foreign policy failures. almost the entire middle east is fall to go the islamists, vladimir putin is taking the reset with russia, flying it right out of the window, with north korea, with every victory, he s had fumples and the american people are balancing that as el. i disagree with that assessment, however, in terms of public perception, this is the area where president obama is strongest. majority of the people support his handling of foreign poll stkpwhraoe eye ironic, isn t it. it s not eye ironic. he s had a lot of high profile successes but that s the irony of this campaign is where he s been strongest is where most people never predicted it and where it s going to be least helpful for him in his reelection effort. alisyn: we ll let history, as you recommend he says! thank you very much for coming. thanks ali, you bet, merry christmas. alisyn: we re getting word that hackers there from china may have been stealing u.s. business secrets. ahead, we ll investigate what the
days. egyptians returning to the poll phos parliamentary electricals after five days of deadly violence in cairo that has cast a pall over the transition to democracy, protestors demanding military rulers hand power to civilian leaders. and the national labor relations board has approved rules that could give labor unions a boost in organizing new members. the rules are expected to speed the pace at union electricals by simplifying procedures and reducing delays. the death of though north korean dictator kim jong-il puts focus on the tense border between north and south crowa korea, now the de militarized zone, one of the most heavily fortified borders in the world becoming a home base for demonstrations in the democratic south. so how does kim s passing affect residents there? greg palkot is streaming live from seoul, korea. what s the answer greg? reporter: first word that we re getting from north korea, and what we re