>> yeah, i think your assessment is right, tyler. i think the market was expecting something like this. i think the rush to get it out before the magical hundred days on saturday, that happened, and this was very much in line with what we heard from candidate trump and now we see it under president trump. there's a lot of devil in the details. most people have been relatively quiet on the democratic side. i think there's going to be a lot of work ahead. the reason we haven't had any tax reform of massive note in 30 years is because it's really hard to do, and you've got a lot of constituents who have got a lot invested here. and i think there's going to be -- the reason the market didn't react is, this isn't very much looking to me like health care, drawn out, a lot of compromise, and more will be with the status quo than big legislation. we'll see tweaks as opposed to massive legislation. >> it sounds as though you think the odds of it actually passing intact as it is now are relatively low, is that a correct reading? >> i think tha

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>> that's a great question, tyler. i think that's right. with all match nations, whether it's the implementation of fiscal policy, deregulation, infrastructure, through all of that, i think your long-term vef should be thinking about a plan and sticking to it and ignore some of this noise. whether that means for us, we like 60% stocks, 30% bonds right now and 10% cash cushion. we like to rebalance that on a quarterly basis. that way you stick to your plan. you don't make panicked decisions that sold in front of the u.s. election. people that sold in front of the french election. stick to that plan. you have to rebalance because your proportions are going to be out of place here. you're overexposed to stocks and you can cycle that through. have that plan and stick to it and pay attention. >> great, art. good advice. thanks. art hogan. >>> still ahead, make me an offer. that's what buyers are doing, and what some are calling the hottest spring selling season ever. >>> the supreme court has rejected general motors' effort to block lawsuits rel

tyler back to you. >> thank you so much.ump administration so far three months in and the president and staff hadn't been shy being mentioning that. eamon live in washington. >> that's right. they're on the kout down to the first 100 days here in washington. a few moments ago we had the treasure secretary drop in on the daily press briefing that sean spicer hold in the briefing room. they're expected to announce on witness, but he did commit to an aggressive economic strategy. here's what the treasure secretary had to say. >> i been working with the president for over the last year on his economic plan in regards to creating growth. the president is very determined that we can get to sustained economic growth of 3% or higher. we're working on tax reform, we're working on regulatory reform, we're looking at job creation. >> when sean spicer took of that podium i asked when whether or not the president was ready to rule out on the tax plan deficit itself, a lot concern on capitol hill that those may not be included in the plan

>> announcer: this is "nightly business report" with tyler math >>> stocks slide. more geopolitical concerns erupt, and the dow turns in its second worst week of the year. >>> active versus passive. the debate rages on. and there's new fuel to add to the fire. >>> and how to turn life lessons into success on and off the fields. new england patriots coach bill belichick shares his wisdom. those stories and more on tonight's "nightly business report." good evening, everyone, i'm contessa brewer in for sue herera. >> welcome, everybody, i'm tyler mathisen. it was a short week but a tough one for stocks. second worst week of the year, second weekly slide in a row. the declines were mild early in the session but steepened midday, as the mother of all bombs, the country's largest non-nuclear explosive, was dropped on a suspected isis tunnel complex in afghanistan. the dow and s&p closed at the lowest levels in two months. the dow index lost 138 points. nasdaq was down 31 points. s&p 500 fell nearly 16. for the week, the dow was down nearly 1%. the nasdaq off by more than

our second prize high school winners are 11th graders from greines, iowa, adam and tyler. they are students at dallas center grimes community high school in their documentary on energy independence is entitled powerhouse of the prairie. >> we got together at the withning and decided that iowa being the renewable energy capital of the world it would be easy for us to find information on the topic and make a wonderful video. >> you spend about two weeks during study hall calling people, emailing people for emails -- interviews, and then you spend saturdays and fridays after school doing interviews. we spent a couple of weeks researching and spent the entire day on saturday going around iowa and getting footage. ♪ >> my name is adam. >> i am tyler and we have a message for watching and. >> would have been researching and writing everything there is to know about american energy. >> we have talked to multiple ceos, a multitude of people about accepted knowledge on energy in the united states. to washington is that we need to create more energy and efficiency, especially when i

candice bergen and mary tyler moore. [ cheers and applause ] >> i have to tell you a mary tyler moorer moore. i have this incredible opportunity to do -- i had met her but just like briefly, like just how do you do, so nice to meet you, that was the end of it. i had this opportunity to do a photo shoot with her. and i was the whole time working so hard to stay calm. because it's mary tyler moore. >> jimmy: yeah, i'm with you on that. >> right? >> jimmy: sure, absolutely. >> so i was trying to stay cool, stay cool, julia, keep your voice sort of low, you know. don't act like a fool. so we did this one setup where wear stood next to each other. really close together. and the photographer had us put our palms together like this. so we did. and as this happened, i could feel that i was going to start to cry uncontrollably. >> jimmy: oh, no. >> yeah. very awkward, right? >> jimmy: uh-huh, yeah. >> she's not in that -- anyway. so we're doing like this. and i can feel it. so i just close my eyes in the prayer that maybe i could keep my tears from going down my cheeks if i just closed my eyes

i'm tyler hicks, and take it from me, every step counts.ayer aspirin regimen is one of those steps in helping prevent another stroke. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. the steps of air force one there in atlanta, georgia. he just touched down a few moments ago. president trump on his way to that nra convention, and roughly 80,000 have assembled to hear him speak and that speech expected to happen roughly 15 minutes or so from now, and president trump being greeted on the tarmac and he will get in the limo and go to the event and after that he will stick around the atlanta area for a fund-raiser for karen handel, the republican nominee in the race in the runoff next month, and we see senator ted cruz there and he will be one of the folks addressing the convention as well, and along with the interior secretary, ryan zinke as well, and a number of speakers expected but the biggest, of course, coming from president trump. this is not a group that has seen a sitting president since ronald reagan back in 1983. me

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tyler?jenny craig pulling its ads off the "o'reilly factor" on forks fox news, bringing the total to 27. marketing and branding expert and a principal at 2050 marketing. we'll welcome over here. redroect c nbc and "power lunch"? >> exactly. going to be an interesting up front for cnbc, coming up in may if fox continues. >> so how does an -- let's set aside what fox does or doesn't do and talk about your area of expertise, and that is, when you have so many of these major brands from -- lexus to -- looking over here, glaxo, to mercedes and so on. they all pull away. don't other advertisers just get real nervous about, whoa, if they're pulling out, maybe we should, too, because we look bad if we stick around and tacitly then give approval to the allegations with which mr. o'reilly has been hit? >> you know, you're exactly right. that's what started, you know, on april fools' day. when word came out from the "new york times" of the harassment allegations. mercedes first to go and a ton of advoc

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>> announcer: this is "nightly business report," with tayyip erdogan tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> the tech-adopted nasdaq pushes further into negative territory. >>> united settles with a man dragged off its plane and takes more steps to try and improve its battered image. >>> drowning in debt. americans owe a lot of money and the amount is growing fast. how much is too much? those stories and more on "nightly business report" for thursday, april >>> good evening, everyone, and welcome. the nasdaq closes at a record. and the way things shaped up late today, that index's hot streak my only get hotter. let's start with amazon, reporting strong quarterly results, blowing earnings estimates right out of the water. the company reported a sharp rise if profit even as it spent a lot expanding operations overseas. it earned $1.48 a share, 36 cents better than what wall street was looking for. revenue climbed from a year ago and also topped expectations. investors liked what they saw, sending shares to a record in after hours trading. deirdre bosa has the results. >> reporter: $1,000 is

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>> it's a big concern, tyler. and, you know, in the short term especially, if something happens between north korea and the u.s., i think it causes a lot of panic and potential concern amongst investors, and definitely could cause a lot of volatility. we're watching it closely. i'm south korean, so it's something that's of particular interest to me, i have family members in south korea too. it is definitely a concern. >> i can understand that, certainly. are you doing anything different with your clients' money, either in anticipation of the things heating up in that part of the world? or are you simply watching it closely? >> watching it very closely. but sue, if we get some sort of a correction because of these geopolitical concerns, whether it's north korea or maybe the election in france, i really think it's a buying opportunity for investors in the long term. i think there's a lot of dry powder that's been weightaitinga correction. on the other hand, there's a risk of a severe bear market, which i don't think

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tyler hicks: i see fear. i see desperation. but i also see hope.ds of people arriving every day, risking their lives to find a place to live, and find a place to be accepted. i feel it's important to take photographs that are going to make a difference. ( ♪ ) i'm tyler hicks, photojournalist for the new york times. ♪ i'm tyler hicks, ♪ ♪ ♪ sfx: engine revving ♪ (silence) ♪ [ applause ] >>> and welcome back to our town hall with governor john kasich from ohio. let's get back to the audience questions. i want you to meet perquita burgess, who spoke out after being sexually harassed by bill o'reilly. >> i'm here because of what i suffered turing my tenure by bill o'reilly at fox news. i did not speak out at the time for fear of losing my job. from the executive suite to lower level positions people experience sexual and racial discrimination in the workplace every day. what would you do to stop this and make sure there's no retaliation to people who speak out about it? >> as far as i'm concerned with being the father of two daughters and, you know, a

tyler brown of capitol grille in southall. tandy wilson of city house.sk nashville. and the distinguished pat martin of martin's barbecue joint. sundays are often spent here at pat's house -- friends, family kicking back and drinking beer and cooking over the fire pits. all these chefs pride themselves on celebrating local, seasonal, southern ingredients, and close relationships with farmers and food producers from the area. those are 90-day aged rib eyes from nearby bear creek farm slowly cooking there, and they're gonna be topped off with oyster mushrooms and bourbon soy, and some nice runny eggs and garlic. grits, well, of course. these are called greasy beans, pressure canned in saltwater then heated up with pork fat, so i'm not hating that, for sure. there's also homemade ricotta served with a cold smoked sausage and roasted acorn squash. >> pat: you better get it, friend. because if you don't, you're screwed, man. everybody gets an egg. everybody cool with that? >> anthony: oh, hell yeah. >> tandy: doesn't really matter what i'm eating if i'm eatin

got a great question. >> can they -- >> tyler?he friendly skies of united" again? >> pmy point is, once they settle, sebcond thing, they hav to do a deep look at their culture and really understand what's kind of motivating this type of behavior. now, policies are policies but there's something else going on there that they need to get their hands around. >> i grant you that, but can they or -- is that -- >> can they get rid of it? >> that's been one of the longest running ad slogans. it's been around as long as i've been aware of airplanes. >> exactly. i think they're going to have to rebrand themselves. i mean, i just think that the damage to the core equity that they own for all these years and the ad slogan, again, they're going to have to understand what it is that we do now? what is it that we own? what is it that we can take forward and give the consumer some confidence? the friendly skies is not it. >> definitely not. i have to tell you, it's not true of every airline, but there but for the grace of god go a lot of other a

in spades, tyler. in spades.ates with lower tax rates, states with lower corporate tax rates, states with lower sales tax rates and right to work states. in spades, with clarity, outperform their competitors by a wide margin. >> last word, jared, quickly. >> thank you. here you go. kansas, i happen to write this down. bond rating downgraded twice. general fund down 570 million. personal income tax down 700 million. >> so what? >> pass through costs, 472 million. >> so what? >> they predicted 190,000 would take the -- >> you guys got to take it outside! >> kansas can -- >> last word. >> kansas -- kansas -- sorry. kansas is exhibit a against supply side growth effects. exhibit a against supply side growth effects is the state of kansas. >> right. >> thanks, guys. >> sorry. leave it there. this conversation will continue. to john hardwood. >> tyler, we do not have enough detail obviously to analyze the effects of this on different income groups but it's important to remember, we step back and look at the trump campa

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i'm chris nguyen in for carolyn tyler. let's get a first look at the forecast. lisa argen is tracking the doppler radar. >> good morning. we had cloud cover this morning allowing for temperatures to stay up. and a live look outside. in a second, you'll see how is up i it is. a break in the cloud cover is showing up. we're enjoying a sunny morning, sunny afternoon. from the east bay hills camera, 57 in the city. 60 in oak labor dland. we'll see temperatures climb slowly this morning and into the afternoon, 59 in concord and winds will be a factor today. especially on the coast. numbers in the 50s now. low 60s around the bay and inland at noontime. 70 should be the warmest location by about 4:00. mostly sunny skies. clouds increase tonight. the storm impact scale to talk about for tomorrow. chris? >> lisa, thank you. happening now, in france, the first round of the country's hotly contested presidential election is under way. we're taking a live look at a polling place in paris where it is now 6:00 in the evening. back here in the bay area, french citizens lined u

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. >> reporter: with the clock running and competition keen, tyler hinman is in a rush to finish first and be declared the 2017 american crossword tournament champion. the tournament in it's 40th year is a gloriously nerdy sort of class reunion. >> it gets bigger and better every year. >> reporter: will shortz created the tournament and runs it for fun. his day job? crossword puzzle editor of "the new york times." the paragons of puzzledom. >> most people want to grow up tore a fireman or doctor or lawyer. i grew up wanting to be a professional puzzler. >> reporter: schwartz is the only enigmatologist. a degree he created at indiana u.s. he goes through every submission by the times, some written by pros and others by the fans. >> massachusetts, brooklyn, new york, kings port, tennessee, san francisco. >> reporter: and edits the ones he thinks are both clear and clever. >> what's the clue for booze cruise? just out of curiosity? >> what's a pon, wasted vacation? >> reporter: shortz is the man worthy of a cameo on "the simpsons". ♪ >> new york times crossword editor will shortz. >> the

i'm tyler mathisen.s brian said another big rally on wall street, the nasdaq topping 6,000 as you see right there. the first time in his are try. what got it there. we'll give you the 13 names in the nasdaq hitting new record highs -- facebook, alphabet, microsoft among them. and another triple digit rally for the dow. if it holds this would be the first back-to-back 200-point day, days, i should say, gains for the dow since the election. another notable stat the we're only two days into this week but the current weekly gains for the dow and the s&p 500 are the best to make them the best of 2017 if they hold. almost 17 names hitting new 52-week highs, best buy, expedia, lowe's, home depot. we're all over this big bull run. and bertha coombs at the nasdaq. first, though, to bob pisani on the nyse floor. >> reporter: this is unusual trading, tyler, two days in a row. the s&p 500, two days in a row we move up big and flat lined throughout the day. no attempt to sell off. look at that, two days in a row on t

i'm tyler mathisen. stacks hi stocks higher today after yesterday's midday swoon.ere's a nice stat. four dow stocks have gained more than 10% this year. apple, boeing, visa and home depot. those names are mixed in today's session. twitter under some pressure on news that one of the company's founders, evan williams, is selling 30% of his shares. there you see that chart reacting, in part, to that news. home builders, a notable standout. home builder etf, hxb, having its best day in about a month's time, since march 15th. >>> i'm michelle caruso-cabrera. here's what else is happening at this hour. devin nunes temporarily stepping aside from the house committee's intelligence committee after the house ethics committee announced it was investigating mr. nunes for possibly disclosing classified information. representative nunes calls those charges entirely false. >>> jobless claims falling by $25,0 25,000 last week, the biggest drop in nearly two year. >>> and sunoco is selling its 7-eleven. >>> there is a lot going on today so let's start your coverage with the most i

tyler mathisen is off tonight. wall street and washington came together, and the result was a stock market rally. profit reports were mostly upbeat. european markets rose. and there seems to be movement on some of the trump administration's pro-growth agenda. here are the closing numbers. the dow jones industrial average rose 174 points to 20,578. the nasdaq added 53. and the s&p 500 gained 17. bob pisani has more. >> reporter: why the rally today? it's a tricky call, but several factors are fueling the move higher. earnings have been mostly positive today, whether it's csx helping the railroads or qualcomm helping semi conductors, the earnings story has generally been better than expected, at least today. secondly, europe had a strong close. it's been choppy this week, french elections have been a major concern for the markets. but those worries eased today on hopes that more moderate candidates might prevail in the first round of elections over there. third, after a lot of hand wringing in washington, there's tal

. >> reporter: with the clock running and competition keen, tyler hinman is in a rush to finish firstared the 2017 american crossword tournament champion. the tournament in it's 40th year is a gloriously ne lly nerdy close reunion. will schwartz created it and runs it for fun. his day job? crossword puzzle editor of ""the new york times."" the paragons of puzzles. >> most people want to grow up tore a fireman or doctor or lawyer. i drgrew up wanting to be a professional puzzler. >> reporter: schwartz is the only inamatologist. he goes through every submission by the times, some written by pros and others by the fans. >> massachusetts, brooklyn, new york, kings port, tennessee, san francisco. >> reporter: and edits the ones he thinks are both clear and clever. >> what's the clue for brews clues. >> reporter: schwartz is the man. worthy even of a camio on "the simpsons". >> the crossword is a personal part of people's lives. they do it in bed in the morning, maybe on the bus to work. they have a personal connection with me which is very nice. >> reporter: back at the tournament, five-ti

i'm tyler mathieson. it was a sharp reversal of fortune on wall street today. stocks rose higher the dow rising nearly 200 points, investors shared private growth, thenned be day, selling took hold and then some. right around the time the federal reserve released the minutes of its latist meetings. the minutes don't tend to move the markets all that often, but they did today. at the central bank's last meeting, policy-makers commented on stockmarket valuations with some members suggesting they're a bad profit. they don't do that. they also talked extensively about reducing the fed's multi-trillion dollar balance sheet, something we have been telling you about. that has a power to spook the market. with that, stocks did get spooked. they dropped hard. major indexes turned negative, resulting in the biggest market turn around top-to-bottom in 14 months. here's how the day ended. the dow jones lost and nasdaq down 34 the s&p 500 lost 7. we have more on today's dramatic moves. >> reporter: stocks rose early as oil rose up in the '80s, the prime employment report wa

. >>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> surprise rise. stocks took off despite rising tensions overseas. but how long will the buying mood last? unexpected rejection. eli lilly's arthritis medicine was supposed to be a blockbuster, but the fda said not so fast. >>> mountain of debt. americans owe a lot of money. $1 trillion on their credit cards to be exact. and that is raising some concern. >>> those stories, and tomorrow, tonight on "nightly business report" for monday, april 17th. >>> welcome. i'm sue herera. tyler mathisen is off tonight. >>> given the increase in geopolitical tensions and soft economic data, not many thoughts the dow would rise by triple digits, but it did, and the bulls remained in control until the closing bell. the dow jones industrial average gained 183 points to 20,636, snapping a three-day losing streak. the nasdaq added 51, and the s&p 500 was up 20. given all the negative factors swirling around, why were investors in a buying mood. bob pisani explains. >> stocks rose today, the big question is, why? we opene

tyler mathisen is off tonight. lousy earnings reports drove stocks lower today. we'll have more on that in just a moment. but we begin with quarterly results from do w component ibm. hurt by weak demand in its technology services business. ibm earned $2.38 a share, three cents better than estimates, thanks to gains in its cloud services business. revenue missed estimates and was down nearly 3% from a year ago. investors were not happy. sending shares down initially in afterhours trading. deirdre bosa takes a look at ibm's quarterly results. >> reporter: this was ibm's 20th straight quarter of declining revenue. the company has been growing at so-called strategic imperative unit, as well as watson, its artificial intelligence unit. this unit makes up 42% of its revenue but not enough to make up for ibm's declining legacy software and services business. bottom line, this past quarter's results indicate that the company's transformation is going to take more time. for "nightly business report," i'm deirdre bosa, san francisco. >> ibm wasn't the only dow component to

i'm tyler mathisen. sue herera has the evening off. >>> tonight we will examine the entrepreneurial spirit. the journey usually starts with a br idea. that may be the easy part, by the way. then comes the truly hard work. but of course it can all pay off, and before you know it, that bright idea can turn into a billion-dollar venture. we begin tonight with two new york city entrepreneurs who had the bright idea to change what may seem like a dull concept, office space. both with tech backgrounds, they wanted to shake up the way leases work. and they're not only increasing flexibility for renters but for building owners as well. >> reporter: when they began renting out their extra new york city office space a few years ago, they didn't think it would turn into a business called no-tell. >> it was an accident, we didn't realize we were sitting on top of an explosive billions. >> reporter: in 15 months, they brought in $10 million. but starting it meant taking on a multinational, multibillion dollar company

tyler? >> melissa, thanks very much. i'm tyler mathisen. glad you could join us on a rainy tuesday in new york. here is what else is happening this hour. the u.s. trade deficit falling in february as exports climbed to a two-year high. cleanup efforts under way from texas to the taerls after another stripping of severe storms ripped across the south. five storm-legalitied deaths reported. and tony romo apparently hanging up his helmet and cleats for a microphone. espn reports the cowboys quarterback will end his 14-year nfl career and go into broadcasting. michelle? >>> welcome to the business. thanks, tyler. i'm michelle caruso-cabrera. we have a lot to do today. we begin with a big headline coming out of the white house. "the washington post" reporting president trump's team is exploring new tax proposals. listen to this, could include a value-added tax, very common in europe and latin america and/or a carbon tax. let's get more on this developing story, cnbc's eamon javers and numerous ceos spent the morning with the president and the vi

julia. >> hey, tyler. the o'reilly factor's ratings did increase about 10% in the week following "the new york times" report about sexual harassment claims against bill o'reilly. now, the latest just yesterday fox responded to the mounting pressure by announcing it's launching an investigation, telling us, "21st century fox investigates all complaints and we have asked the law firm paul weiss to continue assisting the company in these serious matters." now, this news out just yesterday came after 39 companies pulled their ads from the show in protest. though many say they've reallocated their ad spending elsewhere on fox news. the stakes are high. cantar media tells us o'reilly media generates more ad revenue than any other show on fox news or cnn or msnbc, bringing in about $150 million last year, according to cantar. pivotal research says that if fox fires o'reilly, "it would bring revenue risks" but that the recent success of talker carlson's program in place of megyn kelly provides confidence that the

the giants were silenced by rocky's starter tyler, two hits and gets the first shut out of his career as colorado wins 5- 0. the a's and astros wearing 42 on jacky robinson day. oakland leading 4-0 in the bottom of the 5th. chris davis ghost opposite field for the 6th -- goes opposite field for the 6th. the a's adaymare salless and center fielder -- adam rosales and center fielder, mania left the game despite not allowing a hit. oakland clinging to a one run lead. sean doolittle on course, allowing josh red dick to score -- reddick to score, and george springer goes deep, a two run hot giving houston a 3 run lead and the astros come back to win 10-6 handing the a's their third straight loss. >>> still to come, the nba playoffs tip off adds the defending champs took their first stretch to defend their tile, and the warriors are ready to take the title back as kevin durant enters the post season for the first time in blue and gold. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that's all the warriors needed to defend their title as nba champs in the finals last year. but the dubs couldn't s

tyler mathisen is off tonight. >>> a one-two punch took the market lower. ibm was a big drag on the blue chip dow index, following the company's disappointing earnings which we told you about yesterday. add to that a skid in oil prices, which pressured energy shares, and the result was a decline in the broader market. the dow jones industrial average lost 118 points to 20,404. it's the second straight triple digit decline. the nasdaq rose 13 and s&p 500 fell four. a surprise increase in gasoline inventories wiped 4% off the price of domestic crude. today's decline in stocks follows a pattern that we've seen for nearly two months. as bob pisani reports, there are reasons for the slide. >> reporter: there's a dangerous stew of uncertainty for stocks right now. first, fiscal reforms are being pushed out. the honeymoon is over on tax cuts, less regulation, and infrastructure spending. the president said he was working on tax cuts yesterday. the markets ignored them. hard economic data is visible from retail sales to the producer price index. economic data has b

tyler? >>> thank you very much, melissa. i'm tyler mathisen. welcome. here is what else is happening on this busy news day. republican-led senate today confirms neil gorsuch as the next supreme court justice. the move restores a conservative majority on the nation's court and fills out the bench that had been a person short since the death of antonin scalia. >>> at least three people killed in central stock holm when a truck crashed into a store.ent president xi jinping walking on the grounds of mar-a-lago. certainly the most important foreign visitor thus far in president trump's presidency and also coming at the same time that we saw syrian air strikes that surprised the world last night amidst this visit. we're going to wait and see what all the implications are of what happened last night, how it might affect xi's thinking and his measure of donald trump he is pegs ly in the context of north korea. we have kayla tausche standing by live in palm beach for day two of president trump's meeting with china's xi jinping. steve liesman with an update on th