, must be the objective of north korea. -- vis-a-vis north korea, must be the objective of north koreao what you can to prevent this from happening. you make them think that you are going to go far to prevent it. >> give us the best argument for believing that sanctions with respect to iran or north korea is still in possession of practical application despite what we have seen over many years? >> they will be a difficult proposition to work successfully. it is difficult to control the country like iran. it is hard to establish a regime where everyone stops trading, particularly in the materials that are survival necessities for this regime. if you denigrate sanctions and say that we only have an option which is to use military force, that does not get you very far. i am not aware of any scenario where the use of american or israeli military force actually resolved the question you are trying to resolve. can we stop the nuclear weapons capacity? i don't think so. you invite asymmetric attacks by the iranians through hezbollah, hamas, she militants in iraq, against our forces, against i

we are already living with north korea at the's nuclear weapons. -- north korea's nuclear weapons. i hope that we will build a missile defenses to deter them from doing that. north korea has so few foreign policy options. they are so bottled up in their miserable corner of the world. if your japan, you don't feel this way. -- if you are japan, you do not feel this way. we learn a great deal more about iran posing nuclear-weapons -- iran's nuclear weapons. i stay up late at night less over north korea. >> the big question i have is china. the one country that has potentially decisive moves on north korea is china and they have decided not to exercise it so far. we need to get china to play a more helpful role to reassure them about what -- that ought to be the ultimate foreign policy goal. there are limits to what i believe we can do. if the north koreans don't do it themselves, it is in beijing. >> yes, sir? that's it. >> one question, where do we get the resources to deal with the kinds of things being proposed? [inaudible] we haven't got the forces or the manpower. and we don't h

we are already living with north korea at the's nuclear weapons. -- north korea's nuclear weapons. i hope that we will build a missile defenses to deter them from doing that. north korea has so few foreign policy options. they are so bottled up in their miserable corner of the world. if your japan, you don't feel this way. -- if you are japan, you do not feel this way. we learn a great deal more about iran posing nuclear-weapons -- iran's nuclear weapons. i stay up late at night less over north korea. >> the big question i have is china. the one country that has potentially decisive moves on north korea is china and they have decided not to exercise it so far. we need to get china to play a more helpful role to reassure them about what -- that ought to be the ultimate foreign policy goal. there are limits to what i believe we can do. if the north koreans don't do it themselves, it is in beijing. >> yes, sir? that's it. >> one question, where do we get the resources to deal with the kinds of things being proposed? [inaudible] we haven't got the forces or the manpower. and we don't h

tourism really reminds me of those that have advocated for north korea. oom gang mountain resort and the hypothesis of course is that ideas like capitalism i guess will be slow the introduced in north koreans and wages garnished by workers there at the resort will trickle down but here is in fact what happened. in fact what happens is that communist party members who were the sons and daughters of the elite are sent to work there. they are adamantly in support of the regime and they don't talk to people who go and about any of these ideas anyway so they are kept at arm's length. so, the reality is that you don't reach the population. what you do is you paid money to bolster the intelligence apparatus or in the state or in the case of north korea of. and i think there is an awful lot of wishful thinking. i think they kim jong-il like castro would never do anything to threaten his grip on power, but he doesn't mind running that hotel out there because the workers are so highly screen, they are party members and they don't get paid. the wages go to the state

first, north korea. here is a country that has next to no film -- next to no foreign trade, no resources anyone wants, no great industrial capacity, its powerful neighbors, japan, russia, the united states, and south korea, probably not neighbors -- >> china. >> and china. we opposed their program. in the face of all this, they can emerge with a nuclear capability, as they seem to be doing, and if they can violate previous agreements with impunity and get new negotiations out of it, then the prospects are up -- a prospect of world order are limited. why should not other countries follow the same road? we have seen in syria, north koreans were building a plant on their own models. iran is more complicated because north korea does not directly threaten any other country with its capacity. potentially, it does, but iran is in the middle of the world in which it explicitly threaten israel. but also, the city-state's in the region are not likely -- the sunni states in the region are not likely to sit by. their

topping the agenda, north korea's nuclear plans. he will make a decision about whether to increase troop levels in afghanistan. >> we have a vital interest in making sure afghanistan is sufficiently stable that it can't infect the entire region with violent extremism. we also have to make sure that we've got an effective partner in afghanistan and that's something that we are examining very closely and presenting some very clear benchmarks for the afghan government. we have to make sure that we are training sufficient afghan troops so they can ultimately secure their own country. >>> before leaving beijing today the president walked along the same section of the great wall of china richard nixon visited in 1972. >>> in between state dinners, closed door meetings and sightseeing he had a rare reunion with his brother. mark obama has been living in southern china. he claims in his new book their father physically abused him. he wouldn't bring that up when they met at the president's hotel. >> we just had a big hug and my wife and he h

we are already living with north korea at the's nuclear weapons. -- north korea's nuclear weapons. i hope that we will build a missile defenses to deter them from doing that. north korea has so few foreign policy options. they are so bottled up in their miserable corner of the world. if your japan, you don't feel this way. -- if you are japan, you do not feel this way. we learn a great deal more about iran posing nuclear-weapons -- iran's nuclear weapons. i stay up late at night less over north korea. >> the big question i have is china. the one country that has potentially decisive moves on north korea is china and they have decided not to exercise it so far. we need to get china to play a more helpful role to reassure them about what -- that ought to be the ultimate foreign policy goal. there are limits to what i believe we can do. if the north koreans don't do it themselves, it is in beijing. >> yes, sir? that's it. >> one question, where do we get the resources to deal with the kinds of things being proposed? [inaudible] we haven't got the forces or the manpower. and we don't h

the short answer of why we have a double standard with respect to iran and north korea relative to israels the same as the reason we have a double standard with respect to france and england. the nature of of the person makes a difference. if sweden got nuclear weapons you might speak to the question, but it probably won't be a huge threat to us, whereas if north korea or iran has nuclear weapons, it is a serious issue. on the strategy issue, first of all, others in the room can probably identify the classic parts of the military plan but one is to identify the mission, which is not actually a strange. that is what we are trying to do, whether take that hill or win the second world war. that is different from the threat, which is who is trying to stop us from taking the hill, which in a sense is your question. it is quite different from both the strategy, which to my mind is the broad approach of how are we going to go about doing that, which lever are we going to pull, then the tactics. and in some cases these are issues of fact. my favorite, very interesting question -- usuallyç it is

in the case of the two americans who wandered into north korea as journalists, they eventually did getut. it becomes a political issue, but certainly the state department of the government works quite hard to bring them back to safety. host: on iran, why is it america's job to make sure they're not some thread? no one seems to answer that question. on china there is a store this morning in the ap that beijing has criticized the report that chinese sties are aggressively stealing american secrets. a report said that american officials believe that chinese spying is growing in scale, intensity, and sophistication and urges congress to review the bully to meet the rising challenge of such beijing has been knowledge. guest: the terrible thing of covering these issues -- all these years i can remember at the end of the cold war one of the big issues was that we had to develop defenses against economic espionage because the chinese, french and everybody else were stealing our economic secrets. this is a group that is devoted to watching this kind of thing. i think you are finding that the ec

we don't trade with north korea. what will we sanction them with economically when we don't do business with them? on the other hand, sometimes when a president says there'll be dire consequences, as when president obama has to attend sanctions against iran for its nuclear program, which i will come back to. that can have real effects. that's a costly signal. not just because it costs uranian something, if we cut back bank transactions and other activities that the iranians do. because they cost some of our friends money because they do business with iran. and if they abide in the sanctions that we threaten, that's costly to them, which means they will be a little annoyed. and so the president is taking a political risk. and because it is costly, we can take the statement as credible. and of course, the iranians have to work out, is the cost of giving into the sanction -- giving in to the threat, the demand for change of behavior greater than the cost of living with the economic losses of the sanctions? and if they c

tourism really reminds me of those that have advocated for north korea. koom gang mountain resort and the hypothesis of course is that ideas like capitalism i guess will be slow the introduced in north koreans and wages garnished by workers there at the resort will trickle down but here is in fact what happened. in fact what happens is that communist party members who were the sons and daughters of the elite are sent to work there. they are adamantly in support of the regime and they don't talk to people who go and about any of these ideas anyway so they are kept at arm's length. so, the reality is that you don't reach the population. what you do is you paid money to bolster the intelligence apparatus or in the state or in the case of north korea of. and i think there is an awful lot of wishful thinking. i think they kim jong-il like castro would never do anything to threaten his grip on power, but he doesn't mind running that hotel out there because the workers are so highly screen, they are party members and they don't get paid. the wages go to the state

website and sites in south korea, what is potentially from north korea? north koreans have been pretty vocal, as the chinese, that they have been interested in pursuing cyber wars. what made me a little skeptical about this is that north korea doesn't really have much internet the nativity, much less electricity in some cases, so it leads to some questions on how they were able to do something like this. but i think the key underlying fact, what people suspected north koreans, and no one could be absolutely sure and certainly not with enough certainty that we could at formulative response. when this is one of the deviling aspects of the cyber war, is an ability to have attribution -- knowing precisely. if someone launches a missile at the united states they will know what the missile comes from an they concede that the satellite. not the same thing with a cyber attack. it makes responding to a difficult and legally problematic as well. host: massachusetts. democrat 9. caller: two questions. i cannot concerned as much about cyber attacks, but what would ha

kim, a defector from north korea, who explained how the system works in north korea and how they extractealth from, you know, this kind of activity. it is difficult to find one-for- one examples in foreign policy, but the idea of opening up cuba for u.s. terrorism really reminds me of those who advocated for something in north korea, a mountain resort. this is that ideas like capitalism, i guess, will be slowly introduced into north koreans and the wages will trickle-down, but here is what happened. -- will trickle down. they are the sons and daughters of the least -- elite who are set to work there, and they do not talk about any of these ideas anyway, so they are kept at arm's length, so the reality is you do not reach the population. what you do is pay money to bolster the intelligence apparatus or the state, or in the case of north korea, the weapons program, and i think there is an awful lot of wishful thinking. i think that cameras jong-il, like castro, would not do anything to threaten his grip -- i think that kim chong il -- kim chong il -- kim jong-il, like castro, would not do

the two will discuss a free trade agreement and north korea's nuclear program. yesterday the president was in china where he met with the premier. the white house says china's president has accepted an invitation to visit next year. he also took time yesterday to walk along a section of china's great wall. he called the experience magical. >>> in between the state dinners, close door meetings, sight-seeing, president obama had a rare reunion with his half brother who is in china. mark obama has been living in southern china for the past seven years and made headlines recently because in his new book he claims their father physically abused him. he wouldn't say if that subject came up when they met briefly at the president's hotel. >> we just had a big hug. and my wife and he had a big, big hug. and it was very, very powerful, very, very intense because he's my big brother. >> president obama says he hasn't read his half brother's book but he says there's no secret his father was troubled. >>> busiest shopping day of the year is nine days away. we've got the scoo

if iran and north korea sustain their nuclear ambitions in the system and negotiations. it's not working and cannot work. no restraint on other states developing the effort. even if we observe the 100,000 people being killed in ours, which is one bomb, i think the impact of the population will be the new pressures and some kind of impulse and denuclearization of the new world. one of the questions asked the other day is could kim juning il could imagine he could sell one bomb to osama bin laden. they are probably more out of tune with what is happening elsewhere with what is happening else y where in the world. who could imagine they could do something just to restrain themselves through the spread of nuclear weapons seems inevita e inevitable. >> so -- and this sort of final question. you look back on many, many years of the issue. the proposition the negotiations have not been started. >> it's very hard for me. then the koreans probably more so. unless there's some reversal of attitudes. that's the delay by the very short period and then we have the problem. so you can

in the case of the two americans who wandered into north korea as journalists, they eventually did get out. it becomes a political issue, but certainly the state department of the government works quite hard to bring them back to safety. host: on iran, why is it america's job to make sure they're not some thread? no one seems to answer that question. on china there is a store this morning in the ap that beijing has criticized the report that chinese sties are aggressively stealing american secrets. a report said that american officials believe that chinese spying is growing in scale, intensity, and sophistication and urges congress to review the bully to meet the rising challenge of such beijing has been knowledge. guest: the terrible thing of covering these issues -- all these years i can remember at the end of the cold war one of the big issues was that we had to develop defenses against economic espionage because the chinese, french and everybody else were stealing our economic secrets. this is a group that is devoted to watching this kind of thing. i think you are finding that the

china's support for the floebl nonproliferation regime as well as the verifiable elimination of north korea's nuclear weapons program. >> well, he also encouraged china to resume talks with the dalai lama's representatives. medical marijuana supporters came out in full force at a debate in l.a. last night. the city attorney wants to regulate and close hundreds of clinics. the issue determining if centers that make a profit are illegal. >> we cannot have a policy in the city of los angeles that bans the sale of all to patients whether you call those sales. it simply won't work. >> well, two city council xes voted to keep it open. >>> here is a story that will just make you feel good. >> this kid had a special need and we were able to fill it. >> how this little boy who has trouble walking got some special help from a four-legged friend and a pet store. that is new for you in about 20 minutes. look at that dog's expression. and his expression. >>> military police arrest add single mom with a baby son for refusing to deploy to afghanistan. specialist alexis hutchinson says her mom was supposed t

they worked and ending north korea's nuclear program.he biggest may be a pact to come up with joint solutions on climate change. >> as the two largest consumers and producers of energy, there can be no solution to this challenge without the efforts of both china and the united states. now, that's why we've agreed to a series of important new initiatives in this area. as president hu indicated we are kroeting a clean energy center and achieved agreements on energy efficiency, renewable energy, cleaner uses of coal, electric vehicles and shale gas. >>> and president obama encouraged china to resume talks with the dalai lama's representatives. china's crackdown on tibet and other issues had been a thorn between the u.s. and china for years. >>> the big wireless providers are locked in a fierce price war, and walmart getting into the action now. so hln money expert clark howard explains what it means for your wallet. >> okay. i get a kick when i travel and am sitting next to a corporate type on an airplane, and he or she is there busy workin

the leaders agreed to work together on ending north korea's nuclear program.ut the biggest outcome of their meeting may be a pack to come up with joint solutions on climate change. >> as the two largest consumers and producers of energy, there can be no solution to this challenge without the efforts of both china and the united states. the president kat ecreating a joint energy efficient center, cleaner uses of coal, electric vehicles and shell gas. >> president obama encouraged china to resume talks with the dalai lama's representatives. the crackdown on tibet has been a thorn between the u.s. and china for years. >>> the number of u.s. army soldiers who kill themselves will likely set another record this year. there have been 140 suicides among active duty soldiers already. this will be the sixth consecutive year soldier suicides set a new record. >> this is horrible. i do not want to downplay the significance of these numbers in any way. we talk about using figures and percentages. each case represents an individual, a person, with family and friends and a

conditions for a world without nuclear weapons, including addressing the challenges from iran and north koreat legislation will be published to make binding my government's commitment to spend 0.0 -- 0.7% of gross national income on international development by 2013. other measures will be laid before you. my lords and members of the house of commons, i pray that the blessings of almighty god may rest upon your counsels. >> that completes the queen's speech for 2009, the current session of the current parliament, the 15th parliament of the queen's reign. the queen and the duke leave the chamber of the house of lords and will pass through the princess chamber, the small room next door to the house of lords -- the prince's chamber, the small room next door to the house of lords. that is the signal for members of the house of commons, led by the speaker and the sergeant at arms -- serjeant-at-arms, to return to their chamber to debate the queen's speech today and in the days ahead. the herald's ahead of this proposed -- of this procession through the royal gallery board craig -- lord craig with

conditions for a world without nuke here weapons, including addressing the challenges from iran and north korea. draft legislation will be published to mick binding my government's commitment to thin 7.4% of national income on international development, from 2013. and other measures will be laid before you. and i -- my lord and the members of the house of commons, i pray that the blessing of almighty god will rest upon your council. >> that completes the queen's speech for 2009, the final session of the current particle the, the 15th parliament of the queen's reign. queen and the duke leave the chamber of the house of lords. and will pass through what is the prince's chamber which is the small room next door to the house of lords. and then into the royal gallery once again. that's the signal for the members of the house of commons, led by the speaker and the sergeant at arms, to return to their chamber, ready to debate the green speech later today on the days ahead. the harold at the head of the procession, through the royal gallery -- lord craig with the -- with the sort of state. and in the c

whereas if north korea or iran had nuclear-weapons, it is a serious issue. of this strategy issue, first of all, that moral or probably other people in the room could identify the classic parts of a military plan. but one is to identify the mission, which is not actually a strategy. it is, what are we trying to do? whether it is to take the hill. that is different from the threat which is, who should try to stop us from taking the hill. and it is quite different from both the strategy which, to my mind, is the broad approach of how are we going to go about doing -- which lever are we going to pull. and then the tactics. in some cases, these are issues of the fact. a very interesting question. it is sufficiently easy to tell who will help or want. i like to relate it intelligence -- to the nobility of the fact. i used to be amused by the fact when i did charts in the assault ii agreement we had to show what the forces would be like. for the soviet union we had one answer. for the united states, with a three, because the air force and navy could not agree so w

. >> on north korea? does the united states government make any decision to go -- to read a list north korea as a terrorist country? dollars to put them back on the list as a terrorist country? >> yes. >> i am not aware of any decision to put them back on the list. >> congress requested the president for the reel list of the terrorist list. >> what did congress do? >> congress asked to the president final say on that. do you have anything on it? >> i am afraid i do not have anything on that. >> yesterday you said you might have something on the land mine treaty conference in -- >> yes, i do have something on a land mine friday -- the land mine treaty. maybe i spoke too soon. boy, i did have something on the land mine treaty. and i do have something on the land mine treaty. it's under miscellaneous. >> that is a good place for it. >> 0 colombia's present to rebate invited president obama to attend the second review conference of the ottawa convention in cartagena. the u.s. hasn't accepted the invitation an

cooperation on north korea, the climate, the global economic crisis, the situation.yes, there are a lot of other unanswered questions and human rights and battle off for a minute. but it seems to me the way we're handling things is one of the most important things you may have said this morning. how china and the united states are coming along in the century. i'm wondering if you are thinking i'm being too grand. q. i would definitely agree with you. there were a lot of issues on the table for the summit. but it was clear to me. i was there for some meanings. that was the partnership agreements that i've described between the two countries on clean energy and energy efficiency, what right -- but and do indicate the potential for enormous mutual benefit, both countries recognized. they are moving forward on that. with the clean energy round table, with two u.s. secretaries, commerce, and energy as their counterparts in the ministry of science and technology in the national energy administration. there were about 100 experts in the room. a lot from private industry. we

i got to see what it meant when i was asked not very long ago to take a little trip to north korea and bring to american -- two american journalists home and both asian americans. i didn't really do much. i just showed up and did what i was supposed to do. and brought them home. i tell you what. i got to see these two young women, barely older than my daughter having been in a jail for five months having been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for stepping across the river about this wide. all of a sudden be free in a plane bound for home. and realized that i too often took it for granted. once you see somebody gasping almost as if they have been suffocating to take in the air of free people it makes you appreciate "schindler's list" and "amastad" and "munich" and the foundation and every other good and decent thing this wonderful man has ever did. he has empowered us all. if he simply look and listen and respond in kind. ladies and gentlemen, the recipient of the liberty medal, steven spielberg. [applause] >> thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, the 2009 liberty medal recipient, steve

the goal is to resume the similar-party talks to end north korea's nuclear program. >>> the suspect in the ft. hood shootings is refusing to answer any questions about that day so far. his attorney says that hasan is coherent but not talking about the attack. he's under guard in intensive care. investigators are trying to figure out what provoked the attack. the reason why, what is the reason why. yesterday the city-sized army post put its war preps on pause and 15,000 people attended the memorial for 12 soldiers and one retired soldier shot to death at ft. hood on thursday. president obama promised justice. >> your loved ones endure through the life of our nation. their memory will be honored in the places they lived and by the people they touched. >> the president and first lady placed presidential coins in front of the battlefield crosses. the tributes were met with an eerie silence. >> specialist herd. >> sergeant major! >> specialist hunt. >> especially when they started calling their names of the soldiers, you know, someone answer and someone didn't answer. that was very sad mome

concerns of regional and international security including north korea will be discussed. plans for afghanistan will no doubt be in the mix. plus, meeting several newly elected leaders in asia for the very first time. we're following his trip when he does take off. >>> then the economy, of course, will be an important part of the president's trip. just a few moments ago, he spoke about this morning's jobs reports. >> the economic growth that we've seen has not yet led to the job growth that we desperately need. as i've said from the start of this crisis, hiring often takes time to catch up to economic growth. given the magnitude of the economic turmoil that we've experienced, employers are reluctant to hire. >> jen westhoven will have more on the jobs numbers in a minute. >>> heavy rain from what's left of prop cal storm ida is now battering the mid-atlantic. virginia's governor declared a state of emergency. there are coastal flood warnings in some of those areas there. the storm has moved out of georgia, but not before flooding several neighborhoods. some are still recov

. >> president obama also announced plans to send an envoy to north korea next month to help prod that country back to six-party talks on nuclear disarmament. >>> so how would you like to be able to drive your car using your iphone as a remote control? engineers in austin did it using a rigged car and an experimental a prk p that uses the iphone's internal sensor. so to steer you just turn the iphone and you get a bunch of people to ride on the car. touch screen sliders control the gas and brake. >> when we're driving with the iphone, we like to drive it on the roof of the car. that seems to be the most fun. or the hood or something like that. you know, really get the wind blowing in your hair, that type of thing. that's a lot of fun. >> engineers say they've driven the car up to 30 miles per hour. i guess part of the fun is riding on top of the car. >> it's real life wii. >> something a little strange. you're not supposed to use the phone while driving. but you can use the phone to drive. >> no helmets, either. >> exactly. >> didn't look that safe. the car looks safe, right? my questi

china's support for the global nonproliferation regime, as well as the verifiable elimination of north korea'sina to resume talks with the dalai lama's representatives. you may be one of 15 million people who could have to give back hundreds of dollars of stimulus money to the government? you've got to be kidding? our money expert jennifer westhoven is here. so who messed up? >> i think when you hear it, it sounds like you're going to owe more money somehow. >> that's exactly what it sounds like. >> except for the other side is you might have gotten that money and you weren't supposed to, and you didn't realize it. millions of people got more money than they were entitled to. we're talking about that tax credit, was supposed to be 4 or $800. people got that and then some. basically, every week, a lot of people got a little extra in their paycheck that they weren't supposed to. treasury says the calculations were just right. now, likely, if you're in had a category where there was more than one job for a tax return. so, for example, a single person with two jobs or more or two marrieds working

websites and sites in south korea, which is potentially being launched from north korea?the north koreans have been pretty vocal as have chinese and others including us, about the fact that they are interested in pursuing cyber war. one of the things making it a little bit skeptical about this is that north korea does not really have much internet connectivity, much less electricity in some places, so it leads to a question about how there would be able to do something like this, but the key underlying fact of this is that while people suspected perhaps the north koreans, no one could be absolutely 100% sure, and not with an uncertainty that we could have actually formulate a response to the attack, and this is one of the bedeviling aspects of cyber war. that this inability to have 100% attribution -- they call it -- to know precisely where the attack came from mixed response particularly difficult. if someone launches a missile at the united states, we could know where the missile came from. is not the same with a cyber attack, and that makes the -- responding to it prob

that vision is to working -- is working together to ensure that all nations, including iran and north koreato their international obligations. we agreed to expand the international -- the educational exchanges that will fuel our knowledge based economies. we are exec -- expanding the fulbright program that brings so many of our students and scholars together, especially in science and technology. we're increasing ties and exchanges between our universities and community colleges as part of a new obama- singh or singh-obama initiative. we think it is appropriately named. to advance our food this attrition, american and indian agriculture companies will cooperate to reduce hunger. not only in india were enormous strides have met been made around the world, it has much to teach. at our centers for disease control, we will partner with our county -- are indian counterparts to combat infectious diseases and promote global health. this is the concrete progress made today to create jobs and opportunity and security for our people. as a result, i believe the relationship between our two countries h

. >> there is a report that north korea said they will return the talks.any comment on that? that is certainly -- >> that is certainly our goal. i am not aware of any diplomatic exchange like that, but that is the main golal, to get them to return to fifth party talks. >> [inaudible] >> i am not aware they have not indicated there. one more in the back. >> this is a change of subject. listening to the reports of one of the israeli ministers saying the prime minister has a horrible administration and some other officials said it was just for washington and not the palestinians, so she sees such remarks as contributing to the positive -- do you see such remarks and to begin to the positive climate of negotiations? >> i never like to respond to remarks i have not actually seen, so i cannot respond to that. we are concentrating our efforts on creating the atmosphere to refer to the atmosphere in those talks, and we saw israel's recent announcement of the 10- month moratorium is a step in that direction, and that is where we see it. >> [inaudible] >> i am not a

i got to see what it meant when i was asked to take a trip to north korea and bring two american journalists home. both of them were asian- americans, interestingly enough. [applause] they represented -- i did not do much, i sort of showed up and did what i was supposed to do and did not a rigid and did not make mistakes and brought them home very i did not do much. i got to see these two young women, barely older than my daughter, having been in a jail for five months, having been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for stepping across a river about this wide, all the sudden be free. in a plane bound for home. i realized that i too often took it for granted. once you see somebody gasping as if they have been suffocating to take in the air of a free people, it makes you appreciate "schindler's list poky and "amistad" and every other good and decent thing this wonderful man ever did. he has empowered us all. if we simply look and listen and respond with in, and cotton, lettuce and settlement, the 2009 christopher and of the liberty medal, steven spielberg. -- 2009 recipient of the liberty med

that vision is to working -- is working together to ensure that all nations, including iran and north korea, live up to their international obligations. we agreed to expand the international -- the educational exchanges that will fuel our knowledge based economies. we are exec -- expanding the fulbright program that brings so many of our students and scholars together, especially in science and technology. we're increasing ties and exchanges between our universities and community colleges as part of a new obama- singh or singh-obama initiative. we think it is appropriately named. to advance our food this attrition, american and indian agriculture companies will cooperate to reduce hunger. not only in india were enormous strides have met been made around the world, it has much to teach. at our centers for disease control, we will partner with our county -- are indian counterparts to combat infectious diseases and promote global health. this is the concrete progress made today to create jobs and opportunity and security for our people. as a result, i believe the relationship between our two c

they don't like being put in the same boat as north korea or libya of or sudan. so, the effect of sanctions i think is less a direct economic one and more a psychological one. it was interesting to me that in 2003 when the iranians put forth their grand bargain proposal, or at least what is reputed to be there grand bargain proposal because now there is debate over just what this was, but at the head of the list of what they wanted was removal of sanctions. so, clearly what never its economic importance is and it feeds back into this other issue of sense of self-worth and grandeur. let's see. what is the other one? lack of historical perspective in washington? that will come as no surprise. americans are the-- have all been accused of being a historical, of not remembering history. iranians might be accused of having too much history, of not for getting yet, but certainly what plus, put meat and my colleagues into the soup in 1979 was exactly that. i still remember the accounts of the deliberations at the white house in october when president carter learned that

that vision is to working -- is working together to ensure that all nations, including iran and north korealive up to their international obligations. we agreed to expand the international -- the educational exchanges that will fuel our knowledge based economies. we are exec -- expanding the fulbright program that brings so many of our students and scholars together, especially in science and technology. we're increasing ties and exchanges between our universities and community colleges as part of a new obama- singh or singh-obama initiative. we think it is appropriately named. to advance our food this attrition, american and indian agriculture companies will cooperate to reduce hunger. not only in india were enormous strides have met been made around the world, it has much to teach. at our centers for disease control, we will partner with our county -- are indian counterparts to combat infectious diseases and promote global health. this is the concrete progress made today to create jobs and opportunity and security for our people. as a result, i believe the relationship between our two cou

the north korean ship fired back, but south korea says it retreat when's he got damaged. a white house official says this could be an accident that just got out of control. >>> so the man accused of trying to blackmail david letterman is expected to ask a judge to drop the case today. a lawyer for cbs news producer be rot haldeman plans to challenge the evidence. the case said haldeman had him admit on his show that he had sex with women who worked for him. >>> if you see one of the hot new toys for christmas, grab it, says jen westhoven. toy shortages are starting early this year. go out and get them, hey, money expert. >> hey. we have been talking about this is the kind of year where you decide to wait until the very end, you could be risking your stuff will be gone. retailers are worried maybe people aren't going to be spending as much this holiday season. look, they're not in great shape either. they can't afford to be stuck with a lot of leftover that's have to be marked down soxt they're ord, so they're ordering in smaller batches. this is a mechanical hamster and h

issues, on climate change as we read about on our broad national security priorities in terms of north korea and other areas of the world i think we have a very strong foundation for cooperation. we are not going to agree on everything. our interests are necessarily going to conflict and a future. but our basic -- the basic judgment is we are going to be more effective working through those problems if we invest early in a strategic relationship where there is a better mutual understanding of our basic interests and we can work more effectively to advance the things we both care so much about putative >> one final question of my colleague would permit. the world bank and development banks have been strongly focused on energy poverty. and in assuring access to electricity for the world's poor. but that has very often almost always come at the expense of jury high carbon emissions. how would you recommend that the banks reconcile the need to hold the world's poorest today with the threat of climate change that's going to disproportionately affect the world's poor? >> as you said plea in the le

. >>> north and south korean warships clashed near their disputed sea border this morning exchanging fire. south korea claims that a north korean ship was damaged after it deliberately crossed the border. an official says this may have been just an accident that got out of control. that's a quick check of what we're talking about, definitely not all. let's check in on you this morning, sleepy head. i'm robin meade. welcome. during wartime u.s. troops know the risk that they're facing but today in ft. hood a memorial for 13 soldiers killed in the kind of attack no one expected. a shooting rampage on the base and a fellow soldier as the suspect. the president will attend the service and meet with families. some witnesses are still stunned by what they saw. >> people started running and we could see people throwing chairs and stuff at the windows and at first we didn't know what was going on because we couldn't hear the gunshots. doors were closed. as people started running out, you saw people drenched in blood and stuff and people yelling, he's shooting, he's shooting. >> well, the fbi is starting a new

we made progress with china and russia, sending a message to iran and north korea that they must liveo their international operations. we develop a host of new clean energy initiatives with china, and our nations agreed to work toward a successful outcome at the upcoming climate summit in copenhagen. i have come to immediate action to reduce carbon pollution. i spoke dion men and women -- two young men and women -- i spoke to young men and women. and above all, i spoke with leaders of every nation i visited about what we can do to sustain this economic recovery. and bringing back jobs and prosperity. the task that we will focus on relentlessly in the weeks and months ahead. the recession has taught us that we can return to a situation where economic growth is fueled by consumers that take on more and more debt. we need to spend less, save more, and get the federal deficit under control. we also need to get a greater emphasis placed on exports. exports and help create new jobs at home. if we can increase our exports by 5%, we can increase the number of american jobs by hundreds of thou

they don't like being put in the same boat as north korea or libya or sudan. the effect of sanctions i think is less a direct economic one and more psychological one. it was interesting to me that in 2003 when the iranians put forth their so-called grand bargain proposal, or at least watch with you to be their grand bargain proposal, because now there is debate over just what this was, but at the head of a list of what they wanted was removal of sanctions. so clearly what ever economic importance is and it feeds back into this other issue of the sense of self-worth and grandeur. let's see, what is the other one? lack of historical perspective in washington, that will come as no surprise. i think of any of you. americans are often accused of being a historical, of not, not remembering history. iranians might be accused of having too much history. of not forgetting -- of not forgetting it. but certainly what put me and my colleagues into the soup in 1979 was exactly that. i still remember the accounts of the deliberations at the white house in october when presi

. >>> north and south korean warships clashed near their disputed seaboarder this morning exchanging fire. south korea claims a north korean ship was damaged after it deliberately crossed the border. a senior white house official says this may have been an accident that got out of control. >>> 31 minutes past the hour. hello. come into the room and sit down for a while if you got the time. i'm robin meade. good morning, sunshine. >>> during war time, obviously, u.s. troops know that the risks that they're facing, but today at ft. hood there is a memorial for 13 soldiers killed and the kind of attack that no one expected. a shooting rampage on the post and a fellow soldier as the suspect. president obama will attend the service and meet with the families. some of the witnesses are still stunned by what they saw. >> people started running and we could see people throwing chairs and stuff at the windows and at first, we didn't know what was going on. we couldn't hear the gunshots because the doors were closed. as people started running out you saw people brenched in blood and people are yelling h's shoot

korea two logics were operating there. n fd 68 was waiting to triple defense spend and the north can replayed into his hands and he figureedunists would do something sooner or later and that sends in containment on a global scale rather than the limited containment and in explaining that, you have to again, i wouldn't come up withness a beauracratic politic as analysis but the pentagon loves new emission and it has emission of defending really without ever winning that ball !attle. just a static battle. osama bin laden said all i have to do is send three people to a distant country and they wave the flag and pentagon will come running and that seems to be an interesting explanation or i'd like to hear your explanation of that. when you say the cold war was a farce. the cue bin missile crisis takes it to the level of strategy. we know you have a situation where the machinery set in motion by containment and by the cold war a clashes over something that was really very minor. namely the island of regime in cuba we've never like and never been able to do anything really. and we almost had world war three. ignorant army's clas

in the case of korea that you mentioned, it seems at least to double logics were operating. they were waiting to triple defense spending. the north koreans played into his hands. not that he expected an attack there, but he figured the communists would do something sooner or later. that sets in motion containment on a global scale rather than the limited containment. in explaining that, you have to jinx the pentagon loves new missions. -- in explaining that, you have to realize the pentagon less new missions. it is just a static bag. osama bin laden said that all he had to do was send a few mujahedin to a distant country to wave a flag and the pentagon would come running. that seems to be an interesting explanation. i would like to hear your explanation of that threat exaggeration. when you say that the cold war was a farce, the cuban missile crisis takes it to the level of tragedy. now that we know about castro wanting to use nuclear weapons, if you have a situation where the machinery set in motion by containment in the cold war clashes over something that was really very minor. namely, the islanders' team on key but the wind n

we can go to north korea which threatens to destabilize east asia with its nuclear weapons program. and even during the darkest days of the cold war our citizens could visit the soviet union. yet the vast majority of americans are still prohibited by law from traveling to cuba. it is the only country in the world where our people are not allowed to go. i am no fan of the castro brothers. in my book they are dictators and despots. the cuban people are still denied the right to choose their own form of government. they are jailed arbitrarily, the hardee might free press, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression. the recent beating of renowned cuban blocker sanchez as she walked to a peace march says it all. but let's face it, by any objective measure the nearly 50-year-old travel ban simply hasn't worked. this fact is clearly understood by the american people. recent polls indicate 64% of americans and a full 67% of cuban-americans support allowing all american citizens to travel to cuba. it is clearly time for a change. this is not about ending the entire cuban embargo. when pre