that will be way triple that number in a fairly short period of time. i think much more importantly, we ve explained that the united states is open for trade, but we want reciprocal trade. we want fair trade for the united states. because with past administrations, as i said in china and i said very loud and very clear, the united states has been taken advantage of. they re very giving. and they don t get it in return. joining us now live from manila philippines, national correspondent peter alexander. good to have you with us. two maintain topics served as umbrella for the trip when you think about it. trade which trump mentioned in the clip we just played. the other big one was the issue of north korea. and the nuk situation in that country. was anything actually accomplished on either front? i think you can safely say ayman, good morning to you, a lot more symbolism perhaps than
when you re hearing voices like this individual appearing on your tv screen. heard from mark short on sunday speaking out about sort of how the white house going to be responding to this once trump hits the ground here on wednesday. is that expected and do you think that s what it s going to take to move this needle on roy moore. roim dy moore did not have t sport of the president of the united states. came out and campaigned for his opponent one month ago. sitting incumbent republican luther strange. luther strange lost by 10 points to roy moore. roy moore is a us against the world. $30 million spent against moore on his campaign. outspent 5-1. roy moore has been kicked off the bench two times. suddenly now up with the task of beating democratic doug jones. former u.s. attorney who could make a legitimate case to voters here that i don t have these sort of allegations. we can focus on jobs, education,
and health care. a lot at stake here for the state of alabama and particularly for the gop as well. vaughn live in alabama this morning. thank you. the white house is dealing with the fall out of new report alleging president trump s oldest son don junior secret liquor responded with wikileaks during the presidential campaign. nbc news white house correspondent kristen we believer has more on this. stunning new revelation of months of correspondence during the campaign between the president s eldest son donald trump jr. and wikileaks. the hackers which the u.s. intelligence community was used by the russian government to disseminate information. according to the atlantic, the direct twitter messages were turned over no congressional investigators by trump junior s lawyers. largely ignored frequent messages, but in one instance direct messaged trump junior a link to database leaked e-mails. strongly suggest your dad tweet this link if he mentions us.
substance here. no new sanctions against north korea. no new trade agreements with any individual countries that the president visited. nonetheless, he is touting this as a tremendously successful trip. boasting about accomplishments. talking about how the u.s. basically has better relationships stronger relationships thanks to president trump. touting the red carpet welcome he received all across asia, including in china where he said it was something like no one has ever seen here before. the president of course though before leaving touted the trip, but also ribbed reporters a little bit about it. here s what he had to say. we ve accomplished a lot. i ve enjoyed it very much. my press, i feel so sorry for them. they re exhausted. would you like to stop in a another couple of countries, we can do that if you want. otherwise we ll go to the plane and we ll take off. we ll be landing in washington in about 22 hours. i appreciate everybody. and i very much appreciate your
mpl the house is expected to vote on the gop tax reform this thursday. the bill is expected to pass. will only lose support of 22 republicans without any democratic reports. row call reports nine republicans so far have publicly stated that will vote for legislation in current form. president tweeted about tax plans yesterday. i m proud of the republican house and senate for working hard on cutting taxes and reform. we re getting close. now how about ending the unfair and highly unpopular mandate in obamacare. reducing taxes even further: cut top rate to 35%. all the rest going to middle income cuts. president trump expected to make a rare trip to capitol hill ahead of thursday s vote to make a final pitch to house