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Wednesdays disaster is the worst of its kind in that countrys history. dozens of survivors have been pulled from the rubble but its still not very clear how many were inside when the structure gave way. police ordered the building evacuated earlier in the week after cracks were discovered in the walls. but factory officials there reportedly ignored the warning and kept thousands of workers on the job. here at home, former president george w. bush says history will ultimately judge his time in ...

Presidential library and museum was dedicated in a star-studded ceremony here on the campus of southern methodist university. it featured members worlds most club. karl has the coverage. >> three former presidents and the current president joined president bush. >> the united states of america must strive to expand the reach of freedom. [ applause ] one of the benefits of freedom is that people can disagree. it is fair to say i created plenty of opportunity to exercise that right. >> president o...

Aids in africa. he they spent the best way you can spent money both private and public and there are millions of people who were affected positively by. this did he ever get any press on it? no. im amazed how few people know about it i know about it and i spoke about it i i got heat for speaking about it but they did dedicate themselves for that for not just a month but for a series of years. >> all five in thes, andrea, are going to be there. president obama will be there and all the living pre...

How do you think the admission has handled it? how do you defuse this crisis? >> i dont have much qualms with the way theyve handled it, to be quite frank. i think theyve taken the right steps to protect the united states and to make very clear that we are going to live up to our security obligations to our allies in the reswron. the truth of the matter is that i think its a mistake to view north korea can as a government. it is more like a criminal syndicate. and this young man now in charge of...

Launch from kim jong-un. how do you think the admission has handled it? how do you defuse this crisis? >> i dont have much qualms with the way theyve handled it, to be quite frank. i think theyve taken the right steps to protect the united states and to make very clear that we are going to live up to our security obligations to our allies in the reswron. the truth of the matter is that i think its a mistake to view north korea can as a government. it is more like a criminal syndicate. and this y...

Bluff. meaning okay, were pressuring them but what are we going to really do about it? after the mills launch though, theyre not going to do any kind of attack against japan or u.s. or south korea. and probably tensions will calm down after april 30th when u.s.-south korea joint exercises end. >> so is it the feeling that while his predecessors may have done the same, may have threatened some sort of strikes, in this case this younger leaders feels like hes at a point of no return that he has to...

Increased capability. but youre right, this has been going on for decades. a cycle of confrontation, negotiation, aid and the false hope that somehow the north koreans would give up their efforts to acquire nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. without that, north korea is totally irrelevant. i mean, both republican and democrat administrations have fallen prey to this, well, if we give them food, if we give them oil, if we give them money, then they will come around. and they take our ...

They will come around. and they take our money and run. it was the bush administration that they lifted sanctions, freed up a bank account that they had. always we have been in the belief that somehow we can entice them into giving up this capability. they are not. they are not. but can i just say i dont think theyre going to do anything more than their predecessors did, but they have greater capability. and they dont think like us. and they do have the ability to set seoul on fire. >> yes, they...

Would support that. but the proposals i have seen so far, and i havent fully read the toomey/manchin compromise but all the proposals do not reach that. we are missing a golden opportunity to have an important debate about violence in our society. violence in our society is the problem. >> i want to ask you about north korea can as the administration waits for a potential missile launch from kim jong-un. how do you think the admission has handled it? how do you defuse this crisis? >> i dont have...

Brown, democrat from ohio. my first question to you is this. i watched the hearing today and theres a lot going on on capitol hill all over the place. you had to leave for the gun vote at some point. why did you want to have a hearing on this? why are you focusing on this issue? why should it matter to you and voters? >> the occ has not a very good history of looking out for consumers. a pretty good history looking out for banks. they have a new controller of the currency, controller curry more ...