his own decision about this, and that's what his family and he is doing in detroit right now. >> cakasie hunt on capitol hill and waiting for president trump. see it on your full screen to give a speech on tax reform in saint charles, missouri. tensions are escalating over north korea's missile test the regime touts as the most powerful yet. neither issue were the focus of the president's tweets. instead rand r ranted about fake news and retweeted posts of inflammatory videos originally shared by far right nationalist group in the united kingdom. with more on the president, turn to nbc's ron mott in saint charles where the president is about to speak. ron? >> reporter: hey there, ali. g good afternoon to you. the president is on the way. an announcement over the loud speaker he is en route. a suburb of st. louis. a subject you mentioned top of the broadcast.