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That may give us clues about north koreas next steps. >> we heard that the u.s. japan and south korea will step up their intelligence sharing agreement. we also heard that south korea offered to resume peace talks with the north. why all of these movements now? >> the intelligence sharing has been in the works for a while now. its not something that just happened. it has been concluded. north koreas weapons program is about to take off. their stockpile is going to grow enormously over the next f...

Administration. ♪ ♪ leah: a first of its kind deal now being reached, south korea and ya is pan joining with the u.s. in an agreement to share intelligence on north koreas nuclear and missile programs enabling the three countries to respond swiftly to growing threats by kim jong uns regime. what will this mean? nile gardiner, director of the margaret that much everybody -- margaret thatcher center. i cant say what the answer is, but the question was always where is north korea on nukes. how ...

>> do we know if authorities as they were watching him, were they sharing this information with the americans or anyone else around the world? >> we do know they have a close relationship with authorities here in the uk, the u.s. and canada all that have specialized agreement for intelligence sharing. the question is whether or not he came up very high in term os of their priority. consider this is a man who was mostly out there in front of the streets making protests. there wasnt anything viole...

Theyre fraught with risk and frequently fail. >> what are your thoughts? >> when it comes to united states national security, intelligence gathering is key. also when it comes to intelligence sharing, we would be afraid of compromising our own intelligence and our own processes by leveraging such information and vice versa. i feel other governments would feel would be compromising their own mission by leveraging this information to other countries like the united states. i think the fbi or other...

The iraqi government is subject to increased intelligence sharing, perhaps air strikes. and that is what the iraqi armed forces are up against. the large and very well-organized islamic militant group which calls itself isis. already has taken control of many cities and towns in the north of iraq. and now their sights are set on baghdad. so far, the iraqi military hasnt been able to stop them. erin mcpike at the white house for us. erin, please clarify what the u.s. troops are going to be doing ...

Control what goes into the groups in syria. its a bit of a loaded charge. >> a lot of americans worry about getting dragged in once again into iraq given the experience that started back in 2003. this president really doesnt want that to happen. >> no. hes made that clear, one by saying he wont put boots on the ground but two, you can say based on the pace of the response so far, this has been several days now where the administration has been considering options, having late night meetings, loo...

Bit about what other purposes some troops might serve. >> ana, great question and thank you for having me this morning. there are several missions that these soldiers -- these troops need to perform, and clearly, i think, theyre an insufficient number to do the various tasks that are exojent and need to be addressed right now. number one, there has to be an ability to stop the bleeding so that forces can get some distance between themselves and isis so you can preserve the government in baghdad....

Really the only option the united states has right now is do you use air power or do you not use air power? thats the only thing thats going to impact the immediate crisis. in the longer term, we can talk about more training, better intelligence sharing, speeding up the flow of weapons, but none of that is going to help in the next week. >> and moving forward, we heard the president two days ago call on maliki to do whats right to reconcile, but to consider his history of simply consolidating an...

In order to dominate any territory location where it is. its frankly the enemy of civility, the enemy of rule of law, the enemy of pluralism, the enemy of decency and we need to make it crystal clear as we have the united states views it as a threat to our interest as well as the interest of our friends and allies in the region. >> lets bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr. so read between the lines for us, barbara. >> look, carol, i think straight up it is absolutely clear the white ho...

Outpace that aspiration. you have these forces and as nic was describing with their sights set on baghdad about that so what can do you in the meantime. and thats the decision the obama administration is faced with thousand. weve talked about air strikes, intelligence sharing. recognizan recognizance, possibility of a u.s. advisory role. with y but each option has its own limitations and dangers. they didnt like air strikes because this doesnt change the dynamic on the ground. good for going aft...