yes, you re in a state with high foreclosure, a state with very high unemployment. the president is trying to make the case things are getting better and his approach deserves a chance. he will make a case if things aren t getting better, perhaps because of dysfunction in washington. the president will make a case a do nothing congress is to blame, not just him if you have frustration with washington. he s trying to set the tone for what we know will be a very competitive election year for president almost no matter who the republicans nominate, whether democrat, republican or independent. in this economy, political environment, any president would face a tough environment. this president s chance is to set the table, urge congress to do big things, jobs bill, payroll tax cut extension, other things ahead. all of us know, well aware the white house, republicans and democrats in the leadership on capitol hill will tell you, they don t expect big grand things to get done in thi
wondering, watching. they were out on the streets of seoul today and this is what we heard and saw. the folks of south korea got word around noon on monday of kim jong-il s death. this is the first day the newspaper gave it front-page traoept. they wer treatment. they were talking about what it means for north korea and south korea. it s a bad thing. i don t think kim jong un is ready to take over north korea at this point. everybody is worried he s too young, and inc inexperienced. reporter: south koreans say they are on high alert, they say
down here in south korea, the neighbor to the south. here s a little bit of what we saw, what we heard on the streets of seoul today. take a look. the folks in south korea first got word of the death of kim jung-il around noon local time on monday, so today is the first day that the newspapers gave it, well, front page treatment. they were thinking and talking a lot about it, what it means for south korea, what it means for north korea, for the entire korean peninsula. it s a bad thing, in my opinion. reporter: why? well, basically, you know, we don t think that, um, i think the son is ready to take over north korea at this point. we don t know yet, but everybody worried that he too young. reporter: worried that he s too young. yeah. no experience. [speaking in native tongue] it s a crisis and also an opportunity. reporter: two quick points, fox news confirming that the south korean military s now on deaf con 2, that s the second highest state of readiness just
have been speaking to south korean officials yesterday that told us look, they believe that they could complete their nuclear cycle as north korea calls it, by sometime in 2018. that brings up the timetable by at least two or three years from what experts were saying just earlier this year. and what is unclear is how the united states and obviously the asian region is going to confront this kind of nuclear armed north korea. you know, it s palpable here, while people on the streets of seoul and south korea have a certain resignation to this, they are used to it. you know, it s clear that the south korean government is showing more and more unease, especially as you have those from the trump administration being a bit vague as to their next strategy. there are open communications with the allies here in asia. the trump administration is talking to them quite a bit. sit not clear exactly what options are on the table at this point. it has many concerned throughout the world. and north
otherwise you want them to fall down and wonder why they fell. reporter: defense secretary james mattis continues to emphasize diplomacy while working on military options, not just because of the staggering death toll that could result. but a very fundamental problem. the pentagon still does not know the exact locations of everywhere kim jong-un hides his weapons. jake? barbara starr, thanks so much. i want to bring in mike rogers, former fbi agent. he recently returned from a visit to south korea. how concerned are the south koreans, both the south korean people and the south korean government about this current situation? it s odd on the streets of seoul, even with this tension level we re seeing internationally, they look at it as tuesday, jake. they said we ve been putting up with this saber rattling from the north for 65 years, and we