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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 pro consumer than his predecessors. hes been there about a year and were starting to see impr...

Strengthen his hold on power. >> he has done that effectively. his predecessors have done that eeffectively but his predecessors always seemed to have a way out, and if lil came has way out, nobody seems to be able to figure out what it is. in other words, a trap door so he dent have to follow through with these promises which he clearly cannot keep. >> the north koreans have a holiday coming up honors kims grandfather, and of course they have tried to fashion the young kim and his -- mother in ...

Where is this guy going? he seems to be going further than his predecessors. >> that is the unknown in this equation. what is his line? when does he stop? lots of american officials i have talked to believe he and the north koreans have figured out how to master the new cycle. every day the new threats and statements and advisories to evacuate come out. they came to a sort relationship where they knew he would ratchet up in other to get concessions, aid, fuel, food and the like and then dial it ...

Head of forces in korea was supposed to testify before that committee hearing headed by senator carl levin but he canceled his trip at the last moment because of the extreme tension on the korean peninsula right now. that is a very unusual move for the u.s. general. we are hearing now from pacific commander admiral locklear. he is being questioned by the armed services committee. here is carl levin just moments ago. >> the same destructive policies as its predecessors stubbornly pursuing its nuc...

As you look at it also from their perspective and see this chaos, this unpredictability, a unified korea, without a u.n. command in the country, without u.s. troops in the country is from chinas perspective is some form of stability. so maybe -- martha: its interesting if they would go for that. >> i dont know kerry is going to find out pretty quick i think. they may be the echo of their predecessors and its business as usual. possibly because of some of the things written in china there may be ...

Simple intelligible regulation on the other. we want regulation to be more like computers and tablets in that the ingredients are implicated but a child can use a lot of them. >> we have much more information to work on some of these issues as well, especially food. harold, go ahead. >> you talk about how its amazing. a lot of americans surprised not a great deal of research applied in this area to determine what regulations, laws, rules are working well and which ones are not. in your capacity ...

Alert to the fact that regulations can take a toll on the economy which is why the number of regulations issued in the first term of the obama administration was smaller. the number of regulations in the first term it of the bush administration. its test aalertness to the fact we need to get the economy going. the highest cost year for which we have numbers in a decade is 2007 under president bush. >> youre saying the highest cost to business implementing these regulations? >> 2007 was the high ...

You can follow mae all week lock on twitter @davidgregory. this morning i have my top reads of the week including president obamas election 2012 campaign manager jim messina. how he hopes to keep supporters mobilized in support of the presidents second term agenda. in case you missed it, the presidents club will be reconvening later this month for the first time since 2009 when george w. bushs presidential library opens in dallas, texas. president obama will join four of his predecessors for the...

Use your influence. >> do you think the obama administration has handled this well? >> as painful and unnarcheral for me to say this, i think they handled it. predecessors george w. bush and bill clinton. >> both of whom fell for this -- >> both who fell for this story not understanding this is a regime that doesnt stay bribed. they manufacture crises in order to extract concessions from the west and then you have a period of a year or two. meanwhile, the crisis serves the purpose of kim jung-un...

>> one of the interesting diplomatic things we tell the chinese, look, were prepared to negotiate about that. it doesnt have nuclear weapons. another possibility is that we can talk about american troop presence. we can talk about a lot of things. but you have to be willing to use your influence. >> do you think the obama administration has handled this well? >> as painful and unnatural for me to say this, i think they handled it. superbly. predecessors george w. bush and bill clinton. >> both o...