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 United States. I also want to thank Prime Minister najeeb of malaysia for the excellent job you have done as coordinator. And i appreciate it very much. I really appreciate it. You have coordinated so well with us. For five decades, this organization has brought together a vital assembly of nations to build consensus on Critical Issues facing the region and the world. You have created a forum for all nations with a stake in the indopacific to listen, learn, and develop solutions to common challenges through strategic dialogue. The United States remains committed to asean central role as a Regional Forum for total cooperation. This diplomatic Partnership Advances the security and prosperity of the American People and the people of all indopacific nations. In recent decades, nations across the regions have built strong society, robust economy, and vibrant communities of citizens. Really proud, totally proud always of the heritage and confident in who they are. Today we celebrate your incredible success, and we also seek economic partnerships on the basis of fairness and reciproc reciprocality. We have the highest statemeock t weve had, the lowest unemployment in 17 years. The value of stocks has risen 5. 5 trillion. And companies are moving into the United States. A lot of companies are moving. Theyre moving back. They want to be there. The enthusiasm levels are the highest ever recorded on the charts. So were very happy than. And we think that bodes very well for your region because of the relationship that we have. We want our partners in the region to be strong, independent, and prosperous, in control of their own destinies, and satellites to no one. These are the principles behind our vision for a free and open indopacific. So, again, i wish you all the best of luck. Its an honor to be here. And rodrigo, thank you very much for the way you treated all of us. Thank you. Well, youve been listening to the u. S. President , donald trump, speaking there just moments ago in the philippines capital at an asean summit, a summit gathering the leaders of Southeast Asian nations. Now several things that mr. Trump said that we heard throughout his trip really. First of all, mentioning the indopacific region a number of times. Thats a word weve heard throughout the trip. Of course this part and parcel of the new u. S. Strategic vision for that region in opposition to mr. Obamas pivot towards asia. Mr. Trump calling that the indopacific region. Also heaping praise on his host, the philippines president Rodrigo Duterte saying, quote, you were fantastic. Referring to the welcome ceremony that mr. Trump received last night. And another theme that weve heard throughout this trip when mr. Trump has been addressing foreign leaders, saying that well, heaping praise on himself. Saying that the stock market in the u. S. Has been doing better than it has in a long, long time. All right. Well continue to keep an eye on whats going on in the philippines. But for now, another top story this hour. Well continue with coverage of the earthquake on the iran iraq border. At least 207 people have been killed after that powerful quake just on the northeastern border of iraq near iran. More than 1700 people were injured and in iraq at least four people have died and dozens were injured as well. The 7. 3 magnitude quake was felt throughout the region. Let me turn to ivan cabrera who has been following this with us over the last few hours. Ivan, what can you tell us . The death toll has increased quite significantly. That is not a good sign. Its basically doubled in just a couple of hours here, the occasion of quite an event, no question about it across portions of iran and into iraq as well. But the casualty count has been coming in mainly from iran. Weve had now one of the strongest quakes in this region. 7. 3 is a major quake. Any time you get a quake over 7. 0. That only happens 15 times during the entire year. Here we have one of them. It has been quite a deadly one. The depth we also look at. A deep earthquake usually doesnt cause as much damage. This was a shallow one, 23 kilometers or 14 miles below the surface here. As far as the earthquake history across the region, no stranger to earthquakes. We have basically no more than no less than four tectonic plates right interacting with each other. We have a lot of seismic activity throughout the year. Back in 67 we had 56. 1. The horrific 7. 4 in 1990 and the current event were talking about at 7. 3. As far as what we expect and what people felt with this quake, 19 million feeling weak. Upwards of 19 million felt the quake. Where it gets dangerous is once you get into the very strong and severe. Thats the shaking that can bring down buildings. Its all relative really. As far as what we expect, after shocks, this is the important factor here. It always is over tnext few day and weeks. Expect 4 and 5. Numerous of those. The strongest throughout the night which has been a 5. 3, also very shallow. And that in and of itself is basically a small earthquake which can cause additional and pretty significant damage. The progression, though, is for the freaksly and intensity to lessen. By the time we get into next monday, things continue to decrease as far as the intensity. The forecast is important. Nothing doing here as anything moves through. Pretty quiet weather. So Recovery Efforts will be ongoing with fair weather. Thats important. Temperatures in the upper 20s there is going to be a lot of searchandrescue missions here. So folks are going to be perhaps even trapped in structures there, and the weather is going to play a role. I dont think it will be cold enough to be dangerous. The highs in the 20s and not much in the way of rainfall. Well keep you posted on the earthquakes, the additional after shore, expecting those to continue throughout the day. Definitely have to keep an eye on the aftershocks. Ivan, thank you very much for your work here. Well have to get you back this table in the coming hours. Thanks a lot. Let me turn to jerusalem man jumane. This was a really powerful earthquake. It was felt throughout this region including lebanon, kuwait, israel. Even in pakistan. As you mentioned earlier, cyril, this was focused on iraniraq border. When it comes to iran the hardest hit is the western province. Thats where were hearing from iranian authorities that more than 200 people have been killed. And were seeing that death toll rising hour after hour. And more than 1700 people have been injured. And as you can imagine, when it comes to the searchandrescue operations, this happened late in the evening, making it very difficult to assess the damage, assess casualty figures. So now that we are in the daytime hours, we are seeing these casualty figures rising. When it comes to iraq, cyril, we still dont have clarity on damage, on casualty figures. The latest we had heard from authorities there that it was several people killed. Dozens wounded. It was mainly concentrated in the kurdistan region of iraq. It seems that the city, town to the east this was the hardest hit. Some fatalities also reported in Eastern Province of diala. And of course the concern here when it comes to. Cyril, is that these are rural areas where these houses there are built of mud bricks. And they really cannot withstand powerful earthquakes like this. Jomana from iran. Thank you. I want to go back to the other top story that were following. We opened this show with remarks from the United States president , donald trump, who was speaking at an asean summit. Thats in the philippines, where he is being hosted with leaders of the southeastern asian region. Matt rivers is covering that from manila. Matt, what was your takeaway when you listened to what the u. S. President had to say . Well, what we saw with the u. S. President said, talking from very scripted remarks. He wasnt really off the cuff, definitely talking in a way that generally has a lot of people breathing a sigh of relief in the sense he does stick to prepared remarks and moderating his tone in a way that weve seen him do throughout this asia trip. With know he talked about a gathering in a great time of purpose and great challenging. He raised Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the philippines for his success as the chair of the asean summit. And then he talked about how good the u. S. Economy is doing right now. Something weve seen him talk about a lot. And he also talked about seeking economic partnerships based on fairest and reciprocality. The big question, we do know human rights and the alleged human rights abuses committed by the duterte administration, his ongoing war against drugs, was brought up very briefly according to the white house in the context of the philippines fight against illegal drugs. Not a very expanded from the white house. We might hear a little bit more about it as the day goes on. But clearly it wasnt talked about at great length. For more on that i would like to bring in maria ressa, one of the wellknown philippine institutions. What is your take away from the fact it doesnt appear there was a long conversation about human rights between these two men . We expected it. Whats interesting is the philippines spokesman actually said that President Trump did not bring it up. That it was president duterte himself who brought it up. And in that context, that President Trump just nodded and seemed supportive of it. What we know for sure is that these two men like each other. Weve seen this in the videos and the photos of them in the last day and a half. And they share many things in common, including the fact that theyre both maverick styles of leaders. They often leave the institutions behind, and they both share a passion for dealing with drugs. How will that be viewed by the filipino public in terms of not having a very long conversation about human rights, at least if there what we can tell so far. Generally speaking, do people here care about it . The philippines always has. But keep in mind president duterte is an extremely popular president. One of the surveys pointed out he is the most popular of our last three president s. He holds from 72 to 80 approval ratings. I think it goes to a question of values. The fact that the United States did not bring it up. Again, former president barack obama expected the former u. S. Ambassador, that was expected. But i think what youre seeing is not just in the philippines, but globally there is this kind of turn that is more personality driven. And so the questions many filipinos have here is what are the values that will guide both the United States and the philippines . Having said that, president duterte has also been extremely important in a pivot of the philippines from the United States to china and russia. Thats something president duterte himself brought up. And that has changed the geopolitical power balance around the south china sea, what we call the west philippine sea, and around the region. So a lot of eyes are on this. And again, you go back to what are the values that are going to guide this. Does the fact that at least so far the president of the United States has not really been critical of the president of the philippines, does Rodrigo Duterte take that as a sign he should keep on keeping on so to speak, continue to do what he has been doing over the last year . I think what youve seen is a man, Rodrigo Duterte, nothing stops him from what he sees as his mission, his vision. This is a man who came to office and was elected with very clear ideas of what he wanted to do. And he has done it with or without the institutions in the philippines. I want to touch a little bit what you said about pivoting away from the United States. Under the obama administration, president duterte even went so far to question the military alliance. These are treaty allies between the United States and the philippines. So clearly there was pivot towards russia, towards china, away from the United States. Under the trump administration, i know that we heard general h. R. Mcmaster, the National Security adviser talk about a pirouette, completing the circle so to speak. Do you think the philippines is eyeing the United States more or still more prochina or prorussia . I think what you saw before President Trump took office was a United States that was in a place it had never been in the philippines. At one point, filipinos liked the u. S. Government more than the americans did. But now with this personal relationship between the two men, i think the u. S. In terms of policy making, in terms of defense now stands a chance against china and russia. Because what youre seeing, youre seeing this the leaders of both china and russia here now, right . Youre seeing a tussle for who can provide the most. And in that way, you go back to trump unashamedly saying were america first. And in a way, these leaders are saying we want our countries first, but we can take you along with us, maybe. Fascinating times. Thank you for your insight. Well hope to keep you around and continue to get some of that insight. Thank you so much for joining us. And so cyril, clearly ea very interesting meeting between these two men. Human rights perhaps not talked about as much as human rights advocates around the world would have liked them to. But its not over yet. We do expect to hear more from the president of both countries throughout the day today. So when we hear from them, well certainly bring it to our viewers, absolutely. Its not over yet, matt. Well have more questions next hour. Do stand by. Thank you very much. Matt rivers live from manila in the philippines. Next up on cnn newsroom, they ran freely in the beirut marathon, but Saad Al Hariri was conspicuously absent. Well have more. Stay with us. Subscription cover. When you get a family plan with two or more lines. Really . Thats incredible. So go ahead and watch however you want. Youre messing with me, right . All at no extra charge. This is awesome another reason why tmobile is americas best unlimited network. Mic drop. If you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,. Isnt it time to let the real you shine through . 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