Im here to advance peace, to promote security, and to work with you to achieve a truly free and open indo pacific where we are proud and we have sovereign nations, and we thrive, and everybody wants to prosper. This year we mark 40 years of friendship and cooperation between the United States and this organization. Its a long time. I also want to congratulate asean on 50 years of promoting peace and prosperity and stability in Southeast Asia and in the broader indopacific region. Rodrigo, i would like to commend you on your success as asean chair at this very critical moment in time, and in the associations history, such an important event. And i want to thank you for your incredible hospitality and the show last night, the talent at that show, i assume mostly from the philippines was fantastic, thank you. And you were fantastic, also very much from the philippines. [ applause ] we couldnt tell the difference. I send the people of the philippines warm greetings from the people of the U
Atlanta. And 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Cnn world headquarters, news room starts right now. Interesting meeting will take place in washington. What does it mean is the question. Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team are to meet with attorneys for donald trump and it could happen as early as next week. The president s attorneys hope it means the investigation into Russian Election meddling is almost over. They say all requested documents have been turned over. They say all requested interviews have been completed. And there is no request they say to interview the u. S. President. However, that is still possible ahead. Other lawyers in the case say not so fast. They warn the probe could drag on for months if not longer. And all of this comes as the president slams the fbi again. Here is Cnns Jim Acosta at the white house with that. Reporter the president is ratcheting up his attacks on the investigators who are investigating the white house and Trump Campaign officials und
Congress must move ahead with impeachment proceedings. There can be no whitewash at the white house. I think what we have to do is feel it out. Were going to have to find out what the mood is. In 1972, Richard Nixon is very much at the top of his game and is in a position to achieve his goal of being the greatest president in american history. The comments before about mao and joe. He had desegregated all the southern schools, he had ended the draft, he had created the epa, the cancer institute, and he had the greatest arms control agreement in american history. Not a bad record, and the American People thought so. Air force one has just landed at peking international airport. It is an historic moment, the official beginning of his visit to china. China was considered almost a different planet. And the idea that any american president would go to china was considered a fantasy probably at best. In terms of foreign policy, it was sort of a moon landing. I think one of the results of our
Triggered widespread flooding and mudslides. Among the dead, a 4yearold child. Meteorologist derek van dam is tracking the storm. Der derek, this looked like an incredible storm. With topography reaching 8,000 to 10,000 feet over mindanao. Look at aerial visuals of the flooding how widespread it is across the area. Tropical storm tembin known locally in the philippines as vinta, causing serious destruction across the area. And some of these numbers continue to just go up. Look at the debris field with this particular landslide, mudslide that impacted this particular region. This is in the northern sections of mindanao, you can imagine power and communications knocked out for this particular area as this torent of mud, water, mud, rocks, trees all comes down barreling basically the Mountain Side there. The mountains are there are steep, 8,000 to 10,000 people. A lot of inactive volcanos across the region. With tropical moisture, it soaks into the soil, eventually gravity takes over and
North korea evade economic sanctions. These stories and so much more ahead. Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Im natalie allen. Im cyril thanks for joining us. The thomas fire made california history and not in a good way. It is their third wildfire on record. Look at this. The bad news, it continues to burn northwest of los angeles. Isnt that cloud of smoke say it all . You can see it from space. They are scrambling to get it under control. Its been burning two weeks. This video triggered thousands of evacuations. 12,000 people evacuated their homes in Santa Barbara. It led to the death of two people, including a firefighter who died battling the flames. The high winds are a major problem. Miguel marquez has more on this from Santa Barbara. Reporter this thomas fire is the fire that will not quit. I want to show you whats happening in the hills. We are going turn the light off to get a better sense of whats going on. The fire is burning in the foothills. F