the country's next move to discuss what may may know that list told the director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute dr richard bipes dr good to see you thanks very much the program in a recent article you argue that kim jong il's policies are at the root of the north's current economic predicament a predicament has begun on a day for many years because. well the regime has been given clearer opportunities to change in the sense that kim jong il traveled around tyner he's probably aware of what progress that south korea and other east asian countries have made in the past few decades in terms of arising there condom experience prosperity and so on but they his regime has chosen not to pursue that route presumably because he was concerned that an economic liberalization would risk political over his asian and weakening of the can have its control so they've chosen political domination saying that tall tall tyrant system even if the cost of prosperity and often the starvation of his people and the majority of them of the majority those sanctions initiated the course of

the director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute thanks. israel says it plans to build over a thousand new homes of these jerusalem in the west bank it's part of a speeding up of settlement construction in response to palestine succession to unesco palestinians say peace negotiations are impossible while settlement expansion continues to sleep is following developments. what we're hearing is that the israeli government has announced it will be building more than a thousand housing units across the green line on palestinian land now the purpose of the housing units is to try and help alleviate the shortage of accommodation particularly among young israeli couples in the jerusalem area but no doubt this announcement will draw the anger of the international community as indeed have similar announcements in the past certainly it does not bode well for any kind of resumption of peace talks between the israelis and the palestinians it seems out a strong message that the netanyahu government is not interested in sitting down and talking with the p

for the new, supreme leader. a show of national cohesion. under the age of 30, with no military or political experience, kim jong-un front and center of proceedingsr a second day running now commands a 1.1 million strong army. at least that is what these pictures are intended to snow. >> kim is to take some traditions and leads to -- more military power and because more allegiance and loyalty from the military, so that might require some more time for him. >> kim jong-un's priority now according to experts is to fill the positions of power left vacant by his father. there's been a flurry of diplomatic activity around the region recently, showing there is a continued fear of the unknown with this military succession. u.s. officials are effectively saying that the ball's in north korea's court and they'll wait until this new leadership is ready to start negotiating again. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. >>> saudi arabia getting ready to splurge big time on a fighter jet. to the tune of billions and billions of dollars. the white house is thrilled for more reasons than just one. and the iowa caucuses are all over the news. but there's another iowa conte

for the new supreme leader, a show of onational cohesion. under the age of 30, with no military or political experience, kim jong-il front and center of proceedingslion strong army, at least that is what these pictures are intended to show. >> he needs to take some positions and he needs to concentrate more military power and requires more regions and loyalty from the military. so, that might require some more time for him. >> reporter: kim jong-un's priority is to fulfill the positions of power left vacant by his father. a flurry of democratic activity around the region recently. there is a fear of the unknown with this heredity recession. the ball is in north korea's court and they'll wait until this new leadership is ready to start negotiating, again. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. >>> up next, take a look at this, trash found on a beach out west in washington. it's not just any trash, it's from the tsunami that hit japan back in march. should we be concerned? we'll bring you some answers, next. >>> we'll talk about mitt romney pulling ahead in iowa while rick santorum is surging in the polls. what happened to newt gingrich? later we'll talk abou

for military purposes. >>> iowa is the center of the political universe right now.s until voters there christen the 2012 presidential race. the most recent poll from nbc shows mitt romney leading the pack. also a cnn time orc poll from wednesday looks a lot like this. you don't even see jon huntsman's name there. this week he said they pick corn, not presidents, but history tells a different story. here's cnn's mary snow. >> reporter: republican presidential hopefuls make the final sprint in iowa. as they crisscross the state, campaigns and reporters flood the air waves with ads. $8 million worth and counting just this month. how much can a win in iowa matter? that depends. >> this is the place where america remembered what it means to hope. >> reporter: for barak obama, a victory in iowa proved to be a game changer. on the republican side, a different story. >> but tonight, i love iowa a whole lot. >> reporter: mike huckabee's upset victory in 2008 with the help of iowa evangelicals failed to gain momentum outside the state. john mccane was the eventual nominee. >>

military and our kids can't celebrate christmas or pray in schools. as president i'll end obama's war on religion. >> joining me now, the director of the center for politicsty of virginia. so professor, first of all let's just deal with that ad. does that make any sense to you, that perry's using gays openly serving in the military to slam the president on values? >> it makes perfect sense when you consider that perry's entire candidacy rests on iowa. you only need to know two things about the iowa republican caucuses. 60% of the people participating, approximately, will be fundamentalist christians, conservative fundamentalist christians. they love the message of this ad. the second fact is there won't be a whole lot of gay activists participating in the republican iowa caucuses so there's not much of a downside. there's only an up side an perry needs all the help he can get. >> let's look at the candidates going after the man who's topping all the polls for the republicans, newt gingrich. listen to this mitt romney ad. i understand we don't have it, but he is going after newt gingrich and the one thing that he's using is he's using conservative republic