the citizens of the united states well on this trip. fred? all right, ryan nobles in honolulu, thank you so much. joining me right now, cnn political commentator david swardlick and josh rogin, a washington post columnist. good to see you both. first, the president s five asian nations tour comes at a very prickly time. how much will the russia probe interfere, potentially, with trump s ability to assure, comfort, or even work with leaders worried about north korea? sure, fred, so i think at a minimum it s a distraction for the president, even though the administration, i think, would probably welcome this trip abroad, a chance to get away out of the daily grind of washington, the news of the russia investigation is going to follow them, it s going to keep us busy here, and i think that it also as you say lets leaders across the world know that this president is not on the same page with his members of congress here, he s not necessarily on the same page with people in his inner