house republicans prepare for a last showdown. even after the senate republicans reached a deal, snatching gridlock from the jaus of victory. by the way, the paycheck is on the line. newt gingrich goes after the judiciary. a popular boogie man in republican primaries. he will ignore supreme court rulings and wait until you see how he forces judges to testify before congress. it s monday, december 19th, 2011. let s get to the first read of the morning and it begins in north korea. jim jung ilturned his country into a state by starving and imprisonings his own people ha died. [speaking foreign language] that was a weeping anchor reader announced the death of the man known as dear leader on state television late sunday. according to that report, kim died of a heart attack after 17 years of rule. even his age is not known for sure. he had been in bad health since suffering from what was believed a stroke in 2008. kim s chosen successor, his youngest son, kim jong un. they condu
carriage on palace grounds. distinguished guests, it is a great honor to join you again in this great country as we reaffirmed the a during bonds between our two nations and reinforced this special relationship. there is a humbling reminder of the fleeting nature of presidencies and prime minister ships. has spanned s rain about a dozen of each and counting. that makes you a living witness to the power of our alliance and the chief resource to its resilience. our alliance is a commitment that speaks to who we are. as was winston churchill said on a visit to the united states, above all on the english- speaking peoples, there must be a union of parts based upon convictions and common ideals. while our challenges have changed since churchill s time when we fought to preserve our democracies, our adherence to those values are not. we have a common language, a common history,, and adherence to the rule of law, the rights of men and women, the very ideals born in this nation. ye
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this kind of talk is so alien to america. it s not really. all you have to do is watch some of your colleagues on msnbc and you see the same type of talk from the other side. it is political rhetoric by people in the media. when it comes from people in must be lick office i think it is reprehensible and you should try to have an intelligence dialogue and i do. i disagree with this president s policies on terrorism from telling terrorists they can remine silent after they almost committed an act to trying khalid shake mo ma head in a civilian court. president came in inheriting a storm. he came in facing what could have been a second depression, he used economics to address it, he did strong steps to address it. you disagree with those steps. i do. i certainly don t which one was bad? the stimulus t $787 billion of government spending many on programs which simply increased government costs instead of incentivizing the private sector.
rose: welcome to the broadcast. one day after president obama outlined his afghan strategy at west point, his principal military advisor, the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen, fills in the blanks of the strategy. there s absolutely no no question right now that the direction fr the president is to start thinning our forces and turning it over, transferring responsibility. not a number, not a geographic location, starting in july of 2011 and we think we can do that. we will be able to do that more easily in some areas than others. but it s not a large. necessarily a large turnover. and there s no withdrawal date, we haven t set the right-hand side of this in any way, shape, or form. it s just the beginning of a transition. rose: the chairman of 2 joint chiefs for the hour next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: admiral mike you will mullen is here, he is chairman of the joint chie