hauled before congress and impeached. newt gingrich outlines his solution to so-called activists and ignites a huge controversy. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. it s a rogue isolated nation on earth. now the state is in transition now with the death of their leader, kim jong il. a tearful woman announced the news on state television saying kim jong il died suddenly of heart attack at age 69. north korea is built on a cult of personality surrounding the kim dynasty and word of his death sparked near hisser toa on streets with people wailing and weeping openly. kim s death has huge implications. not only for the north and south korea, but for the united states and the entire world. following developments from seoul, south cree korea, what is the latest reaction there, anna? wolf, as you say, a great deal of uncertainty with the death of kim jong il but perhaps of an insight into what he was thinking in the weeks and days leading up to his death. can conf
of course you did. obama said it was the last 23 months going up and up and up and the last important thing, a thousand new manufacturing jobs and the first time highest since 1990, look, you can make all the fun you want of this, but the fact is that things are getting better and better and i think people are feeling better about it for the first time. now, i would like to call to the poll, so and can i just say that the thing he deserves a second term? he deserves something because when you think about it i think he shouldn t have run again, i think he should run for something larger. you want to export him. no, like ambassador to the world. yeah, why is he settling for us? we re nothing compared to obama. right? and i don t know, some guy that s . and ask newt if he could be the head of that moon colony. wow. (laughter) what? all i can say
million more. as we have reported here again and again on this show, the rich in this country have seen their income skyrocket over the past 30 years. but the income for the poor has remained stagnant. should we really be looking to elect the poster child for unfairness? if you don t want to ask me, ask newt. i fully expect the romney campaign to be unendingly dirty and dishonest for the next four days because they are desperate. they thought they could buy this. they are discovering they can t buy this. i think they are now going to i think they have internal polls that show them losing, and i think they will do anything at any level. joining me now is jerod bernstein, an msnbc contributor and the former chief economist for vice president biden and steve karnecki, political columnist for salon.com. thank you both for coming on the