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(6 Apr 2017) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYPOOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYAboard Air Force One, En Route to Palm Beach, Florida - 6 April 2017++AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING++1. Mid, pan President Donald Trump walks up steps to Air Force One2. Mid, pan First Lady Melania Trump walks up steps to Air Force One3. UPSOUND (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:"(Reporter off camera: Are you committed to doing something about Syria?) I don't want to say what I am going to be doing with respect to Syria. (Reporter off camera: What would you like the Chinese President to do regarding North Korea?) We have been treated unfairly and made terrible deals, trade deals with China for many, many years. So, that is one of the things we are going to be talking about. The other thing, of course, is going to be North Korea. And somehow they will mix. They really do mix. So we are going to be talking about trade, North Korea and many other things. (Reporter off camera: Did going to the nuclear option change how you consider which nominees to put forward?) No. No. We have a great person right now in Judge Gorsuch, I mean a great person and hopefully if there is a second one for me during my administration and there could be as many as four. In fact, under a certain scenario there could even be more than that. But no, I don't think the nuclear option has any impact at all. (Reporter off camera: What do you think of Devin Nunes recusing himself? Where you briefed on that?) Well, I think he is a very good person. I just heard that he did. I think he is a very good person. He is a very honorable guy and I think he did that ... maybe for his own reason? He is a high quality person and the gentleman replacing him, we don't know, I hear is a very, very highly respected man. High quality. (Reporter off camera: The ethnics investigation is about sharing classified information, did he share classified information?) With who? What? (Reporter off camera: The ethics investigation now underway is about sharing classified information. Do you think he is guilty of sharing classified information?) Nobody shared it with me, that I can tell you. Because I haven't looked. (Reporter off camera: Mr. President, two questions. Do you think Assad should leave power and will you discuss Syria ...) What Assad did is terrible. I think what happened in Syria is one of the truly egregious crimes and it shouldn't have happened and it shouldn't be allowed to happen. (Reporter off camera: Did you talk to Putin? Did you talk to the Russian president about what happened?) At some point I may. I haven't but at some point I may. (Reporter off camera: Just to follow up on that, do you think that Assad should leave power in Syria?) I think what happened in Syria is a disgrace to humanity and he's there, and I guess he is running things. So something should happen. Thanks folks. I will see you in a little while." 4. Mid, door closedSTORYLINE: President Donald Trump is suggesting that Syrian President Bashar Assad may have to leave power after this week's chemical weapons attack.Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said Thursday that what happened in Syria is "a disgrace to humanity." Asked if Assad should go, Trump said, "He's there, and I guess he's running things so something should happen."The president would not discuss what, if anything, the United States might do in response to the deadly chemical attack. He said the attack "shouldn't have happened, and it shouldn't be allowed to happen."Trump said he may talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation in Syria. Russia is a key supporter of the Assad government.===========================================================Clients are reminded: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you... Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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