reactions are so different when you look at how he reacted to the new york terror attack, to now he has reacted to las vegas and sutherland springs, texas, in terms of taking action right now. right. the shooting now taking some of the focus away from the president s trip to asia. let s bring in alexandra field live in tokyo with more. the president is traveling to a region where he will be talking trade and security in a place where we have an awful lot of trade deficits and security concerns. yeah. certainly concerns about north korea have been topping the agenda on this trip. the president has been talking a lot about pursuing more fair trade deals. but it is those discussions about north korea that have dominated a lot of the trip. it will continue to dominate his five-country sweep through asia. the japanese prime minister arguably his closest prime minister in the edge region. they couldn t have said it enough times. they like each other. they re working closely with
in tragic times, americans always pull together. we are always strongest when we are unified. to the wounded and the families of the victims, all of america is praying for you. supporting you, and grieving alongside of you. that reaction just in h to cnn. president trump in japan reacting just a few hours ago to yesterday s mass shooting at a texas church. he s ordering flags across the u.s. at half staff through thursday night. he says guns are not the issue. mental health is. we have a lot of mental health problems in our country, as do other countries, but this isn t a guns situation. i mean we could go into it, but it s a little bit soon to go into it, but fortunately, somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite
we re not sure if he shot and killed kelley, the shooter, but he certainly picked up his weapon and pursued the shooter. so, there are two sides. just common sense. somebody who served time for assault, should they be allowed to buy those guns? h apparently they could. we treat these events as if they re some kind of rash of tornado. a person did this. but after the new york terror attack, it was quick to close immigration loopholes. ahead, president trump speaking about the shooting during his trip to asia. so sad. suterland brings, texas, such a beautiful, wonderful area with incredible people. who would ever think a thing like this could happen? just awful. only five weeks removed from the deadliest mass shooting in american history. the president says guns are not
shooting in the united states. we go live to texas with the latest. also, major anti-corruption arrests in saudi arabia. dozens of people swept up. is this really about corruption, or is leadership looking to consolidate power this we re live in riyadh. i love you, couch.
but this isn t a guns situation. i mean we can go into it. it s a little too soon to go into it. fortunately somebody else had gun that was shooting in the opposite direction, otherwise it would have been much worse. but this is a mental health problem at the highest level. so the shooting now taking some of the focus away from the president s asia trip. but it is nonetheless crucial. alexandra field live for us in tokyo. good morning to you alex there is a bromance that seems to be blossoming between shinzo abe and president trump. but it was on display in this press conference, wasn t it? you can t imagine two leaders speaking in more superlatives about one another, absolutely heaping praise on one another. talking about their close friendship, the countless hours they spend on the found, the rounds of golf they play. but all of this is driving home a bigger point. they re saying these two