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Democracies, gordon chang, author of "nuclear showdown." an appropriate title, gordon, and well start with you. why is this story in north korea or recent weeks so significant for the region as a whole? >> its not just north korea. this is also iran because iran and north korea have had joint missile and nuclear weapons development program, and behind all of them is china. of just a few hours ago peoples daily, the communist partys flagship publication, issued a commentary severely attacking the...

And they are saying iranians doubled down in advancing the nuclear weapons development program. here we are still trying to talk to them, still trying to use economic sanctions which are some what factless. if you are going to bring iranians to heal economic set backs are not going to do it. you wouldnt have to col lelaps them economically and even then they dont come to heal. what took prime minister netanyahu he knows iranians do not believe that our military option is credible despite the rhe...

And they are saying iranians doubled down in advancing the nuclear weapons development program. here we are still trying to talk to them, still trying to use economic sanctions which are some what factless. if you are going to bring iranians to heal economic set backs are not going to do it. you wouldnt have to col lelaps them economically and even then they dont come to heal. what took prime minister netanyahu he knows iranians do not believe that our military option is credible despite the rhe...

To play here. but i would say that -- obviously the u.s. has a right to do that. i dont think its the right thing to do. i mean i think the point is, that the u.s., israel and everybody else in the middle east, particularly among the arab nations who are very concerned about iran becoming nuclear, should find common ground here and to me, the common ground is that everything weve tried to do to convince iran to stop its nuclear weapons development program by economic sanctions is not working. an...

But since he got to washington, bottom up obama has been classic top down liberal orthodoxy. no, no, were going to tell you what to think, solve all your problems, send us all your money. theres nothing really new about that. i think hes distanced himself as the bottom up candidate, become the top down president. >> thing is the squeaky, noisy wheels of change. and it takes a while. and were going to see slow change, but as people see as a health care system that is responding to their need for ...

Yes. democrats, 18%, independents, 33%. we heard from bill clinton who said part of the reason why you have this antigovernment sentiment in part is because you have an african-american president. do you believe thats true? >> no. those same voters right there elected an african-american president. and knew it. it wasnt a secret. but it wasnt a divisive agenda. he was a very different candidate than hes been a president. you know, hes really turned out to be more of george mcgovern. hes grown go...

Diversity of america. and both of them -- and for him its like a symbol -- he symbolizes the loss of control of predictability, of certainty, of clarity. that a lot of people need for their psychic well being. and so i worry about it. look, hes well protected by the secret service, theyre terrific. and a president, i can tell you, ive never pet a president. and look, george w. bush had some threats against him. people who strongly disagree with his policy. eric cantor got a threat here. the gove...

>> wed probably delay them. but that -- if theyre persistent enough, they could at some point succeed. is that a fair judgment from your position? >> thats a fair judgment. >> so that the only absolutely dispositive way to end any potential would be to physically occupy their country and to just disestablish their nuclear facilities. is that a fair, logical conclusion? >> absent some other unknown calculus that would go on, thats a fair conclusion. >> and look, nobody is talking about invading i...

Youre in "the situation room" happening now. it was one of the worst terrorist attacks on u.s. soil. now on this 15th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing, whats the biggest threat americans are facing? im going one-on-one with homeland security secretary janet napolitano. and as pope benedict marks the sixth anniversary of becoming pope, does he have what it takes to moving the catholic church beyond a growing sex scandal? im suzanne malveaux, and youre in "the situation room." in okl...

Now the white house and the pentagon says thats not whats going on. but indeed, there is stepped up military planning just in case its needed. >> irans military on parade this weekend. president ahmadinejad saying iran is now so powerful no country would dare attack it. irans ultimate threat, its nuclear weapons development program. but the white house monday pointing out the regimes already had trouble making weapons grade fuel. >> the rhetoric of iran and their nuclear program does not always ...