[ all talking at once ] >> there were four people who were suggested. >> bill richardson. >> al gore.kerry? >> and john kerry. he picked bill clinton. by the way, he was right to do that from his point of view, because he's much more of an international personality and gets all of this attention. >> what about the letter of condolence that clinton wrote to kim jong-il on the death of his father? >> when he was president, that's a long time ago, and that's a conventional. >> it was a moving letter. >> it was a moving letter. that's what clinton is very good at. >> john, the key thing here is, what kim jong-il is demanding get rid of the six-party talks, one on one negotiations with the americas. >> right. >> clinton comes over and the north koreans say we have had exhaustive talks. what they are saying is we got our one-on-one. >> you take everything that the north koreans say at face value? how naive. >> why would you disbelieve it? [ all talking at once ] >> hold on, please. >> any one of the americans sent over to, in a sense, escort them back would have put ourselves subject to tha

others on the list, new mexico governor, bill richardson, and senator john kerry. in july the women called their families and said the north koreans wanted bill clinton. he wasn't even on the white house list. some said for good reasons. after some of his comments about candidate obama during the 2008 campaign. >> give me a break. this whole thing is the biggest fairy tale i have ever seen. >> reporter: al gore told the white house the north koreans wanted clinton. president obama gave the go-ahead. >> the white house reached out as they said to my husband to ask him if he would be willing to do that. >> reporter: now a team of rivals one better, president obama and two clintons. the final step if bill clinton were to go would it be a done deal? the north koreans messaged yes. the wheels were in motion. and those wheels were pretty fancy. a private 737 owned by clinton friend and hollywood producer, and former clinton chief of staff, john podesta went along to file the paperwork of the pardon in a north korean court.

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they also offered to send governor bill richardson. he helped in the release of a u.s. citizen who swam across a river in 1996. as i said, they balked to that, according to our producer, and now it's going to be former president bill clinton. >> new yorket korea recently engaged name-calling with clinton's wife, the secretary of state. >> certainly a lot of tension, robin. that's what you're pointing out. united states is trying to get north korea back to the table to continue the process of the six-party talks in track tieing to reach that nuclear disarm ament issue. north korea did its second nuclear bomb test in may and has conducted several since then. meanwhile there is this issue. secretary of state hillary clinton is in after ka. this is touching for her as well as north korea. she recently described north

bill richardson, governor of new mexico, set to meet with the diplomats. talked with the current commander in chief, a 45-minute exchange. barack obama thanked clinton in helping secure the release of the journalists. what is going on? >> the developments are intriguing. the two north korean diplomats visiting with the new mexico governor, bill richardson today. they got a waiver from the transportation department to go and see richardson, and they are the same two officials who richardson worked with before to regain the release of two americans at that time in the 1990s. it's not clear what the agenda is. the white house gave the seal of approval for this meeting, but claims that they are not engaged in anyway with the talks. richardson could be the cutout, and give the white house distance and deniability in case things turn south. but there is a slight glimmer of hope that the north koreans are backing up from their previous position with the underground nuclear test, and now with the release of the two journalists earlier this month, there are signs th

former governor bill richardson traveled to north korea. lped secure an agreement to end the program temporarily in 1994. bill clinton's case, very unique. we are told that north korean leader, kim jong-il had been pushing for him to come to the u.s. he presided over one of the most tense situations. recently, a public spat between his wife and the north ckoreans resulted in hillary clinton being called a school girl. >> president clinton is president clinton. for what that means in terms of charisma, presence, still on the world scene, and no doubt a very good grasp of this issue from those days long gone. >> robert gallucci was president clinton's top negotiator in 1994 and helped diffuse a crisis over pyongyang's nuclear program. now that the government has granted pardons, i asked him how a clinton trademark might have played into it. when he goes into the room and turns on the clinton charm, would he do it the same way as he does it here and how might kim jong-il react personally? i am imagining but don't know that president clinton wil

governor bill richardson knows the territory, his insights next. for overnight relief without cramps. phillips' caplets. >> larry: bill richardson has held many key posts with regard to things foreign. he is now of course the democrat of new mexico, the governor of that great state. when you heard, bill, that the former president clinton was going there, did you know they were going to come back? >> yes. i'd been aware of this potential trip. and i knew that if somebody of president clinton's stature was set as a special envoy, that the north koreans would receive him. i knew more or less that it would be good news that we get the release of the two american journalists. you don't send an envoy like bill clinton without some kind of a guarantee of a result. so i felt very good about the potential release of the two american journalists. so i was very pleased when that had happened. >> larry: had the obama administration kept you informed of this? >> yes. yes, i'd been working with them, they consulted me, been working with the north koreans, with t

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. >> and news from an american state governor bill richardson in new mexico. pyongyang walked out of international talks on the nuclear issue earlier this year. john reports. >> centers say new mexico is perhaps an unlikely location for a charmed offensive by one of the world's most secretive states but governor bill richardson an experienced diplomat who has visited pyongyang says he believes north korea is trying to seand clear signal. >> let's take advantage the next step should be a clear dialogue that involves the united states and north korea. >> north korea believes its gesture in releasing two journalists deserves something in return that, something is direct talks. >> that demand may prove problematic. north korea's immediate neighbors, the government here in seoul as well as tokyo, beijing and moscow won't have much truck with attempt to sideline them and washington itself has insisted that when it comes to negotiateing with pyongyang -- >> the death of its former president kim day jeong he's the man who did much to build bridges to the knot and his

governor bill richardson of new mexico. governor, thanks so much for talking with us tonight. >> thank you. >> couric: in other news tonight democratic leaders say the senate will join the house in pumping more money into the cash for clunkers program to keep the trade in program running. so far the government says 157,000 people have taken advantage of it at a cost to taxpayers of $664 million. here's more from our transportation correspondent nancy cordes. >> so you come to the back of the vehicle... >> reporter: after warning all week that cash for clunkers was nearly broke, the transportation secretary changed course today. >> we are not discontinuing the program. we have enough money to continue. >> reporter: his about-face was based on a promise by senate leaders that they will vote on an additional $2 billion in funding before their month-long recess starts next week. >> we'll pass cash for clunkers. >> when will you do that? >> before relieve here. >> reporter: it was the news they've been waiting for at maryland's

>> let's try to clear some of this up with who better to go to now than exclusively bill richardson.rnor, great to see you. you have just met with the north koreans, i know you know them, they have been there in the past and you were privately involved in some of the conversations that led to the successful visit of bill clinton to get the two journalists out. what signals are you picking up now? is there a possible thaw with north korea from your conversations today? >> well, i do see a a possible thaw. let me just say that i'm governor of new mexico. i'm not representing the obama administration. as you said you can the north koreans asked to see me, i saw minister kim, who i've known over the years. but what i sense was, one, the temperature is really cooled down in the relationship. it was very hostile. i think the clinton visit has helped a lot, the release of the two americans. and i sense with the north koreans that they are now prepared to have a dialogue with us. the issue then becomes is it within the six-party talks or bilaterally face-to-face with north korean officials a

joining us now is governor bill richardson of new mexico. governor, thank you very much for your time tonight. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, rachel. >> first of all, you must be delighted with this news today. >> well, i am delighted. i spoke to lisa ling, who's related to one of the two american journalists, and she was ecstatic. and i kind of have been working on this with the state department and with the north koreans and this is great news. north korea, hopefully, now will start talking to the united states. they refused for the last four months. the two journalists are home, and maybe we can start reasoning with the north koreans that it's in their interest to not be so isolated. but they clearly got a lot out of this trip with president clinton, former president coming to their soil and the north koreans, obviously in exchange for that visit have released the two american journalists. so it's basically a win for all sides. >> nbc news did report today that today's outcome is the result of months of secret negotiations. you say

2007, and new mexico governor bill richardson joins me now live from santa fe.overnor, thank you for being with me this afternoon. >> thank you. >> first of all, sir, let me just ask you, were you approached at all about potentially being an envoy to help these journalists in north korea? >> well, i was consulted. there was some discussion of that, but, obviously, this is a decision not just one party makes. and the north koreans most likely said, we want somebody like president clinton. this has been a goal of theirs for a long time. a president, they're not getting a president, they're getting a former president. they're getting somebody that they like and know, that negotiated with them in 1994 on a nuclear framework agreement. he almost was going to go at the end of his term. so for the north koreans, they get the prestige of a former president coming to their country and this is very good domestic politics for kim jong-il, who's already been photographed with president clinton. >> and a lot of us have been speculating and wondering today whether or not this

it was always assumed that when the time was right bill richardson would go. but gov. richardson has a history with the clintons. it is interesting that the secretary of state chose her husband to send on this very important mission. my sources are telling me that the deal has been worked out and the women are slated to be released. bill clinton is going there to put the final touches on the deal. greta: the women were seized in late march. north korea said they crossed their border in tried them. they have been in a north korean camp. their condition has been unknown. a phone call to a sister was made a few weeks ago and said she was fine. former president bill clinton will return with these journalists. thank you. >> thank you. greta: tonight, will president obama raised taxes on middle- class? that depends on who you ask. president obama says no. >> i can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year -- which includes 90% of small- business owners, as you will not see your tax increase not one single dime under my plan. not your income

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. >>> after a meeting wednesday with north korean diplomats, new mexico governor bill richardson says that country is now ready to have a dialogue with the u.s. richardson told msnbc, quote, that the temperature has really cooled down in the relationship between the two countries since former president bill clinton's visit to pyongyang to release two american journlts. >>> a study finds 40 years after woodstock, middle-aged baby boomers are still turning to illegal drugs. in fact, the rates of people aged 50 to 59 who admit using drugs nearly doubled to 9.4% in 2007. while all other age groups decreased or stayed the same. >>> no surprise, parental contenders, harvard and princeton share the top spot in the latest edition of the u.s. news and world report and ranking. >>> the dow opens at 9,279 after jumping 61 points on thursday. s&p rose 6. and the nasdaq rose 13 points. in tokyo, the nikkei climbed 179 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng surged 374 points. >>> on wall street wednesday, stocks erased early losses after a big drop in oil inventories. fuel hopes means we're on t

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. >>> new mexico governor bill richardson negotiated the release of a prisoner in north korea in 1986. he was under consideration for this mission until north korea requested president bill clinton. good morning. >> good morning. >> you know this regime. they are not known for humanitarian gestures. are we in a position that we owe them something in return? >> no. it's equal right now. the north koreans used the two american journalists as bargaining chips to get an american special envoy of the stature of president clinton. they played this game before. at a time when we have enormous tensions between the two countries, in the past and now, what the north koreans do is pull out a card. in this case, the capture of these journalists in march wasta perfec to send a messa to america through an american envoy. that's what happened. but i think everybody's a winner. we win, america, because we get the journalists out. tensions are lessened. maybe we start a dialogue with north korea. north korea wins obviously, kim jong-il gets a former president on his soil. it's a big prize and shores u

why not send bill richardson? >> well, first of all, you are right to say that there are layers of irony. you remember that bill clinton and jimmy carter went over before, and he was miffed about that, but it worked out in the end. bill richardson, governor of new mexico, has been to north korea on more than one occasion, and i thought he would want to go, but with hillary as secretary of state and maybe some bad blood between the clintons and richardson -- jon: yes, richards and endorsed barack obama, despite working in the clinton administration -- richardson endorsed barack obama, despite working for the clintons. >> right. and they probably get the most pay off having a visit from him as opposed to other candidates. jon: so how long before we hear some news? >> that is the thing to watch. if this was a short, 1-off meeting, i do not expect much to come from it. but if they have repeated meetings that go on for an hour, two hours, that is the prelude to something more significant down the road. but i do not exp

so it could be a little bit of a breakthrough. >> governor bill richardson for us tonight, thank you for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and let's bring in senior political correspondent candy crowley in washington who has been covering this from washington and with us from honolulu also victor cha, director of asian affairs under president george w. bush, now at georgetown university. candy, let me start with you on this. bill clinton gets his glory, he's now on his way home with the two journalists, but as you point out, this is really hillary clinton's triumph in many ways. >> well, certainly partially her triumph, before bill clinton got on that plane, the deal was set. this was cooked before he got on the plane to go over there. and as governor richardson pointed out, clearly what north korea wanted was a high profile, non-official official because this administration wasn't going to send someone official over there, though many people had volunteered. so what you had was weeks and weeks of trying to work this out. it began with hillary clinton beginning to walk bac

bill richardson who negotiated for the release of a hostage says that the smiling president next to clinton is good for the president. >> it givehim a great deal of prestige to have the former president there, so this a big coup. >> that's not the only thing they got. clinton's wife, the secretary of state, in an interview with mian india apologized to the north koreans. >> the young women have apparently admitted that they probably did trespass, so they are deeply regretful and we are very sorry this happened. >> hillary clinton was heavily involved in securing the release of ling and lee, and president clinton said he wanted to engage with the north koreans, but instead they conducted a nuclear test, fired a long-range missile and a flurry of short and medium range rockets. that's why some are worried about the messa they might get from clinton's visit. >> we could get in a situation of a moral hazard where by rewarding bad behavior we are only going to get more of it. >> that could be true, but tonight, with two young women hours away from what will surely be an emotional reunn, the fami

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but governor bill richardson, an experienced diplomat, who has visited p'yongyang, believes that north korea is trying to send a clear signal. >> let's ticket vantage of this, and the next step should be some kind of dialogue that involves the united states and north korea. >> -- let's take advantage of this. >> north korea released the reporters with the help of bill clinton, and they believe they deserve something in return, and that is direct talks. that may prove problematic. the government in edsall, as well as tokyo, beijing, and moscow will not have much trust with atoms to sideline them -- the government in saleoul, as well as tokyo, beijing, and moscow will not have much trust with attempts to sideline them. there is a man who did much to build bridges with the north, and its response to the news of his death is being seen as another sign for optimism. a delegation of senior officials from p'yongyang will travertine -- will travel to seoul to pay their respects. others believe we are witnessing an all too familiar pattern. the flexing of military muscle. then comes the return

. >>> bill richardson is hosting a delegation of diplomats from north korea today. richardson says the koreans requested the meeting to learn about renewable energy projects in new mexico. a richardson spokesman emphasized he will not be negotiating nor will he be representing the obama administration. >>> and when we come back, some rare good news auto indusn auto industry. workers coming back and getting overtime. they can thank cash for clunkers. >>> and dr. conrad murray speaks out for the first time since michael jackson's death. he says he has told the truth so far. >>> overseas stock markets are stumbling once again this morning. tokyo's nikkei average fell 0.8% today. hong kong's hang seng is down, as well. in london, the ftse opened lower. and this all comes after wall street bounced back from its steep losses on monday. the dow climbed 82 points yesterday, closing at 9217. the nasdaq added 25 points to close at 1955. >>> it is almost hard to believe that general motors emerged from bankruptcy just over a month ago, with lots of help from the government. no

bill richardson, an experienced diplomat, who has visited p'yongyang, believes that north korea is trying to send a clear signal. >> take advantage of this, and the next step should be some kind of dialogue that involves the united states and north korea. >> north korea seems to believe that its jester in freeing two american journalists following the recent visit by bill clinton deserves something in return. that something is direct talks. that demand, though, may prove problematic. north korea's immediate neighbors, the government here in seoul, as well as tokyo, beijing, and moscow, will not have much truck in a tense decide like them, and washington itself has insisted that when it comes to negotiating with pyongyang, it remains committed to multilateral talks. >> this week, south korea announced the death of its former president, and man who did much to build bridges with the north and its response to the news of his death is being seen here as another sign for optimism. a delegation of senior officials from p'yongyang will travel to seoul ahead of the funeral to paris sites. but oth

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that's one fewer than last month's total. >>> the associated press reporting new mexico governor bill richardson will not be charged in an investigation into pay to play allegations. the decision not to pursue indictments against richardson and former aides was made by top justice officials. the investigation was the reason ri richardson dropped out as president obama's nominee for commerce secretary. >>> the success of the cash for clunkers program may be pushing new car prices higher. dealerships are expected to have a lower inventory over the next few months, meaning higher prices for consumers. around 700,000 people took advantage of the cash for clunkers program. >>> the agency that backs banks has been hit hard in the wallet and this hour we should find out just how bad the damage is. sheila bear is taking questions at a news conference and one question sure to be asked, is the fdic running out of money? our christine romans joins us from new york now with more on that. is that even possible? can the fdic run out of money? >> technically it's not possible. they have a direct line to the un

he didn't want al gore or bill richardson now governor of new mexico who made numerous trips there, he wanted bill clinton, somebody of bill clinton's stature. wasn't the obama administration and a tough spot at one of the women released? sue hecht are you going to send it president every time someone takes a hostage which mark particular demographic for reasons of raising the legitimacy of the regime. there's going to be a succession her son in north korea. kim jong-il wants to transfer power to his . >> paul: is that the cancer. >> this is a difficult thing and a regime like this which is basically a dictatorship. there have been demonstrations. there are food shortages inside north korea. kim jong il has been stated something called it 150 day paddle. this is something his son did it once about signing of several people. >> about their economy. they're trying to force people into the state factories. they do sweeps through the city tried to take women. there've been resistance in demonstrations and people have been growing their own food, private archives are developing insi

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bill richardson trip to secure the freedom of an american businessman there. richardson sees the clinton trip at win/win. >> kim gets a lot of juice out of this but we get the two women back and there is a lessening of tensions. >> use of personal diplomacy is case by case approach. >> reporter: american university professor saying there can be disadvantages to personal diplomacy. >> you may generate false hope for the country that are in a similar situation that the united states would make the country an exception to the general rule. >> reporter: and he sees potential losers from the clinton trip. south korea and japan. >> in tokyo, from this time will incest only on direct negotiation while trying to further alienate the other countries. >> reporter: the professor also sees an upside here. the possibility that north korea gains enough confidence in this perceived diplomatic victory, getting president to visit, bill clinton to visit. >> three americans detained could be charged with spying. shane bauer, his girlfriend and their friend were arrested for ille

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and bill richardson said he'd go. koreans said, nope, we want bill clinton. well, yesterday bill clinton showed up. gretchen: and apparently that request went out through the young women through telephone calls to their families about a month ago. it's amazing to me that's how it went down. and then the president was briefed, the former president, made his way over there and has apparently had a successful mission. peter: and we have the closure of one chapter with north korea. and it raises what the future will be. will we see president clinton returning to north korea on america's behalf to negotiate the nuclear issues? since he was the former chief executive of choice of the north korean strong man, will president clinton be making several of these trips across the pacific? steve: look. he's a young man, you know, as ex-presidents go. and he's got a lot of time on his hands. well, he's certainly the comeback kid again because he has become relevant by negotiating this international cupe. we don't know exact -- coup

the north koreans wanted the highest profile envoy, a pattern familiar to bill richardson who has negotiated with them in the past. >> at a time in north korea where there is some talk of succession, his ailments as a leader, that he wants one of his sons to succeed him. it is a big coup for kim jong-il to get a former president to come. >> the two women had been held in pyongyang since march. sentenced to 12 years hard labor for crossing illegal into north korea from bordering china while working on a story. they had been staying at a well appointed guest house where they reportedly had an emotional meeting with bill clinton tonight. tonight their relieved families issued a statement saying they're overjoyed and grateful to president obama, secretary clinton and especially bill clinton and vice president gore. while her husband was meeting with kim jong-il, hillary clinton was arriving in nairobi for a seven-nation trip through africa. the state department is trying to keep the release of the women on a separate tract from those stalemated, stalled nuclear talks. but it is interesting to no

two north korean diplomats will begin talks this morning with governor bill richardson in new mexico. met personally with president obama to discuss his recent trip to the communist country. andrea mitchell will join us live coming up in just a few minutes. >>> officials in iraq say at least 75 people are dead this morning following a series of explosions in baghdad. more than 300 others were wounded, the attacks primarily targeted government buildings near the green zone. >>> overseas today, the afghan government is urging voters to head to the polls in tomorrow's presidential vote despite ongoing attacks by militants. police exchanged fire by gunmen who took over a bank in kabul. in order to counter the threat, the government has banned media from reporting on election day violence. >>> finally, political writer robert novak is being remembered this morning after losing his battle with brain cancer tuesday. for decades he served as columnist for the "times" and later became a central point in then valerie plame cia case. >>> we get the news in iraq, two or three years ago, that woul

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and then at noon, we're expected to hear from new mexico governor bill richardson. he is meeting with north korean leaders in santa fe for special diplomatic talks. >>> a bikini-clad britney spears wants to change the world! she was on david letterman with a list of things that would be different if she were the president. i've got to warn you, though, we're pretty sure that this is a change you cannot believe in. >> number nine -- >> we would only invade fun places like cabo. >> that's right, okay. >> every presidential news conference would feature costume changes. >> mm-hmm, sure. >> challenge u.s. to put nightclub on the moon by the end of the decade. >> exactly. the number one way the country would be different if britney spears were president -- >> finally, the media would pay some attention to me. >> there you go. >> that was brave, actually. >> irony that was. >> she was sitting down in a bikini. >> as opposed to standing? >> yeah, sitting down, you've got to suck it all in. >>> all right, can you believe that after all that retirement talk, brett favre is b

. >> we've heard reports, peter, the north korean government rejected the idea of bill richardson and john kerry. >> i have not heard that confirmed. >> i do want to move forward because we're tight on time, probably out of time. i want to ask one question. david, i'll start with you. is there a chance of this trip, though, could, in fact, maybe bring north korea back to the negotiating table when it comes to nuclear weapons? >> we don't know that because the administration did try to keep the two issues separate. to be honest with you, president clinton spent three hours with kim jong-il. he's only been -- given a very brief reading out of the white house. the white house is eager to get a full debriefing. but there are no indications, none, that any concessions were made by the americans. the hope is that this is a signal by north korea that they would like to have a -- perhaps get back into serious conversations about their nuclear capacity. the americans are not going to give concessions willy-nilly because of this. we got the girls hope, thank goodness. >> so many questions will