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The new york post. whats putin doing? >> hes thumbing his nose at us and the russians are making a point. they are going to get something for this arrival of snowden arriving on their shores. the other thing they are doing is sending a message to obama. we dont care if you want him back. we dont care what you have got to say. its the ultimate after obama continues to make the reset concessions to russia. they finally last week obama said im going to cut my nuclear arsenal. great, we are not doin...

Are two sides of the same coin. north korea gets nukes, iran gets nukes. no matter what we say, nothing seems to be able to stop the. thats why its so important for us to get a missile defense program. >> how is dr. kissinger doing, kt? >> hes great. theres a picture of me with him right over my shoulder. i dont know if you can zoom on it. hes great. he really is. >> i saw that picture on your website at ktmcdarmcfarland,.co. give him our best. always good to see you, k.t. mcfarland. thanks so m...

The standoff lasted several hours. he finally gave himself up. went back to the prison, presumably to plan his next escape. >> shepard: probably. so trace gallagher live. thanks. >> north koreas leaders threatened the united states. so in response u.s. leaders said they would beef up a missile defense program. now china is in the mix, and bosss there say the united states is making matters worse. so heres the question. is that just propaganda or do the chinese have a valid point? thats next. ♪...

Case the secretary of defense acting to reassure the american public that we are going to respond to the north korea threat. the reality is theyre not going to have missiles that can reach the homeland, u.s. homeland for years if ever, and if i wanted to be cynical i would say this is a missile defense program that probably doesnt work aimed against missiles that will never be fired and it is okay to -- there is nothing wrong, i guess, with beefing up your defenses, but it is unclear if this eve...

Scrambling to put those pieces together. and it may take years. i saw one estimate today, 2017 before theyre fully operational. is that an implicit admission that he made a huge mistake? >> i think it is. and i guess id say better late than never. these particular missiles were scheduled during the bush administration to be deployed in 2009. but as part of the obama administration effort, basically, to tank our national missile defense program, they were put off, even in 2009 north korea explode...

Missile defense program as the united states faces new threats from north korea. could missiles like this really reach our shores? that is the question. well take a closer look of the potential danger. >> jamie: plus a new report showing a tale of two economies, young people struggling and millionaires the number is surging. what is needed that is still ahead. >> kelly: and we are less than two hours away from results of the cpac straw poll. what will it tell us about the presidential field in 2...

Comfortable without paying attention to events in the middle east in particular, comfortable with the prospect of american decline, and comfortable underplaying the continuing threat of international terrorism. and i find that very disturbing. heather: disturbing when we take a larger look at the big picture and some of the issues that we addressed when i was introducing you. long-term issues. those being, what do you think, the long-term issues of the administration is facing that are most impo...

Circumstances in the middle east. so people in washington and the foreign affairs business are going to be very, very busy. iran, syria, israel, the palestinians, a new constitution in egypt, and all around the periphery of the middle east there are still terrorist elements. and theres a problem in north africa with terrorists. >> and i was also going to add to the conversation north korea. >> thats right. >> you heard the news today, they say they have a missile that could potentially reach the...

Foxnews.com. ♪ >> we have to also stand by our allies. i think the tension that existed between israel and the united states was very unfortunate. i think, also, that pulling our missile defense program out of poland in the way we did was also unfortunate in terms of, if you will, disrupting the relationship in some ways that existed between us. >> our alliances have never been stronger. in asia, in europe, in africa, with israel where we have unprecedented military and intelligence cooperatio...

Military long term. we dont know what the world is going to throw at us down the road. we make decisions today in a military that will confront challenges we cant imagine. in the 2,000 debates there was no mention of terrorism, for instance and the year later 9/11 happened. so we have to make decisions based upon uncertainty. that means a strong military. i will not cut our military budget. we have to also stand by our allies. i think the tension that existed between israel and the united states...