from texas and washington state rick larsen. a portion from today's washington journal looking at the week ahead. we're going to discuss the week ahead for congress. he is a correspondent. thank you for joining us. things you're watching from president obama's it is been anest: interesting trip for him. the president has made a point of saying in press conferences that it was not about containing china. he went to four different countries. he went to japan, malaysia, was recently the philippines, and he also made a stop in south korea. a lot of people have been watching it as a china containment tour. the last thing that happened in the philippines this last up, announced --tates