this week. it was a scud missile that was a spectacular failure in the w0ors of one official. it only lasted 55 seconds, but it does underline the problem that president trump has. while he wants to hold china over a barrel on this issue of trade, he needs the chinese to deal with north korea or at least that is the conventional wisdom in washington. you heard and saw in that financial times article that came out over the weekend the president is willing to go it alone on north korea if he can't get china's help. >> that's going to be certainly very, very high on the agenda. trying to get from the u.s. perspective, trying to get the chinese to use their leverage on north korea to ease that nuclear threat. jim acosta, we're waiting for the arrival of the chinese president over at west palm beach international airport. the president should be arriving there in a couple hours as well. stand by. there's other news we're following. the fate of the next supreme