markings so the north koreans don't make soviet style rockets so we have to assume this is north koreans and this is a big problem with israel. the dprk also collaborates and proliferates to the iranian republican guard car, a state department designated terrorist organization. this relationship is long going. the irgc conducts liaison with hezbollah, with hamas, with other governments that iran supplies and they have a very close relationship with the north koreans. huge notifies both of north korea and pyongyang. u.n. sanctions must be enforced not only by u.s. and key allies but by other u.n. members. since 2009, this has improved. renewed emphasis on what we call the proliferation security initiative is important. there are now more than 96 member states in the proliferation security initiative. now, that there are members they need to improve their training, their exercises as member states, improve coordination and focus on following the money. 'cause that's where we can really hit north korea. the u.s. rock

. >> because the north koreans had mobilized. when you watch where they start mandating artillery pieces we knew we read going to war. on the floor of the june 9 was notified that former president jimmy carter was flying to south korea. he had been indicted by then-president to come but he decided this time he had to except the invitation to see if he could calm the situation in. he called the white house and vice president gore responded to say i cannot give you permission to go to korea to see the number three and president the longest reigning leader in the world. you have to call the big guy who happen to be in france getting ready for the 50th anniversary of the normandy landing. so he called president clinton and he said i will let you go on one condition that you deliver a letter upper goes lowered jimmy carter says it is important enough so he flew to washington on the way to career to pick up the letter and they asked me to brief him i am in the room with jimmy carter and rosalynn carter and i was the expert what was goin

the u.s. played north korea in dresden. the north koreans owns the first half, but the americans turned it around to claim the victory. >> it was not an easy victory for the u.s.. q feisty north korean side started out stronger. they left the u.s. defense gasping. the u.s. are among the famous -- favorites to win the world cup, but at halftime things looked unclear. but the american team folded together in the second half and started shooting at the no. 3 in bowl with dangerous crosses from both sides. -- at the north korean golgoal h crosses from both sides. defender rachel piehler delivered into the north corner in the 77th minute to solidifying the u.s. lead at 2- 0. despite their loss, many realized that they need to pay attention to the north koreans. >> sweden beat columbia 1-0. the scandinavian dominated the game, but failed to use their chances. a pass was picked up by jessica evans from -- jessica lynn strohm. in wimbledon, sabena has become the first german to win the final since steffi graf in 1999. german basketball star burk tul

said we're just not going to defend south korea will save a lot of money in there what happen the north koreans have dated we want to preventing south korea defense spending went through the roof if we had maintained it out a good defense and a big to begin with maybe the north koreans were never attacked never we were never had to waste a kind of money so this notion that somehow which is kind of what larry said we came for is let's just let's have just enough defense and what we think will get the job done that's great if you have enemies that are always going to cooperate this is like this is like people that say i want insurance i want health insurance but i only want health insurance for the diseases that i'm going to go and look at big enemy that's going to attack us right now libya didn't attack us in our soil and we're appalled and let you know that's what people asked me on september tenth to the enemy that's going to tax us do you think that it's worth putting our nation in fiscal danger because it absolutely but you make the point this is not what's putting the nation of fiscal troub

were poisoned by the south koreans. in 2004 the north korean government claimed been that he shot a 38 and had five holes in one his first time out golfing. >> you can call the north koreans to reversfibbers. >> here is my favorite story, do you know what a golden doodle is? >> this story must be good. >> chris dodd is a golden doodle. he was sitting on his front lawn as a half marathon was going on. he lives at the 5 mi. mark. he left the yard to run the marathon. he ran from the 5 mi. march to the 13 mi. mark and crossed the finish line. a day later he found his way all the way back home. they gave him a medal for finishing the race and set up a facebook fan page for him. he has no raised $17,000 towards this charity for the university of maryland cancer foundation. he was not shut out there by the owners? you just jump in? >> yes. he broke through an electric arc centsfence. >> her you use an electric razor? >> i do not have a strong of a 40 blade. i use an electric razor. >> have you seen this new reason? it is $100,000. they make 99

hand, the chinese believe that those that are not in their national interest to have north korea collapse and then face the prospect of a large country on its border which may inherit the north korean capability, so i think china has been going back and forth on the north korean nuclear issue and hasn't made a decisive move. i think we would be delighted if these weapons would go away. but they don't want to do what is required to make him go away. so, the bear the responsibility. now they themselves have not been active in the nuclear proliferation because it would hurt them more than, but north korea has because north korea is broken and is about the most oppressive country the world, and sooner or later the other countries have to face the issue what happens when the nuclear country continues to operate and that is an issue with us with iran and an issue also is a more complex way with north korea, and it can't really be solved as an isolated problem to be it needs to be a security conflict developed for all of northeast asia that other nations can join. and it may be under that system, north korea is denuclearized. >> host: human-rights. we dictate that we should not be all tha

. >>> north korea has urged south korea to return nine people who crossed a maritime border in the yellow sea on two small boats last week. a south korean patrol boat spotted the boats near the south korean eye lan of yeonpyeong last saturday. the north korean red cross thursday sent a written message and demanded the south immediately send the group back. the south's government said the group is from south huayhei province in north korea. all nine reportedly asked for political asylum. south korea says it will not send them back unless they change their minds about defecting. >>> in february, a fishing boat carrying 31 north koreans drifted into south korean territory. the south refused to allow the return of four people who it said had claimed asylum. >>> the pictures next to me show what china looked like 20 years ago. the bicycle was the main mode of transportation. today china is the world's biggest auto market. the country's inland cities are rapidly industrializing and increasing numbers of people are driving cars. the trend is causing big problems like traffic jams and air pollution. in an attempt to reduce car use, the city of

the two sides of the korean peninsula failed to agree on the revival of a joint tourism project in the north mt. kumgang resort. officials of the south reunification ministry and the tourism resort held talks with korean officials. the north's representatives refused to listen and demanded separate talks with officials of the tourism country. the south's delegation called off the talks without scheduling a next round. the project was suspended in 2008, after a south korean tourist was shot by a north korean soldier. the north unilaterally seized the south korean owned facilities at the resort but talks on reopening the resort were reopened after the north recently requested them. >>> the presidents of china and sudan have agreed to continue strengthening their countries' bilateral relationship even after southern sudan achieves independence next month. hu jintao met omar al bashir wednesday. the official chinese xinhua news agency said hu would keep his friendly policies toward sudan in place despite the change in the african nation's domestic affairs. hu pledged continued cooperation in res

but i think in general the transit networks need modernization a good example of that is also the north korean project which is now for its first stage nearing completion to great success which will also ensure stable long term supply so a modern system and on the modern management all i can say about the ukraine situation is that it is clear that all the partners in the south stream project have collectively. agreed that. this is obvious from the actions they are taking now that it would not be wise to and tiredly rely on the ukraine for transit for the kind of volumes that have been going through there so far so. what that sums up to is really the ukraine will likely continue to play a role in transit to europe but we will also have a modern. day. and well managed transit system in the former south stream. which implies that there is going to be additional security of supply or for europe. or the south stream promises to to to pump up to sixty three billion cubic meters of gas three years do you already know the source is going to get the gas to fill the pipe. the market did the end to the s

the special envoy on north korean human rights, robert king met with north korean officials and discussed ways to monitor food distribution in the event that aid is resumed. on thursday, king reported on his north korean talks before the house of representatives committee on foreign affairs >> they were willing to talk about human rights. they were willing to look into some of the issues we are interested in raising with them. he invited me back to pyongyang to have discussions on human rights and i'm looking forward to possibly having that opportunity. >> during >> during king's stay in pyongyang last month a u.s. citizen was released after being detained in the north since last november. the move appeared to be a goodwill gesture designed to encourage the united states to resume food aid. >>> the president of a u.s. subsidiary of sony corporation has defended his company's handling of the disclosure of data breaches from its online gaming services. sony network entertainment president tim schaaff spoke before a u.s. house energy and commerce panel on thursday. the hearing investigated t

i mean, people worry about the iranians or the north koreans but the iranians, for example, the north koreans have a return address and if they were to start a nuclear exchange, israel could annihilate them but the real threat is from nonstate accuracy. people that you can find. people like al-qaeda who are dedicated to jihad. so the question becomes at that point, how might they acquire nuclear weapons? and this is what keeps our national security and counterterrorism people up at nights. you have to look at what would they do if they tried a variety of ways. osama bin laden met with the pakistani scientist and nuclear engineer shortly before 9/11 drawing up specifications for a al-qaeda bomb. he's tried to get stolen soviet weapons from the chechens and he tried to get highly enriched uranium in south africa but pakistan has always been his focus and the reason why it's the most dangerous place on earth. it's the fifth largest nuclear power. they have up to 110 nuclear weapons it's estimated. they have more terrorist groups per square mile than any other place you can find in that r

the. south korean soldiers have fired at a passenger jet after mistaking it for the north korean military play in support of a shorter asiana airlines plane which hundred passengers on board the aircraft was undamaged that's the latest incident highlighting the ongoing tension on the border between the two koreas. attempts to decontaminate water which runs from plants have been halted after radiation levels sort of safety nets for the water inside the earthquake damaged facility can spread further radiation to the surrounding environment meanwhile an international atomic agency report has criticised japan for friends implement central safety principles. libya's prime minister says his government has held talks with the rebels something they don't like but also accuse nato of escalating violence in the country fresh air raids from. tripoli thousands of coal gadhafi supporters are staged to rally the capital and since the intrapersonal. we continue our journey to the coldest continent on earth untied to go imagine that dealing with a fierce climate and the time for religion and artie's sean

biggest for our gas projects we are going to be field expanding call production in north cusp in the north korean is going to become a one of four most important areas so far for that shit growth this year we're going to increase a lesson program compared to previous year probably by about one and a half billion dollars. that's all we have time for now you are for the day to get most first of all that side party dot com slash business. they live not only next to the border because egypt. but also on the border of peace and war. they are responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved ones. and they are ready to take any risk.

"the uss mccampbell" shadowed the north korean cargo ship for two days before the north korean ship returned to port. >>> meanwhile, firefighters in arizona making headway against that massive wildfire that's already consumed some 700 square miles. they have contained roughly 10% of it, allowing 7,000 people back into their homes. although the air quality is still too dangerous for young children and the elderly. >>> and e street band saxophonist clarence clemons has suffered a stroke. 69-year-old clemons, a fixture at brees springsteen's side for nearly four decades is said to be seriously ill today. just last month he performed with lady gaga on the "american idol" finale. >>> finally, just as i thought, deep on the inside -- a bowl of crow with some humble pie to boot. kudos to the ever-humble, ever-gracious, robin roberts. who said it would happen. and, in fact, it did. dallas mavericks are champions at long last, led by mvp dirk nowitzki. dallas took their talents to south beach and got it done. 15-95. nowitzki, the league's first european-born finals mvp, hoisting the trophy. mavs owne

the likely future leaders of each country is seen as an attempt by the north to lay groundwork for the succession. >>> the south korean government says the north is completing a new missile base and cites concerns about fresh military provocations. defense minuter is kim gwan jin told parliament monday that north korea has almost finished the site for the long range missiles in the northwestern area. the minister said it's larger than others in the country and is equipped with high-tech devices. he also said last week north korea launched a short range missile into the yellow sea from another base. he said it was to test its performance and was successful. the north has been strengthening economic ties with china but it has been refusing dialogue with the south and ignoring their calls to apologize for sinking a south korean naval vessel and for the artillery attack yeonpyeong island. south korea is on high alert as the north is improving its missile performance and deploying more patrol ships in the yellow sea. >>> vietnam held a military drill in apparent move to drills. its navy conducted a live ammunition drill 40

hand, the chinese believe that it's also not in their national interest to have north korea collapse and then face the prospect of a large country on its border which may even inherent the north koreanuclear capability. so i think china has been going back and forth and hasn't really made a decisive move. i think they would be delighted if these weapons would go away, but they don't want to do what is required to make them go away. so, they bear responsibility for the consequences. now, they themselves have not been effective in the field of proliferation because it would hurt them more. but north korea has, because north korea has -- it's about the most repressive country in the world. and sooner or later the other countries have to face the issue of what happens when a rogue nuclear country continues to operate? and that's an issue before us because it's an issue also even more, in a more complex way with north korea. and it can't really be solved as an isolated problem in which the security concept developed for all of northeast asia, that other nations can join. and maybe under that system, north korea is simply denuclearized. >> host: human rights. we should not be all that con

resolution meantime that urges intervention in the current. a north korean official has emerged his southern neighbors to end the confrontational approach to his country his comments came in response to support. soldiers have been using pictures of north korean leaders target practice the north warned but such provocation could lead to war on the peninsula last year. of provoking an alternative violating its maritime border during a military. i know let's check out what's coming up in our business bulletin here about corrino it seems like there are some big names looking to float in moscow in london what do you know what you know about this well yes that's true rory has confirmed plans for initial public offerings in london and moscow and the company received a go ahead from the federal service for financial markets to offer up to twenty one percent of the total check out of apple cider says it needs the money for mergers and acquisitions and it's not the first company to turn to life for health recently search engine young successfully generated one point t

the unusual circumstances of north korea make this a mistake. and make it a very bad mistake, frankly which this amendment would correct. i remember the words of one north korean defector, i had a chance to talk with him, and he said -- he said actually in testimony here before the committee, we must not give food aid to north korea because, he says, it is, in his words, the same as providing funding for north korea's nuclear program. why is that so? because what invariably happens is they redirect these resources into support for the regime. this week, we had reports that north korea is making miniaturized versions of its nuclear weapons, ones that could fit atop icbm's and that makes his statement all that more dire about the redirection of the resource into the regime's hands. the situation in north korea is heartbreaking. i've been up there, i've seen the deprivation but this is a disaster made by the dictatorship itself and let me say, unequivocally, the food we send does not reach the hungry. so who benefits from -- from our good will? the inner circle does and their military industrial complex does. we've had hearings in which the french n.g.o. doctors

the u.s. women beat north korea, 2-0. but as it was reported in north korea, north korea beat the u.s. 2-0. after the match, the coach of the north koreanrs might not have been playing as well because they were struck by lightning. for real. he said when they were practicing, more than five of the players were struck by lightning and that's why they didn't play so well. that's a fantastic excuse. i'm going to -- sorry the show isn't funny tonight. i got struck by lightning. you wouldn't have known itit though, watching the game, because it was exciting from beginning to end and it's time now for our women's world cup play of the day. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: take that, nfl lockout. should we just go out -- go right out to the thing? yeah, we might as well get to the belly flopping, right? do we have people out there? first of all, we have guillermo. hello, guillermo. >> hi, jijiy. how are you doing? >> jimmy: i'm doing well, thank you. it's time for our sixix annual pedestrian belly flop competition. there, that's our graphic. [ applause ] how's the water, fwar mow? have you touched the water? >> not yet, jimmy. but it looks nice. >> jimm

story. >> reporter: the river is wide and treacherous, but for an increasing number of north koreans, it must be crossed. freedom and food await. the mekong river-- the final obstacle. once these waters are negotiated, their lives will change dramatically. 67 north koreans are led in groups to a rusty old bus. they hide their faces, but it's a happy occasion. in a few hours, they'll be locked up in a cell in central bangkok. and it's a privilege many are risking their lives for this, a different sort of photo op. king jong ill, north korea's elusive dictator, in china a few weeks ago for hugs and handshakes. at home however, his people are starving to death. the u.n. says six million need urgent assistance, while the dear leader enjoyed the sites. a u.s. diplomatic team landed in north korea, there to consider pleas for emergency food aid. the e.u. has a team in the country this week. many north koreans can't wait. they know their neighbors south korea will accept them and support them with a settlement grant, but they have to get there first. people traffickers move them across the

our forces on the peninsula and need to deal with the unpredictable and aggressive behavior of the north korean regime that continues to follow the destructive path of an international pariah. general thurman experience and positions of leadership and with maintaining a well trained, equipped and ready soldiers provide the kind of foundation and professional skills the will be required on the u.s. commander in korea. vice admiral william craven is not need to be the ninth commander of u.s. special forces, u.s. special operations command. he's commanded at every level and special operations community. most recently as commander of the joint special operations command and served in various staff and interagency positions including the time in the national security council. incoming secretary defense leon panetta has credited him as being the, quote, real commander of the extraordinary operation that killed osama bin laden. add broth mccraven has been nominated at a time of exceptionally high temple growth for special operations forces. as the current commander mccraven willson told the committee

the south korean military says the troop stopped it after mistaking it for a north korean plane. they fired the rifle at the azeana airline which had more that 100 passengers onboard. thiness den comes amid high tensions between north and south korea. we will bring you more on that when we get it. back to one of our main stories, government forces in syria are reported to have shot dead 16 people after a demonstration against the rule of president assad. across the country thousands have joined in anti-government rallies. 10,000 people are estimated to have fled the violence taking refuge on the border with neighboring turkey. journalists are banned from syria. but matthew price has crossed into the country and has a special report. >> we took the route the smugglers used, winding through the olive groves and down the hillside to avoid the border patrols. after an hour's hike, we were inside syria. this is how some 10,000 now live here stranded along the border, too scared of their own army to return home. in one tent sat fatmak kabichi, frail. i came here because of the violence,

always like to say predicting what governor palin is going to do islike predicti the actions of the north korean government , there is no rational data to rely on, i think governor palin could look at her and say i can do that and do it bter and bigger, so there is clearly room for me, on the other hand, she may say, michelle bachmann is now at the top of the polls in iowa and has a fund-raising base and up and running with a staff, maybe it would be difficult to overtake her given that they do share a lot of the same voter appeal in iowa and in south carolina and nationally. >> rose: in iowa she is tied with mitt romney. >> and they are at the top and who one is even close. they are both in the low 20s, herrmann cane, who i don't think many people will win iowa necessarily is ten percent, everybody is below that, the thing that i michelle bachmann has, the big three we discussed before, mitt romney .. john huntsman and ten pawlenty, none of those three guys will ever walk into a room and have people act like a celebrity or a rock star just walked in the room, it is just not their nature. last t

resolution meantime that urges intervention in the country. a north korean official has urged his southern neighbors to end their confrontational approach to his country his comments came in response to reports that southern korean soldiers had been using pictures of north korean leaders for target practice the north want to such provocation could lead to wars and it's you know last year young accused southern neighbor of provoking an artillery attack by violating its maritime border during military drills. the international monetary fund has shortlisted two candidates to lead the board french finance minister christine lagarde and mexican central bank chief gustin carstens will fight it out for the opposition both have strong credentials but look god is seen as the favorite and she is gaining major support that comes after the resignation of common extra scan who quoted a sex scandal the hotly contested race to succeed him rule and later this not. but i was so cross over to our business that's going to say hello to kareena to find out what's going on for th

gas explosion in russia's north caucasus has risen to fifty five with twenty of them in serious condition the blast happened at a wedding ceremony in the north or south korean capital or he's going to negotiate over. with the leaders. of the moments of the number of people has risen to over fifty with a sum of twenty being any serious condition now some of those people have even burns all across their bodies and they're all have been placed in three different local hospitals here in of let us meanwhile russian emergencies ministry's plane has arrived and have brought medical specialists from moscow and these are experts who will a check of point those injuries and work out a list of a dozen people were the most severe ones to bring them to moscow for special treatment the blast happened during a wedding ceremony and here in russia's north caucasus weddings are big celebrations and usually are not less than three hundred guests are invited for this type of ceremonies and the food is being cooked outside in special councils that's why it requires gas canister east and one of these gas canister used exploded and seriously injuring a significant number of peopl

how tae kwon do helped break the ice for north koreans visiting new york. text 1 for atf under fire, 2 for afghanistan waste or 3 for breaking bar years. the winning story will air in the next hour. >>> have you ever wondered what happened to the bar of soap you may have used once or twice after you check out of the hotel? odds are it's simply going to be thrown away, right? not if this week's cnn hero can help it. he recycles them to help save lives around the world. >> a child of war can be simply described as a kid caught between a rock and a hard place. it's finding all your pieces and trying to put them back together. i have something in common with these kids. you wake up every morning thinking i just want to survive. sanitation is a priority. we have about 2 million kids that die of sanitation issues, mainly because they don't wash their hands. i'm derreck keyongo. i help people fight disease with sanitation. do you have soap for me? this is great. >> the issue is not the soap, it's cost. can they afford it? 800 million bags of soap that the hotels th

the u.s. prepares to face north korea. the americans have quite a challenge, however. little is known about the north koreans. ey play few games outside of their own country. many of their players, very young. under the age of 20. and our friends over at espn, will bring you today's game. it kicks off at 12:15 eastern, over on espn. >> can we have that live shot again? that was germany live because that's where we're going to see it. >> that's where we're going to see it. this is dresden, germany. the games are already underway. a surprising result. 1999 was a long time ago. when brandi chastain and company put the sport on the map. the americans will have a much tougher time. >> i remember that summer very well. >> unbelievable. >> it was. >> thank you, josh. >> made generations of soccer fans. >> it did. >>> want to go to sam? >> yeah. everybody enjoyed that game. let's get to the boards. there's one thing we want to mention. the fires are in the top of the news. and this is why. it's so dry and warm in those areas. amarillo hasn't had moisture in 130 days. the last time they had moisture was february 10th.

to be something more mysterious it's correspondent with you no question about it is in the north and south korean capital with all the details. this morning karen and i'm you know i'm you know found a divine during a technical car chakra and soon after that as the whole area of that garage was blocked off by police representatives but according to the latest information that i received from the carom and as well as some police representatives it was not an explosive device that is well cars doubt many believed to be because cars are quite often used here in russia's north caucuses to carry an explosive device but a radio beacon on to you to check of the location also r e t cameraman's car we were using this car quite often when we were going across the russians north caucasus to film different stories and to report on what's going on here in this region and this region russia's north caucasus is considered to be quite a volatile area there has been a number of terror operations that we were reporting on and according to russia's in terror minister over two hundred terrorist with a leading has of

the u.s. women's soccer team beat north korea 2-0 on tuesday. there you see ononof the two goals scored. today though the north korean team fell. >> why? >> claims that five of his players were struck by lightning while training back home in pyongyang and, thus, arrived to the game late. so was lightning -- >> five of them were struck byby lightning? >> and then they were tardy to boot. >> you can't make that up. can you? >> let's face it. they can make up anything they want. now, if we buy it, thahas a completely different story. >> but do you see this shot? again, you can watch the women's world cup on espn, such a great -- i love sports. you know, the contrast. >> sheer joy. this is a u.s. women's team, came into the tournament a little bumpy, so it was a nice way to start. >> didn't get struck by lightning. >> and lightning-free. >> all right, josh, now let's go to lara for the buzziest entertainment headlines and trends over there at the big board. >> you guys, is that like the dog ate my homework in the world of sports? >> may as well be. >> our pop news heat index. what's hot, what's real. what's not so hot an

the options. >>> north korean women's soccer coach said a lightning strike sent more than five of his players toospital. he said his team wasn't ready to play in germany today. lloyd took a spill, played on and made a nice pass with the cross. then she goes to lauren cheney who heads it in. her first goal in world cup play. usa wins 2-0. next up they face colombia on saturday as pool play continues. >>> the biggest winner yesterday's upset at wimbledon, maria sharapova. she has been an nonfactor since a shoulder injury. but she has been brilliant. hasn't lost a set in the first four rounds. sounds really round today. the grandame of grunt blitzed the opponent 6-1, 6-1. she is into the semis for the first time in five years to be favored against the wild card entry sabine lizicky. she outlasted marion bartoli winning in three sets and you know, maria sharapova was extra loud because they had to close the roof because of the bad weather at wimbledon. but that's one of the controversies about maria sharapova. >> why do you have to call rain bad weather? >> is it bad? why can't it be good? >> becaus

the bottom line you let's face it it's not going to stop anytime there. was an international headlines for you down. south korean soldiers have fired at a passenger jet off the mistaking it for a north korean military plane and supported a shotting. playing more than one hundred passengers on board the aircraft was undamaged though it's the latest incident highlighting i'm doing tension on the border between the two koreas. the terms to decontaminate water at japan's fukushima nuclear plant have been faulted after radiation levels sort of safety limits for the water inside the quake and tsunami ravaged facility could spread further radiation into the surrounding environment meanwhile an international atomic agency reports has criticised japan for failing to implement essential safety principles in the wake of the disaster. libya's prime minister says his government has held talks with the rebels something they know also accuse nato of skin. violence in the country i mean fresh air raids five explosions in tripoli thousands of colonel gadhafi supporters have stayed there for one year. and again. we continue our journey to the coldest continent on earth antartica. dealing with a fierc

the world. south korean soldiers fought at the passenger jets after mistaking it for a north korean military plane and supported a short and easy on it plane which had more than one hundred passengers on board no harm was done to the aircraft and a to see incident highlighting the ongoing tension on the border between the two koreas. libya's prime minister says his government has helped talks with rebels as were the night those who accuse nato of escalating violence in the country fresh air raids. explosions and tripoli thousands of colonel gadhafi supporters have staged that in the week to be the biggest since then. gratian began. and huge wave of flooding in china has killed more than one hundred people and forced at least half a meter lovers to flee central and southern areas of the country are on the highest state of alert troops call they knew to be a definite. said to be the worst in fifty years was caused by tarantula rains weather forecasters were due to continue for another week. how we continue our journey to the coldest continent on earth on talk to you magine that dealing with a fierce

the u.s. navy intercepted a north korean cargo ship bound for myanmar. the "new york times" reported the ship was suspected of carrying illegal missile technology. it was stopped by a navy destroyer may 26th south of shanghai. the navy wanted to board the ship but was refused. the ship was forced to return to its home port. >>> in new zealand, a pair of earthquakes rocked the devastated city of christchurch. the quakes hit yesterday afternoon, the strongest measures a 6.0 magnitude. buildings rocked and some collapsed. thousands of aftershocks have hit christchurch since the february quake that killed 181 people. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" some nervous investors on wall street, and a solid day at the movies for steven spielberg. ashley morrison is here with more. good morning to you. >> a mixed day on asian markets with increased concern about the u.s. economy. tokyo's nikkei fell almost 1%. the hang seng edged up a fraction. today on wall street the dow jones opens below 12,000 for the first time since march. last week the blue chips got hit hard. the d

day, there is almost uniform support for the idea that harry truman is -- was wise in opposing the north koreanssion against south korea, but that he should have stopped at the 30th parallel. once he crossed over into north korea, it drag us into a war that began a stalemate. we are locked -- they are locked in there to this day. we would not have suffered the kinds of losses in broalood and treasure that we did. if you go back to korea and vietnam -- i think your point is a good one. or war ii was maybe the last good war -- world war ii was maybe the last good war. americans are skeptical about these military operations because they do not grasp or see what good they are doing the country. host: upland, california. independent line. caller: hello, mr. dallek. i find what you're saying very interesting. thank you, c-span. some political rhetoric talks about kennedy's starting vietnam, but from what i have read of the pentagon papers, eisenhower actually started the conflict when he started buying war munitions from korea to vietnam to support the french in 1953. my sense is a question -- i thin

let's not take a look at some other stories from around the world south korean soldiers have fired at the passenger jet after mistaking it for a north korean military plane it's reported they shot at an asiana airlines plane which have more than one hundred passengers on board the aircraft was undamaged though it's the latest incident highlighting young going tension on the border between the two koreas. tam's to decontaminate water at japan's fukushima nuclear plant have been holding after radiation levels soared above safety limits its fear the water inside the earthquake and tsunami damage facility could spread further radiation into the surrounding environment meanwhile an international atomic agency report has criticised japan for failing to implement essential safety principles in the wake of the disaster. previous prime minister says he's government has telecom with rebel something to die he also accused. violence in the country and that fresh air raids which saw the reports of five explosions in tripoli thousands of her own cut off his supporters have staged a rally in the capital believed to be one of the biggest since the

our forces on the peninsula and need to deal with the unpredictable and aggressive behavior of the north korean regime that continues to follow the destructive path of an international pariah. general thurman experience and positions of leadership and with maintaining a well trained, equipped and ready soldiers provide the kind of foundation and professional skills the will be required on the u.s. commander in korea. vice admiral william craven is not need to be the ninth commander of u.s. special forces, u.s. special operations command. he's commanded at every level and special operations community. most recently as commander of the joint special operations command and served in various staff and interagency positions including the time in the national security council. incoming secretary defense leon panetta has credited him as being the, quote, real commander of the extraordinary operation that killed osama bin laden. add broth mccraven has been nominated at a time of exceptionally high temple growth for special operations forces. as the current commander mccraven willson told the committee