The president sparked confusion and criticism with comments he made to reporters following a private meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin at the apec summit in vietnam on saturday. When asked if russias attempt to interfere in the u. S. Election came up in the conversation, trump responded every time he sees me he says i didnt do that and i believe, i really believe that when he tells me that, he means it. The president criticized members of the u. S. Intelligence community saying i mean, give me a break, theyre political hacks. You have brennan, you have clapper and you have comey. You look at that and you have president putin vehemently says he had nothing to do with that. Now youre not going to get into an argument. Youre going to Start Talking about syria and the ukraine. A day later trump appeared to walk back those comments after facing sharp criticism from republicans and democrats alike, clarifying his remarks during a press president with the vietnamese president sunday. He said as to whether i believe it or not, im with our agencies especially as currently constituted. Not leaving it there, the president took to twitter to respond to critics writing when will all the haters and fools out there realize that having a Good Relationship with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Theyre always playing politics. Bad for our country. I want to solve north korea, syria, ukraine, terrorism and russia can greatly help. Then adding a short time later does the Fake News Media remember when crooked Hillary Clinton as secretary of state was begging russia to be our friend with the misspelled reset button . Obama tried also but he had zero chemistry with putin. The president is in the philippines as well, earlier this morning he spoke at the asian summit along with philippine president Rodrigo Duterte. The stop is been one of his contentious ones. In the streets trump was greeted with massive and at times violent protests which included this enormous Burning Effigy made in a distinctive design. He climpnked glasses and the lar saying the two had a great relationship. Duterte sang you are the light which he later said was on the orderers of the commander in chief of the United States. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the issue of human rights briefly came up in the context in the fight against Illegal Drugs and extremely controversial crackdown following killings that left thousands dead. Speaking next to vietnams president in hanoi, trump offered his sfrsz ervices to me the south chaiia sea. If can he help to please let me know. The schoolyard war of words between the president and the leader of north korea ramped up again over the weekend. As expected, trump has gone after north korea hard during his asia trip in both public and his reported private remarks with World Leaders and on saturday in a statement on north korean state media pyongyang called it a warmongers visit by the destroyer of world peace and stability and begged for a nuclear war. Called him a dotard or old lieu nannic, depending on the translation. Both mean the same thing, as is customary for trump he responded pretty quickly on twitter, why would kim jongun imsult me by calling me old, when i would never call him short and fat . Oh well, i try so hard to be his friend, and maybe someday that will happen. Trump was asked to elaborate on that friendship line while at a News Conference in vietnam. I think anythings a possibility. Strange things happen in life, that might be a strange thing to happen, but its certainly a possibility. If that did happen, it would be a good thing for, i can tell you, for north korea, but it would also be good for lots of other places and it would be good for the world. So certainly it is something that could happen. I dont know that it will, but it would be very, very nice if it did. You may recall that trump once said he would be honored to meet kim jongun. Trump has also had separate tweets over the weekend aimed at russia and china saying in both that progress is being made on the north korean front. Want to turn to a develop story for the middle east after a deadly earthquake rocked the border of iraq and iran sunday evening. The 7. 3 magnitude quake according to officials killed. 00 and left thousands injured. Those numbers are expected to grow. Ali rouzi joining us live. What is the latest with this earthquake . Reporter good morning. Rescuers have been battling through the night along with the military to find people, survivors trapped in the collapsed buildings and towns affected by the earthquake. The deputy of the iran province which appears to be the worst affected area of this earthquake told state television that people are still under the rubble and the death toll is likely to rise. This powerful 7. 3 magnitude earthquake on the iranian iraqi border according to officials here has killed at least 300 people and thousands more have been injured, most of whom have been affected or are in iran. Officials expect the casualty to rise as search and rescue teams reach remote areas affected by the earthquake and its these remote rural areas houses are made of mud bricks that can crumble so easily after an earthquake and trap people underneath them. This earthquake was felt in several provinces of iran but the hardest hit area was karmansha, about ten miles from the iraqi border. Were hoping to get more information as the situation unfolds. Iran sitting on major fault lines there so when quakes like this hit they are so devastating as they were years ago. Ali arouzi, thank you. Back home, special election judge roy moore is threatening legal action that printed on the record allegations he molested a 14yearold and pursued relationships with three other teenagers when he was in his 30s. Speaking to a forum of about 150 people last night in huntsville, alabama, at which media was not permitted, moore said that the Washington Post published false allegations, for which they will be sued. Moore provided no details about what type of lawsuit he planned to file or when he planned to file it, but on saturday said that he will provide new information within days and denied the claim of Sexual Misconduct with a 14yearold. Ive been investigated more than any other person in this country. To think that grown women would wait 40 years to come before, right before an election to bring charges is absolutely unbelievable. There are investigations going on in the next few days, there will be revelations about the motivations and the content of this article. They will be brought to the public. We fully expect the people of alabama to see through this charade. So moore did not respond to nbcs questions when leaving his event on saturday, but he did answer some on Sean Hannitys radio show on friday. Take a listen. Would it be unusual for you as a 32yearold guy to have dated a woman as young as 17 . That would be a, what, 15year difference, or a girl 18, do you remember dating girls that young at that time . Not generally, no. If i did, you know, im not going to dispute anything, but i dont remember anything like that. But you dont specifically remember having any girlfriend that was in her late teens even at that time . No, i dont remember that, and i dont remember ever dating any girl without the permission of her mother. Would it be normal behavior back in those days for you to date a girl thats 17 or 18 . No, not normal. If my daughter is 17 my daughter is 16 years old. If shes 17 or 18, i dont want her dating a 32yearold. I wouldnt either. And you can say unequivocally you never dated anybody that was in their late teens like that when you were 32 . It would have been out of out of my customary behavior, thats right. So former colleague of moores though in the District Attorneys Office spoke out this weekend, teresa jones as a deputy da in gadsden when roy moore was there, it was Common Knowledge about roys propensity for teenage girls. Im appalled that these women are being skewered for the truth. Ten days from their thanksgiving deadline and House Republicans feel confident theyll pass tax reform. I feel theres strong support for this. We continue to make improvements at every step of the way but ill tell you what, our republicans in the house know that it is time to deliver on this economy, and grow these paychecks by getting rid of this current tax code. Thats exactly what were going to do. And as americans wait to see how tax reform will affect their paychecks, Mitch Mcconnell is backtracking on his claim that middle class americans would not see a tax increase under the republicans plan. Mcconnell told the New York Times friday he misspoke and could not guarantee absolutely no one would see a tax increase. With the house and senate aiming to get their plans on the same page, there are a number of differences between the two. The house plan allows the deduction of 10,000 in property taxes, repeals the estate tax over six years. Cuts the Corporate Tax rate to 20 and eliminates deduction for medical expenses and student loans. The senate plan eliminates deductions for state and local taxes, does not repeal the estate tax, delays the 20 Corporate Tax cut by one year and keeps deductions for medical expenses and student loans. Republican leaders in the house and senate are working to make progress on passing their bills in a push to pass comprehensive tax reform by years end. Joining us now from raleigh, North Carolina, politicos daniel littman. Coauthor of the political playbook. What do you think, ambitious or impossible . Theyre actually making some progress, and so you could see the house bill get passed by the end of this week but the bigger problem is in the senate. Theres huge differences between the two bills that the house conference about sill not like the senate bill. The senate bill does not address, does not help the state and local Tax Deductions because they dont need the democratic votes from members so this is still an uphill climb for republicans. Lets switch gears and i want to ask you about roy moore, certainly something drawing the attention of a lot of gop officials locally and nationally. This gop seems to be somewhat divided on how exactly to respond over the weekend. Pat toomey telling chuck todd he would not comment on whether or not the senate would seat him if he does win. What are the partys options, the republican partys options . Should he end up winning . If he wins, and its still a tossup, the Democrat Doug Jones could very likely pull it out which would be an amazing feat for a democrat to win in alabama, but they could seat him and then immediately expel him and youd have the alabama governor had a new election or deny him from key committees. You could not have a member of the gop conference. Could you basically try to isolate him so hes a pariah in the senate, which would be a very interesting thing to cover. It will be interesting to see how far they actually go. Especially since he has also the support of people like steve bannon and that part of the gop. Theyre not abandoning him. They love him. Turning to the president s trip overseas, what reaction are you hearing to the president s comments for sort of seemingly taking the side of putin over the u. S. Intelligence committee and walking it back a day later . I think a lot of people in d. C. Are used to trump buddying up to putin. This is not a surprise. Hes been saying nice things about putin for years but its still pretty shocking that trump would side with putin, and then have to backtrack, because the u. S. Intelligence agencies work for him and they have concluded that russia did, indeed, interfere in the election. Trump is pretty alone on this. You saw people like john mccain put out statements after trumps statement of support for putins position, saying that putin believes what he believes, which is, you know, i dont know in International Relations when we take foreign leaders at their word. Thats not how things work. Daniell lippman live in nort carolina. Putin is saying the president didnt ask him about the election so sort of walking that back as well. Still ahead, what if former Vice President joe biden gives a glimpse of how his campaign would have looked had he decided to run in 2016. And a live report from Chris Jansing traveling in manila. Were back in a moment. Stay with us. Heres the story of Green MountainCoffee Roasters sumatra reserve told in the time it takes to brew your cup. Lets go to sumatra. Wheres sumatra . Good question. This is win. And thats wins goat, adi. The coffee here is amazing. Because the volcanic soil is amazing. Making the coffee erupt with flavor. So we give farmers like win more plants. 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That was joe biden back in 2015, announcing his decision not to run in the last president ial election saying he was still grieving the death of his eldest son, bo, from brain cancer. In his new book he shares how he grappled with his sons death. He writes how bo, even as he waged that battle with cancer implored him to consider a third white house run. More than that, biden writes how bo give me your word, dad, youre going to be all right, promise me, dad. Those last three words are the title of the book which is due out tomorrow. It serves as a road map for how his 2016 campaign would have looked if he did run. So many of the president ial campaigns that summer seemed locked in the past. The fight over what happened, what went wrong, what america lost. If i ran i wanted to paint a picture of americas future, what we could become, how everyone could be dealt back into the deal. He also writes a cautious trim around the edges campaign was pointless, so biden for president was going to go big, because frankly, at this point in my career, and after all my family had been through, anything less just wasnt worth it. In an interview that aired yesterday, oprah asked bide finance hes considering running in 20, to which he responded as you can imagine, not yet. So the door remains open. He didnt say no. Lets turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. Were going to watch a slow warmup and a little snow in areas of the northeast mostly in high elevations. The green shows light rain ending in d. C. Shortly if it hasnt already, good for your morning drive. Philadelphia and new york there will be light showers, the roads will be wet. The blue shows you theres a little bit of snow, its not a lot, nothing too significant, too huge but up through the poconos and northern jersey a little snow, roads could be covered and in the north adirondacks snow showers up there, too. As we go to current temperatures, 33 in albany, warmer in new york and d. C. Its not warm but considering how cold over the weekend is not bad. Heres how we look by noon today, rain over with in philadelphia, new york city showers, ending. Still some hit and miss showers, hartford, providence and boston. By 5 00 p. M. , boston to the cape dealing with light showers and then it will be gone by this evening. The other story out there, a big storm for the pacific northwest, winds could be up to 80 Miles Per Hour on the coast, minor Power Outages there, so 51 in seattle with some rain, airport delays possible, portland and seattle during the day. Rest of the country issing looking pretty nice, not too many big weather headlines this week until the end of the week. Another cold blast could be headed to the east for next weekend. Could be backtoback weekends of chill. Any chance we might see snow thanksgiving thursday . How many days away is that . I thought you had a crystal ball. 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