gather and try to knock it out. it's such a wonderful holiday. enjoy your family and friends. >> sandra: thanks for joining us. "happening now" starts right now. >> jon: we start with this fox news alert on president trump's asian tour. a long trip winding down with an extended stop and manila. he's talking progress on trade. good morning to you, i am jon scott. in new york, it is a rainy monday. >> melissa: i am melissa francis. the president of the philippines, after sitting down with the leaders of australia and japan, the president making a big announcement on trade in north korea, tweeting today...

chief white house -- go ahead, jon. >> jon: john roberts is live in manila. >> nice to see you two arguing over me. it's turning tuesday morning here in manila. it still 11:00 in the morning in new york city. the president tweeted he's 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 he's 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 he's 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. he's been at the center of a very controversial and aggressive drug war which has resulted in thousands of "extrajudicial killings." denying that there's any involvement at all and those extrajudicial killings. the filipino national police have downplayed the idea that there was a killings at all. we are told by the white house at the subject of human rights did come up at the bilateral meeting and in the context of

the war on drugs. they said no, the issue did not come up at all and president trump only seem to appreciate what he was doing against drugs. listen here. to speak president explained at length his war against drugs. president trump seem to be appreciative of his efforts. there was no comment on the war against drugs. there is clarification on the number of drug dealers that have been apprehended. >> jon: trade was also a big topic of conversation, with the presidents bilateral meeting in india. also greater security and cooperation. the two large democracies need to have powerful militaries. trade and north korea were high on the agenda for a bilateral meeting with malcolm turnbull in shinzo abe north korea. the president already had a 100%

commitment from abe at the end of last week. it was the kickoff for this five nation asian tour and the president says he has lots of deals he is like to announce. here's what he said on the trilateral meeting. >> in addition to about $300 billion in sales, including in china, $250 billion, going out very successfully. we've made a lot of progress. those deficits are going to become very quickly. >> jon: the president said at the end of the trip when he's back at the white house, he leaves at about 4:00 in the afternoon today, manila time. he will have a big announcement on those trade deals he said he signed. ethel is any progress he made with north korea. we can expect something big from the president on wednesday when

he gets back. >> jon: some weird moment during that meeting between the president trump and rodrigo duterte a. john roberts, our chief white house correspondent. thank you. speak to the south east asian summit. wall street editor, he's wrapping up the strip. the president appears to feel good about it. he wants to announce that trade deals when he gets back. what is your take overall? >> some of these trade announcements, there is a little more fluff than substance in some cases. with china, they seem to include trade deals that were already in the works. some that are only agreements in principle and not firm contracts and some new trade transactions as well. he is working bilaterally to arrange better trade situations for u.s. companies and therefore u.s. workers.

it's a risky strategy. the danger is that the chinese start to fill the vacuum the u.s. doesn't participate in big lateral trade agreements. >> melissa: this is the way that he signals what it is he wants and what he wants other countries to do and how they could get him to the table. you see some of the deals were already in place in court. that makes perfect sense. just like when he announced companies bringing jobs back to the u.s., it was the same criticism of the details they are. if you want to be thought favorably, bring jobs back. he's doing the same thing on the trade front, wouldn't you say? >> i think so. we saw the chinese follow the conversation by opening up their sector to u.s. companies a little more. there is an attempt to curry favor and that will please president trump and he will play that up. the longer team questions have to do with whether u.s.

companies are positioned well enough, if they are not part of the regional trade agreements and whether the administration can get these bilateral trade agreements that sets it wants. those can be tough to negotiate. >> melissa: being part of a large group where you don't necessarily have individual pole but you're still part of the bargain. in some trying to go it alone, hammer out the negotiations alone, maybe your companies get better deals or they are left out. only time will tell. the second piece of the strip, it feels like there are two missions. one is about trade and another is about national security and terror, of course. how did he do on the second part? >> you're absolutely right. particularly, the china part of the trip. tougher trade talk with china but also getting cooperation from china on north korea. that was the key to the whole trip, in some ways. the signs look reasonably good, as far as they can go. it does appear the chinese are going to do more -- are starting

to do more -- to create an economic squeeze on north korea than they have done in the past. that's crucial, whether it's enough or not remains to be seen. that's a question for the next few weeks or next few months. i think overall, getting the message about north korea out to the region and north koreans themselves with really important. it's been reasonably successful. the party that hasn't spoken much on north korea that is also important is russia and vladimir putin. that did not seem to come up in the presidents conversation. the russians can provide a lot of relief that will help the north koreans. that has to be shut off as well. >> melissa: that certainly very tricky and there's probably stuff going on behind the scenes that we know nothing about. he's of course been overseas as a whole tax thing has been playing out here. what difference does it make that now he's coming back to weigh in as they are getting sort of near the end of what's

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

before the death toll rises. it on the iraq-iran border. it rescues have been severely hampered. temperatures expected to drop. the powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake has killed about 400 people across both countries so far, injuring at least 6500. in helping recovery, it was 14 and a half miles and sent people fleeing from their homes and into the night. her then 100 charmers felt as far away as turkey, israel, and pakistan. at least 70,000 are now homeless. the death toll could continue to rise. iran has already declared three days of morning.

it was iran's western province that bore the brunt of the tremor. it's where the arabia and eurasia tectonic plates meet. it killed 26,000 people years ago. there also fears that a dam in iraq is now unsafe. it has vertical and horizontal cracks in the road, as well in the bottom of that. at least 400 people are dead. 70,000 homeless. if something were to happen to that dam, this catastrophe could get a lot worse. jon. >> jon: benjamin hall along with the news from the iraqi iraqi-iranian border. >> melissa: the house is expected to vote on the text bill before thanks giving. >> i believe it will.

i feel there is strong support for this. we continue to make improvements every step of the way the way. >> melissa: what hurdles they have to overcome. and roy moore on offense following an explosive report detailing claims of sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl decades ago. amid new calls for him to drop out of the race. >> if it was actually true, this should have come out a long time ago. i'd be highly disappointed. at be highly disappointed. and i would be the one to say roy, you have no choice. started searching for her words.

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>> melissa: right now, tax reform is heading for a vote on capitol hill. the house can vote this week as the senate committee begins marking up their separate bill today. white house officials expressing optimism over the weekend. >> there is tax relief all up and down the income level, for

families regardless of what they earn. people know it's time to deliver an honest economy. >> asking about our trust, it's better for them in the senate bill. that's not him saying i choose the senate bill over the hospital. we are excited to pass, brady has done a great job. and we hope to deliver a tax form for the american people by the end of the year. >> melissa: there are a lot of hurdles before the tax bill can get to president trump's desk. many opposed the house plan as it currently stands. >> my suburban district voted for barack obama twice and donald trump by nine points. a 14-point turn around. they're going to lose most of their property tax reduction, a family of four will lose $18,000 in tax exemption. medical bills, especially if they have someone with a long-term illness. all of that, this is going to

have a devastating impact on areas like mine. >> melissa: republican leaders say they want to pass tax reform before the christmas holiday. good luck. >> jon: a few hours from now, attorney gloria allred will hold a news conference with the woman she says is an alabama resident who said roy moore sexually assaulted her when she was a minor. he of course is a senate candidate. meanwhile, the candidate strongly denies -- he's pushing back against the reports in "the washington post," claiming that he molested a 14-year-old girl back in 1979. he is threatening to sue that newspaper, calling the allegations false and politically motivated. live in galveston, alabama. i know he made an appearance in huntsville. what did he have to say? >> he denied the allegations against him.

leveled in "the washington post" and he threatened to sue the newspaper for publishing those allegations. take a listen. >> i am not guilty of sexual misconduct. these allegations come only four weeks -- 30 days before the general election. why now? >> jon: why now, he asks. he's suspicious of the timing of the release. the campaign posted the speech to facebook. in the video, moore says he is investigating the source of the allegations and suspects democrat and establishment republicans -- the opposition claims they had nothing to do with the allegations. >> absolutely not. absolutely not. another in a continuing pattern

of absurd statements that moore and his campaign have made. not just in the course of this campaign but in the course of his career. >> jon: it is not just democrats criticizing more. mike lee of utah tweeted... i can no longer endorse his candidacy for the u.s. senate. senator lee is part of a growing chorus of bipartisan politicians calling on more to consider stepping aside from his campaign but moore says he every intention to go into that december 12th election. >> jon: the highest ranking member of the u.s. senate added his voice to the criticism, mitch mcconnell, the majority leader according to the ap is not saying that roy moore should step aside. rather than pursue the senate race. obviously, the weight is

starting to pile up against the judge. >> he still shows no signs of backing down. it's going to be very interesting to watch the selection. >> jon: jonathan serrie from huntsville. >> melissa: president trump and john kelly, talking about president trump's social media habits. what he doesn't allow the staff to do when it comes to the president's tweets. >> what are you doing? >> melissa: blocking a shot of president trump and filipino president due to her day at their bilateral meeting. wait till you hear what happens next.

>> jon: >> melissa: right now, we are learning that gossip

columnist liz smith has died at the age of 94. her career spanned decades that she wrote about the rich and famous, she gained her own a-list status. the texas born writer worked for dozens of magazines and newspapers and had a syndicated daily column in the '90s that ran in "the new york post" where her scope included donald trump's split from his first wife, ivana. it made she died of natural caun new york city. she will be missed. >> jon: a bizarre incident to tell you about before president trump and president of the philippines met for a meeting in manila. >> the meeting with a little bit late. you missed the best part of the president's statement. i really enjoyed being here. the weather is always good. today it is pretty good but one thing about the philippines, it

gets good no matter what. we very much appreciate the great treatment you've given us and last night's event was fantastic. >> will all, we are not sending -- we are having a bilateral meeting. maybe the press conference will follow. >> jon: thank you, very much. trump critics are calling out the president for not taking a tougher stand on human rights with duterte. just a short while ago, they issued a short statement continuing to work on programs that protect human rights. joining us now, also managing director of the washington institute. people who don't travel with

presidential pools might not have thought that that video was all that weird. a member of the filipino government apparently blocking the camera after giving a thumbs up sign to somebody. it sure appears he was trying to block the american press view of the two presidents sitting together. and then when they start shouting questions at duterte, he said no, we will not answer any questions. this is not a press conference. your top of the head thoughts, mike? >> jon, and the philippines they have a vibrant press. they have a lot of issues with civil liberties but president duterte has had a rocky relationship with the press. a lot of issues over human rights. it's not surprising to see they might be trying to restrict access. it's hard to know what's happening in that particular circumstance. we saw this in china too. the chinese tried to restrict the american press in terms of the questions they could ask. usually, what it takes is for

the white house or someone in the president's traveling party to stand up for that press pool. >> jon: president trump has said he and president duterte have had a great relationship. i suppose when you compare it to the one that president duterte had it with president obama, it's a monumental turn around. >> that's right, jon. it's been a very strained relationship in recent years. large because of what has been happening in the philippines itself. extra digital killings by duterte, president obama the administration strongly criticized and president duterte himself is talking about a total separation between america and the philippines. he said it in beijing, no less. >> jon: what does an american leader do, how do you handle an anti-american leader of one of our allies? >> trying to balance the human rights concerns with strategic concerns. you can't ignore the human

rights concerns, especially because we feel some guilt by association one it's an ally. when you look at what the trump administration is dealing with in asia, trying to build a network of alliances -- north korea and china, to see a relationship deteriorate with the philippines, it's very concerning. prioritize those strategic concerns. i think you neglect human rights at your own peril. in the long run, allies who are turbulent internally or who don't respect the rule of law at home are rarely could air a allies united states. >> jon: would he lean on duterte pretty hard on these extrajudicial killings? >> it's important that you do so in that we raise these issues not just in the philippines but frankly, with any allies who are having issues. you look at turkey, egypt, for example. it is vital that the president himself do it.

that would give power and credence to efforts by people like the secretary of state or other officials. it's good and healthy. ultimately, those strategic issues will suffer because of internal problems in these countries. it's not really the trade-off that it seems. >> jon: when the press was shouting questions at duterte, he retorted that "you are all spies" and he seemed to be pretty serious about it. yeah, that is the kind of relationship he has with the press. michael. >> melissa: speaking out, donald trump weighs in from the asian summit on twitter. how kelly says he and his staff usually react to the president's tweets. plus, he will tell you how one organization is giving back to america's war heroes. one house at a time.

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i don't. i don't allow the staff too. we know what we are doing." let's bring in our panel, joe concha, julie miller. joe, i was impressed to see you crunched the numbers on all of the tweeting, to look for the trends and patterns. you back noticed more often than not, 40% of the day he is tweeting between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> he is trying to set the narrative. he's going to the public and probably president trump's case, directly to his base, who loves the tweets. seven in ten americans don't like the fact that the president tweets as much as he does but the base -- if we go on twitter, they would say he absolutely loves that. the president has tweeted since election day last year nearly 2500 times. >> melissa: oh, my goodness. >> 6-7 times a day. that's a lot, right stomach but

tweeted nearly 500 times. he's cut back a little bit. >> melissa: i a lot too. judy, his chief of staff says they don't react to the tweets. i actually believe him and he has a sense of what he can control into what he can't. he can't control the tweets. he don't really buy that. >> no, the whole world pays attention to the tweets. as joe just said. he tries to set the news agenda through those tweets and largely successfully so. even if he creates a firestorm. most people even on the left were saying the trip was going fairly well, until he started in on vladimir putin and how he believed he had a walk that back. the initial tweet was that prudence says he didn't interfere in the american

election and trump believed that putin believed he had a walk back the insinuation that donald trump believed that. because that set him at odds with his entire intelligence community. and they had to respond. the president does himself no favorites with these tweets. general kelly, as he said, can control the number of people he sees in the information he gets. what he can't control is the president's itchy twitter fingers. even at his own extent. >> melissa: is seems like these tweets change no minds. if you love him and you love the tweets, you see the tweets and you are happier. if you don't like him and you don't think very much of him, he tweets and you still feel that same way. it just reinforces what is already there. i'm not sure they break any new ground in terms of popularity or not. >> i agree, melissa.

his base like seeing someone fight back. the media can't beat up on a republican or anymore. but the president hadn't tweeted out about republican or anymore. not having tapes of then fbi director james comey and that he responds by leaking something to columbia university, which prompted a special counsel to be named, if that doesn't happen, the special counsel probably doesn't exist. that's the negatives of trump's tweeting. the positive is that he is 22.7 million followers and sometimes stories will get covered as a result of him pressing enough, such as the dnc or dossier story recovered pretty extensively. >> melissa: a lot of people have noticed there's this flame or that has broken out between james tapper and roland s martin. the tweet goes -- it's a back and forth -- jake tapper says i'm not in a place to be

lectured by on journalism until they've given a whole full account about how their town hall questions ended up in a dnc inbox. this is the back-and-forth going on between these two. judy, from a journalism perspective, what do you think? >> it demeans both of them. it plays into the hands of people that say there they go again. the fake media, the fake news, preoccupied with things that definitely really matter. there's a lot of things going on in the world. if you watch fox news, including a crisis in korea, whether or not the president is backing vladimir putin against his intelligence agency, these are the things we've been talking about. instead, we have to talk about jake tapper who malign someone on twitter who most americans

don't even know. >> melissa: i was going to say that. most americans don't know roland martin but in jake tapper's defense, joe, he's making this statement that his journalism and his career and his company's brand was all undermined by whoever gave that question to presidential candidate clinton. he's mad about it. >> use a question, as if it only happened once. remember what happened in march 2016 per the wiki leak email dumps. yes, one question, we might not know, passed along from roland martin to donna brazile, to the clinton campaign. there is a second town hall held that months let's see an unsponsored on their own. there was no roland martin. and then donna brazile got to the clinton campaign. one story was that she ran into somebody that day that was supposed to ask a question in that she passed it along. here's a key point. i know you've got to go.

she said in her email herself -- from time to time, i get the questions in advance. plural. if jake tapper is right, an internal investigation needs to be done at cnn to see how that happened a second time without it roland martin involved. >> melissa: interesting. thank you both for your time. >> jon: on almost any given night, 40,000 veterans are homeless. one-third having served in war zones protecting our freedom. one organization called "building homes for heroes" is trying to make a difference by providing new homes mortgage free to post 9/11 veterans and their families. let's bring in liz clayman. the organization, liz, is honoring you for your contributions to the cause. 130 new homes for inter-defects. that's quite an accomplishment.

congratulations. >> we have our viewers to think, in part. also on fox news and fox business. that stat you gave about 40,000 per night, sheltered but homeless veterans. once who might be in the shelter overnight or for a week or two. the actual number is actually 144,000 in the united states. it's so unbelievably depressed. imagine if you are homeless and fat and you're missing 2-3, eve? the what building homes for hers has done has really stepped in. a very successful self-made businessman who said i am going to help post 9/11. he came up with this concept. not only do we build mortgage free homes but custom --

customized to the injured warriors problem. for example, hugo gonzalez, his vehicle hit an ied. he is blinded. he had a traumatic brain injury. he was hit by shrapnel. both are his beautiful girls and his beautiful wife. we built a home for him, when he hits it with his white cane, he knows he's in the laundry room or kitchen or in my second daughter's room. to us, that's really amazing. what happens? it becomes less of a burden not only for them worrying about paying a mortgage but they can contribute to society. we've had one captain, our first marine -- because we rehabbed a home, he lost both legs -- he's, to get an mba at new york university and he works as a trader at berkeley. we are taking the cost off the government shoulders. the va has its own problems, as you know.

what do we do? we get a much better outcome. the risk of divorce is much lower for our home recipients. when you talk about 33 million, i never wanted this to be about me. all i did was use my contacts. i spoke to a guy named tom higgins who happened to be at jpmorgan chase at the time. they were committing 1,000 foreclosed homes on the book. i came inside can we have some of those so we can build and rehab building from the ground up cost more. chase came through for us. from the private sector, you know what i'm talking about. >> jon: good for you, good for all of them. buildinghomesforheroes.org close web. >> melissa: could this be transformed into a weapon of mass destruction? the new and ominous warning from homeland security.

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>> jon: breaking news, the department of homeland security is a warning that terrorists could target thousands of civilians with weaponized drones. this was posted on their bulletin last week. terrorist groups are urging recruits to adopt easy to use tools to target public places and events. some terrorist groups are using battlefield experiences to pursue new technologies and tactics. unmanned aerial systems that could be used outside of the conflict zone. joining us now, michael balboni. new york state homeland security director. i couldn't believe this story when i first heard about it until i heard some of the samples. there was a drug cartel in mexico that was arrested with an armed drone that was carrying high explosives and shrapnel. it could have been a flying ied. >> this concern, jon, has been around for a time. you think about radioshack. you could have these types of

drones and use it for photography but as the payload increases, so do the things that you can carry. talking to members of the secret service, they've expressed concerns as to what drones could use as in terms of going after target or individual. there is this concern from homeland security that may be there other payloads. what's more deadly. one of the things they talk about is explosives but one thing that's really disturbing is the ability to possibly use a chemical weapon. and a dispersal device. this got on people's radar screen, no pun intended, for this issue. >> jon: i know there are companies that are working on and have developed some pretty sophisticated ways to immobilize drones. will we have to have that in every police department in america? >> we have to recognize that these are airborne devices. airborne machines. we have to know where they are and what i'm pretty sure we are

going to see in the near future it's you're going to have to have a transponder. the faa will have to get really solid on the rules and regulations as to how these things fly. there are also restrictions as to how high you can go and you have to have a line of sight. unless it is tethered. you are seeing the evolution but frankly, a lot of people in the security world are saying it is not evolving fast enough. particularly when you're having folks outside of the regulatory screen. if you don't have a transponder on that, basically, that signatures something that should be taking down. >> jon: some of these battle hardened ices fighters were going to be returning to europe, where many of them came from. and employ their battlefield experience. this is something isis has been using. they've been weaponizing drones. laboratories building these things. obviously, it gives us pause in

this country. >> they are becoming more and more available within the united states. it doesn't take a tremendous amount of training. if you combine explosives and weapons and you have a payload that you can manage, it does become a very potent weapon. the problem is that they are all over the place. it's ubiquitous. that's really a challenge that homeland security is weaponizing right now. >> jon: michael balboni, the former new york state homeland security director security director. >> melissa: the u.s. navy and a show of force. tensions run high on the korean peninsula. we will have a live report from the pentagon.

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>> melissa: coming out to back up on "outnumbered." pedal to the metal on tax reform. marking up the bill as one

senator says they have the vote. on the house side, still some holdouts whether they can reconcile the two plants and get it done by thanksgiving. while back. pedal to the metal. traffic coming with tax reform. joe biden is plugging his book big time, saying hillary clinton did not have a message for the middle class in 2016 and she will not close the door on the idea of running but some say it's high time for fresh faces and new ideas, whether this could divide the democratic party. >> sandra: one lucky guy. i'm not telling. how did this go again, harris? >> harris: [beeping sound] new information from the waters of the korean peninsula, where three u.s. aircraft carriers are conducting training exercises for the first time in a decade. in a show of force aimed at north korea. jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon with more on this

one. jennifer. >> well, melissa. this is the first time three u.s. aircraft carriers have patrolled together off the korean peninsula. to train with the south korean navy. the four-day training operation kicked off on saturday and coincides with the 13 day trip to the region. the uss ronald reagan and the theodore roosevelt strike groups have 11 missile warships armed with hundreds of tomahawk cruise missiles. it is the first time it's conducted an operation involving three characters in a decade but that took place in the pacific near guam. these three carriers are sailing in between japan and korea, a clear signal to north korea. u.s. navy carriers each have 1 of 70 aircraft on board. that means there are 200 u.s. warplanes off the korean peninsula. an unprecedented show of force.

in june, the navy parked to u.s. aircraft carriers for the first time since the '90s. in fact, an actual fact, one of these carriers is on her way home to washington state after serving in the persian gulf and happens to be passing through. the three carriers will only be together for a few days. tensions are high in the dmz. that strip of no-man's-land between north and south korea, north korean soldiers shot and wounded a guard from after he bolted from his guard post. an american man from louisiana was arrested by south korean troops after he tried to defect to north korea. our own bret baier was in the dmz just last week. >> melissa: interesting. jennifer, thank you. >> why would anyone want to defect north korea? >> melissa: crazy story. >> jon: wrapping up the last

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>> melissa: thanks for joining us. >> jon: "outnumbered" starts right now. >> sandra: president trump wrapping up his historic asia trip after criticism he did not bring up russia election meddling with vladimir putin. speaking out when the president is still overseas. the president heading back. this is "outnumbered." i'm sandra smith. here today, harris faulkner, lisa boothe, kennedy, and today's hashtag one lucky guy, super bowl champion, author and conservative commentator, burgess owens. he is outnumbered. it's wonderful to have you. welcome!