day-to-day to see if the tensions are actually going about on the ground, fulfilling thepblss on the ground. are the north korean troops moving closer to the dmz? are there ships dispersing? there are a lot of things out there. we have to be very, very careful. when you kick in that door, you know, to a war you re not exactly sure what you re going to get. like i said i think there would be a lot of death and destruction. we ned to be cautious and we are taking good, defensive measures with missile defense, very, very important and a delicious irony here that the obama administration is finally embracing missile defense which can protect us from these north korean missiles. jenna: quick final question to bring us full circle, if the kim regime end, however it does, would our problems be solved? north korea? no, not necessarily i. mean what happens right after if there is an implosion of the regime? what does china do? do they rush into north korea? what does south korea do? what does
very dangerous, splintered factions of al-qaida exist. again i think in terms of proactive kinetic forces, special operations, good intelligence and drones as we have done in pakistan. we ned to start looking at doing that in northern africa. jenna: we know you are very busy out in virginia. windy virginia, we can hear that on the microphone where the g.o.p. is having their retreat. thank you for your time, stepping out to talk to us about this important story. thank you, jenna i appreciate it. jon: some brand-new numbers that show a dramatic drop in cancer deaths in this country. what s behind the decline and how you can stay healthy. that is coming up. plus, the latest on a for reeveryone is talk being about the football star and his fake, dead girlfriend. did sports reporters fumble the ball on this one? our news watch panel is joining us to weigh in.
republicans and democrats are seeing who blinks first it appears. i m martha maccallum. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. good morning to you. martha: hello there. bill: we know there is no set meeting on the schedule for the white house for the president to sit down with congressional leaders. they talked on the phone on the weekend. all that can change by the day. the president will appeal to americans, some of them to put pressure on maker lawmakers. republicans indicating you do not need to raise tax rates to get to the deficit. we ned we need a realistic chance for it to pass congress. he will not extend the bush-era cuts for those making more than $250,000.
so she may have been put in a very difficult position, and i think it s legitimate to ask by whom and why. martha: you have very big concerns about that as well, mike, who changed or twisted as you say the words that were from the intel talking points and they were interpreted very differently. sure, i mean clearly somebody sat around with a word document or either red lined it or changed the words on the computer to reflect what it was that the administration wanted to say. it was a small group of people that were doing that. in evidence of that really frankly you have the fact that secretary of state hillary clinton did not go in front of five microphones on a sunday talk show. not trying to be partisan here. she high school a storied career in decades and i don t think she would have ever gone on five sunday talk shows unless she knew there was something she didn t want to be on the record having said. i certainly think there is more here and i hope the investigation continues. we
from her home and taking photos inside. gen. petraeus resigned friday after admitting to an affair with broadwell. we will bring you the latest as we get it. now what s the truth about benghazi and why did the obama administration not brief congress? they will finally brief the committee about benghazi. senator john grasso is on that committee. he is here. thanks for having me. you will get information for the first time tomorrow. are you disappointing you are just getting this now? in a bipartisan way a number of senators asked about this information before the elections and finally we will get it this week. the president is having a press conference wednesday. the american people have a right to know what really happened to benghazi. we ve gotten so many conflicting reports. we ned to know the truth and the american people deserve to know the truth. there are four dead americans who i believe didn t have to die. do you have any issue with the fact that this is going to be a c