Was 15 kilotons. World leaders issued rapid responses. President barack obama called the nuclear test a grave theft. The japanese Prime Minister said it was absolutely unacceptable. The president of south korea called kim jongun fanatically reckless. They are holding a closed door meeting in the Yunited Nations N two hours. We are joined by will, lisa and victor, joining us from washington. Will, you have been to north korea several times over the last few years. Probably more than any other western journalist. What is pyongyang up to . Kim jongun, when i was last in north korea in may solidified his power and lined up his leadership to develop north Koreas Nuclear program at a dizzying pace in the last several months and weeks. In addition to this nuclear test which caused a 5. 3 magnitude earthquake, still yet to are verified by the u. S. , still testing radiation levels, three missiles launch from the ground capable of hitting here in japan. The week before that, there was a submari
i don t know what else you would recommend, general. but at this point, if the message is that the job is not getting done and the mission remains to protect civilians, the use of predator drones, effective strategy at this point? sure. they will be effective, i don t think they ll be consequencial. the first thing should be done is recognize rebels political movement to tnc, continue to squeeze gaddafi with all the elements of national power. provided a visors, weapons and ammunition to the rebel movement. in addition to the nonlethal aid we re providing. then from a military perspective, get the u.s. air power back in the fight, back in the lead. close air support aircraft, and the ac-130 gun ship, or a-10. special power and special missions designed to operate close in, with enemy forces and friendly forces.
both. they are not sex linked. jamie: good news for all the moms out there. eric: if your father is bald does that mean new york it depends on his gene structure. but, the point is they are not sex linked. eric: dr. rosenfeld, he answers the e-mailses and a lot he answers, from his study at home and, also from the air and this is from pam in the baytown, texas. is a wrist blood pressure monitor accurate? what kind would you recommend, we heard about blood pressure and coffee a few moments ago. what about the wrist monitors? they are accurate if done properly and i don t know why anybody who is interested in taking the blood pressure wouldn t use the conventional one but for some reason you ash
president obama being re-elected. ton of the candidates have the chalk to take him on. some of candidates that would have been worrisome to me, tim pawlenty, catering to the tea party is much it s killing his general election credentials. anyone who thinks they have a shot is going to jump in the race because the field is so wide open. but as we see in poll after poll, none of the candidates are exciting the republican base. none of them are coming anywhere close to president obama in the general election matchup. eric: todd, do you agree? do you think none of the candidates are exciting the republican base? no, i don t agree at all. the only poll numbers that matter right now are the ones about president obama and the mood of the country. most of the republican candidates are relatively unknown. here is what we know about president obama. he is at his lowest point of his entire presidency right now in terms of the job approval rating. fully two-third of the country think we re goi
ahmadinejad s regime in tehran is cooperating with the assad regime in damascus to try and prevent the regime from being overthrown. eric: mahmoud ahmadinejad called for a new world order. what did he mean? syria is, at this point, virtually a satellite state of iran. it is an arab state, but, it gives iran a an important foothold next to israel and in the center of the middle east and gives them a conduit, and, supplies the terrorist group hezbollah in lebanon which effectively controls that government as well and is a way for iran to engage in a longstanding struggle with hegemony within the islamic word and that is the fundamental reason why keeping assad in power in syria is so important to the iranian regime and to lose that would mean a big set