"outfront," gordon chang expert on north korea, author of "nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world." obviously, gordon, it's hard to cover this without smiling, but it is a deadly serious subject. second time this year that dennis rodman has gone to north korea to visit his, quote-unquote, friend kim jong-un, how does this guy keep getting access to one of the most brutal dictators in the world? >> because the north korean regime is using rodman for its purposes. we got to remember the first time he went there was the end of february and people thought that because of the visit that north korea would turn a new leaf. but as soon as he left, the north koreans embarked on this series of provocations and they had planned that. and now, you know, we've had a couple of months of charm offensive, you know, until last friday when north -- when our north korean envoy was denied permission to go there, now rodman shows up. this is part of a plan. we don't know what the plan is, but we know it's part of a plan. >> now, rodman told reuters he's not going to discuss the american ben eth

we will ask our expert, gordon chang, right after the break. >>> well, a debate is on after president obama abruptly changed course yesterday and asked lawmakers to authorize a military strike on syria. it is the bottom of the hour and liz -- and elizabeth prann has the top stories. >> while some say they need more information, others are taking a position on the president's request. john boehner says the white house has sent over a draft resolution authorizing the use of force. congress officially returns from its summer break on september 9th. and after nearly three months in the hospital nelson mandela is back at home. a statement from the office of south africa's president says mandela is still in critical condition, but he can now get the intensive care he ?eedz at at -- he needs at home. the 95-year-old is battling a reoccurring lung infection. and some are having a a hard time seeing beautiful views. the smoke from a nearby wildfire has now blown into the most popular section of the park. the 348 square mile fire is now 40% contained. and look at this. in taiwan a driver's dash

joining me, with the committee for human rights in north korea, and gordon chang, a journalist, showdown, north korea takes on the world. gordon, i would like to start with you, an alarming report out of accident sant south korea, ah korea getting closer and closer to nuclearizing missiles, and how concerned should we be? >> we should be see concerned. robert gates said that it would take north korea less than five years to hit the continental united states with a ballistic missile. and though he didn't say so, he was talking about a nuclear tipped missile. we're down the road from that. the north koreans have been making a lot of progress, and i'm not surprised by this, and the north koreans were going to get this some time. and we have to face this because the establishment in washington has not wanted to. >> the obama administration is asking congress to approve a military strike on syria for allegedly using nerve gas on civil wraps, and on friday, secretary kerry made this connection. >> it's about hezbollah, and every dictator that might contemplate weapons of mass destruction. >> d

change happen. host: deborah joining us on the independent line from florida. gordon adams, professor at the school of international service. caller: good morning. i would like to know when the u.s. became the kgb of the world. why do we need to take on all the problems of the middle east when there is no way we can resolve their religious issues? guest: that is a $640 billion question. over the 30 or 40 years i have spent in the national security establishment, we've always had a rhetoric internally and even with the public dominated by the view that we were the indispensable nation, the one country that everyone relied on to bring order out of chaos, maintain stability, prevent anarchy around the world.

joining us author of nuclear showdown increase takes on the world gordon chang.it go from here? >> this is serious. for the first time in decades, rival fleets in close proximity at the same time the syrian situation is deteriorating. we have russian and chinese leaders who don't respect president obama. they think they can push him around. this is an explosive situation. >> lets take a look at one of these warships mottering into the area as we speak. i don't know how how to pronounce this thing. 689 foot long ship. this thing is menacing. it is heading there now. >> this the ship the chinese use when they want to intimidate other nations. they did it in the south china sea when they brought this out. it's in the eastern mediterranean, passed through the suez canal, other ships in the area. the french, italians, russians, chinese, our ships all in very close situation to each other. >> aligning themselves with syria, the message? >> china and russia have always been on syria's side. you've got iran there as well. one of the things that makes this so complex in t

and i think that that's one change that they've recommended will occur to be really good for the victims and the whole process. j.d. gordon, going outside the chain of command how would it change things? >> if the congress is trying to meddle in the ucmj -- >> the ucmj? >> i'm sorry, the uniform code of military justice. i think it adds dysfunction to it, the chain of command is adequate and that's the way to go. i think this shows the issue is being politicized. the sexual assaults in the military, how they arise is the function of the low morale, we have a trillion dollars of defense cuts coming down the pike, which means there are decreasing benefits, retirement is going to change. i think there's low morale. >> we'll speak about that in the second half of the country. the chain of command, is it working? we've heard from a victim of sexual assault, it was lard to go through her superiors to alert them to what she was facing. >> the military is made of people, are good about it and some are not. i agree with connie, we need to do more along the lines of training and victims advocacy, those are some of the positive aspe

gordon chang wrote this book the coming disaster or the coming crash of china collapse, sorry, 15 years ago and he is still out there with his web site saying it's going to come any day now. what is it about us in the united states that continues to see china as the threat that we do? what is it about us that uses that perceived threat as a foil to prevent us from doing a lot of heavy lifting in our own structural and bilateral agenda with china and you know what is it about us that uses china as a lightning rod to deflect attention from the congressional and policy agenda every couple of years that there is an election. i don't have an answer to that but i think it's an important question that we need to think about pretty carefully. >> you may have the last word. >> just on the two points. on the environment we have a section in our report that tries to look at that. there's tremendous hope for green growth. there's the potential to shift investment from building not bridges to nowhere but maybe parks and other things to moving a factory from the inside of the city to the outside some

changes. ephraim graham. >> john joseph has this story from our cbn news bureau in washington. john? >> gordonan universities in oklahoma have filed suit against the obamacare birth control mandate. southern nazarene university, oklahoma, baptist and mid america chris chance university argue the mandate violates their beliefs. one school cited its commitment to support the unborn. god is god, not the government, and we must obey god rather than men. >>> kenya has begun three days of mourning for those killed in this week's deadly mall attack. islamic terrorists wounded 60 people and wounded hundred others. five americans among the wounded. the death toll is expected to rise because bodies are still trapped under the rub he will. officials now control the mall after the four-day standoff. there are fears some terrorists could be hiding. the mall attack was the deadliest scare since the 1 08 bombing embassy which killed 200 people. >>> worried not to be fooled by the peaceful words of iran's new president. he told the united nations his country wants to restart nuclear negotiationses, but spokes

change things. that is part of using the giant sweep in the world ferries that we can use that spirit. i want to thank rachel gordon and the whole public works for using the giant sweep theme. today we have over 10,000 kids who signed that pledge. that pledge means they will personally take responsibility for their actions. so think about it. they will involve their families and talk to people. this campaign, larry said it's one of the best campaigns they have seen because they love all the players that associate themselves with the giant sweep. of course today we have somebody that i felt, when we connect up and this is where muhammad and ed riis skin is doing to connect everything. we love our arts and we are engaging some of our street artist to be part of it. sweeping i believe is here today. he's one of our sales people for this pitch but he's going to be with us and i think you will find at some of the bus stops that we encourage some of the street artist to perform in they are going to find a medium without a word of negativity and they will point out why are you doing that? they will have an attitude for ou

changes in the economy. >> joining me now is ian gordon, head of bank research at investec securities. you so much for coming in. is this project at the banking union in europe, is that too ambitious of a project? can it ever succeed? >> at the moment, i don't think we really know what it means. instinctively, i'm bound to say it's a bad idea. anything which adds another tier of complexity of regulation over and above that proposed by individuals. it is unwelcome, more possibly and likely to be more confusing. so i'm wholly opposed to the project in context. but perhaps mitigation, i should acknowledge the uk has one of the most discredited regulatory systems in itself. how much worse can it be? >> yeah. many critics will argue, you know, this banking union, it will never, never be completed before we're heading into the next crisis. i mean, it could be years until it is fully done and dusted, signed, sealed and delivered. i mean, it could be two or three years, right? >> yeah. i mean, at the moment, we're talking about the unresolved issues around revolution, around revolution funds,

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change. dagen: which flick has the unlikely leading man? is it don jon? >> i guess it's joseph gordonhunk, apparently, in -- dagen: he was in 500 days of summer, he was in the dream nick, remember that? >> yes. and, jeez, he's dying of cancer, let's learn to laugh. dagen: he directed this movie, it's about a porno-addicted dudes -- >> there's a difference between porno-districted and sex-addicted. [laughter] dagen: oh, there is? >> one guy's watching. connell: we can get into it. dagen: the formula one movie, "rush," it goes -- >> yes, the ron howard-directed film. dagen: which warner wolf said earlier this week, dagen, you would really love this movie. >> you do love car racing. dagen: that's my point. connell: that's a great warner wolf impression -- [laughter] dagen: i stopped myself from imitating. connell: thank goodness. oh, my god. you know any of these movies? >> i'm going to an art show this weekend if my 13-year-old daughter will dane to come along with me. meatballs is too young for the 13-year-olds. it's mainly little kids. dagen: you redeemed yourself by throwing your you

the changes it brought about in our country and how it has colored and given us a different perspective. bill: 753 victims, it begins of day with gordon aamotth , jr. it there be that way for as long as we can remember and as long as we continue to rability in lower manhattan. the memorial absolutely stunning. in spring of 2014, the newest addition, the museum will open. a poignant reminder of the people you see on your screen. rudy giuliani and pataki. the family members who make this trip to new york every 9/11 because they don't want their family member to be forgotten. >> sherry bordeaux. bill: eric shawn was heading to work on september 11, 2001 when he noticed a jetliner flowing over his head and over the manhattan skyline. eric begins our coverage from there. >> reporter: i was walking to work. i looked up, there was this loud noise. the engines of the jetliner that was unusually loud. i looked up and said, man, he's really low. it turned out to be american airlines flight 11. we now know it was mohammed atta piloting the plane toward the world trade center. it seems as if not one day has gone by as we look live at this emotion