trump's recent comments were "disheartening and demoralizing." mr. trump's travel ban was put on hold by a federal judge last week. >> 212-"f." >> reporter: today the president recited the law he believes justifies the order. >> and it couldn't have been written any more precisely. it's not like, "oh, gee, we wish it were written better." it was written beautifully. >> reporter: yesterday, three federal appeals court judges heard arguments on whether to reinstate mr. trump's travel ban. an audio feed of the hearing was broadcast widely on television. >> and i was a good student. i understand things. i comprehend very well. okay. better than i think almost anybody. and i want to tell you, i listened to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful. it was disgraceful. >> reporter: president trump argued the country is at risk because his executive order is not being enforced right now. >> terrorism say far greater threat than the people of our country understand, but we're going to take care of it. >> reporter: the white house release

stop talking about mr trump. huge coverage with russia media just now because of understanding, understanding mr trump is devoted to internal american interests rather than lifting sanctions from mr putin. he could be even stronger with mr obama with his approach to crimea, ukraine, syriaened a the middle east in general terms. i think that is why they already started to understand. it's my believe, my prediction is, in one month's understand. it's my believe, my prediction is, in one months time mrtrump will prediction is, in one months time mr trump will become an enemy for mr putin. that's inevitable. unless, they have something on mr trump. we know about the allegations. you yourself have been a victim, you we re yourself have been a victim, you were videoed in a hotel room. the russians say they have no interested in tailing and bugging mr trump when he came to russia in 2013. do you believe that? i have no information. i would say some kind of following was in place. i don't know what compromise that could

mr trump band had two states arguing it was unconstitutional. the president has tweeted, see you in court. the japanese prime minister has arrived for a summit with the us president. it is thought shinzo abe will look at japanese investments in america. and she ending on bbc... archaeologists have found a cave which once housed the dead sea scrolls in thejudaea and desert. —— judaic and desert. our top uk stories... the government as defendant the scheme about immigrants after being criticised. now for asia business report. golf diplomacy, the japanese prime minister tees off to negotiate with president donald trump. we speak to singapore education minister as the country tries to reinvent its workforce. welcome to asia business report live from singapore. the much anticipated meeting betweenjapan‘s prime minister and the us president donald trump takes place later today. she and the other is the first asian leader to meet the president. —— shinzo abe. he also was the first to congratulate him in person on the victory. he comes bearing

he says mr. trump is continuing mrs. post's great tradition of hosting, with one significant difference. >> mr. trump, when he took over, he made it a club. he invited his friends, but for an initiation fee. >> so it's still a home for friends but friends that pay an initiation fee. >> yes. and this helps with the cost. >> i've got to try that with my own friends. >> reporter: for at least the last few years, members of mar-a-lago have paid $14,000 a year in dues and a $100,000 initiation fee. but when we visited in january, lemke told us this -- >> we get a lot of requests for membership. we moved the membership fee to $200,000. nonrefundable. >> reporter: the doubling of the initiation fee, effective january 1, has been confirmed. prompting some to question whether mr. trump is profiting from his election. the club claims the fee had been $200,000 back before the last recession. >> does attendance spike when mr. trump is here? >> phenomenally. instead of five people for lunch, we may have 150 people. it's incredible. >

mr abe is pressured by mr trump to for insta nce is pressured by mr trump to for instance appreciate the japanese yen or by american automobiles, which have not been known to sell at all injapan. have not been known to sell at all in japan. that would have not been known to sell at all injapan. that would be considered humiliating, but i don't think mr abe will concede in that way. he already has a financial deal which is offering from that japanese side, so if trump and shinzo abe strike up something which is beneficial to both i think the community will feel optimistic about the trump administration. when all is said and done who do you think will benefit from this us— japan trade business relationship? by intuition right now is that the us will benefit a bit more, but in the long fill the vacuum@ ‘for decades taiwan nuclear power for decades taiwan will stop it ms z.‘.,_.il.i1i1:..,.. nw. by? by'y used into by'y "ice cultivating ' w ' 7 l is ’ helping t5525 helping taiwan these fields are helping taiwan produce more energy. produce more renewable energy. because the soil i

law within days of mr trump's inauguration. but now he's in the white house, the president has changed his tune. he sees himself as america's greatest deal—maker and seems to believe he can make the deal between israel and the palestinians that evaded the last four american presidents. but that, he said, means give and take. as far as settlements, i'd like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit. we'll work something out. but i would like to see a deal be made. i think a deal will be made. as with any successful negotiation, both sides will have to make compromises. you know that, right? both sides. but in a middle east that is often chaotic, mr netanyahu sees opportunities. for the first time in my lifetime, and for the first time in the life of my country, arab countries in the region do not see israel as an enemy, but increasingly as an ally. and that's because israel and the arab states in the gulf have a common enemy. it's iran. it's seen as a big threat in the region by the governments in the region and the

mr trump and he's in milwaulkee. you voted for mr trump, i think. were you surprised that he got all the way to the white house? know i wasn't. i think that when you said earlier in the show, you hit the nail on the head. the two issues that propelled donald trump and bernie sanders, the american people have lost confidence in the trade deals that have been negotiated and lost interest in an interventionist foreign policy. it's a winning coalition. what do you think of what he's done so far? i've been generally pleased. i think he ran his campaign here, from the outside in. appealed to the outsiders then we nt in. appealed to the outsiders then went to the inside. he is doing his foreign policy in reverse, shoring up foreign policy in reverse, shoring up and reassuring our closest allies, which in my view are japan and great britain. and then of course the canadians and the mexicans. i think he's doing a good job and! mexicans. i think he's doing a good job and i think those relationships are going to hold and be str

three states put mr. trump over the top. the margin combined was more than 77,000 of over 129 million that were cast. >>> ahead, jeff pegues looks into leaks. >>> today in germany world leaders are getting an up close and personal look at the trump administration. mike pence is leading the u.s. delegation to the munich security council. the conference is known for providing an informal gathering of allies and adversaries to meet. many are expected to attend. >>> well, no one was injured when two airliners clipped wings at a phoenix airport. the faa says a southwest airliner was taxiing and a frontier jet was pushing back from the gate when the incident occurred last night. both planes were evacuated because of a fuel leak. the national transportation safety board is investigating. >>> a strong storm system is moving over california today. it's the latest in a string of storms that has drenched the state. the most intense rainfall is expected today and tomorrow. the heavy rain could lead to more mudslides and flooding. high w

another superlative mr. trump lamb bassed against mr. durningbull is this is by far the worst call on that saturday that they spoke. of course the past day or so he spokesperson from the white house came out doing damage control and saying this. he said, he has, meaning mr. trump, has tremendous respect for the prime minister as well as for the australian people. he also got some rebuke from members of congress, chief among them, paul ryan. majority leader. australia shouldn't be worried about its relationship with our new president. mr. mccain, senator john mccain, one of the leading senior republicans here in the u.s. calling australia's ambassador saying, he has this unwavering support. not only mr. mccain but also other high levels of congress going to the australian ambassador basically trying to ease any sentiment there. of course this is in a long and growing line of things that mr. trump has talked about with traditionally u.s. allies along with the refugee deal, he has been talking to japan and china about potential currency all

three states put mr. trump over the top. the margin combined was more than 77,000 of over 129 million that were cast. >>> ahead, jeff pegues looks into leaks. >>> today in germany world leaders are getting an up close and personal look at the trump administration. mike pence is leading the u.s. delegation to the munich security council. the conference is known for providing an informal gathering of allies and adversaries to meet. many are expected to attend. >>> well, no one was injured when two airliners clipped wings at a phoenix airport. the faa says a southwest airliner was taxiing and a frontier jet was pushing back from the gate when the incident occurred last night. both planes were evacuated because of a fuel leak. the national transportation safety board is investigating. >>> a strong storm system is moving over california today. it's the latest in a string of storms that has drenched the state. the most intense rainfall is expected today and tomorrow. the heavy rain could lead to more mudslides and flooding. high w

the us economy in this meeting to persuade mr trump thatjapan is really a n persuade mr trump thatjapan is really an ally and a partner for his job creation not an enemy. you are watching news day on the bbc. still to come... living in a lonely world. she takes the midnight train. smiles all the way for ricoh as he sings along with his countrymen who now fronts the american band, journey. there is mr mandela, mr nelson mandela. a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and ter

i think it means that mr mattis and mr trump are good negotiators. let's remind ourselves what nato means. we can't have a situation as we had in the run—up to the first world war and the second world war, when an aggressorfought the second world war, when an aggressor fought —— thought it could pick of one country after another in isolation, without the heavens falling in. what nato means is, you attack any of nato's 28 countries, and you are straightaway at war with the united states. so if you want that guarantee, you've got to pay your minimum contribution. it's an insurance policy. and people who don't pay the premiums can expect not to get the benefits. and that would be a disastrous loss to us all. indeed. does that suggest to you that if lithuania decides it is not going to pay its way, or whomever, pleasant out —— president vladimir putin may feel that he can march in there because mr trump is not going to back them? well, that's the danger. obviously mr trump and his defence secretary are trying to do whatever is necessary to get

mr trump suggested to the visiting israeli prime minister, mr trump suggested to the visiting israeli prime minister the us no longer regards a palestinian state alongside israel, the so—called two—state solution, as the best hope for any peace settlement. police in malaysia investigating the apparent assassination of kim jong—nam, half—brother of north korea's leader, have detained a second woman. they've also carried out an autopsy. no results released yet. the north korean government has asked for the body to be handed over. time now for hardtalk.

he's waiting to assess and find out what mr trump is really up and find out what mr trump is really up to. the iranians government doesn't want the deal to go so presumably his strategy is to keep mrtrump presumably his strategy is to keep mr trump away from that option. they aren't too worried about the deal and several times they said, even the foreign minister said that this isa the foreign minister said that this is a multiparty agreement, america is a multiparty agreement, america is only one side of the agreement and it isn't their decision to get rid of it. the foreign minister also said it would be a tough few years ahead. they've know that mr trump is not a big fan of the iranians regime. but they are waiting, the comments from the supreme leader worth not as harsh as he has been before with other us presidents. i think there is this anticipation to see what is going to happen. despite the hashtag in the tweets, he didn't mention the ban on iranians entering the united states, he didn't condemn it properly. he talked about the muslim ban. it was only the english pa rt musli

thanks to mr. trump i want a graphic we will achieve that. another thing that's going to give their ratings and edge would be mr. trump's adamant rejection and alienation and i call the jcpoa the worlds worst deal in history. you know, extreme statements like that but are not based any factual evidence. whereas the fact mr. trump and his administration want to back out of that is going to show that washington does not follow through its promises, the washington reneges. this now for the first time i think in a long time you are seeing eye duty of thought and message that you really can't trust those elements in washington. even as a multilateral agreement between notch as washington and tehran washington and five other superpowers. i think it's going to solidify their many position and a thing is going to bring, like perhaps the secretary of defense in 1980, 1980 against saddam hussein in postwar. ironically iran is going to win stupid do you agree with that assessment, professor? it's not forget time making it in bins that any vote cast duri

this is what mr trump thought of that.|j what mr trump thought of that.” have a lot of respect for australia, we had a problem where for whatever reason president obama said that they were going to take probably well over a thousands illegal immigrants, who were in prisons and they were again to bring them and ta ke they were again to bring them and take them into this country and i just said why? if i can ask a question of you, why? 1250, could be 2000, could be more than that. why, why are we doing this, what is the purpose? we will see what happens. previous administration does something and you have to respect that but you can also say, why are we doing this? that is why we are in the jams that we are in. we will give you the other point of view, he was the austrian prime minister malcolm turnbull‘s take, rather testy phone calls. well i have seen that report, and i'm not going to comment on the conversation other than to say that in the course of the conversation as you know and was confirmed by the president's of

mr. trump objected to an obama administration agreement in which the u.s. committed to accept more than 1,200 refugees that australia does not want. on twitter, the president called it a "dumb deal." >> and i said, "why? ury are we doing this? what's the purpose?" so we'll see what happens. >> reporter: white house press secretary, sean spicer, offered a sharper assessment of the president's reaction. >> unbelievably disappointed in the previous administration's deal that was made and how edorly it was crafted, and the threat to national security it put the united states in. >> reporter: that's not the only diplomatic test confronting the white house. the trump administration is reviewing new sanctions against iran after it carried out ballistic missile tests and iranian-backed houthi rebels attacked a saudi vessel. >> is military action off the table in iran? >> nothing-- honestly, nothing e off the table. >> there is a clear path to restoring peace in eastern ukraine. >> reporter: late today at the u.n., u.s. ambassador nikki hale condemned russia's aggre

we still wait for a court ruling on mr trump's travel ban. i've a report from montana, focusing on those who support it. those people need to understand that the women of montana at an too. —— at armed. there have been more revelations from the un about the treatment of the minority muslim community in myanmar. i've been speaking to bbc burmese. plus sports news. if you haven't seen downhill skateboarding before, you'll want to stick around for this!

we like mr trump. on that particular issue as to whether journalists are asking mr trump about the stories they are covering, the moment he stepped back, many, many completely reliable journalists queued up to say that we do this every time. this is maggie hagerman from the new york times saying... i can really many, many e—mails from other journalists saying can really many, many e—mails from otherjournalists saying they have the call records and journalists to say. dot—macro i think we can see the president is not sharing with us the president is not sharing with us the truth. it was an astonishing achievement that the election result. we talked about the scale of it with benjamin netanyahu. it did so it with benjamin netanyahu. it did so again today. i put it out for the american people. i got 306 electoral couege american people. i got 306 electoral college votes. i wasn't supposed to get 222. they said there was no way to get you to do. 230 is impossible. 270 is what you need and that is lau

. >> protests against mr. trump broke out again in several cities. this one near palm beach, florida, on saturday where the president attended an event at his mar-a-lago asset. he told reporters his administration would win its case. >> for more, here's sara seidner in san francisco, california. >> there are three judges, a three-panel of judges who will look at there, who look through and say, do we need to agree with the department of justice on legal grounds or is the judge's decision in washington, can that stand as this goes through the courts. the three judges are in three different places, one in hawaii. one of the judges resides in arizona. the other judge resides here in northern california. and so they will all confer likely on e-mail or by phone. and decide what is the legally proper thing to do. at the same time, the department of justice can decide that they want to go bob the 9th circuit court especially if they lose that case and go all the way to the supreme court. but first, i'm sure they would like to hear what the 9th circuit court