Obama's Town Hall In Laos
ROMANS: President Obama is in Laos. Earlier this morning he spent just over an hour taking questions at a town hall for young Southeast Asian leaders and taking Congress to task for failing to act on his key trade priority. For the latest from Laos, we turn to White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski. Good afternoon, Michelle.</s>MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Yes, the President was able to talk up the TPP today, as he does now, virtually, everywhere he goes. I mean, when you take a look at it, this huge trade deal with Asia. This is supposed to be the jewel in the crown of the President's rebalance to Asia -- something that he thinks would be great for U.S. businesses, as well as U.S. workers. There are even some Republicans in Congress who agree with him on that but Congress hasn't been playing along and he had some words for them, too -- listen.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You know, we're in a political season now and it's always difficult to get things done. Congress isn't doing much right now. They're all going home and talking to their constituents, trying to get re-elected. So after the election I think people can refocus attention on why this is so important.</s>KOSINSKI: So what about the President and the election? A White House source tells us the President is eager to get out on the campaign trail and we did see him do that one event with Hillary Clinton, and then a couple of private fundraisers. So what does the President do about it, then? September is difficult. There is one event planned for this coming week in Philadelphia and another New York fundraiser, but because of the trip that we're on, as well as a trip to the U.N. this month, that makes things difficult in terms of campaigning. So that leaves October and we can expect the pace to pick up. I mean, we're told that the President looks at the huge stakes involved, he looks at the poll numbers. He wants to get out there and talk up the fact that he believes Hillary Clinton is the only candidate qualified to be president. There have been reports that he's going to spend virtually the entire month of October on the road, on the trail. We're told that that's not really going to be possible because of other things he's busy with. He's not going to be able to be out there really full-time but we can expect to see many more events involving the President. Back to you guys.</s>ROMANS: All right, Michelle Kosinski for us this morning in Laos, traveling with the President, thank you.</s>BERMAN: All right, you know what we need to do now?</s>ROMANS: What?</s>BERMAN: Take a look at what's coming up on "</s>NEW DAY". ROMANS: Oh, yes.</s>BERMAN: Alisyn Camerota joins us.</s>ROMANS: Good morning.</s>BERMAN: Hello, Alisyn.</s>ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN HOST: Hey, guys, good morning. I'm here in producer row. This is the behind-the-scenes of the show. This is the brain trust of everything that happens on the show, so they've just told me what's coming up at the top of the hour and I will share it with you. We're going to talk about Donald Trump's plan. What he says he will do in his first 30 days in office that will defeat ISIS, and we'll get the military's reaction to that. Also, we'll talk about what's going on at Fox News. There's this huge settlement that Roger Ailes has made to one of his former anchors, and Greta Van Susteren left. So we have some new reporting on what's going on inside there and we will bring it to you when we see you at the top of the hour.</s>ROMANS: Alrighty.</s>BERMAN: All right. Hopefully, we get more exposed brick also. Very big --</s>ROMANS: And ducks flying across it. Did you see the duck in the -- I don't know. OK, thanks, nice to see you. (Laughter)</s>ROMANS: What are they laughing at?</s>BERMAN: I don't know. You're very funny.</s>ROMANS: They sometimes do.</s>BERMAN: You're charming in the morning.</s>ROMANS: Did you see the ducks?</s>BERMAN: Yes, I did see the ducks.</s>ROMANS: OK, all right, sorry. All right, one big name -- charming -- is that -- are you making fun of me?</s>BERMAN: You are.</s>ROMANS: All right, I'll tell you what's charming. An impressive all- time high for one stock. Ten thousand dollars' worth of this stock five years ago could now buy you a new car. We'll tell you what it is when we get an EARLY START on your money, next.