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From both his words and his body language believes he may be at an inflection point, that he may finally be able to convince the chinese after three predecessors that failed to finally step up and use the enormous leverage they have to bring this north korean regime to heal. >> jon: he has been saying very positive things about president xi. what kinds of influence can they wield over north korea? >> they clearly have got military, political influence, but most of all, they control that economy....

Nonnuclear bomb on afghanistan against isis and underground tunnels. joining me now is william mccomb. a former senator and advisor to president the right decision, the right use of that weapon? >> i think it was. i think hes taking advice from his commander in the field and also secretary mattis. so i think they had a specific target. this was the right weapon for that target. and its an indication that we have more powerful weapons. we have one even more powerful than that. but nonetheless, i ...

♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? chase. helping you master whats now and whats next. tonight the president went back to his golf club thingie in florida. it will be his seventh trip there as president. because of that, youve seen a bunch of reporting about how much more we the taxpayers are spending to send him golfing at his florida club every weekend, compared to all the vacation and travel expenses of his ...

Apparently in the conversation with president xi, he said you help us with north korea and we wont ask for stringent trade deals from you. >> i wouldnt make that deal because we need progress on both but both f of trumps predecessors has tried to work with china. it didnt work then. xi jinping has been in power since november 2012. the north koreans have detonated three nuclear devices. he hasnt stopped those. china has a real interest in making sure north korea unnerves us. i hope there was a c...

Stuff is perfectly reasonable. >> last word from both of you. first to julia, do they believe the russians helped trump win? >> no. >> they dont? okay. bianna, do they think the -- >> no, they dont. im sorry, what? >> do they believe the russians helped trump win? >> do they believe that russians helped trump win? i think it depends on who you ask. i think for the most part no. i think they believe in vladimir putin. i think that hes been able to distract them from economic distraughts at home. ...

And keep watching all year long. in his inaugural speech, president trump said the priority in his administration will be america and american workers first. he made no mention of americas traditional role as a global leader but as weve been talking about this hour the trump foreign policy seems to be a work in progress. with that in mind, heres how his predecessors outlined their visions of americas role in the world. >> we must use our skill and knowledge and at times our substance to help o...

"with his message delivered both and missiles and a presidential address at the podium and his private residence in florida, president trump faces difficulties his predecessors and other world leaders have grappled with for years. now what?" that is a big question throughout the day. >> wright, now watch? what you heard from second tillerson is their plan. it is to project strength much like ronald reagan mentality, but get to the table and perhaps say where you listen to russia saying that it i...

>> harris: ices has gotten bigger on the ground in syria. well move on, im sure this will come back. a striking back at evil. thats also what we are talking about, the u.s. is fighting a barrage of missiles at a syrian air base used in the horrific chemicals attack. we are live next from the pentagon. how president trumps quick action on syria differs from that of his predecessors. lets get into that. thats really important. stay close

National security analyst general michael hate yep, the former director of both the cia and the national security agency. so they are pretty terse, the state department statement. the united states has spoken enough about north korea. we have no further comment. is that a fly strategy? >> im actually heartened a bit by it. the approach of the obama administration is what they called strategic patience and frankly at the time i thought that actually showed some wisdom. kind of the metaphor, wolf,...

From the middle east. >> so far, the white house has not said much on what the next move for the united states is. describing the assad regime in syria is just a political reality. weve heard that a couple of times from the press secretary in the last week or so. the president will probably be asked about this at a press conference set to happen in a few hours with jordan. our next guest has bee writing about the presidents foreign policy back with me, of course, political national reporter and ...