Its thursday, april 5th. With signs on of uncertainty as President Trump heads into a trade war with china, the white house with insisted its just a bargaining chip. The president once again exaggerating the u. S. Trade deficit with china by 163 billion, despite numerous fact checks. The wall street journal reports that President Trump who initiated the tensions over chinese trade practices has put himself in position to face mounting pressure from lawmakers and navigating cumbersome new trade rules all of which was feeding tremendous volatility into the stock and commodities market. The Washington Post reports the president is finally expediting the policies that got him elected and is more comfortable without a number of aides around him who are tempering his instincts. And he cites poll number necessary recent weeks as a reason he should do it his own way. There is concern as chinas move to match americas 50 billion in tariffs goes after a key crop for u. S. Farmers. China purchases 61 of total u. S. Soybean exports and more than 30 of overall u. S. Soybean production. The headline in the Des Moines Register this morning reads tariffs may help to sink farmers. Iowas republican senators are respond to go that. Senator jonis ernst said yesterday there is a real danger that increased tariffs on u. S. Exports will harm iowa producers and undermine the rural economy. The administrations action could hurt Global Supply chain. And senator Chuck Grassley said had this, the United States should take action to defend its interests when any foreign nation isnt playing by the rules or refuses to police itself. But farmers and ranchers should not be expected to bear the brunt of retaliation for the entire country. It is not fair. It is important to to remember the big picture. So what is the Administration Message to, for example, the farmer he, the soybean farmer or the hog farmer in the state of iowa . We are trying to put in place measures which will have the backs of our farmers and our ranchers and everybody else in this country. Lets keep in mind the Bigger Picture here. Is china trying to pit portions of america against other portions of america with its strategic avenues on these tariffs . Is that the case . Again, i get back to this issue. China is engaged in these massive practices that harm this country. All were asking them to do is stop doing it. So here is the thing. National economic director larry kudlow expressed caution about whether the full effects of these tariffs will actually ever be felt. Is it possible that these stiff new tariffs against china are, in fact, a negotiating tactic and wont go into effect . Yes, its possible. Its part of the process. I mean, i would take the president seriously on this tariff issue. You know, there are carrots and sticks, but he is ultimately a free trader. He said that to me. He said it publicly. So he wants to solve this with the least amount of pain. Meanwhile in beijing, its confirmed there is no winner in a trade war. The Chinese Ambassador to the United States met with officials at the state department, particularly with acting secretary of state john sullivan. After that meeting, he spoke with reporters. Here is ambassador kai. What about the negotiations . Of course the negotiation will still be our preference, but it takes two to tango. Well see. Switching gears here, President Trump has reluktly agreed to keep u. S. Troops in syria. But as pressuring military commanders to end american involvement in the wartorn country as soon as possible. President trump wants air regard allies to take over and pay for stabilizing and reconstructing areas liberated from isis. According to nbc news, the president met with his National Security team on tuesday. A Senior Administration official described trump as frustrated and exasperated with the answers he was getting. The president s team could not put a time frame on how long it would take to train local forces to maintain their gains after the u. S. Leaves the region. But the president agreed to give the effort more time when advisers reminded him that he was criticized. He has criticized setting arbitrary deadlines particularly withdraw in the past. President trump has signed a declaration to send National Guard troops to the southern border. It calls for the departments of defense and Homeland Security to fight with boarders on illegal immigration. The move is being activated under title 32 which gives governors command and control over their troops while the federal government foots the bill. The troops will not make contact with any immigrants. Yesterday, Kiersten Nielsen will put this in place. The administration insists that a surge over the past month and the potential uptick this month is cause for urgency. We are seeing more and more advertising, very unfortunately by the traffickers and smugglers to our south specific to how to go around our boarders. Today is the day we want to start this process. The threat is real. George w. Bush sent 6,000 National Guard troops to the southern border back in 2006. President trump sent 1200 back in 2010. In both cases, troops supported Border Patrol but did not carry out any seizures or arrests. Coming up on morning joe, Homeland Security secretary will be joining us on set. Joining us on set, daniel lippman. Good to see you this morning. Thanks for having me. Lets talk about syria this year. President trump telling military leaders he wanted them to prepare to withdraw troops from syria as soon as possible. What are you making now of President Trumps most recent push to pulp troops out of syria . Basically against the advice, really, of his top military leaders. Youre seeing his isolation come out. He has long been against foreign interventions, but hes brought people like mike pompeo and jan bolton into his administration and they disagree on when to pull troops out. Remember when the u. S. Stopped intervening in afghanistan after the soviets left, you had the taliban rise up. For the u. S. To ignore what happens in syria as long as isis is technically defeed, thats just not good news longterm for the u. S. Lets talk about the decision to send National Guard troops to the southern border. Was trumps decision you think somewhat or at all prizing . Hes been talking about immigration for a couple of days. He had mentioned the military, but followed through with decision yesterday. Talk to us about how it was rolled out. Was that in itself surprising . Yeah. As you mentioned, the number of Illegal Immigrants coming into the u. S. Is the lowest level since 1971. So its not this huge crisis. You always see a stream of immigrants from Central America making their way through new mexico to get to the u. S. Around this time of year. Its not clear that the National Guard will actually do much to stem that tide. And it seems like he has lashed out after watching something on fox news and thats a regular occurrence for this administration. The prosecution and defense teams in bill cosbys sexual trial have selected their jury. The jury will consistent of seven men and 5 women. Widespread impact of the me too movement have made the Selection Process pretty difficult for cosbys defense team. There were concerns of racial bias after with one of the Defense Attorneys accused prosecutors of rejecting potential jurors solely on on the basis of their race and their gender. Cosby is accused of drugging and molesting Andrea Constan back in 2004. He maintains the encounter was consensual. Prosecutors plan to call as many as five additional accusers in an effort to portray cosby as a serial predator. He has denied all accusations of sexual misconduct. The new trial is set to begin april 9th. Still ahead, potential ethics issues for incoming security adviser john bolton while white house lawyers are questioning him about. And a check on your weather when we come back. Whether its a big thing, small thing, or something unexpected, pnc will be right there when you need us. Because when it comes to your finances, if you focus on today, tomorrow has a way of working itself out. And sometimes, i dont eat the way i should. So, i drink boost. Boost high protein nutritional drink has 15 grams of protein to help maintain muscle and 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d. Look for savings on boost in your sunday paper. Including calcium [seen it. Covered it. N. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. 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Does he agree with mcmaster that we have failed to impose sufficient costs on russia . What mr. Master said is that weve been very tough on russia. He echoed the president s message from yesterday that no one has been tougher on this president than this president. What he also said was other nations could do more and should do more. Thats not different or in contrast to anything that weve said. Not what he said. Not what he said at all. Incredible. So while mcmaster did say in his speech that the United States is act, he also said, quote, but we must recognize the need for all of us to do more to respond to and deter russian aggression. And he did not say no one has been tougher than russia on President Trump. Just 6 1 2 weeks ago when mcmaster spoke about the kremlin undermining the u. S. In the president ial election, President Trump tweeted this, general mcmaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians. Incoming National Security adviser john boltons has reportedly been meeting with white House Attorneys about possible conflicts of interest. The John Bolton Pac and super pac are not officially shutting down when he gets his office. As long as boltons pac wasnt raising or spending any money while he worked in the white house, it could still keep its name and would not be in violation. Bolton agreed. Bolton and the white house did not return repeated questions for comment on the story. Bolton is slated to take over as National Security adviser on monday. With that, lets go to bill carin wes a check on your weather. Oh, i have great news. Im sure you do. Snow. Perfect cuddle weather. Its fantastic. Keep moving. That windstorm was quite the thing yesterday. All the airport problems we had, still a little windy in areas from boston up to maine, but it is improving. Mow the cold air is filtered all the way to the south. We have freeze warnings that cover much of tennessee, kentucky, even the raleigh area. The windchill values get your attention as you get out there this morning. Right now in atlanta, southern mississippi, jackson, feels like 38. Windchill in buffalo is in the teens this morning. Here is the forecast for today. The southern half of the country this time of year, as long as you get the sun, youll warm it up. 6 6 in atlanta is your recovery. Fine in florida. Texas looks good. The northeast still has the chill to it with breezy conditions throughout the day. 44 in boston. 47 in new york. The high of 30 in billings. Thats the next shot of really cold air coming down. With it, were going to get some snow, too. Lets fast forward. Snow breaking out here through south dakota, through nebraska. As we go through friday afternoon, a little bit of snow trying to pop up through kansas city. Friday evening, which this is when it blossoms through friday morning. Snow are from charleston to washington. The latest trend is to be south of new york city and maybe philadelphia, d. C. Southward towards richmond. Richmond getting snow in daytime hours in april is almost unheard of. Not a huge ordeal, but the possibility of accumulating snow, West Virginia, maybe somewhere near d. C. , baltimore, maybe philadelphia. And then winter will be over, right, bill. . For bill it is. Hes going on spring break next week. At some point guys, no. I am sensitive to everyone no matter where i am. Until we see those pictures. Enjoy your week off cuddling, bill. Its going to be hot where hes going. Still ahead, its show time once again out west as the angels phenom goes yard for the second time. And the masters is set to tee off at augusta. Well explain next in sports. Or is it . This farmers morning starts in outer space. Where satellites feed infrared images of his land into a system built with ai. 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Stanton, sanchez and judge each had twohad run homers to help the yankees to a 72 win. Turning now to a issue regarding patriots receiver julian edelman. Police say a 14yearold boy in michigan admitted to post ago threat to, quote, shoot my school up. Referring to the middle school he attends. The New York Times reports the boy was taken to a juvenile Detention Center and punishable up to four years in jail. Edelman told reporters that the real hero is the person who alerted him to the comment. Tiger woods is among the favorites to win in augusta. According to Westgate Las Vegas super book, woods has 121 odds while spieth, mcilroy and thomas stop topped the list. Not that i gamble, but yesterday i put my money on spieth. Jack nicklaus grandson made a hole in one which was a legendary moment for his grandfather. If youre squeamish and you dont like type things, tolony fanu celebrated his ace a little too hard yesterday rolling his ankle on the fairway. Then he, yeah, popped it back into place. Scheduled to have an mri later today. And the worst part is is this was his masters debut. That looks like it i have to say, ive rolled my ankle before, as a runner, and it hurts. Did you. Pop it back into place . No. It blows up for two weeks and i sit there with ice on it. He popped it back into place and continues to celebrate. He was like, oh. We hope the mri comes back today negative at least so he can get back out on the golf course. We should have used one of those sound effects for when he. Popped it back in. Would either of you watch if woods is in the running on sunday . Yeah. Its played in some other tournamen