when the mogels came from persia to north india they saw the story telling and thought it was a beautiful art form. they were not engaged with the story but saw the beauty in the footwork and hand movement. they brought the dancers into their courts. they were a form of entertainment. so, i want you to put your imagination caps on. we will go from the forest into a beautiful mogel palace. there are velvet carpets and peacocks walking around. there are beautiful paintings and everyone all of you, the audience have come to enjoy the court and the king sits on his thrown in the corner twirling his mustache and he called for his dancers and they come to the room. you are here to be entertained by them. this is called taught. taught is a highly stylized tuning of the mind and body together. you will see very fast turns ending in sharp stances and things with our eyes and eye brows and our neck, our hands. and you will also hear a language, which you might have heard. this is the language of our dance. it tells us what to do with our feet and our bodies and there is a lot of mask going on. you

in the classical music of north india for example, rhythm is organized into structures of up to 108 beats-- the most common being a 16-beat cycle called teentaal. in indian classical music, rhythm is organized into taal or taala-- this is the name. you'll pt this is the name. taala is a rhythmic cycle. in other words, if you think of-- if you visualize or think of a rhythm in the west, you may think of a time signature and some bars. but for indian music, you must envision a circle. it's a cycle or a circle. we start at one part and we go around, and we always come back to that same part. the very first beat of the cycle is called the sum, and it's the most important beat. when we improvise, we start from the sum and we go out in our improvisation, and come back to the sum. [ensemble playing a taal] (man) when i go on my individual rounds of improvisation, i have to keep count, and land back in an interesting manner so that that particular note on my main theme lands back on the first beat of the cycle. if it does not, that is a very disreputable state of affairs. [music continues] the ba

(narrator) in north india, there's also a highly formalized method of transmitting musical knowledgectly by imitating what their teacher sings or plays. traditionally, music students used to live in the house of their teachers or gurus, where they performed chores and received daily instruction. this master/disciple tradition continues today in a modified form. (spiegel) in india, it's called the guru-sishya parampara-- the teacher/student tradition-- where the student treats his teacher likes he's next to god. my musical hero was alla rakha who i had listened to on many recordings. i had no money, but i would go and meet him and sleep on the floor of his hotel and take care of errands and help out with driving, cooking, shopping, cleaning, anything. and when he felt like it, he would teach me. these lessons were not formal. he never wrote anything down for me. in fact, i never sat in front of him with drums. he only would recite compositions to me, and i was expected to remember them and, at a later time, write them down. (das gupta) in our instrumental music, you have to gather the

some asean officials want to see a high-speed network extending further to the north to connect to india and china by way of thailand. but railways near the border remain targets of terrorist attacks. stopping violence there is crucial for connecting the region. >> it is time for the area to be transformed into the growth area, bringing much social economic benefits to both sides of the malaysia and thai border. >> reporter: this is not the first time malaysia has mediated conflict resolution in the region. last year, a militant group agreed to set up an autonomous government by 2016. following the success in mediating talks with islamist militants in philippines, malaysia has done the same for thailand. using the status as an islamic nation to its advantage. malaysia is trying to present itself as a peacemaker. >>> malaysia is facing a conflict with another islamic militant group. gunfire broke out on friday on the eastern island of borneo. the incident took place in a village that has been occupied by philippine militia groups since mid. february. >> malaysian authorities had conducted

freezing however he still has ideas about his next adventure is saying he'd love to cycle across india and from north america right down to tierra del fuego at the bottom of argentina richard on board fleet r.t. moscow finally it was the paralympic movement's turn to rejoice les many years ago to over winter games in sochi where they befitting spectacle or rites of moscow's red square michael crunching care was on hand to bring a space for ports. so the biggest news to come out of such this past week was the celebration of one year until the start of the paralympic winter games in sochi now of course this event itself is the eleventh already and we will expect to see up to one thousand three hundred fifty paralympic athletes participating in these games they'll be representing forty five different countries and will be competing for seventy two sets of medals in five paralympic sports to celebrate the countdown a dazzling show on red square took place which included a visit from prime minister dmitri medvedev nothing is being overlooked in order to make these games a success while there has already b

. >> on international women's day, we look at an initiative in india to train women cabdrivers. north korea says it is scrapping a non-agression pact with south korea and canceling the armistice agreement between them. >> these threats come after the united nations security council put fresh sanctions on the communist country over its nuclear program. they have called for calm and restraint, saying the situation on the korean peninsula is highly complex and sensitive. >> the german foreign minister has urged china to use its influence on p'yongyang to stop its provocative actions. >> propaganda and north korean style. state tv shows kim jong un visiting units close to the border with south korea. his focus is on a south korean island, a gesture aimed to provoke neighbors and please the north korean people. tensions have heightened since the regime scrap its non- agression pact with south korea and threaten the u.s. with strikes. south koreans are responding with a mix of concern and defiance. the south korean president attended a military swearing in ceremony and praised soldiers for

involvement in the asia pacific, will resolve the endless standoff with north korea once and for all. india will no longer be artificially be separated from the rest of asian we will firmly anchor taiwan into the global trading system. the u.s. must take an in-depth look with its relationship with china and find a balanced approach that takes into account america's interest while striving for a productive relationship. finally, we must make america the most attractive location to do business for the asia- pacific region. let's get the conversation back on to economic prosperity and away from die advise i have nationalism. america's north korea policy has been a failure by all measures. and i will share with you that includes democratic and republican administrations. our inability to bring about real change inside north korea has resulted in a region that is more insecure today than it was during the 1994 framework agreement, when that agreement promised a nuclear-free korean peninsula. that approach has not worked. earlier this month, i called a hearing examining policy options for imposin

india, japan and north korea sharply cutting imports from iran after mounting pressure from the u.s.o do so. china is the one major country that is increasing imports from iran. speaking of china, its demand for oil was the fourth highest on record last month. february demand climbed nearly 5% compared to last year, hitting 10.14 million barrels of crude per day. that says a lot about their economy. that is aa important story. >>> oil futures rose for the fourth straight session. optimism over higher global demand helped push crude up about half a percent, ending at 92.54 a barrel. >>> coming up on "money", a securities scandal hits hill know as the sec slaps the state with fraud charges that it misled investors about the dire state of its finances but are nor states pulling off the same dirty tricks? a top expert joins us to explain. >>> some solid news for small businesses as a new report shows strengthening optimism. two business owners will give us the real outlook from where they stand. do you ever have too much money or too much ammo? ♪ . melissa:ow to the scandal rocking state

50 million residents have access to cell phones, but the visit comes after trips to india, libya, afghanistan, and northrea. >> drivers in the north bay and the south bay have been fighting signature alerts. >> we have you covered. >> southbound 101 coming from the waldo tunnel we have a look at the golden gate bridge now, a few cars coming by and you can access the golden gate bridge from alexander avenue through sausalito but that is not great. richmond san rafael bridge is a lovely way do go to avoid the commute, southbound 101, sky 7 live coming from the waldo tunnel, c.h.p. is on the scene, and the two left lanes are getting by but traffic on the waldo is bumper to bumper from sausalito up and over to the boulders. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is on the scene and said this is a boulder the size of a big truck driver that crunched into a mercedes on the side of the road. southbound 101, two left lanes are getting by through the waldo tunnel. mike? >> thank you, sue, no weather worries. look at this. how about that? we looking at live doppler 7 hd with high pressure and offshore wind bringing s

some others, china, cuba, india, iran, iraq, japan, north korea, saudi arabia.ting brothers in this movement. there is, though, a movement to abolish the death penalty and the it's been you said wear fun years. today the number is at 140 countries and this is for all crimes. not the united states, though. the u.s. was among the top five executioners in the world in 2011. and the company we keep in that statistic, the others in the top five? china, iran, saudi arabia, and iraq. some of those we say are state sponsors of terror, too. of the 50 united states, only 17 have abolished the death penalty, the most recent illinois. want to bring our legal panel back. beth karas, vinnie politan, ryan smith. beth, i want to start with you because you have been a prosecutor and we together and this whole team in fact have covered a lot of death penalty cases. and if you ask the average american out there, many would say they have no idea that we share this death penalty with some of those very frightening other countries and not with most of the rest of the world. >> let me

at consumption of crude oil across the globe, north america has been flat for a couple of years, in fact on a slow decline with growth in china, asia, india will see growth. as far as north america goes, the tremendous advantage the u.s. enjoys a great relationship with canada somewhat when you look at prices more insulated against the world market. i think your thesis like something that could happen in saudi arabia, absolutely important. liz: what is your best guess for the price of oil this year? >> i think it stays between the 90-100 barrels. liz: you have what, an $8 billion project, growth project you hope by 2016, your market cap is 8 billion, already 6 billion in debt, i get worried about a company like that. >> as a relationship upstairs with the canadian, a market cap of $35 billion, a player in the energy space in canada, so it is the general partner, the sponsor of that. historically. liz: they are backing you guys. >> they are, they take good care of investing alongside us in major projects, that is the expectations. liz: your dividend, 7.9%, can you continue at that pace? >> our assets from the oil sands resource into the u.

he talks about north korea's's nuclear program, trade agreements, and india's role in the region. from the heritage foundation, this is about one hour. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. days, thext 13 president of the heritage foundation. i am delighted to have with us as amorning my successor new president, senator jim demint. we're happy you are here to join us. to theme all of you auditorium. it's good to see so many friends here and particularly a happy occasion for us to be able to co-host the reception afterward with the ambassador of the the republic of korea. it's very special time for korea to celebrate the first anniversary of chorus and we celebrate and commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the korean war. today, we have a number of other significant guests who are here with us representing the samsung company from their new jersey headquarters, mr. m.j. han and welcome you here on behalf of the chairman of samsung, and our good friend and long time member of the heritage foundation. we are delighted to have so many

india objected. they had strong reservations, pakistan. >> they objected but it's iran and syria and north korea that has blocked -- >> if you would allow me to speak, i would continue and say iran has a lot of history with international law. the u.s. security council with he iran-iraq war blocked saddam hussein as even being named as those in the west. but they provided him with chemical weapons to slaughter iranians. and while iran is abiding by international law, the pressure is on iran from the international atomic agency because the countries there are duns of power and in the west so the iranians are saying anything international has to be fair. if it is fair the iranians are fine with it but western countries which provide saudi arabia with weapons to up a bahrain and bomb our people, then the united states really and the europeans don't have much to say about human rights. >> well, can you confirm are snipers going to syria to prop up the government that is is there, yes, or no? >> i think that you that if you compare what iran and syria is doing, it's comparable to what the west is doing. th

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north korea. australia's asx 200 managed a record high up 0.46%. india is now trading higher by just a touch. back to you, kelly. >> thanks very much for that. markets here are trying to gauge both the china figures and the stronger u.s. payroll data on friday, much stronger than expected, really. but over here, we're seeing red when it comes to the futures when we start to turn our attention to the u.s. that may have something to do with what allen at lloyd's this morning is saying it could be technical resistance. how much longer can you continue to rally at these markets. 14,300 we are banging in at that level. not often you see the round number sitting here, but that's exactly the open we're looking at. the nasdaq and the s&p are pointed lower. again, not surprise fg we're in for a bit of a pause after the likes of the rally we've seen. greenhouse points out in the past after we've reached nominal highs for markets, you check in a couple of months later, they haven't gone up much, but at the same time, they haven't lost a lot of value, either. let's take a look at what's been happening in

north korea affect the trade? >> i think in the asian market, what we've seen is china and india, two major regional powers, has majororters there and south korea as well and singapore. what we're seeing are countries seeking to obviously boost their own national security forces but also the desire in those countries to develop their own arms industry. many of the items we're seeing being delivered we're seeing assembled in these countries with significant components being imported for indigenous production. so obviously the security angle as you mentioned there and territory disputes and concerns with regards to a number of countries but also is a desire for these countries to import technologies and become exporters and see that with china becoming the fifth largest exporter and importer as well and there are other countries in that region also looking to becoming exporters themselves. >> thanks very much indeed for talking to al jazeera. australia is increasing aid and rade links with myanmar. gill arrested made the announcement after meeting thein sein. he's myanmar's first lead tore visit in decades. this is the

doing things which is causing trouble not only with its neighbors from the arc of india to the south to south korea in the north but also with the united states. it's not just a question of cyber hacking, it's these questions of sovereignty, closing off the south china sea, support of north korea, these are ngs that deeply trouble the international community and the united states and if china wants better relations with us they can stop do what they've been doing for the last three or four years. >> woodruff: is that something that's believed the chinese leadership wants to pursue or is it something that just happened? >> clearly the people's liberation army, the security services, even the communist party itself have been involved. they're going after our corporates and trying to get information to use for commercial purposes but most important they're attacking the institutions of a free society. "new york times," "wall street journal," "washington post." this really goes the core of what america is and so this is very serious for us. >> woodruff: how much does that, ken lieberthal, interfere with everything

india pakistan have a bomb. why is everybody has to plead with china to go to north korea and ask them to drop. it you're arguing bumblings power influence the know that russia is i mean we told our affections ten years on from the war in iraq i think fifty we're told from afghanistan next year and we've got obviously the talk of going in syria on the table the thing this government is going to make the same mistake. that the previous governments mate i think there's a danger of doing that because it's motivated almost by the same things good people stick together i'm afraid when you get through the countries are not necessarily good their might well be bad be interested just to mention afghanistan that was the un agreement i saw a role the intelligence forces show whether the bombers of the terrorist were operating from and that was right. they destroyed them but that was with the u.n. intervention but we are only better off in afghanistan i just think year after ten years in afghanistan now will it not go back to it's always it's looking like it will so they started the last of this to avoid

involvement in the asia pacific, will resolve the endless standoff with north korea once and for all. india will no longer be artificially be separated from the rest of asian we will firmly anchor taiwan into the global trading system. the u.s. must take an in-depth look with its relationship with china and find a balanced approach that takes into account america's interest while striving for a productive relationship. finally, we must make america the most attractive location to do business for the asia-pacific region. let's get the conversation back on to economic prosperity and away from die advise i have nationalism. america's north korea policy has been a failure by all measures. d i will share with you that includes democratic and republican administrations. our inability to bring about real change inside north korea has resulted in a region that is more insecure today than it was during the 1994 framework agreement, when that agreement promised a nuclear-free korean peninsula. that approach has not worked. earlier this month, i called a hearing examining policy options for imposing a

india with her husband on a bicycle. they've been here since early february and cycling from the city of mumbai all the way up to north toe famous taj mahal is. authorities say the couple had camped out over the weekend in a very remote part of central india and that's where a group of men robbed the couple and raped the woman. now authorities say six men have confessed to their crimes. they've been arrested. and they've been presented before a local court. but the swiss woman has yet to identify the suspects. erin? >> thanks. >>> now let's check in with anderson coop we are a look at >> now, a lot of the article, and you should read it, the entire thing, it's really en anecdotes and stories about how they feel. she told them blacks use skin color as an excuse. instead of moving forward. it's a shame. paying taxes, they're not doing anything except sitting on porches smoking pot. the city's mayor michael nutter called the article a pathetic, uninformed essay that allowed the author to feed his own misguided per spepgs. and largely criminal. i spoke to the editor of the philadelphia magazine tom mcgrath earlier and asked

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india's most secure jail. the trying of four other men accused and one juvenile will go on. but again, the indian authorities are in the dark as well. andrew north, "bbc news," delhi. >> two american soldiers were killed in afghanistan today by an afghan police officer. it is the second insider attack in three days and it comes after a very tense weekend visit by the u.s. secretary of defense. president karzai accused america of talking to the taliban. we asked what sense we could make of the comments. >> he is in part speaking to a local audience, who are increasingly feeling that nato and the u.s. have abandoned him. earlier he said the opposite, saying he was going to join the taliban. >> he is trying to make a political case. is this because of a political message he is giving his people? >> president karzai has tended to blame everybody but the afghan government for his mistakes. he has blamed the taliban, the united states and others. he usually lumps the taliban and pakistan together in tandem. it is just a variation of two of the three main targets he usually does for political consumption. >> what does he mean by colluding with the tali

whether it be india or indonesia, you know, united kingdom or north africa. this is a problem we all have to work with. so we have three anchors that would keep us firmly committed in the middle east, but i completely support the president declared shift to the pacific. >> thank you. admiral mcraven, following our move out of iraq and leaving afghanistan also on the horizon, as you look forward do you see the roles of our special operators changing or moving to a different primary mission? and what would be the factors that you would consider in making any kind of a change for our special ops program? >> ninety senator. -- thank you, senator. as we draw down and afghanistan, that was certain to provide me more capacity and special operation forces that i can then provide to the combatant commanders. you talk about the rebalancing in the pacific, i was out with admiral lochner a little over a month ago, have an opportunity to spend a fair amount of time in the pacific. i can screw up in the pacific if you will, and as you know, we, the special operations commu

that come out of this region threatening civilization everywhere whether it be india or indonesia or united kingdom or north aftercarks this is a problem we all have to work with. we have three an course in the middle east but i support the president's declared shift to the pacific. >> thank you. following our move out of iraq and leaving afghanistan also on the horizon, as you look forward do you see the roles of our special operators changing to a different mission and what would be the factors that you would consider in making any kind of a change for our special ops program? >> thank you senator, as we draw down in afghanistan, that will certainly provide me more capacity in special operations forces that i can then provide to the combatant commanders. you talk about the rebalancing to the pacific. i was out over a month ago and had an opportunity to spend a fair amount of time in the pacific. in my navy sale career i grew up in the pacific ful. we have had wonderful relationships in the pacific for many many decades from korea down to australia and every country in between. so we value our relationship

india since early february. they're actually on the cycling tour cycling from the city of mumbai all the way north to tajmhal. this took place in a very remote part of the country. the crime was committed by criminals who are well-known. and, yes, something like this could have happened anywhere in the world, but still observers here say the fact that this is happening so soon after the delhi gang rape case does not put india in a good light. cnn, new delhi. >> that couple receiving medical treatment now, they're both willing to identify the suspects in the case. and they're actually going to stay at the swiss embassy in new delhi for quite a bit of time. >> yeah. no plans to leave at the moment. i want to go to the pope now, the unpredictable pope if we could call him that. shaking hands, meeting, greeting face-to-face with the faithful. that's coming up. >>> and reminder of course to watch cnn's new show "the lead" with our friend jake tapper starting today at 4:00 eastern for our u.s. viewers. [ male announcer ] this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a

north to agra where the famous taj mahal is. authorities say the couple had camped out over the weekend in a very remote part of central india andobbed the couple and raped the woman. now authorities say six men have confessed to their crimes. they've been arrested. and they've been presented before a local court. but the swiss woman has yet to identify the suspects. erin? >> thanks. >>> now let's check in with anderson coop we are a look at should read it, the entire thing, it's really anecdotes and stories from residents about how they feel. for example, the author talked to a woman from moscow and she told him, "blacks use skin color as an excuse, discrimination is an excuse, instead of moving forward, it's a shape you pay taxes, they're not doing anything except sitting on porches smoking pot. why do you support them when they won't work. just make babies and smoke pot"? the city's mayor michael nutter called the article pathetic, uninformed essay that allowed the author to feed his own misguided perception of african-americans as an ethnic group that in its entirety is lazy, shiftless, irresponsible and largely criminal. i

whether it be india or indonesia, you know, united kingdom or north africa. this is a problem that we all have to work with. so we have three anchors that will keep us firmly committed in the middle east but i completely support the president's declared shift to the pacific. >> thank you. admiral mcraven, following our move out of iraq and leaving afghanistan also on the horizon, as you look forward do you see the roles of our special operators changing or moving to a different primary mission and what would be the factors that you would consider in making any kind of a change for our special ops? -- ops program? >> thank you, senator. as we draw down in afghanistan, that will certainly provide me more capacity in special operations forces that i can then provide to the combatant commanders. you talk about the rebalancing to the pacific. ists out about admiral locklear a little over a month ago, had an opportunity to spend a fair amount of time in the pacific. in my navy s.e.a.l. career i grew up in the pacific, if you will, and as you know we have had we, th

north to agra where the famous taj mahal is. authorities say the couple had camped out over the weekend in a very remote part of central india andwhere a group of men robbed the couple and raped the woman. now authorities say six men have confessed to their crimes. they've been arrested. and they've been presented before a local court. but the swiss woman has yet to identify the suspects. erin? >> thanks. >>> now let's check in with anderson coop we are a look at what is coming up on "ac 360." >> breaking news. the mother of the teen raped in steubenville, ohio, speaks out tonight on 360 about the conviction of two local football stars and about what happened to her daughter. we'll also speak about what seems to be a backlash against her daughter, if can you believe it, with attorneys and children's advocate martin and jeffrey toobin. also tonight, a truly disturbing story out of mississippi. this man, garret burnett was killed while working down a rural road, possibly intentionally and possibly because of the color of his skin. it's hard to know what happened because no one investigated the case. not for 3 1/2 years, not until

involvement in the asia-pacific will resolve the endless standoff with north and south korea once and for all to india will no longer be artificially separated from the rest of asia. and we will firmly anchored taiwan into the global trading system. the u.s. must take an in depth look at its relationship with china, and find a balanced approach that takes into account america's interests while striving for a productive relationship. finally, we must once again make america the most attractive location to do business for the asia-pacific region. let's get the conversation back onto economic prosperity, and away from divisive nationalism. america's north korea policy has been a failure on all measures. and i will share with you that, that includes democratic and republican administrations. our inability to bring about real change inside north korea has resulted in a region that is more insecure today than it was during the 94 framework agreement, when that agreement promised a nuclear free korean peninsula. that approach has not worked. earlier this month i called a hearing examining policy options for

north korea calls those an open declaration of war and also threatening a nuclear attack against the united states. >>> new developments this morning in india murder case that really shocked the nation and the world. police in new delhi say that one of the suspects charged in the crime has committed suicide in custody, hanging himself. the parents of that suspect ram singh claim their son was murdered. singh was one of the men accused in the gang rape and murder of a young woman aboard a bus back in december. the brutality shocked the indian nation and led to calls for new laws to protect women against sexual assault. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel on his way home this morning after a tension filled visit to afghanistan. he met with hamid karzai after the afghan president accused the u.s. of collaborating with the taliban. >> we did discuss those comments. i told the president that it was not true, the fact is, any prospect for peace or political settlements, that has to be led by the afghans. >> during hagel's first morning in kabul two suicide bombings killed at least 19 people, including a u.s. contractor. a spokesman for the taliban

india and pakistan are modernizing their nuclear forces . they commented that get their weapons are essential for france and, of course, north korea continues to expand its capability while allowing it to be on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons. so i am not aware of any country reducing the nuclear stockpile except, perhaps, us as we continue to look at that. let me ask you, what are the strategic implications of these trends on enhance nuclear weapons around the world? >> senator, they do have implications. first of all, when we look at assessing other nuclear arsenals around the world, what we do is we look at intent and the ability. and i think none of us believe that the russians intend to attack the united states. i think we don't believe that the chinese intend to attack the united states. however, the capability to do so is there, and as long as it is we have an obligation to deter against such an attack which means we have to be mindful of the capabilities that they are bringing to bear. wind up their modernization, and we certainly know the numbers. and i think at least again from a military perspective arms control and our pr

north korea are in violation of the treaty. the primitive nations on the security council are in full compliance because they signed the nuclear states. in india, pakistan and israel are not signatories. defending the treaty is critical sense without it i'm sure there would be dozens of nuclear states and we would have experienced several nuclear wars buy now. i would also point out that iran has no legitimate fears, even a alleged that years of israel, they do not share a border, israel is and called for a world without persia, kuran's nuclear program is not defensive. in fact, there are striking some of the trees between iran and north korea, but one striking difference is the degree of invention. you described a regime in north korea that seems to become the number-one goal seems to be making sure by angus gotcha is available to the elite. iran has sought to influence affairs are now the world, i believe brenau series is as far as you can go without getting into outer space. so, iran both by action and rhetoric is in tend on affecting things far outside its borders in ways that we would find unacceptable. going to ask a witness is i will pr

north korea are in violation of the treaty. the five permanent nations on the security council are in full compliance because they signed as nuclear states. india, pakistan, israel are non-signatories. defending the treaty is critical, since without it, i'm sure that there would be dozens of nuclear states and we would've experienced several nuclear wars i now. i would also point out that iran has no legitimate fears, no even illegitimate here' heirs of isr. they do not share a border. israel has not called for a world without a persia.

likewise india and pakistan are modernizing their nuclear forces and the french president recently commented that nuclear weapons are essential for france and of course north korea continues to expand its capabilities while iran is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons. so i'm not aware of any country reducing their nuclear stockpiles except perhaps us as we continue to look at that. let me ask you, what are the strategic implications of these trends of enhanced nuclear weapons around the world? >> senator, they do have implications for us. i think first of all, when we look at assessing other nuclear arsenals around the world, what we do is we look at intent and capability. i think none of us believe that the russians intend to attack the united states. i think we don't believe the chinese intend to attack the united states, etc. however, they have the capability to do so, and as long as they do, we have an obligation to deter against such an attack, and that means that we have to be mindful of the capabilities they are bringing to bear. we note their modernization and certainly note their numbers. and i think, at least again from my military perspect

north korea are in violation of that treaty. the five permanent nations of the, on the security council are in full compliance because they signed as nuclear states. and india, pakistan and israel are nonsignatories. defending that treaty is critical since without it i'm sure that there would be dozens of nuclear states, and we would have experienced several nuclear wars by now. i would also point out that iran has no legitimate fears, no even illegitimate fears of israel. they do not share a border. israel has not called far world without a persia. it, iran's nuclear program is not defensive. um, in fact, there are striking similarities between iran and north korea, but one striking difference is the degree of ambition. you've described a regime in north korea that seems to be, and their number one goal seems to be sure that fine scotch is available to the elite. iran has sought to influence affairs around the world; bombed the community center in buenos aires which, i believe, is as far as you can get from iran without going into outer space. so iran both by action and rhetoric is intent on accomplishing, on affecting things far outside its borders in way