was 100,000 casualties, minimum, and a real mess. so no one wanted to do korea. and of course, the footnote was, as always, korea didn t have any oil. the public case is about weapons. 9/11 changed everything. the threat of weapons of mass destruction now drives american policy. but policy toward the nation posing the most clear and present danger on wmd, north korea, doesn t change dramatically. instead, inside the administration, it is the existing, pre 9/11 planning about iraq and iraq s oil that goes operational. it s one month after 9/11. the state department forms something called the future of iraq project, a comprehensive plan for what a new iraqi society will look like after saddam is gone. state department officials assemble a group, including iraqi exiles, to plan for everything from health to education to oil and energy.
nuclear bomb. we argued about this in the state department, why wasn t there more concern with north korea when the ci a was telling us that north korea probably already had plutonium-based nuclear materiel and the answer was 100,000 casualties, minimum, and a real mess. so no one wanted to do korea. and of course, the footnote was, as always, korea didn t have any oil. the public case is about weapons. 9/11 changed everything. the threat of weapons of mass destruction now drives american policy. but policy toward the nation posing the most clear and present danger on wmd, north korea, doesn t change dramatically. instead, inside the administration, it is the existing, pre 9/11 planning about iraq and iraq s oil that goes operational. it s one month after 9/11. the state department forms
now the government s attempt to change those laws is sparking riots in the streets. we ll explain. it is sunday, may 27th. good morning. i m randy kay. so glad you re with us. it is shaping up to be a pretty ugly holiday weekend in parts of the southeast, and you can blame beryl. subtropical storm beryl is set to dump several inches of rain along the coast today. already we re seeing warnings and beach closures off taibi island in georgia, 20 people had to be rescued because of potentially deadly rip currents. let s bring in meteorologist bonnie schneider. bring us up to day date on where these warnings stand and good morning to you. good morning, randi. rip kurntsz very dangerous. sometimes you is see them, but sometimes you can t. even if you re in that surf zone so close to the shoreline, you are at risk by being picked up by a rip current, so never swim where there s no lifeguard. here s a look at subtropical beryl. a subtropical storm means we have characteristics that