china's trade with north korea between 80% and 90% of all north korea's trade. north korea has been trying to limit that economic leverage. we have seen in recent years them trying to reach out to of the countries to establish bilateral trade relations and it has been successful as an attempt to minimize that dependence on china. this really goes back to a long-term strategy that they have had. they never fully integrated into any international system, including throughout the cold war, they never integrated into the economic trades or trade for economic assistance. they feared that in doing so, they would become overly on their former communist allies and they would lose their freedom of action to be told what to develop and what not to develop an want to export and not export, and they want to told the timing relations, so they benefited through the network within the communist bloc and establish the hub and spoke economic relations but never fully integrated. receipt continuation of policy today, where they try to establish relations with other countries in a

where to go with north korea. what we are going to say is that we see what the response in the -- the response has been to press statements. hasee what the response been to many of the member states having conversations with north korea asking them to back , down. it's an unbelievable, irresponsible arrogance we are seeing coming out of kim jong-un at this time. i think the member states recognize that and are sitting back trying to figure out how to move forward. >> ambassador? to clarify what you said about all options are on the table. can you please explain what you think about the option with dialogue, which is what the chinese ambassador has called for? is it now the time for dialogue? or not at all? >> we are not ruling anything out. since these multiple launches, we are reevaluating what u.s.'s approach will be. we are considering every option that's on the table. thank you all very much. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television c

north korean missile launches. we welcome your calls in the conversation, 202-748-8000 for democrats. all others, 202-748-8002. roll out last week of the thaad system, delivery to south korea, missile shield arrive nothing south korea. trip by the secretary of state, tillerson, travel to the region this week on trip that will include stop necessary japan, south korea and china. state department officials says the threat posed by north korea high on mr. tillerson agenda. what message will he be bringing? >> i'd be surprised if it is not the only thing on his agenda that is the issue preeminent in that area. of course he'll be talking to south korea about continuing with the thaad deployment, despite the pressure from china. china putting economic pressure on the south. the korean war didn't end with peace agreement, it just ended with seization of hostility, never been a peace agreement. the u.s. and south korea are linked, unlike places where rising tension, you know there might be debate in congress, should we go

deal with north korea? our alway phone lines are open. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 if you are a republican. for independents, 202-748-8002. join us on facebook. a tweet.ighd us good sunday morning to you. thanks very much for being with us. we want to begin with this headline from the bbc. new concerns this morning over north korea as the country conduct a high trust engine test. here are the details. in jong-il declaring a test north korea's rocket industry. he said the engine would help north korea at you a world-class satellite launch capacity, ate it all and not confirmed elsewhere. that this morning from the bbc. here are the comments from secretary of state rex tillerson, who is in beijing this weekend. he was in tokyo on friday. [video clip] >> let me be very clear. the policy of strategic patients has ended. we are exploring a new range of diplomatic, security, and economic measures. all options are on the table. north korea must understand that the only path to a secure economically pr

are you saying that we need a new up roach to north -- new approach to north korea? i know to solve this nuclear program problem, china needs to play a more active part. in the toolkitls exhausted? what more specific actions can we take in your opinion. and according to a press statement by the state department, i wonder going forward, what will be the korean government's position on this new approach? i pose this question to foreign minister yun. as itary tillerson: indicated in my remarks, 20 years of talks with north korea have brought us to where we are today. the r.o.k. and the united states have made it very clear that we are interested nothing but a peaceful and economically stable korean peninsula. this 20 years of talking has brought us to the point of where we are today. so the track that we are now going to see is a number of actionsth ever greater ahead of us that involve which the united nations security council has already approved, and in china, which voted for those sanctions, and we are following -- calling on all countries to fully implement those s

of north korea. hopefully, the u.s. will not do anything dangerous in the interim. amy: professor bruce cumings, you talk about how park geun-hye rose to power, how she was also as christine was talking about, what this means for north/south korean relations and the united states? >> well, park geun-hye was the daughter of the president who was assassinated by his own 1979,igence chief in precipitating a crisis that led to another military coup. at this point, park geun-hye have been living in the blue house i think for 10 or 11 years. she went into a kind of seclusion for a long time, then came out in the 1990's as a member of the national assembly. she was elected, really, in reaction against to progressive presidents -- two progressive .residents her constituency, as you can see from the protestss in seoul in favor of her, consists of people who were still deeply anti-communist, anti-north korean. they hate the north korean. they tend to be in her 60's, 70's, 80's. declining constituency. lost her

have to do with north carolina. there are books about biology, rivers, geography of north carolina. our special collections and archives room, the north carolina rent is only at the main branch. we do have small north carolina collections in some of the other libraries, some of our popular books about north carolina and, of course, the ghost stories about wilmington and new hanover, we do those books because people like to read those in the check out a lot. at the special materials, the more one-of-a-kind things are only here at this main branch. this question is what i find really interesting that we have here in the north carolina room. it is part of the own very collection was donated to us from someone, a descendent of the family, and this is, the particular thing of interest, there are some civil war letters, there's information about the own family and governor john old was the governor of north carolina, this was part of his, this was his family. those are really interesting things, but there was a gentleman

we have not seen any good will come from north korea. i appreciate my counterparts wanted to talk about talks and negotiations. we are not dealing with a rational person. if this was any other country, we would be talking about that and it would not be an issue. this is not a rational person who is not thinking clearly. what i can tell you the stance of the united states is that we are reevaluating how we will handle north korea going forward. we are making those decisions now and will act accordingly. i will turn it over to my friend from japan. >> thank you nikki. and thank you for joining us. first of all, i would like would like to thank nikki for her very strong leadership in joining with us to call for this meeting and i appreciate the presidency has called this meeting at an early date soon after the arrival back from an important mission. most of what needs to be said has already been said by nikki and the president, but i would add two things. one is that yes, this is certainly an important matter, a serious serious matter for t

deal with north korea? you will get the calls in the moment. the story from bbc, that country conducting an engine test. north korean leader declaring the test [indiscernible] for their rocket industry. he said the engine would help north korea achieved world-class satellite capability and the development comes as secretary was ine tillerson, who china, after personally overseeing the test, mr. kim said the world will witness soon "the great significance of this epic making victory we achieved today." let's go to joe, west virginia. welcome. caller: hello? u.s. needs to deal with north korea through china. north korea has no economy, no jobs, they create nothing. use, even that they though they are starving the people to death and developing this muscle program and this nuclear program comes from china. basedinese economy is almost solely on exports to the united states. only thing we have to do is what donald trump said during the campaign. let's put a tariff instead of 50%, let's tell china we will change

also needs to step up pressure on the north. the country's main ally is key to solving the problem. >> i think there's a lot more than china could do the chinese want a good relationship with trump. >> reporter: but a good relationship is far from assured. there's multiple issues s causi friction like e the situation i the east and south china seas and anti-missile system deployment in south korea and accusations over trade. that won't stop rex tillerson frfrom pushing to deal witith t north. >> he's going to have to have a very tough discussion with china about how to deal with this problem and call on the chinese to take more action. >> reporter: the former high-profile businessman has kept a low profile as secretary of state. but the threat of north korea and the difficult task of navigating negotiations around it will likely keep him in the spotlight. emiko lenhart, nhk world, tokyo. >>> nhk has learned top brass from japan's ground self-defense force lied about daily reports from its mission in south sudan. they said report

the storm tracks north. you can see right here a little bit of cloud cover will sneak through unless you're down in southern california. or heading over to spring training. that looks good. temperatures look cool in the morning. compared to last year when it was hot. that's not the case this year. we do have cloud cover up to the north. mendecino county. lake county. 50s and 60s on the temps. upper 50s low 60s. we had mid 50s yesterday. it was cold yesterday. so cold. this old swed used to not be bothered by the cold. but yesterday i felt like man it's cold out there. rain monday, tuesday. >> all right. a lot of hail yesterday. so it was cold. >> how many reports? 100. >> i know. >> it was incredible. >> thank you steve. >>> 4:20 is the time right now. we just got some details on an overnight shooting involving police officers in richmond. what we know is it all started about 1:15 this morning when someone called police to report that their neighbor's truck was being broken into. when police arrived the susp

, depriving north korea of funds. there are some chinese companies that are still kind of serving as agents or arms dealers in giving north korea some money. the sanctions are intensifying. china has supported that. >> can i just -- >> these are really tough times. >> can i pick up on that, we hear that china is tightening the screws a little bit, but what is the tipping point for china to put an end to this? do they have to feel threatened by north korea to say that that is it, we are no longer going to keep north korea on a tight leash to use in our political negotiations or bartering with the united states? >> it's going to also require a diplomatic negotiation between the united states and china. china objects strongly, as your reporter indicated, to the antidefenanti defense missile system, that shield being set up. china feels that could be an offensive mechanism targeting china or that could be used against china. china does not want a war on the peninsula, nor does the united states, because north korea has th

slightly fresher towards the north—west. that fresher theme continues into friday and saturday and things will feel a bit more unsettled into the weekend. bye for now. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. the uk parliament has passed a bill that enables the government to start the process of leaving the eu. and this as scotland's first minister said she'll seek a second independence referendum. north korea's ambassador to the un has defended his country's recent missile test and accused the us. and south korea of pushing tensions in the region to the brink of nuclear war. and this story is trending on bbc.com. disney has postponed the opening of its new film beauty and the beast in malaysia. no official reason has been given. the film has courted controversy over the inclusion of a gay character. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. and in addition to brexit, the top story here in the uk: rail services on some of the busiest lines in england have been disrupted because of a 24—hour union strike. the walkout

experts have been trying to solve north korea for decades, so we need to realize that north korea is the problem, it's not a specific u.s. administration. scott: president bush's administration removed north korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. bruce: correct. scott: that was in an effort to get them to play along a little bit. is it time they go back on that list? bruce: i think it is. there's actually been a really long list of actions by north korea since they were removed from the list in 2008, which i believe, qualifies them for that. there's been shipments of conventional arms to terrorist groups, hezbollah and hamas. there have been attempted assassinations or successful assassinations of north korean defectors in south korea and russia and china and now malaysia. also, you know, if we think back to when north korea conducted the cyber hack on the sony studios, not only was it the hacking, it was the threats of 9/11 style attacks on any theatre and theatre-goers that went to see the movie, "the interview." that's a threat of a terrorist act. scott: president oba

it's sitting to our north holding the cold air to our north as well as the rain. it's allowing warmer air to pump in from the southwest today. so we see temperatures really boost up. on top of that, we had a mild start to our morning. we're looking at temperatures already in the 50s because of the cloud coverage which a lot of times holds in some of the heat. we have a great forecast today to be conducive to the 60s and 70s later on. but the cold line will start dropping farther south as we get later in the afternoon and by this evening. with it, we'll pull in a better chance of showers as well as, you guessed it, the colder air for your sunday. a look at the temperatures right now. this is the mild start i was talking about in the pennsylvania suburbs. in the lower 40s for north wales. a little farther north, a little bit of a difference in the temperatures. across the board, it is cooler farther north. delaware, mid 40s. south jersey to the mid 50s right now. into some of the delaware neighborhoods. harmony hills, 50. glass cow, 44. the farther south you go, the

towards north korea have not worked and a % way forward towards north korea have not worked and a dem way forward was needed. towards north korea have not worked and a new way forward was neededm the face of this ever escalating threat it is clear and different approach is required. part of my purpose to the region is to exchange views on a new approach stop the foreign minister and i had a very open and candid discussion around a different approach and we will have further discussions with prime minister and further discussions with prime ministerand in further discussions with prime minister and in seoul as well. some of the days are the news. let's have a look at these spectacular images. amazing but also very dangerous. mt etna bursting into life and spitting lava 200 metres into the air above sigilg the lava 200 metres into the air above sicilé, the scale of lava 200 metres into the air above fl the scale of the lava 200 metres into the air above sicilé, the scale of the eruption sicily. the scale of the eruption was an expert on —— unexpected and ten people were injured.

north, some sunshine. from the scotla nd north, some sunshine. from the scotland central belt, north towards the highlands and some showers. across northern isles, that they will turn heavily through the afternoon. wet weather continuing across high ground of northwestern and through the day. wales, patchy rain and maybe some drizzle for the hills and coasts of the south—west. further east, lincolnshire, the east ooit lincolno'nir'o. choroaoofi i , i, . .i a,” and the south—east, the midlands and the south—east, the cloud should break. some spells of shot sunshine which will help temperatures. remember the band of rain, it willsink temperatures. remember the band of rain, it will sink south and then get stuck across southern parts of england, to the south of wales. turning ogggy by the end. - in turning soggy by the end. windy in the north—west, gales for western scotla nd the north—west, gales for western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures dropping away across the north of scotland. pressure pattern into tomorrow. in this a

room in north carolina room is only at the main branch here. we do has small north carolina and collections at some of the other collections. some of the ghost stories of wilmington in hanover we do have because people like to read those and they check out a lot. the special materials the more one-of-a-kind thing are only here at this main branch. this question is one that i find interesting. it is part of the zero when barry collection and was donated to us from someone dissented from the family. the particular thing that's interesting as there is a little bit about everything, civil war letters, information about the owen family, governor john o was the governor of north carolina this is part of his family. this is all really the same thing but there was a gentleman that was enslaved by the family and his name was omar. he was born in africa, around the area where the senegal river is in an area called utah. he was raised in a family that was well-off and he was a scholar, islamic scholar. he taught people in his village? something happened o

korea is now banning my lagss in north korea from leaving north krooe. all this began after the poisoning death of north korean leader kim jong un's brother. the two women accused of doing it say they were dooped into thinking it was all part of a harmless prank. >>> time is 5:25. in one of president trump's first international conferences the united states is deploying an advanced anti-missile system in south korea. this comes after north korea tested four ballistic missiles yesterday. kim jong un personally tested the missiles. the four missiles landed in the sea off of japan angering both japan and south korea. the white house says president trump spoke with both the japanese prime minister and the acting of south korea. >>> time is 5:25. a new travel ban in the u.s. taking effect. >> this is still a muslim ban. we see this as a 2.0 version that is extremely discriminatory towards our community. >> the changes in the plan and how muslims are reacting. >> and assessing the damage. what flood victims in san jose can expect after emergency flood official

north korea has assassinated defectors in seoul. >> to prevent more possible defections from north korea, i think kim jong-un may do anything. >> reporter: even kill you? >> of course. why not? >> reporter: the man who could order an assassination is kim jong-un, the dictator is the third member of the kim family to rule north korea. they have controlled the impoverished country with an ironclad fist for 70 years. this was last week's missile test. kim devotes a quarter of his country's economy to weapons like this and his million-man army. despite widespread food shortages. >> kim jong-un strongly believes that once he possesses icbm, then he can easily scare off america. >> reporter: right now, how dangerous is north korea to the stability of south korea and as a threat to the united states? >> kim jong-un's capability to wreak harm not only to america but also south korea and the world should not be underestimated. ♪ >> reporter: during his five years in power, kim jong-un has expanded north korea's nuclear arsenal, despite international sanctions that have brought his country's eco

wintry showers in the north and north—west of scotla nd in the north and north—west of scotland with the risk of ice. tomorrow, quite a windy start, particularly early on across east anglia in south—east england. we will keep a few showers in western scotland. a lot of fine weather, the best of sunshine across central and eastern parts of the uk. a little less cold in the south. some rain comes back to northern ireland, pushing into northern ireland. as we go into friday, we are watching another area of low pressure coming from the south—west. what does that mean? for england and wales, rain spreading northwards. some of that could be quite heavy. to the north of that, mainly dry for northern ireland. the best sunshine on friday in western scotland. what about the weekend? it does look unsettled with wet weather at times. why do whether people insist that the seasons change on the first of the month? you might look to the equinox solstice. let's have a heated debate. we have put a video together that you can watch on the website. get the latest forecast and we will talk about wha

he is expected to urge china to put more pressure on north korea. they are expected to arrange the dates and agenda for the summit between u.s. president trump and president xi. >>> japan's political parties have reached consensus to allow emperor akihito to abdicate. last year the emperor expressed an apparent desire to step down. the parties discussed the issue and submitted a report to prime minister shinzo abe. the report recommends legislation applying only to emperor akihito and it says in other cases in the future the diet could make a decision based on public opinion. the report says that any legislation should note what led to abdication such as public understanding for the emperor who said his advanced age makes it harder for him to carry out duties. the report also recommends a clause on the emperor's future status and title. >> translator: i told prime minister abe that each party is committed to enacting legislation during the current diet session. >> the prime minister said the opinions presented in the report will be taken into consid

how is all this being perceived in north korea? we're hearing rex tillerson say that the patience for north korea has ended, that all options are on the table. will that make a difference in how north korea continues to react and respond? >> reporter: we know that the north koreans are monitoring the activity of the new administration very carefully. they have now launched five ballistic missiles, four assi simultaneously and one a few weeks earlier. so clearly the procevocative action continues. there is satellite activity that shows potential signs of an imminent nuclear test perhaps an icbm launch which north korean leader kim jong-un has said is coming. but what the north koreans knew was that during the obama years, during the strategy of strategic patience, there was not going to be the possibility of military engage engagement. so by secretary tillerson saying that strategic patience is over, military engagement is on the table if north korea takes provocative action that could make pyongyang and beijing more nervous. nobody

he tweeted back in january about north korean tests and so north korea is testing us here and testing south korea because they're in political turmoil as well right now. charles: peter, i thought china's response was textbook and something they seem to be not indifferent but certainly have not pushed back against north korea the way that many in the world would like to see them. in the meantime, japan stuck with the pacifist constitution is like a sitting duck. >> there's a lot of tensions out there, obviously. and to my view, china's response is laughable that it upsets the deployment of the static equilibrium. china is building islands in the south china sea, the most buildup in the military this century so far. it's unbelievable to me they're actually saying this. and china has influence in north korea. it has more influence than any other country. north korea, of course, wants to be independent of china. wants to do what it wants but in anybody can influence north korea, it's china. it really is a response to china's inability to manage north korea which is an ally of china that t

malaysians have been banned from leaving north korea and north korean is banned from leaving malaysia. 0ur website has more on this developing story. thank you for your company. the start of the week brought a mixture of sunshine and showers, but we were very close to some severe and potentially damaging weather. just across the way, in brittany, a gust approaching 120 mph. that area of low pressure brought us some rain in the south—west and the channel islands, and is running away across europe rapidly now, to bring more some snow to the alps, take some wetter weather across italy and to the adriatic, potentially bringing some damaging mistral winds to south—east france, and gusty winds into sardinia and corsica. here at home, things are very much quiter. the winds quite light, actually, and a lot of the showers that we had earlier on are beginning to fade away. so we will see clearer skies developing, and it will be turning into quite a chilly night. ground frost, i think, in many places, and in the countryside there may be a pinch of air frost as well. so a chilly start to tues

an airbase north of baghdad. it's part of the deal between the iraqi government and the us to help iraq he forces fights isis. iraq has now bought a total of 36 fighter planes from the american government. investigation is underway to a deadly small plane crash near atlanta.officials say he went down near a house. it had set the home on fire. the pilot was killed but no one was inside the home at the time. investigators say the pilot complained of problems with the plane's autopilot features before it crashed. thousands of people remember the life of a new york city emt. but deirdre arroyo died last week while responding to a call. police say she was run over by her own ambulance. a car drucker got behind the wheel. certainly a tremendous amount of support for those at her funeral today. arroyo was a 14 year veteran of the department. >> after careful deliberation, i have concluded that i cannot support judge neil gorsuch nomination to the supreme court . his nomination will have a cloture vote. he will have to e

from space, north korea is a black hole. and china to the north. tai said he was living a comfortable life, here at the north korean embassy in london before he fled with his wife and two grown sons. >> the safety is guaranteed by the government. >> reporter: his job in london was to spread north korean propaganda, and report back on his colleagues. you all lived together under one roof? >> yes. >> reporter: so you could keep an eye on each other? >> keep an eye on each other, control each other, and even spy >> reporter: but he said he lost all faith in the regime when kim jong-un killed his own uncle in 2013, and executed dozens of perceived enemies, including diplomats. i've seen a tape of you giving speeches in london. you're very convincing. you seem to be a true believer yourself. >> if i show any sign of hesitation, then i would be, you know sent to -- i would be sent to prison camps. so my whole family's life will be jeopardized. >> reporter: he said there was one big obstacle to his defection. >> all north korean diplomats are forced to le

that comes one day after north korea's latest test launch of ballistic missiles. iraqi forces move into western mosul, taking back a government building from the islamic state group, as thousands of civilians there are caught in the crossfire. we'll get more live coverage from our correspondent. approves measures that put asylum into concentration camps as the applications are processed. the cars are the start in geneva as the motor show gets underway. we will be looking at carmakers and how they try to cash into new demands in europe. a new exhibit on one of france's most famous photographers. more on that show featuring his work for french fashion ," on the way,ue but first, our top story live from paris. ♪ the united states says it has begun the deployment of a controversial missile defense system in south korea. the terminal high altitude atense system is aimed protecting the country from the threat posed by north korea. sharon gets your reports. -- sharon gatsby reports. reporter: missiles being unloaded at an american airbase in south korea, the first step

for example, they banned coal imports from north korea. north korea relies a lot on china for access to hard currency, and coal is one of its key exports to china, so that will hurt north korea fairly hard if it goes through. while china is putting pressure on north korea, it has its eye the thadkorea and missile system. thaty, news was coming out tour agencies from selling packages to south korea because of that. thank you. speaking about china, the chinese premier has delivered the government's economic targets, saying the emphasis will be stability and reducing risks. he also sent a clear message about who is in charge and china. mackenzie is in beijing. give us a big take away from the premier speech? we are talking about a tonal shift in terms of the politics, i crystallizing of support for xi jinping, but also the economics. 6.5% target of about speaks to that, giving flexibility to policymakers who have been obsessed by hitting this target at all costs. we had other targets laid out for us, 3% budget deficit and come a new money sup

area, district and points north and west. head to philadelphia. the blizzard warnings to the north. ne tomorrow. then due to a mixture of sleet, mixing in with the snow. boston has a winter storm warning. but just off to the west, they have the blizzard warning. it's a mess up and down the east coast come tomorrow morning. how much snow we see around here? we will head to doug. doug: we look to tomorrow morning. we see warm temperatures above freezing. a lot of rain and mix with the snow farther north and west. that is the steadiest, heaviest snowfall in the area until it comes to an end as the snowshowers and the rain showers late in the day. this will give us an idea. it's not absolutely for sure what will happen. a good trend. looking to midnight we have less than an inch in the metro area. piling up in the colder areas. by 6:00 a.m., over an inch we think is possible in the metro area. much more with every ten miles north you go. as you get through the day, it gets a wallop by noon. ten inches in frederick and ha three or more in the middle of the city. so all of this again is s

generally, tensions are high in north asia regarding north korea's nuclear ambitions. david: of course, you have to consider the united states. you understand why the united states said they are not ruling out military action. that said, nothing is working to really just pull them back. rosalind: we have seen talks, sanctions. it seems that there is very little leverage at this point on trying to achieve anything in terms of stopping north korea's .uclear and visions since kim jong-il came to power, there has been a series of missile launches. there have been five tests in total. three of them were under kim jong un. we know that north korea has has claimed to have the capability to reach the united states. defense analysts say -- thattopher hill had said north korea can claim credibility within four years of hitting the united states with a nuclear weapon. so, that is a concern. kim jong un said that north korea was in their last ages of .reparing to test fire and icbm trump tweeted "that will not happen." [laughter] rosalind on the latest from north korea. our other

rain from ukiah to the north, eureka, redding. we have rain showers, not snow, but rain with a little bit warmer conditions from the south and north shores where currently clear skies. six degrees in truckee. partly cloudy conditions on wednesday, great boarding and skiing. it's totally epic! official sun-up at 6:33. today 50s and 60s. slightly below average for this time of the year. 59 in oakland. san jose 64. spot on. you have there the rain in the farther north bay on wednesday. otherwise, yes, i'm going there 72 degrees our outside number on thursday. then the ridge of high pressure begins to break down. we are calling it partly cloudy for the weekend on saturday. chances of rain showers on sunday. and then carrying on over to monday. that's your forecast. i guess anne we'll toss it back to you? >> no, roberta, i'll take it. i'm liking that 72 on thursday. >>> well, time to see what's trending today. a "la la land" musical going from the big screen to the concert hall. ♪[ music ] >> it's going to be called, "la la land" in

the idea that north america, north america and economic integration, nafta, have been harmful for the united states. we feel very strongly they have been positive for the united states. and that there are still more benefits to be had from those relationships with our immediate neighbor. on the screen are quotes from the president's remarks, and a presentation we made right after the election in november where we presented our north america analysis and our north america recommendations. he is committed to the idea that it is a win-win-win and that the relationship -- the economic relationship among our partners has been positive for our country. so in analyzing this problem, we did -- we did two kind of data-driven things and one more policy-driven thing. the first data-driven thing was our competitiveness score card. you can find it on our website, bush center.org/score card. and it is an amalgamation of four databases of economic competitiveness, openness, ease of doing business or freedom. specifically the world economic forums, the world banks, ease of doing business index. the w

one of the reasons china makes north korea. every time north korea do something provocative, launch a missile coming detonate a nuke, we are not paintings important to us like cyberattacks for commercial purposes, south china sea. so it is a dynamic that beijing really likes these days. tranter reanimating between donald trump and the president of china early next month. how does the north koreans that is fixed missile test, how does that affect the meaning of the trump and the chinese president? >> fox news reporting north korea's ready to detonate a nuclear weapon. really what they will do is sign up for a political purpose, both external and internal and indeed when you have the president of china and the president of the u.s. government to countries important to north korea meeting for the first time in donald trump on the world stage, north korea may well decide to say look, i'm important because they think they will detonate the new plan. we don't know, but that's my guess. lauren: we are worried about the middle east con

quite windy across the north and north—west as that area of low pressure scoots nearby. but an unsettled theme in thursday as well, northern and western areas seeing most of the weather fronts, outbreaks of rain here. but for the south—east we will be tapping into some warm air off the continent. so actually, thursday afternoon could be quite warm, potentially the warmest day of the year so far. highs of 20 or 21 celsius, but cooler across the north and the west, with outbreaks of rain. into friday, that cooler air will be spreading to most areas. it is a day of sunshine and showers, i think quite breezy, too. temperatures of 13 to around 16 or 17, and turning cooler into the weekend. cyclone debbie has made landfall in the australian state of queensland. strong winds and heavy rains are battering the coast. thousands of residents have been evacuated, leaving homes sand—bagged and boarded up. hundreds of syrian rebels and their families have the anti—apartheid hero ahmed kathrada has died after a brief illness. kathrada, who was 87—years old, dedicated his life t

most of the storm as well to the north. we had drizzle over the north bay coast. we so over areas like santa rosa earlier. at this point is a lot of gray on storm tracker. he was with the system will remain over northern california. as well as north edge of the sierra. here is a look at your future cast. all the way through friday -- this is what we are considering. we can call it storm number 1. it will remain over northern california. we're going to be cloudy and cool. we might have a sprinkle. that's about it. by monday system number 2 moves and. the first day of spring. spring showers at the forecast. steady rain monday night and tuesday. tuesday you can see what weather over the bay area. wednesday scattered showers -- perhaps a break on thursday. storm number 3 on friday. we are looking at in just a bit for the weekend. i will stop it on sunday night. over the north bay we might get a few 100 -- less than a 10th of an inch. san francisco might be picking up drizzle. san jose to remain dry. wednesday morning -- san jose has picked up 3/10 of an inch. and engi

north and west still seeing a lot of snow. matt and tam. >> let's go to south jersey and check in with katherine scott and you can hear the heaviness of the rain out there with you in runnemede camden county, katherine. >> reporter: tam, it is wet, it is rainy, it is windy, it is gross out here today. we're standing in runnemede on black horse pike right now and you can see the road surface is actually relatively clear at this point in the day. we're starting to see more and more cars out on the street. of course black horse pike is a main thorofare. probably would look more busy any normal day. some of the side streets though you still might find some slippery and slushy areas. plows have been coming through all morning. earlier this was slushy and those plow trains pushed away the slush from the middle of the road. now the passing trucks have their plows raised on black horse pike. there are still some areas that need clearing, the side streets and the parking lots. when it started overnight it was snow. now we're starting t

snap ipo valued north of $20 billion. but we'll have eye popping estimates next and an exclusive interview y marc benioff on a partnership just announced with ibm coming up. >>> welcome back. the world's largest oil company is set to go public next year. the valuation could blow the doors off ipo records. jackie deangelis is in houston with the details. hi. >> good afternoon to you. iramco is part of the buzz here in houston especially as opec cuts kept the markets supported between 50 and $55 a barrel. in fact there is reporting today that 98 1/2% of the cuts have been achieved in february. saudis are producing 9.5 million barrels a day, a sleep slide for them. it is no surprise. it would be in the saudis' interests to keep the prices higher. there is a little discrepancy. if you ask if saudis they would tell you $2 trillion for them. a trillion to one and a half trillion. no matter how you slice it we have a 5% sale which is roughly $100 billion. it is a substantial amount of money compared to the deals. some of the mos

we have frozen precipitation north of the pennsylvania turnpike, upper bucks county and lehigh and north hampton counties, bethlehem, allentown, flakes being reported and snow showers out in kutztown and fleetwood, again, very, very light. temperatures are borderline at best. what you're seeing more than likely is not sticking to the ground. allentown you have dropped to the freezing mark of 32. everybody else is above freezing. 40 in millville. 40 in wilmington, 36 in lancaster and philadelphia 39 degrees. forecast for today, whatever light snow shower you're seeing this morning north and west of the city will quickly change over to plain rain showers later this afternoon, temperatures around 45 degrees, gray? >> all right, chris, thank you for the update. you can find the seven-day forecast and double scan radar at 6abc.com/weather. >>> your time now, 6:03 a.m., happening right now police are looking for the suspect who sexually assaulted a woman inside a vacant home. it happened in germantown. police responded to the 100 blocks of roberts avenue. neighbors reported a woman screaming f

but beijing supports north korea not because the north koreans are friendly but because the north koreans actually achieved some short-term chinese objectives like keeping the u.s. off balance. and also it gives us one more reason to go to beijing every time north korea acts up and ask for chinese cooperation, which means that china extracts something from us in return. >> so, yeah, it's this interesting kind of trifecta of how the u.s. needs china into working with north korea and china gets placed in the middle of all of this, obviously needing us as well, and north korea certainly needing china. as we talk about what the trump administration is saying about this, they're saying north korea might be capable of firing a nuclear intercontinental missile, and there are analysts that are talking to the trump administration about that projection. have you heard anything about tangible proof of them having that capacity? >> well, i think they have three missiles that can hit the lower 48 states. the taepodong 2, kon8 and 14. the taepodong 2 has not been tested at range and the last two have n

north korea vowed to respond to its toughest counter actions. north korea's army released a comment through state run media. he is going to boil administer his preemptive strike capabilities. he adds it is not bluffing. the two month long joint military exercises started in south korea on wednesday. they include scenarios targeting their leadership as well as nuclear and missile facilities. during last year's exercises the north launched missiles of various ranges including one launched by a sub marine. south korea's military reacted sharply. >> translator: if north korea takes provocative actions despite our warnings we'll punish the country to defend the lives of the south korea people. >> the exercises are routine defensive drills aimed at improving the readiness of its forces. now turning to business news, tokyo stocks shot up following the rally in u.s. markets. wall street's major indexes hit record highs after president donald trump addressed congress. >> tokyo's nikkei average extended it's rally after the record finish on wall street. i

by midnight we'll see rain pushing down from the north. changing over to snow. 4:30, snow will be pushing toward philadelphia and the northern suburbs. by the morning commute snow overtakes philadelphia and pushes to the coast. surface temperatures will be very, very warm, especially after 61 today. i don't think we get below freezing in philadelphia. even if you get wet snow you're looking at wet roads. the farther north you go the better chance you have of having slick spots. in the poconos you'll be slippery up there. in the last night, looks like spotty rain and snow showers, not as big of a deal later on. if you get a snow shower late at night, especially up north, slow down in case of a slick spot. what to expect on the ground, in philadelphia, and close to the i-95 corridor, no more a coating to an inch. up in allentown, 1 to 3 inches of notice. the farther north you go to the poconos and the lehigh valley, the better chance you have of seeing slipperiness on the roads. there's a better chance in the poconos where we could go 3 inch

korea there losing some of their influence.with north korea and north korea's going rogue. is that true? >> to a certain extent but we have to remember that china supports north korea. not because the north koreans are friendly but because the north koreans accomplished some very important strategic objectives for china in the short term. keeping us off balance and giving us an incentive to cooperate with china on other things. so although the relations are indeed much more strained than in previous years, i'm not so sure china will cut off support for north korea. >> there is another element had happened this week's that complement things. south korean president was kicked out of office. she was involved in some corruption, they had an impeachment and got rid of her. how does that complicate the whole scenario? >> there has to be an election within 60 days. i believe may 9 and they show that the so-called progressives are going to win and i can change every calculus and north asia. and shift the balance of power in weber north korea and china. after member they are very vo

this is the main area of low cloud, spilling in from the north sea. south of that, the odd patch of mist or low cloud, but some sunshine as well, and most of us will see the sunshine burning through that cloud. it does take a while, though, where it has moved in off the north sea, and the odd patch may linger through into the afternoon, especially across the north—east of england and south—east scotland. so here, that low cloud will peg back the temperatures. 0therwise, with some sunshine, the numbers are similar to what we had on sunday. highest temperatures again in highland scotland, and this time in the south—east of england, where we don't have that cold, easterly wind. over the week ahead, though, we are going to find more cloud arriving, and the chance of some rain, especially in the north and west of the uk. but southerly winds, mind you, so still decent temperatures by day, and it won't be as cold at night, either. but the high pressure is shrinking away into the near continent. instead there is a massive area of low pressure out in the