but there was another person named zhang who belonged to the club. according to the complaint, "due to a potential language barrier issue, mar-a-lago believed her to be the relative" of that member. they let her in. a valet drove her to the main reception area in a golf cart, passing three more secret service agents. prosecutors say zhang was finally stopped by a receptionist, who asked her several times why she was there. according to the complaint, "zhang finally responded that she was there for a united nations chinese american association event later in the evening. the receptionist knew this event does not exist." at that point, the secret service took over. authorities say zhang claimed her chinese friend, charles, told her to travel from shanghai to attempt to speak with a member of the president's family about chinese and american foreign economic relations. police say she was carrying four cell phones, a laptop, an external hard drive and a thumb drive. authorities determined preliminarily that the thumb drive "contained malicious malware."

and handed zhang off to mar-a-lago security.'t find her on their membership rolls but there was another person named zhang who belonged to the club. according to the complaint, due to a potential language barrier issue, mar-a-lago believed her to be the relative of that member. they let her in. a valet drove her to the main reception area in a golf cart, passing three more secret service agents. prosecutors say zhang was finally stopped by a receptionist who asked her several times why she was there. according to the complaint, zhang finally responded that she was there for a united nations chinese-american association event later in the evening. the receptionist knew this event does not exist. at that point the secret service took over. authorities say zhang claimed her chinese friend charles told her to travel from shanghai to attempt to speak with a member of the president's family about chinese and american foreign economic relations. police say she was carrying four cellphones, a laptop, an external hard drive, and a thumb

yujing zhang presenting two chinese passports as i.d. walked right up to a secret service agent and told them she was there to go to the pool. after being checked by mar-a-lago security she was led in, even though they couldn't find her on their membership rolls. according to the complaint due to a potential language barrier issue mar-a-lago believed her to be the relative of another person named zhang who belonged to the club. a valet drove her to the reception area in a golf cart passing three more secret service agents and according to prosecutors through another secret service checkpoint. she was only stopped when a receptionist asked zhang several times why she was there. according to the complaint, zhang finally responded that she was there for a united nations chinese-american association event later in the evening, which the receptionist knew did not exist. at that point the secret service took over. she claimed her chinese friend charles told her to travel from shanghai to attempt to speak with a member of the president's family

yujing zhang is accused of entering the restricted area and lying to agents. special investigation is underway. jeff pegues reports on this. ri reporter: with yujing zhang jump suit, prosecutors told the judge, she lies to everyone she encounters, having changed her story multiple times as to why the 32-year-old chinese national was trying to get into mar-a-lago. she was able to talk her way through two check points before the clubs receptionist realized she had no reason to be there. at the time of the arrest, the secret service agent, yujing zhang was carrying two chinese passports, four cell phones and a thumb drive full of malicious software. prosecutors said a search of her room at this hotel uncovered a signal detector to locate hidden cameras, nine usb drives, five sim cards and nearly $8,000, most of it in 100 dollar bills. the fbi joined the secret service in looking at counter intelligence concerns at the president's club. >> mar-a-lago has hundreds and hundreds of people who go through in any given week. you need to vet those people. any single one

the secret service says she presented two chinese passports in the name of yujing zhang. mar-a-lago security says zhang was the name of a club member and allowed her to enter the compound. but when a shuttle picked her up, she didn't know where she wanted to go. so she was taken to a reception area. according to investigators, she changed her story and said she was there for a u.n.-chinese american association meeting. but no such meeting was scheduled and she was promptly arrested. but charging documents say she claimed a chinese friend named charles sent her there to speak with a member of the president's family about american policy towards china. but the secret service could not find any record of that. and tonight investigators want to know if it was a spy mission. she was carrying four cell phones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive and a thumb drive that contained malware. they also note although she said she was there to go to the pool, she was not carrying a swimsuit. and while all this was happening, president trump was playing golf at his separate course

prosecutors allege zhang first approached a mar-a-lago checkpoint saturday shortly after noon. even though security could not find her on access lists, the club believed she was a relative of a member and allowed her access onto the property. when zhang arrived in the main reception area, a staffer asked several times why she was at mar-a-lago. zhang finally responded she was there for a united nations chinese-american association event. the staffer knew there was no such event and alerted the secret service. but zhang passed at least five secret service agents and half a dozen signs before she was apprehended. >> this is a multiple perfect storm where she lied past checkpoints. >> our cbs national security analyst. >> they will look at when did she enter into the united states? >> agents found four cell phones, one laptop, external drive and thumb drive containing malware in her possession. this incident highlights the challenge of security at a private club. >> there are members, guests of members and large events. it just represents a vulnerability that the secret service is

>> and jeremy bash, there is a picture of cindy zhang, of course.amously had already emerged as someone who was in effect selling access to the president and his family at mar-a-lago. a lot of selfies and other pictures like that she has of herself with the president. she also happens to be the owner-operator of one of robert kraft's favorite places to go in southern california for a massage, something that's now put him in the spot of being a criminal defendant. and jeremy, with your experience, this seems to be a story that shows clearly what the risks are in national security terms in the way mar-a-lago is operated. >> yeah, i think this is a scandal in three dimensions. first, the president wants to try to close the land border with mexico, yet he cannot even close mar-a-lago to chinese nationals walking around with malicious code. second, we know that the people's republic of china has been engaged in human espionage operations in which they want to implant malicious code, basically software that could hack or penetrate the networks or devices

. >> her name is yujing zhang. >> the receptionist is the one who figured out she wasn't on any kind of a list. >> president trump was staying at mar-a-lago that day. >> there were pops-- i mean, boom. >> another fire at a houston- area chemical plant, the second in two weeks. >> one person was killed, two others injured. >> president trump is threatening again to close the border. >> a border shutdown would have an immediate economic impact. >> security is more important to me than trade. >> chaos erupts at a memorial for rapper nipsey hussle. >> all this while the l.a.p.d. has made an arrest. >> the person believed to be responsible is eric holder. >> glor: and your money, your health-- the hidden and enormous cost of medical airlifts. >> i did not have $40,000 lying around. it would have destroyed us. >> glor: good evening. i'm jeff glor. and this is our western edition. we'll begin tonight with a bizarre arrest at the president's resort in florida. we learned today a chinese woman bluffed her way into mar-a-lago this past weekend as the president was playing golf at a nearby club

secret service says she presented two chinese passports in the ne of yujing zhang. mar-a-lago security said zhang was the name a club member and allowed her to enter the compound. but when a resort shuttle picked her up court documents say she didn't know where she wanted to go so she was taken to the reception area according to investigators she changed her story and said she was there for a u.n. chinese-american association meeting. but no such meeting was scheduled, and she was promptly arrested. the charging documents say she claimed a chinese friend named charles sent her there to speak way member of the president's family about american policy toward china. t bu secret service says it could not find any record of that. and investigators want to know if it was asspy n. she was carrying four cell phones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive and a thumb drive that contained malware. they also note that although she said she was there to go to the pool n she was carrying a swimsuit. while all this was happening president trump was playing golf atis separate c

zhang was arrested on march 30th after allegedly telling security officials at the president's private club that she was there to go to the swimming pool. investigators charged her with lying to secret service and entering a restricted space and claim they found a thumb drive with malware. tonight, prosecutors say a search of her hotel room further alarmed investigators, claiming they found a device used to detect hidden camerases, nine thumb drives, five sim cards for cell phones and $8,000 cash. zhang's attorney says she made no direct misrepresentation at the club or during her interview with secret service agents. >> all right, so, let's get right to victor oquendo. and victor, during today's hearing, we heard that secret service agent who testified that he tried to use a thumb drive with that malware she had been found with, taken during the arrest, it started to do something to his computer that he said he'd never seen before? >> reporter: that's right, david. that agent said that when he plugged it in, it tried downloading files immediately. installing this into his computer. he

zhang's attorney has not commented.as well. >> kerry sanders at mar-a-lago. thank you. >>> congress is launching an investigation of the faa inspectors who helped certify boeing's 737 max jetliners. the aircraft remain grounded after two deadly crashes overseas. the head of the senate transportation committee says whistleblowers raised concerns about the training of inspectors who checked the anti-stall system suspected in those crashes. meantime, "the wall street journal" reports the pilots of the doomed ethiopian flight followed emergency procedures laid out by boeing but still failed to regain control of the aircraft. >>> a follow-up to a story we told you about earlier this week. a suspect is under arrest in the hit-and-run that injured two girls who were playing in a front yard near atlanta. you remember this dramatic video of friday's crash. 28-year-old gabriel fordham turned himself in tuesday night. police say he was speeding when he hit a pair of mailboxes and struck the girls leaving a 9-year-old girl seriousl

but according to court documents, yujing zhang got in anyway.was just after noon on saturday, the president golfing nearby, when authorities say she presented two chinese passports to an agent as i.d. and said she was there to go to the pool. the agent passed her information to mar-a-lago security to verify she was on an access list. while the court documents make clear zhang easily conversed in english, authorities say due to a potential language barrier issue, mar-a-lago believed her to be the relative of a member of the club who was also named zhang. a valet then drove her to the main reception area in a golf cart. prosecutors say zhang made it through another secret service checkpoint, magnetometers and more agents before she was finally stopped by a receptionist who asked zhang why she was there. according to the complaint, zhang finally responded that she was there for a united nations chinese-american association event later in the evening. the receptionist knew this event did not exist. at that point, the secret service took over. when t

as for cindy yang, her representatives tell cbs news she does not know zhang at all. norah?t. manuel, thank you. i think it's a fascinating story. more to come on that. >> a lot of intrigue there. >> a lot of intrigue, indeed. >> more to meet the eye there. >> feels like this story is not going to get less interesting. >> there you go. >>> all right. a growing number of states are raising the minimum age to buy vaping and tobacco products. the number of teenagers who use e-cigarettes has soared in recent years, and our dr. tara narula is here in the green room to tell us why young brains are especially vulnerable to nicotine. >>> and if you're on the go, subscribe to our podcast. you can hear what's happening in the world in less than 20 minutes. got to try it. it's really very good. you're watching "cbs this morning." and then what's happening is the weakening of enamel. now is the perfect time for a toothpaste like the new pronamel repair. this toothpaste takes it to the next level. it takes minerals and it drives it deep into the tooth surface so that we can actively help

prosecutors say zhang had been notified it was canceled.rosecutors have now backed away from previous claims that she was carrying a computer thumb drive containing malware that can infect computer systems, although she did get within arm's length of mar-a-lago computers. when asked about the electronics, she told secret service, she feared they would be stolen if she left them in her room. but during a search of her room, agents found more electronics, including a device to detect hidden cameras, along with $8,000 in cash in them number of unsecured credit cards. that's what prompted the judge to say he believed she was up to something nefarious, adding, quoting here, "it does seem to the court that her alleged innocent explanation is refuted by what she left behind." still, there are no charges of spying or espionage, just that she knowingly entered a restricted area, but her former counter terrorism agent saying, mar-a-lago may present the words counterintelligence nightmare the country has faced since the cold war. a secret service and

meantime, zhang was never alone on mar-a-lago property. and court b documents seem tok that up. she could face furthergh charge. now she is charged federally with lying to secret service and havinreknowingly ena secure f savannah, hoda? we'll have to wait and see if there's more to this. thank you very much. >>> we do have more new information on those f twoal crashes involving boeing 737 max planes. this asfaa insiders tell congress some of thepectors who certified the max for flight may not have been up to the job. tom costello is on this story for om again. hey, . >> reporter: good morning. these arele whilowers telling congress that the very faa employees who should been certified for max flights, they were n trained properly and they themselves may not have be readyor flight. new details about the ethiopian airline's final seconds. overnight, new details about the boeing j737 m that crashed last month. "the wall street journal" reporting the pilots at the controls of the ethiopian airlines flight initially followed emergency procedures laid out byboeing. according to people

reportero: zhang asegura que un amigo chino con la contrato a travÉs del servicio de mensajerÍa populardel distrito sur de la florida acusaron a la ciudadana china de un cargo por haber hecho una declaraciÓn falsa a un agente federal, y otro de haber entrado a propiedad restringida. patricia: mÉxico continuÓ reaccionando a las amenazas del presidente trump de cerrar la frontera para detener la entrada ilegal de inmigrantes. el secretario de relaciones exteriores afirmÓ que descarta el cierre de la frontera por parte de estados unidos. aunque asegurÓ que estÁn preparados para enfrentar cualquier escenario. dijo ademÁs que la polÍtica migratoria mexicana no cambiara. se seguirÁn otorgando visas humanitarias a los migrantes que lo solicite. alberto garcÍa con el reporte. alberto: el gobierno de mÉxico dice que enfrenta una nueva estrategia de donald trump, quien asegura que cerrara las fronteras porque el gobierno de andrÉs manuel lÓpez obrador no hace nada por detener la una inmigrantes entronizados que buscan llegar a estados unidos. >> estÁn en campaÑa o en contienda, tienesus temas que

authorities say yujing zhang presented herself at that checkpoint, showed her passported, and gained entry under guise that she was the daughter of a mar-a-lago club member. she made her way into the club reception area, where she was actually questioned by a receptionist about why she was inside mar-a-lago. when zhang mentioned an event that wasn't actually happened, the receptionist then flagged a secret service agent, who eventually questioned her off-property. agents say she became verbally aggressive and claimed that her chinese friend, charles, told her to travel from shanghai to palm beach, florida, to attempt to speak with a member of the president's family about chinese and american foreign economic relations. now, zhang says that she had communicated with this so-called charles over the popular messaging app in china called wechat. and zhang was also found by the authorities to have several electronic items, including four cell phones, one laptop computer, one external hard drive, and one thumb drive. and authorities say that that thumb drive actually contained the maliciou

the woman -- her name is yujing zhang, okay?his is part of the complaint i want to read to you, lawrence. it says the mar-a-lago manager on duty at the time informed mar-a-lago security that zhang is the last name of a member at the mar-a-lago club. zhang was asked if the true member, who shall be refused to as h.z. herein was her father, but she did not give a definitive answer. so, listen, zhang is a common chinese last name, and she didn't even confirm that she knew this other person with that last name. is this normal protocol for mar-a-lago? i mean if you're a guest, you know, if you know a guest, are you okay? >> don, i thought this is something that was going to happen sooner or later. look, presidents have had their winter white houses in florida before. truman did and jfk just down the road in palm beach. but in the season, figuring the members and the guests and their friends and people coming to the ballroom for events, there are about 10,000 people a season who come in there. imagine that. imagine what a task it is f

we should point out, when zhang was at mar-a-lago, the president was off property playing golf at hisami herald" is reporting the trespasser may have been trying to attend an event that was advertised on cindy yang's website, the owner of that south florida massage parlor where a patriots owner was with soliciting prostitutio prostitution. also allegedly offered access to mar-a-lago to mingle with the president. zero connection between cindy yang and the woman who tried to into mar-a-lago. >> martha: that is unbelievable. trace, thank you very much. coming up, he live look at president trump addressing the national republican congressional committee in washington. what he just said about the crisis at the border and whether or not he is going to shut it down. coming up next. oh, we talked about joe biden, too come after this. >> most of you, not all of you. ♪ when you rent from national... it's kind of like playing your own version of best ball. because here, you can choose any car in the aisle, even if it's a better car class than the one you reserved. so no matter what, you're guara

when zhang first encountered secret service she said she was there to go to the pool. a pool package cleared her initially believing she could be the daughter of a club member who shares her last name. after arriving in the lobby asked by the club's receptionist why she was at mar-a-lago, zhang responded she was there for a united nations chinese-american association event which the receptionist knew to be false. secret service again questioned her about her reasoning for being there which she then said was to attend a united nations friendship event between china and the united states. presenting what she said was an invitation written in chinese. she was detained offsite where they recovered four cell phones, laptop, external hard drive and thumb drive. the thumb drive contained malicious malware. no swim ago tire was found in her possession. democratic senate leaders demanding a full accounting sending this letter to fbi director christopher wray calling for security assessments at mar-a-lago. senators chuck schumer, dianne feinstein writing the ease with which she

the receptionist notified secret service that zhang was not authorized to be on the property. was taken off property for questioning and was later arrested. she possessed four cell phones, a computer, and a thumb drive containing malicious malware, which can be used to tamper with computers. in a statement, the secret service said it does not determine who is invited or welcome at mar-a-lago. club management determines which members and guests are granted access to the property. cbs news security contributor fran townsend says the secret service has a difficult job protecting a property that it doesn't fully control. >> they do the best they can, but this instance was sort of a perfect storm, where she lied her way past multiple checkpoints. >> reporter: president trump was asked about this incident a short time ago, and he said, number one, he's not concerned about chinese espionage at mar- a-lago. and, number two, he thinks the secret service did a very good job. jeff? >> glor: okay, chip. another question. we're just learning that the ways and means committee now is giving

prosecutors add that zhang quote lies to everyone that she encounters.t week president trump down played the situation calling it a fluke. >>> minnesota senator amy klobuchar's presidential campaign announced yesterday she has raised $5.2 million in the first seven weeks of her 2020 bid. amy klobuchar's campaign said the average online donation made was $40 and that 85% of donors gave less than $100. amy klobuchar's first quarter fundraising totals put her just ahead of new jersey senator cory booker who announced over the weekend he raised $5 million. but behind south bend indiana mayor pete buttigieg who has raised $7 million for i had potential presidential campaign. democrats are voicing concerns about the low fundraising totals being posted by the 2020 democratic presidential field. a information u.s. ambassador and finance director for president obama's re-election campaign tweeted yet i have to said. i'm concerned by how little money the 2020 democrat candidates are raising. the last time there was a large primary field in 2007 the top three candi

according to court documents, e yujing zhang presented two documents to the secret service saying shehere to go to the pool. prosecutors say zhang made it through several more security checkpoints before a receptionist asked while she was there. >> the security actually worked. that a woman did get through sort of an initial perimeter around mar-a-lago, but she got stopped at the point where her story didn't make sense. >> secret service determined zhang was carrying several cell phones and a flash drive allegedly containing malware. >>> house democrats are taking action to see the mueller report sooner rather than later. the house judiciary committee voted 24-17, a straight party line vote, to g g chairman gerald nadler permission to issue subpoenas to the justice department, demanding it release the full unredacted report. >> we're going to work with the attorney general and for a short period of time, in the hope that he will reveal to us the entire mueller report and all the underlying materials and we'll go to courtoet permissn to vehe 6c albuha doesn'trk, thenh issue the subpoes

the receptionist notified secret service that zhang was not authorized to be on the property.he was taken off property for questioning and was later arrested. she possessed four cell phones, a computer and a thumb drive containing malicious malware, which can be used to tamper with computers. in a statement, the secret service said it does not determine who is invited or welcome at mar-a-lago. club management determines which members and guests are granted access to the property. cbs news security contributor fran townsend says the secret service has a difficult job protecting a property that it doesn't fully control. >> they do the best they can, but this instance was sort of a perfect storm where she lied her way past multiple checkpoints. >> reporter: president trump was asked about this incident a short time ago, and he said, number one, he's not concerned about chinese espionage at mar-a-lago. and number two, he thinks the secret service did a very good job. jeff? >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. it's been a long time since andrew dusted off his dancing sho

reportero: zhang asegura que un amigo chino con la contrato a travÉs del servicio de mensajerÍa popularos. aunque asegurÓ que estÁn preparados para enfrentar cualquier escenario. dijo ademÁs que la polÍtica migratoria mexicana no cambiara. se seguirÁn otorgando visas humanitarias a los migrantes que lo solicite. alberto garcÍa con el reporte. alberto: el gobierno de mÉxico dice que enfrenta una nueva estrategia de donald trump, quien asegura que cerrara las fronteras porque el gobierno de andrÉs manuel lÓpez obrador no hace nada por detener la una inmigrantes entronizados que buscan llegar a estados unidos. >> estÁn en campaÑa o en contienda, tienesus temas que no son temas de mÉxico. mÉxico no quiere ser parte de la contienda en la campaÑa electoral. reportero: el presidente dijo que el gobierno de mÉxico ha empezado a detener a los inmigrantes africanos en chiapas. dijo que tiene que haber hecho esto desde hace tiempo atrÁs. donald trump: estoy listo para cerrarla, si tengo que cerrarla. alberto: las declaraciones de trump convocaron una conferencia de prensa. el canciller resaltÓ que

zhang is supposed to be arraigned next monday.should know really any minute now or sometime by this afternoon, whether she gets bond or whether she stays locked up. >> dana: all right. we'll keep an eye on this. especially fine out what the chinese say, in addition to all of that. thank you, phil keating. so, should felons be allowed to vote from behind bars? one 2020 candidate thinks so. our campaign trail mix is next. >> this is the wealthiest country on earth. we have more people in jail than any other country. experience the style, craftsmanship and technology that have made the rx the leading luxury suv of all time. lease the 2019 rx 350 for $409 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. 4 out of 5 people who have a stroke, their first symptom... is a stroke. 80 percent of all strokes and heart disease? preventable. and 149 dollars is all it takes to get screened and help take control of your health. we're life line screening... and if you're over 50... call this number, to schedule an appointment... for

now, once inside, officials say zhang told a secret service agent she was going to the swimming pool handed over two chinese passports as i.d. after several interviews, the criminal complaint says her belongings were concerned turning up four cell phones, a laptop, an external hard drive and a thumb drive. >> the miami herald reports that cindy yang event, trump was in florida at the time of the breach, golfing at a different property, trump international. he returned to mar-a-lago hours later. however, the first lady and other members of the trump family were at mar-a-lago when the incident did occur. the secrets is is telling "the washington post" the service does not determine who is invited or william at mar-a-lago, this is the responsibility of the host entity. the club's management determines which members and guests are granted access to the property. this access does not afford an individual proximity to the president or other secret service protectees. north korea launched a missile test while president trump was hosting the president at mar-a-lago. and the president was dis

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calling 32-year-old yujing zhang a waitress, prosecutors shared.t they found inside a hotel room, $8,000 in cash, several credit cards, a signal detector radio frequency device, nine usb drives, five sim cards, and a fifth cell phone. secret service arrested her, the president's winter white house,g four cell phones, one laptop, one external hard drive, and a thumb drive which contained malicious software. she is charge of making false statements to a federal officer and entering restricted property. a former fbi counterintelligence expert tells us he believes this was a chinese spy efforts. >> the fact that the woman was in that location at that time is absolutely no accident at all. it is no doubt in my mind that it is some sort of an intelligence operation. potentially an operation that may have been sanctioned by either the chinese government or an intelligent service. >> after two hours in court today, the judge granted i.c.e.'s defense team motion to be carried out next week, so tht someone from china can be thereo assist her. as for that mal

. >> her name is yujing zhang. >> the receptionist is the one who figured out she wasn't on any kind of a list. >> president trump was staying at mar-a-lago that day. >> there were pops-- i mean, boom. >> another fire at a houston- area chemical plant, the second in two weeks. >> one person was killed, two others injured. >> president trump is threatening again to close the border. >> a border shutdown would have an immediate economic impact. >> security is more important to me than trade.

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on monday a judge will decide whether to release zhang on bond.n if that happens her freedom will be short lived. immigration officials have revoked her visa and would likely take her into custody immediately. >> fascinating as prosecutors have more on this. thank you. >>> people across israel are voting right now in one of that country's tightest election races in years, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is fighting to win his first term in office. he faces a tough challenge from his own former military chief benny gantz. netanyahu is touting his close ties with president trump on the campaign trial. seth doane is in tel aviv with what's at stake. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are here in a polling place where people are casting their ballots in an election that is very much being seen as a referendum on prime minister benjamin netanyahu who has in many ways put president trump on the ballot, too voters cast ballots today determining the future of israel where the electorate is increasingly conservative, hawkish and religious. what'

social scientist michele zhang as also part of the future cities lab project she's looking at how green spaces are used and how they contribute to community building . to meet in a few minutes but i think that this garden is used mostly by the people who live here like this retiree who comes here every day for a workout. he's proud to show us the apartment he owns in the block not only does it have a great view he says it's area enough that he almost never has to turn on the air conditioning. like him most people in singapore live in public housing. places like. three thousand people live here around the same number as an average village and the idea is reflected in the development which groups blocks of eighty units into villages. the green areas and sky vale are meant for communal use but the project's roof terraces are nearly empty apparently building a community involves more than just providing spaces for it to happen. it's not just a provide a space and a boring. stare we have to consider what kind of people what they use like. base what kind of needs they. know what kind of activ

. >> reporter: a woman named yujing zhang is accused of trespassing at president trump's mar-a-lago resort in florida. according to court documents the 32-year-old got inside after presenting two chinese passports. she told the secret service agents she was there to use the pool. they mistakenly thought she was the member of a club member because she had the same last name. after she was admitted, she changed her story telling the receptionist she was there for a chinese american friendship event. she knew of no such thing. according to an affidavit, she became verbally aggressive and taken to a secret service office. agents found she had four cellphones with her, a laptop, an external hard drive, and a thumb drive that contained what was only described as suspicious malware. the secret service agents noticed she did not have a bathing suit. president trump staid at mar-a-lago but was not at the property when the woman was arrested. >> we're deeply interested in who sent her there, what's she doing there, how did she get as far as she did through security, and just what kind of malware was

yujing zhang, the chinese woman accused of entering mar-a-lago by lying to an agent.ad four cell phones, laptop, hardware drive, thumb drive containing malware. she said her frint charles sent her there to an event that was promoted by cindy yang. yang used to own the massage parlor targeted by law officials lately. who is lee? lee seems to be a operator and mixer who wants to hobnob to the rich and famous and who has long-standing ties to the chinese government and communist party objections of concern to counterintelligence experts. what is going on here is hard to know. this is prince charles as his alias. >> he uses a lot of different names and entities and businesses. a lot of groups add united nations to it. they have nothing to do with the united nations. the piece we put out yesterday, and it gets kind of complicated. i will teat out a liweet out a >> i just good it. >> thank you. >> you look at some of the things he incorporated in colorado and it turns out the registered addresses are empty lots or businesses that have nothing to do with charles lee and it t

zhang in china is like smith in the u.s. this was a big blunder. this was a private mar-a-lago administration problem. >> meanwhile the "washington post" has new reporting on a chinese individual known as dr. charles who according to the paper appears to be neither a doctor nor a charles. according to both the "post" and the "miami herald," zhang told secret service agents she was on the property by invitation of charles, which is an influence peddling organization, which may have been involved in chinese efforts to get close to trump and others. the beijing address listed for the association and found no such organization. richard haas, chinese influence, problems here, go. >> there are two obvious p possibilities here, this is some scam that people are using out of china to get rich and the other is that china has targeted mar-a-lago. this is an obvious target. the chinese vacuumed the entire office of personnel management. they got 20 million files out of there with americans' personal data. of course they're going after mar-a-lago. it's a loose

terrorists did make a public speech in china but there was no mention of the we go community inching zhang a glaring omission according to human rights groups who claim as many as one million we get as could be being held in detention in an article for the washington post the executive director of human rights watch kenneth roth detects a pattern he writes could terrorists should show that he can fulfill the full scope of his responsibilities as un secretary general he's excessively quark diplomacy is selling short his position and the promise of the united nations the secretary general has only once publicly spoken about the we get issue this year and that was to decline to answer a question i know that there is a dialogue between the office of their commission human rights and the people's republic of china in that regard i am not in a position to give any details at the present moment probably if a would be talking about it i would make it more difficult for it to succeed china has considerable clout at the un as one of the five permanent members of the un security council is that why t

yujing zhang has actually been charged with lying to a federal officer and unlawful entry to a privateough of course that is what all of the speculation is regarding her equipment and all of that. so far the prosecutors have said that she had lied about her entry, she had originally said she wanted to use the pool and then she said she was going to an event that did not exist. the defence has pointed out that the event, while she had incorrectly named it, did indeed exist that night at mar—a—lago, that she had been a guest of an event, and so really we don't know much about this case yet. the hearing today was just a pre—trial detention hearing, that means the prosecutors we re hearing, that means the prosecutors were moving to make sure that she stayed in detention in the united states as they move forward with their case. the defence actually asked for an extension, that has been granted until next week. so the pre—trial detention hearing will finished next monday. in addition there will be an arraignment, a formal arraignment on those charges of lying to a federal agent as well as u

according to court documents, mar-a-lago security was unable to verify zhang was on the access list. due to a language barrier, mar-a-lago believed her to be the relative of a member with the same last name, and she was allowed access to the club. once inside, officials say zhang told a secret service agent she was going to the swimming pool and handed over two chinese passports as id. after several interviews, the criminal complaint says her belongings were searched, turning up four cell phones, a lab top, an external hard drive, and a thumb drive with malicious software but no swim suit. she was then arrested and charged with making false statements and for entering a restricted area. the "miami herald" reports she was headed to an event promoted by the south florida massage parlor entrepreneur, who sold access to the president's family. >> can't make this up. >> trump was in florida at the time of the breach, golfing at a different property, trump international. he returned to mar-a-lago hours later. the first lady and other members of the trump family at mar-a-lago when the incid