Try to take down a candidacy that hasn t even launched yet. although that was a bipartisan report. it was a bipartisan report that dianne feinstein, the senate chairman of the intelligence committee, who put out a statement today to push back on republicans who were trying to say that this established culpability for secretary clinton. when the senate intelligence chairwoman has to put out a statement to push back on some rogue republicans, you know it s a problem. yesterday she said it was culpable and in between the calls from the white house if we had time to submit this, i would. paul begala and tom delay. tom, i want to go to you for the first question. back to this pathology that republicans are trapped in. it s almost a sickness of trying to or of obsessing over put aside president obama because they re absolutely obsessed with him. obsessing over hillary clinton and trying to use the benghazi
good morning to you. it is tuesday, december the 20th. i m ali velshi joined again by alina cho this morning. good morning. good morning to you. so glad you re with us and up first, the u.s. keeping an eye out for advancing troops and any other threatening moves after the death of a dictator in north korea. north korean media show the images of kim jong-il s body laid out in a glass coffin. his third son and successor, kim jong un, paying respects. and live for us in seoul, south korea, anna, good morning. the south korean government sending its condolences along with a dose of what some are calling christian mystery diplomacy. what s that all about? reporter: that is right, alina. the sense of condolence, the official wording from the south korean government. this is a real thorn in relations because relations between the two countries hit rock bottom of late. it s worst of the relationships for years. offering sympathies certainly seems to be an act of south korea reach