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kim jong il always cast a slightly bizarre figure. his stature and characteristic hair were empowerment for some in the west, but for the democratic people of korea, kim was feared, loved, worshipped and his cultured personality was deeply entrenched. his father was kim il sue who founded the people in world war ii. they invaded the american bats south. after fighting ended, kim became stee steeped in his fathers reality, and they became exclusive. they remained technically at work se...

but as we gather international reaction, lets take a look at what might be written about the self-proclaimed dear leader in the history books. heres dan rivers. >> reporter: kim jong il always cut a bizarre figure. his diminutive stature and hair was parodied by some in the west. but for those in korea, kim was the embodiment of this state. he was loved, worshipped, obeyed, his cult of personality was deeply entrenched. his father founded north korea with soviet backing after world war...

he stepped into power following the death of his father, kim il-sung who founded the reclusive state in 1948. his funeral will be held on december 28th, a day before a period of official mourning comes to an end. and this is how the news of his death was reported on television in north korea. plenty of emotion on display there. thats hardly surprising considering the cult of personality fostered by the deceased dictator and his followers. whatever you might think of kim jong-il, ther...

By a peak on a graph. they soon discover that a misidentification could be possible. >> there were peaks there that, sure enough, looked like they might have been interpretable as ethylene glycol. >> what looked like antifreeze may have actually been something else. shoemaker and sly contact prosecutor george mcelroy about obtaining the methods the lab used when they got the original results. mcelroy agrees and gives the scientists full access to the data. >> the one outside laboratory was using...

This stuff or going the other direction towards the kind of political -- >> something politically palatable. but both of these options are extremely unpalatable. they may be impossible. it seems they have bought a little time to figure it out. they havent solved the problem. >> they have not solved it. theyre on a mission to solve it. and the markets believe it. thats all that really matters is market confidence in their ability to deal with the debt problem and not go into serious negative grow...

Chart today. its the answer you get when you ask voters about a race between barack obama and newt gingrich. the numbers go back to march 2010. this is a head to head obama versus gingrich. newt gingrich never gets closer to barack obama than four or five points. on average he loses by more than ten. hone in on the last few weeks, see barack obama is going in a completely different direction from newt gingrich, the direction commonly known as up. this graph shows basically this conversation betw...

Ask voters about a race between barack obama and newt gingrich. the numbers go back to march 2010. this is a head to head obama versus gingrich. newt gingrich never gets closer to barack obama than four or five points. on average he loses by more than ten. hone in on the last few weeks, see barack obama is going in a completely different direction from newt gingrich, the direction commonly known as up. this graph shows basically this conversation between pollster and voter. hey, voter, gingrich ...

All kind homeless talking before congress, at the same time that im showing that and i show this graph, look at this. the pay for american ceos has gone up as much as 40% last year. top ten ceos took home a combined $770 million in compensation. so i mean it sounds like a cliche but the data shows that the rich are getting richer and poor are getter poorer and no one seems to get it on n washington on the republican side of the aisle. >> youre making a fundamental error. you are approaching poli...

stage of voting last month after voting for the lower house, egyptians will elect an upper house. unconfirmed reports from syrian activists say at least 36 civilians and 7 members of the security forces were killed in fighting on tuesday. the u.s. state department is calling on russia and other countries on the u.n. security council to speak out against the lethal crackdown in syria. a blistering attack by one iraqi politician against another. in an interview with cnn, deputy prime...

The democrats have to make that case. now, weve been talking about this on this show for months. there it is. i think the white house is getting the message. no doubt. the top line, the 1%ers, look at their income. it has sky rocketed over the last 30 years where wages for everybody else stayed pretty much flat. this is very clear to me that if the democrats want the house and the senate and for president obama to go back for a second term, put that graph up again, guys. this is it. this is undo...