To change the rules so they can confirm President Trumps nominee for the Supreme Court. Also today one week before turkey votes on whether to give president erdogan greater powers, we have a report from his hometown. They call it the weekend white house. Well take a look through the keyhole of tthe president ial retreat, mar a lago. Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. It is day 77 of the Trump Presidency and a defining moment for this new administration. A short time ago, donald trump left a very rainy washington to fly down to his mar a lago resort in florida for his first meeting with chinese counterpart xijinping. Mr trump is already warning that it will be a very difficult meeting. The leaders will dine together this evening before formal talks begin on friday. President trump wants a better deal for America On Trade and more cooperation from beijing on north korea. But after candidate trump was so harsh on china, what kind of concessions can he get from the other global superpower . After all, remember what he said during last Years Campaign . We cant continue to allow china to rape our country they have taken our money, they have taken ourjobs. China is a currency manipulator. America has lost 70,000 factories since china entered the World Trade Organisation. When you look at china, when you look at every country, every trade deal we have is horrible. Its going to be only America First, America First heading to the summit, mr trump made it clear today where his priorities lie. Jobs, jobs, jobs. But Foreign Policy issues are already interrupting that domestic focus. Yesterday, it was syria. Today in florida, hell talk about the increasingly urgent situation in north korea. Kimjong un has fired more rockets this past five years than his father and grandfather combined the latest on the eve of this summit. Barbara plett usher is outside trumps mar a lago club in palm beach, where the talks will be held. How high are expectations that this summit . There is a lot of anticipation for this summit because these are the two leaders of the two most significant global powers in the world. They have not met yet and there has been contention around the relationship because of donald trump stirring things up with his anti china rhetoric and it is important for them to get along. There is anticipation. Is of expectation and how things may come out, not so much. Trade will be raised. Mrtrump is out, not so much. Trade will be raised. Mr trump is talked about it. They were not settled that in this visit, but perhaps the chinese president will offer sweeteners to try to ease the tension is a little bit, like Investing Injobs and infrastructure in the United States. North korea is a big issue for the americans. They feel that north koreans are poised to get a mess Strong Enough to buy it Nuclear Warheads in the next couple of years so warheads in the next couple of years so it is not business as usual there. They want china to put more pressure on north korea, which china is open to but not completely because it does not want the regime to collapse. These are very big economic and Security Issues but the key thing they are hoping for is that the two men develop a Working Relationship and this informal setting is supposed to help them do that. We have had President Trump rolling back a bit lately, so the environment may be better, the chinese know he is unpredictable, they arbitrary there may still be some corruption, but President Trump by no means has all the cards in his hands. He has not sorted out his full china policy, he will improvise a bit, and the chinese do not improvise, they will come very well prepared. You are looking at Night Pictures of the airport close by and you can see there in the picture, rex tillotson. The chinese president is already on his way to the resort. Ido is already on his way to the resort. I do not know if we can show our viewers a picture of the China Airways plane. Palm Beach Airport is tiny. It is amazing how many dignitaries this airport is having to get because President Trump. There you go, massive plane, tiny airport wrecked was in the shot. I understand that president s son in law, who was influenced, the trip to the chinese through the back channels, and there was talk it had to be in mar a lago because the japanese Prime Minister had been there a few weeks ago, so there is strict protocol to these events. People in the us and in china will have their own opinions on how the talks should go. The Bbcs Rajini Vaidyanathan and Stephen Mcdonell have been finding out more in washington and beijing. Camaraderie, co operation, maybe let us off a little bit of our debt to them. Shall we go down here . President trump likes to talk tough on china. Throughout the election, he promised to bring jobs back to the us and put America First. 0n the other hand, chinas president , xijinping, says that free trade is the answer and that this is what will bring jobs to china and the us. What do you think President Trump should be saying to his chinese counterpart . Im sorry, i apologise, i have been perhaps unfair to you. Im one of those people that think that we should make more here. They are not a true democracy, thats the worst thing about china. Social repression. Who do you think gets the most out of it . Definitely the us. Whether they like it or not, when xijinping and donald trump are sitting across the table from one another, this is probably the worlds most important connection. But its notjust money and trade that drives the relationship. When it comes to Climate Change or getting north korea to contain its nuclear ambitions, America Needs china onside. Gary locke was Us Ambassador to china under president 0bama, for whom he also served as secretary of commerce. He joins us from seattle. The board trumps tough talk on china make a Working Relationship between these two superpowers easier oi between these two superpowers easier or harder . It makes it harder because the chinese are very wary of donald trump as president. He has walked back a lot of the rhetoric he made during the campaign, he did not impose on day one tariffs on all chinese goods coming into the us comic he did not declare china currency manipulator, if anything, the chinese have been propping up the chinese have been propping up the currency when other countries are devaluing the currency. But there are many issues confronting china and the United States and the world is looking for leadership from both countries to sell some of these top issues from terrorism to instability in the middle east to strife in africa, north korea and Climate Change. The situation in north korea might account for the Fa Ct North Korea might account for the fact he has not imposed tariffs and has walked back some of his rhetoric. What more do you think donald trump can get out of china when it comes to north korea and enforcing sanctions . China has actually been working with the United States in supporting many initiatives of the un and the us in terms of sanctions against north korea. Weve got to tighten the screws eve n korea. Weve got to tighten the screws even more. China is the for north korea and china has great influence over north korea but as north korea becomes even more reckless and unpredictable with its young leader, who is mass executing even his relatives, china is getting worried about this young leader because this guy could even turn on them and they are very fearful about them and they are very fearful about the collapse of north korea because they do not want a unified korea and becoming a democracy. They do not wa nt becoming a democracy. They do not want a democratic career on the doorstep of china. China has every incentive to work with the United States to stop the development of Nuclear Weapons but they also want to make sure that north korea stays asa to make sure that north korea stays as a separate communist country and is not invaded by south korea. If north korea no longer has Nuclear Weapons. But at some points, they will have to make a choice because although the very keen to resist this american pressure, could lead to something else, you could have an American Military strike, you could have south korea and japan developing their own Nuclear Programmes if these missiles keep being fired. They are making that choice, they are working with the United States and the un and these talks between both president s will talks between both president s will talk about other strategies the two can deploy to tighten the screws on north korea because china knows that, if unchecked, orthe north korea because china knows that, if unchecked, or the other options are unacceptable. They do not want south korea and japan having Nuclear Weapons, they do not wa nt having Nuclear Weapons, they do not want south korea deploying missiles supplied by the states, they do not wa nt to supplied by the states, they do not want to see north korea collapse, so they have every incentive to really try to convince north korea not to develop a Nuclear Weapon and they have concerns about the unproductive of this leader of north korea. Unpredictability. This is a big test for donald trump because we have shown the rhetoric to the campaign, not particularly measured. He somehow has to soften the tone these next few days while at the same time not selling out. They want him to be tough. This week, we have the Middle Eastern Russia and north korea and china, the two biggest Foreign Policy challenges the donald trump faces, and china is particularly tricky because of that rhetoric. I cannot tell you how many times when i travelled around the country people would cite chinas trade policies. They knew the chapter on dates about when china had stolen americanjobs. This dates about when china had stolen american jobs. This is dates about when china had stolen americanjobs. This is a big deal for American Workers and Donald Trumps supporters. If he looks like he is caving in, that will be a problem for him politically, but on the other hand, he needs china when it comes to north korea, so he has gotjuggling act to do. It always looks very different from inside the oval 0ffice a big day of news in congress. Lets start with the story of devin nunes, the chair of the house intelligence committee. He is temporarily stepping down from the panel that is investigating claims of russian interference in last years american election. A few weeks ago, mr nunes told reporters he believed mr trump or members of the Transition Team may have been incidentally caught up in Foreign Surveillance by the american spy agencies. He cited dozens of intelligence reports he described as classified. We later discovered those documents had been provided to him by white house officials, unbeknown to the rest of his committee. His decision to step aside was made shortly after the House Committee on ethics announced it was investigating mr nunes over allegations he may have made unauthorized disclosures of that classified information. The house speaker, paul ryan, gave this reaction. First of all, devin nunes has earned my trust over many years for his integrity and dedication to the critical work that the Intelligence Community does to keep americans safe. He continues to have that trust. He is eager to demonstrate to the Ethics Committee that he has has filed all proper guidelines and laws. In the meantime, it is clear this process would be a distraction to the house intelligence committees investigation into russian interference in our election, so chairman nunes has offered to step aside as the lead republican on this particular probe, and i fully support his decision. Ive been speaking to the republican congressman scott taylor about the move. Congressman scott taylor, the news that devin nunes is stepping aside from investigations into russia, does that suggest to you that he is not capable of carrying out an investigation into something as serious as russian meddling in the us election . No, it doesnt signal that to me at all. Actually, i think its the responsible and the prudent thing for the chairman to do, and i support his decision to step aside temporarily while there is an ethics investigation going on. I think hes capable of doing it, of course, but, at the same time, you dont want that cloud over the committee while they are trying to conduct a Serious Investigation with an ethics investigation to the chairman. So i think hes being responsible and they are doing the right thing. But the cloud is that hes effectively too close to the white house to carry this out impartially. What im saying is. Thats not what im saying. What im saying is there is a cloud over them while theres an ethics investigation into the chairman himself, so i think its the responsible thing for him to do, to step aside and allow for someone to step up and carry out Serious Investigation. 0k. Scott taylor, we are now heading into the first recess, big recess, since you came into office and were elected on the Trump Wave Back in november, you joined the president. How do you think hes doing . I think there are pluses and minuses. This is a man who is a businessman and not a typical politician, he does not understand the whole thing with washington, so there is some adjustment there. He has done a lot of good things in terms of things for the economy, our economy is doing really well, there isa economy is doing really well, there is a President Trump effect on the border that has reduced crossings. At the same time, there have been state m e nts at the same time, there have been statements that are not good, of course. As you are aware, health wise, we were not able to get up past. It is fair and legitimate to say there are good and bad things. But do you hear from your voters back home about the president , particularly about this issue of management in the white house and things like the Health Care Act and whether they think the president is up whether they think the president is up to thejob . Whether they think the president is up to the job . What i just said to you reflect the voices from back home. The majority of the voices from my district are people who agree with a lot of things he has done, he has taken action on regulations that have been harmful to the economy and creating jobs and they are very happy about that, but at the same time they feel they have been missteps and things he has said and tweaked it, and some management folks in the white house, there have been adjustments and changes, and what rightfully so. What im saying to you reflects the majority of my district. You have been in office now as long as the president has, 76 days. What surprised you . Now as long as the president has, 76 days. What surprised you . |j now as long as the president has, 76 days. What surprised you . I had been asked this question a little bit. I served three years in the Virginia State house. The us congress is five times bigger, so you still have egos and personalities to navigate, there arejust more of and personalities to navigate, there are just more of them. The most surprising thing to me is the quality and calibre of my class, on both sides. We really have smart folks here who are highly accomplished and capable and want to do the right thing for the country, wa nt to do the right thing for the country, want to Work Together and we are optimistic and hopeful we will do that with the American People and the world. Scott taylor, still looking pretty freshfaced. We now have the chair of the House Investigating Committee being investigated over his own solo investigation, it is beyond parody surely, it is eroding any faith that people have that they can mount an effective bipartisan investigation . It depends on who replaces devin nunes. He has been under this cloud by the investigation, it makes unqualified, he has decided to carry this out, but if he is replaced by people who can distance themselves from the white house and actors they should do in the interests of the intelligence committees investigation, that would restore some of the faith in congress. It certainly needs its fate restoring because people do not think much of ameri