Statements. President trump was focused on north korea and syria. They are areas we need to Work Together on with russia. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning. Welcome to your new day. Alisyn is off. Poppy harlow, always a pleasure. Good to be here. Good to have you. Lets begin with a defiant roy moore threatening to sue the Washington Post. There are 30 corroborating stories as well. Member of the trump team are calling on moore to step aside. The caveat is if the allegations are true. What more can we know to vet the claims . Promising an announcement on trade in north korea. This as he wraps up his trip across asia. The u. S. Notably left out of a new trade deal. And conflicting reports whether trump and due tear toe spoke at all about human rights and the bloody war on drugs. A philippino government spokesman said he they did not. Cunning live joins us live. Good morning, kyung. Reporter good morning. Roy moore continues to dig in his heels even deeper as criticism is rising in d. C. He is certainly buoyed, though, by some support here in his home state. These attacks that i was involved with are completely false and untrue and for which they will be sued. Reporter Alabama Republican Senate candidate roy moore defiant, threatening to sue the Washington Post for publishing allegations that he pursued romantic relationships with teenage girls when he was in his 30s. Including a sexual encounter with a 14yearold. The controversial judge suggesting he is investigating his accusers. There are investigations going on in the next few days, there will be revelations about the motivations and the content of this article. Reporter led by former trump adviser steve bannon, Breitbart News also attempting to discredit moores accusers, publishing an article claiming the mother of corfman said reporters from the post pursued her daughter, convincing her to speak out against moore. The Washington Post acknowledging they approached the women who chose to give interviews after the reporter heard about the allegations while reporting on moore supporters. More blasting the allegations as a political conspiracy. Many Senate Republicans abandoning the alabama republican, refusing to raise money for his campaign, and revoking their endorsements. I think the accusations have more credibility than the denial. I think it would be best if roy would just step aside. We have to find a way to restore confidence in our elected officials and confidence, and this goes the other way. Some supporting luther strange. But back home in alabama, many of moore supporters rallying around the candidate. The thing that bothers me about those charges is that hes been in public life running for many offices and as many times as its happened no one has ever said anything until now. White house officials cautioning against judging moore before hes being Proven Guilty while condemning the behavior. Nothing is more serious than child pedophilia but having said that, he has not been found guilty. Everybody should know that conduct is disqualifying. But i also want to make sure that we as a nation are not always prosecuting people through the press. Reporter the president was a little specific about his white house. He was ask more directly on air force one over the weekend. He said i havent gotten to see too much. Of all the evidence to the contrary, poppy, he added he does not watch much television. Poppy. All right. Kyung, thank you for the important reporting. Another controversy is on the 12day trip to asia, the white house claiming they briefly raised the issue of human rights with Rodrigo Duterte but a spokesman for duterte said it was never discussed. Jeff . Reporter that was a question hanging over his head before he even arrived. After they had a meeting today one on one and several social gatherings, that question is still ringing here before the president leaves. How much did he question duterte on his human rights record . Rodrigo. Reporter President Trump meeting with president rodrigo due tear toe but not dwelling auto his bloody human rights record. Sarah sanders saying human rights briefly came up in the philippines fight against illegal drugs. A spokesman for duterte saying otherwise. No. That issue was not raised. However, the president explained in length his war against drugs. Reporter dutertes aides stood and blocked cameras. He made clear he wanted to meet behind closed doors, channeling trump by calling out the media, referring to them as spies. I would like to reference media to leave us alone. You may leave the room. Reporter white house aides were anxious about visiting the philippines, but President Trump came to amplify his message on trade and north korea. He stood alongside duterte grimacing during a ritual photograph. The president today basking in the glow of his travels through five asian capitals. Ive been received like nobody has ever been received. That is a sign of respect for me a little bit but our country. And im really proud of that. Reporter outside the economic summit, a reality check. Protesters filled the streets. Water cannons deployed to keep demonstrators from the u. S. Embassy. And the president s head burning on a swastika. The violent scenes were the most turbulent yet on trumps 13day trip to asia. After carefully measuring his words for days, he engaged in a weekend fight with the north Korean Leader saying in a tweet, why would kim jongun call me old when i would never call him short and fat. After telling reporters on air force one he believed putins denial of meddling in the u. S. Election, mr. Trump backtracked. I believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. As to whether i believe it or not, im with our agencies as currently constituted with their leadership. Reporter the president also says that he intends to announce a trade deal on wednesday at the white house. He said he will announce a lot of his conversations hes been having privately once he gets back to the u. S. One thing is clear, as the president has been traveling along having all of these meetings, his America First agenda has meant one thing, other leaders are moving on without the u. S. , particularly on tpp. A deal was reached on saturday for the 11 initial countries in that agreement to keep Going Forward on core elements, leaving the u. S. Behind on this. The president believes he can negotiate one on one with all of these individual countries. But that is Wishful Thinking in the minds of some here. China likes all of this because the u. S. Is suddenly out of this. The Lasting Legacy of this trip of course, all the relationships the president is building. It is an open question if the u. S. Will be left behind as opposed to America First on the trade agenda. Thank you very much. Lets bring in john avlon and david drucker. Jeff makes a good point there. One of the reasons that the chinese president does seem very accommodating of the United States is what an opportunity trump has given china but pulling out of tpp, china is running the game in that entire part of the world in terms of trade. Other countries are moving forward without the United States. Absolutely. Tpp will move forward except without the u. S. One strong argument was as a counterbalance to chinas economic influence in the region. By pulling out and trying to do these Bilateral Agreements, a, it is much more complex. And it leaves that sphere of influence even more open to the chinese. It puts us at ajeeeo statistic disadvantage. Sort of overall emphasis about where were going in the 21st century. That gets abandoned. There is a huge assumption that all the nations a, after they sign on to this trade deal tpp minus the u. S. Basically will want to have these Bilateral Agreements with the United States and that they will benefit them. Its a huge leg up to china. He muddied the water, if thats even possible, even more on whether he believes our Intelligence Community more or Vladimir Putin more. Everyone knows at this point what the president said on saturday and then how he tried to clean it up on sunday. But never once definitively said i talked to putin. He denied meddling. Thats bogus. I dont believe it. I believe our Intelligence Community. Why can he not say that . The big 64,000 question is why a president , who is willing to jawbone our allies as well as every other adversary we have when it suits him, will not jawbone putin and knoll not level any mean tweet or say anything off color as it relates to russia. The president has never really addressed that. His attitude toward other leaders is why this is a flashing red light. Theres nothing wrong with the u. S. Getting along with russia. I almost said the soviet union because were such in a place of adversary give or take with them. It should be on our terms. All the president has to say is, yeah, look, putin said he didnt do anything. Lets just were going to agree to disagree. We obviously know whats going to happen. Were going with intel. End of story. To say putin believes it it was a distinction without a difference. I actually know the answer to your question, why doesnt trump go after putin. Thats easy. Put up his tweet about kim jongun. We can have a demonstration how it works with the most powerful man in the world. If you insult President Donald Trump on any level, he will come back at you. I know this is behavior that we all teach our chiropractor is counterproductive and doesnt lead to good adulthood, but this is what he does. Why would kim jongun insult me by calling him old when i would never call him short and fat. Go to your room. You just said it. This is why he is not going after putin because putin hasnt insulted him. And thats good enough for this man. Thats not good enough for the responsibilities of the presidency. No, no, no, but wait. Xi never assaulted the president. Nato, soerbg uth koreans, they t insult him. Not when he went there. But before. After they met in mere law going. Once youre nice to him, everything goes your way. Before then, my point is thats what makes this so interesting. Its not just about him being insulted. He takes a different tact towards russia than any other nation. Because they play to his disadvantage. There he seems susceptible to getting played by putin. It suits his interest. If there was ever a russia investigation, he was unwilling to call out putin for being the thug that he is. True. Lets take a look at the kim tweet again. This is important. One of the things that has been accomplished was he seems to have done a good job forming a broader coalition. High stakes extremely important to diplomacy. Blows it up with a mean girl tweet. I thought the president had been hacked. That tonally was too far for me. He gets called old and he calls a rogue state leader short and fat. And says why cant we be friends . It is beneath the office of the presidency and undercuts some of the good work that he has done and his team has done, which is incredibly high stakes. Lets move on to roy moore. David, he is to sue the Washington Post. Breitbart pro moore trying to dig up dirt on these four women, four accusers. But saying he is going to sue the Washington Post is a page out of the president s book. He will sue the post, the New York Times, the associated press. Roy moore has a committed base down there. What he needs to do are things like this that give all the Republican Voters down there who would never vote for a democrat, almost never, just a reason to hang on for a month and believe. This is the kind of thing that could work. And i would is say this about bannon and breitbart. This is a big deal for bannon. If roy moore cant survive this. If he doesnt, his threats about primary and Senate Incumbents next year on the republican side go after Mitch Mcconnell are going to look not credible. He will be taken less seriously. Republicans that support mcconnell will feel emboldened. For bannon, this is huge. This is huge for the Senate Republican party. Republicans who endorsed moore, reluctantly abandoning him even with the caveat. The Republican Coalition is pulling out funding. Wait until the first polls come out. You will see him trailing. They are mostly saying if the allegations are true. Thats the way it should be. Youre innocent until Proven Guilty in a court of law. This is political assessment. But saying if the allegations are true. That ends the discussion because well never get more insight into the facts. The party has lost so much influence on both sides it doesnt have the ability like it did to push somebody out because of this. It might be a more competitive race than even before this. All right. A question. How is the roy moore controversy going to play with senators . Well bring in a wisconsin democrat tammy baldwin. What does she make about the situation . Could the senate really even do anything about moore if he wanted . Next. Next. We make sure youre in the loop at every step from the moment you decide to move your money to the instant your new retirement account is funded. Oh and at fidelity, youll see how all your investments are working together. Because when you know where you stand, things are just clearer. Just remember what i said about a little bit o soul wont replace the full value of your totaled new car. 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I think the people of alabama have a better choice. Don jones is a prosecutor, law and order candidate. And i hope that the people in alabama take this reporting seriously and make the right choice on election day in december. What about the defenses of roy moore that this happened a million years ago. Nobody ever came forward. Tops of elections, vetted, high youly controversial. Certainly has his critics. And this never came up until right now, right before the election. I would say a number of things. The reporting was very careful in terms of interviewing corroborating witnesses. Four individuals who werent in contact with one another. And they were reluctant at first. They werent sure they wanted to actually talk with the Washington Post but ultimately decided to. Perhaps bolstered by the many people who are finding the courage to bravely speak out now about those that did happen sometime ago. Were talking about powerful men. Were talking about something that has been fairly rampant. And right now we are seeing a lot of folks find their voice and speak out. What do you make of the republican response of many lawmakers that if the allegations are true he should resign. Is that a good enough, Strong Enough statement for you . I dont think so. Some of my republican colleagues have said they read carefully the story. They found it persuasive. They have been clear about that. But many of my republican colleagues, as you have noted, said if true as though there were about to be a trial beyond what we are seeing in the newspapers. I read the story carefully. I listened to the response from roy moore on. And i believe the women. So if he does win the election and theres very is little chance that the senate will be able to remove him because you cant get a twothirds vote on anything, let alone things politically sensitive to this, he will be a player in things like tax reform. We will see the first wave of it right now. The senate bill, by a nonpartisan estimate, is better for the middleclass than the house competing bill at this point. Do you support the bill being put forth by the white house and motivated by the senate . At this point i have to say know for a number of reasons. I want a tax code that it rewards hard work as much as wealth right now. I dont see that as either the house or senate plan. The senate plan favors the middle class more than the top tier. The senate bill favors the