Virginia Lieutenant Governor ralph northam. Democratic candidate for governor. Well be watching next week to see how you do. Thank you for joining us, sir. Thanks so much, katy. That wraps things up for me this hour. Ali velshi, my friend it is friday. Are you done . The president is overseas. Right. I think were going to have a quiet weekend. I dont know. Just say it. Might have a quiet weekend. Theres always one. I have property to sell you in florida. Katy have a great afternoon and i hope you do have a quiet weekend. I hope we all do. Im ali val shi, as katy alluded to, President Trump will arrive in hawaii, the one stop before he kicks off his highstakes visit to asia. The longer overseas trip of any president since 1991, but the president is traveling with some hefty political baggage as the russia investigation looms. Mr. President , do you remember George Papadopolos during that march meeting i dont remember much about that meeting. It was a very unimportant meeting that took p
virginia lieutenant governor ralph northam. democratic candidate for governor. we ll be watching next week to see how you do. thank you for joining us, sir. thanks so much, katy. that wraps things up for me this hour. ali velshi, my friend it is friday. are you done? the president is overseas. right. i think we re going to have a quiet weekend. i don t know. just say it. might have a quiet weekend. there s always one. i have property to sell you in florida. katy have a great afternoon and i hope you do have a quiet weekend. i hope we all do. i m ali val shi, as katy alluded to, president trump will arrive in hawaii, the one stop before he kicks off his high-stakes visit to asia. the longer overseas trip of any president since 1991, but the president is traveling with some hefty political baggage as the russia investigation looms. mr. president, do you remember george papadopolos during that march meeting i don t remember much about that meeting. it was a very un
time i don t remember much about it. the russia investigation is not the only conflict traveling with the president. secretary of state rex tillerson on the took, joining trump in asia, which could make for an awkward trip since the president said this last night. rex is in there working hard, doing his best, doing the best he can. he ll be with you the duration? i don t know who s going to be, we ll see. your state department still has unfilled positions. i told my people, where you don t need to fill slots don t fill them, but we have some people that i m not happy with. we have reporters covering all angles of this. well kelly o donnell live in hawaii, and start with you, kelly. what s going on in hawaii, of course, the least contentious part of this trip. reporter: well, i guess i m obligated to say, aloha, ali. you are. reporter: indulge me for a moment. yes. the president will be here in a matter of hours and this is both a refueling stop and an
fill them, but we have some people that i m not happy with there. but assistant secretary of state, not getting rid of that position? let me tell you, the one that matters is me. i m the only one that matters. when it comes to it, that s what the policy is going to be. reporter: the only one that matters. that will be a quote that will linger over this trip. it s also difficult for presidents to ever predict how long any senior member of their cabinet stay on, but typically you would expect more confidence shown in someone with the prominent role of secretary of state. especially on the eve of a trip with so much at stake. ali? all right. let me bring hans into this. as kelly outlined, incredible diplomatic implications and big trade implications. a lot of ceos on the president with this trip, but military implications as well as things ratchet up with north korea. tell us about what s at stake? reporter: in general you see from the administration a focus
on the diplomatic-led effort in terms of north korea and hot rhetoric from the president as assets are moved into the region. just the other night, b-1 lancers left guam. a strong reaction from north koreans on that. in general when the u.s. does a lot of these trainings and exercises they want to stress the tripar tide nature to say japan involved and south korea involved. where the presidenting first two stops? japan and then south korea. i think, ali, yesterday when we heard from mc345master, we hear timeline. give the dip marry push and every time secretary mattis talks he makes sure it s a diplomatic-led effort. and attaches a timeline. a couple months. give diplomacy, the sanctions, pressure. thanks very much. hans nichols at the pentagon. kelly o donnell in honolulu. we ll be back with you as we follow this trip. former acting attorney general sally yates answered