lunts, last month before the republicans even took over congress, won the elections, he was talking about government shutdown. don t forget he was on the other side of the argument back in 1995. now he s saying that the republicans could win that argument. so there is some kabuki theater really going on here as everybody sort of figures out the best way to game the system and not really talking about the responsible thing, which is keeping the government running. kabuki theater in washington. what do you know? never would have thought it. well, christina, guy, karen, you re going to be back. thank you so much. meantime, if you watched this, a high seas drama playing out this hour. a u.s. warship shadowing a hijacked yacht with americans on board. we ve got an up-to-the-minute report ahead. plus, richard lui take ugh a hard look at the state of our unions. hey, richard. there s a new report and it doesn t look good. while their ranks have fall-tone a seven-decade low, there are
la lake tahoe and he says he s been doing this 18 years. i don t know about that, what do you think. brian: i want to try that one. you do? one of last things on my bucket list is to jump out a perfectly good airplane with a parachute. thanks, caroline, appreciate it. reclusive north korean leader kim jong-il is making an appearance on state tv. in footage today. he is shown at a large rally celebrating the reopening of a textile factory and south korea s news agency says it s an attempt to reassure the public that kim is committed to improving the north s tattered economy. he s believed to have recovered from a stroke in 2008 is rarely shown on video. continued attacks are in ships are signs that pirates are not backing down. the hijacking of a 21 crew tanker taken on by somali pirates yesterday. amy kellogg is following the latest in the high seas drama. a hopeful twist in the