urging action. the president pushing his chinese counterpart to move on north korea as he calls on nations to help in containing the rogue country. and you could smell a wave coming. the results last night smell exactly the same way. our republican friends bette look out. >> signaling a surge ahead, democrats celebrate their election night wins as republicans play the blame game after dismal results. plus new sexual harassment allegations dog kevin spacey, leaving one director to distance himself from the actor just weeks before the movie's release. lin-manuel miranda helps puerto rico rebuild weeks after hurricane malia. ucla basketball players find themselves in some legal limbo in china. and why christmas tunes

could actually be bad for your mental health. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm fill ep men ma. >> i'm milissa rehberger. president trump is wrapping up his second day in china where he's been holding bilateral meetings with president xi jinping. among the topics, trade and the growing threat from north korea. >> president trump has had some harsh words for the nation throughout his tour, warning kim jong-un not to test the united states. in a joint statement with the chinese president, trump said both leaders are committed to the furl nuclear disarmament of north korea. >> we agreed on the need to fully implement all u.n. security council resolutions on north korea and to increase economic pressure until north korea abandons its reckless and dangerous path. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell joining us now live from beijing.

>> reporter: good morning, phillip. this stop in beijing, china, may be the most complex and important for president trump of the five nations he's visiting in asia over a nearly two-week-long tour. partly because there are economic contentions between the two nations, and this work they're trying to do on north korea. secretary of state rex tillerson says there is no daylight between the two leaders when if comes to a commitment to denuclearize north korea. but we did not get many details about how the two leaders agreed to move forward on that beyond the president saying that both nations want to see the u.n. security council sanctions and resolutions put forward. now, at the same time, perhaps the most thorny part for president trump comes to trade and the economic relationship between the united states and china. for a long time he has been quite critical of china, but he sounded different in talking about their relationship here in beijing. >> both the united states and china will have a more

prosperous future if we can achieve a level economic playing field. right now unfortunately, it is a very one-sided and unfair one. but -- but i don't blame china. i do blame past administrations for allowing this out of control trade deficit to take place and to grow. >> reporter: and the secretary of state said that the president's phrasing there may have been tongue in cheek about not blaming china. the economic imbalance is one of the mohs serious issues between the two nations. what is unclear is how much president xi will be working to try to help president trump resolve the north korean crisis as president trump has said it is beyond just these two nations to try to get something done. >> a lot to be sorted out. thank you. this morning, democrats and republicans are taking stock after a political whiplash tuesday saw democrats

celebrating and republicans reeling following dismal election results for the gop across the country including new jersey and virginia. just as republicans debate whether they should run from donald trump in 2018. >> the president's former chief strategist says tuesday night's losers had one thing in common. they did not embrace the president. >> one of the things about the gillespie campaign shows you you can't fake the trump agenda. you have to go all in. and this agenda is a winning agenda. do not believe the opposition party. do not believe the fake news and fake media. this agenda is what america needs now. it is what america needs to rebuild its future. and it's a winning ticket. >> for more we go to nbc's edward lawrence on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you heard steve bannon saying republicans should go all in with the president. other strategists are saying the president is an anchor around

the gop. now, you may see going forward to the midterm elections democrats using this virginia template to try and tie republicans to the president with campaign ads that make some republican lawmakers nervous. >> i think that this was a referendum. i think it was a referendum on the division and the divisive rhetoric in the country now. i think it's important for republicans to self-reflect all the way starting from the top, all the way down. i do think it was a referendum on the national policies. >> was it a referendum on donald trump? >> i do believe so. >> reporter: talking to "the new york times," pennsylvania republican charlie dent says that if this isn't a wake-up call, i don't know what is. now, white house officials say that the president -- or advised republicans that the president did go after and help the party. he held a number of events and fund raisers to help the party. they say if republicans want to beat this wave coming forward to the midterm elections, they need to pass tax reform.

>> edward, thank you. new numbers from the non-partisan congressional budget office are giving democrats new ammunition to take on republicans' attempts to repeal the obamacare individual mandate. the cbo is projecting there will be 13 million more uninsured americans within the next ten years should the mandate be repealed. the numbers were released days after the president called on congressional republicans to do away with the mandate via the gop's tax reform plan, thereby reducing the federal deficit by $338 billion over the next decade. that's despite the fact that the republicans' tax bill would raise the deficit by over $1.7 trilli $1.7 trillion according to that same report. the cbo proxes come as paul lepage says he will refuse to expand medicaid in his state. that's one day after voters approved a ballot measure to broaden the program. lepage says he will block the expansion until the state finds

a way to pay for it. vice president mike pence and his wife karen visited texas on wednesday three days after the deadly church shooting in sutherland springs. the vice president pledged support and offered condolences speaking at a vigil honoring the 26 victims who were killed. >> i know the cherished names of the fallen will live on forever in the hearts of all who knew them. but let me assure you their names will also be enshrined in the hearts of every american forever. >> meanwhile, new video shows the tense moments when police surrounded the gunman's car after he fled the scene. church members now say that just days before, he attended their fall festival with his children. all 26 victims killed in his rampage have now been identified. kentucky senator rand paul is recovering from six broken ribs and fluid buildup in his lungs after his neighbor attacked him at his kentucky home last week.

the senator gave the medical update on his twitter wednesday, also thanking his supporters. the alleged attacker, 59-year-old rene boucher is set to appear in court today. he was charged with fourth degree assault but police say he could face more serious charges due to the extent of the senator's injuries. neighbors say boucher and paul have disagreed politically for years but boucher's attorney said the dispute had, quote, absolutely nothing to do with either politics or political agendas and was over a trivial matter. the senator may not return to work for several months. more than a month after hurricane maria hit puerto rico, u.s. officials plan to air lift nearly 3,000 people still stranded in shelters to florida and new york. fema announced they are working to establish host state agreements with florida and new york to accept hurricane survivors and provide temporary housing. the air lifts will be part of fema's transitional shelter assistance program. the agency is offering to pay for flights tow and from the mainland. meanwhile, the creator and original star of the tony

winning smash hit "hamilton" is offering the island of his parents assistance in his own way. in addition to aiding relief efforts, lin-manuel miranda plans to bring his musical to the university of puerto rico in january of 2019. miranda, who left the show last year, will reprise his role as alexander hamilton and hopes the show will help boost the island's devastated economy. >> what a treat for them over there. all right. it feels like it took a little longer than normal, but it is finally beginning to feel like winter out there. nbc meteorologist bonnie schneider joining us. >> it's definitely cold out there. looking at temperatures plummeting with arctic air coming in from the north. it's going to make a big difference in the forecast. temperatures that are about 20 degrees below normal as we look towards thursday into friday. we'll be watching for those numbers to drop in cities like washington, d.c. and new york city. so we're going to be getting cold in the mid-atlantic and the northeast as well. bundle up. that's spacey.

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our bill henley here with our forecast. look the le high valley. some neighborhoods may see a challenge today. a mostly cloudy day for delaware and new jersey is most cloudy skies. a little bit of sunshine at the shore. 57 degrees at the shore. mostly cloudy skies for philadelphia. i will break it down hour by hour and show you when those showers maybe popping up and which neighborhood is coming back. katy zachry has our first alert traffic. this is southbound, you will find it right around exit 9 area which is route 3. there is a lane restriction that involves several vehicles.

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