additional security. you have to say mark lippert looking remarkably cool in the face of that attack. i could not agree with you more. it s spot-on how he handled this. but it does raise significant issues. let s talk about the issues here. we have cnn global affairs analyst and managing editor of quartz, bobby ghosh and mr. daniel pinkston in south korea. beyond debate is how mr. lippert seems to have handled this cool under pressure. you re saying no surprise given his background. served in iraq he served with the navy s.e.a.l.s, he s a strong guy and a tough guy. it is it would have been a shock because you don t really expect this in south korea, a country where he is well liked. he walks his dog in the street among the public. his dog has its own twitter account. he s a popular figure there, although he s only been there for a few months. you dismiss it as a madman. this is clearly a madman. there are questions to be asked
why the american ambassador was allowed to go to place without protection when somebody in the embassy intelligence should have seen a guest list this guy s name should have brought up a flag or alarm. he was a member of the council that the ambassador was going to address. they had reason to know this man who had the problem in 2010 was a registrant of the event. yes. an interesting point. mr. pinkston obviously south korea is a friend to the u.s. just the word benghazi gives context to what has happened to people in foreign service recently is this somewhat of a call that we have to be more careful in the united states about security surrounding our diplomats? well before i get to that point i want to correct the last comments in fact the individual kim ki jeong was not a member of that organization the korean
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. the u.s. economy hit the brakes during the first three months of the year. and tom, it wasn t surprising, that s when gasoline and food prices started climbing. tom: susie, less government spending was also a drag on the economy. the gross domestic product rose 1.8% in the first quarter, according to the commerce department. now that s a significant slowdown from the previous quarter, when the economy was chugging right along with growth over 3%. susie: the slowdown is a setback for the recovering economy, but as darren gersh reports, it s not to last. reporter: the year started off slowly with the economy dragged down by a sharp drop in construction. winter weather is one reason spending to build new factories and office buildings tumbled 22%. new home construction fell too. and government cutbacks didn t help either. d
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. the u.s. economy hit the brakes during the first three months of the year. and tom, it wasn t surprising, that s when gasoline and food prices started climbing. tom: susie, less government spending was also a drag on the economy. the gross domestic product rose 1.8% in the first quarter, according to the commerce department. now that s a significant slowdown from the previous quarter, when the economy was chugging right along with growth over 3%. susie: the slowdown is a setback for the recovering economy, but as darren gersh reports, it s not to last. reporter: the year started off slowly with the economy dragged down by a sharp drop in construction. winter weather is one reason spending to build new factories and office buildings tumbled 22%. new home construction fell too. and government cutbacks didn t help either. d
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. the u.s. economy hit the brakes during the first three months of the year. and tom, it wasn t surprising, that s when gasoline and food prices started climbing. tom: susie, less government spending was also a drag on the economy. the gross domestic product rose 1.8% in the first quarter, according to the commerce department. now that s a significant slowdown from the previous quarter, when the economy was chugging right along with growth over 3%. susie: the slowdown is a setback for the recovering economy, but as darren gersh reports, it s not to last. reporter: the year started off slowly with the economy dragged down by a sharp drop in construction. winter weather is one reason spending to build new factories and office buildings tumbled 22%. new home construction fell too. and government cutbacks didn t help either. d