lavoy, it is very timely we're having this hearing. as we look to the news of what's just been coming out of the talks that the president attended, we know that the news also reported on monday, for example, this is cnn story i will be reading from, just hours after the united states warned that north korea would achieve nothing with threats or provocations pyongyang moved a rocket to a launch pad monday. now, north korea's threat of a missile launch can only be an effort to test perhaps ahead of deployment an intercontinental ballistic missile that would have capability of reaching the united states. secretary gates said as he was leaving one of his concerns was the rising threat of north korea that it could in fact get to the point where it could threaten mainland united states. we also know if it is of course nuclear weapons program that makes the missile program that much more of a concern. also monday news broke of the president having a conversation with an open mic where the president says to medvedev on all of these issues and

lavoy? >> mr. chairman, ranking member smith, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting us here today to discuss the security situation on the korean peninsula. general thurman shortly will provide a detailed assessment of the security landscape on the peninsula, and i'll concentrate on our policy priorities relating to north and south korea. for over 60 years the united states has maintained presence on the korean peninsula to deter aggression against the republic of korea, and to fight and win should deterrent its fail. we must never effect more than 36,000 members of the military gave their lives in support of this mission during the korean war. today the u.s., korean alliance continues to be a cornerstone of u.s. strategy in the asia-pacific region and at its most basic level the mission of our alliance remains the same today as it was six decades ago. the department of defense has rebalanced towards the asia-pacific region is laid out in the defense strategic guidance is a

lavoy on any policy issues in regard to that. >> i could add to that, congressman. north korea is an authoritarian regime of course. and political successions are difficult when you don't have a representative government which is the case there of course. what we're seeing now and what we anticipate is provocative behavior because unfortunately this seems to be the only way that the north korean regime that don demonstrate its bona fides to its population. they can't meet the needs of the population, the nutritional or other educational or other needs of the population, so they resort to provocative behavior. despite efforts to stabilize relations with the north and to deescalate tensions on the peninsula following these very dangerous activities in the past. now once again because of an internal political dynamic of north korea it appears that they are once again inclined to take these provocative steps, most specifically the announced long-range missile test flight. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i was just going b

of course in this time we'll be speaking to professors lavoy he's a philosopher and therefore in commentator also david horovitz he's a conservative writer and campaigner on global politics and also going to discussing whether we can leaks was guilty of treason. another week another scandal for nato forces in afghanistan the latest uproar is over new photos showing american soldiers smiling and posing with corpses of afghans said to have been suicide bombers the white house maintains it's just another isolated incident something antiwar activists strongly disagree with this is what happens when an occupation last for ten years and is manifestly failing i imagine that the morale of the troops is that rock bottom layer of our salute you know idea what they're doing there they know that the populations in their home countries whether it's this country all the united states are overwhelmingly against the war and this is borrowed to produce. a situation where the occupation becomes more brutal before it ends they they know that they are on the run they know that the business of training the afgha

florida senator marco rubio, and chris lavoie chris at third.h me now, current tv correspondent david shuster; correspondent david shuster; democratic strategist, bet columnist and former clinton white house aide, keith former mccain-palin communications aide boris epstine. all right. thank you all for being here. david let me start with you. i am not the only one who thinks in the past couple of days this race has taken a fundamental turn. the polls have shocked everybody. if you were advising the president what would you say he should do to change the dynamics? certainly the press is saying something is amiss. >> he is being advised by his campaign right now just to be patient. they are showing him the state-by-state polls. yes, the national numbers are of great concern, but it is very early. they are saying hold off, let's wait it is only dangerous if you start to get down by six or eight moint points. >> yes but you go from a yawning lead among women of 19 and now you're in a dead heat and the margins are low single digits in those swing sta

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. >> chris lavoie and jim ward is here. it's a big news day i think our frothanol worked.have no morrick rick. >> i wouldn't bet on that. >> really? well that was a tease, hal sparks. >> and mike in raleigh has a little bit about that too. >> george's lawyers quit. >> that was shocking. >> what a catty wompus day we have for news. jan schakowsky will join us. and jacki schechner is in the current news center. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. rick santorum you just dropped out of the race for president. what are you doing now? i'm going to sleep. that's what he told james dobson last night. dobson is one conservative that mitt romney is going to have to now win over. he is going to have to figure out how to court evangelicals and strong conservatives. santorum hasn't said exactly why he dropped out of the race, but it is probably a combination of several factors, one is his daughters illness and another is he couldn't overcome the loss of delegates. and he didn't have a lot of money. newt gingrich and ron paul are celebrating the fact that santorum is out of the race ca

it's me, and chris lavoie my executive producer in the empty chair where jim ward is supposed to be.yeah. >> but he is preparing in his own special way. >> yeah. >> i have my fireman hat on. >> yeah, that entire ensemble is new. >> isn't it fabulous? >> yeah. >> it transcends political party or sexuality. firemen are hot. who wasn't having a lot of fight backfiremen sex after 9/11. oh, that was just me? >> yes. >> the mommy wars have been ignited again. all right. oh, here is jim. >> hi jim. >> just in time to say hello and have the door slam. >>> good morning, everyone north korea has named the first chairman of the defense commission. his father is, quote, chairman for attorneyty. the announce. comes hours of north korea's scaled rocket launch. the white house is condemning north korea. the u.s. has warned north korea that it would have to stop its food assistance program if it went ahead with the rocket launch. mitt romney is using the opportunity to attack president obama saying he has embolded north korea by offering food assistance to its people. >>> there will be an opportunit

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