and that is obviously the american kenneth bay and the concerns of his family. the human rights abuses that we all know about and cover, and you do so well. the nuclear option threats that come out of that country. that s what matters. and yes, rodman will drive the energy of the discussion, but it s good to get those issues, the attention that they deserve, even if it comes at the price of dennis going all clever lang on me there. you bring up a good point. the fact that we have an opportunity to talk about kim jong-un, we have an opportunity to talk about human rights abuses and kenneth bay, all of that certainly matters. you look at the players, and you mentioned this a couple times in your interview, you have a great deal of respect for who these men are and what they do. i couldn t help but thinking, looking at their expressions, the thought bubbles and clouds that would be above them during this exchange, what was going on through their minds. when you see this interview, when
this. for obama, how do you convince somebody to give you something when putin doesn t want anything for you. the only thing obama has to offer is lessening our missile defenses and putin can just wait and see. we ve already done some of that. when you see the shot of the two of them sitting together and it is frosty looking and the body language said it all, you have to wonder. just before they went to this meeting, it came out that we spied on medvedev in his role as president. and there was a question about whether that may have affected the relationship between the two men and you could k. sort of see the thought bubbles coming out of their heads. from putin, you spied. and from obama, you stole. would it ever get off on the right foot.
it is south carolina or bust for rick perry, despite his poor snowing iowa, he decided to keep his campaign alive. former bush white house press secretary ari fleisher had some pithy observations on twitter. rick perry s thought bubble. if newt beats romney up enough, i can win south carolina. mitt romney s thought bubble. thank you, rick, so glad you stayed. nbc s richard lui has some more thoughts on why perry is moving forward. good morning. you have any thought bubbles. i think people in his own campaign were surprised. many people surprised, chris. it looked like he was throwing in the towel, the headlines thought so the l.a. times, rick perry suspending campaign. dallas morning news, perry suspends bid. and then, there s the chicago tribune, perry suspending campaign.
it is south carolina or bust for rick perry, despite his poor snowing iowa, he decided to keep his campaign alive. former bush white house press secretary ari fleisher had some pithy observations on twitter. rick perry s thought bubble. if newt beats romney up enough, i can win south carolina. mitt romney s thought bubble. thank you, rick, so glad you stayed. nbc s richard lui has some more thoughts on why perry is moving forward. good morning. you have any thought bubbles. i think people in his own campaign were surprised. many people surprised, chris. it looked like he was throwing in the towel, the headlines thought so the l.a. times, rick perry suspending campaign. dallas morning news, perry suspends bid. and then, there s the chicago tribune, perry suspending campaign. then a spandex-wearing perry tweets a picture saying, the
more funerals in syria today. opposition activists say that 31 people died when syrian troops opened fire on sunday. the attacks on anti-american rather anti-government protesters took place in several cities. president assad is warning countries not to recognize the syrian national council, which is set up in turkey last week. that council appears to be positioning itself as syria s next government. crisis talks are happening in egypt today to head off new violence. fighting between muslims and christians left at least 25 people dead over the weekend. christians say they were peacefully protesting a church burning when they were attacked by people they describe as thugs. christians say egypt s military rulers aren t doing enough to protect them. it s a very volatile situation, and many critics say it s not helped by the actions, for instance, of state-run tv which last night called upon what it called honest egyptians to come down and join the army in fighting against