mr. obama's comment to mr. medvedev. here's the exchange again. after my election i have more flexibility. >> question, mr. obama's -- or reset of u.s.-russian relations is his foreign policy priority. how much further is he likely to take that, that reset, in a second term? >> this is a gaff of the really the first order, john. he has confirmed the suspicions of every conservative and traditionalist and nee con in america that after his election, all this nonsense i've been supporting in my first term goes out the window and we've got the new and the -- obama de has scared the daylights out of it. >> wait a minute! wait a minute! [overlapping speakers] >> the missile system is gone. >> who is to say he means that? is it even interpreted by medvedev as to be literal? >> don't they allow -- [overlapping speakers] >> diplomatic. >> tell him to cut me some slack until i get elected, and then we can do business. >> so this is my price, you've got to be good to me on this, and cut me some slack? >> yes, i'll pay you back later on! >> it's a gaff to --

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mr. obama is in seoul for an international nuclear summit and as we saw right here on cnn he spoke at a joint news conference with south korean president lee myung-bak just a few minutes ago. they said north korea should think twice before it goes ahead with a controversial rocket launch next month. every time north korea has violated international resolution, security council resolution it's resulted in further isolation, tightening of sanctions, stronger enforcement, greater support on the part of the international community for a stronger enforcement. i suspect that will happen this time, as well. so they need to understand that bad behavior will not be rewarded. >> earlier mr. obama met with troops at the demilitarized zone that splits authority and south korea and told them they were guarding freedom's frontier. after more than 20 months on a transplant list former vice president dick cheney finally got a new heart. he's recovering from the surgery today in a virginia hospital and that's w

mr. obamaaid they remained committed to a plan to transfer full responsibility of security to afghan courses in two years' time. more details from our political editor nick robinson. ♪ >> what will this president do to make his british guests feel at home? what happened today seemed to be almost nothing. the morning before the game and the night before the game david cameron was welcomed by a 19-gun salute, thousands of guests on the white house lawn and cheering english and american school children. the two leaders joked about the fact that 200 years ago visiting brits had tried to burn the white house to the ground. and the president even tried to speak english just like the english do. >> david, we are chopped at the bit that you are here and i'm looking forward to a great nadder. i'm confident together we'll keep the relationship between our two great nations absolutely topnotch. >> call it special, call it essential, call it what you'd like, that relationship is, according to barack obama,

mr. obamanamo officials arraigned a man, the alleged mastermind of 2000 cold attack, attack on uss cole, 17 americans died. this case is a capital case. the commission goes forth next week picture the guantÁnamo commission declare him guilty, the president will find of an awkward awkward position of presiding over the first military execution there. one can only imagine the headlines emblazoned across the media, throughout the world. guantÁnamo execution, obama puts to death detainee. so how than in the world has this come to pass? much of the responsibility i think belongs to the bush administration, for he was no ordinary defendant. captured and united in rate in 2002 he was transferred to u.s. custody and taken to black sites afghanistan and later poland where he was waterboarded, threat with an electric drill, and mock execution, and more than his family would be treated to the same treatment if he didn't tell his interrogators what they wanted to hear. after arriving at guantÁnamo in 2006,

in a second and in the studio with me here mr obama mr obama must be quite pleased if he were to ask you not to give money to mr obama then he'd be very happy if you gave it to mr romney. possibly possibly but of course we're sitting as a democrat and we are sitting over here i am sitting over here and somewhat amused by this. it's seems to not generate any enthusiasm on the parts of the middle the middle part of the spectrum the people and swing voters who obama's going to have to recapture if he's going to win in november and seeing the scrum rolling towards the right is certainly giving us a little bit of. the term so yes there is a little bit of. maybe. distracted interest in our part of the law ok and if i go back to you it seems to me that you know it if the republican party is basically in self-destruction mode right now santorum and newt gingrich i mean i don't see how the math isn't out there for them but they're going to stick it out i mean why are they doing that to be really believe that they can capture the nomination or is it just to just to go after mitt romney keep th

obviously mr. obama can't run on fiscal responsibility as america is more than $16 trillion in debt with no end in sight. he can't run on containing gas prices because they have doubled under his administration can't run on leadership because the future of america is unclear. it's not a partisan analysis. this is real life. the president will once again ask americans to believe in his vision. that will be a much tougher sale this year than it was four years ago. do not underestimate barack obama, is he a brilliant campaigner. he have enormous amount of money at his disposal. whoever ends up at his opponent will have to run a nearly flawless campaign. that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. one of the g.o.p. contenders rick santorum has run into some trouble in puerto rico which has a primary vote on sunday. obviously puerto rico is a spanish-speaking territory so the senator is causing controversy. with us is geraldo rivera, himself half puerto rican, right? >> i'm all puerto rican. my father is

mr. obama does not seem to have a solution. we'll continue our reporting on that. ♪ >> and network television is getting even more explicit >> the culture warriors will analyze. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> thanks for watching us tonight. who is running sandra fluke. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. a we reported last night factor believes sandra fluke contraception manufactured to divert attention away from the disastrous decision to force non-catholic organizations to provide insurance coverage for birth control and the morning after pill. that might very well be unconstitutional. anyway, we're having trouble tracking down just to offending sandra around to the media it's very strange. so far, the 30-year-old activist has appeared on eight national news programs where she was not challenged at all. last week we called sandra on her cell phone and invited her on the factor.

an abc news poll released overnight finds that 65% disapprove of the way mr. obama is handling the issue. just 38% approve of the way he's handling the economy. but it doesn't seem to be hurting the president's re-election chances. 54% of those polled thought that mr. obama would win in november. only 40% thought that republicans would win. and the president's most likely opponents is celebrating a milestone birthday on the campaign trail. mitt romney is spending his 65th birthday in alabama, ahead of that state's primacy tomorrow. the polls show the race between romney and santorum and newt gingrich very close. >>> and rick perry is knocking down speculation that he could be gingrich's running mate. a spokesman calls the speculation tumbling yet premature. and there are no talks about becoming a vice president. >>> well, the 2008 presidential race took controversy in "game change." is it for fiction than fact? >> do you know what that is? >> reporter: game change, based on a book by two journalists gets deep inside the somewhere contain/palin campaign of four years

obviously mr. obama can't run on fiscal responsibility as america is more than $16 trillion in debt with no end in sight. he can't run on containing gas prices because they have doubled under his administration can't run on leadership because the future of america is unclear. it's not a partisan analysis. this is real life. the president will once again ask americans to believe in his vision. that will be a much tougher sale this year than it was four years ago. do not underestimate barack obama, is he a brilliant campaigner. he have enormous amount of money at his disposal. whoever ends up at his opponent will have to run a nearly flawless campaign. that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. one of the g.o.p. contenders rick santorum has run into some trouble in puerto rico which has a primary vote on sunday. obviously puerto rico is a spanish-speaking territory so the senator is causing controversy. with us is geraldo rivera, himself half puerto rican, right? >> i'm all puerto rican. my father is

no i don't see it that way i think if you look at the recent record between mr obama and mr medvedev or america in general and russia i think you'll see there's been plenty of progress and it's easy for politicians in the heat of an electoral campaign to pander to the lowest common denominator of the american populous with cold war rhetoric that's exactly what mr romney is doing and what concerns me about that is that i tend to wonder how thoughtful he would be on these larger issues if he were to get into office but also says to me that he's not particularly sophisticated when it comes to foreign policy it's almost as if he's been handed lines by his advisors about what to say and that it's intended not to necessarily make progress but to get himself elected. or those utterances romney also calling russia a thorn in america's side i mean there's just tried to play to have this hardline sentiment but it has become america's post-election foreign policy chops what then . i think the u.s. had better think very carefully about taking that sort of an approach the fact is that america and

at a news conference with the south korean president, mr. obamaaid he would urge china's president to restrain it communist neighbor when they meet later today. >> what are they doing to help guide or encourage north korea to take a more constructive approach. >> reporter: during his visit to the dmz, mr. obama thanked american troops for their service. >> you guys are freedom's frontier. >> reporter: mr. obama's visit comes during a moment of heightened tensions with north korea. administration officials insist this trip is aimed at reaffirming ties with the south and not at provoking the north. the president is here officially to discuss ways to control the spread of nuclear weapons. at a meeting that has attracted leaders from more than 50 countries and protesters from all over the world. but north korean nukes are still a dominant topic of conversation in the summit corridors here. kristen welker, seoul. >>> we're getting late word of an earthquake in chile. the magnitude 7.7 quake struck 60 miles north-northwest in the city of talca in southw

mr. obama does not seem to have a solution. we'll continue our reporting on that. ♪ >> and network television is getting even more explicit >> the culture warriors will analyze. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> thanks for watching us tonight. who is running sandra fluke. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. a we reported last night factor believes sandra fluke contraception manufactured to divert attention away from the disastrous decision to force non-catholic organizations to provide insurance coverage for birth control and the morning after pill. that might very well be unconstitutional. anyway, we're having trouble tracking down just to offending sandra around to the media it's very strange. so far, the 30-year-old activist has appeared on eight national news programs where she was not challenged at all. last week we called sandra on her cell phone and invited her on the factor.

50,000 square feet. 300 staff are devoted to advertising, social media, and building support for mr. obama in communities nationwide. >> i'm wondering whether you're still a supporter? >> reporter: the assumption here is that the election will be close. as you approach the beginning of the campaign, what are the president's weaknesses? >> it is no secret that we've come through a very difficult period for our country, a recession that began in 2008 and when we came to office was the worst that we've seen since the great depression. this is a difficult environment, no one would deny that. >> pelley: we wondered what the

last night mrs. obama and her daughters had dinner at in chinatown. political analyst says there is a reason the white house is raising the first lady's visibility as the campaign intensifies. >> michelle obama, by contrast, is a wonderful asset for the president to have because she's a wonderful smart person, particulate and popular, and she can go out and speak for him but she does not need to speak about policy >> he says mrs. obama is adept at showing her accessibility to ordinary americans and she did on this appearance on david letterman. a violent last night in antioch leaves one person dead and two others hurt. a group of men was kicked out of the cruisers bar only to return with baseball bats. a fight started inside the bar and someone pulled out a gun and began shooting. a 38 year-old man was shot and killed and another man was shot and taken to somerville hospital. another man had it ended up with head wounds. today is cesar chavez day, marking the 85th birthday of the civil-rights icon who fought for california's farm workers. the city of o

now mr obama we are out there cultivating wars cultivating islamic hatred for the united states both sunis and shias and becoming increasingly involved in their business which works it which is what motivates them to attack us so the budget people in the congress and their bureaucratic partners have focused on the difference being to be what gets cut because they don't want to offend voters with cutting domestic spending they can't if they cut it for one year they'll return it the next year and then some they have to stop intervening abroad in order to stop earning enemies causing wars and then they may be able to trim the defense spending a bit but so are you arguing that because the united states is continually engaged in. going to war and building out enemies that that is what substantiates this defense spending well it's if you don't have a choice if you're at war you have to defend yourself what you can certainly conduct your foreign policy in a way that saps the motivation of your enemies you don't have to invade a muslim country with oil light like you did in libya or at

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mr. obama had $76 million in cash on hand at the end of january. now, the white house does not disclose how it calculates the amounts to be paid back for the trips. we do know the campaign has reimbursed taxpayers more than $1.5 million so far this election cycle. >> thank you. let's turn to today's gorgeous weather. it was very mild for the first day of march. doug hill is live with more on what we can expect. >> it may take a little break for a couple of days, but more warm temperatures are coming back. the highs we hit today, 70 officially for washington's hi. a little cool the farther north and west you go. skies will be clear tonight. we would drop into the mid 50's. 35-41 degrees overnight. we will have a decent warm up tomorrow. the big story is a strong cold front that will have an affect on our weather. we will highlight that in a couple of minutes. >> thank you very much. warm weather means cherry blossoms. our nearly nonexistent winter will mean an early bloom to the cherry blossoms. the peak period will run from march 21 to the 31st. th

mr. obama said they remain committed to a plan to transfer full responsibility for security to have capped forces into years' time. more details -- to afghan forces in two years' time. >> what what this president do to make his british gas to feel at home? -- guest to feel at home? the morning after the night at the game before, david cameron was welcomed. by an 19-gun salute, thousands of guests on the white house lawn, and cheering of american schoolchildren. the two leaders joked about the fact that 200 years ago, visiting brits tried to burn the white house to the ground. the president tried to speak english, just like the english do. >> david, i am looking forward to a great -- i am confident we will keep the relationship absolutely top-notch. >> called it special, essential, call it what you like, that relationship is, according to barack obama, the strongest ever. the backbone is the military. ♪ this is a relationship between two countries, between two leaders, forged by wars. but israel

in a speech to students at the community college, mr. obama says drilling for more oil is not the solution and those who say it is are just playing politics. >> there's no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to high gas prices. >> there's no silver bullet. anyone who tells you otherwise isn't really looking for a solution. they are trying to fid the political wave -- ride the political wave. >> mr. obama says says they are drilling and republicans say that's because of the policies george w. bush put in place before he left office. >>> police say two men pushed a woman in her bathroom, locked the door and took money from her home tuesday morning. officers say they are increasing the patrols the area. >>> a concord woman reported -- reported she was robbed at a grocery store -- store. when she tried to fight he grabber grab -- grabbed her belongings and took off. >>> oakland's new police and fire chief officially took the oath of office, howard jordan takes other the policesh -- takes over the police chief job. he's twice been interim polic

mr. obama recognizing given the political transition in russia and the presidential campaign in the united states, a break through on missile defense is unlikely. but mr. obama was unlikely to get negotiating space from republicans on missile defense, he hasn't delivered the upgrade to the nuclear arsenal he promised two years ago. north koreans plan to launch satellite and is thinly vailed missile test. at a speech, the president spoke directly to the north. >> there will be no rewards for provocations. those days are over. ththis is the choice before you. >> sunday mr. obama visited te militarizeed zone, called the heavily fortified boarder in the world. more than a million south korean troop and 28,000 u.s. service troops in the middle. later he said looking north across the border is looking in the past. >> it's like you are looking across 50 years. in to a councilmember tha count0 to 50 years of progress. >> on this day, chinese officials concedeed they, too, were concerned by north korean

aides say despite the looks, mr. obama still is focused on his job. >> i still maintain that the president is still spending the vast prepond rains of his time on his official duties. >> the president passed the 100 mark on fund-raisers earlier this month. so far that's roughly twice the pace of his predecessor in mr. bush's reelection bid. >> bret: thank you. high fuel prices have not hurt wall street. dow up for a 7th straight session. the s & p 500 finished ahead 8. nasdaq was up 16. applications for unemployment benefits dropped by another 14,000 last week. the total of 351,000 matches a four-year low reached last month. foreign demand for u.s. treasury debt rose to a record high in january. china boosted its holdings by 7 tenths of a percentage point. japan, the second largest buyer, went up 2%. international monetary fund has approved 36 1/2 billion dollars in bailout money for greece. it granted the immediate release of about $2 billion. also today the standard and poors ratings agency said greece's new bonds are st

mrs. obama at previous event. the first lady is in town to raise money for her husband's 2012 reelection campaign. mrs. obama has said that she dislikes politic but over the course of her three years as first lady she has engaged and become extremely popular in the political please instant of her own. tonight event focus on the family and those in attendance appear to be impressed with what the first lady had to say. >> i was really hoping to hear from her how she was going to support the young people who might not have the best opportunities right now. when i first signed up for the event it was for me then i real eye it was launching family for obama so i thought it would be the perfect opportunity. >>reporter: mrs. obama exited the building under heavy security and officials tell me there were no issues. now mrs. obama has not -- has been on western swing. she worked in a bit of vacation time with her daughter sasha and malia checking out mount rush more and las vegas. now tomorrow morning th

mrs. obama came and prebted the dress, the jewelry and the shoes. they were actually donated. she -- it's interesting. this is the first time we had the designers donate. mrs. obama had them donate these pieces. so jason wu and jimmy choo and lori rodkin donated the pieces. when you see the pieces it will be donated by jason wu in honor of first lady michelle obama. mrs. obama came to present the pieces to the museum. >> what are goes into deciding which dress to wear and are they thinking about the influence that will have on their husband's administration? >> i think we'd like it to maybe be a little more political than it probably is. when we did -- there's a video playing in this exhibition. we were lucky enough to interview rosalin carter and laura bush about the dresses they chose thinking maybe there was a symbolism. mrs. carter in reality for sentimental reasons wore a dress again she has worn when her husband was made governor of georgia. and mrs. bush just remembers collaborating with

before the start of the summit, mr. obama had blunt remarks for the leaders of north korea and iran. in south korea for a summit starting today, president obama urged the communist neighbor to the north to change its way. north korea set to launch a rocket next month it says is a satellite for peaceful purposes. mr. obama spoke to the regime's laiders. >> there will be no rewards for provocation. those days are over. today we say, have the courage to pursue peace and give a better life to the people of north korea. >> reporter: as the summit kicks off, tensions between the north and south remain high. south korea and other countries warned they might shoot down the rocket if it violates the south's territory. while the north says it would declare criticism of the project a deck a ration of war. the u.s. may withhold food aid. >> you can continue down the road you're on. we know where that leads. it leads to more of the same. more broken dreams, more isolation. >> reporter: president obama is meeting with russia's leaders with

cameron. >> i remember that mrs. obamay up. >> in a visit showcasing britain lost role, these influential women are reflecting the ties between their husbands and the nation. -- in a visit showcasing britain's role, these influential women are reflecting on the ties between their husbands and the nations. >> that brings us to close but you can find constant updates on our web site. to see what we're working on, be sure to visit our facebook page. from all of us, thank you for watching and police to and in tomorrow. -- and please tune in tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations.

mr. obama spoke in front of stacks of oil pipe in oklahoma where the southern section of the keystone pipeline would begin. it would carry oil from canada to texas. with an eye toward the november election, the president has focused on energy policy in recent weeks as gasoline prices have gone up. mr. obama's approval ratings have gone down. >>> mitt romney has been on damage control following a comment that suggested the gop presidential front runner could reset his campaign like an etch a sketch. comment by romney's communications director has triggered stinging responses from his critics who say he is a politician capable of shifting positions. romney says that the comments were misinterpreted and he was a conservative republican governor and will be running as a conservative presidential nominee. >>> and women's groups protested in washington, d.c. romney plans to cut fund for planned parenthood. the protesters chanted we will remember in november. >>> a french suspect was gunned down after

mr. obama became the first democrat to carry north carolina in a presidential election since jimmy carter in 1976. mr. obama won the state narrowly. >>> republican front-runner mitt romney bolstered his delegate count yesterday in the super tuesday presidential primaries. he still does not have enough delegates to seal the nomination. he won six of the ten seat sat super tuesday states. rick santorum won three states. newt gingrich won his home state of georgia. ron paul failed to come in first in a single state. >>> these are pictures of mitt romney's motorcade leaving the marriott hotel in the boston suburbs. he had just given an interview with cnbc. last night both mitt romney and rick santorum celebrated their victories. >> we're counting up the delegates for the convention. it looks good. we're counting down the days until november. >> we went up against northerly us odds, not just here in ohio where who knows how much we were out spent, but in every state. >> rick santorum was scheduled t

. >> mrs. obama may be in charge of the u.s. delegation to the 2012 olympics in london, but today she was charging the tennis net on the american university campus. video of mrs. obama arriving today at american university. some 60 elementary school students got the chance of a lifetime. they were practicing serbs with some of the nation's finest athletes went in what first lady, mrs. obama. she picked up a tennis racket and had a couple of balls with some of the students, all part of her let's move campaign in advance of the 2012 olympics in london. she teamed with her british counterpart, samantha cameron who is here in the district on official visit with her husband the prime minister. courtney clemens lost a leg while serving in iraq, hit by an itt. ms. obama's saw -- discussing her excitement today about the upcoming olympics. >> these are the stories of perseverance and sheer willpower that lie behind every olympian and every paralympian. that is why these games are important, you guys. >> today's event only lasted about 1