boom, lonnie. everywhere around the country democrats are saying, can we have that guy? i mean, look, here s the thing, it is a lot easier to gain perspective on the media when you re not in the public spotlight in the same way any more. but i think the president, the former president has a point. which is that, there is this give and take, we expect from the media and our public officials, that is important to democracy. i remember during the obama administration, he would say stuff about fox news, at one point i did this commentary saying, he should stop doing that, he was sort of punching down. people have short memories, no president likes the media, they think the media s horrible. it s part of being president. we ll see if it goes on, you are right, it s heart of the strategy. it s also part of, look at the shiny object. let s talk about the media rather than the bad stories coming in, do you disagree with
to exclude china is mistaken. now, china none too pleased. the official news agency putting out a commentary saying that the u.s. should be playing a constructive role in this region and the u.s. and china likely to have, perhaps, some more disputes later this week. the president s last stop will be in indonesia after he s finished in australia. there s going to be a summit there in maritime disputes in the south. china s seat will be one of many big issues that will play out there. a quick observation, i know you re tight on time but you ve been to hawaii getting up in the middle of the night doing these hits and doing specials during the day and now you re over in australia, if that was me, i d look like rocky after rocky won after punching you have a corner man traveling with you? how did you get so ready? i have two corner men traveling with me, we call them the brians. they re both first names is brian. it s basically a lot of make-up guys. wow. mostly that. also
krugman s piece? bob: what he said, we went to war in iraq eric: you re agreeing with him. bob: i say the war in iraq is wrong r mains wrong and cost the country enormously. greg: i want to move on dana: so that makes somebody a fake hero? bob: no, wait, don t make that connection at all. i did not make that connection. dana: saying the war was wrong. bob: saying the war was wrong. kimberly: do you disagree with what he said? bob: absolutely, absolutely, absolutely. buffoon is a good word. kimberly: doesn t let people make comments on it. rumsfeld is canceling his subscription. bob: i m going to practice a new thing. because i was told to do this now. a dumb thing to do. dana: if you don t want to take comments, you don t have to. he proactively provoked more commentary saying i m not going to take any comments. so stupid. if they would have taken the comments, he doesn t have to respond them. greg: he gets paid
krugman s piece? bob: what he said, we went to war in iraq eric: you re agreeing with him. bob: i say the war in iraq is wrong r mains wrong and cost the country enormously. greg: i want to move on dana: so that makes somebody a fake hero? bob: no, wait, don t make that connection at all. i did not make that connection. dana: saying the war was wrong. bob: saying the war was wrong. kimberly: do you disagree with what he said? bob: absolutely, absolutely, absolutely. buffoon is a good word. kimberly: doesn t let people make comments on it. rumsfeld is canceling his subscription. bob: i m going to practice a new thing. because i was told to do this now. a dumb thing to do. dana: if you don t want to take comments, you don t have to. he proactively provoked more commentary saying i m not going to take any comments. so stupid. if they would have taken the comments, he doesn t have to respond them. greg: he gets paid hundreds of thousands of
it. police in norway will interview anders breivik today. he s in solitary confinement in a prison near oslo. meanwhile police have called off the search for more victims of the shooting rampage on utoya island. 68 people were killed. a formal inquiry into britain s phone-hacking scandals began in london. a woman who worked with the now depuck news of the world tabloid after her daughter s murder now says her phone was hacked. sara payne had defended the tabloid, even writing the last edition, and calling it a force for good. there s been some break for the rain-soaked korean peninsula, and the clean-up is under way. huge tract ts of farmland are flooded in northee kra and about half a meet over rain poured down on the south korean capital in just 48 hours. at least 51 people died in floods and mud slides. those are the headlines. i m zain verjee, and world business today starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a very good morning to you. from cnn london, i