Aide did confirm, quote, the speaker was very pleased with the sandwiches served at the lunch. joining us now are richard wolffe, an msnbc political analyst and alex wagner is still with us. alex, so hoagies to solve any possible threat of a debt ceiling fight. they didn t try hoagies last time so it might work. noeshl says national union like hoagies. i want to keep repeating the word hoagie. the president had a list of to-dos. he s been making every concerted effort to show bipartisanship on a number of bills. you have seen republicans at the white house signing onto things. small incremental measures that they may be. this is part of the political o optics. it s a good thing the president invited republican leadership as well as democratic leadership to
watch this. welcome back, let s get right to it, the big story and quick question mark lying over the divided korean peninsula. who is in charge now that kim jong-il is dead? who s happening today with the nearly 30,000 american troops stationed just below the dmz? and does this mark the beginning of a brighter era for 25 million of the world s most tightly controlled people? all answers right here, tile to play reporter roulette. first to seoul we go. cnn s anna coren is there. reaction is still raw, emotional. anna i imagine concern is high. reporter: yeah, definitely, brooke. there is deep concern here in seoul, but i want to bring you something new what s come to us in the past hour. we have received reports from the u.s. state department they were set to announce plans to give north korea food aid in exchange for north korea saying that it would suspend its uranium enrichment program for nuclear weapon hes and allow international inspectors in to north korea. now, that