and north korean media has shown footage of the country's leader kim jong il with is son kim jong un documentary shows them visiting different parts of north korea including factories and a power plant kim jong un is expected to succeed his father as the next leader of the communist state. and west african leaders say ivory coast's incumbent president . has agreed to further talks to end the country's post-election crisis he promised to lift the blockade around the headquarters of his rival worked out to be an internationally recognized as the new president african leaders have threatened military action. does not step down. while questions surrounding the effects of a mission to mars only humans may soon be answered as russian scientists turn to the original space explorers for help they have enlisted animals to aid humanity's quest for more distant from tears as artie's tabatha now reports the rodents are set to break records. it's fifty years since the first human went to space it's counted as one of our greatest achievements but as some scientists point out we shouldn't forget th

and north korean media have shown a footage of the country's leader kim jong il with his son kim jong un the documentary shows them visiting different parts of north korea including factories and a power plant kim jong un is expected to succeed his father as the next leader of the communist state while questions surrounding the effects of a mission to mars on humans may soon be answered as russian scientists turn to the original space explorers for help they've been listed animals to aid humanity's quest for more distant from tears as artie's tom barton reports the rodents are set to break records. it's fifty years since the first human went to space it's counted as one of our greatest achievements but as some scientists point out we shouldn't forget the role of the first space pioneers for working with the animals live shorter lives than humans their metabolism is different so we can extrapolate data from animal experience to the conditions of man splayed into outer space. here the into two to biomedical problems in moscow these rodents are hoping solve space riddles being in orbit c

il and -- that kim jong il would undoubtedly prefer the public option. [laughter] >> this is something the president should be able to handle along with domestic affairs. i think all of us as citizens have an obligation as well to insist on it -- to say to our candidates and leaders that we want to know more on how you plan to address the challenges we are going to face in the rest of the world, because no matter how strong our economy is here, if we are not facing those challenges adequately, long-term the future of the united states remains in jeopardy. if i do not think that has happened enough in the past two years. i think it is very important for congress and others to raise it on the list of priorities going forward, and i hope all of you here today will help out in that effort. thank you very much. [applause] >> and, as i said, i would be delighted to answer questions about what ever i have covered, where the huge arena of subjects i did not cover in the interest of time. i do not know if you have microphones. perhaps you do. perhaps you could id

china's state counselor traveled to north korea last month and met the country's leader, kim jong il. >>> foreign capital has been pouring into china since the united states announced further monetary easing last fall. money is flowing into inland chi china as well as shanghai and other coastal cities. but the investment boom is raising concerns about inflation. >> reporter: subways, shopping malls, and other real estate projects are under construction in the city of xian in china's's inland province of xanxi. xan xiong owns a real estate company in xian. he launched his business eight years ago. the firm has grown rapidly thanks to china's property boom. last year the company posted $300 million in sales, a 30% increase from the previous year. >> reporter: chang is confident his business will keep expanding. >> translator: the real estate boom will continue for another decade. everybody in the sector will benefit from the rapid growth just by sticking around. >> reporter: however, the lives of chinese people are being hard hit by the influx of foreign capital. prices of daily goods a

in north korea, 100,000 people attended a rall in i for kim jong il and they have sent out messages ofonciliation mixed with threats. >>> 200 towns and villages near moscow are without power. freezing rain, strong winds and heavy snow damaged power lines. residents complained that emergency workers demanded money to hook up the power. and -- the police had to accompany the crews. >>> this new year federal rules about light bulbs are in effect here in california. the rules require standard incandescent light bulbs to be more energy efficient so a standard 100-watt bulb uses 20% less newsroom and consumers will save about $35 million in all. >>> the environmental protection agency is facing a lawsuit from the oil industry. today the national petro chemical and refiner associatioasked a federal appeals court to strike down a mandate that adds 50% more ethanol to blends. the epa says a congressional mandate cannot be met without higher blends >>> a hearing is scheduled for tomorrow in los angeles to determine whether michael jackson's doctor should stand trial for the pop singer's death. h

in north korea, 100,000 people attended a rall in i for kim jong il and they have sent out messages ofonciliation mixed with threats. >>> 200 towns and villages near moscow are without power. freezing rain, strong winds and heavy snow damaged power lines. residents complained that emergency workers demanded money to hook up the power. and -- the police had to accompany the crews. >>> this new year federal rules about light bulbs are in effect here in california. the rules require standard incandescent light bulbs to be more energy efficient so a standard 100-watt bulb uses 20% less newsroom and consumers will save about $35 million in all. >>> the environmental protection agency is facing a lawsuit from the oil industry. today the national petro chemical and refiner association asked a federal appeals court to strike down a mandate that adds 50% more ethanol to blends. the epa says a congressional mandate cannot be met without higher blends >>> a hearing is scheduled for tomorrow in los angeles to determine whether michael jackson's doctor should stand trial for the pop singer's death.

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family and friends tell him the regime is touting the latest attacks as the work of the ailing leader kim jong il's son, his designated successor the virtually unknown. the other motive is what he calls north korea's pending economic catastrophe which makes them desperate for aid. >> if the north koreans starve to death there was no one for the north korean to rule. he is promising white rice and beef to the people. how is he going avoid that? the only way for the regime's survival now is to show willingness to come back to the table. >> warner: the pattern has worked before. north korean attacks or threats followed by offers of talks and aid from south korea. >> it takes two to tango. >> warner: seoul and washington were complicit in this pattern says the former foreign minister, by rewarding instead of punishing the north's bad behavior. >> north korea had some reason to believe that they can play them for a fool. but now i think they have to think twice about it. >> warner: complicating the picture especially for the u.s., north korea's head long pursuit of nuclear weapons. six nation talks

but the attack on the island made it clear to me that north korea's kim jong il is a bad person. and it's not just myself; many students have been affected by the attack. >> reporter: in the days after the yeonpeong attack, the south korean defense minister resigned and president lee myun bak announced tough new rules of military engagement. it was a reaction to the fright, and anger, most koreans expressed at the threat and what they saw as a weak, ineffective military response. >> ( translated ): i'd like to humbly accept those criticisms. >> reporter: chang gwang-il is the deputy defense minister for policy. what would you say to the south korean public if they are worried about whether their military could protect them and is willing to protect them? >> ( translated ): when we face threats we will take the opportunity to become more resolute and we'll make sure that north korea learns a painful lesson that all provocation will be exacting a very comparable or exceeding costs of that. >> reporter: chang notes an unintended benefit of the attack-- a doubling of volunteers for t

and, if the chinese don't do what they need to do, which is tell kim jong-il, lookout, the chinese are going to get pulled into deeper water than the chinese want to be. i can understand that the chinese want to keep a buffer state and don't want to see the collapse of the north korean regime but neither do they want to see a situation where kim jong-il tries again because he thinks there is no response after the sinking of the cheonan or the shelling of the islands. so he tries again but this time they -- a humiliated -- response in this time you have a chaotic situation. if china isn't going to do what it is going to do this and they message to north korea then at least be glad that the u.s., south korea and japan are working together to try to send that message. even better would be for china to join in. >> bruce cain. and the executive director here. i read somewhere recently that china controlled 95% of the production of rare earth elements that are used in our modern technology, and that they are wrister ting i guess the export of its. so the question i have is, how do we get int

that is not true for kim jong un. while there is a period of risk there for south korea, japan, and the united states, it is also a period of opportunity. net regime in north korea is very fragile. it could come down easily. we ought to be talking to china to avoid problems if that happens because i think if there was real and stability in north korea, we and the south would go in to try to secure the nuclear weapons and restrict refugee flows. we do not want to stumble into something as a result of not having communicated. i do not think there is much evidence that we are in serious discussion with the chinese on that. this is further evidence of lack of attention to some of the issues and challenges that we face. >> a quick question of the defense forum foundation program to try to get information past the government to the people. do you think it is an effective way to spread radio-free types of information into that country? >> i take it is very important to do that. what we have learned from defectors in north ko

il and -- that kim jong il would undoubtedly prefer the public option. [laughter] >> this is something the president should be able to handle along with domestic affairs. i think all of us as citizens have an obligation as well to insist on it -- to say to our candidates and leaders that we want to know more on how you plan to address the challenges we are going to face in the rest of the world, because no matter how strong our economy is here, if we are not facing those challenges adequately, long-term the future of the united states remains in jeopardy. if i do not think that has happened enough in the past two years. i think it is very important for congress and others to raise it on the list of priorities going forward, and i hope all of you here today will help out in that effort. thank you very much. [applause] >> and, as i said, i would be delighted to answer questions about what ever i have covered, where the huge arena of subjects i did not cover in the interest of time. i do not know if you have microphones. perhaps you do. perhaps you could id

restructure our domestic health care system or not, although i do like to say that ahmadinejad and kim jong il were undoubtedly for the public auction. -- option. [laughter] this question of our national security is something a president should be able to handle along with domestic affairs. he should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. all of us as citizens have an obligation as well to insist on it, to say to our leaders that we want to know more about how you plan to address the challenges we are going to address in the rest of the world. no matter how strong our economy is here, if we are not facing the challenges adequately, the long-term future of the united states remains in jeopardy. i do not think that has happened enough in the past two years. it is important for congress and others to raise it on the list of priorities going forward. i hope all of you here today will help out in that effort. thank you very much. [applause] as i said, i will be delighted to answer questions about whatever i have covered were this year's array of subjects i did not cover in the interest o