nbc's peter alexander is traveling with president. peter, good evening. >> kate, good evening to you. president trump on vacation but certainly not off twitter. today the president unleashing a predawn tirade of insults against a pair of familiar foils, the nfl and lavar ball, the brash father of one of those ucla basketball players who was recently arrested in china for shoplifting. president trump mocking ball as a poor man's version of don king, blasting him as an ungrateful fool for not thanking the president for helping secure the players' release and going on to say, in effect, he deserves credit for getting them out, writing in all caps, it was me. notably this thanksgiving, president trump will be at mar-a-lago, his estate, alongside his family but without many of his senior aides. among them chief of staff john kelly, one of those advisers who might try to steer the president clear of those old twitter feuds. the president insists even though he's at mar-a-lago, what he calls his winter white house, he will be working hard wit

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peter alexander with the president. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you.crucial stop of his five-nation asian tour, arriving here to a red carpet welcome. late today, president trump and the first lady, enjoying a tour around the forbidden city. the two couples enjoying dinner together. president trump called out china and russia by name, urging them to join forces to isolate the brutal north korean regime. president trump with a stern warning to the erratic dictator, kim jong-un. calling him a deranged tyrant. saying he is leading a cult. the president did try to pull off a surprise visit to the fortified demilitarized zone. it was foiled by fog. marine one forced to turnaround. one other note here, china blocks twitter. but a senior white house official tells us that the white house has brought with it special equipment to get around the chinese firewall so the president can keep tweeting throughout this trip here in china as he likes. matt, back to you. >> peter alexander, traveling with the president. >>> democrats savoring some dee election night vict

i'm peter alexander traveling with the president in beijing. >>> back here in the u.s. the man charged with assaulting rand paul pleaded not guilty this morning in a kentucky courtroom. he is his next door neighbor. on friday he walked into his yard while he was mowing the yard and tackled the senator. he broke six of his ribs and bruise his lungs. the judge scheduled a pretrial for november 30th. >>> well, it's a pretty nice day despite the clouds in a good bit of the area. you can see them, the sun try to go peek through up here where white hall township and the lehigh valley mall. you can come up and say hello. we are here until 5:00. those clouds will be thickening up some. it will not cool down during the day today. takee of those temperatures. it is 55 degrees in philadelphia. it is 48 in the suburbs. there is quite a temperature contrast across the area right now. and we are really going to be seeing changes here in the next 24 hours. we have a first alert coming in and we want to keep you prepared for this because everything is going to be backward. what i'm say

nbc's peter alexander is traveling with the president. from here in beijing. president trump now wrapping up his second and final day of this china trip. you know, that tough talking donald trump that we saw throughout the course of the campaign, nowhere to be seen here in china. you'll remember as a candidate, the president accused china of, in his records, raping the u.s. economy. we'll hear a much kinder, gen e gentler tone. he says he doesn't blame china for, in his words, taking advantage of another country to benefit its own citizens. he said, in fact, he gives china great credit. president trump showering praise on his host, president xi jinping, calling him a great person, a special man. saying that the people of china really are proud of him. the president, well, he also did enjoy what was a dazzling display. a grand tribute to the stars and stripes, review of the troops. chinese children were waving chinese and american flags, celebrating the arrival of the american president here. president trump will head to vietnam tomorrow f

peter alexander has been traveling with the president across asia. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, willie. good morning to you from here in hanoi. president trump after showing restraint from much of the trip today trying to get a few things off of his chest beginning with a tweet storm about vladimir putin and kim jong-un. president trump touching down in manila, the final stop of his whirlwind asia tour. hundreds of demonstrators gathering at the u.s. embassy to protest his visit. police firing water cannons to disperse the clouds. he's meeting with the filipino president duterte. >> i believe in our intel agencies as currently led by fine people. i believe very much in our intelligence agencies. >> reporter: but it's mr. trump's relationship with russian president vladimir putin still trailing him after a warm welcome clearing up confusion whether he denies russian interference that with a swipe at the cia, fbi and national intelligence who only hours ago the president ridiculed as political hacks. mike pom pay yes has blamed russia. >> this

nbc's peter alexander reports da nam where mr. trump is expected to hold a formal meeting with russian president vladimir putin on the sidelines of that summit. >> reporter: president trump at dinner this evening. the first time the that president trump and vladimir putin will be in the same place at the same time in four months. their last meeting taking place in germany. on his way over to asia, just a matter of days ago aboard air force one, president trump hinted at the idea that the two leaders would meet, but today sarah huckabee sanders, his press secretary, says there is no formal meeting on the books. she basically blamed a scheduling conflict. she said that it is still likely that the two men would cross paths. secretary of state rex tillerson just yesterday told us that unless there was anything substantive for the two men to talk about there would be no reason for a formal meeting. still unresolved right now, a series of issues. first of all, north korea, with president trump wanting to pressure vladimir putin to help

joining me now, peter alexander joining me from the white house, and joining me is alexander, acting deputy director, currently at johns hopkins international school of service. john, first of all, chain migration, as i understand it, this is very broad-based, but the thumbnail is chain migration is afraid, used by immigration opponents, hardliners most notably. the program of who are here with green cards can bring in relatives. i don't know whether you have any response to that. >> it's always worth looking at every aspect of immigration, but i think it's probably not the primary thing we should be focusing on right now. >> what should we be focusing on? >> i served as an adviser through aspen to the homeland security department. and as we've talked with them over the years about this, as an intelligence officer, we're always worried about warning. i would say the single biggest gap in our intelligence system is warning about this kind of individual. we catch terrorists and detect them, largely when they move and communicate. these people are called lone wolves but they're really n

vladimir putin, that's the latest from here, i'm peter alexander, nbc news traveling with the president in beijing. >>> happening today, new restrictions take effect that make it difficult for americans traveling to cuba. the trump administration laid out the new rules five months ago. visitors must now avoid a long list of hotels, shops, tour companies, and other cuban businesses. it's part of a new crackdown on cuba's communist government reversing the obama administration's efforts to normalize relations. as part of the new rules, individual visits to cuba will no longer be allowed and americans must travel as part of licensed u.s. tour groups. >>> now to the crisis in puerto rico we're learning the u.s. government is planning to air lift about 3,000 puerto ricans off the island and into new york and florida. fema is working with puerto rico's governor to finalize those plans. those who survived hurricane maria and are still in shelters are on the list of people who will be rescued. only 21% of that island has electricity and the hurricane hit you'll recall september 20th. their acco

nbc's peter alexander reports from beijing. >> reporter: president trump arriving in china for what is most certainly the most crucial stop of his five-nation asian tour, receiving a red carpet welcome upon his landing here. the president and first lady getting a tour of the forbidden city alongside president xi and his wife. earlier today in south korea, president trump called out both russia and china by name urging them to join forces to isolate the brutal north korean regime. president trump with a blunt warning for the erratic dictator kim jong-un, describing him as a deranged tyrant who is presiding over, in president trump's words, a cult. >> i say to the north, do not underestimate us. and do not try us. >> reporter: president trump himself trying to pull off a surprise visit earlier today to the fortified demilitarized zone, the dmz, but that was foiled by fog. just last week, the white house said they had no plans to make such a trip. we now learn this plan had actually been in the works for weeks. one other note, here in china, twitter is blocked by the chinese, but a white

. >> nbc's peter alexander is at the white house. hi, peter. we'll start with the call between president putin and president trump. what are we expecting? set the stakes for us. >> reporter: that call ongoing right now or perhaps already over the white house officials tell me. the call began a half hour ago following the important meeting taking place between vladimir putin and bashar al assad. the first time the two leaders have met since they began to back assad two years ago. during that meeting in sochi, one was sealed with a hug and the two men exchanged praise. putin is praised for fighting isis. the kremlin says the call with president trump today will largely focus on syria future where the u.s. and russia obviously have clashed for years. they're likely to be speaking about the peace proposal that the two countries signed off on when president trump and putin recently met ten days ago or so in vietnam. with the bloody civil war there appearing to wind down, the kremlin is pressing for a political settlement to cement assad's hold on po

peter alexander, thank you. chuck todd is nbc's political director moderator of meet the press and kristen welker is nbc news white house correspondent. welcome to you both. gooud good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> so much domestically for president trump as he took off on friday. what does he want to do with things right in front of him in asia, what are the goals? >> the goals are lofty. he wants to reason affirm the united states commitment to allies in the region. make no mistake, willie, the center piece is trying to get all of those regional partners to get tougher on north korea and china is really the linchpin. they are the biggest trading partner with north korea. will they go further in terms of enacting sanctions with north korea. those are the biggest questions a. he chuck, all week since we talked a week ago we had two indictments, one of paul manafort the campaign manager and the plea agreement with george papadopoulos. a lot going on with russia against that backdrop, the president si

nbc national correspondent peter alexander is traveling with the president this morning in tokyo. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, willie. good morning to you. good evening here in tokyo. the president just wrapping up a dinner with one of his closest allies, the japanese prime minister shinzo abe and their wives. the two leaders talking trade and the north korean trade over scallops and stakes. th -- steaks. every word, every tweet will be highly scrutinized. touching down in tokyo president trump before hundreds of cheering u.s. troops. >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> trading his suit coat for a bomber jacket. >> right here in japan. >> and with the north korean threat in mind delivering this stern warning. >> no dictator, no regime and no nation should under estimate ever american resolve. every once in a while in the past they underestimated us. it was not pleasant for them, was it? >> reporter: the president boasting the beautiful brand-new equipment was on its way and praising america's military might. >> we dominate the sky, we dominate the sea, we dominate the land and space.

nbc's peter alexander, i know you have been working around the clock, i hope you get a few minutes to rest. i know it's another busy day for you. peter, great to see you. >> see you soon. >>> with us now, ambassador stuart holiday, the u.n. ambassador for political affairs. and political reporter for "the washington post," eugene scott, and for politico flmagazine, ambassador, glad to have you here. what we thought was a meeting president trump and putin isn't going to happen. what do you make of that? against the backdrop that the white house is trying to secure a deal in regards to syria, maybe that didn't happen? >> well, first of all, there was never a formal meeting on the books but there was a possibility. so i think this is typical to have meetings on the margins of these kinds of summits. they can get things done. but i think in this context that it is probably the north korea position that comes up. but on the syria issue, that will wait for a later date. >> eugene, the fact that a formal sit-down is not going to happen, could this be smart politically, given the fact that ev

peter alexander is in west palm beach, florida. nbc capitol hill reporter, leanne caldwell is in d.c. earlier in the week, the white house's line was this matter should be left to voters. even with that, moore's opponent is using many in the white house's, many in the house white house, in the administration's own words, to further his cause for senate. he's now out with this new ad. take a look at it. >> and the list is growing. they were girls who roy moore immorally pursued them. now they are women. witnesses to us all of his disturbing conduct. will we make their abuser a u.s. senator? tina johnson. >> that's doug jones' new ad. follows the one where he used ivanka trump's words and jeff sessions' words. now he is weighing in. >> well specifically, we heard from the white house earlier this week. sarah huckabee sanders saying the president and white house would leave it to the alabama voters here, but what changed is that the president got before cameras yesterday and was pressed on this topic by kristen welker and that's when

peter alexander, west palm beach, florida, vaughn hilliard, huntsville, alabama. continuing a conversation i started having yesterday, even more women came forward to accuse former news anchor charlie rose of sexual misconduct. three women who work at the network came forward with new allegations from cbs. rose was fired yesterday and dropped by pbs and bloomberg, which broadcast "the charlie rose show" happen less than 24 hours at least eight women accused the anchor of groping and unwanted sexual advances. a former intern for the charlie rose show is shiring an uncomfortable experience she had with him at his home in an exclusive interview with nbc news. >> he said, have a seat. you know. relax, and he proceeded to turn on the film "secretary," which is a, you know, sexually involved film involving s & m unfortunately. and he had me watch the scene that i probably -- kind of wlokwlok walked out the scene with james spader, very sexual and vileants. >> rose's former co-host on "cbs this morning" gayle king is applauding the women in a have come forward. >> what i

garrett haake and peter alexander have us covered on both ends of pennsylvania avenue. garrett, you know the pulse of the people there and have been at all the press conferences, roy moore and all his supporters are digging in. what is the latest there? >> reporter: hi, kristin. good morning. we are waiting for a press conference here that is women supporting roy moore. it's set to start here in a short time. and roy moore, his supporters are sticking by him. he's remaining defiant on the allegations. and appears to have dwindling support according to a fox news poll, among the latest numbers, he's now trailing doug jones by eight points. the people of alabama need to weigh what roy moore's denial did and he's not as credible as his accusers. tina johnson, one of roy moore's accusers, said she was humiliated when she was groped by roy moore back in 1991. when she was 28 years old. she was at his law office trying to settle a child custody case. take a listen. >> i was in shock. and i was so humiliated and sickening. he was real flirtatious, coming on the whole time. we

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peter alexander traveling with the president. morning to you. for president trump this is the most crucial stop of his five-nation asian tour arriving here to a red carpet welcome. late tonight president trump and the first lady enjoying a tour around the forbidden city alongside president xi and his wife. the two couples enjoying dinner together tonight. earlier today in south korea, president trump called out china and russia by name, urging them to join forces to isolate the brutal north korean regime. president trump with a stern warning to the erratic dictator kim jong-un calling him a deranged tyrant saying he is leading a cult t. warning said do not underestimate us and do not try us. the president did try to pull off a surprise visit to the fortified demilitarized zone, the dmz. but it was foiled by fog. marine one forced to turn around. one other note here, china, of course, blocks twitter. a senior white house official tells us tonight the white house brought with it special equipment to get around the chinese firewall

nbc's peter alexander in seoul. i didn't hear little rocketman, no calling anybody unhinged. this is sort of president tru trump's rap. s when when he's up close and personal, he plays nice. >> the president just wrapping up a state dinner here, the first u.s. president to visit this country in 25 years. it was a more conciliatory, more moderate tone. no rocket nooman, no threatenino destroy north korea. the president said his willingness to use overwhelming force is, well, he says it's paying dividends, he's seeing signs of progress, lots of progress he suggested. there are three u.s. aircraft carriers as well as a nuclear submarine. here's how he referred to his past threats and his hopes for the future. take a listen. >> we have many things happening that we hope -- we hope -- in fact, i'll go a step further, we hope to god we never have to use. >> so that was the president just a short time ago as he was speaking alongside president moon jae-in, the south korean president. the south korean people and, frankly, the president, have had a very different view than president t

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is he insists that sanctions are working. >> peter alexander at the white house. thank you very much. >>> want to tell you about the war of words between lavar ball, the father of one of the three ucla basketball players arrested in china and president trump escalated overnight. ball spoke out to cnn, questioning trump's true involvement in the matter and calling out trump for requesting a thank you from the players. willie geist is here with more on this situation. it gets different every day. >> reporter: this is a wild one. in an interview that went off of the rails, as many of lavar ball's interviews do, he decl e declined to thank president trump, instead expressing skeptiskep skepticism in how much of a role he played to get the boys out of china. lavar ball not backing down. >> i would have said thank you if he put them on his p mr. trump, for taking my boys out of china and bringing them back to the u.s. there's a lot of room on that plane. >> reporter: the father of ucla star liangelo call said he did not believe the president did anything to help his son

joining us live live from manila in the philippines, peter alexander.is comments about putin and as joe biden just put it, it's easy, you say i don't believe putin. >> reporter: that's exactly right, this controversy was reig natured when the president aboard air force one told reporter when he saw vladimir putin during the meeting that he basically said he believes that vladimir putin believes that russia didn't meddle in the election. it was the u.s. intelligence that said that not only did vladimir putin know about it but likely involved in the ordering of moscow's meddling in the election. the president gave the benefit of the doubt to putin over the former u.s. intelligence officials, some of them james clapper and john brennan, former cia director saying that donald trump showed that he could be played by these foreign leaders. the president who has been disciplined for most of the trip had shown remarkable restraint in terms of twitter and got on twitter this week and basically said in his words, haters and fools out there, when will they realize

peter alexander is in manila for us. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. president trump for the last stop on his five-nation asian tour. today, heaping praise on the philippines brutal president, rodrigo duterte, calling him by his first name, sharinge ing ii. but at in time, calling him out for human rights abuses here. hailing his host, rodrigo duterte. >> we've had a great relationship. this has been successful. >> reporter: duterte, a controversial authoritarian, accuse ochd ordering a bloody crackdown on his drug war. the white house says human rights came up in the leaders' meeting. but the philippine government insists it wasn't raised at all. the president's visit sparking protest. water cannons dispersing the crowds. a toast and a tribute. duterte sir nerenading the commr in chief. later touting progress on trade and warm receptions everywhere. >> red carpet, like nobody has ever received. and that really is a sign of respect, perhaps for me, a little bit, but really for our country. >> reporter: looming over the president's trip, his relationshi

peter alexander is traveling with the president. hi, peter. good morning to you. >> reporter: matt and savannah, good morning to you. president trump wrapping up his second and final day in china trying to fortify his relationship with president xi, bridging the gap on key issues like trade. he repeatedly attacked china but here in beijing it was the no blame game from the president. outside beijing's great hall, the people with a tribute to president trump. china's president xi treated his guest to a dazzling dis including the stars and stripes. a review of the troops. and dozens of chinese children wildly cheering the american commander in chief. first lady melania trump looking on. >> nothing you can see is so beautiful. >> reporter: the president's kind lett kindler gentler tone that propelled president trump to the white house. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. and that's what they're doing. >> i don't blame china. after all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit

peter alexander's grandma, faye alexander, 100 years old. year. is planning an african safari for 2018. that's terrific. happy 100th birthday to ralph wilhelm sr. we salute you for your service, sir. cecilia young of crowley, louisiana. to celebrate the big day, cecilia is planning to ride around her hometown on a horse and buggy, while residents hand her roses. it's her own rose parade. glenn brubaker, retired farmer. last but not least, happy 102nd birthday to jean manganelli. she says the secret to longevity, humor. if you know somebody celebrating a milestone birthday, tell us about them. today.com/celebrate. >> is it going to be cold all week? >>> "megyn kelly today" is up next. first, let's give you a check of >> announcer: nbc 10 news starts now. >> good morning, i'm vai sikahema. just about 9:00 a.m. on tuesday. let's get right to first alert meteorologist bill henley with most accurate neighborhood forecast. bill. >> clouds moving in. though it's dry in philadelphia, showers in berks county. clouds moving in. temperatures are creepi

nbc national correspondent peter alexander is in manila for us. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. president trump here now for the last stop on his five-nation asian tour. today heaping prasz on the philippines brutal president, warmly calling him by his name, sharing a joke about reporters, but at no time publicly calling him out for human rights abuses here. president trump here in manila for a southeast asian economic summit hailing his host, the philippine president. >> we have had a great relationship. this has been very successful. >> reporter: he is a controversial authoritarian accused of ordering a bloody crackdown on his nation's drug war, including extra judicial killings of thousands of drug dealers and users. the white house says human rights briefly came up in the leaders' meeting but the philippine government insists it wasn't raised at all. the president's visit sparking protests, riot police using water cannons to disburse the crowds. winding up his tour with a toast and tribute. certificate nagd the u.s. co

i'm peter alexander nbc news travel wg the president in beijing. >> during this visit to china the presidento spent time an addressing the nuclear threat from north korea. bad weather forced the president to scrap a visit to the denominator tdemill tarized zone. went there. she reports while the region is under heightened political tension, south korea believes it will have little impact on the olympic games. >> looking out from the unification laboratory, you get a unique view of korea. shadow of the mountains. what you can't see are the hundreds of troops guarding dangerous border. this is the dmz. the demill tarized zone is stretch of land that splits both countries. it tore apart families and claimed tens of thousands of american lives. it was established in 1953 in the arm a cities agreement that ended the korean war. the dmz is 160 miles long and two and a half miles wide. and while the action zone is demill tarized just beyond that border is one of the most heavily militaried areas in the entire world. >> translator: when you see this island here on the center, that's the line for the

nbc national correspondent peter alexander is in manila for us. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you. president trump here now for the last stop on his five nation asian tour. today, heaping praise on the philippines brutal president, rodrigo -- rodrigo duterte. sharing a joke about reporters but at no time calling out rodrigo duterte for human rights abuses. president trump here for an economic summit, hailing his host, rodrigo duterte. duterte, a controversial authoritarian, accused of ordering a bloody crackdown on his nation's drug war, including killing of thousands of drug dealers and users. the white house says human rights briefly came up but the philippine government insists it wasn't raised at all. the president's visit sparking protests. mr. trump winding down his asian tour with a toast and a tribute. duterte serenading the leader with the lyrics "you are the light in my world." the president also appearing to o struggle with the customary handshake, seen here grimacing. >> red carpet like nobody i think has probab

peter alexander at the white house for . odorng. >> good morning. the white house trying to distance itself from the foreign policy campaign manager who pleaded guilty to misleading the fbi about his contact with russian officials during the campaign. the president himself belittling liar. >> with presidenu trying to shift the spotlight to tax cut -- >> i want the house to pass a bill by thanksgiving. i want all of the people stab d d by my side. >> the russian investigation appears to be gaining momentum. the president breaking his source about papadopoulos. dismissing the foreign policy adviser, few knew the young level volunteer named george. in fact, mr. trump knew him, saying this to "the washington post" in 2016. >> george papadopoulos, he's an oil and energy consultant, excellent guy. >> that same month papadopoulos had a seat at the national security table with candidate trump and then senator jeff sessions. corey lewandsk downplaying papadopoulos's here on "today." >> georgeas nev part of a team interacting with the senior management on a r

bs in's peter alexander is traveling with the president. he's in tokyo. ter, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, matt, savannah, good morning. evening here in tokyo. the president finishing up a state banquet with his japanese post. it is that domestic tragedy on his mind. president trump sending his deepest condolences to the people of sutherland springs, calling it a horrific attack. president trump wrapping up his japan visit addressing the latest mass shooting at home, calling the texas gunman a deranged individual. >> this is a mental health problem at the highest level. i want's very, very sad event. >> reporter: asked if gun control is the answer. >> this isn't a guns situation. i mean, we could go into it, but it's a little bit soon to go in into it, but fortunately somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction. >> reporter: hi aed of his next stop in seoul, president trump defending his fiery warnings toward north korea. >> some said that my rhetoric is very strong. but look what's happened with very weak rhetoric over the

>> peter alexander in vietnam with the president in the philippines. we'll let you go catch up. peter, thanks so much. >>> back here at home national republicans continue to assess the fallout over embattled alabama senate candidate roy moore and the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him. on saturday moore held his first public event since the insists he is not dropping out of the race. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest from alabama. >> reporter: this morning roy moore is doubling down amid a growing firestorm. >> do you believe it's appropriate for a 32-year-old man to kiss a teenager, sir? >> reporter: he didn't answer questions as he arrived at a veterans day event, but inside he blasted the washington post. >> this article is a prime example of fake news. >> reporter: the post article alleges he fondled the 14-year-old girl in 1979 and pursued three other girls ages 16 to 18 when he was in his 30s. >> to think that grown women would wait 40 years to come before, right before an election to bring charges is absolutely unbelievable. >> reporter: moore says the

peter alexander at the white house, good morning. >> reporter: hey matt, good morning. the white house again tried to distance itself from that former foreign policy campaign adviser who pleaded guilty to misleading the fbi about his contact with russian officials during the campaign. the president himself belittling george papadopoulos as a proven liar. with president trump trying to shift the spotlight to tax cuts. >> i want the house to pass a bill by thanksgiving. i want all of the people standing by my side when we get ready to sign by christmas. >> reporter: the russia investigation appears to be gaining momentum. the president breaking his silence about george papadopoulos. dismissing the former volunteer foreign policy advisor, arguing, few people knew the young low level volunteer named george. in fact, mr. trump knew him, saying this to the washington post in march of 2016. >> george papadopoulos he's an oil and energy consultant. excellent guy. >> reporter: that same month papadopoulos had a seat at the national security team with candidate trump and then sen

i want to bring in nbc's peter alexander, who is in beijing. peter, president trump made those remarks while he was in south korea. how did that fly? >> reporter: yeah, city stephan that's right. many of the people there have been skeptical of president trump's combative tone toward their nar beighbors to the nort but the instant reaction is that they widely embraced the president's strong talk. they like the show of the strength of the alliance between the u.s. leader and the south korean leader. the two men were supposed to go to the dmz earlier today. but the president did again return to that fiery rhetoric, specifically going after kim jong-un, calling out china and russia by name to join forces to isolate the brutal north korean regime. the president specifically said to the north korean leaders, do not underestimate us, do not try us. and he had a stern warning for kim jong-un. take a listen to what he said. >> north korea is a country ruled as a cult. at the center of this military cult is a deranged belief in the leader's destiny to rul

. >> nbc's peter alexander is live in vietnam. peter, president trump and president putin were supposed to meet today. what happened? >> yes, actually, just a moment ago, we saw pictures we can play for you. this is the presidents, putin and trump, shooting hands here at the asia pacific cooperation summit. they stood side by side for what's described as the class photo, the family photo of sorts between world leaders here. this is notable because just a couple of days ago we had heard from the president as he was flying to asia suggesting that the two men would meet. today, we heard from sarah huckabee sanders the president's press secretary saying there was no formal meeting on the schedule, blaming scheduling conflicts of sorts. she did say they would cross paths. we've now seen that's taken place. we'll see if the two of them do meet at any greater length after dinner or perhaps tomorrow as the president wraps up this summit here. among the topics they'll focus on, if they do meet, certainly north korea, syria, with the new rep

for more on that, i want to bring in nbc's peter alexander live at the white house. peter, nothing, zero, zippo, zilch from donald trump on moore but he jumps on franken. >> yes, the latest critic in these allegations against al franken. he's not a consistent one in terms of his outrage. nothing, as you noted, on moore. the president lashing out at franken, suggesting his inappropriate behavior may have gone even further than presently known. he tweeted the al frankenstein, spellled wrong, picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. where do his hands go in pictures two, three, four, five, and six while she sleeps. then he add, to think, just last week, he was talking about sexual harassment and respect for women. lesley stahl tape. it drew fierce criticism online, immediate comparisons being made to his own comments on that "access hollywood" tape where he boasted about what is essentially assault. his mention of that lesley stahl take, by the way, appears to be a reference to a 1996 interview where franken discussed a possible "saturday night live" skit where st

this is a picture tweeted by peter alexander this morning.s those two leaders were posing for the pictures, all of this happening at apec economic cooperation. here is president trump as he arrives for a gala dinner. this is the fourth stop of his five nation tour of asia. earlier, the president met with american veterans of the vietnam war in vietnam. he signed a proclamation marking the anniversary of the vietnam war. we have a deep and affectionate feeling. vicky nguyen did an incredible piece about her family fleeing saigon. you can find it on www.nbcbayarea.com. on youtube, bob redell travels with his father to vietnam to the hill his father defended at great cost to his own men. it's some of bob's best work and i have linked them both on twitter and facebook. >>> back to politics. roy moore is running to replace jeff sessions senate seat in alabama. accused of attempting relationships with a number of teenagers 40 years ago. the accusations come from the women themselves. moore says he didn't do its. the alabama state auditor defended o

nbc's peter alexander points out kelly is on vacation, but the president is, indeed, tweeting from theis john kelly during the president's speech to the united nations a while ago. here he is talking about the wrong doing on many sides that became famous about nazi's and white supremacists. president trump compares lavar ball to don king without the hair and calls him an ungrateful fool. remember, the players were detained in china for shoplifting. trump took credit for getting them home and warned ahead of time, he wanted to be thanked. >> the ucla players thanked him and the school did. mr. ball did not. i look at the president's past attack tweets, specifically a private person. if you don't count poll decisions, not hillary clinton, or kim jong-un, the remaining private citizens he attacks are often people of color. in chronological order, looking at twitter, starting today, going back eight weeks, roger goodell, ball, lynch, moore, johnson, hill, the widow of the soldier and steph curry. who does the president support? apparently roy moore. the candidate for u.s. senate accused of

for more reaction pete alexander is traveling with the president in west palm beach. peter, what is the president saying about the sailors? >> reporter: well, we did hear from the president a matter of hours ago on twitter, basically saying he's sending his prayers to all involved but he's monitoring the situation. we're told by white house aides traveling with the president that he has been updated. he has received some updates about the situation. so, that's where that situation stands this morning. but was notable today is hours before he mentioned the sailors, the crash that took place there off oak naw washgs as courtney was just talking about, we did hear from the president unleashing his latest twitter tirade. this happened predawn series of insults. a lot of them directed at some familiar foils. first the nfl -- one, the nfl, the second to lavar ball, a father of the ucla college basketball players who was recently detained and released in china along with a couple of teammates for shoplifting. here's specifically what the president said on twitter this morning. aga

i've got a great panel starting with nbc's peter alexander outside mar-a-lago in west palm beach, florida. peter, please, this makes absolutely no sense to me. tell me more about what the president had to say, because he did not need to weigh in on this thing. >> reporter: well, the bottom line is you're right, the president is breaking his silence now, defending roy moore. as you just noted, casting doubt on roy moore's multiple accusers. this is a notable, a dramatic shift by this president just days after the white house insisted in fact that the white house, the president, would be leaving this decision to the people of alabama. here is the president trying to tip the scales in support of the republican senate candidate in alabama, roy moore, and it notably comes against the tide of the republican establishment. going against what we've heard from the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, paul ryan among others say moore should drop out. even ivanka trump telling the associated press recently that there is a special place in hell for people who prey on children. the president noted

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i'm peter alexander in washington for my friend chuck todd. welcome to "mtp daily." if the week proved anything, it's a battle for the moral high ground, neither side can say they have it. some realized that today, some obviously don't or perhaps don't want to. president trump remained silent about the allegations facing republican roy moore bought quickly jumped on allegations facing the democrat al franken. he called the senator, al frankenstein and suggested franken is a hypocrite for past statements ar sexual harassments and the need to respect women. yes, this is the same president who's faced multiple allegations of misconduct, and who was caught on tape bragging about groping women and using his own celebrity to get away with it, and, yes, this is salts the same president breaking with leaders in his own party calling for moore to quit. moore denied ales ales allegati sexually harassed women who were teens when he was in his 30s. this about mr. trump's accusations. >> is it also fair to address misconduct made against roy moore by a dozen women? >> the america