it took 20 years to do it for kim jong-il. can kim jong-il do that in a matter of far fewer years for his son. kim jong-il has diabetes. he has heart trouble. he has kidney dialysis. he's probably not going to last more than five years. what does that mean? it means should kim die over the next five years, there's no better than a 50/50 percent chance that regime can survive. there's a huge chance that regime could fall into implosion, explosion or civil war, anarchy type activity. this is absolutely something that the people that follow general miat are planning for right now. this means a lot of military involvement from both south korea and the united states. probably led by the south korean military with a lot of support from the united states and this is a very real possibility. and that is why the north korean regime process is the fourth threat that i rate. and i'll go ahead and wrap it up. that's the last chapter in my book and i'm happy to answer your questions. [applause] >> well, dr. bechtol, it's fascinating. fascin

s ban on luxury goods to kim jong-il's government. everyone in the free world knows there's no finer luxury than tap shoes. (laughter) yes, here in the decadent west we revel in the here is indulgence that is tap shoes. (laughter) in fact, i've got mine on right now. (cheers and applause) they're so abundant here in the land of plenty sometimes i even wear an extra one. (laughter) folks, you don't want to know what i've got that on. (laughter) you see, here in america it is all about the tap. where the roads are paveed with resonant hard wood and children are born wearing tiny top hats. what's the matter, dear leader? jealous of my luxuriousness? well, if you think you're jealous now, mister, hang on to your pompadour because tonight in their debut television experience i present america's new hot tap sensation. please welcome the kim bojang-ills. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: so, kim jong-il, renounce your weapons program because america may have lost the pursuit of happiness but we will never lose the pursu

kim jong-il figure this out very quickly. his father died in 1994 soon after the general briefed president carter. in 1995 there was a revolt in the sixth chord near the chinese border the entire core revolted and kim jong-il found out about it from the commanding general of the core. and his response was to send one of his best divisions and killed everybody in sight and most of the officer cadres and those who were not killed escape to china where they still exist and promoted the general who is now the chief of the generals staff and p'yongyang and so he figured out the first year of his leadership how to prevent malnutrition and health issues from hurting so just kill everybody who may be revolting against you. a pretty good plan. also to replace the legacy systems is at major issue for a fed dprk so north korea was heavily subsidized by the soviet union through 1990 the fourth generation the military equipment was summed mig-29s but nothing since 1990. since that time the south korean military has been building hour -- i

the sinking of a south korean naval vessel in march 2010 were initiated by north korean leader kim jong-il's heir-apparent and son kim jong-un. the south korean government is concerned that kim jong-un may ig interior china's warning and launch a new offensive to gear up for the succession of power. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton says the philippines can count on the united states for maritime defense support. there are concerns about growing tensions between southeast asian nations and china over territorial disputes in the south china sea. clinton spoke on thursday in washington following the meeting with philippine foreign secretary del rosario, whose remarks follow an incident in the south china sea in march. the fill peian government says chinese warships interfered with one of the country's exploration ships near some disputed islands. >> we certainly wish to do what we can to support the philippines in their desires for external support for maritime defense. >> clinton said the u.s. will aim to provide the philippines with affordable material and equipment. she argued the terr

. >>> north korean leader kim jong-il has introduced his son to a senior chinese party official visiting pyongyang. kim appears to be trug to assure support from his neighbor from the power succession. china's state-run tv said on monday met with the organization department lee chow. leeexpressed concern the north has been taking a more hard line stance with the south. kim said his country will more closely communicate with china and contribute with peace in the region. the tv program showed kim jong-un, the third son and heir-apparent participating in a reception held aft theeeting and ctting wit chise officials. li is expected to be prohoeted to join the politburo at the congress next year. the meeting between the likely future leaders of each country is seen as an attempt by the north to lay groundwork for the succession. >>> the south korean government says the north is completing a new missile base and cites concerns about fresh military provocations. defense minister told particle omt monday that north korea has almost finished the cite for long range missilesn the northwestern are

revolution in china make you have to ask is north korea next they might think so because though kim jong il is incredibly busy looking at things and trying out new lifts for a sous sometimes he finds time to issue important mandates to his dear subjects the dear leader has decided that all universities in the country will close until next april that's right because many overlords and yang are declaring the countries on the verge of achieving its goal of becoming a great and powerful nation by two thousand and twelve oh boy of course all kid needs a strong hand sell finish up some construction projects and a few able bodies in the factories after all north korea can't suffer a pesky student revolution without students right well we'll see how that effort goes alright and in orlando florida the group food not bombs which is working to raise awareness of how we have a gross misallocation of resources although they might not put it that way when it comes to our priorities spending money on the military versus spending money on taking care of people here at home they have escalated their campaig

>> we have not gotten a formal readout from chinese friends about the visit of kim jong il to china. we look forward to those discussions in coming weeks. our position remains the same. both privately and publicly we encourage china to make clear to north korea our expectations of what is necessary with respect to an important dialogue that needs to take place between north korea and south korea but also necessary steps that should take place before a resumption of six party talks. >> ladies and gentlemen, join me in thanking kurt campbell. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> today c-span2 will have live coverage of a house hearing on the transition to self government in iraq. the house foreign affairs subcommittee on the middle east and south asia will hear from state department and pentagon officials about the progress made in ending u.s. military presence in iraq. the hearing is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. eastern. >> sunday on in depth the balance between security and liberty. bill the difficulties of a climate change treaty and the limits of international law. your quest

are making great strides in finding non-combat solutions to find a deer with muammar gaddafi, and kim jong il refer to them in the situation room, two and a half of men. [laughter] >> look of little kim jong il. is he not cute? little, little man. [laughter] >> now, attorney general eric holder, at my direction, will be fighting alabama's controversial immigration bill, which is even more extreme than that of arizona's. it states police have probable cause to check anybody's immigration status is anybody is equal to or greater than that of john the cry very bitter -- john boehner's. you want to see my impression of john boehner? what do you think? i have been working on the four months. i do not know why that man cries so much. the spray cans are not cheap. $40. let me be clear. i am against any state in a hearing with federal immigration law. surely after arizona passed its bill, i received a letter that said "mr. president, i was born in this country. i get up early every day. i worked extremely hard. i come home to my wife and my kids, and still, the police stop me and question my intentio

i'm sure you know it's the third time that kim jong il has visited china. and i want to know how you are -- what's your take -- what your take is on china intensively trying to help north korea and how it might be hindering all of the efforts that you and your allies are trying to in terms of addressing the north korea nuclear issues. if you are planning to address this at the fn, then to china directly, when you say you are working with china with you, how are you trying to address this issue in particularly? thank you. >> first of all, we have not yet gotten a formal readout from chinese friends about the visit of kim jong il to china. we look forward to those discussions in the coming weeks. i think our position remains the same. we both privately and publicly encourage china to make clear to north korea our expectations of what's necessary with respect to both an important dialogue that needs to take place between north korea and south korea, but also the necessary steps that are necessary -- that should take place before the resumption of the six party

mahmoud ahmadinejad and kim jong il or as we refer to them in the situation room -- 2 and half men. [laughter] isn't he cute? a little man. now, attorney general eric holder at my direction will be fighting the alabama controversial immigration bill that is even more extreme than arizona. it states that the police have probable cause to check anyone's immigration status if their complexion is greater than or equal to that of the john "the crybaby" behner. do you want to see my impression of john boehner? [crying] what do you think? i have been working on that for months. i don't know why that man cries so much. let me be clear -- i am against any state interfering with federal immigration law. shortly after arizona passed its bill, i received a letter that said mr. president -- i was born in this country. i get up early every day. i worked extremely hard supported my wife and kids and still the police stop me in question my intentions. i don't think senator mccain should be treated that way. [laughter] or do i? i am proud of all that of listening to the attacks from my opponent and

kim jong il or silvio berlusconi.is more than 70 to 80% gray, leave it alone. bill clinton's hair looks fantastic now. he's nearly 100% gray. it looks perfect. >> reporter: other men who are doing white right? anderson cooper. actor john slatery. and george clooney. joe, on the other hand, wants to dye. after colorist lisa strapped him in, it was time for the chair. >> right now we're applying the gray blending hair color. >> reporter: joe, how are you feeling right now? >> excellent weather excellent. i feel myself being transformed. >> reporter: the voices of your buddies, are they going through your mind right now. >> they are. a lot of them are saying very insulting things. you know what? i don't mind. i'm a trend setter. i feel good about it. done? >> done. >> is it still gray? >> reporter: joe's moment of truth had arrived. are you ready for the mirror? >> i am. >> reporter: would he live to dye another day? >> wow. that is fantastic. 1994 all over again. >> reporter: do you think you look your age now? you're a

i'm sure you know it's the third time that kim jong il has visited china. and i want to know how you are -- what's your take -- what your take is on china intensively trying to help north korea and how it might be hindering all of the efforts that you and your allies are trying to in terms of addressing the north korea nuclear issues. if you are planning to address this at the fn, then to china directly, when you say you are working with china with you, how are you trying to address this issue in particularly? thank you. >> first of all, we have not yet gotten a formal readout from chinese friends about the visit of kim jong il to china. we look forward to those discussions in the coming weeks. i think our position remains the same. we both privately and publicly encourage china to make clear to north korea our expectations of what's necessary with respect to both an important dialogue that needs to take place between north korea and south korea, but also the necessary steps that are necessary -- that should take place before the resumption of the six party

sending resources to kim jong il is even worse, it's enabling the regime with ouven the world's worst human rights railroads. north korea played us like a fiddle for years and conditions have only worsened. it's time for a new north korean policy so let's start now and ask my colleagues to support this amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. kingston: mr. chairman, i rise to forward the amendment and i want to say we have had a very difficult time -- the chair: without objection, the gentleman voiced for five minutes. mr. kingston: help secure another quarter of the bill, we would work with you on this amendment and support it. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the

i believe kim jong il is an unpredictable leader and antagonize through the coercive diplomacy to protect his nuclear capability and there is a vitre rating economy is a food shortage, so i think he will continue the cycle of provocation and it's important for us to work closely with the republic of korea. the military to counter the provocations and in a responsible manner and to also meet in the relations in china and to work with the admiral as the commander to ss dhaka security posture and stance particularly on the peninsula. >> thanks to the three of you. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, senator lieberman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i first of all want to say that we are blessed and grateful to have the service of all three of you for the country and i want to thank your family is an old that served under you for what you have done, and we have a great confidence in all with your qualifications. i wanted to ask the vice admiral mcraven in your evidence policy questions, your asked what are the weaknesses and shortcomings in the current effort to combat terrorism in insurgency in

i believe kim jong il is an unpredictable leader and antagonize through the coercive diplomacy to protect his nuclear capability and there is a vitre rating economy is a food shortage, so i think he will continue the cycle of provocation and it's important for us to work closely with the republic of korea. the military to counter the provocations and in a responsible manner and to also meet in the relations in china and to work with the admiral as the commander to ss dhaka security posture and stance particularly on the peninsula. >> thanks to the three of you. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, senator lieberman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i first of all want to say that we are blessed and grateful to have the service of all three of you for the country and i want to thank your family is an old that served under you for what you have done, and we have a great confidence in all with your qualifications. i wanted to ask the vice admiral mcraven in your evidence policy questions, your asked what are the weaknesses and shortcomings in the current effort to combat terrorism in insurgency in