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Taking on kim jung un. kevin cork live in beijing this morning. >> you are right about that. this is a very interesting opportunity for donald trump as he makes his way to beijing and percolating trade war. the president comes here to beijing with a promise to deliver and help he's looking to get from leadership in china and i will tell you about both. we show you pictures of the president landing here with his lovely wife the first lady this afternoon. the president promised to level the playing field on trade between the world's largest economies and that means getting china to open more mar...

To have dinner in a forbidden city. very symbolic as they roll out the real red carpet for president trump. they are well aware there, flattery is the way to president trump's heart. president trump needs a lot, though. he wants his help on the north korean nuclear threat. he wants concessions on closing the trade gap. what does he want from president trump? why the flattery? why the symbolism? why so much pomp and circumstance? >> could be because this president has the toughest language of any president about the chinese trade relationship and what china should be doing with north korea. >> ...

Makes his way to beijing. he wants to deliver on a promise but also get a bit of help from the government here in china. we'll get to the help in a moment. first as we share pictures of the president's arrival yesterday at the airport we'll talk about delivering on the promise. he has long said he wants to do all he can to level the playing field on trade between the world's two largest economies. that means getting china to open up more markets, lower trade barriers and decrease the massive nearly $250 billion trade gap currently in china's favor. that's at the top of the agendas well as nort...

Melania donald trump and first lady melania having dinner with their chinese counterparts. jillian: traveling with the president, what is on the agenda today? >> reporter: perfect way to put it, high-stakes, the president and first lady make their way to beijing, not just a chance to interact with their counterparts. for the president an opportunity to have high-level meetings with his counterpart president xi jinping, so much to get to and a real offensive happening in beijing from the flag filled welcome at the airport this afternoon to the beauty and pageantry of the forbidden city but as t...

The president slamming and criticizing japan's trade practices. >> we want free and reciprocal trade but right now our trade with japan is not free, and it's not reciprocal. and i know it will be. >> trade a major focus of trump's trip to asia, the u.s. runs deficits with each of the countries he will visit. the president did not say how he would narrow the $37 billion trade deficit with japan. it's the third largest trade gap. it is not inherently good or bad on its own but something the president was basically elected by saying he would end. speaking to a group of japanese business leaders, ...