[applause] >> it is now my honor to introduce the honorable madeleine k. albright, the 64th secretary of state. [applause] >> and the shortest secretary -- [laughter] thank you very much, undersecretary kennedy and ambassador bagley, and as i look out at the audience, there's so many friends and so many colleagues and so many of you that have really participated in what is america's great gift, our diplomacy. and i'm delighted to be here. i served as secretary of state at a time when america was working to articulate a new foreign policy strategy that, after the end of the cold war, would reflect what our position was as the world's sole remaining superpower. and we all are unbelievably, as you will listen to us, very clear about how much, how honored and grateful we were to serve as secretary of state and to sit behind that sign that said "united states." and i speak for henry and myself as two immigrants who made it. and so i think there's no way to really capture what it's like to represent this amazing country. we knew at the time of the end of the cold war tha

general clapper is the first cabinet official to go to pyongyang since then secretary of state madeleine albright in 2000. even though john kerry was nearby at the time in neighboring beijing, it was decided not to send a diplomat to avoid any signal of an opening to the north, lester. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> president obama announced a historic choice to be the country's chief official, he nominated loretta lynch the top federal prosecutor in brooklyn to be the next attorney general, replacing eric holder who is stepping down. we get more tonight from nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> thank you, everyone. >> reporter: flanked by president obama and outgoing attorney general eric holder, loretta lynch accepted the nomination for what the president called the people's lawyer. >> i will work every day to safeguard our citizens, our liberties, our rights and this great nation which has given so much to me and my family. >> reporter: the 55-year-old is currently the u.s. attorney for eastern new york, known for tough convictions like the new york police officer who assaulted abner louima. >> lore

[applause] >> it is now my honor to introduce the honorable madeleine k. albright, the 64th secretary of state. [applause] >> and the shortest secretary -- [laughter] thank you very much, undersecretary kennedy and ambassador bagley, and as i look out at the audience, there's so many friends and so many colleagues and so many of you that have really participated in what is america's great gift, our diplomacy. and i'm delighted to be here. i served as secretary of state at a time when america was working to articulate a new foreign policy strategy that, after the end of the cold war, would reflect what our position was as the world's sole remaining superpower. and we all are unbelievably, as you will listen to us, very clear about how much, how honored and grateful we were to serve as secretary of state and to sit behind that sign that said "united states." and i speak for henry and myself as two immigrants who made it. and so i think there's no way to really capture what it's like to represent this amazing country. we knew at the time of the end of the cold war tha

to put it mildly, ma madeleine albright said. >> the first off, yes, the world is a mess. but it's not only the fact that it's a mess for all the people around the world who live there but these things can affect the united states, they can affect u.s. interests both abroad and here in this country. they can affect u.s. allies. so it's not a matter offalfal altruism, if we don't address some of these things, they can get worse, they can affect us. the second thing then is you need to have some sort of strategy, how do you sort these things out? i would say we need to have two categories to sort these things out. the first is, what are our own goals, what would we like to see the world look like 15, 20 years from now, a world more respectful of human rights, more democratic, more prosperous, more secure, one that's more secure for u.s. interests. we should be investing. our foreign policy should be aimed at investing in those things going to slaip the world in that direction and the converse is some of these crises that we see, some of them will be local but some will derai

i was an architect of the balanced budget and you have madeleine albright coming in to talk to you and that is enough for a lifetime. >> governor, is there a limit on what you advise on how to fight the president? >> the power of the congress is the power of the purse. the shutdown was good. >> you are making a case that the shutdown worked. >> you have a catchall bill and every confidence that john boehner and leadership will get out of the lame-duck session and will keep the government moving forward. i'm also confident that the republican majority in the senate and the house are going to write a budget and adopt a budget, going through a regular and orderly process with the appropriation bills. when i talk about the consent of the governed, that is it. if the president would go through this and he is not providing real leadership on this issue facing our country and in the way the american people would expect a leader to do. that is where the american people can reject funding. with the stroke of a pen, to announce policy and travel after the televised address, i want to say that is

you remember that president clinton sent his secretary of state, madeleine albright to north korea. so, certainly there have been communications from the presidents to north korea. i think a letter of this nature, i mean, you wouldn't make that much out of it because it's not a letter calling for better relations certainly. calling for an opening. but certainly it's something that the north korean leader cheeri clearly wanted something from president obama saying -- making some kind of gesture. also, you know, poppy, i think we have to be careful not to overestimate what's going to happen now between the u.s. and north korea. officials telling me very happy that these americans are home but there's a lot of concern about north korea's nuclear program, about their human rights record and these are the things north korea needs to resolve before they can really have a better relationship with the u.s., poppy. >> absolutely. a lot of outstanding issues but the really good headline that these two men have been freed and they're on their way home. thank you, elise, appreciate it. >>> i wa

they have a display hall outside of pyongyang where they have a small bowl that madeleine albright broughtto the country. they have that on display. they have a cnn pen behind gloss that one of our crew brought. >> a lot of people are wondering why matthew todd miller didn't speak when he exited the plane overnight. can you give us a little more insight into how you would characterize him? you have a unique opportunity to sit down, to speak with him even though it was in a very controlled environment. what was your take away about this man? >> well, it was certainly out of the three interviews, matthew todd miller held back the most. there was some questions he didn't want to answer. he didn't want to talk at all about any sort of message he had to give to his family. he said i spoke with my family privately we'll leave it at that. you see his family in california with a very similar response. this entire time they had a sign on their door telling reporters to stay away, unlike kenneth bae's relatives, sister especially who came on cnn a number of time. so the two families, miller and bae,

i was an architect of the balanced budget and u have madeleine albright coming in to talk to you andhat is enough for a lifetime. >> governor, is there a limit on what you advise on how to fight the president? >> the power of the congress is the power of the purse. the shdown was good. >> you are making a case that the shutdown worked. >> you have a catchall bill and every confidence that john boehner and leadership will get out of the lame-duck session and will keep the government moving forward. i'm also confident that the republican majority inhe senate and the hse are going to write a budget d adopt budget, going through a regular and orderly process with the apprriation bills. when i talk about the consent of the governed, that is it. if the president would go through this and he is not providing real leadership on this issueacing our country and in the way the american people would expect a leader to do. that is where the american people can reject funding. with the stroke of a p, to announce policy and travel after the televised address, i want to say that is not the leadershi

you have madeleine albright come in and talk to you about foreign aid and, i mean, that's enough for a lifetime, okay? [laughter] >> governor pence. governor pence? is there a limit on what you would advise house leadership on how to fight the president on this? >> chuck, the power of the congress is the power of the purse. >> so go ahead and -- because governor kasich in some ways is saying, look, the shutdown was good. in an odd way, you're making a case at the end of the day, the shutdown worked for negotiations. >> let me say shutdowns only happen when you have one catch-all bill, call it an omnibus or a continuing resolution. i have every confidence that speaker boehner and the leadership will get out of this lame duck session and will keep the government moving forward. what i'm also confident about is that the new republican majority in the senate and the renewed republican majority in the house for first time in the about seven years are actually going to write a budget. they're going to adopt a budget. and then they're going to go through a regular and orderly process of app