Trade front and center. President trump softening his tone against china. General flynn has express said concern about the potential legal exposure of his son. Hes under enormous pressure to cooperate. The jig is up. The best thing he and his son can do is just to be truthful. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. One year after this historical election, a new cnn poll offers a sobering score card of the trump presidency. A majority say they are less confident than when he took off. He republicans are wrestling with a tough decision between brace or rebuke. The president s rhetoric and handling of the issues. House Speaker Paul Ryan concedes they are under more pressure to get tax reform passed. But there is a problem for republicans. Their plan appears to break two key promises. President trump making a major switch in his china trade position. He went from blaming them for currency manipulation and reigning the United States to not blaming them at all. His predecessors are to blame for what he called an unfair and onesided economic relationship. And turning up the pressure. We now have information at cnn that President Trumps fired National Security adviser Michael Flynn has expressed concern about the potential legal exposure of his son. Like his father, he is under scrutiny by bob mueller. What might that mean. Find it all covered here this morning. Lets begin with Suzanne Malveaux live on capitol hill. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Damning new numbers for republicans as well as the president one year into the trump presidency. More americans much less confident than in his own performance. Here on capitol hill, the blame game is in full effect. Many members of congress quietly, and some not so quietly worried that aligning themselves with the president on tuesday means they will lose their majorities next year. The Republican Party in damage control after a sweep of democratic victories across the country. Some downplaying the results. This is typical cycle. Most of the elections are decided by local circumstances. Virginia, because of northern virginia, is really not a purple state. Its a blue state. Reporter others pointing the finger directly at President Trump. I do think we do better with a morin collusive message. I think the overwhelming thing that was going on was the energy on the democratic side. And thats definitely a referendum on the president. Reporter a new cnn poll shows that 64 of americans say their confidence in the president has decreased since he took office. 1 in 4 feel less confidence about their leader. It is taking a big toll on his ability to unite the country. A 16point drop among vote issers in his own party. The percentage of republicans who think the president can bring needed change down 10 points since last november. House Speaker Paul Ryan acknowledging that tuesdays losses show that Congress Needs to deliver on tax reform. We have a promise to keep. If anything, this puts more pressure on making sure we follow through. Reporter the republican tax plan would add 1. 7 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, higher than initially projected. Multiple sources tell cnn that President Trump personally lobbied Senate Democrats on a phone call tuesday by saying he would be a big loser if the gop plan is signed into law. Despite a report that shows that the largest cuts would accrue to higherincome households. Donald trump says this doesnt help the wealthy. Obviously, it does. So all the claims they have made for this bill are belied by the bill ifs. Reporter Nick Mulvaney insisting it will help the middleclass. At the end of the day if we feel this is a middleclass tax increase, hes not going to sign it. Reporter but most disapprove how the president is handling taxes. Taxes were not the issue that mattered most to voters. 39 of virginia voters said health care was their number one issue when voting. So while the debate continues on capitol hill whether or not to align themselves with the president , we have heard from outspoken republican senator john mccain calling for the party to get his act together. Senator Lindsey Graham saying the antidote on tuesday is for the party to get something done. What does that look like . Today is day four. The house is marking up that tax reform bill. Well see just how far they can push it and where it goes. Alisyn and chris . Thank you, suzanne, for breaking all that down. John avlon and david drucker. In terms of taking a snapshot of on where we are later and where the president is. President trump, has he kept his Campaign Promises in 48 thought yes. Now it is down to 40 . Lets tick through a couple more of these and see what is next. Is this the change . Has President Trump brought the change that was needed and promised . 56 say no. 40 say yes. In terms of uniting the country. This is an interesting one. Only 30 say he is capable of uniting the country. Thats down 13 points from november. So, john, where does that leave reps trying to decide whether to embrace the passion of the president s base or not to hitch their wagon to the president . No place good. What the key indicator, we all know the president s party gets shell lacked in midterm elections. Barack obama, 2010. But if the president Approval Rating is under 50 , which is a relatively High Standard consider where President Trump has been. The fact that trump is in the high 30s is a really bad stat for republicans. Are they focused on the primary, are they focused on playing the debate, or focused on trying to unite the nation, maintain the majority. If they are, donald trump will be toxic in a lot of key districts. Thats just the fact. When you analyze the poll numbers youre looking for a quick fix. In terms of promises kept, you can have a quick fix by getting something done. In terms of being a uniter, you can start speaking differently. Thats not expected of this president. So is that has to be put to the side. On policy, thats why you are seeing paul ryan ignoring the obvious and focusing only on tax policy. We have pressure to deliver. Heres the question. Why are they pushing this tax policy so hard to the middleclass when any Analysis Shows the middleclass doesnt benefit the most . Whats the play . Well, chris, republicans in congress have taken a hit in part because they havent gotten any big things the done. So theyre taking a hit from their opponents and people skeptical of their policies. They are also in trouble with people that want to see things Like Health Care reform and actual reform. And i think for republicans, and ive been thinking about this, lets stipulate that you have a segment of the middleclass and those who traditionally voted republican will take a hit with this bill. Lets stipulate that the republicans might make out okay with this bill and might not. It reminds me of Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid. Theyre being chased. They cant decide whether to stay and fight or jump off the cliff. They decide to jump and hope it works out okay. I dont think the republicans going back to the drawing board is going to do them any good. If they cannot govern and not produce legislation particularly after the failure of health care, theyre going to be in trouble. People are going to wonder, why the heck they should show up next november if these guys cant get anything done. This is about republicans needing to show they can pass a bill. Why not just pass tax cuts . Alisyn and i were playing around with the idea. You have 80 plus percent of people on a tax cut. How you define it becomes very important. They hamstrung themselves by saying this is a tax cut. Does the middleclass get a tax cut . Yes. Then it starts to vary. None of it is what i will get. They want a quick score. It is is about the donor class. It is a trickle down in economics. You cut taxes on the weighty, it will flow into the middleclass. But youre right. That has been the focus, middleclass tax cut. It is is probably whats needed. It exposes to getting undercut when it doesnt do what he says it is going to do. They may end up passing just a tax cut bill. It has to get through the house and the senate. Thats the default position. Interestingly enough, guys, talking to republican dough norse in new york and around the country that make a lot of money, theyre not necessarily thrilled with the tax plan. I think republicans are trying to balance their various wins of support and try and make sure politically that this temperatures out okay. And ive talked to republicans and asked them why theyve focused so much on the middleclass from a rhetorical standpoint. They told me its just not worth the fight anymore because theyre going to get demagogued and they will lose the argument. It gets rid of the a and t. 31 million the few details, the scant details we have about this, he had paid 31 million. That would go away. It gets rid of it but changes some of the other rules out there. Particularly if you wanted to take advantage of the passthrough rate at 25 , if youre in a white collar professional service. State and local taxes. There are also things with real estate and other deductions youre not going to get anymore. These are the people that i have talked to. So republicans are hearing it on both ends and that you are not satisfying anybody. The key is, can they at least satisfy middleclass voters in the suburbs where the House Majority will be on the line next year. And judging by what we saw on tuesday, there is no guarantee they can do that. I had other poll numbers but i will save them for later. Thats a tease. We have three hours. Dont waste it all out of the gate. President trump is saying he doesnt blame them anymore for taking advantage of his trade practices. He accuses china of raping the United States. We have complete coverage of the president s trip and massive pivot in asia. Lets start with jeff zeleny live in beijing. The crowd started to applaud when he said i dont blame china and with good reason. Reporter he did indeed, chris. It was another day of pomp and pageantry here in beijing. It is unclear whether this will lead to new policy from president ping. President trump receiving a regal welcome in china with new signs the flattery from president xi jinping may be working. I dont blame china. After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. I give china agreement credit. Reporter those words a far cry from his rhetoric on the campaign trail. China is taking our jobs, our money, our base, our manufacturing. We cant continue to allow china to rape our country. Reporter on the edge of Tiananmen Square inside the great hall of the people today, President Trump didnt fault china for its business practices. Instead, pointing a finger at his predecessors. I do blame past administrations for allowing this outofcontrol trade deficit to take place and to grow. Reporter the two leaders met for hours during the president s twoday visit to beijing. Mr. Trump called for a vibrant yet fair trading relationship and announced pledges of 250 billion in American Business agreements here. Yet north Koreas Nuclear ambitions dominated the talks on the most consequential stops of the 13day asia tour. We have the power to finally liberate this region and the world from this very Serious Nuclear menace. Reporter president xi said they were dedicated to denuclearizing the korean peninsula. But stopped short of saying what he might do to squeeze north kor korea. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said President Trump did discuss human rights with his chinese counter part. The president also committed to promote exchanges and understanding between our peoples and had a frank change. Reporter he brought along this video of his 6yearold granddaughter speaking mandarin. The president gave her skills an aplus. They played that video once again trying to build a rapport by influencing and using his granddaughter. The white house is turning its attention to where the president goes next. He will fly to vietnam where there is a likely meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin on the schedule. It is still not confirmed. But Rex Tillerson said they will have a meeting, the president s will, if they can agree to matters of substance. Syria on the list, the middle east on the list. I asked secretary tillerson if russian meddling is also on that list. He said that stays on the list of possible topics. President trump and president putin meet on thursday in vietnam. Okay. That will be very interesting to keep an eye on. Jeff zeleny, thank you for that preview and reporting. Now north korea. They are firing back at President Trumps rhetoric. This is his 17th trip to north korea. Cnn is the only American Network there. What is the latest, will . Reporter you have to wonder where the north korean propaganda writers get their material, alisyn. I will read you what was it in the leading newspaper this morning. Speak building President Trumps fiery not fiery, his relatively subdued speech in south korea but fiery response from the North Koreans in this newspaper. They say his words were like filthy rhetoric spewing out of his snout like garbage that raoebgs of gun powder to ignite war. North koreans were told that President Trump gave a speech but they were given no details of the content. They didnt know about the long list of allegations of north koreas assume rights abuses documented extensively by the united nations. They didnt know about the direct challenge to kim jongun. But they did allow us to tell people what President Trump said. Their responses were indignant. They came back with fiery rhetoric, often echoing what they need in the newspaper and see on state television. North korea going to take a lot of umbrage. North korean officials told me repeatedly that even if china were to cut off their oil supply completely, they would still find way to Test Nuclear Weapons and launch missiles. Back to you. All right. Lets put back up that insult by north korea. They have no high ground. The president of the United States is arguing against the regime. However, who is writing that . Spewing out of his snout. Thats a pig reference. First, i want to go back to the quality of that propaganda writing. They have clearly hired somebody new. That is not often found in communiques. It is almost shakespearian. My favorite is have you eaten on the insane route that devours intellect. You committed that to memory . No. I just made it up. We know thats not true. Wow. But that was good too, north korea. If President Trump and Vladimir Putin meet tomorrow, will Russian Election meddling be discussed . How could it not be discussed next. This. I pop that in there. Press brew. Thats it. So rich. I love it. Thats why you should be a keurig man fullbodied. Are you sure youre describing the coffee and not me . And her new mobile wedding business. Tted. At first, getting paid was tough. Until she got quickbooks. Now she sends invoices, sees when theyve been viewed andtadahpaid twice as fast for free. Visit quickbooksdotcom. Aleve direct therapy. Has met its match. 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We cant continue to allow china to rape our country, and thats what