the food coming from south korea, absolutely. the north koreans take food take it from everybody no matter who it is, and give it to the army, including south korea. certainly they got a lot of food from south korea, particularly during the sunshine policy on steroids that existed during the administration. some platforms and how that affects training for the north korean special operations forces. certainly i have heard the same rumors. by the way, does not use gas. and an2 flies on kerosene. if they're short on kerosene certainly the pilots may not have had a lot of training. i am not sure how much actual training a pilot needs to fly a plane that is essentially a crop duster that carries troops. that is not affected the jumped ability of the special operations forces. they, like their south korean counterparts jump out of balloons or off towers. they do not almost ever jump out of aircraft. so it doesn't, you know, people understood. get it. does not affect the proficiency of the special operations forces. they are jumping out of towers. just t

south korea. send the right kind of message to the north koreans. resident obama promised south korea discussions on enhanced deterrence last june. i don't know whether those discussions are underway or not. we need to get them underway because it seems to me there are some things the united states could do to enhance our deterrence capability, especially with regard to our naval and air power and in doing so send a stronger message to the north koreans that if they should ever contemplate attacking south korea, they will be obliterated. and i think that the message we need to keep sending to them. and again, i think there are some things we could be doing that we are doing now to some perhaps a stronger message in their direction. >> and now, catherine. let katherine respond. and then you can sum up. >> okay. thank you. it's a great pleasure to be here. thank you too transfixed for organizing a very worthwhile seminar. thank you particularly to bruce for answering a question i've had for a long time which is what is the current state of conventional

south korea. send the right kind of message to the north koreans. resident obama promised south korea discussions on enhanced deterrence last june. i don't know whether those discussions are underway or not. we need to get them underway because it seems to me there are some things the united states could do to enhance our deterrence capability, especially with regard to our naval and air power and in doing so send a stronger message to the north koreans that if they should ever contemplate attacking south korea, they will be obliterated. and i think that the message we need to keep sending to them. and again, i think there are some things we could be doing that we are doing now to some perhaps a stronger message in their direction. >> and now, catherine. let katherine respond. and then you can sum up. >> okay. thank you. it's a great pleasure to be here. thank you too transfixed for organizing a very worthwhile seminar. thank you particularly to bruce for answering a question i've had for a long time which is what is the current state of conventional

south korea. send the right kind of message to the north koreans. sident obama promised south korea discussions on enhanced deterrents. i do not know whether those discussions are underway or not, but we need to get them under way because it seems to me that there are some things that the united states could do to enhance our deterrence capabilities, especially with regard to our naval and air power, and in doing so, send a stronger message to the north koreans. if they should ever contemplate attacking south korea, they will be obliterated. i think that is the message we need to keep sending to them. i think there are some things we could be doing that we are not doing now to send a stronger message in their direction. >> thank you very much. let catherine respond. >> it is a great pleasure to be here. thank you for organizing another very interesting and worthwhile seminar. thank you to bruce for answering a question i have had for a long time about the current state of conventional armed forces. i really appreciate your good work on that. i would

and south korean military simply will not be there by 2012. that is a fact. and i wanted to talk about bridging capabilities as that word, those two words have been brought up over and over again, bridging capabilities. with the best bridging capabilities is to be the infrastructure as it is. combined forces command is a proven combined command that has deterred the north koreans to its existence. until the south korean military has the capabilities necessary to assume a separate command from the united states forces, my suggestion, my thought, my assessment would be leaving the structure in place, pushing back the date of 2012 until the roc military has those capabilities. >> thank you. dave. >> you know, i'd like to first point out something we see we talk about the outcome issue and say that korean forces are under the wartime upon the u.s. it's not really true. the combined forces command answers to the military committee which is made up of the national command authorities of both countries. now there is a u.s. general in charge of combined forces comm

of competition, including a surprise medal for team usa in short track speed skating after the south korean team, which came in first, was disqualified. we're going to tell you what happened there. >>> also ahead, there is a very big event tonight here in vancouver, hockey, women's hockey, canada versus the u.s. for the gold medal. a lot of people are going to be watching that, and we're going to show you the story of a true hockey mom. it's jenny potter, a four-time olympian and mother of two on the u.s. team. she's going to tell us how she's managed the balancing act. >>> and it is happy hour somewhere, and -- yeah! >> don't say anything. >> did i say anything? >> no, you didn't. >> i did not. >> no. >> anyway, it's happy hour somewhere. we're going to sample two very unusual drinks, and popular drinks, right here in vancouver. >> yum. but first, ann has a wrap-up of the latest olympic activity. >> i do. as we all know, it's day 14 of these olympic games, and on wednesday, there were some very familiar faces competing for team usa with mixed results. >> comes out wide. >> reporter: at the

with five laps to go a south korean skater clipped the skates of her chinese opponent. the opponent who was running behind her. south korea did cross the finish in first place, celebrating their gold. here's the controversy. after a few minutes and discussion with the referees, the koreans were disqualified given why that the gold, canada the silver. the united states way back in fourth place moved up to get the bronze medal. >>> as we told you earlier, the united states women's hockey team will play canada for the gold medal later today right here on msnbc. it's the game everyone wanted to see between the two most dominant teams in the world. the head coach of team usa who brought them to the brink of gold has a little experience playing in high pressure olympic hockey games. 30 years ago this week, mark johnson scored two goals in the united states' shocking 4-3 win over the soviet union. perhaps you heard about that game. i sat down with johnson ahead of tonight's big match-up with canada. >> everybody's been looking forward to this game. united states, canada, clearl

south korean president li wanted to meet with kim jong-il this year. you have any comment on this i guess on the north/south relations? >> we strongly support president lee and the clear path that he set forward to achieve peace and stability on the korean peninsula. we have great confidence in our relationship and close consultations. and whatever form of engagement the south korean government will do we will do it in close cooperation and we will do it in the framework we've all agreed on. if north korea wants to make meaningful progress it's going to need to return to the six-party talks. and this strong sense of shared approach is something that i think has characterized our relationships from the first days of our administration. and so we would be very supportive of the measures that president lee takes because we know we're pursuing a shared goal. >> thank you. the gentleman all the way in the back. >> thanks. sam king from voice of america. i want to ask you about china's role in six party talks. how satisfied are you on china's current effort t

that south korean team member was disqualified giving the americans the bronze. >>> finally, to men'sus switzerland. in the first two periods, the goalies ruled. there was no score for either side. then in the third, zack pa recity kicked it into gear scoring first on a power play and again with seconds to go to an empty net. the u.s. wins 2-0 and moves to the semifinals friday against finland. >>> so let's take a look at the medal count after wednesday's olympic action. the u.s. leads with 28 total medals followed by germany and norway. but host canada is moving up. canadians took four medals yesterday, including a gold. >>> when we return, we'll take another look at this morning's top stories. and power players. a glimpse at the future of energy technology. ,,,,,,,, >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's look at today's weather. a mix of heavy rain, sleet and snow will be spreading over the mid atlantic states and northeast. it will last right through the night and in tory. and it will be cool but dry across the deep south. here's another look at this morning's top stories. executive

treaty with the foreign minister i came home and then i get a phone call and the brass says a south korean foreign minister will be asked to resign over what he said. he was with a journalist and said of the bill was secretary albright comes. you're about the same age. i am a tired old man and she is full of zuma and vigor and when i hugged with hershey has threefold brass. were you saying to back? i said no. i have to put something to put those pins on. [laughter] thank you very much. the. [applause] >> thank you for coming and we're here to talk that a splendid to book by david walker, come back america. i will say it more in a moment but first i want to declare a bias. i will make no bones about it, i major but the span of david and has been four years. i find it difficult to disagree with much of what he says but i gave up on that when i started to read the book. some of the descent might have to come from new. the way to organize this, we have been talking the past half an hour and will leave plenty of time for questions and interventions from the audience. by the course of the discus

overshadowing really kim nu-ya, south korean, favored in this.ng into tomorrow's final skate subpoena she did skate beautifully but so did joannie rochette who goes into the finals in third place. definitely a contender for a medal. got those scores on the strength of her skating last night. which was extraordinary under any circumstances. >> all right. thank you very much, chris jansing in vancouver. of course, stay tuned to all of nbc's coverage on all the nbc net yoshgs. coming up, orrin hatch. g the ec, g the ec, small business owners have a lot of questions. can paperless billing get me paid faster? how can i keep my best employees? how can i bring down my insurance costs? that's why we're building a community called openforum.com where owners can swap ideas and ask questions. will tweeting get me more customers? how can i get paid faster? i was about to ask you the same thing. join the conversation at openforum.com. advisor:... ms. davis, this is onstar. i've received a signal you've been in a crash... i'm contacting emergency services... 9

as for the leader, who is the south korean, kim yu-na who skated as a bond girl, also a personal bestis a superstar in her home country. she made $8 million in endorsements this year. she continues to be the prohibited favorite and better than expected, the two young americans who find themselves in fifth and sixth place and actually within striking distance of a medal. murah nagasu skated half of her performance with a bloody nose, but still managed to look graceful. it's possible an american could end up on the podium if one of those top three should falter. >> thank you so much. >>> the ice hockey bronze medal games begins at 2:30 eastern time. chris jansing and willie geist host the nbc olympics update show. catch all the action right here on msnbc. >>> one of the country's top journalism schools is planning an interesting discussion next month. it has asked illinois governor rod blagojevich to come debate, of all things, ethics in politics. blagojevich accepted, of course. the former governor will be interviewed by a northwestern faculty panel, which includes a law professor and

but last night one of the main highlights came from a south korean teenager who made history for her country. in women's figure skating, kim-yu naw won the gold medal in grateful performance that set record force individual scoring. and in women's ice hockey the canadian team beat the u.s. to win the gold medal. the american men's hockey team after winning today will be competing in the gold medal game on sunday. but there have been some disappointments this week too. the latest one for u.s. women's skier lindsay vonn who won two medals earlier despite injury. since then she has failed to finish three races and today she skied out of her final competition in slalom. well-- we have been checking with christine brennan of abc news and "u.s.a. today" throughout the competition. she's back with us one more time. i spoke with her a short time ago. christine brennan, hi, let's talk first about women's figure skating. that was quite a performance last fight by the south core kwan kim-yu. >> that is correct. fantastic a coronation as much as a competition. that has been about a year in the m

the south koreans weren't happen. there was controversy, but that happens. >> that's definitely the sport. that's the nature of the sport. we have been in races where we have fallen and gotten disqualified, but i think every country feels at times they get call and disqualified for something they didn't think was a good call. >> give me a senz of what in the village is like. 32 medals is incredibly well. is it big party? >> it is. it's amazing. everyone has a medal almost. everybody worked so hard and we are all excite and worked hard for it. we are all very happy and everybody is very supportive and it goes up and down and training and back and forth. it's all very supportive. >> are you coming back in 2014. >> yes, definitely. >> listen, congratulations. will you be here for the closing? >> yes. >> we will see you. congratulations again. >> thanks. >> let's go back in studio 1 a. >> the white house social secretary is stepping down. rogers was criticized in november ann uninnovated couple managed to crash the first

that he reverses military battlefield fortunes in korea because the north koreans overwhelmed the south koreans in the initial fighting. >> stages a landing at inchon, gets behind the north korean forces, traps them and drive them across the parallel and then we make this date will decision. pn truman mead at wake island in the question before them is, should we cross the parallel? should we try in deliberate north korea from its communist control? truman is skeptical. he has his doubts. macarthur assures him that the boys will be home by christmas, that if the chinese, as it is threatened, come into the war he says there will be the great slaughter because they have no air power and we will decimate them. he couldn't have been more wrong. be wary of these predictions by politicians and military leaders. harry truman's great mistake was crossing that 38th parallel. now, i understand the political context in which that was made. there was fierce pressure on him from joseph mccarthy, from the right wing in america, which said, we had been suffering a series of fierce setbacks. the soviets had con

in that speech i didn't find any specific reference to a time for approving the pending south korean,or those nations who are now perhaps enthusiastic the president is talking about trade, what can you tell them about when the president and this white house is going to push those agreements and get them through congress? when i talked to the president about south korea in beijing he said, "i want that done in 2010," either -- >> well, there you go. what are you asking me for? >> well, but nothing has happened. you can't find any -- >> well, it's only february, major. >> i know. but he said it was going to happen either early or late, which i interpreted meaning early in 2010 or after the midterm elections. >> well -- >> so for those three deals -- >> let me say, it would not be good for my job security to go out right now and contradict the three answers you've just given me on behalf of your question that the president gave you in november. >> even better for bill's. [laughter] >> i would simply say that -- look, the president was very clear and specific in the state of the union --

with your help and the help of many, many thousands of south dakotans, we created the korean war memorial the vietnam war memorial on these capitol grounds. when this current war is over, a future governor and future legislature and the grateful citizens of south dakota will have the privilege of creating a memorial for the current generation of soldiers who are fighting to both defend our freedom and give the precious gift of freedom to many millions of people and their children in far-off lands during the last 20 years. let's never forget that we are a privileged group of people. we live in a country where we have freedoms and opportunities like nowhere else in the world. we talk about it but let us never take for granted the right to bear arms. let us never take for granted the right to speak our mind on issues that are important to us, to talk about the direction that our country and our state are going. let us never forget that we have the opportunity ourselves to choose our own leaders. i wonder how many other people throughout the world wish they only had those freedoms but we have

korean sanctions. even today, the south africans stopped the ship bound for chicagthe congo because we got e internationalle are joining us to convince china to join with the rest of the world. >> thank you so much. >> that you, senator boxer. senator menendez? >> a political prisoner who was incarcerated during the crackdown on dissidents in cuba died falling under strike protesting the castro regime's brutal abuses. amnesty international recognized him as a prisoner of conscience. it is in his memory and for the sacrifice of him and others that i want to ask you about some concerns i have with reference to how we are pursuing our cuban democracy programs. i sent a letter in january to the administrator. i have not got an answer. i asked the intent of an e-mail that they sent to the contractors for programs in cuba. email suggested, as the department has suggested, that groups cannot travel to cuba to connect the democracy programs there. that is a real concern. some people have suggested that the united states only provides support to the cuban people when every single program is specifically sanctioned