thing for certain is unpredictability. it s a milestone event that has drawn some 3,000 journalts to singapore. tell us what we saw from the president. we saw him emerge from his hotel a couple minutes ago. reporter: good afternoon from high atop our perch here in singapore. those traveling with the president say he s in a great mood in singapore. the president taking to twitter saying it s great to be in singapore. excitement in the air. the president s motorcade going into the official residence of the president of singapore. he has a one-on-one meeting with
middle east. that s their intention. syria is a crucial part of that and they aren t giving up. they want to double down. and take on the trump administration. that s where they re coming from. bill: one more hot spot north korea sending signs of aggression after the u.s.s. carl vincent starting steaming toward the korean peninsula. what do you make based on jennifer griffin s reporting a few moments ago knowing the anniversary comes up on saturday, april 15th that is so well marked in north korean history? likely the sixth nuclear test. every time there is a milestone event like this one, particularly this birthday anniversary, some kind of event. carl vincent and other ships are moving in that direction. what the issue is. not going the participate in a military operation against north korea. thals not the issue. the issue is japan and south
obama, bill clinton, caroline kennedy and martin o malley all took part. but the two former president bushs, john boehner, eric cantor, jeb bush, john mccain, mike huckaby, they are all among those invited but declined to attend. there were obvious disclaimers. there are health reasons why george h.w. bush could not make the trip to washington, d.c. george w. bush just did have heart surgery, although i think i saw him at the smu football game last night. there are also apparently some dispute over how much notice some of the no-shows got from organizers. while we can quibble over they got one, two or three weeks notice, what we do know is this milestone event, the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, was not one that republicans marked on their own calendars and made it a priority to commemorate. after all, they didn t have to be invited to speak to just show up and pay their respects. let s not pretend this is surprising because part of the story of the civil rights movement,
task? reporter: well, there s no option for them. ready or not, they have taken center stage in the fight to defend their country. much of what the u.s. and nato have done here in afghanistan over the past 12 years is now riding on how these forces do. in a ceremony this morning, in kabul, nato officials transferring the lead role for security. two afghan forcete to afghan. this started in 2011 with the safe districts. the process was completed today. what this means is for the coming 18 months, u.s. and nato forces will still be here, but only in a support role, leading the charge will be afghan forces. in the ceremony today, president hamid karzai had some comments. also president was nato s secretary-general. here s what he had to say about today s milestone event. five years ago, afghan forces
kelly ayotte the new freshman senator from the state of new hampshire will be appearing with mitt romney in portsmith in a few minutes from now. this is part of the veep stakes. she s one of the potential running mates that the romney campaign will be taking a good long hard look at. that vet progress sees, that selection process is just getting under way. there s a throat be said for kelly ayotte and why she s being considered. she has a lot of tea party support up in new hampshire. she was endorsed by sarah palin. she has a tough on crime background. she was the attorney general in her state. she is also anti-abortion rights so she has that pro life boxing checked that a lot of republicans will be looking at as they go about selecting a running mate and there s a lot of upsides here. actually had a chance to see her speak in front of one of those rubber chicken dinners here in washington, d.c. she s pretty engaging in front of a podium, in front of a crowd. i think you re g