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With north korea when the cia was telling us that north korea probably already had plutonium-based nuclear material and the answer pwas 100,000 casualties minimum and a real mess. no one wanted to do korea and, of course, the footnote was, always, korea doesnt have any oil. >> the public case is about weapons. 9/11 changed everything. the threat of weapons of mass destruction now drives american policy. but policy toward the nation posing the most clear and present danger on wmd, north korea, do...

And i think thats a shaky way. but it is the way. im not going to fight it. this is my president. this is our secretary of state. >> this is what we elected in america. we elected, you know, a president who didnt have very much foreign policy experience. the countrys exhausted from iraq and afghanistan. theres no doubt about that. no appetite to go in with military to do anything. we can barely get these people wheelchairs. i mean, thats how we are. so youre right. >> well, were not going to sto...

People and their good offices. and i think thats a shaky way. but it is the way. im not going to fight it. this is my president. this is our secretary of state. >> this is what we elected in america. we elected, you know, a president who didnt have very much foreign policy experience. the countrys exhausted from iraq and afghanistan. theres no doubt about that. no appetite to go in with military to do anything. we can barely get these people wheelchairs. i mean, thats how we are. so youre right....

Cities. millions of dollars in movement of material and people. >> is this just another one of the obama administration scandals that it makes the headline for one day and then they forget about it because were not going to prosecute anybody? >> you know, nobody was ever prosecuted for what happened in fast and furious, including the death of a federal agent. so my guess is, this will just pass -- be a footnote in history. interesting, this came out the day after the invasion of crimea by putin....

Chance than i previously thought of winning back the senate. thats what we were talking about in kcolorado. we watched this 2010 as ken buck made politically inflammatory comments that probably cost had him a very winnable senate race for his party, one of the reasons republicans failed to take back the senate in 2010 and he got out of the race this week. the republican establishment got him out of the rice, put in a more electable canned at that time, and is now in a better position to win that...

I think youll see republicans retain the house, redistricting after the 2010 elections. probably if not, we wont see a huge wave and probably not see a lot of change there. the senate, i think, is very, very much in play. tough terrain for the democratic party and i think its going to be incumbent upon becomes to go out and talk about the positive benefits of health care reform, talk about the lack of denying coverage based on preexisting conditions and keeping your children up to the age of 26 ...

Why thats important is because they are watching those deadlines because if they see primary folks get in the races that could he potentially imperil their re-election. in these seats that are much more conservative leaning and for action it is more the primary in the fall. >> ill throw a little foreign policy into the mix here. there is a very important meeting of nato defense ministers coming up this week. u.s. had been hoping to have a security agreement with the afghan government signed so t...

It was my hope even when the bible returned from the inauguration that it could have been on display at the king center just as a footnote. that particular traveling bible had been on exhibition at the king center for years. and so, you know, its my hope that one day, it can be on display again. >> and the medicial? >> the medals a little different. i mean, its you know as you know, those medals are 23, 24% gold. it requires extreme security. as you can imagine. im not sure of many medals that a...

At this point. >> he says that hes able to still function, that hes able to do his job unimpeded. i just find that hard to believe for somebody whos out at a fast food restaurant seemingly impaired late at night. it just seems like you cant be waking up refreshed in the morning. >> yeah. i think a lot of people dont have an understanding of what rob fords mayoralsy has looked like. he doesnt send out his schedules in the morning. doesnt take questions, doesnt answer questions he doesnt want to. ...

Look, megyn, everybody whos done this has run for office. one way or the other, when i ran for office, i ran for the city councilmans seat. i had interned for him. and the night before the election, also i never lied. the records dont show intern. she lied about me. she said i never worked for him. arthur rydells whole campaign was a lie. that wasnt true. but i went to jail with a man whos celebrating his 70th birthday? hes a very well to do gentleman. he said all my life what i have learned is ...