the longer-term implication, not so much with kim jong il. kim jong il has established a degree of legitimacy based on his pursuit of a nuclear program. if you look at the propaganda throughout the whole 1990's, and certainly the 2000's, based on we know we will have to sacrifice. we know we will not have all the necessities we need. we know we will not be an economic superpower. it is not being an economic superpower that will prevent as from the state of the country's. it will be a military capability. .. the regime in these economically donner conditions is transferable to kim jong il or any other successor. but most importantly, and this is where the hope if there is any, and i do have to believe that there is, for north korea to come to the same calculation, calculation, the same strategic calculation of its nuclear weapons capability that omar khaddafi did india, south africa did in abandoning its capability in order for north korea to come to the same strategic calculus, they're has to be a revaluation of priorities. they have to see t

he's one of kim jong bills. they planned this intimidating exercise with their firing shells up to a kilometer away from this and ordered to not only show us that they have this great art tillery capability but japan to bring up the issue of the northern limit line again. didn't take any casualties. the first is that it rocked were inspired up to 100 cells basically into the air and after that didn't do anything. so very interesting stuff. was this unusual to share what's happening so far? gas. is it unprecedented? now. next are they will try to do something else unusual to catch her attention. the point is connected to set up very well, dave. the north korean army conventional forces come in the nuclear forces is something they continue to work on to spend a very big amount of resources on in the capability that continues to evolve in order to threaten the south. that's their specific intent. i think it is something we should take seriously. great comments, thank you. >> thank you, dave. larry, do you want to c

the longer-term implications of the elite -- not so much for kim jong il.ink he has established a degree of legitimacy based on his pursuit of a nuclear program. the propaganda throughout the whole 1990's and the 2000's were based on the idea that they would have to sacrifice. they know we would not have the necessities they need. we know we will not be an economic superpower. that is not will be what prevents us from the state of the socialist bloc countries. it will be the nuclear capability. that was manifested and evidenced in the nuclear capability. that degree of legitimacy kim jong il jo, coupled with a strog security and intelligence apparatus with affected. control mechanisms, people have been willing to suffer through the arduous march and live with these circumstances under kim jong il. the question is whether that kind of sustainability of the regime in these economically dire conditions is transferable to any successor. most importantly, this is where the hope -- and i do have to believe that there is some. for north korea to come to the same c

he's one of kim jong bills. they planned this intimidating exercise with their firing shells up to a kilometer away from this and ordered to not only show us that they have this great art tillery capability but japan to bring up the issue of the northern limit line again. didn't take any casualties. the first is that it rocked were inspired up to 100 cells basically into the air and after that didn't do anything. so very interesting stuff. was this unusual to share what's happening so far? gas. is it unprecedented? now. next are they will try to do something else unusual to catch her attention. the point is connected to set up very well, dave. the north korean army conventional forces come in the nuclear forces is something they continue to work on to spend a very big amount of resources on in the capability that continues to evolve in order to threaten the south. that's their specific intent. i think it is something we should take seriously. great comments, thank you. >> thank you, dave. larry, do you want to c

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he was protesting human rights violations by the north and calling on north korean leader kim jong-il to step down. north korea says it is releasing park after taking his, quote, since sear repept answer of wrong wrong doings in to consideration. >>> the attorney for ten americans now charged with child abduction and criminal conspiracy in haiti says his clients are completely innocent. this morning they are behind bars where they are likely to remain for month and one church member is under scrutiny back home. correspondent bill whitaker reports. >> reporter: arriving for their court hearing, the ten americans appeared optimistic, their bags packed and ready to go. >> do you think you're going home? >> released, yeah. >>. >> reporter: but after two hours before the judge, the group surrounded by police pushed its way through a crush of cameras back to waiting vehicles and back to jail. they were charged with felony kidnapping of minors and criminal association, says their haitian taurn. the ten ban tis most from idaho have been in jail since they were arrested trying to cross the bor

robert park was carrying letters denouncing leader kim jong-il and asking for the closure of camps foritical prisoners. north korean officials say they are setting park free because of, quote, sincere repentance of his wrongdoing. >>> it's super bowl time. there's tickets available for the game. online ticket sales, the majority is being bought by people in louisiana, as opposed to indiana. here's j.w. stewart of espn news. >> good morning. i'm j.w. stewart with this espn news update. rebron and the cavs visit the heat. first quarter, heat throw the ball away. j.j. hickson makes them pay. throwing down on d. wade. hickson with 12. wade would get a measure of revenge here in the first. tagging and hitting. he had 24 points in the game. only six in the second half. second quarter, shaq comes up with the steal. gives it to danny greene. up top to lebron. he had 36. and the caves have won fenn in a row. >>> alexander ovechkin and the caps have won 11 in a row. meeting up with the rangers. 15 seconds left in the second, ovechkin. with one hand, he beats henrik lundqvist. worth another look.

ever for when i went to north korea obviously on purpose because i knew that if i met kim il -- kim jong-il, and they had said in fact, that we are a terrible evil country there be a pitcher with me with the evil leader so why should have on a picture of me with the american flag. i wear that by choice. in north korea come all of the people have to wear pins with the deer leaders picture on and check and a half used to do that so when you are forced to wear something like that i disapprove. i think what was during the campaign was wrong. political people should be allowed to wear what they want to wear and it is not a sign of patriotism with the where an american flag or not. i believe 512 bair one you should be able to and if you don't come you don't. it is only in authoritarian countries you are forced to wear an emblem of who you are. >> what do you think of all bosses policies of the predator drones and pakistan and afghanistan? >> is a very difficult issue because the question often is if you are trying to do what we're trying to do to get rid of terrorist what is the best method of do

and kim jong ii could care less about that, maybe he just wants the capability. the rest of the alito is saying where it is their future by? is this sustainable? particularly if the other six-party types remain firm in their position. and i would add to that tehran is watching. other potential proliferate there watching. the whole credibility of any post-cold war npt centric had the nonproliferation regime hinges on how well we handle this issue. other countries are watching a. so it's a multidimensional issue that sometimes week korea hands talk about anaheim third alliteration. there's a long rambling answer to a very simple question. i apologize for but that's basically how we saw some of the leadership dynamics play out over the past year. >> larry. a >> i just want to make a brief comment about what we've seen in the last month or so. with north korea appeared in three things that seem very different in north korea since the beginning of the year. i don't know what the future will hold, what effect these three developments will have, but the first of these i

the chinese were able to drag out the proceedings and give kim jong-il the opportunity to develop andest two nuclear weapons and perfect his long- range missiles. in other words, we allowed the chinese to give him the one thing he needed the most to make himself a real threat to the international community -- that this time. now, the chinese believe that they have succeeded with regard to north korea and are employing the same tactics with regards to iran. and yet washington continues to let the chinese leaders by the nose. we, in fact, witnessed washington giving china the right to determine american policy. we saw that this month. at the same time, china ruled out the possibility of sanctions on iran hillary clinton that despite three months that there was a december deadline, turned around this week and said there was no deadline after all. washington opened the door to much more talking to the mullahs in useless conversation at a time when iran is about one year away from developing their first nuclear device. china is showing the iranians and indeed the rest of the world that the

robert park was carrying letters denouncing leader kim jong-il and asking for the closure of camps holdingcere repentance of his wrongdoings" they've decided to set him free. >>> the ten american missionaries accused of trying to smuggle 33 children out of haiti fully expected to be back in the u.s. this morning. instead they are behind bars indefinitely charged with kidnapping and conspiracy. david wright reports from port-au-prince. >> reporter: they arrived at the courthouse smiling, crammed into two police vehicles. in the back of one their backpacks and other personal effects. you have your bags, do you think you're going home? >> we expect we will be released today, mouths the group's leader laura sillsby. one by one the police escorted them in. the missionaries unrepentant. >> thank the god we will be done, we will be released. >> reporter: the courthouse grounds serve as a tent camp for people made homeless by the quake. their plight just part of the backdrop. these people are americans, says this man. the whole world wants to know what will happen to the americans. when the missio

robert park was detained after reportedly crossing into north korea to bring the country's leader kim jong-ils." park's father talked to journalists in san diego and said his family has heard the news and they're happy, but they're still waiting for confirmation that their son indeed has been freed. >>> a wisconsin college student has filed a class action lawsuit against the company that owns free credit report.com. you probably know their catchy commercials, but the complaint alleges they're not exactly clear and it's not exactly free. the plaintiff said she signed up to get her "free" report but was unflowingly enrolled in a service. price tag for that? 15 buckses a month. >>> with the democrats' supermajority in the senate history, president obama's message to congress is, hurry up and wait on health care. the president telling lawmakers "we should take our time finalizing a health care reform bill." he says he wants to go through the legislation in detail with republicans, democrats and health care experts to see if there are better ways to improve the system. suzanne malveaux is followin

don't know what they're doing is that they serve as a great money laundering program for folks like kim jong-il for dictatorship. , the u.n. development program. anyone remembers the name mark brown he got this one into the shape now is. last year the u.n. pp executive board in, it's immediate supervisor in a government body was chaired by anyone knows of this one? iran. [laughter] which has now finished that term is now chairing the a conference in geneva said don't worry. that's the kind of got less the u.s. has to channel any policy to the u.n., plus there is the unaccountable permanent prc which has gone out across the globe and there is no way to actually police. their solution in america you'll hear a lot of the council on foreign relations of which i am a member. you've got to know these things. and is that america wields great clouds behind the scenes but it's difficult in that we actually have this end at the u.n., we pay more than any other country does and the air base and everything else so we can pull the strings when we need to and make concessions when we don't. actually america

south korean president li wanted to meet with kim jong-il this year. you have any comment on this i guess on the north/south relations? >> we strongly support president lee and the clear path that he set forward to achieve peace and stability on the korean peninsula. we have great confidence in our relationship and close consultations. and whatever form of engagement the south korean government will do we will do it in close cooperation and we will do it in the framework we've all agreed on. if north korea wants to make meaningful progress it's going to need to return to the six-party talks. and this strong sense of shared approach is something that i think has characterized our relationships from the first days of our administration. and so we would be very supportive of the measures that president lee takes because we know we're pursuing a shared goal. >> thank you. the gentleman all the way in the back. >> thanks. sam king from voice of america. i want to ask you about china's role in six party talks. how satisfied are you on china's current effort

party talks which began in 2003. ñrçqçthe chinese were able tog out the proceedings and give kim t(jongd the most to make himself a real threat to the international community. that is time. the chinese now believe that they have succeeded with regard to north korea and they are imploring -- employing the same tactics with iran and washington continues to let the chinese lead us by the nose. we witnessed washington giving china the right to determine american policies. we saw that this month. at the same time, china ruled out the possibility of sanctions against iran. hillary clinton said that insisting there was a december deadline for iran, she turned around and said that there is no deadline after all. it was humiliating and it opened the door to muchç more talkingo mullahs at a time when iran is about one year away from developing their first nuclear device. china is showing the iranians and the rest of the world that the u.s. cannot accomplish foreign policy objectives. washington is allowing two rogues to stabilize their regions. having demonstrated that we are ineffectual, who is

the chinese were able to drag out the proceedings and give kim jong il the opportunity to test his missilesn other words, we allowed the chinese to give kim the one thing he needed to make themselves a threat to the international community, that is time. now the chinese have succeeded with regard to north korea are employing the same tactics with regard to iran. washington continues to let the chinese lead us by the nose. we in fact witnessed washington giving china the right to determine american policy. and we saw that this month. at same time, china ruled out the possibility of sanctions on iran, hillary clinton said that despite three months of insists that there was a december deadline for iran, then turned this week and said, oh, no, there's no deadline after all. washington's climb down was indeed humiliated. and it opened the doors to months more of talking in useless conversations at a time when iran is about nine months with perhaps a year, away from developing their first nuclear device. so china is showing the iranians, and indeed the rest of the world that the united states can