dennis kim to our little family. (mockingly): welcome, dennis kim. mr. ity he is also the youngest recipient of the prestigious stevenson award. youngest till the cyborgs rise up! and now, without any further ado, let me introduce the man of the hour, mr. dennis kim. dennis? dennis! what?! would you like to tell us a little bit about your upcoming research? no, thanks. i'm going to the mall with emma. uh... the kid got a girl. unbelievable. did anyone see how he did it? don't worry, i've got this. ladies and gentlemen, honored daughters, while mr. kim, by virtue of his youth and naiveté, has fallen prey to the inexplicable need for human contact, let me step in and assure you that my research will go on uninterrupted and that social relationships will continue to baffle and repulse me. thank you. he's back. yeah mission accomplished. forget the mission. how did that little yutz get a girl on his own? i guess times have changed since we were young. smart is the new sexy. then why do we go home alone every night? we're still smart. maybe we're too smart. so

gentlemen, i'd like you to meet dennis kim. dennis is a highly sought-after doctoral candidate and we're hoping to have him do his graduate work here. graduate work. very impressive. and he's only 15 years old. not bad-- i, myself, started graduate school at 14. well, i lost a year while my family was tunneling out of north korea. advantage: kim. gablehauser: i thought maybe you boys could show dennis around. let him see why we're the best physics research facility in the country. i already know you're not. you don't have an open science grid computer or a free electron laser and the string theory research being done here is nothing but a dead end. excuse me, that is my research and it is by no means a dead end. well, obviously you don't see it yet but trust me, you will. gablehauser: dennis, we've discussed this. we're in the process of updating our equipment, and we welcome your input on our research goals and we've agreed to look the other way if you want to use up to 20% of the grant money you attract to smuggle your grandfa

and this is dennis rodman new friend. his name is kim. dennis is a pro basketball hall of famer. kim is not. he has other hobbies. he is a fan. when dennis, members of the globetrotters visited him last week. mr. kim and his crew showed their affection for the player and the game. dennis tweeted they love basketball here. honored to represent the united states of america here. here in this case is north korea. kim is the new dictator, kim jong-un. his other hobbies include testing nuclear weapons and threatening to use them on dennis's home and i'll let the spokesman finish my thought. >> in the upcoming action, a new phrase lasting century after century will target against the u.s., the sworn enemy of the korean people. >> not very friendly, is it? kim jong-un also maintains a whole network of concentration camps where tens of thousands of people are housed and die of starvation and disease and neglect and execution. kim jong-un is belligerent to the u.s. according to human rights watch, kim's rise to power has had, quote, no positive impact on the country's dire human rights rec

we're going to talk about and meet the guy who put dennis rodman and kim jong-un.hat would be a unique idea about marketing. >> and now a picture of the vatican. we expect smoke. yes smoke. what is that bird doing there? that bird should not be there. we expect smoke any minute now. black or white. white would signal that a new pope has been elected in the conclave. this marks the third vote of the day. fourth overall. we are monitoring it closely and when there is a puff, we're going to bring it to you and that bird is going to fly away. first to sue. >> if that was a dove, you could say that that was divine intervention. i think it is a sea gull. we have a stunner to start us out. it's coming from the housing world. that infamous low down payment mortgage? it's back. diana is back in washington. we saw this the first time around and it didn't end nicely. >> reporter: no, it didn't but the banks and the government are behind it. refinance business falls so they are looking back to that home purchase mortgage market yet again. sources telling me that they are buyin

is also stuff happening in north korea. >> we call those pro hugs. >> that's a pro hug with dennis rodman and kim dennis rodman stopped by to toast the dictator and the couple even caught a local basketball game, as we reported last week. kim's father was also known as a movie buff, so it's possible the two discussed one of the greatest films of all time. take a look. >> they may have their own styles -- >> who does your hair, siegfried or roy? >> and their own skills. >> loose airbull. >> but now that they're partners -- >> you're looking for trouble. i don't like trouble. >> it's double. >> oh! >> jean-claude van damme, dennis rodman, "double-teamed." >> this is an action-packed morning that seagal, jean-claude van damme, putin. >> how did you throw it all together? >> it's just what i do, that's it, you know? >> keep coming back for more. >>> still ahead on "way too early" why are you awake? your karate chopping tweets and "morning joe" is just moments away. thank you, bill. [ male announcer ] i've seen incredible things. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. t

the five time nba champion dennis rodman spent time with kim the younger.rited the power, i don't know, a while back from his father. a coupleears ago. the nba hall of famer had a lot of great things t to say about e kim family dynasty. >> his grandfather and his father are great leaders, and he's such a proud man. as a young kid, a common kid, he's so awesome. and he loves his wife so much. >> shepard: are we on the same planet? does he not know what he's talking about? did anybody tell him about the lack of electricity, the people starving to death, the cash crop is missiles? >> i think we're absolutely certain dennis rodman doesn't know what he's talking about, aren't he we? >> that is nuts. >> shepard: if you can read, you can watch the television to learn he's not awesome. he's not awesome. he's not awesome, dennis. his government' government's ont impressive in all the world with strict media control, widespread hunger problems and prison camps. beside that, eas he's awesome. what did kim the younger do to impress our basketball holiness? >> they appe

cut, on a abc, nbc and cbs. >> the image of the day from overseas, dennis rodman and kim jong-un. >> american to meet with the new leader of north korea? the wild child of basketball, dennis rodman. >> you would be hard pressed toa find an odder couple than this. >> after rodman had dinner and drinks with the dictator, he had some kind words as well. >> they were so honest, and one thing that guess what, his grandfather and his father were great leaders. he's proud. his country like him. not like him, love him. love him. i love him. i love him. the guy is awesome. >> eric, at first i looked at this and go, why is this news? then i thought about it. and i'm like, he's the first one, dennis rodman, to sit down with kim jong-un. do we make him a diplomat or charge him with treason? >> i have no idea. one of the best basketball rebounders in of the history of the nba. >> kim jong-un? >> no. dennis rodman. but he must have hit his head on a basket too many times. several hundred people have died and in prison camps. they constantly threaten south korea and the west with missiles and whatn

. >>> courtside with kim jong-un. dennis rodman like you have never seen him before and trust me, that's a tough feat to accomplish. >>> you might have thought it was over but the wheel keeps spinning on the super sequester. both houses of congress are back today after the president signed the executive order friday triggering $85 billion in spending cuts before the fall. of course, "snl" played up the

that's dennis rodman, and this is dennis rodman's new friend. mr. kim has other robbies, but he is a fan. when dennis in a production team from vice media visited kim last week, mr. kim and his crew really showed their affection for the player and the game. dennis tweeted, they love basketball here, honored to represent the united states of america. here in this case is north korea. kim is north korea's new dictator, kim jong-un. his other hobbies include building rockets to carry weapons in the world and use them on dennis' home -- i'll let the north korean spokesman finish that thought. >> a new phase of the anti-u.s. struggle that has lasted century after century, will target against the u.s. the sworn enemy of the korean people. >> not very friendly, is it. by the way, kim jong-un also maintains a whole network of concentration camps where tens of thousands of people are housed and die of starvation and disease and neglect and execution. kim jong-un is downright vicious to his own people. kim's rise to power since the death of his father, quote, has

dennis rodman and kim jong un. the head of north korea. >> my favorite part is president obama sent at least one and maybe two secret missions the state department and n.s.c. officials and they never even got an audience with anybody but midlevel functionaries. dennis rodman shows up and is laughing with kim jong un, and somebody said yesterday maybe they should have given him the brief and handed it over. it would be interesting to see dennis rodman tbhiecialtz wor. >> tbhiecialtz. >> schieffer: we had ping-pong diplomacy, hardball diplomacy. ( laughter ). >> bus butt that's serious. we better worry about north korea. david knows about this. >> schieffer: absolutely. >> they have the bomb, and it is a regime that you can't really figure out. >> and bob's right. for all of the jokes about how strange want country is and i was there 20 years ago and it's pretty strange. the fact of the matter is, they've now conducted a third nuclear test. >> test. we are still living in the fiction they are not a nuclear power. the

former nba star dennis rodman's leader kim jong un. >> millions of us fall victim to id theft.o pay someone to get protection? >>> breaking news is happening san francisco. a woman is in critical condition after being hit by a muni train near san francisco state campus. sky 7 over this intersection. >> workers performed cpr at the scene before the woman was rushed to the hospital. we will continue to stay on top of the story for you and send out updates on twitter. >> today the obama administration is asking the supreme court to overturn california's ban on same-sex marriage. the administration argues denying gays and lesbians the rights to marry violates the equal protection clause. the fight over gay marriage led president obama to make this pledge last month. >> our journey not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. >> now, putting his pen where his mouth is. urging justices to overturn the gay marriage ban, the second filing with the justices hearing two back to back gay marriage cases next month)sjkÑ. eric holder spoke about

. >>> dennis rodman made friends with north korean's kim jong-un watching basketball game. >> he wanted to give president obama something to say. he wants president obama to call him. >> he wants a call from president obama? >> that's right. >>> check this out, washington state lawmaker ed orcutt came up with a reason to pass bicycling law. according to science, he's completely wrong one study said that driving car produces ten times more co2 emissions than riding a bike. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins joins us now tracking the weather. another storm. >> the very unpopular --

former nba star dennis rodman made history last week becoming the first american to meet north korean leader kimthey spent the next few days hanging out. dennis rodman wined and dined with kim jong-un. rodman has a moredictator's per than anyone in the cia. he shared the details on abc's "this week." >> when you say that you think he's awesome were you aware of his threats to the u.s.? >> i don't condone it. >> aren't they forced to? >> well, i say no, because i think he's -- he's a great guy. >> a guy who puts 200,000 people in prison camps. >> we do the same thing here. >> we have prison camps here. >> this is all politics. he loves basketball. obama loves basketball. he want obama to do one thing. call him. >> he wants a call from president obama? >> that's right. he said that he doesn't want to do war. >> he said in the past that he'll destroy the understand. >> i think that's coming from his father >> it seems like you're apologizing for him in. >> i'm not apologize for him. he's my friend. >> hypothetically a friend who's murderer is still a murderer. >> guess what, what i did, what i did

you've got dennis rodman standing next to kim jong your honor.to him makes me appear less crazy. >> if there's someone in the world that can make him seem a little less crazy, it's -- >> there's your reference right there. make sure you got it right. >> i think, you know, the upshot is, it's a crazy ridiculous thing that he did. he's probably not going to do the united states any good or bring back any useful information. but there's a chance he will. i don't see it as this awful evil thing that he's done. >> one final word, though. you think this specifically sets black athletes in this country back nearly a century. >> i went to ucla because of people like jackie robinson and arthur ashe. i don't need my athletes always socially conscious. but i don't want them to be socially myopic. i listened to dennis rodman talk about kim jong-un as if he was the greatest guy ever. there are families who have been affected by the north korea regime and people imprisoned and are going to freeze to death and starve to death this winter. i just thought about t

dennis rodman day all day here in north korea. i think he walked into something that was bigger than he at this point understands. >> when you look at that picture of kimnd dennis rodman sitting together, you think it's a cartoon. it is so bizarre. i mean, it's amazing. >> it's definitely bizarre. but i also think it really does reflect desperation on the part of north koreans. i think that's actually an opportunity. so recently north korea has a test of a nuclear weapon. on one level everyone says that means they're saying screw the rest of the world. we're ready to do what we're going to do, and we're not willing to negotiate. another possibility is that here's a guy who's coming in. he's very green, very new. it's his way of establishing that he's tough. he's establishing he's tough and then he can open up. there are a number of people, i was in south korea recently and spoke with a number of experts on related issues. a lot of them are speculating that actually he is now in a position by virtue of having done this seemingly crazy thing to then take the steps that he would otherwise have been too vulnerable to take. again, dennis rodman, very quirk

north korean dictator kim jong-un and dennis rodman. pyongyang. these photos were published by "vice" magazine. after the game, rodman gave a speech to the crowd, when he told kim you have a friend for life. >>> high drama in the courtroom, accused murder jodi arias reduced to tears on the witness stand. her 12th day of testimony. the incredible developments, coming up. for your heart, but did you know there's a cereal that's recommended by doctors? it's post shredded wheat. recommended by nine out of ten doctors to help reduce the risk of heart disease. post shredded wheat is made with only one ingredient: one hundred percent whole grain wheat, with no added sugar or salt. try adding fruit for more health benefits and more taste in your bowl. it's the ideal way to start your heart healthy day. try post shredded wheat. this has been medifacts for post shredded wheat. try post shredded wheat. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. wit

this declaration comes a week after former nba star dennis rodman visited north korea and called kim jong-un his friend. secretary of state john kerry weighed in on rodman's diplomatic skills yesterday with nbc's andrea mitchell. >> is it helpful when someone as high profile as dennis rodman goes to pyongyang and called kim jong-un a friend a nice guy. >> dennis rodman was a great basketball player, as a diplomat he was a great basketball player. that's where we'll leave it. >> sources tell the new york times that president obama will visit capitol hill to jump start negotiations on a series of issues including a plan to deal with the deficit. those meetings follow a series of phone conversations among the rank and file with those more likely to cut a deal. among those, lindsey graham of south carolina. >> i'm very encouraged by what i see from the president in terms of substance and tone. he's calling people. this is how you solve hard problems. what i see from the president is probably the most encouraging engagement on a big issue i've seen since the early years of his presidencpre

dennis rodman the highest profile american to ever meet with kim jong un. rmer nba star who once wore wedding gown to promote his new book. delegates spokesman says rodman later told the un leader, quote, you have a friend for life. the pierced rodman is in the repressive nuclear nation to host a basketball camp along with three members of the world famous harlem globe trotters. his agents says rodman is not bothered about criticism to his -- u.s. soldier accused of exposing thousands of classified documents are now pleading guilty but not to everything. bradley manning is also telling us why he gave away america's secrets and how did he it right out in the open where anybody could see. plus, a state department worker turns up dead in a hotel and tonight the cops say they have made an arrest. that coming up as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news as fox reports live tonight. switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand

missiles in weeks following an agreement with the united states or whether it's meeting with dennis rodman. >> reporter: kim cancelled the hotline between north and south. all this prompting a stern warning from the white house. >> we are certainly concerned by north korea's bellicose rhetoric. >> reporter: the white house pressured china to stop kim before it's too late. >> we believe that no country, including china, should conduct business as usual with the north that threatens its neighbors. >> reporter: pyongyang is so desperate for cash it hasn't cancelled access from south korea to a shared factory zone just across the border. a major concern is that the threats will misfire, leading to a shooting war with america's south korean allies and instantly engaging the united states. brian? >> andrea mitchell watching with the rest of us from our d.c. newsroom. andrea, thanks. >>> well, the start of the conclave is now just hours away as the cardinals of the roman catholic church gather to select a new pope in a highly secret proceeding. nbc's anne thompson remains at the vatican for us tonight following it

strong suspicion our intelligence experts will be watch that very attentively. >> shepard: kim the younger invites dennisodman over -- actually they went on their own, hoped to have kim the you canner in the audience and there he was. yonder if this sort of back-door seemingly worthless contact might eventually pay some dividends if we can get more people in there and learn something. >> we do have -- we don't have diplomatic relations formally but we have the ability to communicate with north korea, and then there's the track two, where policy experts, bill richardson, among others, have made periodic trips to north korea, and have the opportunity to have dialogue through. those maybe you put rodman on a track four or track five. obviously if kim jong-un is relying on dennis rodman for legitimizing of his regime, he is in more trouble than we think he is. >> shepard: whoa wouldn't the president call? help me understand. >> it's not going to happen. that's the kind of attention that north korea wants. all their leaders have wanted that. and yet we have to remember they just exploded nuclear device, just

why is dennis rodman at a basketball game with kim jong un. is dennis rodman talking to george stephanopoulos? it was a really bizarre week-long story. >> to say the least. this is when we do the shameless plug. article, wh earl, what are you plugging today? and gillnobleavenue kind ofs.com. it's 40 years of great interviews. definitely worth a look. >> one is to check out the new york daily news's editorial today. and two, on the -- >> can you plug two things? >> yes, that happens. that's allowed. and two, on today's the cycle, we have the great tom brokaw on to breakdown the sequester fallout. boom. >> okay. that's -- i like the second. >> my reporter, rosy gray, is working on the best named media scandal, the peola scandal and in which a number of conservative bloggers were taking money from the malaysian government to plant stories favorable to it including everything from the huffington post and the washington times. >> i like that. we should have done a better job of naming the sequester. >> i called it the great ax of 2013. >> that's no

dennis rodman and kim jong un. the north korean leader believed to be the first meeting with an american since taking over for his father. however unofficial. basketball is big in north korea and rodman is there with the harlem globetrotters for the filming of a tv show. >>> up next tonight, the treasure hunt in the american west and some clues this evening where to find the hidden fortune. >>> tonight there are people combing the landscape of the rocky mountains armed with big dreams and a few clues and they are looking for buried treasure. the real kind. it was put there by a man determined to give away a big chunk of his personal fortune to the person lucky enough to find it. his story tonight from nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: the new mexico mountains have always attracted nature lovers. but the pristine wilderness has never seen so many explorers. you think you're getting close? >> i always think i'm getting close. but i -- you know. attrition alone will get me somewhere. >> reporter: mark howard has made

dennis rodman, first american to meet kim jong-un? i mean, come on? ys an awful lot that dennis rodman now has more knowledge and more interaction with north korean government than we do. he said he's 28 years old. he's not like his dad. and dennis rodman is a lot of things, but a diplomat and statesman we never thought of. >> it's interesting. one north korean expert i spoke to said it just show that is kim jong-un loves his basketball as much as he loves his nukes. there you have it. jon wertheim with "sports illustrated," thanks so much. great to see you. >> thanks. >>> many the break through we've been waiting decades to hear. researchers say they have actually cured a toddler of hiv. we will have that story coming up at the top of the hour. about health care...ch noe i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're more than 78,000 people loo

former nba star dennis rodman is talking about his trip to north korea. dictator young, kimun. and brought back a message thing -- call him." "he wants a call from president obama?" that. he said, 'if you can, dennis -- i don't want to do war. i don't want to do "did you say, 'why don't you "no.you know, it's a different story, a different story. the kid's only 28 declared kim a "friend for life." "he want obama to do one thing -- call him.""he wants a call from president you can, dennis -- i don't want to do war. i don't want to do war.' he said that to me.""did you say, 'why don't you pick up the phone and "no.you know, it's a different story, a different years old. 28." rodman sat courtside with the leader during a made- fisherman's wharf can be full of excitement - from quirky street performers to the pungent smells of cooked crab. but it is also a place to find, well. we'll let stanley roberts show you, in this special sunday edition of people behaving badly. down on fishermans wharf the san francisco police are not clowing around about the rules this is kenny the clown

. >> and nba bad boy dennis rotman says north korean ticket dayor, kim jong-un, is a nice gay. >> leigh: we had sprinkles around the bay area this morning. more rain to come, the >> ama: new details on the private supply mission to the international space station. this is the successful docking of the space x dragon, it's delivering more than a ton of cargo, including experiments designed by bay area high school students. there was a booster problem following the first attempted launch on friday. >> new at 5:00, the organization code pink took on senator dianne feinstein over america's drone program. [chanting] >> ama: protesters demonstrated outside the senator's home. they want feinstein to stop the confirmation hearings of john brennan as cia directar they say brennan is involved with what they call the drone murder policy. >>> the california republican party has a new leader tonight. that story is ahead. also... >> a good guy to me. my friend. >> dennis rodman goes where no american has gone before. courtside with north korean leader kim jong-un. now rodman is talking about his new

kim parties while his citizens starve and he's repeatedly threatened the united states with destruction. and has the material for enough nuclear bombs to make good on that threat. and dennis rodman is our only direct contact? >> is rodman the man who knows more about kim jong-un than any american? >> he is that man. there's nobody at the cia who could tell you more about kim jong un personally than dennis rodman. that in itself is scary. >> reporter: but the state has no plans to reach out to the bad boy of basketball, stating -- with a straight face today -- >> he's never been a player in diplomacy. >> he's had dinner with one of the most threatening men in the whole world and they don't even want to talk to him. that's ridiculous. >> the state department did say that while there are no plans to reach out to rodman, if he wanted to call them maybe, they wouldn't refuse the call. so perhaps we'll see rodman and secretary of state john kerry at a basketball game together in the near future. >> curiouser. thanks so much, martha. >>> now we head to south africa and a new twist in the case of oscar pistorius, facing murder charges in the death of his girlfriend. tonight we ar

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dennis defending a men nighs? he is full of them since his visit with kim. and dennis rodman sat down with a mythical creature. not sure what it is. the tatood trans yebt spent two day -- transient spent two days with kim jung-un and he is a great guy. he is a great guy. >> a great guy who puts 200,000 people in prison camps? >> guess what. it is amazing how we do the same thing here jie. we have prison camps? >> this is all politics, what. >> guess what. guess what. and madonna's ex-boyfriend brought a special message from kim for someone special here in america. >> i sat with him for two days and he asked me to give owe bay you ma -- obama to do one thing smtion. call call him. >> he wants a call from president obama? >> he said, yes, if you can, did ennis, i don't want to do war. >> i'm starting to think rodman would make a hell of a diplomat. >> i am not a diplomat. >> bummer. since rodman's visit kim jung-un has been in better spirits even whistling as this tape shows. >> that song is called vodka. where to start? could we have the next great american peace maker in dennis rodman? >> i think this is a wond

basketball bad boy dennis rodman vows to be friends forever with north korea's kim jong-un. >>> plus, tiger woods puts on the hip waiters to test the waters. >>> and the faa isn't happy about these passengers doing the harlem shake. >>> good morning. the obama administration offers a powerful message to the supreme court. overturn california's ban on same-sex marriage. the court is gearing up to hear two cases on the topic later this season in the brief. officials say the ban violates the constitution's equal protection clause. same-sex marriage remains an issue dividing many americanings. only nine states in the district of columbia allow for same-sex marriages. it took an interesting turn later this week when several high-profile republicans came out in support of the movement. they include john huntsman and last year's rnc featured guest and famous open-chair talker, actor clint eastwood. >>> well, it is sequester day in washington. a meeting is set for later this morning at the white house between president obama and congressional leaders, but it might be too little, too late. law

up next, this former nba bad boy dennis rodman andd kim jong-un buddy up together. one of the most bizarre meetings ever. stay right where you are. >> oh russia, you never cease to amaze me. nominated his 15 minute old son to be on the board of russia's flag ship carry your. his reason? boards of state companies in russia have no power. why not nominate a baby? it makes sense to me; right? >> some 15 month olds are smarter than adults any way. he probably can't secure a seat, but not surprised. >> how do they do the voting? >> how would they? raise the baby's hand? >> there's someone breaking into the souvenir how, trying to get his way over. >> oh, man, oh, man, how are you? >> is it because i call you dennis? >> would you want to comment on the russian baby? >> move on. >> the ethanol run cars and cars run on coffee. i understand this, but the british made vehicle has a charcoal stove stockedded with coffee grounds. the heat breaks down the grounds releasing hydrogens into the cooling system. i understand that. it makes sense. i car reachedded a record speed of 65

mitt romney in his first interview since losing last november and dennis rodman in his first experience view visiting north korean leader kimjong u.n. two men trying to figure out what the hell just happened to they. to the comploamcy mobile, how did dennis rodman end up in north korea. >> if you are bonderring out there why kim jong u.n. -- jong un and rodman got together he was a big fan of bulls in the 80s. >> jon: that's y. i thought he was maybe a huge fan of double team and jean claude van damme. being a fan of the bulls is like a bottle of tequila how far the roster do you work to get down to the worm? you know what i'm saying? you know mj and pip yen -- pippen aren't going. they couldn't gut luy longly or dluc longley or kerr. let's go to romney. >> the weakness the campaign had, that i had, was we wrnlt effective to take the message to minority voters. that was a real weakness. >> jon: but rich white people seemed to like it enormously. remind me again governor romney what was the message? >> 47% with him who depend on the government very much who believe they are victims and government has responsibility for them.

former nba star dennis rodman and north korean dictator kim jong-un. believe it. the harlem globetrotters made the trip to pyongyang this week as part of a documentary project. there was no guarantee that they would meet kim jong-un, but turns out the north korean leader was up for playing host. here is the pair sitting courtside at an exhibition basketball game which was capped off with a party at kim jong-un's palace. it gets better. it seems dennis rodman failed to brush up on his koreas before heading overseas. check out this tweet. maybe i'll run into gangnam style dude while i'm here. that, of course, is a reference to the south korean rapper psy. not surprisingly given the tense relationship between the north and the south, psy was not amused tweeting back, i'm from south, man. >>> next, you may have noticed that every time a poll comes out about congress, their favorability rating is embarrassingly low. here is the question though. who are the 9% or 10% or 12% of people who do give them a thumbs up? "the new york times" did some digging after their own pol

. >>> courtside with kim jong-un. dennisodman like you have never seen him before and trust me, that's a tough feat to accomplish. >>> you might have thought it was over but the wheel keeps spinning on the super sequester. both houses of congress are back today after the president signed the executive order friday triggering $85 billion in spending cuts before the fall. of course, "snl" played up the folly of it all. >> and of course, these cuts will affect our military, our civil servants, federal construction projects, even grants to native americans. and, i'm the one who has to tell these folks, young men, there's no need to feel down. young men, pick yourself off the ground. young man, just because your funding is down there's no need to be unhappy. thank you, gentlemen. >> you're welcome. >> i loved that song. of course, around here we say it's fun to say it's the c c-y-c-l-e. anyway, president obama trying to walk back the cuts and my reputation. replace them with smarter cuts and new tax revenue but a new report out t

. >> dennis rodman meets kim jong-un.h north korea's dictator and he joins us for his first interview. >>> you heard that right. in the week's most surreal encounter, one of the world's most notorious basketball players spent quality time with one of the world's most dangerous dictatorsm and dennis rodman is here to share what he learned about kim jong-un in just a bit. but we begin with the budget battles that have crippled the capitol. president obama signed the order on friday to execute those $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts, and with both sides locked into their positions, it looks like those cuts are here to stay. for more on what that will mean we will begin with the president's top pick adviser, director of the economic council gene sperling. good morning, gene. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, george. >> it's very clear from speaker boehner, the leader of the senate republicans, mitch mcconnell that the republica

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but this story about dennis rodman getting together with north korean dictator did make the cut on abc, nbc and cbs. >> the image ofty da from overseas, rodman and kimfirst american to meet with the new leader of north korea? wild child of basketball, dennis rodman. >> you would be hard pressed to find an odder couple than this. >> after he had dinner and drinks with the dictator he had kind words as well. >> so honest. his grandfather and his father were great leaders. the country loves him. i love him. the guy is awesome. >> andrea: eric, at first i looked at this and i was thinking why is this news? then i thought about it, he is the first one that dennis rodman to sit down with kim jung un. do we make him a diplomat or charge him with treason? >> eric: i have no idea. one of the best basketball rebounders. not kim jung un. rodman. 2 million people died because of famine. 700,000 are in prison camps. threaten south korea and the west with missiles. no, not good people. they are dictators. leftist dictating thugs. i don't know why we would even let rodman go to that place. >> andrea: the way the media cover i it. diane sawyer, it was like watching

just a he was telling everybody what a great guy that kim jung un was and people got sick of it. >> kimberly: what hotel? >> juan: dennist should call kim jung and they both love basketball. it could be basketball diplomacy. andrea, what do you think? trump says why not? give them a call, right? >> andrea: no. don't just give him a call. i don't know. i'm torn on this one. do you charge the guy with season or make him a diplomat? he is the only guy to get him to sit down and talk. this story is strange and bizarre. we're giving rodman so much air time. gawps didn't people at google over go over there? >> juan: >> no. they didn't get to sit down with him. just but they went. >> greg: when people go to north korea they know it's north korea. dennis rodman thought he was at the oscars. what a spon tainous eruption of applause. of course they weren't threatened with death. >> eric: that explains why rodman thought it was cool to be there hanging out with kim jung un. >> andrea: if those people don't cheer they will be killed. of course they choose. that's why at kim jong il's funeral they cried. >> kimberlydo you like this

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