And nasa could send a crew deeper into space than ever before. Good to have you with us. Tonight president obama is in beijing preparing to attend the Asia Pacific Economic cooperation or apec summit. It is the first time president obama has visited the country for almost five years. Patty culhane has more. President obama has the long journey to asia, with stops in myanmar and southeast asia. By the United States, back to asia, our desire to pivot and focus on the asia pacific region. We were able to pivot to the asia pacific region. The pivot was part of his Campaign Promises but is it a reality . The military presence has not increased by much. The potential may have looked greater at that stage. Since the budget cuts have gone through they have been able to hold asia level while other areas have faced serious cuts but not as dramatic as some might have thought in the first place. The u. S. Trade deficit when the president took office was 336 million. In 2014, it was 497 million. Bu
Craig is in manila with more on the monster storm. Reporter this is the moment when the storm hit a city of more than 200,000 people. Once the winds whipped in from the coast with gusts around 300 kilometers an hour, and with it came floodwater. People used mattresses to stay above the rising waters. This is the kind of scene rescue crews are seeing as they reach isolated areas. A tornado just passed us. And it lasted for four hours. It was just crumbling, you know. I mean, at first it was the ceiling that went off, and then the roof just started flying in all directions and then the water just started coming. Reporter the survivors are desperate. Weve got some looting going on at a drugstore by the looks of it. Were opening as many stores as we can so the people have access to food. There is some looting going on, and weve deployed the army as much as we can. Were trying to secure power and water, which are the basics. Reporter with communications down and roads out, emergency organiz