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north korea generally poses a serious threat. but unlike iran north korea does despite or to dominate its entire region. its regime is not using the nuclear issue tuna hansard stand any public domestically it's already strengthened to the extreme you know i would say north korea does not essentially pose a nuclear threat to its neighbors and the promising thing about pyongyang is that it is a client to commercialize its nuclear controller say but not in the sense of nuclear trafficking about what the. you know they simply need money. they need money in their willing to offering transparency you exchange economic benefits. such was the trainer with the previous leader at the berlin it's true that i would currently do what. i've been watching your forum for many years the iranians have been telling everyone we are a peaceful nation we're developing nuclear capabilities for civilian purposes for the sake of national development we're not targeting anyone and we can prove it over and you've just said the koreans are ready to actually bargain and make a compromise then why aren't they attending your conference they're not interested in talking

sleep and wake up one morning with a nuclear iran just as we did with a nuclear pakistan and a nuclear north korea. iran is going to be far more dangerous than any of those countries because it has aspirations to rule the middle-east and the arab and muslim world and change civilization as we know tare very, very clear. but we are allowing the world to try and make sanctions work. but the world has to understand that time is running out. i believe that we are just talking months, we are not talking years. if nothing really changes in the next few months, and the world does not do what it is expected to do and must do, i assure you israel will because while a military strike on iran may be dangerous and have its dangers, living with a nuclear iran, having a nuclear iran is far more dangerous and that is something that no israeli leader will allow to happen. >> thank you so much. live from tel aviv. >> eric: we are following a disturbing story out of arizona this morning. a gruesome discovery, multiple bodies found burned beyond recognition in this suv, raising question this is morning whether or no

north korea. the north has embassies in london and several other capital cities in europe. and north korea's new leader, kim jong-un, wants it in switzerland. >> how does europe view north korea's nuclearevelopment and missile programs? europe is see denuclearization of north korea just like japan, the united states, and south korea. at the same time, european countries have been using their diplomatic ties with north korea to pursue their own agendas. this was demonstrated when the delegation visited pyongyang in may 2001. the delegation came away when north korea pledged to temporarily freeze its missile tests. it appears that europe's strategy is to maintain pressure on pyongyang and at the same time pursue a policy of engagement. >> and what about north korea? how does it view its relations with europe? >> there are three things to notice. first, north korea wants to strengthen its ties with europe in order to avoid becoming overdependent of china. the north also wants to show japan, united states, south korea, that it is not isolated internationally. third, north korea's government hopes the relation with europe will bolster north korea's current leadership. in other words, using

north korea is the u.s. correa alliance. how do you see the dynamics of the alliance playing into our ability to address the top concerns that the u.s. has related to the north korean nuclear program? >> guest: undeniably will we look at the situation south korea is certainly more import. south korea is a key ally for the united states today, a major partner in a lot of international initiatives around the world. a big trading partner, all these sorts of things make south korea extremely important in terms of its position in asia. there has always been a tension in u.s. south korean relationship when it comes to north korea because we have different governments and democracy in south korea, some of which tend to be more progressive, more engagement and the tend to be more conservative watcher willing to follow a tougher path. and so for the united states is a question of sinking up with whichever government is there at the time as they deal with the latest order increases. for example, when i was in government during the bush of ministration we have oppressive government in south korea that was really quite engaged in oriented with north korea. a good deal of bad not korea

north korea. the north has embassies in london and several other capital cities in europe and north korea's new leader, kim jong-un, wants it in switzerland. >> how does europe view north korea's nuclearevelopment and missile programs? >> europe is seeking denucle denuclearization of north korea like japan, united states and south korea. but at the same time, european countries have been using their diplomatic ties with north korea to pursue their own agendas. this was demonstrated when the eu visited pyongyang in may 2001. the delegation came away with north korea pledge to temporarily freeze its missile tests. it appears that europe's strategy is to maintain pressure on pyongyang and at the same time pursue a policy of engagement. >> and what about north korea? how does it view its relations with europe? >> there are three things to note. first, north korea wants to strengthen its ties with europe in order to avoid becoming overdependent of china. the north also wants to show japan, the united states, south korea, that it is not isolated internationally. third, north korea's government hopes the relation with europe will bolster north korea's current leadership. in other words, usin

brought the world together to secure nuclear materials and prevent those materials from getting into the hands of terrorists, and we isolated countries like iran and north korea whose nuclear programs threaten not only us, but world peace and stability. at the same time we demonstrated that we don't have to choose between protecting our country and living the values we preach. we shut down secret prisons overseas and we banned torture. it was the right thing to do. it enhanced our power of our persuasion around the world, and the security of our soldiers around the world. president obama also knew we needed to ensure our military was postured to meet these new objectives and new challenges. and just as general george c. marshall wanted a west point graduate for that pivotal mission, when world war ii hung in the balance, president obama determined that we needed a new defense strategy to meet the needs of this country, and he turned, as marshall called for -- turned to graduates of this great institution and other service academies. he turned to men like chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey, west point class of 1976, and general ray odierno, c

we have to worry about lunatics, maligned lunatics with nuclear weapons in north korea or iran and we try to stop it. but we have not sufficiently scaled back. here's the problem. the nazis are gone. we helped defeat them. the communists are gone. we outlasted them. we pressured them. now we have the terrorists. you have the terrorists are terrible people, vicious murderers and i want us to go after them but let us not elevate them to the level of the threat of the soviet union or the nazis. they do not threaten our existence. they threaten the lives of some of us. we need to fight them. but the kind of weaponry and mobilization you need to defeat those people is not the same as you needed to fight a thermonuclear war. i wish nuclear submarines would defeat terrorism because we have them, they don't. we would win. it's a subtler but less expensive effort and we have made the mistake of thinking that. again, you look, there's a debate in america about raising the retirement age for social security. well, the retirement age in western europe is significantly below the american retiremen

threat to israel and so if you look at the history of the development of nuclear weapons it's mainly for defensive reasons and north korea probably doesn't want to be invaded and having nuclear weapons is help to iran if they were to develop nuclear weapons and again i don't think there's evidence that they are but if they were it would mainly be defensive but as today's sad under the nonproliferation agreement iran isn't violating anything. and so that right away that says something about the good faith of the people in moscow on the five plus one is you know. how do you negotiate to tell people they can't do what the law says they can do and what i'm not going to ask you to speak for the israeli government but i'm sure they did tel aviv sees things very differently. yes they do my colleagues rightly pointed out the n.p.t. the privileges that accords to signatories there also requirements in terms of transparency openness and there's a documented history of iran not being as open as it might be or as transparent as it might be with its projects this is been noted by independent analysts the facility in common for which

and south korea are being accused of conducting secret missions to spy on north korea's nuclear facilities it's from a media report claiming special troops are being parachuted into the country it was a sensitive time between washington and pyongyang america denies the allegations but the article's author stands by his sources. at present both the pentagon and the lower level command whose general ah i i heard speaking have both admitted that i did not fabricate the story earlier they had both said i fabricated the story he spoke in the present tense and it was not clear that he was speaking hypothetically not clear at all and it was actually quite apparent he was speaking in sort of the the present and literal sense of north korea tends to take a few days to process news reports like this before formulating some kind of response whether that response be an official statement or some sort of military posturing or something so i expect based on what experts are telling me that we'll have to wait to see what the official response will be i hope it's nothing but i hope the general it is is te

north korea is the world's last stalinist state and the latest to join the nuclear club. the death of president kim jong il renewed concerns about the stability of this nuclear arm nation. his youngest son succeeded him giving us a glimpse into this mysterious and oppressive regime. a new novel gives us another point of view, adam johnson say creative writing professor at stamford. his book is called the orphan master's son. i'm pleased to have him here at this table. welcome. >> great to be here. thank you. >> rose: the first thing that people really look at is they say this guy has some real insight into the way north korea works yet he has written a work of fiction, not a work of journalism or, in fact, of reporting. >> well, i don't want to say that nonfiction has failed us when it comes to north korea. there's a lot of important work being done in the larger themes. the economic realm, the nuclear realm, the military realm, et ceterament but trying to capture the human dimension is something that several writers have struggled with. and in the world of nonfiction, th

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nuclear threat. more than iran. more than north korea. still the world's biggest nuclear threat, more than iran and more than korea. thanks, as always, for watching. here's piers morgan tonight. >>> tonight, the historic moment that may win or lose the election for president obama. >> i didn't do this because it was good politics. i did it because i believed it was good for the country. >> what the court did not do on its last day in session, i will do on my first day if elected president of the united states. >> the supreme court dramatically keeps obama care alive. who are the real winners and who are the losers and what happens now? tonight, both sides debate it out. plus, patrick kennedy. health care was his father's legacy. and rick santorum, he's not happy at all. also, last night, about john edwards. >> i don't think he was in his right mind when he did that. he was temporarily insane. >> is rielle herself thinking straight? this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. a big day for president obama. he states his presidency on

president carter went to north korea as part of a peace mission or a outlined a treaty with president kim il sung in which north agree north korea agreed to dismantle its nuclear program jimmy carter and his wife were also pretty much solely responsible for making habitat for humanity that program in which poor families get of fordable homes built for them they made it prominent in this country to the point of this is not just to remind people what jimmy carter has done for this country and the world it's also to say hey he's still doing good even when it means pointing out faults of the current president in his own party carter reminds us that no longer can we slowly point the finger at dick cheney and donald rumsfeld drone attacks ordered by president obama in countries where we're not even officially at war are making our own country less safe not more president carter calls on people to take action to persuade washington to reverse course and return to those commitments made back when peace was the goal of everyone instead president obama has served also as judge jury and executioner killing hundreds of people many of them innocent even our own intelligenc

nuclear threat. more than iran. more than north korea. biggest nuclear threat, more than iran and more than korea. thanks, as always, for watching. here's piers morgan tonight. >>> tonight, the historic moment that may win or lose the election for president obama. >> i didn't do this because it was good politics. i did it because i believed it was good for the country. >> what the court did not do on its last day in session, i will do on my first day if elected president of the united states. >> the supreme court dramatically keeps obama care alive. who are the real winners and who are the losers and what happens now? tonight, both sides debate it out. plus, patrick kennedy. health care was his father's legacy. and rick santorum, he's not happy at all. also, last night, about john edwards. >> i don't think he was in his right mind when he did that. he was temporarily insane. >> is rielle herself thinking straight? this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. a big day for president obama. he states his presidency on health care. today

a military that protects us against a lot of threats that are out there-- terrorism, iran, north korea, nuclear, problem of cyber attacks, rising powers like china. >> pelley: that's quite a list for the globe-trotting secretary of defense, but he told us that the toughest part of the job is right here at his desk. in your long history in government, one thing you've never had to do is make decisions of life and death. >> panetta: in some ways, in this job, i am doing that every day. and the toughest thing in this job, frankly, is writing the condolence letters to the parents of those young men who are killed in action, and that loss-- having been a parent of somebody who has been stationed over there-- you know what that means. but i also say to them, "you know, your son or daughter is really a true hero and patriot, because they were willing to give their life for their country. and that means that they'll never be forgotten." and i hope that's... that's some measure of comfort for them. because, in the end, it's the only comfort i have is to know that these kids, when they put their lives on

if iran began to develop nuclear weapons and built up a nuclear arsenal, same rate, say, north korea,, as an american, feel threatened by that development, given they are such unstable countries? >> do you know why they have to do that? you notice the united states doesn't mess with anybody that's got the nuke. so we're forcing countries like iran to get the nuke so that we won't mess with them. we don't mess with nobody that's got the nuke. we only go after -- you're talking about this build-up. i've heard that before. i heard the same thing about iraq. i heard that a few years ago. it was all a lie, wasn't it? they had no weapons of mass destruction. they had no ties to al qaeda. the american people were boldly lied to about that entire war. and then we go into that war and we discover it's all a lie. and yet nobody holds anybody accountable for it. well, now they're using the same scenario on iran. the same identical scenario. they're telling us they're putting fear into us because i believe the united states has changed today where we must be in a perennial war. and those perennia

nuclear weapons and nuclear technology is one thing but using it for military purposes stabilize the region is something we cannot if you accept. north korea we have a similar analysis. and that is fighting nuclear proliferation and we also want balance in the world who want stability in the world and so we discussed. nuclear. we also discussed you've got a. serious political team up with. recalled my position. and that is that the bashar al assad. regime demand year you know has paved. and unacceptable and dollar able ways that they have committed. disqualify them and. that said us young there is only one exit from the situation and that. pertain this will be that this is through the un resolution. as the first stage the annan plan have been pursued. and. she should be given all the means to succeed in his mission one of also then observers do their work then the political process should be established a second stage making it possible for syria to achieve security and stability. if we want. to share the sanctions there should be pressure. i also know that there are risks to stabilization with. civil war in syria with all the consequences