react to go kneelers yesterday with chairman of advisory council hosting an nfl jersey burning ceremony. heather: 60% increase in salary? not at all. way more than cost of living rates. you bet. heather: time now is about 11 minutes after the top of the hour and president trump meeting with world leaders overseas for more than a week talking trade and delivering stern warning to north korea and anthony joins us live up next to analyze the message that he sent to america s friends and enemies, plus, does amazon did amazon just ruin christmas? free delivery on millions of eligible items. heather: oh, no, the ad that has parents fired up this morning.
cut off so there s a tendency to put emphasis on balance relations and on security elations and the u.s. has been forced to stick to the security relations by its asian allies well thank you so much for putting it into context for us professor howard levin and asia expert and professor at the university of erlanger in germany we appreciate it thank you much. so over to monica jones now because president trump talking trade what a topic it is monica i m very curious to hear what he s going to say sara because there are a lot of people sitting at this apec summit who were interested in the transpacific partnership and that particular trade deal or t p p could be sealed today almost a year after the united states announced it was quitting the pact a trade ministers from the remaining eleven nations signed up to the pact have been holding talks on the sidelines of apec forum taking place in vietnam now t.p. of course has been the years in the making its purpose was to bring pacific nations
brian: i will read the tease now. president trump dealing with tragedy at home while in asia talking trade in north korea. we are live in tokyo top of the hour. ainsley: brian is just jealous, stuart. brian: i am. ainsley: he wants his own show. usually tossing to reporters. but today arthel neville is tossing pizza. i hear it s healthy, arthel. steve: the secret is the crust. ainsley: cooking with friends ladies night single satisfied. satisfied. and always working to be better. here s the story of green mountain coffee roasters sumatra reserve. let s go to sumatra. the coffee here is amazing. because the volcanic soil is amazing. so we give farmers like win more plants. to grow more delicious coffee. which helps provide for win s family. all, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee.
the major headline here, there is a lot of talk about trade as the president now looks to not only create an environment with the japanese to try to bridge a massive trade gap, it s $51 billion in 2017 alone. that is just the raucous. he s also interested in maybe creating more coalitions are at the asia-pacific rim. bilateral deals obviously but he s going to crafting something that will enable us as americans to bridge that gap. a major gap indeed. you also know the president was very busy having a dinner with his counterpart commissions out aid. yet a chance chance to not only and join you what the two leaders and their wives in tokyo, which was a very nice evening for them and yeah, they mix a little business and pleasure by talking trade or the president did also bring within, not to the dinner, but on the strip, something important in the conversation the next couple days, ambassador robert ley keizer traveling here.
their dreams, in their hearts, and to express the love and joy in their souls. thank you. god bless you, and god bless america. thank you very much. mr. president do you hear the president of the united states leaving the room after delivering a statement. he began oddly with talk of being in washington meeting with his economic team. talking trade and tax policies and creating more jobs. the president claims credit for the economy, economic environment and turned to the events in charlottesville. saying the just it department and fbi leading the vin investigation, talked about the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. no disagreement there. one of the questions, why monday? not saturday? talking before the president came in the room about his challenge. trying to convince people he means it. how did he do? it was important to say some