and perhaps an opportunity to weigh in on the news that china is now sending an envoy to north korea to restart the talks, also expecting, as you said, the president to talk about his accomplishments. he did tweet this morning that there are friendships and benefits from the asia trip that will go on for years to come. meanwhile the president is expected to go up to capitol hill tomorrow to talk to congressional republicans about their tax plan, and that, of course, has been complicated by the news that the senate tax plan is expected to include the provision that would basically end the obamacare individual mandate. the big question on everybody s mind is about roy moore, the alabama senate race and what the president is going to do about that. of course the statement so far from the white house has been if the allegations of misconduct of
he s back home from asia and promising the fruits from his long and successful trip will be for many years to come. he comes home to a tax cut battle that looks different than it did yesterday. it now has obamacare wrapped up in it. what does the president think about roy moore this morning? he has five statements on twitter so far but none of them about the senate candidate on the ballot accused of assaulting a 16-year-old girl. he has not said if he thinks roy moore should drop out of the race. but first let s talk about taxes or is it health care. reporter: we do expect to hear from the president. we expect him to tout his accomplishments following the marathon trip to asia, a very likely also to talk about asia,
raising tensions in recent days. when it comes to north korea, how much pressure will the president be putting on china? well, my understanding is that president trump believes that china s really the key to solving this issue and that he is willing to sacrifice some key strategic issue areas. i would say the south china sea, in order to leverage chinese support. i think this is a big mistake. the south china sea lies at the heart of power in the south pacific, and if the president does not bring it up as a key point of tension, the united states is going to be conceding massive ground in the region. but unfortunately, i think instead the president s going to focus on trying to get china s support in implementing current u.n. resolutions and putting even more pressure on north korea which the chinese believe are not really going to impact north korea s thinking even if they do follow through with u.s. wishes. julie: that s very interesting. you know, trade, obviously, is going to be
superdelegates. reporter: according to the washington post, the dnc chair and deputy chair both pledged to reform the party in light of these allegations. tom perez, the dnc chair, also said that the joint fundraising committees for both campaigns have been shut down. julie? julie: ellison barber reporting from washington, thank you. connell: saudi arabian defense forces have intercepted a missile, state news channel reporting a missile of, quote, limited size was fired from yemen headed towards the international airport. i saudi forces bringing the missile down just north of that area. no reports coming in of casualties or damage. julie: president trump weighing in on the axises that hillary clinton accusations that hillary clinton rigged the democratic party or the primary and now calling on the justice department to investigate her. we re going to ask our political panel what they think about that. plus, all eyes on the president as he heads to asia amid escalating tensions
by leadership from u.s. pacific command in hawaii. then, of course, joining the first lady for that visit over at pearl harbor. i have a photo i want to share with you, also visiting the memorial was white house chief of staff john kelly. his son was killed while serving in the marine corps in afghanistan, certainly a solemn reminder of the sacrifice so many have made on behalf of a grateful nation. and i want to share a little behind the curtains, if you will. this is actually a tweet from the u.s. secret service. the presidential vehicle s being loaded up for the trip here to asia including the beast as we like to call it, that s the main transport vehicle for the president and the first family. all right, so here s the map. first up, it s japan and south korea. then the president, in addition to looking for unity on this north korea question, will then head to beijing where he s expected to, again, have a very important bilateral with xi jinping and hopefully get the chinese preside