the trump administration, and probably contributing to a sense of unease of what is next, what is the message to north korea? could that be the next hot spot? katy? on north korea, and of course that is something people are talking about a lot lately, especially after this nbc news report that go americans are preparing to strike preemptively if they need to. kelly o donnell, the vice president is going overseas. he s got a 10-day asia trip. what is the white house hoping to get out of that? reporter: katy, as you know, this trip was planned far in advance, so sort of a confluence of events where there is this highly threat level in north korea and what we re seeing in other actions in other parts of the world. so the biggest thing for vice president pence is to have a direct connection with south korea, to go to seoul and explain what the trump administration s posture is to try to provide reassurance and partnership. a key ally in that part of the
like that, with a major european city essentially in a state of lockdown. absolutely, fred, what a situation. thank you for that reporting. well, president obama is back in washington after his nine-day asia trip. he returns to this country on edge after the paris terror attacks, but he s urging americans not to overreact and promising to destroy the terror group. joe johns is live at the white house with more. good morning, joe. good morning, alisyn. the president arriving back here in washington right around midnight after that long trip to turkey, the philippines, and malays malaysia. and in that last speech in kuala lumpur, really giving a sense where his head is at after the attacks in paris and also in mali, wading into the notion that fear itself is part of the problem. being afraid of the killers who attacked paris, the killer who is attacked mali is in and of itself one of the biggest problems. listen.
hardware and the white house set will support and create 54,000 jobs. some good economic news for the president after his shellacking in the election, after voters expressed frustration with slow job growth. while corporate america may be battling the administration back home over health care reform and other policies, it is walking arm in arm with him through asia. our company has a global power company, we ve got about 2000 people in the u.s., about a thousand of those people defend on hard growth markets like this and our growth as a company will be adding more people as we expand in places like india. the president s trip will take him to indonesia, south korea and japan. in mumbai, peter barns, fox news. and our thanks to peter. mumbai was the president s first stop on the ten-day asia trip. kelly: hurricane tomas weakening into a tropical storm over the caribbean right
once you go there, that s the headline, right? this is one of the few times that trump could be overshadowed that is of news that isn t his own making. he wanted to come back from the 11-day asia trip. he s been saying the last couple days, teasing out without any details that there s some big trade announcement. clearly, the elephant in the room is what donald trump going to do about roy moore. his aides and behind the scenes, a lot of discussion with the white house and senator mitch mcconnell about should attorney general jeff sessions be a write-in candidate. what should they do? clearly republicans are very uneasy about the roy moore candidacy going forward. shepard: often these overseas trips for presidents is about showing american engagement in foreign affairs, making friends, making statements, that sort of thing. there was a suggestion that he might have a big accomplishment on this trip. north korea as a state sponsor
a lot of questions. first around foremost, do you believe roy moore or do you believe the women who were accusing him of misconduct. of course, do you think roy moore should even stay in this race to begin with? this is of course an issue that is really divided the republican party, pitting establishment republicans like mitch mcconnell and paul ryan against the former white house strategist steve bannon, even though bannon is now reported that he may be having some doubts about roy moore as well. so where doesn t trump stand on this and will he answer that? that s what a lot of folks at the white house are looking for white now, shep. shepard: we ll know soon enough. thanks, kristin. let s bring in anna palmer from politco and co-author of the politco newsletter. nice to see you. good to see you. shepard: do you stick to trade and whatever you want to be the discussion regarding the trip that you ve just finished, because if that s what you want to do, don t mention roy moore.