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Especially human rights advocates they are looking to see how human rights comes up. there's always, listen, rodrigo duterte can be kind of a wild card. and so i think that you're going to have a lot of people watching to see if there's any unpredictable moments here where duterte might himself go off script. >> i want to ask you, you mentioned north korea. behind the scenes, do you think the administration thinks that they've actually made progress with north korea, with president trump's visit >> i think when you look at the excuses that the president has been having with japan, with south k...

Past today i hope i speak not only for our countries. but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try. well at the next stop on trump's marathon five country tour of asia is china the u.s. president and first lady departed south korea just a few hours ago they are expected to land in beijing soon trade in north korea are again at the form the focus of the trip observers expect trying to push chinese president xi jinping to up the pressure on pyongyang something they say he is reluctant to do china is north korea's main trading partner but it's repea...

Spoke to president xi to congratulate him on his extraordinary elevation also discussed north korea and trade two very important subjects. and two subjects where despite the friendly rhetoric the two presidents don't see eye to eye. north korea is the major issue that's testing u.s. chinese relations and it will top the agenda of trump's visit china remains north korea's closest ally the u.s. has increased pressure on beijing to rein in pyongyang but china is reluctant to become directly involved in the escalating conflict. the us is china's biggest trading partner but it imports much more fro...

Enjoyed a little bit of a tour, the president is expected to rain in the renegade regime by applying economic pressure and living up to un sanctions on pyongyang. a theme he carried with him from south korea where he addressed the national assembly and in effect kim jung un. >> i hope i speak not only for our country but all civilized nations. when i say to the north do not underestimate us and to not try us, do not allow american cities to be threatened with destruction. we will not let the worst atrocities be repeated here on this ground we fought and died

Test? >> well, i think as jonathan indicated, the japan -- there's not much daylight between japan and the united states when it comes to north korea. i think he's going to shore up that defense alliance. and the other thing that will be on the table as the two men talk privately is, what is president trump's approach going to be when he arrives in beijing. what is the next iteration of the strategy to try to get the chinese to exert more influence on pyongyang. i'm sure the two leaders will talk about that. and that will be a critical question when he arrives in seoul. >> right, right. the qu...