Chief white house go ahead, jon. Jon john roberts is live in manila. Nice to see you two arguing over me. Its turning Tuesday Morning here in manila. It still 11 00 in the morning in new york city. The president tweeted hes finally settled on a replacement for Ag Press Secretary after tom price departed. The president tweeted a short time ago saying. Alec cesar is a former deputy secretary in the bush administration. Most recently, he was heading up eli lily. He was also a board member on bio, a drug lobby organization. Still, the white house says hes been a champion for lowering drug prices and will continue to do such, should he be confirmed to be the next hhs secretary. We are beginning to state in the philippines. The president s last day of his 12 day trip throughout east asia and hes got not more bilateral meetings today but his cuts were business to do. He got to sit down with the filipino president , who was elected last year. Hes been at the center of a very controversial and
going on? it hasn t hurt that he s been overseas. some republicans thought it was helpful. they need to sort it out between the house and senate. they have different versions. they need to sort out the details. the president comes into play when it s necessary to close the deal and basically work out the differences between republicans on one side of congress and house and on the other side with the senate. i think the next month is going to be really crucial. melissa: terry seib. always great. jon: now, desperate search for survivors after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit near the iraq-i m on border, killing more than 400 people out right. injuring thousands more. the death toll is expected to rise as rescuers dig through the rubble. live in our london newsroom. a catastrophic earthquake in the middle east, desperately trying to save more people