import tariffs. how are the markets reacting this morning? good morning. on a monumental day perhaps, welcome to early start. i'm dave biggs. >> i'm christine romans. 4:00 a.m. in the east, 5:30 p.m. in pyongyang. up first, trump accept agoffer to meet kim jong-un setting up what could be the diplomatic summit of the century expected to happen by may. kim extending the invitation through a delegation that visited the white house on thursday. president confirming in a tweet the meeting is in the, would saying a commitment by north korea to discuss denuclearization was the catalyst to move forward. >> the announcement took everyone by surprise including the pentagon. if it materializes, mr. trump would become the first sitting u.s. president to ever meet with his north korean counterpart. there has never been a phone call between the two. historic. andrew stevens tracking the latest for us live from seoul. good morning. what is the reaction in the region? >> reporter: well, the reaction in the region as christine just said was absolutely miraculous. near miraculous according to the south korean president moon jae-in. it really is. here in seoul this is this palpable relief that the south korean government managed to get this over line. it's always been about a meeting between the u.s. and north korea. there's also going to be a summit between the two korean leaders. this is the really big one. there is relief here but also tempered with realism. interestingly, we had japan, the japanese prime minister shinzo abe was speaking. abe says we've got to continue to put this maximum pressure on. this had economic noose around north korea stays while we lead up to and during these negotiations till we see some concrete movement about that plan agreed also by the u.s., also by south korea. the sanctions all stay in place. the australians are saying we hope that there's good faith in these negotiations but we have been down this path before. north korea has spoken, has tried to speak, tried to do deals. they ended in failure. north korea didn't get further towards denuclearization. it's going to take something extraordinary to push it beyond that into when you consider in recent weeks, there was talk of a military strike on the north. there was talks of the north selling chemical weapons to syria to finance their nuclear program. then consider the history of statements between these two world leaders. take a listen. >> there's a 10% or a 20% chance that i can talk him out of those damn nukes because who the hell wants him to have nukes. >> north korea, best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. and for his regime. >> are you willing to engage in phone talks with kim jong-un right now? >> sure. . >> of course, kim jong-un had his insults for president, dotard among the many things. can these two erratic leaders put aside hair differences? >>. >> when you see those clips there, it makes you realize what a monumental move in this is what, a complete flip this is on both sides. trump prides himself on the art of the deal. this is not personal, this is business. this is the way he's seen his dealing with kim jong-un. kim jong-un it's been said the reason is that these sanctions are hurting. he's looking at his own legacy. he wants to be seen as a statesman, as a world leader who can meet donald trump on the world stage. remember, his father and his grandfather wanted to meet u.s. presidents. it never happened. this time it is going to happen. but there is an ocean between them when it comes to what they're going to actually agree to because is the u.s. really going to give up its alliance with south korea? is it going to move troops off the south korean peninsula? is it going to withdraw its nuclear shield of this region? this is what the north koreans have always wanted. to get some sort of deal is kim jong-un prepared to take unilateral steps to actually start dismantling something seen to be the core of the jooim survival. so massive gulf between the two. but there is talks. >> yeah, one of the reasons we've never done this is because it would legitimize the north korean leader by being in the room with the president of the united states. like you said, many questions. we'll check with you again next half hour. andrew stevens, thanks. >> president trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imparts are now reality. a 25% tariff on steel, 10% on aluminum in two weeks. canada and mexico are exempt for now. the move is rattling u.s. allies and laying bare fault lines within the gop. president framed it as keeping a campaign practice. he blames the trade practices for the decline of american manufacturing. >> american steel aluminum industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. it's really ar assault on our country. it's been an assault. . >> the president is using an obscure provision to impose tariffs but excluding canada and mexico in nafta negotiations could undercut that national security rationale. other countries can apply for exemptions. that didn't satisfy paul ryan. he is pushing back strongly against the tariffs and jeff flake is threatening legislation to nullify the tariff. markets seem relieved that tariffs allowed for exemptions. some talking about a suisse cheese kind of a trade policy that you know, blunts some of the president's biggest intentions here. there are still fears of a trade war. the head of the european participant promises attorney respond firmly. south korea says it will respond, as well. that's fascinating geopolitically. this came a few hours after the south announced the u.s./south korea talks. retaliation against u.s. goods is likely with many american industries caught in the crossfire. u.s. barbers in particular could be collateral damage since america exports most of what it gross. >> president trump offered kind words for the outgoing chief economic adviser gary cohn who quit after he was overruled on the tariffs.frump suggesting cohn's days in the administration not be done. >> this is gary cohn's last meeting in the cabinet and of the cabinet and he's been terrific. he may be a globalist but i still like him. he is seriously a globalist. there's mo question. in his own way, he's a nationalist because he loves our country. and where is gary? you love our country. >> i do. >> he's going to maybe come back. he might come back, right? >> absolutely. >> we'll be here another seven years hopefully. that's a long time. i have a feeling you'll be back. >> trump says if cohn does po come back, he would not return to the same position because he's not strong on tariffs. that doesn't bode well for larry cud well and other traders being considered to replace cohn. >> the white house has faced to provide details about rob porter security clearance fiasco. trey gowdy and elijah cummings sent a letter to the administration last month asking for a detailed timeline of porter's background check by the porter and want to know when white house officials became aware the of the allegations against porter. >> answers were expected by february 28th. instead there was a brief response from mark short pointing to changes chief of staff kelly made to the process. highway ignoring the question about porter. it's not clear how gowdy and cummings will respond. >> the stormy daniels scandal, multiple sources telling cnn some officials are worried the accusations and thorny legal fight could wind up dwarfing some of the president's past transgressions. lawmakers trying hard to distance congress from this mess. >> i haven't put a second of thought into this. just not on my radar screen. >> i don't know that we necessarily have to get involved. you can sure if any of that were happening with a democrat, the republicans would be very involved in it. our time should be spent making the future better for the american people. >> there was nos white house briefing on thursday. president trump is upset we're told with sara sanders for her handling of the stormy daniels on wednesday. she told reporters are an arbitration case was won in the president's favor marking the first time the president was involved in any way with daniels. the interior department defending the nearly $139,000 price tag toup grade the doors. yes, doors to secretary ryan zinke keying office. a spokesperson says the project is necessary to replace old doors in disrepair and pins the high cost on the historical nature of the building built in the 1930s. it the work was driven by security officials. zinke was unaware of the expense. several government agencies are being scrutinized for excessive spending. last month ben carson with drew an order for $31,000 of dining room purinton furniture. >> that's a lovely lovely line of furniture. but costco has -- a lot of american businesses into what do $31,000 doors look liking? >> that must be a big old crumbling building. >> a light-hearted came after a president of a local union. pennsylvania shared a story about his father herman who lost his job in the steel industry in the 1980s. >> your father herman is looking down, he's very proud of you right now. >> then he's even more proud. even he's even more proud. >> the president -- i'll say thing about the president. there's a reason why he just one-on-one he gets along so well with so many people because he handled it so well. >> it was a good political moment. people are wondering if yesterday was more about a photo-op for the special election in pennsylvania than it was about tariffs. >> it was a good photo op for the president. he talked about the past, about the '50s and '60s and post world war ii. he didn't talk about automation. >> moving forward and globalizing. he's going to pittsburgh. pittsburgh is the steel city. there's no steel mills anymore in pittsburgh. pug is produced of how did i verse its economy, education, medical facilities a lot of highly skilled defense accountiaccount contracting. that's an interesting juxtaposition. >> the florida teachers union wants the governor to veto a key section of a new bill addressing guns and school safety. that's next. my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get two months free. florida's teachers union urging the governor to veto funding for a program that would allow some teachers and staff to be armed on campus as part of a gun and school safety bill. lawmakers approved it in the wake of the parkland school massacre. the union is not asking scott to reit toe the bill just to use his line item veto power to cut the program that would allow school employees with training to carry guns. >> he has said he's not interested in arming teachers. he has two weeks to decide whether to sign the bill. it would raise the age from 18 to 21. governor scott will meet families of the parkland victims today. the final patient from the shooting is back in the icu. anthony bore jess has been downgraded from fair to critical condition. i think this is the young man who stood there in front of the door holding the door shut against the shooter protecting everyone else in his classroom. >> a glitch in the 911 system being glap blamed for the death of a m police officer dispatched to the wrong house. christopher morton was shot and kid tuesday at a home in clinton, missouri. he was somehow sent there by 911 operators who could only hear two wip screaming during an emergency call. it turns out morton should have been dispatched to a different house about 15 mice away. the error is being investigated by the state highway patrol. two other officers were injured in the shoot-out. s.w.a.t. team members later found the gunman dead inside the home. >> emergency crews in texas finally able to reach a student trapped in a cave for ten hours. the 1-year-old girl was on a field trip to the robber baron when she became wedged in a narrow passageway. about 70 responders were chrissaling rock 0 free her. she is said to be fine but at a hospital for evaluation. >> former president barack obama said to be talking with netflix about a tv production deal. he might appear on camera has a moderator of a new series or produce a series that features inspiring american stories. the a source says it is not yet final. if it happens both the former president and michelle obama will be involved in a series of original shows for netflix. >> interesting. >> fascinating development there. the russians are the main suspect on the attack of a spy in the uk. one news anchor there says bad things happen to traitors. we're live in moscow. ♪ no, please, please, oh! ♪ (shrieks in terror) (heavy breathing and snorting) no, no. the running of the bulldogs? 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president of the united states and the north korean leader setting up what could be a summit of the century. this extraordinary face-to-face encounter expected to happen by may. kim extending the invitation through a delegation that visited the white house on thursday. the president confirming the historic meeting is in the, would saying a chitment by north koreaing to discuss denuclearization was the catalyst to move forward that it took everyone by surprise. if the break through materializes mr. trump would become the first sitting u.s. president to ever meet with his north korean counterpart. no phone call has ever happened between the two. andrew stevens live for us in seoul this morning. astounding day. good morning, andrew. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. astounding day indeed. here's an interesting point for you. this is the, as you say, the first time there would be a summit between these two. kim's father and grandfather were both pushing hard for a meeting with respect to u.s. presidents which never happened. you would think this is seen as a coup in north korea, as well. but there is no mention in the latest bulletins in north korea about this meeting taking place. which is interesting. we are getting pore details on other parts of the meetings between kim jong-un and the two envoys from south korea. makes fascinating reading saying that kim jong-un is aware of the labels he's been called by donald trump. little rocket man, et cetera, et cetera. he was making a few jokes about them to the envoys there. they said it was a very, very relaxed time, meeting and meal with kim jong-un. the booze was flying by all accounts and it was conducted in very good spirits. a little bit of insight into that meeting which led to had historic agreement between the two. there has been some really eyebrows raised about the fact that donald trump agreed without any preconditions. a lot of people say a meeting with the u.s. is a carrot. to get to that meeting with the president, you have to make a few concessions. nothing has been made here at all. the administration says well, you've got two people meeting each other who can make decisions. it doesn't matter about the precon conditions. you've got to two people who can get things done. there's been nothing where it would be held. suggests it might be in the dmz. some suggest it may be in a completely neutral country, switzerland. kim jong-un was in boarding school in switzerland. it's been used for these sorts of meetings before, the u.s. and ussr, for example. we don't know and maybe the u.s. might put the conditions on where they meet as a way of starting to get om action from the kim regime, dave, about denuclearization and verifiable stuff north korea needs to do. >> to your point, we don't know the where or who. who could do this negotiation? we have no real diplomat in the region capable and familiar with the north. what's the reaction in the region this morning. >> reporter: the reaction has been positive. positive but also some karld with that. almost miraclerous was the description used by the president of south korea. president moon has been instrumental in pushing this process forward to this sage stage. he is saying this is a step one step in a long process. the meeting is a good start. japanese are much more basically we've got to keep maximum pressure, economic pressure on north korea. that is the point the u.s. and south korea both agree on, as well. the japanese saying we've been down this path before. we know from history north korea has not been a reliable negotiating barnett. that's see what he they do rather than what they say. australians saying pretty much the same thing although calling for the negotiations to be held in good faith. cheyne happy it's happening and warning it will be a very long path. >> several administrations have been fooled before. thank you. >> president trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are reality. a 25% tariff on steel and 10% on foreign aluminum. canada and mexico are exempt for now. the move is the rattling u.s. allies and laying bare fault lines within the gop. the president framed the decision as keeping a campaign promise and he railed against the trade practices he blames for decline of american manufacturing. > the american steel aluminum industry has been ravaged by aggressive foreign trade practices. it's really an assault on our country. it's been an assault. >> the president is using an an obscure national security provisionings to could the tariffs. to exclue canada and mexico coundercut that rationale. other countries can apply for exemptions but the flexibility didn't satisfy paul ryan. arizona senator jeff flake is threatening legislationings to nullify them. markets seem to be relieved that the tariffs allowed for exempti exemptions. the head of the european participant is promising to respond firmly. china calls account tariffs a serious attack and south korea says it will respond, as well and that's really fascinating geopolitically because this came just a few hours after the south announced the united states/south korea talks. retaliation against u.s. goods is likely. u.s. farmers in particular could be collateral damage since america exports most of what it grows. >> president trump and the rest of the world heading in opposite directions on trade on thursday. 11 nations signed the trans-pacific partnership once thought to be dead after the president pulled the u.s. out of negotiations. the white house is seeking one-on-one trade deals. the president first with drew from the tpp some leaders declared the agreement meaningless. >> the white house failed to provide details about the rob porter security clearance fiasco. trey gowdy sent a letter to the administration last month asking for a detailed timeline of his background check by the fbi and want to know when white house officials became aware of the an bal gigses against porter. >> answered were expected by february 28th. instead there was a brief response from mark short pointing to changes chief of staff kelly made to the security process while ignoring questions about porter. it's not clear how they will respond. the stormy daniels this morning, this morning a new woman accuses the president of unwanted advances. jessica drake who can goes by angel ryan was listed in the settlement settlement as having confidential information about mr. trump. the president said he doesn't know the woman. lawmakers trying to harder to distance congress from the mess. >> i haven't put a seconds of thought knew this. not on my radar screen. >> i don't know i don't know that we have to necessarily get involved. if any of that were happening with a democrat, the republicans would be very involved in it. but our time should be spent making the puj better for the american people. >> some are worried the thorny lee fight could wind up being a bigger problem than some of the president's past transgressions. >> former trump campaign chairman paul manafort set for trial july 10th. on thursday he entered a not guilty plea to branch fraud and tampl charges. there will be the first of two trials for him this year. he faces federal charges of money laundering and lying to investigators in d.c. >> manafort denies all charges. he was first indicted last fall along long-time business partner rick gets into agreed to cooperate with the special counsel, robert mueller. >> the interior department defending the nearly $139,000 tag to upgrade the doors to secretary ryan zinke key' office. doors. a spokesperson says the project is necessarily to replace old doors and disrepair and pins the high cost on the historical nature of the building built in the 1930s. work was driven by career fits and security officials and zinke was unaware of the expense. several government agencies are being scrutinized for excessive spending. last month ben carson with drew an order for $131,000 worth of dining room furniture. >> a goof by the president cape after a steelworker scott sarge, president of a local union in pennsylvania, shared a moving story about his father herman who lost his job in the israeli industry in the $1980. >> your father herman is looking down. he's very proud of. >> he's still alive. >> he is? then he's even more proud of you. then he's even more proud. >> and that was a great recovery. president worked that room very well. that was a photo op that played very well for this president. it elicited a lot of warnings and concerns from our major trading partners but in terms of a photo op after such a chaotic rollout of that policy, that was a success. >> the globes concerned but new pennsylvania it may look like good politics. ahead the florida teachers union was the governor to restow a key section of a new bill addressing guns and school safety next. you won't see these folks at the post office they have businesses to run they have passions to pursue how do they avoid 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