The iranian government masks a corrupt dictatorship behind the false guise of democracy. It has turned a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos. Charlie over the weekend, the president called kim jongun a madman and wrongly accused iran of firing missiles. Joining me now for a conversation about the most areial issues of our time nick burns, professor of diplomacy at Harvards Kennedy school. And michael morrell, the host of a new cbs podcast. Im pleased to have both of them here. Where are we in terms of diplomacy and contingent planning . Michael the fundamental problem is the North Koreans are a few months away, six to 12, from demonstrating the capability of putting a u. S. City at risk of nuclear attack. There are three pieces you have to have. One is Nuclear Weapons. The ability to get a nuclear yield out of explosion at 100 . We know they have that. They have demonstrated it.
The iranian government masks a corrupt dictatorship behind the false guise of democracy. It has turned a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos. Charlie over the weekend, the president called kim jongun a madman and wrongly accused iran of firing missiles. Joining me now for the conversation about the most crucial National Security issues of our time are nick burns, professor of diplomacy at Harvards Kennedy school. And michael morrell, the host of a new cbs podcast. Im pleased to have both of them here. Welcome to the podcast. Where are we in terms of both diplomacy and contingent planning . Michael the fundamental problem is that the North Koreans are a few months away, 612, from demonstrating the capability of putting a u. S. City at risk of nuclear attack. There are three pieces you have to have. One is Nuclear Weapons. The ability to get a nuclear yield out of an explosion at
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Broke the story is here live. Rage of the wave. A surfer taking on this massive wall of water when hes pummeled and sent flying. The race to save him and what hes now saying from his hospital bed. Good morning, america. Thanks for joining us this friday morning. All kinds of news breaking out on all kind of fronts and that surfer lucky to be alive. In fact, if you look at the video, this doesnt just look dangerous, it was dangerous. He broke his back in that fall. But he has an incredible attitude and says, you know what, i cant wait to get back in the water and back on my board again. I think his mom might have Something Else to say about that when she sees that video. Oh, absolutely. You know, a lot of other news to get to as well, but first we want to start out with the deep freeze and record low temperatures that could be coming to here in new york and the cold air is moving in right now. Going to get down to the 20s in new york city tonight and ginger is going to start us off with
Broke the story is here live. A surfer taking on this massive wall of water when hes pummeled and sent flying. The race to save him and what hes now saying from his hospital bed. Good morning, america. Thanks for joining us this friday morning. All kind of news breaking out on all kind of fronts and that surfer lucky to be alive. If you look at the video. This isnt just looking dangerous, it was dangerous. He broke his back in that fall. But he has an incredible attitude and says, you know what, i cant wait to get back in the water and back on my board again. I think his mom might have Something Else to say about that when she sees that video. Oh, absolutely. You know, a lot of other news to get to as well, but first we want to start out with the deep freeze and record low temperatures that could be coming to here in new york and going to get down to the 20s tonight and ginger will start us off with that great news. Good morning, ginger. Good morning to you, michael. We told you it was