ballistic missile test in the works. we begin tonight with high anxiety over north korea s threat to launch a satellite, a launch pentagon officials believe is to test a ballistic missile capable of launching a nuclear warhead capable of sitting the main land. weather is such that officials believe the launch could come at any time. let s take a closer look at what they are worried about. this is north korea. i want to show you new satellite images from april 9th. a clear image of the launch pad. the rocket is here. you see preparations, rail mounting. that s how they brought the rocket out. the ex university deflector is right here. you see support vehicles way up here on the distant edge. now, let s look at a more recent satellite image released today. a bit grainy. if you notice here, i will try to highlight it, you can see support vehicles much closer to the launch pad. not much activity over here by the fueling tanks. the analysts that have looked at this believe based
priorities are a little crazy. they are going to fire 20,000 u.s. marines they are going to hire almost 20,000 irs agents to enforce the healthcare law of the president. i think most americans say wait a minute. we prefer a strong defense in a very uncertain world. maybe that s where we ought to place our resources. it s a dangerous thing. we can walk to this i wouldn t run to this conclusion. how do you find common ground most of them across the i aisle who sadie fence spending is out of say dee fence spending is out of control. there are other programs that need to be cut there are other places that need help as well. it is time to dial back or cut spending. how do you reason that with them? remember after we went into 9-11 we weren t prepared for that. the military wasn t structured correctly. we had really horrible problems in intelligence budget where we weren t recruiting human spies across the world. we had parts of the world we weren t even covering because we didn t inve
running neck and neck with romney in iowa. tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., the herman cain train coming to the daily rundown. we will get information from the other side of the i aisle. chuck schumer joins me. they are trying to come up with plans b, c, d, and e. red flags for romney. there is the poll trouble we told you about. now, nbc news shows you the evidence that really does link the obama health care law to the romney massachusetts law. first, a look ahead at the president s schedule. he heads to pittsburgh after about 11:00 today. the daily rundown on msnbc. it s new! ahhh-ahh-ahh! it s nice n easy colorblend foam!