birthday to lieder kim jong-un and giving him a bow. to you, sir, let me know, we going to get it reporter: rodman sparked a firestorm with a seeming justification foyer the impri n imprisonment of kenneth bae, living his family and home disappointed. do you understand what he did. you tell me what did he do? in this country. no, no, no. you tell me. you tell me. why is he held captive? reporter: now rodman is back pedaling saying i want to first apologize to kenneth bae s family and to chris cuomo. i embarrassed a lot of people. i am sorry. i should know better than to make political statements. i am truly sorry. also, a regret from former nba star charles smith who questions whether he did the right thing
our military, which just so happened to be in the united states of america. reporter: rooney says he is also willing to consider whether congress should change the rules. so the army could suspend the pay of soldiers arrested for crimes. if hasan had been a civilian defense department employee, nbc 5 learned the army could have suspended his pay after just seven days. personnel rules for most civilian government workers allow for indefinite suspensions. in cases when the agency has reasonable cause to believe that employee has committed a crime for which a sentence of impri n imprisonment may be imposed. we wanted to ask officials about hasan s pay and the decision to classify the shooting as workplace violence but the army turned down our request for an interview. the army s chief of media relations told us the department of defense is committed to the integrity of the ongoing court-martial proceedings of major nidal hasan. and for that reason will not
diplomacy. rodman returned from recent tour of north korea while a message with a message for president obama perfect north korean leader. the message, call me. here s what white house spokesman jay carney and dan rather had to say about it. the united states has direct channels of communications with the dprk. instead of spending money on celebrity sporting events to entertain the elites of that country, they should focus on the well-being of its own people who have been staerrved, impri n imprisoned and denied human rights. with dennis rodman, look, i ve been to goat ropings and space shots. i ve been in antarctica and deepest africa. i ve never seen anything quite like this. not even a goat roping site. rodman is taking some heat from the white house and from journalists like rather. he did get a lot closer to kim john un than most diplomats have ever donement they shared court side seats at a basketball game in north korea.