he gets to be able to reid read kim jong il's -- read kim jong il's physical health, whether kim jong il really is the man in charge, really calling the shots. that is a great aid, experts say, to relations with north korea. shepard: thanks. the case of north korea disturbingly similar to a situation in iran. another country with which the united states has at very best a difficult relationship. iran's state-run television is now reporting that officials detaped three americans and are questioning all three. iran claims they were arrested while crossing the border i am legally. the americans were hiking in a self-ruled kurdish region in iraq. they are joshua fattal, an environmentalist, shane bauer, a freelance journalist and photographer, and sarah, a writer and teacher, they were all said to be there seeking adventure. iranian television accuses the west is using this case as propaganda and says that the united states officials are trying to determine if the americans are spies, actually determine -- having iranian officials determine whether they are spies. the state department exp

he talked to kim jong-il. some kind of direction or statement president clinton may be able to come back with, like they want to talk directly to us and not go through the six-party talks or they would accept the visit by a special envoy. we have one, steven boss worth, coming to north korea. it could be any kind of messages like that. i don't believe they will negotiate reduction notice nuclear of arsenal in north korea, the pyongyang reactor, those thank is for negotiators. since they haven't been talking at all, since a the relationship has been frozen and hostile, any kind of future movement. that bill clinton can bring back and say we are ready to talk from the north koreans is a good step and so that's the added benefit besides the lease of the two journalists which is a great benefit to the country and to their families. >> do you have any sense why they didn't want the former vice president, al gore to go? there was a lot of talk about a month ago that al gore was going to be going over there and havin

kim jong-il is the winner of this thing in asia. notice the south korean hostages did not come out and neither did the japanese hostages. >> a desperate attempt to find something negative here. i call him president clinton, not bubba. the idea surfaced in many conversations between north korea and the state department. basically, this is about saving face for the north korean regime. we've done it before. bill richardson has been over there freeing an american that was held captive. it may be acken ice breaker. maybe it will lead to a thawing in relations, maybe not. the president got important intelligence, i assume, picked up some sense of the health of this regime. both personally and the rest of it, intelligence that we wouldn't have had otherwise. there's nothing lost in this. >> i'll tell what you's lost. >> it's noise too see president clinton get a boost off the beating he took last year in connection with his wife's campaign. >> first ever all, in terms of stage craft this was pure clintonian brilliance. i'll tell what you

that was very important to kim jong il. he wanted a high-level american to come and ask for the release of these women. it allows him to say to the north korean people, look how important i am, look how important a country we are. and critics of this mission say it simply sets a bad precedence, just as they believe jimmy carter's visit in 1994 set a bad precedents, saying that there is a reward, however minimal, for bad behavior, shep. shepard: what else does the u.s. get out of this? >> what the u.s. gets out of this, according to all the experts i've spoken with today, is the priceless information that president clinton can bring back about kim jong il. he sat in the room with the north korean leader. he can tell the obama administration now about kim jong il's physical health, about his mental abilities. was he the man calling the shots? in other words, is he still the man in charge of north korea? and that will be vital information in what is still going to be obviously a very difficult relationship as we move forward.

president bill clinton and north korea's kim jung il. and reports say two jailed american journalists have now been freed. australian police believe they followed a major terror plot. four suspects are accused of links to somali islammists. protests in sudan. a woman goes on trial accused of dressing indecently in public. she wore trousers in a restaurant. very warm welcome to bbc world news. broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. coming up later for you, what kind of policing do you call this? a new human rights report says too many of india's police are abuse and failing at their jobs. >> parts of india have been modernizing past. the police force is still antiquated, ill-equipped and underresourced and under real pressure to fight crime. that's why some offices are cutting corners. >> and it's the people's photo shoot. why one of britain's top celebrity snappers is turning his camera on a thousand members of the public. >> hello to you. right now north korea's state news agency is reporting the country's le

make an assessment of the strength of kim jong-il.ake an assessment of the body language that's being used, signals being sent that don't necessarily involve verbalization or some written document but comes back with intelligence saying we think that there are some real opportunities here. we see the north koreans make a gesture. they were the ones who wanted to make this deal come about. they wanted president clinton to give them high visibility for their own purposes. and the obama administration wants to make sure they had enough separation between the person they were sending over and the administration so that its critics could not claim that for negotiating the release of these two people we had compromised our very strong position of no negotiating with the north koreans under the circumstances. sanctions are coming. they're going to be intensified unless we see some turnaround on the part of the north koreans. >> no appearance of a quid pro quo there. >> right. >> mr. secretary, thanks for joining us. we'd love it if you would

at the meeting place, bill clinton resphectsfully delivered barack obama's message to kim jung il. >> mr. clinton is the first high-level american to meet kim sing the north korean leader reportedly had a stroke last august, providing the dictator was a badly needed propaganda victory, according to former u.n. ambassador john bolton. >> obviously bringing a former president to north korea is a lifeline of legitimacy for kim jung il's regime and other owing states are watching this very -- other rogue states are watching this carefully to our detriment. bringing in somebody like president clinton who was deeply involved in dealing with north korea on its nuclear weapons program during his presidency hopelessly confuses those issues and gives kim jong il a leg up at a time when the regime is under a lot of pressure. laura ling and union that lee were working for al gore's current t.v. when they were taken in march and sentenced to 20 years hard labor. kim jung il ordered the two women pardoned during bill clinton's visit after his wife, the secretary of state, asked for amnesty. >> the

he met with kim jong-il. this, obviously, was probably worked out in advance. >> i was just going to say. >> the trip was. the trip definitely was. it was planned according to a source that we have that is intimately associated with these plans to try to free the journalists. the trip was worked out in advance. you would have to say that right now this has happened so quickly that there is no way this could happen simply in a few hours. >> we have heard from laura ling's family as well as euna lee. since we have been following this story for the better part of the last month. as i noted moments ago, the last interview that laura ling did was with me here just on the eve of her being detained by the north koreans. what we don't know, because there has been a complete news vacuum on this, is what -- where have they been? where were they staying? what is their present condition? now, we add to that, when will they actually be released? will the former president be flying back to the united states with both of th

anne, russell, kim, always like talking to you guys. hopefully we'll talk again soon. >>> coming up, the so-called white house beer summit. what did we learn from it? we know -- there's the picture. president obama, vice president biden, professor gates, sergeant crowley, they get together. frank conversation. two men are going to get together again. has it been a good thing for this to unfold before the nation's eyes. we want to hear from you. the number, 1-877-tell-hln. >>> and right now we'd like to let you know about this week's cnn hero, brad blosser. >>> this is cnn heroes. >> disabled children, they're really the forgotten ones in this war. they're in the backgrounds, often not seen in society. i came to iraq as a civilian contractor. there were a lot of children that either dragged themselves on the ground or had to be carried. there were so many kids out there with a need, and so many people wanting to reach out and touch the lives of these kids. in 30 days, we had 31 pediatric wheelchairs that had hit ground. my name is brad b

predent bill clton andorth korea's kim jong-il. reportsay two jaile amican joualists have been freed. australian policeelief they have foileda major terrost pl. fouruspects acce of links with somali extremist. >> a won goes ontrial accused of dressing indi ently. she wore trours in a restaunt. welcome to "bbc world news broadcast to our viewers on pbs in ameri and around the gle. coming up late whatind of policingo you call this? a new human rights report says too many of india place are abusive and filing at thei job. hollywood actss takes send moo on e rd. >> cinema is for everybody and everhere. we are knowing how few opportunits there are for people realize how incredibly wise cinema is. >> hello. a secretive come nist ate with nucar ambitis which has be playing fast and lse th the rest of the wld. today they have been pying ho to bilclinton, the most senior visitor in a dade. he metnorth korean leader, kim jong-il and secured a rdon for the journalist aested. we have this report from waington. >> bill inton arrived in north ko

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bush who said this is a propaganda coup for kim jong-il. to have bill clinton there, to say this got bill clinton there. bill clint kim jong-il and the state-run news agency said they had exhausted takes on a whole range of issues, this is about a private issue, this is not about the nuclear issue that the united states has with north korea. and clearly, kim jing ill ong-i going to use this as a propaganda tool. what i'm curious about is how much intelligence we can glean through former president clinton as well as some of the other officials. we will learn about that dictatorship, that reclusive regime, because in the past couple of years, they have developed enough plutonium for about half a dozen nuclear weapons. >> we'll see what happens, thank you very much for your insight and reporting as well. we also are getting reaction from a number of people we heard from treasury secretary ray lewis, but we also have with us pennsylvania governor ed rendel with us to talk about an interesting senatorial race. governor can you respond to it? >>

president bill clinton and north korea's kim jong-il. reports say two jailed american journalists have been freed. australian police belief they have foiled a major terrorist plot. four suspects accuse of links with somali extremist. >> a woman goes on trial accused of dressing indies ently. she wore trousers in a restaurant. welcome to "bbc world news." broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. coming up later, what kind of policing do you call this? a new human rights report says too many of india's place are abusive and failing at their job. a hollywood actress takes send moo on the road. >> cinema is for everybody and everywhere. we are knowing how few opportunities there are for people to realize how incredibly wise cinema is. >> hello. a secretive come nist state with nuclear ambitions which has been playing fast and loose with the rest of the world. today they have been playing host to bill clinton, the most senior visitor in a decade. he met north korean leader, kim jong-il and secured a pardon for the jour

our correspondent looks back at kim dae-jung. >> this was the defining moment of kim dae-jung's remarkableolitical journey -- the injured-kirby and summit in 2000 -- injured-kirby and summit in 2000. -- inter-korean summit. kim dae-jung survived several assassination attempts. his election as south korean president in 1997 marked the first democratic transfer of power to an opposition party in the country's history. in office, he transcended national politics, achieving world wide acclaim and the no -- nobel peace prize for brokering peace with neighboring north korea. he became the architect of what became known as the "sunshine policy." this evening's newspapers reporting his death say it all -- the former president leaves a giant footprints. this headline reads that. ed recently, his reputation became somewhat tarnished by allegations his historic summit meeting in pyongyang took place only because of secret payments made to the north korean regime of up to half a billion u.s. dollars. today, with worsening relations with north korea at's military threat, the sunshine policy is no more.

president bill clinton secures their freedom from north korea during a high-stakes meeting with kim jong il. five harrowing months in captivity and a sentence of 12 years of hard labor are now behind them. >>> plus michael jackson exclusive, his manager reveals for the first time how he told the children about their father's death, how they reacted, and how they're going to make it without him next on "larry king live." >>> good evening, the words two families and a nation have been waiting to hear, president clinton has safely left north korea with laura ling and euna lee. they are now on route to los angeles. there you see them at the airport in north korea where laura and euna will be united with their families. that's them boarding the plane long flight to l.a., arrive in l.a. tomorrow morning. joining us, three outstanding journalists. in new york, dan rather, the anchor and managing editor of "dan rather reports," the author of "meltdown," a former cnn senior asia correspondent, he's been to north korea 14 times, and in washington, jill dougherty, cnn's veteran foreign affairs corr

ere's been a lot speculation out kim jog-il's alth, about his state of mind, but his capacity aa leade and w bill clinton has met with him, had extensive talks, can and c give us a much better sense than we have before of ho kim jo-il is doing. >> and that benefits us in what way,s we moveforwa? >> well, we didn't know whether kim jong-il was rely in charge, or if he w passing on his adership someone else now it seems thate is in control and hs the have to deal with and the regime itself i under his comman and we're going to have to deal with this regime fo theime being. >> who'sourt is the ball in no >> there are a couple of things that will be going on. we can assume. first, there will be negotiatns behind the scenes between obama adnistration official and north koreans about where o from here. and north korea will expect some sort o-- an offer fromhe uned states down the road about what it will expect for north korea to come back to negoations. >> and ii'm south korea, if i'm japa how do i view allof this? >> wh some concern. south koreans and sme japanese have their own issue which

lay it out for us, kim. what are we talking about here? how much footage do they have of those final rehearsals of michael jackson over the last weeks, months? >> they have a lot. enough to make a film out of it. people will be widely anticipating this film. look at that little minute snippet that keep playing, that we've been playing for the past two weeks. it's garnered a lot of interest. he looks great. i think just the curiosity factor, even if you weren't going to go see his concert, even if you weren't a big fan, just to see what he was like in the weeks leading up to his death. there's been all this dispute about whether he was ready to do it. did he really want to do these 50 performances. the curiosity about it. this is his last final performance. enormous interest. >> if they make this a movie, it would be number one at the box office with the interest in the story and to see in full the final rehearsals of michael jackson. yeah, $2 billion might be correct here. anne, russell, kim, always like talking to you guys. what did we le

that kim jong-il's in charge that he's a tough leader that they have the capacity to produce a nuclear weapon to test their missiles. and that they have to be taken seriously. and now kim jong-il is ready to make concession and make this magnanimous gesture of releasing the two american journalists. >> what does north korea expect to get out of this? i know you described it's a good pr campaign. i guess what i'm asking is, is the photo opportunity with president bill clinton unto itself worth letting those journalists go? >> well the importance of a photo-op with former president bill clinton should not be underestimated. it's very important for kim jong-il's for his image domestically that he brought this visit to pyongyang to meet with him and to show around the world. but we can assume that north korea expects something beyond that. that they are sending a signal that they may be ready to come into negotiations again with the u.s. and move forward and improving relations. >> mr. clinton comes home with a wealth of information. i mean, the sit-down with the president in north korea t

it's very important for kim j g jong-il's image domestically that he brought this visit to pyongyang to meet with him and to show around the world. but we can assume that north korea expects something beyond that. that they are sending a signal that they may be ready to come into negotiations again with the u.s. and move forward and improving relations. >> mr. clinton comes home with a wealth of information. i mean, the sit-down with the president in north korea tells us a great deal about him, doesn't it? >> yes, it does. there's been a lot of speculation about kim jong-il's health, about his state of mind, but his capacity as a leader. and now bill clinton has met with him, had extensive talks, can and can give us a much better sense than we have before of how kim jong-il is doing. >> and that benefits us in what way, as we move forward? >> well, we didn't know whether kim jong-il was really in charge, or if he was passing on his leadership to someone else. now it seems that he is in control and he's thee have to deal with and the regime itself is under his command and we're going

there are rumors that he may have met kim kim jong-il's third son who is reported to be the heir in waiting. >> all right. we will talk to you about that. we want to update you on what you are seeing right now. live pictures from the bob hope international airport in california. the steps have been rolled up to the door of the charter plane that has brought back former president clinton and the journalist laura ling and euna lee and the doors are now opening and we see other family members going up. the plane is now inside the hangar and here we have the first pictures of the journalists coming out, euna lee and laura ling. there they are. 140 days in captivity. there's euna lee greeting her husband and her daughter hanna. that's her husband and then laura ling reuniting with her loved one there as well as family members. her mother said she just wanted to give her a big hug and off to the right you see her sister the journalist lisa ling and there's her father greeting her right now. we still have not seen former president clinton emerge. i believe he's finally giving the journalist their

so tonight, kim jong-il might be getting the special attention that he has long been seeking. brian. >> how much talk of this korean mission was there on the mission you are there to cover, the secretary of state's trip, or coordination, or knowledge she had with the travels of her husband? >> clearly there was a lot of coordination. but there is complete deniability. they're trying to keep it separate. they're trying to say she was not involved. they're trying to say the white house was not involved. the whole story will come out. my understanding is it was negotiated at the highest levels of the state department and then al gore made the request to bill clinton when they realized that the north koreans were sending the signal it would work out. >> andrea mitchell again who tonight is in kenya covering the trip of secretary of state clinton, we're talking here tonight about of course, former president clinton's motion to north korea. andrea, thanks. >>> here at home, we learned more today about this coming flu season. specifically this. it will take three shots, three separat

official meeting with kim jong-il in many, many years. so an opportunity to size him up. >> absolutely. >>> let's move on to health care. the president is meeting, as we speak, having lunch with some of his friends over in the senate. the senate democrats have come over. how's he doing? do you think this is the kind of lunch where you would expect the president to say, get on board, get behind my agenda, or is this a fence mending? >> part of the problem is that they are operating -- the inside and the outside game at this point are somewhat in conflict for the administration. to try to keep the process moving forward in both chambers, which is very difficult, it really is like grinding through mud. they are trying to give the democrats in both chambers maximum flexibility to develop a plan, to have differences between the plan, to do whatever it takes to keep the ball rolling forward, to get to the conference. but the cost of that savannah, the cost of allowing that flexibility is they don't have a single message they can take to the pub

with kim jong ill in the presence of his principle pal advisor. it was very significant that kim jong ill brought him out of the woodwork. he had not heard from for a long time and it's giving the impression that the hard liners were in complete control of north korea. kim jong-il brought him into the discussions, i think that a lot of substantive issues must have been explored, they had a dinner afterwards in which there were conversations, all this will feed continue the policy discussions in washington, and i think we're going to be in for a lot of internal differences over this issue in washington. >> because, as you say, there had been a debate within the administration, right, about whether to treat this as just about the release of the two women or to try to use it to expand -- >> and since it was bill clinton's baby, he was determined to make this a broader issue, broader thing. of course, i don't think he will go -- i'd be surprised if e went into the public domain with a lot of his own ideas about this before the administration has had a

but it was the most genuine smile in the world with kim jong il. he couldn't have been happier than to have bill clinton, who he's been obsessed with over the years and thinks is so fabulous. bill clinton couldn't smile in that. john: because you would be accused of appeasement? >> they are already. john: and madeline albright had been accused of being too friendly in her meeting. >> yes. all those pictures come back to haunt you. this may come back in another way because it's risky john: that plays into the argument others argue that this rewards bad behavior. what do you think that of argument? what does it mean in this debate? >> first of all, they weren't hostages. they were pawns in this whole game. so i think rewarding bad behavior, they can get accused of that if things go badly which is one principle -- principal reason they want to separate this and keep saying it's a private mission. if the north koreans start behaving badly again which they usually do, then they'll have things to talk about but i think one of the things the administratio

this helps us but it also gives kim jong-il a huge prize.se photo-ops are going to be a big issue for kim jong-il and he's going to want to show some positive moves on his side for getting this prize. >> and does this, you mentioned, does it indeed fit into efforts to restart talks about north korean nukes? >> i think it steadies the situation. we've seen just a very quick spiral downward. and i think bill clinton not only secured the release of these two journalists but more importantly, he saw the importance -- or we've seen the importance of directly engaging kim jong-il. when you engage his minions, you get all sorts of frustration and you get filtered out. if you're able to directly deal with kim jong-il in a way, you're able to move it forward. and i have a sense that we don't know for sure, that there's no way that nuclear issues weren't part of the discussion between kim jong-il and bill clinton. >> and briefly, did he also engage the heir apparent, considering that eventuality? >> i'm sure he met just about everyone. i'm sure we're

kim into international talks? the u.s. is giving nothing away, but there is a sense of expectation in washington. >> there are channels to begin a possible dialogue. this is certainly a humanitarian event, but it has implications, it has ripples, if you will, in other areas of policy. >> kim jong-il has been dogged by illness. tonight, he looks a little stronger and more in control. but the pressure of new u.n. sanctions and, i am told, fresh pressure from china may be forcing him to be engaged with the united states. at this moment, it may be more than a human story. north korea may be ready to make another attempt at coming in from the cold. bbc news. , washington. >> the journalists have been welcomed by the secretary of state hillary clinton. she is in kenya where she strongly criticized the government's failure to prosecute those responsible for the violence that followed the 2007 election. officials in northwestern pakistan say the wife of a taliban leader has been killed in a suspected american missile attack. i dro

laura ling and euna lee were released by north korean dictator kim jong il. the pardon was announced just hours after former president bill clinton arrived in p'yongyang. the journalists are both employees of the cable television station current, which is owned by former vice president al gore, and they were charged with illegally entering north korea and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for their crime, but now, the ordeal is over, and the journalists are on routed back to the u.s. aboard president clinton's airplane. -- they are en route back to the united states. thanks for being with us. nobody is unhappy here that these journalists were released korea we are all happy about it. we have got to ask one question though -- these journalists were released. we are all happy about it. i cannot see that the president would go if the deal was not arranged ahead of time. >> yes. i have two questions. one, how did they get there in the first place? how did they get there? whose idea was it to send these young women into north korea? and i do not understand it al

let's go back to the roads with kim -- 6:01. kim brown. >> thank you. traffic is looking good on 95 southbound between whitemarsh boulevard and the 695 split. however, you can expect to see the ramp closed on 95 northbound to riverside parkway because of a crash there. also in pasadena, bedford road at clover hill road closed because of downed power lines. geneva is an alternate. in elkton, route 7 at cresswell avenue closed because of flooding. this is going to be the jfx at northern parkway. no problems to let you know about there. as we check also at the outer loop, this is 695 at liberty road, a little building volume but traffic is flowing freely at this time. >>> 6:01. backyard picnics. auto stores, parked cars and got to stop. >> you mentioned crime scenes where people have been stabbed and shot and today a rally will be held to try and stop it now. sherrie johnson tells us about this effort. >>> today people are joining together to take back their streets. community members will hold a rally in west baltimore, the site of one of the latest acts

we begin with kim. welcoming you back. congratulations and tell us relief in the air. >> a baby step today but today in the 90s. great to have you with us. it is tuesday morning, just s.cot to turn 9:01 in a couple e moge vit ofngsecos. get moving aheck nd rehe c a onckon the weather. thatte urmperestsesouide mu y.r ougg rather esare errgu are waking uo 81. quantico 75. 74 annapolis. hello, southern xentve. r ri 75 patuxent in western maryland. you can see how those thunderstorms fired up across pennsylvania, ohio and west virginia today. that's is a front that is moving here today. we will likely see them in the heat of the day this afternoon. get the errands done early. today a step to 93 with moderate air quality, everybody. my seven-day forecast is a few minutes away. angie has the tuesday drive. good morning. >> good morning. hello, washington. wake up. get up and at it. we are ready to get this terrific tuesday started beginning with 95 and the bw parkway. so far a little congestion approaching 32 but overall okay to

thank you very much. >>> here's weather kim.ast. >>> i hate these forecasts every day a threat of rain but that's what happens in the summer. it is called di rex rnal heating. -- diernal heating. a threat of a few showers later this afternoon. 80s instead of 90s. feels good and we will get the 90s back next week. quick update. if you go to my facebook fan page and i feel like a dork saying that i'm asking for suggestions on what i should do with my wedding dress. >> i have a great one. >> i know you do. >> the "early show" is next. jessica, what do we have? >> we are looking at a higher open this morning but we are focused on it later today and the decision on interest rates. >> and on the "early show" the late on health care reform tour and more on the death of special olympics founder eunice kennedy shriver. >>> and the project to widen 270 is causing controversy in montgomery county and we are whipping up burgers the kitchen at 10:00 9:00. >> until then go to wusa9.com and you can check out all of our blogs on that site, as w

jamie and megan, back to you. >>> kim it is a busy morning. in the news this morning, a memorial service will be held to remember senator ted kennedy. his body is at the john f. kennedy presidential library and more than 20,000 people have already filed past the casket to pay respects. the lawmaker's funeral will be held tomorrow in the working class mission hill neighborhood. president barack obama will deliver the eulogy and then he'll be flown for burial at arlington national cemetery. he died of brain cancer in hyannis port, massachusetts on tuesday night. he was 77. >>> a shrtless man terrorized a bus load of students in atlanta. police say he went right through the bus window after being caught on surveillance video at a nearby convenience store. he took the wheel from the driver then left it without the driver as it went off the road down a steep hill. students jumped out of the emergency exit of the back of the bus as it rolled down the hill. the man lost his pants trying to run from bystanders trying to stop him from getting away. the

kim dae-jung survived several assassinatn attempts. election as south korn president in 1997 marked the first democric transfer of por to an opposition party in e country's history. in office, he transcended national politics, achieving rld wide acclaim and the no -- nobepeace pze f brokering peace with ighboring nort korea. he became the architect of what became known as the "sunshine licy." this evenin's newspapers porting his death say it all -- theormer president leaves a giant otprints. this headline reads that. ed recently, his reputation became somewhat tarnished by alletions his historicummit meeting in pyongyang took place onlyecause of secret paymes made to the north korn regime of up to half a billion u.s. dollars. today, with worseningelations with nrth korea at's miliry threat,the sunshine policy is noore. kim dae-jung's viewpoint is ing challengedy conrvative administtion that question e wisdom ounlimited engagement with e old enemy. a few weeks ago,he former present gave me a bust defense of his legacy. >> some people sa

of the -- al sharpton, ceo of bring the noise east link, chuck dee and executive director of bet.com kim osario. earl graves opened the evening challenging the audience. he implored people to be accountable for their actions and urged a change in the ills that have gripped black america for decades. >> enough is enough. i'm speaking, of course, of the increasingly pervasive ghetto culture that's overtaken our youth, our language, our traditions and our values. this discussion tonight isn't going to be about the role of art in society or free speech, or whether the "n" word is acceptable or what hip-hop can teach us. that ship has sailed. the damage has been done. the issue before us is what are we going to do about it. so let's start talking about solutions. enough is enough. thank you. [ applause ] . . >>> if i might, i have a question for the ud yens. if the you'll indulge me and please follow along, how many of you by a show of hands feel like you've seen enough of what mr. graves has talked about? show your hands, please. how many of you believe enough is enough? if, in fact, you do,

kim is paving the way to work. >>> but first these stories. towson catholic try one more time to stay open. time is running out. >>> and more about those who lost their lives in last week's helicopter crash. >>> and new details from pittsburgh where a gunman kills women working out at a health club. that and more leading up to "good morning america" at 7:00. >>> now the weather with justin. >>> 6:44. i want to start with rock hall on the eastern shore, they are reporting sticky 77 degrees on the thermometer. just about everybody else on this side of the bay, within a few degrees of 70. south south perry hall and westminster. 73 reisterstown and glen burnie. it doesn't feel that great outside. we should normally be 87, we'll be close today. 104 and a little heat wave this time in 1930. 72 degrees currently in baltimore. not going to get up to record territory though it will feel rather sticky. we've only had a handful of days reaching around 90 degrees and we'll get close today as well. a little patchy fog around the region, notice the haze in

kim jong il is a man of great political vanity. if that is all they got that is a signal to the iranians that they will not get much from holding the three americans. if, however, there was some exchange that could embold en te irani irani iranians. shepard: are they likely to want a similar high-level visit to release the three hikers? we don't have a way to know the answers but what is the thinking? >> the thinking is that, no, a high-level visit is not something the iranians would want. the opposite. both ahmadinejad and supreme leader are much less political ly vain than kim jong il and if anything they don't want to be seen sitting next to western leaders at all. they want to portray a hard line stance. something more concrete they want rather than a photo opportunity. shepard: jonathan, this has happened in the past and has been resolved relatively quietly. likely to happen again? >> it has happened in the past and was resolved relatively quietly. most recently with the american journalist who was held for a while and then su

>> i'm not marrying kim brown. >> i like pringle. pringle carlin. >> we'll see. >> we're voting on rob pringle. >> that i like. >> she's going to send us pictures of the wedding. we'll put them on, on monday. >> i'll call you monday before we leave for the honeymoon. >> sorry we can't make it. >> call us on the honeymoon, will you? >> not going to happen. see you later. this is more than my easy button. it's my "save-so-much-on- his-graphing-calculator... look. i made it say "booger." ...i-can-get-him-a- math-tutor" button. (announcer) staples equals savings on everything for back to school. staples. that was easy. it's my "save-so-much-on- his-graphing-calculator... look. i made it say "booger." ...i-can-get-him-a- math-tutor" button. (announcer) staples equals savings on everything for back to school. staples. that was easy. good. ( laughs ) ( gasps ) do you hear that sound? they're popping! - really?! listen. - ( laughs ) ahhhhh... mmm. where'd the sound go? even when they've stopped popping, is it in your tummy? they haven't stop

kim, thank you. anita, thank you as well. >>> coming up, new revelations as two air traffic controllers suspended linked to that horrific mid-air collision above the hudson river. we're finding out one guy was on the phone. his supervisor nowhere to be found. so are they to blame for the crash? >>> welcome back. we have new video of that fatal crash over the hudson river saturday. two aircrafts collided mid-air. here it is. amateur video here. here it is. amateur video here. you see the helicopter the left side of the screen. the plane is going to come in right there. clipped the copter wing it looks like. that was originally shown -- again, it was a tourist camera. shown on nbc news. the sightseeing helicopter in slow motion as you see the plane come in from the left side. everyone on board passed away. we know that. now two new jersey air controllers have been suspended. reports that one was actually on the phone with his girlfriend. his supervisor wandered off, wasn't even in the tower. we'll take

pictures of kim jong-il are poured over by analysts in the united states.ery wrinkle in any photograph that comes out. trying to figure out what his health is like. he was very ill, he had a stroke, how is he looking? is he skinny? is he heavy, what is happening? now to see the former president of the united states right next to him, it's quite extraordinary to see that and it will be very interesting for former president clinton and the people who are with him to give their impressions, eventually, of how kim jong-il looked. this is all very important because right now added to everything else that is going on, there is a succession crisis, some people would call or at least the progression from kim jong-il to his son, to his young son and all of this is creating this kind of instability in the situation. this is highly significant. and also i think, heidi, it is significant because it's happening very quickly. after all, president clinton just arrived not too long ago and already he is meeting with kim jong-il. that just doesn't happen by accident. >> i t

interestingly enough, the picture, too, with president clinton and kim jong il, kim jong il, a huge smileclinton, not so much. peter: i bet there are huge smiles on a couple young women faces at 5:50 pacific time in burbank, california, as the plane has touched down, now beginning to taxi on the runway to a hanger where reporters will be standing by and there will be remarks apparently made by the president. we don't know if ms. ling and ms. lee will be speaking to the crowd. probably several dig any -- dignitaries. there is nothing better when americans that have been captured returns home to american soil. that's something we can be very, very pleased and proud of. steve: yeah. peter: and the fact that a former president, whether it's president clinton or former president like president bush who's been involved in different missions on behalf of this country that they would get involved, that they would put their prestige on the line -- steve: sure. peter: is a testament to our form of democracy. gretchen: i think it's an amazing story between the two clintons as well. never in history

clinton arrived in north korea tuesday with -- for a surprise meeting with kim jong- il. his mission to free the two journalists, giving jail sentence for illegally crossing the border if which china, was a success with north korean state media confirming the two met women have been granted a special pardon. the white house insisted that this was a private mission by mr. clinton but it was thought that months of groundwork must lay the path to a meeting of minds between slavs a country seriously at odds with each other. it hasn't been a visit to p'yongyang by such a high- profile american in years. it is set -- thought the pardon came directly from the north korean leader. it remains to be seen whether this mission will do anything to open the doors to any further breakthrough in relations with north korea appeared the country's nuclear program frightens not only the asian region but the entire world. the united states, russia, and china, have all been unable to persuade p'yongyang to give up their nuclear ambitions. but kim jong-il is thought to be in bad health. he may

kim martucci is back. welcome kim weather person. >> mrs, i got that done. great to be back but boy i got married in the weather in the 70s most of the time. and now we're back. i am happy to tell you we will y. be t breaking cordres datodo we did ity.es yat ayat s grdeee cumberland 73 and it is already 84 e thnosatellite and dar loop shows clouds are building toward cumberland where it is cooler in the low 70s. you folks will see widely scattered showers out here first. the storms have to come over the mountains and sometimes they tend to dry out as they hit the shenandoah valley. i still think you have a shot of getting wet later this afternoon and certainly along the 95 corridor for the drive home. i'm targeting the storms here. probably by 3:00. so between now and then try to get those arounds done in outside. temperatures 90 to 95. tonight we will have showers and thunderstorms. probably diminishing as you head to bed, angie. good morning. >>> good morning, kim. some better news. just a minute ago all lanes are blocked on the inner loop. things have cha

let's go back to the roads, kim will ride to you work. >> i'll do my best. outer loop of the beltway, west side, no problems to let you know about between liberty road and route 70. same on the east side, traffic running all clear between whitemarsh boulevard and loch raven boulevard at this time. and nottingham, the crash at bel air road and cotington has been cleared from the scene. also route 279 at bell hill road, southbound lanes remain blocked as crews repair that utility work there. in the city, westbound northern parkway at falls road, right lane closed, only the left lane gets by as crews do road repair from yesterday's watermain break. the eastbound lanes on northern parkway get by without problems. southbound, fort mchenry tunnel toll plaza, getting words of a disabled vehicle, it's actually a medical call that has one toll lane blocked at this time. this is the jfx at northern parkway. traffic is flowing freely in both directions now. back to you. >>> 6:01. a place to throw earphones on and try to get away from it all, to relieve stress, to make

. >>> 6:00, let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> good morning. traffic is flowing very nicely on southbound 795 as you make your way towards the beltway, no problems or delays at this time. however, if you're traveling downtown keep in mind that right lane remains blocked at north charles street at west eager street because of a gas main. and cecil county, route 1 and 273, expect downed trees in the area. use caution and there's probably a detour there as well. in howard county, reports of a crash in jessup, route 1 at route 175. use caution there. this is the jfx at north avenue. we have not a lot of traffic there but things are flowing freely at this time. as we check the mdot camera, 695 at the bw parkway, a little increased volume on the southbound side in the far side of the shot there but no problems at this time to let you know about. back to you. >>> 6:01. a tip to police on july 15th led us to this. two people from middle river arrested for child pornography. >> if you have a child you need to listen to this report. police want your help

kim served as south korea's president from the year of 1998 up until 2003.e won the nobel peace prize for his efforts in trying to bring peace with north korea. including an historic summit with north korean leader kim jong il, in 2000. >>> scotland's justice secretary will make an announcement by the end of next week on the fate of a libyan convicted in the lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people. the man is convicted in the bombing in 2001 and sentenced to 27 years in prison behe has terminal prostate cancer. libya asked he get out on compassality grounds to see his family before he dies. >>> if you're carrying money, bank notes, you're carrying drugs. there's a new study that shows that traces of cocaine taint up to 90% of paper money in the u.s. this is a lot more than what was found in previous studies. baltimore specifically has larger phrases of cocaine -- traces of cocaine than many other cities. scientists have known for years that paper money can become contaminated occurring drug deals and -- during drug use and through snorting cocaine with rol

kim's mouth is on the floor.