and personal missions to the koreas. an expert on the area. and we re glad to talk to you about this mr. ambassador. first of all, are you so surprised that someone could get so close to ambassador lippert, to have this kind of violence happen to him? well i am surprised, first of all, south korea is a friendly country to the u.s. secondly this man has had a history of violence. third, i don t know the details, but if the u.s. embassy did not ask for security at this event, this is a little bit concerning. because our ambassadors, our personnel around the world, are now being attacked more. they ve become more targets. even in friendly countries like south korea. so i m surprised that on many fronts especially since south korea is very strong on police and law enforcement, and security. i m not blaming them. this was obviously a very senseless act. but i wish that there had been
conversation and he did not articulately well describe his feelings his later statements in the day showed he had a different real thought on this. this is ben carson s fault. i think he ll be able to overcome this. i think he s a very smart guy. and in politics unfortunately, we claim that we really want blunt people that can sit back relax and have a conversation. but you know what mitt romney and those guys like jeb bush that people say you know you already know what they re going to say before they answer this is exactly why they have that strategy. we have to leave it there, je we ve got a lot to get to. ben ferguson mark lamont hill always a pleasure to have you with us. a lot of news let s get to it the u.s. ambassador to south korea slashed in a bloody knife attack. the host country is responsible for the security of the ambassador. a monster storm is slamming much of the nation. the roads are slick, pretty bad. i m outraged.
better security procedures in place, in this specific event. we have learned there was no request from the u.s. embassy for security there were three officers at the entrance. and that there were 15 more on standby. obviously they quickly hustled to get the ambassador out and into safety and to the the hospital to be treated. do you think it s going to change u.s. policy for our ambassadors, given the state of the world? should it change? it should change. i believe that the u.s. embassy, whenever there s an ambassador making a public event, whether it s a friendly or unfriendly country, should ask for a police assistance from the host country. which has the primary responsibility. and then the u.s. ambassador has what is called diplomatic security two or three, maybe four individuals in an armored car that are very well schooled. that are protective of the ambassador s functions. but this is not just something that affects u.s. ambassadors. we should think about all our
attacks. in 2010 kim received a suspended two-year prison sentence for throwing a piece of concrete at a japanese ambassador to south korea. president obama calling ambassador lippert, wishing him a speedy recovery. the two close since obama started in the senate in 2005. lippert tweeting from the hospital doing well and in great spirits. will be back asap to advance u.s./south korean alliance. michaela it does raise the question about security measures in place. the seoul police do say that the u.s. embassy did not ask for any specific security for that speech. which was seen as pretty routine. and you would have to say watching the reaction of mark lippert to that i attack he was unbelievably cool and calm given what had just happened to him. andrew it s amazing to think that he recovered in that way. kept himself collected. want to turn to former new mexico governor and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, mr. bill richardson. he s made multiple diplomatic