. -- lead to a denuclearized korean peninsula. conditioned on their willingness to give up nuclear weapons, and they have not yet agreed to do that. greta: how will that happen? the u.n. just upped it again. they have been sanctioned and sanctioned and sanctioned. they're people think we are about to invade them at any seconds, and their government hates us, as well. how can we ever get them to do something? nothing has worked so far. >> greta, i think there is a difference. in the last few months, we have had such a unanimity on the part of china, russia, others, and we of all border together and pass a very tough sanctions -- and we have all work together and passed very tough sanctions. there are people whose lives will be directly impacted because they are part of the north korean weapons, the north korean supply chain, and china is very clear in its condemnation of what north korea has done,ç which is different n degree than it has been in the past, and i have had many çconversations with my chinese counterpart and other ch

korean village but is actually a sparsely populated mirrage. >>reporter: the comic elements shouldn't detract from the very real concerns that north korea's actions evoke outside the peninsula. >>miyagawa: we are only 850 kilometers away from the north korean coast, quite well intimidated by the uncertainty of their attempts. >>reporter: south koreans may be used to pyongyang's threats. the same can't be said of foreigners thinking of doing business here. >>chul: it has many economic ramifications and whenever we speak to foreign financial institutions and foreign investors, large foreign multinational firms whether they are interested in coming to korea, invest in korea then they always raise this question and they are very much concerned about the belligerent posture taken by north korea. >>reporter: south korea's economy is not as heavily dependent on foreign investment as many of its neighbors. >>: its homegrown industrial powerhouses are now world leaders in sectors such as lcd and semi-conductormaking, shipbuilding and auto making. >>: but it remains heavily dependent on exports and has been hit hard by the global slump...though nowhere near as badly as during the 199

. >>> a tense situation on the north korean peninsula is getting worse.he north test fired seven missiles yesterday. south korea said the missiles flew about 250 miles, which means they have enough range to hit any where in south korea. meanwhile, a north korea ship carrying illegal weapons appears to be heading back to the north territory waters. the ship, was believed to be running guns when it turned back last week. on its present course it will be internorth korea waterers monday. >>> protests may have died down but iran is still torn from the election. and several reports now say the election was unfair. and the sue peer leader ayatollah says he still supports president ahmadinejad. more than 1,000 people were arrested and that includes a greek journalist released today. >>> fortunater secretary of state colin powell says that president obama's agenda is too expensive. he says he worries the president is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offered some advice. >> one of the challenges that president obama has now is he has should

and we are committed verifiable denuclearization of the korean peninsula -- peninsula in a peaceful manner our correspondent is on the line. a very undiplomatic words. i suppose it says a lot about relations. >> an awkward moment, actually before the press conference when there was a delay -- back-to- back news conferences were planned in the same room at the same time for a much from the two sides, north korea and hillary clinton and it made for quite an all or clash of schedules and a moment. i think that says it all, the words that have been exchanged here have been strong. you heard some of the comments that she made. north korea has no friends left, hillary clinton said, and this whole idea of exchanging the views. hillary clinton said she had meetings with the other members of the group that had been involved in trying to sort things out, the six-party talks. they seem to have -- in what she said in a press conference -- come together with a strong view. of course, north korea has not sent their foreign minister to this meeting in thailand. they sent a lower-level ambassador instead

. >>> a tense situation on the korean peninsula is getting worse this weekend. korea says it could impose merciless punishment on any country that provokes it. they have range to hit anywhere in south korea. a north korean ship allegedly carrying illegal weapons is heading back to north korean waters. on its present course the ship will enter north korean waters on monday. >>> in 1990 washington, d.c. mayor marion barry was arrested and vaul served jail time for smoking crack. now barry is a washington, d.c. city councilman and he's had another run in with the law. púpú >>> former secretary of state colin powell says president obama's agenda may be too ambitious and too expensive. on cnn powell said he worries the president is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offered some advice. >> i think one of the challenges that president obama has now is he's got so many things on the table and these are issues that the american people find important, health care and so many other issues. i think one of the cautions that has to be given to the presid

in the korean peninsula, they are in pursuit of nuclear weapons. and all of these cases as you see more proliferation of nuclear weapons, the possibility of not only these actors targeting populations with nuclear weapons, but the possibility that those weapons will fall into the hands of non hist actors poses and extraordinary threat to both russia and united states. i am pleased and the progress that we have made so far. the fact that we have a joint threat assessment in terms of what ballistic missile capabilities and nuclear weapons pose to our country's. we will be conducting a review of that and making assessments of the four ways that the u.s. and russia can cooperate more effectively. we are continuing to pursue the cooperation that already exist between russia and the u.s.. structuring a new, reinvigorated, non- proliferation without having the capacity to weapon is that nuclear capacity will be very important. we have suggested a global nuclear security summit that we intend to host next year. eidos -- i discussed with the president the p

henry kissinger goes on the record about the dangers crisis on the korean peninsula. what are we doing? first, sarah palin is not just making headlines. today, she is writing them. she wrote an op-ed piece in the "washington post" calling the washington energy plan an enormous threat to our government. mike huckabee joins us. governor, tell me, but when you are governor, do you seem somewhat shackled in terms of what you can say and do? is this an act of liberation by gov. palin? >> i never felt compelled to hold things to myself when i was governor. clearly, the piece that she did outlines a very peace a policy that america should be talking about. capt. trade is really cap and tax and president obama has declared war on american energy resources. that doesn't make sense. we have about two on the 67 billion tons owe have a signifif coal that we can use in our own country >> could she have done this when sh greta: she has given notice. why didn't she do this earlier? >> she could of spoken out on this issue any time. she did speak on these frequently. anwar is another

in the korean peninsula we've seen north korea flout its own commitments and international obligations in pursuit of nuclear weapons. and in all of these cases as you see more proliferation of nuclear weapons, the possibilities of not only state actors targeting populations with nuclear weapons, but the possibility that those nuclear weapons could fall in the hands of nonstate actors, extremist organizations causes an extraordinary threat to both russia and the united states. so i'm pleased on the progress we've made so far. i think the fact that we've got a joint threat assessment in terms of what ballistic missile capabilities and nuclear weapons could pose to our countries that we will be conducting a review of that and making assessments to find ways that the united states and russia can cooperate more effectively. that is going to be very important. i think continuing to pursue the cooperation that always exists between russia and the united states on loose nuclear materials and making sure those are secure, that's going to be very important. structuring a new reinvigorated nonpro

a summit in thailand, secretary clinton said washington will pursue every avenue to rid the korean peninsula of a nuclear threat. >>> hundreds of people attenned -- attended a vigil for bowe bergdahl. the soldier captured by the taliban in afghanistan. president obama said the military is doing everything it can to find the missing sollier. >>> police and federal agents are looking through documents they retrieved from the clinic of michael jackson's doctor. doctor murray's attorney says they are seeking evidence of manslaughter. they raided his houston office on wednesday and took documents and a computer hard drive but no drugs. >>> the journalism world prepares to bid farewell to a legend. >>> and a dunk that became an instant basketball legend is unveiled for the world to see. >>> it is humid this morning. showers on live doppler hd and could be an active afternoon. full details coming up when 9 news now returns. >>> welcome back. it is a live look at the capitol building. we say good morning to howard. a muggy day out there. still very dry month. i just blogged how detroit has been for

there is no see naming them but it's quite obvious that on the situation in the middle , on the korean peninsula depend e climate throughout the glob it's our common, joint sponsibility and we should make o utmost prevent a negative threat there and we are ready to do that. our negotiations with president obamaave demonstrated th we share the same attitude towas this problem. >> well, i think president meedev sd it well. this is an urgent issuend one which the united states an russia have to take leadership. it is very difficult fors to exert that leadership unless we deal with our own nuclear ing to stockpiles in a more rational way anthat is why this st-start agreement is so important and i'm hopeful that we can rece ouruclear arsenals bas muc as a trd an hopefully,can move even beyondhat in subsequent agreements and treies. the critical issue that president medvedev identified is the fact that we areing a pace of potential proliferation that proliferation that we have not seen in quite some time. and he mentioned twopefic areas. the middle east, the is deep concern about iran's pursuit of nuc

. >> we must continue our clip ration to achieve the denukization of the korean peninsula and make it clear to north korea that the path to security and respect can be traveled if they meet their obligations. and that is why we must also be united in preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. >> president obama says while there are no illusions that the u.s. and china will agree on every issue, they are hoping for more cooperation on important areas critical to the world. >>> it is the call that started a firestorm. >>> i noticed two suitcases. i'm not sure if these are two individuals who actually work there -- i mean who thrif will. >> that -- live there. >> that call sparking a controversy between a harvard professor, a veteran offic. what's missing. >>> a former idol contestant hit and killed. tonight a major break in the case. >>> put down that cell phone and listen up. definitive proof on just how dangerous it is to text and drive. we'll be right back. try the w subway big chipotle cheesesteak. an updated all-time favorite: juicy steak layered with zesty ipotle sauce, melt

their behavior, and we have to get back to moving toward verifiable denuclearization of the korean peninsulan a peaceful manner. now as you know, and as you've reported, they've engaged in a lot of provocative action in the last month. we still want north korea to come back to the negotiating table, to be part of an international effort that will lead to denuclearization. but we're not going to reward them for doing what they said they would do in 2005 and 2006. we're not going to reward them for half-measures. they now know what we in the world community expect. >> you can get the re-air of "meet the press" at 2:00 p.m. right here on msnbc. >>> now to a new report on the president's $1 trillion health care plan. the congressional budget office says a white house proposal that was expected to generate savings will probably do little to reduce health care costs over the next ten years. very good sunday morning to you, mike. how big a setback is this for the democrats? >> just one thing after another for the president's health care initiative and the democrats are leading the charge trying to

and we have to get back to moving toward verifiable denuclearization of the korean peninsula in a peaceful manner. as you know and as you've reported, they've engaged in a lot of provocative actions in the last month, but what we, china, russia, south korea, japan and literally the unanimous international community have said is, it's not going to work this time. we're imposing the most stringent sanctions we ever have. we have great cooperation from the world community, china and we are working closely together to enforce these sanctions. we still want north korea to come back to the negotiating table, to be part of an international effort that will lead to denuclearization, but we're not going to reward them for doing what they said they would do in 2005 and '6, we're not going to reward them for half measures. they now know what we in the world community expect. >> but it's interesting, if the posture of this administration was more engagement, even negotiations with our adversaries, it struck me this week that this was a ratcheting up of the rhetoric against north korea. >> well, we wan

north koreans said in the meeting today that they have been subjectedto clear weapons on the korean peninsula aimed at them, that ha't happened fo dedes. so i think they are living in a historical time period thadoesn't reflectoday's alities. >> lehrer: iturn, north korea charged clinton has made "lgar remarks" that "ggest that she isy no means intelligent". ce president biden assured officials in t republic of georgia today the u.s. wil continue to sta by their countr he made the edge toward the d of his 2-day visit. it came nearly a year aft gegia's war with neighboring ruia. mr. biden address the georgian paiament. he tried to allafears about u.sefforts to improve relations with moscow. >> ladieand gentlemen, i know that some a concerned and i uerstand i that our effortsto reset relations with russia will come at the expeeof georgia. let me be car. they have nt. they will not, and they cannot. >> lehrer: in moow a russian govement spokesman accused georgia of rearming. he said russia will take "concrete measure to prevent that >> lehrer:nd still to come on the newshouronight: racial profil

north koreans said in the meeting today that they have been subjected to nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula aimed at them, that hasn't happened for decades. so i think they are living in a historical time period that doesn't reflect today's realities. >> lehrer: in turn, north korea charged clinton has made "vulgar remarks" that "suggest that she is by no means intelligent". vice president biden assured officials in the republic of georgia today the u.s. will continue to stand by their country. he made the pledge toward the end of his 2-day visit. it came nearly a year after georgia's war with neighboring russia. mr. biden addressed the georgian parliament. he tried to allay fears about u.s. efforts to improve relations with moscow. >> ladies and gentlemen, i know that some are concerned and i understand it, that our efforts to reset relations with russia will come at the expense of georgia. let me be clear. they have not. they will not, and they cannot. >> lehrer: in moscow a russian government spokesman accused georgia of rearming. he said russia will take "concrete measures" to prevent t

in the korean peninsula, we have already seen in north korea flout its own commitments in pursuit of nuclear weapons. in all of these cases, as you see more proliferation of nuclear weapons, the possibility is not only of state actors targeting populations with nuclear weapons, but the possibility that those nuclear weapons could fall in the hands of non-state actors, extremist organizations, poses an extreme threat to both russia and the united states. i am pleased on the progress that we have made so far. i think the fact that we have a joint threat assessment in terms of what ballistic missile capabilities and nuclear- weapons could pose to our country's, that we will be conducting a review on that and making assessments to find ways that the unit states and russia can cooperate more effectively, that is going to be very important. pursuing the cooperation that already exists between russia and the u.s. on loose nuclear materials and making sure those are secure, i think that will be very important. structuring a new, reinvigorated, a tree that applies a set of rules to all countr

it is clear to everybody that depending on the situation in the middle east, the korean peninsula, the overall climate and the overall situation on this planet depends on. it is our shared responsibility that this is something we have to do extremely thoroughly. the russian federation is prepared to do that. based on our conversation today, based on negotiations with president obama, the u.s. seems to want to be engaged in the effort as well. >> i think president medvedev said it well. this is an urgent issue. it is one in which the united states and russia have to take leadership. it is very difficult for us to exert that leadership unless we are showing ourselves willing to deal with our own nuclear stockpiles in a more rational way, and that is why this agreement is so important. i am hopeful that we can reduce our nuclear arsenals by as much as one-third and hopefully can move even beyond that in subsequent agreements and treaties. the critical issue that president medvedev identified is the fact that we are seeing a pace of potential proliferation that we have not seen in quite so

to change their behavior and to agree to denuclearize north korea which would mean the entire korean peninsulaet any signal that there would be a serious commitment to doing that. >> secretary clinton and her aides say that they have not received any signals that north korea is ready to do that and when they say they are looking for signals, they do not just want talk. they want them to take irreversible steps to start dismantling their nuclear program. jon: 8. big trip. india for four days. what is your estimate? >> the final session of some important agreements with indians -- they were able to emphasize the time. i have never seen it as it is now. schedules are not going out until midnight the night before and we are expected to gather at six in the morning. it is bumping, and we hope it is not going over with the execution. jane: ben bernanke has been updating congress today on the state of our economy and has told that the fed can reel in the stimulus was the stimulus gets on track. they say will the economy is showing signs, the economy is still weak. >> they have continued to rise. it i

. >>> tensions rise on the divided korean peninsula, a north korean patrol boat seized a fishing boat earlier today after it strayed into north korean waters. south korean defense ministry official said the satellite navigational system apparently malfunctioned. south korea is calling for the boat's immediate return. >>> all right. rob marciano, back with us today. nice to see you, rob. hey, it has been like boiling, boiling hot in the northwest. are they getting a break today? >> a little bit today, actually. we'll start you off with that, actually, there are -- >> sorry, did i throw you off? >> you did. you want to kind of ease into their pain, so to speak as they get up this early in the morning. oregon, an all-time record -- or at least tied it at 108 yesterday. vancouver, all time record at 108, the old record for yesterday's date was 97 degrees, portland, oregon, set a record at 106. their all-time record was 107, they missed they be a degree. seattle, washington, 103, their all time-record was 100. never been hotter as long as we've been keeping records in seattle and vancouver

will be a tougher joint effort to the complete and verifiable or taunt denuclearization of the korean peninsula cultivating these partnerships and their full range takes time. and patience. it also takes persistence. that doesn't mean procrastinating on urgent issues, nor is it a justification for delaying efforts that may take years to bear fruit. one of my favorite of reservations, politics is this long and slow boring of hired boards, it takes passion and perspective. perspective dictates passion and patience, and of course passion keeps us from not finding excuses to do nothing. i am well aware that time alone does not heal all wounds. consider the palestinian/israeli conflict. that is why we wasted no time in starting an intensive effort on day i to realize the rights of palestinians and israelis to live in peace and security in two states which is an america's interests and the world. we have been working with the israelis to deal with the issue of settlement, to ease the living conditions of palestinians and create circumstances that can lead to the establishment of a viable palestinian

north koreans said in the meeting today that they have been subjected to nuclear weapons on the korean peninsulathink they are living in a historical time period that doesn't reflect today's reality. we are very open to a positive relation with north korea on the condition that they denuclearize. >> north korea reconsider. >>> big boards on wall street, continues to respond to u.s. jobless rate. employment data from the labor department shows benefits rose 30,000 to adjusted 544,000. meanwhile total unemployment fell to the lowest since april, north of 9,000, new territory. >>> authorities hoping a third interview with the doctor with michael jackson when he died will shed light on his death. they raided his office thursday. there's growing speculation authorities are rapidly preparing for what could become a criminal investigation. >>> a los angeles county coroner's office official said hundreds of employees in the office and others improperly viewed the death certificate. investigation into that is under way. >>> as you know when you watch "msnbc live" i have a special co-host. not only co-hos

that is why we must continue our collaboration to achieve the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and make it clear to north korea that the path to security and respect can be traveled if they meet their obligations. and that is why we must also be united in preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and urging the islamic republic to live up to its international obligations. this is not about singling out any one nation. it is about the responsibility of all nations. together we must cooperate to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world which will be a focus of our global nuclear summit next year. and together, we must strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation treaty by renewing its basic bargain, countries with nuclear weapons will move towards disarmament, countries without nuclear weapons will not acquire them, and all countries can access peaceful nuclear energy. a balance of terror cannot hold. in the 21st century a strong and global regime is the only basis for security from the world's deadliest weapons. and fourth, we can cooperate to advance our mutual

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result will be a tougher joint effort for the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the korean peninsula. cultivating these partnerships takes time and patience. it also takes persistence. that does not mean procrastinating on urgent project on urgent issues, nor does it justify delaying efforts that may take years to bear fruit. max weber said politics is a long and slow boring of hardboards. it takes both passion and perspective. prospective dictates passion and patience, and passion keeps us from not finding excuses to do nothing. i am aware that time alone does not heal all wounds. consider the palestinian-israeli conflict. that is why we wasted no time in starting an intensive effort on day one to realize the rights of palestinians and israelis to live in peace and security in two states, which is in america's interest in the worlds. we have been working with the israelis to deal with the issues of sediments, to ease the living conditions of palestinians and create circumstances that can leak to the establishment of a bible palestinian state. for the last few decades, american and m

that is why we must continue our collaboration to achieve the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and make it clear to north korea that the path to security and respect can be traveled if they meet their obligations. and that is why we must also be united in preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and encouraging the islamic republic to live up to its international obligations. this is not about singling out any one nation. it is about the responsibility of all nations. together we must cooperate to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world which will be a focus of our global nuclear summit next year. and together we must strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation treaty by renewing its basic bargain. countries with nuclear weapons will move toward disarmament, countries without nuclear weapons will not acquire them, and all countries can access peaceful nuclear energy. abound of terror cannot hold. in the 21st century, a strong and global regime is the only basis for security from the world's deadliest weapons. and forth, we can cooperate to advance our mutual

open for north korea to start acting in a responsible way, to recognize that a denuclearized korean peninsula is the only way that they are going to achieve the kind of commercial ties and development opportunities that can be good for their people, and we want them to know that that is still available. host: general loven, a lot there. the sanctions against north korea -- russia's involvement of this, china and its influence in north korea. what did you learn? guest: russia and china have always been the obstacles to getting strong sanctions either against iran or north korea for their nuclear programs. what the president is referring to is the fact that he got russia and china on board for a fairly aggressive new sanctions regime against north korea. . guest: well, he came up with the pastry chef and said any kind of pie that you might want, the pastry chef can make the best pies you ever had and said it is a challenge to the waistlines of the first family. i asked basketball questions, asked him to choose between kobe bryant and michael jordan. he didn't miss a beat before he picked michae

things that are happening on the korean peninsula, things that are happening in africa, things that are happening in our own hemisphere. i do worry about this administration's apparent obsession with this warism. i urge my colleagues to make sure we make enough investments today to ensure that we will be prepared to defend our interest get against all threats in years to come doifment support the legislation and as mr. murtha has said and mr. young, there's a pay increase in here for all of our troops, all volunteering, first class medical care, a lot more money, more money for ship building, more money for procurement of fighters, more money for mraps in afghanistan and importantly, $500 million for the national guard equipment for both overseas and home state missions. mr. chairman, i wish we could restore cuts to our missile defense. i wish we could ensure that our f-22 assembly line could keep going. i wish we had an immediate substitute for our future combat system. these are important elements that need to be addressed. all in all this is a good bill. i congratulate the chairman f

global and regional issues from climate change to the financial crisis to the situation on the korean peninsula. in the years ahead those relationships are only going to become more pivotal perrin president obama's choice of utah governor john huntsman as ambassador to china honors the best traditions of bipartisan foreign policy making. in the previous era when i have said that nominating the governor of utah to serve as ambassador to china and sending him from one wednesday to another. [laughter] one red states to another but there would have been very the rich shades of red. [laughter] today's china is a very different china. governor huntsman selection it is a great sign that the u.s.-china relationship is above politics. and i applaud this appointment. governor huntsman is an impressive a public servant with a new set of credentials for this latest task, he is fluent in both manner in taiwanese, his time as deputy u.s. trade representative and had been assistant secretary of commerce for asia has given him firsthand knowledge of the trade and economic issues that are at the center and of o

i will continue close consultations on the developments on the korean peninsula and in our relationsh other pacific powers such as australia, the republic of korea, china, and russia. in addition, i will seek to strengthen bilateral cooperation on the global economic crisis and support efforts to increase investment and trade between the united states and japan. i also will further our mutual goal of promoting democratic values and human rights throughout the world. last, but certainly not least, if confirmed, i pledge that i will do everything within my power to protect and enhance the well-being of the talented u.s. government employees stationed in japan as well as the many american citizens living in or living in japan. in closing, while i've been privileged to contribute to the economic growth of this nation through my work in the private sector, ever since i served as an intern in the white house during law school, i've dreamed of one day reentering public service and giving back to my country. if confirmed, i will be honored to represent the united states of america in one of

that is why we must continue our collaboration to achieve the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and make it clear to north korea that the path to security and respect can be traveled if they meet their obligations. and that is why we must also be united in preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and encouraging the islamic republic to live up to its international obligations. this is not about singling out any one nation. it is about the responsibility of all nations. together we must cooperate to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world which will be a focus of our global nuclear summit next year. and together we must strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation treaty by renewing its basic bargain. countries with nuclear weapons will move toward disarmament, countries without nuclear weapons will not acquire them, and all countries can access peaceful nuclear energy. abound of terror cannot hold. in the 21st century, a strong and global regime is the only basis for security from the world's deadliest weapons. and forth, we can cooperate to advance our mutual

believe will be a cover joint effort toward the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the korean peninsula. cultivating these partnerships in their full range takes time and patience. it also takes persistence. that doesn't mean procrastinating on urgent issues. nor is it a justification for delaying efforts that may take years to bear fruit. in one of my favorite observations, said politics is a long and slow boring of hard wars. it takes both passion and perspective. perspectives dictates fashion. and patience. and of course passion keeps us from not finding excuses to do nothing. now i'm well aware that time alone does not heal all wounds. consider the palestinian israeli conflict. that's why we wasted no time in starting an intensive effort on day one to realize the rights of palestinians and israelis to live in peace and security in two states, which is in america's interest and the worlds. we have been working with the israelis to ease the living conditions of palestinians and create circumstances that can lead to the establishment of a viable palestinian state. for the last few deca

open for north korea to start acting in a responsible way, to recognize that a denuclearized korean peninsulaly way that they are going to achieve the kind of commercial ties and development opportunities that can be good for their people, and we want them to know that that is still available. host: russia's involvement in all of this. china and its input in north korea. what did you learn? guest: russia and china have always had obstacles to getting strong sanctions, either against iran or north korea for their nuclear program. with the president is referring to is the fact that he got russia and china on board for a fairly aggressive regime against north korea after its nuclear tests and some other missile launches that they have done in the recent months. . pastry chef and said any kind of pie that you might want, the pastry chef can make the best pies you ever had and said it is a challenge to the waistlines of the first family. i asked basketball questions, asked him to choose between kobe bryant and michael jordan. he didn't miss a beat before he picked michael jordan. i asked him about

korean forces are prepared for anything that north korea can throw at us. that according to the top u.s. military commander in south korea. now, the world is watching the peninsula kim jong il may be dying of cancer. moments ago, former secretary of state dr. henry kissinger went on the record. good to see you, doctor. in april, north korea launched a long-range moissile. then they pulled us out of the talks and did short-range missiles, and now we hear that kim jong il is sick, and we do not know how sick, but what should the united states be doing right now? >> we have to understand what the issue is here. here is a country with a population of 20 millionç that has no foreign trade, no national resources, that is not in the international system, that for two decades with a leading its own population has managed to build a small nuclear arsenal, and now they are working on delivery systems. the united states, china, japan, russia, and south koreaç has sd this is unacceptable. the u.n. has passed a number of resolutions, and they continue to have nuclear weapons. this will mean that the nonproliferation policy is substantially in jeopardy if not down the drain

they were immediately sent to south korea and the truth was that the north koreans had driven them to the tip of the peninsula to such an extent that when we arrived in july, there was some question as to whether or not we could land, but we did in what they call the pusan per imetter. we fought from that to the 38th parallel and as most of you know, general mcartur landed at inchan and we completely surrounded the enemy and moved up far beyond north korea until we reached the tip of that peninsula, which was the river that separated south korea and north korea from china. it was then that the chinese entered and completely surrounded us and the entire 8th army and we lost so many, so many american lives, so many americans were captured, so much pain was caused to so many families and to so many communities. . there are now only two million of theet veterans left. thousands of us die every day. and it just appears to me that notwithstanding the ft that in my lifetime for most of it i have known nothing but wars that this one, which is referred to as the forgotten war, this is the most painful because so many