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Xi jinping in surprise visit to beijing. kim is expected to attend summit with moon jae-in late in april and meet with president trump is in works as well. the president tweeting wednesday, for years and through many administrations everyone said that peace and denuclearization of the korean peninsula was not even a small possibility, now there is a good chance that kim jong un will do what is right for his people and for humanity, look forward to our meeting. paul wilkowicz is an american schol...

I know the best people. i know the best managers. i know the best deal makers. i know people that will make us so -- i know guys that are so good. i know the best people. weve got the best people. i have the best people. so were going to get the best people. >> despite those mentions as you may have heard of the best people, thus far in just the month of march we have witnessed the departure of six administration officials, including the secretary of state, national security adviser, comms direc...

Very best to sort of put a band-aid on all this, its a scary time. >> and an administration without a chief of staff didnt work so well during the ford and carter administrations for various periods of time there. guys, good to see you both, have a good holiday weekend. thank you. up next, why the president says amazon is part of a scam worth billions of dollars. youk for pneumococcal pneumonia that can take you out of the game for weeks, even if youre healthy. pneumococcal pneumonia is a pote...

Continues. new reporting tonight from "the washington post" sheds new light on the huge number of open positions in this administration that just havent been filled. according to "the post," 387 of trumps appointees have been confirmed. compare that to 548 of the obama folks, 615 by the george w. bush folks by this time in their administrations. the responsibility of filling their positions falls largy on something called the presidential personnel office. but according to the "the post" the obs...

The successive administrations have made gains pushinging isisout of iraq and syria. all of that can be jeopardyidized if the trump administration withdraws. the president has governed in a different way than what he said on the campaign trail. increasing the number of 2r506s in sievia 10 fold, now he is talking about pulling back. it is not clear this is red meat to his political base, when he talks about withdrawing from sir ya, or if it is something he wants to do. what we are hearing from do...

Administrations. ive never seen. it is almost scary how mean spirited and chaotic the white house is and can be. so to operate without -- the idea of operating without a chief of staff to me is apt to running a government. how do you run without a communications director? he likes to fly by the seat of his pants, make his own decisions. everyone who has ever done business with him will tell you that. he means well. i get it. but this is the u.s. government. it is not a start-up operation. its be...

Beach with the very latest. abby. >> reporter: good morning, john. president trump is waking up here in west palm beach, and hes waking up with a smaller than usual inner circle with the departure of hope hicks. the newly named white house secretary, the white house doctor, is getting scrutiny over his resume and whether he has the qualifications to do this job. mounting accident is similar on capitol hill about the qualifications of president trumps nominee to lead the department of veterans af...

That role. theres one personal sitting in the oval office. what has been really troubling about the strategy is that they dont have one. and it doesnt mat here is in the job so why not make dan scavino the communications director. they havent been able to use to it get legislation passed. it is not a successful track record. he may just see it as somebody who is his close friend or somebody he can complain to. and it makes me sad because i told the honor of serving in that job and many people ha...

Up and leave. the problem is you dont do this without preparation. secondly, if you get skpup and leave, youre opening up that whole kurdish area to the russia iranians and it becomes an iranian satellite. >> i was very surprised to hear him say they were pulling the military out of syria very soon, given during the campaign he was very critical of president obama saying they were going to pull out troops on such and such a date. listen to what he used to say. >> one of the things i think youve ...

Future of syria. the presidents words speak for themselves. read into that what you will. of course, this is noteworthy because the president, often, is criticized other leaders for telegraphing their moves, in ord words, telling opponents what they are planning to do. the president clearly did that yesterday. beyond that, it leads to a question of what happens next. the president has been critical of previous administrations for the role of the united states playing in iraq and leaving that cou...