a mber of you told us v twitr that bill clinns trip to north korea was the story of the week. th former presiden geing his groove back in the words of one twitter user, while in afca, the skatebegan a mor american diplomatic initiate identi that coinent. joinings tonit, nikhil deogun. deputy manager of e "wall street jrnal." and david anlman. a foreign correspondent for "the neyork times" and cbs news. welcome to you both. and again, boy, juat week forhispolitical dynamic duo, husband and fe team. let's begin with bill clint, surpring everyone by showing up rth rea. david, was this -- have we oped a new door to north korea in a dialogue, or this was st an unusualet of rcumstances for which bill clinn fit the bill? >> well, bill clton certainly di fit the bill in fact he was the bill that wasresented by the north koreans as e one person that theyould like to see ce there anday would release the two jrnalists. >> the named him? he w the one? >> exaly, he was the o that they chosen a wasnotn the there the list thatbama sent to them as suggestions so the estion is, who is really i

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