we take you to iraqi kurdistan. first, a high-level delegation from north korea is in the south korean capital, joining those mourning the south links former president. relations do seem to be warming. >> it was are rare moment and one rich in symbolism. the six north korean officials arriving at south korea at's -- south korea and the links -- south korea's ministry. at kim dae-jung is lying in state. he organized the historic summit in june 2000, the first time the leaders of the two countries had met since the korean war. his hopes for reconciliation had been battered by months of rising tension. north korea had fired a rocket over japanese territory and conducted a second nuclear test. so could this moment of national unity through shared grief offer an opportunity to improve relations? perhaps. some detect a hint of the old rivalries out play. alongside the visit, there are other positive sides. north korea has announced it will allow a cross border cargo train to begin operating again and it will lift restrict

still to come -- we take you to iraqi kurdistan. first though -- a high level delegation from north korea in the south korean capital. we have this report. at relations do seem to be warming. >> it was are rare moment and one rich in symbolism. the six north korean official arrived at south korea's national assembly where the former president is lying in state. there tribute is a clear sign of the esteem with which kim dae- jung held on both sides of the peninsula. he organized the historic summit in june 2000, the first time leaders of the two countries had met since the korean war. but his hopes for reconciliation had been battered by months of rising tensions. north korea fired a rocket over japanese territory and conducted a second nuclear test. so could this moment of national unity through shared grief offer an opportunity to improve relations? perhaps. some people detect the hands of the old rivalry at play. alongside the visible signs, there are other positive signs. north korea will allow across the border cargo trains to o

iraqi army here. since this is largely peaceful, there is no need for the americans to station troops inside of kurdistan either. >>they have come a long ways frm the old days when they were essentially the regular guerrillas. now they are part of and regular army completely separate from the iraqi army which chasetakes its orders from baghdad. now they are prospering. you will not see sights like this anywhere else in iraq at the moment. it makes kurdistan that different from the rest of the country. quayle adds another element to the explosive mixture. -- oil adds another element to the explosive mixture. there has been a breach with baghdad over this issue. >> before the americans withdraw, the differences must be settled, especially over the disputed territories. we have to solve our problems in the spirit of brotherhood and in line with the constitution. >> there will never be any bargaining with our rights. >> the kurds have been alarmed by signs that the prime minister maliki might be emerging as something of a strong man in baghdad favoring centralized government. for them, this has echoes of sad

they were hiking through iraqy kurdistan when they swayed across the border. >> our only concern is for the health and welre for the three. shawn was traveling with them. go on the hike because he wasn't feeling well. he's said to be safe in baghdad. police are investigating the stabbing death of a weaom in brandy wine. a woman had been stabbed. h thehe the ed hospital. police believe she was stabbed during an argument. >> healthcare reform is one of the stop things the senate will pick up during the last workweek before the august break. it is too early to tell what will be needed. it isn't ruleling out raising taxes on the middle class. house democrats worked on the compromise before taking their break. that won't happen until at least september. the senate will vote to pump $2 billiomore into the cash for clunker program. ford is reporting the first monthly increase in two years. bringing the ballooning deficit back down is going to be a challenge. that's going to require some rd choices. we'll have to try to do that in a way that doesn't add tthe diverge answer. >> while the economy

their supporters say they mistakenly entered it by crossing an unmarked border with iraqi kurdistan. >>> the rebuilding continued in new orleans over the weekend as the city marked four years since it was devastated by katrina. as more homes go up, mayor ray nagin urged rest depths to refledge on thety's progress. it was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever. >>> the fourth and final tennis tournament begins in new york. we have baseball this morning. highlights in jonathan coachman at espnews. >>> good morning. a busy weekend in sports. we'll start on the dime. little league world series championship game. chula vista, california, taking on chinese taipei. vice president joe biden, chris drury inducted into the hall of excellence pregame. top ird, sung crushes it. chinese taipei up 2-0. chin oh, back-to-back jacks. up 3-0. bottom two four, chula vista on the comeback. wild pitch. here comes nick con lynn. he scores and ties the game. all up at three. later in the inning, game still tied at 3. bulla graft, a single to right. andy ri ichlrios scores. bases load for chinese taipei. only

iran has confirmed it's holding three americans who crossed into its territory from neighboring iraqi kurdistan on friday. officials say the two men and one woman were arrested near the border. their relatives say they strayed over the border accidentally while hiking in northern iraq. russian troops in the breakaway region of south acetia have heightened their state of battle readiness. the foreign ministry in moscow blames what it calls a series of provocations from georgia. a five-day war between russia and georgia started a year ago this coming friday. police in the afghan capital say insurgents have fired nine rockets into the city. the missiles landed across kabul, injuring two people. one landed in the diplomatic district close to western embassies and nato headquarters. australian police are saying they foiled a terrorist plot to attack an army base in sydney. four men were arrested in dawn raids across melbourne. they are said to have links to a somali militant group and their attention is raising concern that al qaeda supporters in africa are now seeking targets elsewhere. the bbc's n

. >> while it is on the iraq/iran border, they were there to be in iraqi kurdistan, they had absolutelyoing to iran. not in the all of our families received e-mails, have spoken with them, within a week of their travels. if they had even the slightest inclination or inkling that they might be going to iran, one of us would know about it. >> and, shannon, your brother, shane, was actually able to call a friend from his cell phone as they were being taken into custody. what did he say was happening? >> from what we know, basically, he was just saying that he was being taken, and to call the embassy to get more information. and i think that, again, shows how -- how responsible they are in being prepared, and like they were saying, we talked to them. i talked to shane thursday, the day before it happened. he e-mailed me. and talked about it. happy to have the cell phone on or they'd be gone and we'd have no idea. >> no idea. >> okay, so at least they -- they had that. so, that was -- >> and were able to flag people. >> otherwise they'd be gone and we wouldn't know. >> i don't have to tell y

important to remember that in 1991, after the uprising, after the uprising was crushed, iraqi forces went into kurdistan. there was a standoff. and then there was an accommodation, and there were joint patrols between the iraqi army and the kurdish in towns. it lasted a few months, and then the iraqis basically said, let the kurds stew in their own juice and then they drew back to what became the green line. these things are possible. they're not just long lasting. they're not a substitute for a political agreement. but it could lead to a political agreement by building confidence between the parties on the ground. so i think you very much want to promote that kind of mediation. i'm not saying we need an envoy or anything. i think there's enough people there already dealing with it in a fairly coordinated fashion. >> well, i'm afraid our time subpoena. i know there are a lot of questions. people can ask you afterwards so. thank you very much for coming. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> in a half-hour, the director of fact

last week she says he pitched a story on elections in iraqi kurdistan. that's apparently why he traveled to that section of iraq, before allegedly crossing over into iran with two others. >> i think this is a very experienced traveler. a backpack kind of traveler, not somebody who would go to the ritz-carlton, somebody who would go to the hostel, who would operate on a shoestring, as many freelancers do. >> reporter: she said bauer was known to be dating sarah shourd, also a berkeley graduate and freelance writer. writing on the website brave new traveler, she described herself as a teacher/activist/writer from california, currently based in the middle east. it said she loves fresh broksly and anyone who can change her mind. the three detained hiker, berkeley grad joshua fattal, also known for his love of travel and learning. >> fiercely intellectual. voracious reader, and josh and i would have conversations like no one else. >> reporter: the fourth hiker, shon meckfessel stayed behind in iraq. his grandmother says he was sick. three americans known for

i'm heading out the door and traveling to iraqi kurdistan. i want to get ideas for deeper stories. editor said he had no intentions of going into iran. >> my fear was that he would be mistaken or used as some innocent figure and becomes some sort of bargaining chip. >> reporter: that judgment will be up to an iranian regime which is currently facing widespread anti-government protests, which iranian leaders blame on the west, particularly the u.s. one government news service in iran has portrayed the americans as possible cia spies. iranian television is reported that the three americans are being interrogated by lal officials near where they were captured. swiss diplomats who represent u.s. interests in iran have been given no information on them. kate? >> jim sciutto. thanks so much. >>> police in australia say they have thwarted a major terrorist attack. authorities carried out 19 raids after a 7-month investigation. >>> in medical news, a possible link between high cholesterol and your risk for alzheimer's. researchers tracked thousands of men and women for four decades and fou

iraqi army operating together at checkpoints and going on patrols, so a is possible. it is very important to remember that in 1991 after the uprising was crushed, they went into kurdistan and then there was an accommodation. there were joint patrols in certain towns, but less than a few months. then the iraqis said let the kurds stew in their own juice. they're not long-lasting and not a substitute for political agreement, but they could lead to it by building confidence on the parties on the ground. we want to promote that kind of mediation. there are enough people there already dealing with it in a coordinated fashion. >> iam afraid our time is up. thank you so much for coming out. >> thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> we are taking live to the white house just of to the south lawn. we're expecting to hear from president obama. >> earlier today he met with tom-all, and -- he met with tom daschle. the president is expecting to make comments on the afghanistan election. the militant attacks claimed 26 lives, and the violence was expected to result in a voter turnout b

realize, for example, just past the last iraqi checkpoint, you are going past a kurdish checkpoint and you are in their territory, but not necessarily the kurdistan legion, which is so important to the iraqi constitution. so there is an arab-kurdish dynamic over the boundaries. that is one dimension of conflict, but there are two other dimensions that will play in the past year as this plays itself up. the second dimension is regional. i already mentioned that the regional state, the neighboring states, turkey, iran, and syria especially, do not want an independent kurdistan. they want kurdistan to be weak, but they also wanted to be stable, because they have no interest, especially turkey, in an unstable kurdistan on their southern border. they fear an unstable iraq, but they do not want it that stable that it might actually start to act on its aspirations to become independent. so they're playing a very difficult game of keeping kurdistan sort of stable but week. moreover, what the states also what is some of the resources. what excess oil and gas in iraq, but also in the disputed territories. the fact of the matter is, the more south and west

example, just past the last iraqi checkpoint, and you are passing a kurdish checkpoint, and you have clearly crossed into kurdish controlled territory, but not necessarily the kurdistanstill, according to the iraqi constitution, behind the original green line. there is this arab-kurdish then emmett over the boundaries and resources in the ground, and we have seen these unilateral steps. there are conflicts that will play out. the second conflict is the regional one. i already mentioned that the regional states, the neighboring states -- turkey, iran, syria, especially -- they do not want an independent kurdistan. they want kurdistan to be weak, but they also want it to be stable because they have no interest, especially turkey does not have an interest in an unstable kurdistan. they fear, in fact, an unstable iraq, and it would rather have an uncivil kurdistan on its border with the rest of iraq is going to be unstable, but they do not want to be that stable or that bribing and blossoming that it might actually start to act on its aspirations and become independent -- they do not want it to be that stable or that driving -- thriving. moreover, what the states also wa

iraqi officials identify them as sean maxwell, shane bower, and sara short. iranian security forces have arrested three americans in the west of the country. they've been detained for illegal entry from the kurdistan region. officials say the case is under investigation. >> reporter: an anonymous iraqi security official says the trio and a fourth traveler arrived in iraq from turkey on tuesday. on thursday, the three took a cab to the resort, and the self- ruled kurdish region, a popular hiking destination for tourist. they went on their hike friday. iranian tv says police warned the trio to be careful and not mistakenly cross the border. >> a security official said police had warned the americans not to cross the border. a senior american official says the u.s. embassy in baghdad is looking into the case. >> reporter: the state department is working with the swiss who represent u.s. interests in iran to confirm their capture. in new york, laura ingals, fox news. >> that area in northern iraq's kurdish region has been free of the violence that plagues the rest of iraq and has been relatively safe for foreigners. >>> also in iran, more than 100 iranian activists are on trial for protesting the pres

iraqi troupes. you have check points. we will move past the check points and you freely cross into territory. not necessarily the kurdistan region. the resources have grown and i've seen the un i lateral steps there are two dimension that's are twoing to play this year. the second dimension is a regional one. they do not want an independent kurdistan. they want it to be weak and stable. they have no interest. turkey does not have an interest and is not able. they fear they are a stable iraq. the rest of iraq is going to be unstable. they don't want to be that stable and blossoming that it might start to act on the situation to be independent. they play the difficult game of keeping kurdistan stable by weak. moreover what these states also want especially turkey is part of those resources. it is access to oil and gas inside the kurdistan region. if they do have oil and gas, the more south and southwest you go from the region into the territories. the better the quality of oil and the larger the quality of oil and gas. that's why we show you the third map. we'll put all of this together. >> we have a map that shows the regi

holderman, who will be discussing a report on tensions between kurdistan and the iraqi government.iraq and the kurds, trouble along the trigger line, came out last month and provides excellent analysis of what he believes the new territorial and political and economic fault lines are in iraq. on wednesday, august 19th, our pakistan study center is hosting a discussion about development challenges in pakistan with the former head of the university. i hope you can make those talks next week. please join me in welcoming dr. abdel moneim said. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you all for coming this afternoon. i have the most impossible mission here, to tell you what will happen or what is going on in the arab-israeli thing. most of the audience here has been in the business of arab-israeli peacemaking and warmaking in the past decades. always we have this kind of guess work about what is next. the key for answering this question, trying to answers this question, is to call the moment of what it is. after the end of the candidacy of the talks, in the summer of 2000 and what fol

he will be discussing the report about tensions between kurdistan and the iraqi government. his paper just cannot last month and it provides an excellent analysis of what he believes the new territorial all lines are in iraq. then on and wednesday, our pakistan study center is hosting a discussion with the former head of the university. i hope you can make those talks next week please join me in welcoming our speaker. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you all for coming this afternoon. i have the impossible mission of telling you what is going on. most of the audience has been in the business of the arab-israeli peacemaking in the past decades. but the key for answering this question or trying to answer this question lightly or wrongly, is to call the moment what it is. after the end of the camp david talks, in the summer of 2000 and then what followed with taliban negotiations, we have had violence which is a testimony of one of the lows of the arab- israeli conflict. if you do not make peace, you make war. we are enabled. the arab-israeli conflict never failed to be

they will be discussing a report recently authored about tensions between kurdistan and the iraqi governmentaq and the kurds, trouble along the trigger line. it just came out last month and provides analysis what he believes the new territorial and political and economic fault lines are in iraq. and wednesday august 19th, pakistan study center is hosting a discussion about development challenges in pakistan with the former head of the university. i hope you can make those talks next week. and now help me welcome dr. abdel moneim said. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you for you all coming this afternoon. i have the most impossible mission here to tell you what will happen or what is the madonna in the arab-israeli thing. most the audience here has been in the business of the arab-israeli peacemaking and war making and the past decades and all as we have this kind of guess work about what's next. but the key for answering this question were trying to answer this question rightly or wrongly is to call the moment of what it is. after the camp david talks in the summer of 2000, and then

iraqi desert. >>> we now know the name of one of three american hikers arrested in iran after crossing the border from iraq's kurdistan region. his name is joshua fattal and he lives in this house in elkins park, pennsylvania. iran's state-run media says the americans were arrested after they entered the country illegally. the state department says it is assisting the families of the americans. >>> and in canada one person was kill ed and as many as 76 other were injured when a stage collapsed during an outdoor concert in western alberta. a violent storm slammed into the area during last night's performance. the event organizer has canceled today's activities. all that and more ahead on "state of the union." >>> and right now, you're looking at a shot of the u.s. capitol in washington, d.c. that's a little humid, a little rainy on this summer morning. washington, d.c., always a little humid in the summer. and joining me in washington, here, chris cillizza of "the washington post," who writes the popular politics blog, the fix. time magazine national political correspondent, karen tumulty, and peter baker, white house

iraqi desert. >>> we now know the name of one of the three american hikers arrested in iran after crossing the border from iraq's kurdistan region. he is joshua fatal and lives in this park in pennsylvania. his mother told cnn the family is only concerned with fatal's welfare. iran's state-run media says the men were arrested after they entered the country illegally. >>> president obama's top economic adviser predicts 2010 will be a milestone year. this morning on "state of the union," christina romer said she's confident the administration's economic recovery plan will create or save millions of jobs, but she adds, any major unemployment turnaround requires robust economic growth, which she says is not expected until the end of 2009, at the earliest. that and more ahead on "state of the union." >>> hi, howie. >> hi, jessica. you know, "the washington post" has a video series called "mouthpiece theater," where they pontificate with pipes and smoking jackets, but went too far with a routine about beer suggestions for politicians after that suds summit at the white house, which they said hillary clinton should drink mad pit

people wandered across this border area before, and the iraqi tourist town the hikers started from, this is in the kurdistanrea, the southern part of the section. unlike the rest of the iraq, you can get travel packages into some of the area where they were, a travel expert told cbs. >> richard, thank you very much. we'll watch the story. >>> this is a scary situation, i think, for a lot of our viewers, that unemployment benefits are going to run out soon for a lot of people who cannot pay their bills, and the job market doesn't look like it's getting any better. so money expert jennifer westhoven is here. jen, those people, and there are a lot of them, going to get any more help? >> hold your thought there. we're having some mic issues. it's the gremlins in the system. >> are we all done? >> you look good. there you go. >> mine is on but it's just not working. some members of congress are really sounding the alarm that they're worried because there are a lot of people who are going to be running out of benefits, and chances of getting a job right now really tough out there. so they're talking about a 13-we

iraqi police official is claiming three americans held in iran have links to the cia. the two men and one woman were arrested last week after reportedly straying across the border from iraq's northern kurdistan region. swiss diplomats are trying to learn more about the arrests on behalf of the u.s. which has no direct diplomatic ties with iran. >>> the family of u.s. navy captain michael "scott" speicher wants to find out exactly how he died. the fighter pilot was hot down 18 years ago on the first day of the first iraq war and his remains were finally found last week by u.s. marines. the family wants to know if he was alive after he ejected from the plane. >>> a bomb killed at least ten people today in western afghanistan. the taliban has claimed responsibility and has said it was targeting the local police chief who was wounded. afghanistan has seen a surge in violence ahead of this month's presidential election. >>> in sudan, bloody clashes have left at least 160 people dead, most of them women and children. they were killed on sunday when heavily armed south sudan tribal fighters launched a raid on a rival ethnic group. >>> a five-hour pro ses woupd through the streets of manila today as

kurdistan is relatively peaceful. and it has beautiful, mountainous scenery. people do come. there are not many security guards on the iraqiide. there are a lot more on the iranian side, as they found out quite quickly. there are other tourists coming in. we sometimes see western tourists coming in. they go to famous spots like babylon and also around baghdad. they do come here. jane: let us know if anything breaks. thank you, david. jon: how is business in the country? pretty good. the dow is up about 73 points. we have heard good news about a recovery in the housing market. jenna lee has more from the fox business network. >> we are getting some mixed messages on the housing market recovery. it has pointed to all of us. housing remains central to the recession. also, it is the no. 1 investment for american families. we would like to see a housing recovery across all areas of the market. "the wall street journal" is reporting that we're seeing a recovery on the lower end rather than the upper hand. they are crediting the government programs for this terrif. the cash for clunkers program incentivizes us to go out and buy a

on a hike in iraq's northern kurdistan region reportedly to learn more about the middle east when according to iran's media they strayed across the border into iran. an iraqi is claiming the three are cia operatives and the state department is now involved. >>> meantime, iran's supreme leader formally approved mahmoud ahmadinejad as president for a second term of iran. despite continuing massive protests i cuesing the government of risking the vote. ahmadinejad is to be sworn in on wednesday. >>> the family of navy pilot michael scott speicher says learning the fate the their loved one 18 years after he disappeared has been difficult. speicher left behind a wife and two young children when he became the first american casualty of the gulf war. his plane was shot down and his remains were never found until last week when an iraqi led u.s. marines to where he had been buried. >>> the fate of a popular cash for clunkers program is now in the hands of the senate. the president wants to keep it running. last week the house approved another $2 billion to do so. cnbc's phil lebeau is at a ford dealership in lagrange, illinois. phil, i understand dealers are still

of that line is the kurdistan region as it was between 1991 and 2003 rngs to the south and west of it is the rest of iraq. this green line was the cease-fire line that came with iraqiops withdrew not succeeding, they withdrew. that was the green line. in 2003, kurdish forces crossed that green line into areas that they claimed were a majority kurdish. for this, we need to see a second map of territories.

kurdistan. asa kurd, continue the desire for a two-state solution isra real. if it comes to it, d.c. the czechoslovakia-type model for iraq? an amicable divorce? @@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [foreign language] >> the iraqionstitution has lined out the new iraqi state. the most important element of these elements is federalism. the constitution has given the right to regions and governments to run its own affairs within certain limits. but that does not mean exiting out of the overall iraq. and i think all parties, whether it is the kurdish party or other arab parties, have agreed to this principle and have agreed on -- to have iraq state as one unit -- to stay as one unit. kurds are a part and important part of iraq, and they have authorities given to them by the constitution. and they are themselves, and i heard it from their own leaders -- a firm on the unity of iraq and their part of iraq itself. and they do not wish to separate from iraq. >> i would like to take the last two questions together. >> the question of majority rule and minority rights is one of the principal problems of democracy. in the united states, we address it through judicial review. minority rights are not guaranteed through the