pakistan. and north korea prepares for a rocket launch. we have an up-close look at the launch pad, could a nuclear test be next? i ll ask bill richardson why the rest of the world is so worried. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. but we begin with the obama administration, pressing hard right now for legislation that would ensure that the wealthiest americans don t pay a lower income tax rate than the middle class, this drawing iss let bring in our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. jessica, the president s getting ready to score some political points on this issue? reporter: the white house says this is all about policy, but on a campaign conference call they could not behind the push for the buff let rule. it s the front page of the website, president obama bushing the buffet rule. if you make more than a million dollars a year, you should not pay less than 30% in taxes. the buffet rule says if you make more than a million dollars a
says the reporter who blew the whistle on the uk hacking scandal has been sound dead. his name is john ford, he was found today in his london home. police are calling his death unexplained. this is important because we re going to have much more on this story, got a lot of questions for our correspondent in london, we ll bring that to you coming up. but i want to begin this hour with a warning. i want you to listen to a warning. this is a warning that i m about to show you a video of 16 men being shot to death. i m going give you a moment here right now to go ahead and get the kids out of the room, but this is a video released by taliban insurgents in pakistan and it shows more than a dozen men believed to be pakistani policemen lined up. there they are, against the backdrop of the hillside with their hands tied behind their backs facing several men with rifles on the right side of your screen. this man shouting is accusing them of killing children in a crime against islam. a