we are hearing reports that north korean leader kim jong-il is ordering his military leaders to conduct the country's third nuclear test. this time, using enriched uranium, they've conducted nuke tests with mroem, and this as iran, this morning, says it will not negotiate with the u.s. about its nuclear program, i'm eric sean and welcome to the latest edition of america's news show. >> jamie: good to have you with us for these two hours, i'm jamie colby and the latest developments come a week that he have rogue nation said it found a way to make nuclear weapons with enriched uranium. >> eric: north korea tested the two nukes with mroem and experts think they have enough to make at least half a dozen nuclear bombs. just what can the world do to stop them, in a few minutes we'll be joined by the former at bafr to the u.n. and fox news contributor john bolten. >> jamie: another "fox news alert," following the case closely, investigators have seized, they say, possible evidence in the case of a missing yale university graduate student, today, she would have been a bride. today was supposed

once halfway across, they heard shouting from north korean soldiers. they started running. laura and euna write, we were firmly back inside china, when the soldiers apprehended us. we tried with all our might to cling to bushes, ground, anything that would keep us on chinese soil. but we were no match for the determined soldiers. they violently dragged us back across the ice to north korea. and marched us to a nearby army base. in the early days of our confinement, before we were taken to pyongyang, we were left for a very brief time with our belongings. with guards right outside the room, we furtively destroyed evidence in our possession, by swallowing notes and damaging videotapes. once in pyongyang, they were isolated from each other, put on trial, and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. two for trespassing, ten for being journalists. theys didn't anticipate their release last month. they said one moment they were preparing for labor camp. the next, they were face-to-face with president clinton, who told them he would be taking them home. laura and euna continue to cope

businessman who they had taken also captive into the south korean fisherman who had wandered into north korean waters. they have subsequently done that and i know that... i'm just back from beijing and chief negotiator for the koreans whose name is also kim was in beijing for high-level discussions with the chinese as part of the 60th anniversary of the p.r.c. but obviously they were talking about a path moving forward. but, you know, again, i'm a private citizen, i was glad to be able to do my part to accompany president clinton to bring those women home but now it's up to the administration to decide how they're going to proceed. >> rose: do you believe... this is my last question. do you believe that somehow in those meetings that there was the possibility of opening the door and achieving a kind of denuclearized north korea? >> i believe that the direct application of both pressure and sanctions and diplomacy can result in a denuclearized korean peninsula. so i think that... i think... i didn't hear anything that led me to believe otherwise. i think we need to stay with it and keep the dip

that's when they crossed over to the riverbank, on to the north korean territory and they say they were there for no more than one minute. at that point they got nervous and headed back, got to about half way across the river and that's when they say they heard yelling, looked behind them, saw two north korean guards who were armed, running towards them and that's when they say they ran as well, ran to the china side, but at that point, they were apprehended and they say violently dragged across the ice once more. at this point, there were just two of them, just ling and lee. the producer had outrun the guards. the guide who was showing them that day, they say he had already fled at this point, and they say in this account, that he, the guide had behaved oddly that morning, and they speculate whether they had been lured into some kind of trap. >> abbi, these are journalists so they had tapes, notes, these types of things. what happened to all that? >> they swallowed their notes. they destroyed their own tape. they had been doing interviews for a story on current tv, leading up to these

in 1950, communist north koreans invaded their southern neighbors. u.s.resident harry truman immediately sent troops to help south korea. now its remembered as a war, back then it was called a police action. >> best and more accurate to call it a korean conflict. congress never declared it a war. technically we are still in an armistice and technically that conflict is still underway. >> whatever you choose to call it, the fighting raged for three long years. much of it in the bitter cold. >> at the korean war veterans memorial, 19 bronze statues represent the different military services that took part in the conflict. >> they're slightly larger than life-size. to show and to depict the hazards the tough conditions that american soldiers experienced during the korean conflict. >> the memorial has another striking feature --a massive wall of black granite. look closely and you'll see etched images. you'll also see your reflection in its polished surface. so there's a dual focus there with the idea that you can see yourself in this situation. see yourself i

north korea? >> i believe tt th dirt applicatio of both pressure and sanctions and diplomacyan result in a denucleized korean peninsula. so i think tt... i think... i didn't hear ything that lede to belie otherwise. i think we needo stay with it and keep the diplomatic pressure on north korea remain open to diomacy, dialogue, and scussion and i think at we can achieve that result. >> rose: john, thank you so much. we've kept y longer than you imagined you'd be here and i appreciate it. >> thanks for hing me on charlie. >> rose: hn podesta, thank you for joininus. we'll see you next time. captioning snsored by ro communications captioned by media access groupt wgbh accessgbh.org

they explain how their chinese guideured them over the north korean border. d why they suspect they may have been set up for capture. ling and lee say they never intended to cross a frozen river into north korea. but they say their guide had earned their trust, wearing a police overcoat. and making hooting sounds to get a north korean border guard's attention. our guide seemed cautious and ponce responsible. he was as concerned as we were about protecting our interview subjects. the plan, get a first-hand look at no man's land where human smugglers pay off guards. but that plan backfired. the guards chased them back into china. we tried with all our might to cling to bushes, ground, anything that would keep us on chinese soil, they say. but we were no match for the determined soldiers. they violently dragged us back across the ice, to north korea. and marched us to a nearby army base, where we were detained. once in prison, ling and lee took every precaution to protect their sources and themselves. with guards outside of the room, we furtively destroyed eviden

you don't have to lk at the polls, y can step back what's happening with asia with the north korean threat with china's rise the's a natural physics with the relations. there's nothing we fighting about big issues. worry not fighting about -- we are in general agreements about l the big issues. climate change. stimulating and recovering the economy in the g20. north korea policy. closure japan alliance itself. what makes me less optimistic in the short run, n . stic, but a little bit worried about how well this will go, the dpj had the luxury of saying [speaking in a foreign language] >> saying yes, the alliance is importance. but they are saying we oppose you. we oppose sending troop to iraq. we oppose the agreement you made with the americans to move the bases to they want everybody out. they different configurations for the marines that stay. so all of these sort of policies they were against, these positiols developed, the ldp was very strong. and they died on the popularity. sending ships to the indian ocean, let alone standing 600 engineers to iraq, these were hard decisions that wer

have been notified because they've been working closely with the russians and americans on the north korean nonproliferation issues to strain the ability to spread whatever technology they have or to allow the north koreans to add to their stock. i think when the secretary of state kept saying iran has a choice to make, iran has a choice to make, it now looks, reading in the newspaper that, what they were saying is we want to talk to you. you can't avoid talking about this. we have to resolve this, and i believe the president has now said by the end of the year, and i think hillary had said something like december, so my view is this is the very time to talk to them because we're in a difficult situation now, and it not a question i want to emphasize about whether we trust them or not because we have demonstrated that we have the ability to verify, and i think the u.s. wanted to talk because they knew about this and they knew that iran was about to get in the position where they might be irreversibly putting themselves on a conflict course not only with us, but as you now see, with the euro

north korea? >> i believehat e dect applicatn of both pressure and sanctions and diplomacy can result in a denucarized korean peninsula. so i thinkhat... i think... i didn't heaanything that led me to belve otherwise. i think we need to stay with it and keep the diplomatic pressure on north kor remai open to plomacy, dialogue, and discussion and i thinkthat we can achieve at result. >> rose: john thank you so much. we've kept you longer thanou imagined you'd be her and i appreciate it. >> thanks for havin me on, charlie. >> rose: johnodesta, thank you for joining us we'll see youext time. captioning sponsed by rose cmunications captioned by media access group at bh access.wgborg

. >> guest: this was a major issue we had with the north koreans and just a couple weeks ago there wastion in the "washington times" that we not only know tha the bill comes from north korea and that's a rare statement for us to make because we've sort of held that over them with the six party talks. not acknowledging expolice it isly that it -- explicitly that it comes from north korea and using that as a bargain chip t washington times reported we not only know i comes from north kgrea we know the general in charge of producing it. >> all right. if i go to my bank and cash a check for $1500 and ask for 15, $100 bills am i at all likely to get a counterfeit? >> very unlikely. especially in the 100 dollar bills. the hundreds are very often used to transfer balance between banks and it could be coming straight from the b e pp. art -- bep. art told me a story once. i'm not totally sure how everything works the circulating through banks and federal reserve and all that. art told me a story once when he was doing the old money that he was out with a friend who had gone into a bank and gott

well, today in china, a top amican envoy discussed the iranian and north korean nuclear programs.mong other suects, with chine ofcials. details of those talks th dety secretaryf state james steinberg were not disclosed. but it is worth noting that ina has a close trading relationship with iran and its support will beey in the fort to impose new sanions against an. at brings to us t second of a series of intervie this week in which we look at how the world might respond to iran's nucleaprogram and the imposition ofsanctions. wee joined by john delury. the associate director on the asia center on u.s./china relations. welcom >> glad to be here. >> let me ask you first,ow significant is china'srade relationsh with iran. then how migh that infence cha's decision to go along with any tougher trade nctions? >> well in the grand scme of chins economic lationships, it's not thabig. but the impoant thing is that it is about l. iran is ina's second major source of crudeil surpassed only byaudi arabia and out on pa with angola. so at's a major natural source supplier for cna. thenumber two c

soil for just one minute when they saw two north korean soldiers with guns running toward them, and they ran. they said that they were firmly back on the chinese side when the north korean border guards grabbed them. the two were sentenced to 12 years hard labor and then released. >>> overseas markets are down this morning following tuesday's 185-point drop for the dow. our erin burnett is at the new york stock exchange this morning for us. what are you looking out for? >> it's amazing. these things spread around the world. it started with our selloff. that's what you're seeing in asia and europe. financials fell by the most in two months. it comes down to this. some of the data on housing. proof the recession is over. the market, though, has surged so much since the spring once more. they want real growth and the road ahead definitely rocky. overnight we got news from american airlines that they'll be laying off 921 flight attendants. traffic is still falling. and it really comes down to jobs. that number we'll get on friday. back to you. >> erin burnett at the new york stock excha

going there. >> none of the delegation members have any plans to go to north korea or meet with north korean officials on this trip. >> what is the agenda of this trip? >> it is basically to continue consultation with our partners and allies on how best to convince north korea that has to live up to the commitments it made under the 2005 joint statement, and take irreversible steps toward a neat -- denuclearization. we were going out there to consult with our partners on the best way forward. we will see what comes out of those talks. >> the have a date on senator mitchell's meeting? -- do you have a date? >> it will be late this afternoon, 5:00 up in new york. i would get a readout. >> any specific place for the meeting? >> i believe is that the u.s. mission to the un 3 >> how you assess the overall atmosphere in efforts to revive these talks as they prepare for the meeting? >> i do not want to step on anything that may be a subject for talks. you saw their statement last week that they thought that progress had been made. we are very much looking forward to moving to the next state of dire

well, today in china, a top american envoy discussed the iranian and north korean nuclear programs. among other subjects, with chinese officials. details of those talks with deputy secretary of state james steinberg were not disclosed. but it is worth noting that china has a close trading relationship with iran and its support will be key in the effort to impose new sanctions against iran. that brings to us the second of a series of interviews this week in which we look at how the world might respond to iran's nuclear program and the prospect of harsher sanctions. tonight we look at the view from china. for that, we're joined by john delury. he's the associate director of the asia society center on u.s./china relations. welcome. >> thank you. glad to be here. >> let me ask you first, how significant is china's trade relationship with iran? and then how might that influence china's decision to go along with any tougher trade sanctions? >> well, in the grand scheme of china's economic relationships, it's not that big. but the important thing is that it is about oil. iran is china's se

laura ling and euna lee say they were led across the north korean border by a trusted tour guide while filming a documentary. they soon realized they were in danger, but by then, it was too late. they were freed thanks in part to a visit from former president bill clinton. >>> 6:38. time for a check on some business headlines. >> linda bell is live in new york. >>, the maker of video games is reporting a loss. sales plunged. but they topped analyst estimates. they agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit. it includes claims they defrauded by years. meantime, unauthorized parts that southwest has been flying with. the faa is giving them until christmas eve to replace them. this e y parts to not posed a safety hazard. stock index futures are indicating a flat opened for stocks this morning. watch for 3-d tv from sony. they may start to sell them by next year. it will add this technology to the playstation 3 and blu-ray players. that is your business news. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, i am linda be. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:40 is your time. >> when we continue,

the missile that was test fired today is an exact replica of the north korean missile that we talked about a lot this year. it is not too much of a stretch to think that north korea is sharing its technology with iran right now. shepard: do we know what the missile can carry? >> the best it would be carriey- it would be able to carry is a conventional warhead. it is a study released by the east-west institute. iran is between one year and three years away from developing any sort of nuclear weapon. between six years and eight years from them putting a nuclear warhead on a missile. shepard: is any of this giving an indication of what this means to all of us? >> the experts say that we should not overreact. we are not in any imminent danger. as one expert put it, it does not matter if they have what he called hecrappy missile that cannot hit the broad side of a barn. it is a very good weapon of terror. they could fire indiscriminately. we have already seen the kind of terror that causes in israel with those small rockets fired from gaza. a lot of terror. shepard: jonathan hunt, thank yo

they got nervous, they headed back across the river and were on chinese soil when north korean borderen suspect it was a trap. ling and lee write that in retrospect the guide behaved oddly, but it was ultimately our decision to follow him, and we continue to pay for that decision today with dark memories of our captivity. >>> other top stories now -- the suspect in the d.c. holocaust museum shooting doesn't want to undergo a psych exam. but a court today ordered james von brunn to undergo one anyway. the 89-year-old spris accused o shooting a guard. >>> a magnitude 7 quake today left piles of debris all over the place along with bodies. nearly three dozen people confirmed dead and hundreds injured and about 40 missing. >>> afghanistan, where even top authorities are in harm's way. a suicide attack has killed the deputy chief of the afghan intelligence service along with other people. the intel chief was visiting a mosque in eastern afghanistan. nearly three dozen people were wounded. >>> back in the u.s. we're eyeing the skies over the hudson river. remember this from last month? poli

and south korean officials met to do to talk about the north korean nuclear threat.ready to begin the final stage of enriching uranium. a big step on the path to developing nuclear weapons. >>> all right. from hospitals to college campuses, measures that are being take ton try to separate anyone suspected of being infected with the h1n1 virus. america is bracing for what is threatening to be a nasty swine flu season. already according to the centers for disease control, the virus is linked to more than 9,000 people hospitalized and 593 deaths in just the past 4 1/2 months or so. right now we're going to delve into everything, answer all your questions about how to protect yourself, how to identify what is the h1n1 virus. we're still accepting your questions and your comments on my blog as well as on facebook and at weekends@cnn.com. so we've got a lot of questions, a lot of people who are going to answer some of these questions for you, including dr. william schaffner. he's one of the country's leading experts on infectious diseases. he's a professor of medicine at v

there is a north korean nuclear program, and the other provides technology and research. blacklisted by the u.n. the u.n. sanctions are aimed for punishing them for their nuclear tests last may. they are advising people to come down with the swine flu to just ride it out. the centers for disease control suggest that medicines such as tamiflu and relenza should be reserved for high-risk patients. they also say to avoid the emergency room except for the severely ill. they may not be equipped to handle massive h1n1 outbreaks. i am lauren green. now, back to "on the record." greta: things have been tough, really tough, for many americans. it has been awhile since the country has gone into a virtual tailspin. the government seized control of fannie mae and freddie mac, and since then, all of us are using words like "bailout" and "stimulus" and "trillion" with a t. a writer for the associated press joins us. chuck, what a story this has been. who would have guessed when we first had heard of fannie mae and freddie mac that we would have been in this mess? tell us about the seri

resolutions as are the north koreans and the response of america, the president of the united states,camera, of course, presides over a perfectly useless meeting of the security council and passes a perfectly useless resolution airly declaring the end of nuclear weapons. look, my model u.n. in high school was more real es stick than this security council. the resolution as you pointed out, isn't even binding, and the problem is that the assumption of of obama is that the reason that these rogue states are assuming nukes is because we have not led by example rather than the obvious, that they want the prestige and the power of having a nuke. in fact, in the '80's and the '90's, when we radically reduced our aresenals, it is precisely when iran and korea launched their ambitions and nuclear programs. i think he accomplished nothing, but he exposed us to ridicule about the facetiousness of this administration. bret: sam nunn and george schultz, former secretary of state, praised this resolution. what happened today? >> it is a step forward in that if you are restrictions on nuclear expor

decision that either the -- someone in the obama administration has to make and execute, or what the north koreans do. and the reason i haven't said more is, i don't want anything i say to inadvertently complicate the potential for progress. and the americans should be encouraged. look what's happened since those young women have gotten back. we've had the korean release, and the prospect of new harmony and new cooperation between the two koreas. and the announcement that north korea will accept our special envoy, ambassador bosworth, who is a very good man, to come there and have a meeting. and so that's all i can tell you. these countries have got to decide whether going into this relationship and these larger issues, and i don't want anything i say to inadvertently have an impact on that. so i told the white house i wouldn't talk about it. and i'm not going to. >> on monday we'll bring you part two of my conversation with president clinton, with more of what's coming up coming up at t global initiative. we'll get his take on how the policies impacted the current economic situation. he looks bac

they may be reluctant and always out there willing to break any sanctions, the north koreans.hepard: jonathan hunt, thanks. more new rules could be on the way for credit card companies. today the federal reserve proposed restriction that is are designed, really, to protect consumers. for example, with a few exceptions, the companies would not be allowed to raise your interest rate in the first year after you get the card. if you're under the age of 21, you'd have to prove that you can make the payments on the card or get a co-signer, one or the other. remember, congress passed legislation putting new rules in place for credit card companies earlier this year and the president signed them into law. now the fed is getting in on the game. peter barnes from the business desk in d.c. peter, if the changes are already required by law, how does the fed fit into this picture? >> well, shep, the fed is one of the big financial regulators of credit cards. and under the legislation you mentioned, it is responsible for implementing the law, writing a lot of the rules for banks and credit

the north north korean leader hs given the go ahead for a third nuclear blast. reports indicating it's a preemptive strike against possible new sanctions from the u.s. >>> a noisy demonstration in our nation's capitol. protesters up in arms over what they say is out of control government spending. in keeping with the spirit of the boston tea party, many were dressed in colonial attire. in tehran, remain defiant over its nuclear policy. u.s. wants to meet iranian leaders in wide ranging talks with six world powers but iran says it won't back down, insisting its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. >> track and field champion was in a no show at the race in south africa. and the questions regarding her gender. the 18-year-old dropped out following a report claiming the 800-meter champ is a male. now more. >> # once again front page news in south africa. another public humiliation for the athlete that prompted ager and sympathy here. >> i think it's bad for her. i think it's not fair because she's just a child. >> she's a lady. people don't understand. >> i th

north korea a bitter sweet day for family members separated by the korean war.e than 120 south koreans leaving a north korean resort where they were able to meet for the first anytime a half century with family members living in the north. these are the first reunions since pyongyang stopped the meetings two years ago. off the coast of south america. the crew of a british royal navy ship capturing a fishing boat loaded with cocaine. the ministry of defense reports the almost 6 tons of coke is the royal navy's largest ever drug seizure. the cocaine has a estimated street value of $384 million. ukraine. this woman is a sand artist. her pictures bring tears to the eyes of her artist. performance depicting the nazi invasion of ukraine won the top show of ukraine's got talent. the video clip has become a hit on youtube attracting more than 2 million viewers that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. you can't even buy them in the united states. at least not legally. but soon some americans could be making money from some of cuba's most famous ciga

rush limbaugh doesn't worry about things like reality, kind of like a certain north korean dictator. original intent of the speech was, you know, a dear leader kind of thing. right out of the pages of dictator in north korea, kim skbrong ill. write a letter to kbrours about how you can help me. >> pot belly dictator. that seems more like the drug ster than president obama. right wing crazies have blown this letter writing issue way out of proportion. the president wanted to engage students to give them a writing exercise they'd be able to express themselves, you know, composition, english composition and say what they would do to contribute to their country. any logical person could see that. the drug ster managed to take something positive and inject in his own evil way negative stuff. during the same show rush saidth president obama speech to students was, quote, 100% conservative in its message. let me get this straight. first the president was originally going to deliver a socialist message but then all of a sudden it ended up to be something completely different like a conservat

the north koreans we know tested nuclear devices.hey have over 200 missiles aimed at japan and they have kidnapped dozens of japanese over the years, just innocent kids on the beach scooped up. there is not a lot of room for good will and it do not seem north korea will be particularly forthcoming with the japanese. host: for michael green our first call is james in washington. caller: good morning. i'm calling to ask if you think that the strong reaction in the u.s. media to this election is evidence of the historical role that japan has played along with taiwan and south korea as a sort of u.s. client state, japan being the strongest of the three ? guest: there's been a really remarkable amount of u.s. media interest in this election. japan hasn't gotten that much attention. 15 to 20 years ago when the japanese economy was very strong people worried about japan. there were opinion polls in the u.s. in 1988 where more americans said they were afraid of japan than the soviet union because of the powerful japanese economy. this electi

the iranians certainly are pursuing it, as the north koreans are pursuing it. but both countries -- and they work together on their missile operations. in fact, a lot of iran's early missile designs were purchased from north korea. both had very difficult times getting accurate, long-range missiles together. that doesn't mean that eventually they won't do it. we've had a very difficult time building a defense against long-range missiles, but we've been more successful, technologically, against the shorter-range missiles. so, i think that what you're going to hear on the one side is the obama administration saying this was a pragmatic decision. we're taking a system that we have more confidence in and putting it up against the nearer-term threat. what i think you're going to hear his critics saying is first that we have abandoned the ronald reagan vision of a shield for the continental united states. and secondly, that we have abandoned any hope of ultimately building the shield against a resurgent russia. and that was always a subtheme of what was happening in t

after crossing back into china, the pair was arrested by north korean guards.hile in detention, they say they swallowed their notes and damaged their videotape in order to protect the identity of their sources. the two say some parts of the captivity are still too painful to tell publicly. >> here's your weather. the heaviest rain from jacksonville to tampa. thunderstorms in the rockies and southern california. >> a high of 84 in colorado springs, 93 in sacramento and 94 in salt lake city. upper 70s across most of the midwest and 70s from boston to atlanta. it's 91 in miami and 92 in dallas. >> did you ever get to go to work with urhe d wu n yoadwere >>kid? n i did. >> here's a new look at that. me bleheaye thader of the free y rld but to his kids he's lik d ole dad. >> the president was hard at work little did he know sasha was planning a sneak attack from her dad. >> remember these famous pictures. that's jfk, jr. at play. one of the benefits, i guess, of working out of the home when you're the president. >> that's so sweet. i want to see the picture where he

they say they were firmly on chinese soil when they were dragged away by north korean guards. >>> and a little game of hide and seek at the white house for first daughter sasha obama. a photographer there captured the president's youngest child hiding behind the couch in the oval office to sneak up on her dad while he was working. not your typical game of hide and seek. must be a lot of great places to hide in the white house for sure. you're up to date right now at three minutes past the hour. and we want to go back to al and get another check on the forecast and also the latest on the situation on the fires out there. al, good morning. >> reporter: well, thanks, guys. and, of course, the problem here is that the winds are moving back and forth. we've got a little bit of a breeze right now. winds are going to pick up later this afternoon. but the good news is humidity levels have come up. so that is helping the firefighters fight these blazes. let's take a look, show you what's going on as far as your forecast is concerned. and here in the south, we are looking -- southland, we are l

. >> now only was president obama's speech not actually unprecedented, it wasn't north korean, and it wasn't a whole series of other horrible threatening things it was apparently supposed to be. >> it smacks of -- of really underhanded attempt to influence the way these young people think about issues beyond just doing well in school. >> right. an underhanded attempt to influence these young people by saying, i'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education and do everything you can do meet them. your goal can be something as simple as doing all of your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time each day reading a book. ooh! >> this is not merely a morale-boosting speech that he's giving. >> yes, there's secretly much more than morale boosting going on when barack obama says, every single one of you has something that you're good at. >> this is what chairman mao did, laura. >> oh, my god. >> this is what max hedron. >> this is what chairman mao did. this is max hedron. when genghis khan spoke to mongolian kids, this is what he told him, where you are

they will have to make decisio on the north korean policy. what worries me will is, this is not at all, what kurd said i think it's right, what worries me as having n resolve some of these convictions. this government may not be able to come up with the aid decision and will sort of punt and pass on key decisions. the last thing i would say is, steve is right, they are people like ambassadors hatoyama and others who were international organizations. we should be actively supporting war japanese leadership ken personnel in the u.n. and elsewhere. what i would disagree think it finders did you steve, the idea that japan been to the cult in becoming interesting is good for u.s.-japan relations or japan position in the world a lot of the narrative has been nearly focused on the u.s.. we sending to people and i would-- to iraq and afghanistan because of the u.s.. what i hope will happen is the new government will comen, step back and stop poung about the u.s. and think about whether their policies on afghanistan, on economic reconstruction in iraq

you know, my father came by himself, across the north korean border when he was seventeen. and hasn't seen his brothers or sisters or parents since then. and he died some time ago, but never saw any of his relatives. my mother was a refugee, in war- torn korea. and was plucked, because she was a good student, to come to scarritt college in tennessee. so there have been so many accidents of luck that have gotten me to this position. >> moyers: where did you all come to from... >> so we first came to dallas, texas, where my father... my father had been a well- established dentist in korea, but then had to do dental school all over again, because they didn't recognize korean degrees. so dallas, texas, southern methodist university-- excuse me, baylor university -- he did his dental degree... >> moyers: there's a big difference, one's methodist, one's baptist. >> i know. i know. ( laughter ) that's right. i couldn't get that wrong. so he got his dental degree from baylor dental school, and then we moved to a small town in iowa, and grew up in iowa. and even though, you know, we

was the exact same day that the north koreans were shooting a missile that was threatening japan going over it. and he was holding a press conference reassuring the state of hawaii that we had enough missile defense systems to protect everybody on the day they sent their second shot. i think one of the things we need to do in america is quit holding press conferences about our missile defense because something bad always happens on those particular days. but it is undisputable the fact that every program that is started has glitches in them that has to be worked out. and that's why you want an experienced work base to try and be there who have gone through that program, who have worked through it, who knows what works and knows what doesn't work so you don't have to keep reinventing the wheel. and as you said, even if we were going to save $1.8 billion by not doing this, if at some point down the line that 30 missiles is not enough to defend this entire country, it's going to cost significantly more than that to rebuild it. we, for example, on the icbm rocket motor program wanted to ke

they will have to make decisions on the north korean policy.hat worries me will is, this is not at all, what kurd said i think it's right, what worries me as having not resolve some of these convictions. this government may not be able to come up with the aid decision and will sort of punt and pass on key decisions. the last thing i would say is, steve is right, they are people like ambassadors hatoyama and others who were international organizations. we should be actively supporting war japanese leadership ken personnel in the u.n. and elsewhere. what i would disagree think it finders did you steve, the idea that japan been to the cult in becoming interesting is good for u.s.-japan relations or japan's position in the world. a lot of the narrative has been nearly focused on the u.s.. were sending to people and i would-- to iraq and afghanistan because of the u.s.. what i hope will happen is the new government will come in, step back and stop pouring about the u.s. and think about whether their policies on afghanistan, on economic reconstructio

trace: north korean leader kim jong-il is ready to engage in multilateral talks. that left two major indexes up 2% last week. in the bottom box, a muslim teenager from oklahoma filing a federal lawsuit that claims abercrombie and fitch denied her a sales job because she wears a scarf on her head. the store manager says that the scarf violated the store's "look." martha: we want to get across to you the death of irving kristol, known as the father of a new conservatism. he had a long career as the father of "the commentary." he is also the father of william kristol, who is often on fox news and founded the "weekly standard." crystal receive the medal of honor in 2002 from president bush, the highest civilian honor. he had a long, for full life. our thoughts go out to his family. trace: yes, our thoughts and prayers to bill kristol and his family. his father was a troop -- a true pioneer. right now, "studio b." [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- rick: there are major new investigations int

the people of iran, and the north koreans, have the capabilities associated with the medium-range andumbers that are larger than could be addressed by 10 of the interceptors. the ability to go after this was one of the driving factors, that had to be addressed. both for the forces that are deployed and those that are threatened. and the enhanced architecture was put together, and this is an architecture that is globally deployable, the same architecture that you would see in japan or south korea, facing the north the agreement -- north korean threat. we are also looking at the architecture with the deployment that happened earlier this year, with a ground-based radar in israel. we will focus today on the european aspect of this architecture. this is adaptable. one of the realities of life is that the enemy gets a vote, and if they do not get -- if they do not do -- if they do not act the way that you planned for, they are ahead. this gives us the capability to deal with the threat as it emerges, rather than how we would like for this to happen. we have the command and the control, whi

they learned from the north koreans you can have these weapons and keep your hold on power forever. >non: they have the talks coming up with several key powers. do you think it will make headway with iran. we heard officials saying they are shocked about the way the west is responding to this. i find that hard to believe. do you believe anything will get done this week? >> there is a lot of cynicism when it comes to diplomacy. they recently upgraded their radar system among the 24 sites linked to the atomic weapons program or maybe it is a peaceful energy program, it is up to you. >> the fact that russia is so actively involved in the program. more than 300 russian scientists now in a key iranian site. it is likely they want to protect the investment they made in iran and continue to vote no on the u.n. security council which means they will block any meaningful measures. >> shannon: what about israel, what kind of preparation or response do we expect to see from them. in. >> their aircraft can go for much longer range than previously. a few years ago, as early as 2006, if israelis wa

. >>> right now it's 58 degrees out there and after spending months in a north korean prison camp, tworican journalists are speaking out about their ordeal. >>> and the redskins are prepping for another rounof cuts. we'll hear from coach zorn comingp nextxt fiber one. i'm looking for some fiber. this bar is an excellent source of fiber. there's no fiber in this. tastes too good. there is fiber. [ chuckle ] no. i can't taste the fiber in this chocolate. they have 35% of your daily value. hmm. oh, samples. hmm. autobahn. wackenschdol. fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. >>> we are learning more about what led to the arrest of two american journalists in north korea. laura ling and una lee said they were mistakenly following their guide. they say they were in the country for about a minute and back on chinese soil when north korea guards grabbed them. they were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor but were pardoned after president clinton met with kim jong-il last month. >>> 7:43 right now. let's check in with tony with a good looking forecast for the week. >> it does look g

the ap says the north korean leader, kim jong-il, brought up the idea of resuming the stalled six-partya chinese env envoy. >>> crackle barrel says, don't come back. it's put a lifetime ban on the man accused of beating and racially assaulting a woman in the restaurant. they say troy west is no longer welcome at cracker barrel restaurant after the incident last week near atlanta. he faces a trio of state charges and the feds are investigating the case as a possible hate crime. >>> well, there is just no letup in the heavy rain across the south. do you feel it out there? in fact, there's some flooding threats and that's getting more serious. chad myers is tracking it for us at the cnn weather center. chad, boy, i didn't know if i needed a boat for work today. it's been raining for how many days now? >> i tell you what, it just keeps going. the showers have been spinning around this low that is to our west. not that far from memphis right now. flood warnings from memphis southward all the way down to the west of starkville. this is where it will be all day again today. we'll pan around. w

with the north koreans developing weapons, it is a bargaining chip?so that if you give them certain things that they want, they will give them up, or are they determined to get nuclear- weapons? or there are factions within iran and north korea that would be willing to give them up if there are other concerns. host: what does all this mean for international cooperation? guest: i think we are seeing a lot of international cooperation. we should be very encouraged. if you want to take a look back, let's go back a year ago to the lehman brothers collapse. i think you had a dual tendencies. you had centrifugal forces, each neighbor for itself, i am going to do whatever i have to do with economic policy to minimize the damage to me and maximize my return, so to speak. if i just pursue my own narrow interests and fail to cooperate with other nations, then maybe we are going to have a meltdown. we managed to cooperate. with ireland, with the banks threatening to unravel the euro, i have seen -- i hthink we have seen remarkable cooperation. daily contact, try