Good morning, im richard lui. We begin with the president s trip to asia. Moments ago he arrived in japan, the first stop of his fournation tour. Later this week hell visit south korea, malaysia and the philippines. The hope is to reassure these alleys of u. S. Support. Now, the president s last three scheduled trips to asia were canceled because of domestic issues here at home including government shutdown. Nbcs tracie potts is in washington, d. C. Good morning to you, tracie. Why does the president here need to reassure u. S. Allies . Reporter well, because if you look at the region, richard, theres one really big, powerful, growing country in terms of the economy, thats china. And then we have several smaller allies who want to know that the u. S. Is behind them economically. In some cases militarily as well. Thats part of the president s agenda in heading to this region. First he made an emotional stop on the west coast. President obama met First Responders and toured damage in oso
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Quite serious. Global warming, trump has said it was a hoax and now he maybe changing his mind. Most signs are saying it is very real. This businessman says hes opening his checkbook to stop any plan to roll back on Climate Change. Also, all work and no play, thats no good. Steven johnson will tell us how important it is to have a little fun in our lives. But, first, here is my take. So donald trump now says in an interview with the New York Times that he believes there is some connection to human activity and Climate Change and Hillary Clinton should not be prosecuted and after one conversation with james mathis, you wonder why he did not have that conversation during the campaign or he pounded on the view of this for a year and a half. At this point, it does not matter. Trump is president elect trump. We should all hope that he flipflops some more. In this spir, let me outline a stories that we hope to see the next few weeks. Donald trump wants to keep iran deal. The agreement of ira
Opening his checkbook to stop any plan to roll back progress on Climate Change. Meet tom steir. Also, no work and no play, thats no good. Steven johnson will tell us just how important it is to have a little fun in our lives. But first, heres my take. So donald trump now says in be a interview with the New York Times that he believes there is some connection between human activity and Climate Change, that Hillary Clinton should not be prosecuted and after one conversation with james mattis, trump changed his tune a bit about waterboarding. When wondering why he didnt have that conversation during the campaign for a year and a half but at this point it doesnt matter. Trump is president elect. We should all hope that he flipflops. In this spirit, let me outline a few news stories i hope well see over the next few weeks. Donald trump wants to keep iran deal. The president elect has come to realize that the agreement with iran has blocked that countrys pathways to a Nuclear Weapon. Further
President trump short on legislative wins, still claiming that he beats all his predecessors. We have signed more bills and im talking about through the legislature, than any president ever, for a while harry truman had us. Now i think we have everybody. I better say think, or they will give you a pinocchio. You wouldnt want those pinocchios. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington where Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is running out of options, falling back on a 2015 plan for a straight Obamacare Repeal now that the first two senate bills are dead. The Trump White House stunned by monday nights tweets from republican senators jerry motra and mike lee, minutes after the president wrapped up a dinner with senators who were already on board with the legislation. The president tweeting, pushing for full repeal, blaming democrats, calling on senators to let obamacare fail. Joining me now is casey hunt on capitol hill and Kristen Welker at the white house. Welcome, both. Casey, wh