inside the impoverished nation he was revered as dear leader to the international community he was arant who starved his people as he built a nuclear weapons program and an army of more than one million soldiers. >> north korea re arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of he vim. >> reporter: by october 2006 north korea conducted its first successful underground nuclear tests and carried out provocative missile tests with weapons capable of reaching the u.s. in 2008 he suffered a stroke and began to look weak and frail. abc news saw the leader last october. also at that event his 20 something son kim jong un the heir apparant. >> we have to assume he is going to be as bad and evil as his father. >> reporter: north korea conducted two short range missile test today, officials said think were preplanned. karen travers, abc news. >>> another recall for nissan. what is wrong with thousands of sentra's? >> showdown on capitol hill over payroll tax cuts with strong words from house speaker boehner. >>> toys-for-t

. >> laos is a small impoverished nation.stands to make billions of dollars from hydroelectric power if this project goes ahead. thailand has already seen dubai generate power. so why not make use of this resourced? >> the question is really why are the costs and what are the benefits of a project this size and scope? economic analyses have shown that the actual detriments of the project for the net cost of the project could be anywhere up to $300 billion over the life of the project. this is because of the very valuable in come that is provided to millions of people through the fisheries. the income from fishing in the macon river provides about $2 million per year in income to people. if you add value to that with a fish processing and stuff, the value as anywhere to $10 billion per year. we are talking about an enormous natural resources that, if you threaten it, you can literally threaten the food security of millions of people. >> nonetheless, laos insists that the dam will not have a significant impact. they call it the

inside the impoverished nation he was revered as dear leader to the international community he was arant who starved his people as he built a nuclear weapons program and an army of more than one million soldiers. >> north korea re arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of he vim. >> reporter: by october 2006 north korea conducted its first successful underground nuclear tests and carried out provocative missile tests with weapons capable of reaching the u.s. in 2008 he suffered a stroke and began to look weak and frail. abc news saw the leader last october. also at that event his 20 something son kim jong un the heir apparant. >> we have to assume he is going to be as bad and evil as his father. >> reporter: north korea conducted two short range missile test today, officials said think were preplanned. karen travers, abc news. >>> another recall for nissan. what is wrong with thousands of sentra's? >> showdown on capitol hill over payroll tax cuts with strong words from house speaker boehner. >>> toys-for-t

name celebritys in haiti lending a hand two years after a devastating earthquake rock that impoverished nation. more on their mission coming up. >>> later on a great event for kids, including big kids like annie this morning live at the morrison house restaurant in alexandria to explain what story time tea with mrs. b is about and how you can join in on all the fun  >>> 7:24 a.m. on this date, december 12th, way back in 1636 the national guard was born. the governor of virginia is recognizing the guard's 375th birthday. governor mcdonald who serves as commander in chief will present a certificate of recognition for the guard later today. even though they traditionally started in massachusetts the tradition dates back to 1607. >>> appears martin o'malley's trip to india was successful. he says nearly $60 million in business deals were signed during the recent trade mission and deals worth millions more are in the works. it included stops in mumbai and new delhi. >>> later today we will hear if the federal reserve will raise rates any time soon. most economists do not thing this

. >> king jung ildies and leaves his young son in charged of the impoverished nation. how soon before he tries to prove himself. house republicans prepare for a last showdown. even after the senate republicans reached a deal, snatching gridlock from the jaus of victory. by the way, the paycheck is on the line. newt gingrich goes after the judiciary. a popular boogie man in republican primaries. he will ignore supreme court rulings and wait until you see how he forces judges to testify before congress. it's monday, december 19th, 2011. let's get to the first read of the morning and it begins in north korea. jim jung ilturned his country into a state by starving and imprisonings his own people ha died. [speaking foreign language] >> that was a weeping anchor reader announced the death of the man known as dear leader on state television late sunday. according to that report, kim died of a heart attack after 17 years of rule. even his age is not known for sure. he had been in bad health since suffering from what was believed a stroke in 2008. kim's chosen successor, his yo

york city, but bloomberg news reports cotton used in victoria secret underwear comes from that impoverished nation where young children are doing back breaking work. >> everybody knows about it which is why it is so easy to fine. the and the farmers spoke about it because they didn't know they were doing anything wrong. >> victoria secret issued this statement "our standards specifically hint child labor. we are gusry engaging with steak holders to investigate the matter. " the country said they rely on international fair trade groups to make sure children are not working in the fields. >> the occupy movement is three months old and it's seen its share of tough times. many camps have been dismantled, including many in the bay area. but some occupiers vowed they are here to stay. >>> this is where it all began, new york city. hundreds of occupy wallstreet protestors intended to occupy a park owned by trinity church. it was a celebration of the three month anniversary of the movement and a call for solidarity and reoccupation for all occupy camps nationwide. occupation here was short-lived. police r

among the mourners was his son, kim jong-un, who's expected to take control of the impoverished, nuclear armed nation. white house's president obama spoke with japan's prime minister last night to reinforce the united states' commitment to stability in the region. >>> nuclear concerns are also rocking the middle east today with a new warning from the pentagon about iran's ability to build atomic weapons. defense secretary leon panetta says the islamic republic could have a nuclear bomb in less than a year. panetta says the united states and israel share a "common concern" in keeping that from happening. >> if the israelis decide to launch a military strike to prevent that weapon from being built, what sort of complications does that raise for you? >> we share the same common concern. the united states does not want iran to develop a nuclear weapon. that's a red line for us and it's a red line, obviously, for the israelis. if we have to do it, we will do it. >> you just said "if we have to do it, we'll do it." >> that's right. >> what is "it"? >> if they proceed and we get intelligence that they're pr

. >>> the world is watching with a worried eye as the impoverished nuclear nation of north korea hailsew leader who is just 20-something years old. the body of kim jong il is lying in state in a glass coffin in pyongyang. his young son and successor, kim jong un, is now being hailed as born of heaven. joining us live from seoul, south korea is anna. anna, tell us about the son here. he is in hheriting a country, hs young, he's inexperienced. south korea must be pretty worried. >> there is a great deal of uncertainty, suzanne, for all those reasons you just listed. we don't know much about kim jong un. he's in his late 20s, he's inexperienced, he's been thrust in this position because of his father's sudden death. he began this succession progress some years ago, being taken under his father's wing, after his father suffered that heart attack, that stroke back in 2000. obviously, the process would have been a lot longer. his father had some 14 years before he had to take over the reins. kim jong un only had a few years. he's dealing with an impoverished country. a quarter of the country

nation. yes, the son who left north korea impoverished and starving. what about the son of the son of the nation? kim jong-un lead the procession with his happened on the casket who -- who is now running this nation. >> in the backyard we found him. >> i feel like they are not sure if there will be a smooth transition of power. jim, welcome back. >> hi, andy. >> are these videos of the we having north koreans the weirdest thing you have seen or the weirdest greatest thing you ever seen. >> i didn't know there was all of this screaming and falling on the ground. i thought i was watching def jam from 1997. what do you expect? they all know people are watching them so they have to -- it is like watching the whole country do bad improve at the same time. you are sad. oh! what is my motivation? beheading. >> you have to admit, if the guy was bad -- if i sky was sad, he must have been a pretty good guy. >> the earth trembled. people was so well off and there was so much food and that's why they wept to south cor rai yaw -- and that's why they all went to sout

the agriculture industry and to impoverished africans another name we're less than a cherries bob geldof who stood in front of a bag of monsanto corn and said this to nation from monsanto was a great act of charity for it helped even one child survive then the slavery of terminator seeds was unleashed onto the continent another intellectual property patents instrument of agricultural terrorism monsanto is anyone doing anything to stop the terrorist monsanto in africa well you know the reality is for example in retreat retreat is reduced malaria mortality by eighty percent in the last decade and they've done it by basic public health they haven't done it through fancy medicines with fancy with these patents that are pretty draconian and yet this is the biggest breakthrough in more larry mortality in history and malaria is the number one killer in africa but you know max i think some of your viewers might be interested in just a little bit about why the horn of africa is so important you know we talk about the good point bob bowman deb is strategically critical horn of africa because every day about a third of the world's oil passes through the straits betw

nations would dare to do these days. it said no to china. i'm talking about myanmar, an impoverishedwas until this year the world's lajelaj e largest serving dictatorship. shocked beijing recently by pulling a plug on a dam that was meant to supply millions of chinese with electricity. beijing may have been upset, but it nonetheless invited myanmar's top general to the capital last week. he was greeted by none other than the man who is expected to become china's president next year. what in the world is going on? to understand the situation, let's look at another top-level meeting. hillary clinton was in myanmar last week to meet its president. it was the first visit by a u.s. secretary of state in 56 years. myanmar is opening up, which is turning this country into a cockpit of international occurrence, rivalries, and diplomacy. for decades, myanmar's military junta had cracked down on any form of dissent. the 2007 saffron revolution was brutally suppressed. even the monks, who were seen as sacred, were mercilessly peaten up when they took -- beaten up when they took to the streets.

when you're stealing opportunity and you're impoverishing those that follow, that is corrupt. it's alsowith anything to do wir nation's defense. so i hope that the senator from oklahoma won't give up. i certainly won't. but i think, frankly, that the american people deserve a lot better than they're getting out of this process. and if they're cynical and if they're angry and if they're frustrated, they have every reason to be so. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. inhofe: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma is recognized. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call in progress be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i guess i'm one of several senators who doesn't know for sure what's going to happen tonight or tomorrow. i do know that we have one very contentious issue in the pipeline. several people have been talking about this. and i'd like to give perhaps a different, maybe an historic perspective on this issue as we're looking at it. i think it's, wi

attempting to mobilize unemployed youth and impoverished children and school dropouts who cannot find employment in nigeria. it's clear by the ability to elude the national police, the national security and the army for over two years that they have support locally. in order to deal with them, they will have to be a... there will have to be an economic and social redevelopment issue... initiative in northern algeria or else we'll have the same conflict and if it's not this group, it will be another. >> warner: are you saying that so far the government's response has been ineffective, one? are you saying that? and two, are you saying it's been too focused on security measures rather than going, you know, trying to bring the north up to some financial level more commensurate with the south? >> both are true. the security effort has alienated members of the community. there's widespread human rights reports of abuse by the police and the military. everyone agrees that the security forces have been ineffective. the newspapers are full of articles both from christians and muslims denouncing and ridiculing the leadership and capacity of the security forces to

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