it has enough evidence to court-martial him. if convicted, scott, the maximum penalty is death. >> pelley: david martin reporting from the pentagon. david, thank you. a new poll out today shows donald trump with a huge lead, leading into next week's new york primary with more support than john kasich and ted cruz combined. and while trump is still the front-runner nationally, he is in danger of being outmaneuvered in the battle for delegates. here's major garrett. >> donald has been yelling and scre

it toppled with an earthquake hit southern taiwan in february. the 6.4 jolt claimed 117 lives. 115 died as a result of the 16-story building collapse in a suburb. those charged included the former president of the construction company that built the complex. they claim the company cut corners to save money. prosecutors pointed out structural problems, such as insufficient steel reenforcements to support columns and beams. they also said blueprint screening and construction supervision for the condominium was not in compliance with regulations. >>> malaysian officials announced on thursday the name of a new baby panda. the name was decided through a public competition that had been followed eagerly by people there. >> the name of the baby panda is nuan-nuan. >> the name was chosen from nearly 23,000 submissions from the malaysian public. the seven month old cub was born in captivity from parents loaned to malaysia by china in 2014. it means warm and friendly in chinese. china's state run news agency said the naming of the baby panda was a symbol o

taiwan's tiex down by a percent, 8,473. high-tech shares stumbled following a decline on the nasdaq. hong kong. hang seng bucking the trend up by .1%. property shares led the gains there. australia up by .7%. investor sentiment rose on speculation that the central bank will cut rates next week. >>> japanese government officials have published a batch of figures for march that suggests the economy is faring well in some areas but less so in others. industrial production was up 3.6%, due in part to an increas in transport equipment and orders of semi conductors from south korea. the unemployment rate came in at 3.2%. an improvement from the previous month. the ratio of job offers to people looking for work was up 1.3 up slightly from february. there were 130 openings for every 130 job seekers. spending by house holds with more than one person falls to roughly $2700 a month. average monthly household income was around $4100, up 0.3% in real terms. the consumer price index fell by 0.3%, the first drop in five months. index does

they say kenya sent them to china rather than taiwan at the demand of beijing. taiwanese media say cho has vowed to get them back. the extradition came as the leader of taiwan's democratic progressive party prepares to take the presidency next month. she is replacing ma who promoted warmer relations with china. >>> north korean officials on monday celebrated the fourth anniversary of kim jong-un's taking the top post of the ruling party. they said the nuclear test done by the nation in january was kim's great achievement. the state-run korean central television aired footage of the ruling korean ruler's party meeting in pyongyang. it did not report on kim's attendance. the chief of the political bureau of the people's political army said kim has turned north korea into a nuclear power with a hydrogen bomb. wong called for solidarity under kim's rule to achieve unprecedented results for the first party congress in 36 years scheduled for next month. neighboring countries are becoming increasingly watchful as the north's state media reported last month that kim ord

taiwan semiconductor first-quarter net income is down.ing other smartphones suppliers grappling with the most pronounced slowdown in mobile demand on record. according to data, worldwide smart phone sales are expected to rise by a single digit for the first time. growth comes mostly from medium and low end products , and demand for smartphones priced above $500 has fallen. the company expects china and other emerging markets will drive the popularity of cheaper devices, and that will help many in a global downturn. apple is currently expecting its first revenue decline in more than a decade. rishaad: thanks a lot for that. right, having a look at some other stories. the issue of privacy and another u.s. corporate. yvonne: that's right. the u.s. dropped his privacy case with apple. they are now facing microsoft. they are trying to stop the authorities from taking customers e-mails without their knowledge. step the most aggressive in a two-year feud. the department of justice is not alloww to microsoft to notify customers. sell servicesto t

lin was born in taiwan, left at 14, speaking only chinese. he became a u.s.and enlisted in the navy training to serve aboard nuclear powered submarines. then he switched specialities to become a naval flight officer and reconnaissance squadron. throughout his career, he had access to sensitive information. one officer said. the navy showcased him as a coming-to-america success story. he once told an audience "i grew up believing that all the roads in america lead to disneyland." instead, they led to a navy brig in virginia where he is being held until the navy decides whether it has enough evidence to court martial him. if convicted scott, the maximum penalty is death. >>> david martin reporting from the pentagon. david, thank you. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

suspected of spying for taiwan and possibly china.icer has been in the brig since his arrest in september. david martin at the pentagon is following this. >> reporter: investigators suspect lieutenant commander lin started spying in 2012. when he was assigned to the pentagon as a navy liaison officer to capitol hill. in that job, he had access to details of the navy's present and future spending plans. in 2014, he was transferred to hawaii. where he joined the special projects patrol squadron. a secret unit that flies high priority electronic eavesdropping missions off the coast of china and countries in the pacific. in that job he had firsthand knowledge of sensitive intelligence operations. according to heavily redacted court documents. lin passed information classified secret to government. the documents do not name any country. but investigators believe he was passing classified information to both mainland china and island of taiwan. that would amount to playing both side of street since taiwan is an am american ally while china

in hong kong.u, breaking news coming out of taiwan.emi-eric giving us an update and they missed estimates. the net income for the first .uarter was against that was below estimates. the growth margin also below estimates. the operating profit for the third quarter below estimates. the operating margin coming in at 34 .6%. analysts going into this number suggest in the first quarter could see a bottoming out of tsmc's earnings and the start of an improvement in market share. we'll have to wait and see what they say about the outlook. they're keeping the capital expenditure forecast standing pat. will keep an eye on the likes of others. those are the reverberations you might see as the market digests these numbers. anna: let's get back to the life market action. global stocks making a comeback. the all country world index is % on the year now driven by optimism on china. yesterday, we saw they lived in u.s. stocks partly help by jpmorgan's better-than-expected earnings. asian stocks are following the global rally. the asia-pacific index

it toppled when an earthquake hit southern taiwan in february. the quake killed 117 people. 115 of them in the building collapse in a suburb of tainan city. those charged include the former president of the construction company that built the complex. prosecutors claim the company cut corners to save money. they pointed out structural problems, such as insufficient steel reenforcements to support columns and beams. they also said that blueprint screening and construction supervision did not follow regulations. >>> the popularity of costume play or cosplay, is heating up among young people in china. in cities like beijing, events are held every weekend, and tens of thousands of people dress up as their favorite characters. nhk went to meet some fans at a local event. >> reporter: videos posted by cosplayers on social media are becoming popopular. one receive 5 million views in five days. the subculture also attracts unlikely players. this woman is a politician. she posted cosplay photos of herself on her social networking page to promote local tou

he immigrated from taiwan when he was 14 and he became a u.s. citizen eight years ago. >>> president obama is years in the white house. spoking with fox anchor chris wallace, he asked what he president. >> probably failing to plan for the day after what i think was the right thing to do in intervening in libya. >> president's referring to the capture of libyan leader gadhafi. president obama thinks the intervention went as well it could have. >>> the sports note the golf season's first major championship turned into an epic meltdown. >> it was tough to watch. last year's winner jordan spieth ran into trouble on the 12th hole at augusta national. he put it in the water twice. an eight-shot slide from which he couldn't recover. danny willett took advantage, in the end, willett beat spieth. >> the whole thing ended with a rather strange green jacket. he looked like he was being sick helping willett into the green garment. >> he had to do that ceremony twice. >> he didn't seem to be too happy. >>> coming up -- speeders be wear, police cars may be ha

>> yes, i wanted to know about my family's migration from china to taiwan to america. motherland? i went on the streets of china and we cooked chinese food for chinese people. everyone wanted italian food. in china they know me as the human pizza hut. they say, you're american, you must be able to make spaghetti and meatballs. i say, yes, but i want to cook for you the chinese food i make in america and see if this is accurate. >> stephen: did it past muster? they loved it but they said we can definitely see where this comes from in our culture, the roots are in china, but undoubtedly, you don't have to keep thinking about whether you are chinese, you are chinese. wherever you are, jamaican, puerto rican or chinese and you're born in america you're part of it. you can't be disconnected. whatever you do, it is chinese or jamaican or puerto rican, but it's in your own voice. i think that was the most beautiful thing is i can't help but be it. (applause) >> stephen: now, the series is called "huang's world," and it's all over the world, right? >> yes. >> stephen: what are

namese way down by tech -- taiwan weighed down by tech names. malaysian markets are down 2/10 of 1%. comes tode when it australian stocks, a rebound in crude oil and other energy names , basic miners doing well today, up three tens of 1%, weakness out of kiwi stocks ahead of the decision tomorrow. apple fell almost 8% in extended trade after posting its first quarterly sales drop in a decade. it is painting a gloomy picture for the current quarter, predicting a double-digit decline in revenue. we are taking a look at this. yvonne: 51 straight quarters of uninterrupted sales growth is done for apple. it is over. analyst did 13%, not think it would be that bad and were expecting revenue at $52 billion, but it is the first sales drop from apple in more than a decade. 2003 was when we saw that trop in revenue. iphone sales figure as well 16%, 51.2 million iphones sold, the first decline in sales in the iphones nine-year history, and the third quarter could look worse. apple expects sales from $41 billion to $43 billion. tim cook said the smart phone

lin, a taiwan national, came to the u.s. at age 14 and became a naturalized citizen eight years ago. as an intelligence specialist aboard the navy's top secret aires 2 spy plane, he gathered electronic signals, intercepts of chinese military communications. intelligence experts fear lin may have provided the chinese with enough secrets to combat the u.s. eavesdropping. >> certainly understanding how stuff works is a very good beginning to figure out how to block it. that's really my principal concern. >> reporter: no date has been set for edward lin's court martial. a conviction for espionage could bring a life sentence. jim miklaszewski, nbc news, the pong. >>> now to an nbc news exclusive. cia director john brennan says the agency will not use waterboarding on terror suspects even if ordered to by whomever the next president may be. as you know, it's a controversial technique used in the past that many call torture. and after months of campaign rhetoric about its use, the director is speaking out only to our chief foreign

china and taiwan claim them. china central television reported on wednesday that the man carried out eionage related to the islands between vember 2012 and december 2013. cctv said he took photos of a chinese military facility and provided them to a foreign nation. it noted that the facility belongs to a military unit that mainly operates in the east china sea. around the an eastern province. it warned that his action could threaten chinese security. cctv broadcast images of city-scapes and bank notes and mentioned a person with a japanese-like surname who allegedly gave directions to the chinese man. the japanese government maintains that the islands are an inherent part of japan's territory in terms of history and international law. it says there is no issue of sovereignty to be resolved over them. >>> china has an anti-espionage law that came into effect in 2014. last year authorities detained four japanese people on suspicion of involvement in espionage. >>> the weather has been all but benign to people in ku

he is suspected of funneling information to taiwan or china. he will be in court for a hearing on friday. >>> amtrak suing following a derailment that injured 28 passengers. the lawsuit says the feed yard had damaged tracks west of dodge city and amtrak says that's where the train derailed after midnight on march 14.>>> a new drink out from the district atlas brewery in one with a message for members of congress, holy grail india pale lager is meant to call attention to the fact that dc residents have no say in governing local affairs. the district of columbia also has no voting representation in congress.>> we have a new asrelee and also voting rights in the district of folks coming out to support the cause. myself and the congressman came out to guest bartend. it's important for dc and the residents that dc votes continue to move forward with getting our voting rights in congress. the senators, house of representatives vote for dc and we will push for statehood and here's how we do it. elevate the conversation. >> atlas brewery says a portion

naval officer charged with spying for china and taiwan. the suspect has been identified in multiple media reports as lieutenant commander edward lynn. he was born in taiwan and became a naturalized citizen. it is the second day of their weeklong tour of india. the new poll says half the u.s. approves of president obama's job performance. it's the first time that has happened since 2013. the associated press reports seeing an up sick across a number of issues, including the economy. the white house says the supreme court nominee, merrick garland will meet with senators after 15 former american bar association's joined the push to ask republicans to consider the judge. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in 150 news bureaus around the world. ♪ emily: coming up, facebook is getting ready. another suitor throwing his hat into the ring for yahoo! -- what would the daily mail do with yahoo! possibly assets? and tesla recalls 2700 vehicles over issues with third row seats. the bloomberg business week design conference is un

possibly china or taiwan. the lieutenant commander was arrest eed eight months ago but his name just become public during a pretrial hearing. he emigrated from taiwan when he was 14 and he became a u.s. citizen eight years ago. >>> as his two terms wind down, president obama is reflecting on the past eight years in the white house. spoking with fox news anchor chris wallace, he was asked what he considered his worst mistake as president. >> probably failing to plan for the day after what i think was the right thing to do in intervening in libya. >> president's referring to the capture of libyan leader gadhafi. although president obama says he thinks the intervention went as well as it could have. >>> the sports note, the golf season's first major championship turned into an epic meltdown. >> it was tough to watch. last year's winner jordan spieth ran into trouble on the 12th hole at augusta national. he put it in the water twice. part of an eight-shot slide from which he couldn't recover. englishman danny will

he's accused of passing secrets to taiwan or china. he is also charged with patronizing a prostitute. lin served on navy intelligence-gathering planes. >>> "the seattle times" reports that body parts found in a city recycling bin may be those of a missing woman. the mother of three vanished friday night after a date with someone she met online. a suspect is in custody. police say they tracked him through social media posts. >>> "the salt lake tribune" reports the restoration of utah's plan on polygamy. the court decision was a defeat the tv show "sister wives." state prosecutors don't charge concepting adults in plural marriages, but attorneys say the laws are needed to go after those who commit crimes related to polygamy. >>> "the dallas morning news" reports the hunt for a suspect who stole a ring from a dead woman's finger. surveillance video from an odessa funeral home shows the woman reaching into the casket last week. police say the ring is just a cheap bauble, but the deceased woman's family called the crime disrespectful. >>> "

lin emigrated from taiwan when he was 14 and became a u.s. citizen eight years ago. >>> to north carolina now, and tonight, dueling rallies over the controversial law touching on gender and sexual identity. supporters gathering outside the state capitol, and across the street, opponents protesting the move. abc's steve osunsami reports, they are getting some help from bruce springsteen, who canceled a concert there. >> we don't need bruce springsteen to come here and tell us how to operate. >> reporter: on one side of north carolina's state house tonight, hundreds of church families came to cheer the new law that keeps transgender residents from using the bathrooms they need, and overturns discrimination protections for gay families statewide. >> what about the protection of christians? christians are -- we need to be protected. >> reporter: across the street? >> no hate in my state! >> reporter: the protesters who say the state house is full of bigots. >> it wasn't about the water fountains in the '60s. and it's not about the bathrooms today

the opens in singapore, taiwan pay -- taipei, kuala lumpur.we might have expected, the aussie dollar climbing. this is where we started getting numbers coming through, nonmanufacturing services number, i beat, and the manufacturing number as upbeat as well. the aussie dollar getting a leg at that .7688 handle. is about 5.5% since the start of the year. we do expect the trajectory to continue and china. the australian dollar seen as a close proxy for the state of the chinese economy, if you will. that stronger dollar may in fact seeing thatanalysts ease given the pressure it is putting on export competitiveness. ,s the reaction on the asx 200 down one quarter of 1%. we are seeing strong losses coming through from the nikkei 225, off by 2%. taiwan,e, losses from the kiwi markets, and the kospi down for a second day. we had that quarter starting off with the were start to year on record for a number of these markets, ending strongly on the back of those elvish comments from the fed, bringing -- those dovish comments from the fed, bringing new lif

china,e overweighting under waiting different parts of taiwan.premium they say is falling as the fx reserve stabilize, and also looking at the real economy, high eps growth companies. 1.4% hang seng. overall, we are very close to completely reversing all the losses for 2016. known in chinese investment circle simply as the king, armed with $500 billion in state money, it has been unknown, at least until now. have had this disrobing of the king, i suppose. >> we are peeling back the robe to see what their investment strategies are. were getting these new mandatory disclosure rules that are for the chinese companies in their annual reports, and we can see where their shareholdings are. when the market crash last year on june 12 and over the summer, we had a lot of state-mandated lying, and china securities finance is known colloquially in china as the king, because many copycat investors try to guess and anticipate where it that state-mandated money is going and try to catch the tailwind. those of the bulls. the bears on the other hand try not to b

but then, you know, we would go to flushing, which was the... you know, the chinatown for the taiwan immigrants at that time. and then they would order like, you know, big fishes with, like, the eyes sticking out, or, like, you know, chicken claws, or, like, you know, cow's tongue. like there were all these, like, bits of animal that you don't see in an american supermarket. and then i was like, "why can't we order beef fried rice," or whatever. and they're like, "that's not chinese food." like, "don't do that." but in my reference to the world, you know, it was chinese food, and it was going to china when i was older that i was able to sort of understand, "oh, wait, this is really different," you know? and in traveling the world and also spending a lot time studying in taiwan i understood suddenly, like, "oh, my god, chinese food adapts." like, when you go to mexico there's... you know, they have things that look like fajitas. and if you go to france you have salt and pepper frog legs. you know? so it's actually only in this larger context, you know, comparative food, that you begin

tie one coming back after the shocker -- taiwan coming back after the shocker.nikkei 225 the asx 200 up as well. it is driving on the back of what we saw in the u.s. session. gas players leading that charge as the crude price rallies in new york. if we look at the main stocks, five out of the six arising, led by beach energy. course, the health-care sector also having a big rally in offshore trade over the allegan-pfizer deal, now off. those int some of australia, up by almost 1%. yen, upr story is that for a fifth session in a row. earlier this week, people calling for 110 by years end. of 1% alreadyrd against the dollar, so we continue to see that yen rally. some pickup coming through in japanese equities in early trade. rishaad: let's get back to one of our top stories. quarter earnings eating estimates for samsung. sales estimates tripling the previous models performance. is no secret that sam has been struggling to regain has beenhat samsung struggling to regain the competitive edge. at 6.6rst quarter profit trillion yuan, compared to estimates of 4.8. esti

you can take some inspiration from these people in taiwan. they have an office chair race. they took things pretty seriously, wearing safety helmets and all. it originated and curator prefecture. part in a teams took two hour endurance race. the winning crew hailed from japan showing that practice really does make perfect. let's move on now with business. surprising news for us from saudi arabia? or the crown prince is telling the country they are too dependent on oil. >> the biggest economy relies on oil to balance the books. he unveiled a plan to overhaul, dubbed vision 2030. reduce reliance on oil but they depend on it for 80% of the revenues. selling the crown jewels to save the kingdom. reforms. giant. oil >> it could bring in over $2 trillion. >> some of the proceeds will go to a sovereign wealth fund. the rest will be spent on investment in mineral mining. it has become a top priority for saudi arabia. but the kingdom is highly vulnerable to changes in global prices. the oil price must not be lower than $77 a barrel. a little over $30, less than half the value two ye

he gave so many speeches in defense of taiwan and junk a ship that he earned that. it wasn't robert welch who came up with the story of john burch, it was because robert welch read a speech in the congressional record of all places, imagine reading the congressional record it was in the congressional record three years later that robert welch read the speech, it did not get much attention in september of 1950, americans were dying by the hundreds and eventually thousands in korea at this point. it did not get much attention, this was old news. it was something that happened in 1945, alone american officer, and five, alone american officer, and what would that really signify. but robert welch read the speech and latch onto it. he went to georgia to visit with purchased parents, told them that he believed their son was a great patriot compared him to nathan hale, and said that he, robert welch would bring the recognition to their son that he deserved. despite the fact that the u.s. military and the u.s. government had refused to even award burch a purple heart because

you one of the countries like is taiwan. how come?gan: it's not so much that i like taiwan but we found some stocks attractive. one company we found trades at 12 times earnings with a five or send dividend. sort of a $3 billion market cap stock. scarlet: it is hinged to that china play to some extent. if china experiences another bump in the road, with that keep them down? morgan: chinese consumption continues to grow, and i think that's likely to continue for some time even as the industry decelerates. chinese people continue to see strong growth in mobile devices and computers, so i think there is a strong position for growth going forward. scarlet: the federal reserve decided not to raise interest rates as expected. how much of the market remains i.e., come june when we might get a rate hike, will the whole rally fall apart? morgan: i don't think so. as long as the fed's hiking in the face of improving growth and associatedt will be with continued strength in the emerging markets, but these are volatile places. to bek investors nee

naval officer charged with spying for china and taiwan.as been identified in multiple media reports as lieutenant commander edward lynn. he was born in taiwan and became a naturalized citizen. it is the second day of their weeklong tour of india. the new poll says half the u.s. approves of president obama's job performance. it's the first time that has happened since 2013. the associated press reports seeing an up sick across a number of issues, including the economy. the white house

one senior defense official says china or taiwan or both are likely his collaborators. he faces three counts of wrongfully transporting secret material. lieutenant commander lynn was born in taiwan, speaks mandarin fluently and moved to the united states at the age of 14. he's being held in chesapeake, virginia, for the past two years, lynn was part of an exclusive navy outfit. based out of hawaii. he flies the ep-3e a specialized aircraft that uses sensitive antenna to capture signals from deep within a targeted territory. the charging documents do is not specify what lynn handed over. if he divulged the campaign. it could amount to one of the worst spy cases of recent years. >> the e p3's collect at the national level, the theater level and all the way down to the tactical level. they do everything as far as signals intelligence and also communications intelligence. anybody flying this aircraft in the position he was, which is a collections manager, as a lieutenant commander, knows it's country's strengths, weaknesses, what we collect, why we collect it, and how we co

really our rainy season for stretching back here towards west across south eastern china over towards taiwan and the southern japanese islands. keeping that precipitation toward the south. as we go into saturday and sunday, it will start to lift back towards the north. just an area of low pressure breaking off of it. that should bring another round of showers for parts of kushu and over towards tokyo by the time sunday comes around. for the time being, sunnier skies and warmer temperatures dominating most of japan even toward the korean peninsula. showers lingering toward the southeast. take a look at the three-day forecast. looking at showers all the way out through the week and taipei as well. you're looking at the start of the rainy season fairly soon. the official start and you see on friday you have showers. kicking back in once again on sunday. as i mentioned, tokyo above average temperatures through the weekend. by sunday you'll be looking at the area of low pressure coming from the south. a will the of times people ask what is the rainy season. we always talk about it as we go throug

not clear if he was passing it to china, taiwan or both. jim?ese spy planes in that unit flying close to china's air space. barbara starr at the pentagon. >>> still ahead today, the u.s. spent billions training them. why are afghan soldiers defecting to join the taliban? we will look in an exclusive cnn report. . >>> the taliban claimed responsibility today for a suicide attack on a bus carrying new afghan army recruits. at least 12 people were killed. also today, the u.s. embassy issued a warning to americans in afghanistan, avoid the star hotel in kabul because of reports that insurgents planned to attack it. the warning comes as control of a key afghan province hangs in the balance. helmand province is closer than ever to falling under taliban control. cnn's senior international correspondent nick paton walsh talked to two men who were part of the reason the afghan army is losing the fight there. they are deserters from the afghan army who have joined the taliban. here's nick's exclusive report. >> reporter: you know a war's going badly when

if you look at asian trade, taiwan and shanghai closed for holiday.he nikkei pretty muted trade. australia down slightly. the aussie dollar down .7% after retail sales are disappointing. >> as for broader market, oil slightly lower in trade perhaps due to the weakness in the dollar, wti crude at 36.72. also one of the reasons u.s. stocks are higher in premarket trade, a weak quarter, and that continues to be the case here on monday. we're looking at the u.s. dollar slightly lower. the euro, as you can see 1.13 against the u.s. dollar. the euro, that has, so far, been the trend in 2016. as we take a look at gold, that has been a big story, gold has been very happy in 2016, the rally in the month of march seeing a gain of around 6%. here on monday's session, slightly lower by .05%. >> look for trade deficits tuesday, and march ism services index. wednesday and thursday, the minutes and jobless claims. what does that mean for markets and what indeed did the nfp on friday mean for markets? joining to us discuss is joe lavorgna a contributor to cnbc. good

naval officer charged with spying for china and taiwan.pect has been identified in multiple media reports as lieutenant commander edward lynn. he was born in taiwan and became a naturalized citizen. it is the second day of their weeklong tour of india.