this follows days of incidents regarding jiang zemin's health and reports that he was dead. internet searches for the former president's name has been blocked. progress towards tripoli hampered by a lack of ammunition and inadequate support from nato. the rebels say 17 of their fighters were killed and more than 60 wounded on wednesday. they have been locked in a stalemate for more than six weeks. malaysian police say they've taken control of the kindergarten where around 30 children and four teachers were held hostage. a man, who according to some reports was armed, stormed into the nursery school and help the people hostage for nearly seven hours. now, the consequences of failure are terrifying. less than four weeks to poverty default on america's obligations, president obama is entering talks with congressional leaders. he's pushing for $4 trillion in savings. there's no agreement on where the cuts should be made. jake sherman, an analyst from politico.com joins me now. the aim is to avoid defaulting on debt. it is a massive, decisive package that is needed. how likely is

nick, let's start first with zemin. the chinese leadership be so determined to keep its own people from going on the internet and trying to find out and search his name? >> it's essentially reflex. i don't think it's really a formal policy, but whenever anything is considered sensitive and nothing is more sensitive than the illness or death of a leader, then the instinct is to just go out and censor. the people doing the censorship they may not know whether he's alive or dead, but once they start on that path, then they need to censor not only the characters for zemin but need to censor, for example, the word for river because his family name is the word for river. you can't search the yellow river. you can't search the yangtze river in china. you can't do searches for the 301 army hospital, because that's where he would be treated. they start on this path, and it becomes completely ridiculous. in a sense this is what really turns off and antagonizes so many chinese. it feels so patronizing to them. >> when you go throu

china's government dismissed media reports that the chicago's former president jiang zemin has died callinghem just rumors. the 84-year-old jiang's absence from a ceremony in beijing july 1st raised speculation that his health was worsening. the important event marked the 90th anniversary of the founding of china's governing communist party. on wednesday media in hong kong reported that jiang had died. china's official xinhua news agency quoted what it called authoritative sources saying reports of jiang's death were just rumors. chinese foreign ministry hong lei said the agency fully explained the issue. he refused to take any questions. china has stepped up its control of information about jiang's health by blocking access to websites containing his name. >>> the u.s. government says it cannot resume food aid to north korea without a reliable monitoring system to ensure that the food goes to the people who need it. state department spokesperson victoria nuland said on wednesday that the aid for the north has failed to reach the intended recipients. >> it's very much on our minds that we c