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For building the multibillion dollar barrier, which he has vowed mexico will pay for at some point. >> also, the bill has no money for a deportation force or federal cuts to sanctuary cities. there is no funding cut for planned parenthood either, and there's a $2 billion increase for the national institutes of health. votes in the house and senate are expected by the end of the week. no response yet from the white house on the agreement, but the deal is the product of steady negotiation, we're told, between the administration and both parties on capitol hill, all to avoid a government shutdown...

Asia-pacific. dave? >> duterte even once offered himself as a gift to brides in the philippines. the optics of this visit, let alone the politics, ivan, are just mind-boggling. thank you for the perspective. all right, president trump will not rule out military force against north korea following the latest missile test by pyongyang, trump downplaying, really, friday's test, even after saying the next nuclear test could result in a u.s. military strike. and for some reason, trump continues these words of praise, expanding on words of praise from north korea's dictator, kim jong-un. >> at a v...

Good to see you, ivan. this is following by a pattern by the president, but when it comes to duterte and the philippines, do they have any influence over north korea's nuclear program? >> reporter: no, they have almost no political-economic leverage whatsoever over north korea. so, the question is, you know, what was the real point of this conversation? among the things that the two presidents discussed was this controversial and deadly war on drugs, which has resulted in the deaths in the first ten months of duterte's administration of an estimated 7,000 people with philippines police claimin...

Administration and both parties on capitol hill to avoid a government shutdown. all right, he's accused of major human rights abuses and once called president obama a son of a whore. now, president of the philippines, rodrigo duterte, has an invitation, an invitation, to the white house. there is growing pushback this morning over president trump's invitation to the philippine strongman. he has a notorious human rights record. he has encouraged ex-dishl killings of 6,000 filipinos suspected of doing or dealing drugs. >> he's also worked to align the philippines away from the u.s. and towards...

Rights bully pulpit disintegrates into ash." the white house showing that human rights is not the biggest priority when it comes to negotiating and dealing with strongmen. you do have to point out that duterte was dramatically elected in the philippines, a longtime traditional ally of the u.s. dave? >> that is flat out staggering. ivan watson, thank you for the insight. we appreciate it. president trump refusing to rule out military force against north korea following the latest missile test by pyongyang. trump is downplaying friday's test, even after saying the next nuclear test could resul...