we also have political analyst michael genovese and u.s. major general mk mccarthy.hat alexandra was talking about there. that is the sort of feeling that on trade in particular, the united states with the america first agenda is making people in south korea, in japan and elsewhere in the region that they're not first when it comes to trade. >> south koreans have had some criticism of trump throughout his campaign when he was campaigning for president because he was very clear that he wanted the south koreans to pay more for the cost of the u.s. troops here as well as to renegotiate this u.s./south korean fta. that certainly is not making south koreans happy. and there is also concern that that is showing or highlighting a possible rift between the south koreans and the americans. and that is not what they want right now. the south koreans will certainly be trying to tone down some of those discussions to try to show strength in the alliance, and to show that they're all on the same page, rather than that there are differences between them. >> michael genovese, what

. >> joining me now the discuss all of the day's fast-moving developments is michael genovese, presidentthe global policy institute. michael, always good to see you. >> thank you. >> after days of hearing from the white house that they weren't going to put their finger other tonight scale, so to speak, when it comes down to that senate race in alabama and whether roy moore should be elected, the president on tuesday basically all but endorses him, as you heard. and essentially embraced an accused child molester, lead manage to ask the question why the president would make such a move. what is your sense of the calculation at play here? >> well, it was signaled the day before when kellyanne conway went on tv and said we needed the vote. and i think that's the answer. and then donald trump today, it was an awkward semi endorsement. but he basically said the same thing. we want your vote. and so it's really a cold hard calculation of numbers. very slim majority. they have big issues, especially tax cuts. they need that vote. and it's all about power. it's not about whether or not this perso

this is a time for a celebration of our mutual relationship. >> jean lee, michael genovese, mark maccarleyfor sticking around. >> thank you. >>> just moments ago the u.s. president donald trump and we were discussing this as well with jim acosta had something to say about the texas shooter. let's listen. >> we have a lot of mental health problems in our country, as do other countries. but this isn't a guns situation. i mean, we could go into it. but it's a little bit soon to go into it. fortunately somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction. otherwise it would have been as bad as it was, it would have been much worse. about this is a mental health problem at the highest level. it's a very, very sad event. these are great people and a very, very sad event. but that's the way i view it. >> all right. let's bring in juliette kayyem, cnn national security analyst, former assistant secretary for the u.s. department of homeland security. juliette, as i was chatting with jim acosta a little earlier, it sort of smacks of what we heard after 58 people were killed and people

michael jen michael genovese is a political analyst. good to have you with us. republicans pushing for the tax reform bill are celebrating it got through committee. of course the big test will be on the senate floor. here's how the senate majority leader described the next steps. let's listen. >> it's a challenging exercise. think of sitting there with a rub rubic's cube, trying to get to 50. we do have a few members who have concerns and we're trying to address them. we know we'll not be able to go forward until we get 50 people satisfied, and that's what we're working on. >> a challenging exercise. there are, of course, still a number of them sitting on the fence. what does mitch mcconnell need to do to get this bill passed? >> well, it was a victory, a small one because it's simply another step in the process. but senators johnson and corker, who are opposed in varying degrees to this bill, let it out of committee. that means it's going to go to the full senate, and that's where mitch mcconnell takes over. he has very little wiggle room, very little room to m