next up, the great historian robert carole on the president he has spent almost 40 years studying and writing about. why lyndon banes johnson could get things done in washington and the lessons for today, and is china changing? from a company into a country. i'll explain. first, here's my take. whatever you thought of president obama's speech on afghanistan this week, it is now increasingly clear that the united states is winding down its massive military commitments to the two wars of the last decade. we are out of iraq and we will soon largely be out of afghanistan. threats remain, but they are being handled using special forces and intelligence. finally, after a decade we seem to be right sizing the threat from terrorist groups. or are we? we leave the battlefields of the greater middle east, and we are firmly committed to the war on terror at home. what do i mean by that? well, look at the expansion of federal bureaucracies to tackle this war. since september 11th, 2001, the u.s. government has created or reconfigured at least 263 organizations to tackle some aspect of the war on

this week's book of the week, of course, is by my earlier guest robert carol.me of his biography of lyndon banes johnson. this kun is called a passage of power. the details especially surrounding the death of president kennedy are breathtaking, but the bug of the book is about how lyndon johnson wielded power from the white house. it is told in riveting detail and makes for a fantastic read. now, for the last look. in today's globalized world, we sometimes forget how intense the hostility between nations can be, especially when one of them is a paranoid dictatorship. watch this. from north korean state television. an angry mob in pyongyang. what are they angry about? the crimes of this poor effigy which happens to be that of south korea's president, but, no, death by hanging isn't even enough for the dummy. so they have set attack dogs on it. not enough? try a big bad military tank. didn't do the job? don't worry. this isn't a human. it's just plastic. now they throw rocks at the dismembered head. finally, job done. one hopes. it is a mysterious country, north

. >> robert carol on "the years of lyndon johnson." look for our second hour of conversation with robert caro sunday, may 20. >> the justice department charged 107 doctors, nurses, and other health care providers in seven states with the health care fraud. they billed medicare more than $452 million in claims from delight -- fraudulently. >> the assistant criminal attorney and the directory -- deputy director of the fbi. and the devotee and as treasurer for -- deputy director for integrity. as of today, as part of a coordinated nationwide take down, the medicare fraud strike force, a joint initiative comprised of federal, state, and local investigators and law enforcement officials from across the country, we have charged 107 defendants in seven different cities for their alleged for to the patient in medicare fraud schemes involving $452 million in false billing. this is the highest amount involved in a single tick down in the strike force's of five- year history. included doctors, nurses, social workers, health care company owners and

carol, here is a little back story for you. ashley hamilton and robert downey jr.may be one of the reasons he is getting a look for this role. so if you thought ashley hamilton sounded kind of weird, that's probably why. >> i did think it sounded weird, but i didn't want to say anything. >>> david beckham, a present for president obama? >> yeah. this is a good one. it's one of those stories that kind of makes you do a double take. yeah. david beckham is sending the president, get this, some of his undys. >> no. >> here is the back story on all of this. >> no. >> yes, he is. while hosting the l.a. galaxy at the white house, president obama jokingly jabbed beckham about his h&m underwear line saying it's rare that a man like beckham can be so tough on the field but have his own line of underwear. beckham said he appreciated the president plugging his underwear and will send him a big box of it. he is known for his impeccable fashion sense as well as his soccer skills. so president obama could be in for a big treat when the box of underwear arrives. there's one thing

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robert kennedy, jr. for his part released a statement saying mary inspired our family with her kindness, her love, her gentle soul and generous spirit. carolhe was an accomplished architect who championed a green design. her firm at one point worked on the vice president's residence. she also founded a charity called the food allergy initiative which has quite a strong presence here in new york. carol. >> alina cho reporting in new york for us this morning. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories. the question, can racial politics be effective in 2012. you heard some stories in the republican primary, cain saying african-americans were brainwashed and newt gingrich calling obama a food stamp president. get ready for steroids. a super pac in development plans a $10 million campaign against the president. the goal, to portray mr. obama as having misled the nation as having presented himself as a metrosexual black abe lincoln. the plan, still not approved, includes linking the attack ads to reverend wright, known for his incendiary sermons blasting white america. >> god bless america. no, no, no. not god bless america, g