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That yanukovych should not be using automatic weapons fire against his own people. i think thats completely outrageous. as we have said today, as leaders all over the world have said. and i assume that the russians, that every member of the security council of the united states nations who want peace and security for the world will urge the government to pull back. and for everyone to stop and try to get to a peaceful place and let the voices of the people of ukraine be heard. >> now, i want to ...

Well, i think its really has some serious concerns, not only israeli has concerns. saudi, gulf -- saudi arabia, gulf countries, are concerned that this interim agreement leaves iran with enough nuclear material for four bombs. it leaves its missile program intact. no inspections of the military sites where they could actually be building a bomb. its leaving intact facilities that have no peaceful purposes, other than to make a bomb. and so people are very nervous about it. >> so you disagree wit...

Center, kim jong-un, the new young leader in north korea, in power for only the last two years, what is he doing. this man that he has executed was a family member, married into the family, was a close confidant of his fathers when he was in power, now apparently executed. the concern for the united states is that basically, the decision making inside north korea right now, unstable and uncertain. not only has this man been removed from power, the question for the united states, why are they con...

Federal land grants helped build our railroads in the 19th century. in the 20th century, federal and state funds built the highways that powered the automobile industry. >> you wouldnt have a personal computer if it wasnt for the space program and the missile program. they shrank computers to put them into guidance systems on missiles. it wasnt something, somebody was like, gee, it would be nice to have a computer on my lap. that happened later when geniuses like steve jobs turned it into a comm...

Challenges have often come from one place -- washington. so, too, must the solution for climate change. without government support, and yes, funding, of industry and new technologies, the american economy, as we know it, wouldnt exist. federal land grants helped build our railroads in the 19th century. in the 20th century, federal and state funds built the highways that powered the automobile industry. >> you wouldnt have a personal computer if it wasnt for the space program and the missile prog...

Chemical and biological weapons program. an advanced missile program. launching the satellite into earth last december. cube wa worked on biological weapons. and they are both under heavy international sanctions. so this trade back and forth shows how they evade sanks. leads to how china and russia are helping and whether states like iran may be helped. this is serious. even regardless of what the actual cargo was or may be concealing which we are not finding out very much about. >> you mentione...

Points in the relationship with north korea. you recall in the 1970s, they ax murdered a couple of our soldiers in the demilitarized zone so there have been hideous moments but i dont think weve had a moment where the north koreans are threatening everything, including us, with nuclear annihilation. i would put it up at the top of the scale. >> how concerned are you that the threats of nuclear annihilation are legitimate, that north korea is even capable of doing it or is this just bluster? >> y...

Was part of an agreement to destroy. in the same way as that is provocative to open up yellow cake production, while there is no known link between the north korean and iranian nuclear programs, iran already relies heavily on north korea for the missile program. >> the entire missile program in iran is based on north korean missiles and technology which the north sold to iran. so in that sense, theres very deep cooperation. >> reporter: the big question, does north koreas help extend to nuclear ...

From the west and thats one of the strategies that got us to this point. the ability to get hard currency to that regime has allowed it to pay for its missile program, and its very expensive program to develop a nuclear weapon. at this point, i think we should rethink our strategy, that weve had since 1994. because it hasnt worked for us. during those intervening years, its only allowed the north to develop nuclear capability. we should instead be thinking right now about how we could cut off th...

They are a weapons state. >> reporter: what is this rhetoric all about from north korea? u.s. officials still think kim jong un doesnt plan a massive attack against the south, against the united states, that this is his effort to consolidate his own power within the north korean military. they worry he may back himself into a corner, and they also believe that he has every intention of still pursuing both the nuclear and the missile program. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, our thanks to you. ...