now. starting point, the secretary of state trying to diffuse a powder keg on the korean peninsula. john kerry arriving in seoul while you were sleeping. he will travel to beijing, tokyo, and he will do a diplomatic arm twisting to get help in dealing with the north koreans. neither the united states nor the republic nor korea nor the international community, we are all united. in the fact that north korea will not be accepted as a nuclear power. kerry s visit comes one day after a pentagon intelligence report was made public, saying north korea has the ability to launch a nuclear weapon on a ballistic missile. we are joined now live on the phone by jill daugherty, traveling with secretary kerry. you asked him a question, that
yes, there was a fantasy that he wanted to do about having sex on the hood of a car and i told him that would be impossible. why would you continue to stay with someone that had sex with you while you were sleeping. i was in love with him. i believed from a religious perspective that our relationship would not be blessed if we acted that way. 150 questions were asked. they had been listening carefully. there were questions about the three versions of her story that she has given over time about what happened that night. how did she explain that. the jury had asked why she didn t tell police from the start. she said that answer was
going to be different, post partisan and the idea that the washington post would say that that is what he s now fixated on or at least focused on moving forward, you can t catch your breath from the campaign. tucker: there s a d disconne disconnect. and i think that the republicans are focused on, no excuse, but on the current debate and the president is taking a much longer view. his plan is to win back the house, if the president wins the house for his party in 2014 no obstruction to anything he wants, nothing in the way of his entire agenda. clayton: for the final two years of his presidency. much more on the sequestration coming up with other guests and experts and e-mail us. alisyn: and what you missed while you were sleeping. this morning, demolition work is set to begin on the home where the man was swallowed by a sinkhole. and authorities warn it could take a couple of days. and they give up the search for jeff bush, the man that
the hour. here s what you missed while you were sleeping. the former chief of staff to the president himself. rahm emanuel is considering running in 2016. the mayor of chicago talked to donors about running if hillary clinton does not. the fir astroid that is hurdling toward earth by only 17 miles. these images taken when it was 465 miles away. it s the closest approach to earth coming even closer than some of our weather satellites. ainsley, thank you so much. republican senators successfully taking a stand against defense secretary nominee chuck hagel. they blocked a vote on his nomination amid growing concerns about his views on issues and also they want to get more information about benghazi. peter doocy is live in washington with more on this story. peter what s next on this now. today is supposed to be secretary of defense leon
quarter after the hour. here s what you missed while you were sleeping. president obama signing a bill into law that would grant lifetime secret service selections to presidents elected after 1987. as it stands now it only impacts the president himself george w. bush and all future presidents. a rock slide near middleton, colorado. you can see two of the hikers in a rescue helicopter. the search and rescue team were able to bring all five hikers to safety. the fierce flu outbreak is prompting new warnings urging people to get their flu shot. teresa priolo is live outside new york city with more on the efforts there. good morning, teresa. we are in the middle of a flu blown flu epidemic the worst