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September 5 through seven, margin of error, 3.1%age points. jonathan pollack, this is really the dynamic here. south carolina the residents there wanting to stand up to a potential north korea that has nuclear weapons? >> richard, i wouldnt take these polls too seriously. this is more an emotional response than a rational response. for many years, there has been some of this sentiment in south korea, and, of course, some of this has been heightened to be sure. given the recent events. but its mo...

Discover your story. start searching for free now at ancestry.com part to shake things up at home and abroad. now there is pushback from a key ally german chancellor angela merkel signaling a deepening rift with the united states insisting europe cant completely rely on the usa. international correspondent live in london with more. heavy words. >> reporter: very heavy words, chris. a lot of frustration building up in berlin. a lot of things president trump said while in europe last week that rea...

The united states had moved away from their previous security commitment. >> what about the presidents authorization of this military to do what it needs to do? i have to let you go quickly but not without asking you about that. what is difference between now and what we previously had? >> its about trust in confidence in our commanders to do things within their conflict area, let them make the decisions. they dont have to ask permissions. they have the resources and capabilities and great troop...

With japan, talks are at a stalemate and the credibility to get progress. other countries have different issues, but no less serious. more serious, you might say. south korea, of course. its the north korean threat. the u.s. has a security commitment to this region as well. when you look at malaysia and the philippines, they are involved in territorial disputes with china. you know that relationship, as well, overshadows the discussions that will happen on this trip. the u.s. doesnt want to set ...

>> first of all, i think brett stevens commentary is a little bit over the top. we have to remember when putin invaded georgia in august of 2008, george w. bush really couldnt do much and he was no shrinking violet. he was a tough president. we dont have a security commitment to ukraine. ukraine is not a member of nato. i think what the president could do if this happens and im not sure it is likely, putin vaccination enamel, he understands real sanctions could come and thats a deterrent here. i...

Russian nationalist, for the last 14, 15 years, his primary strategic goal is to restore pride too russia and restore strength to russia and have other countries respect russias role in the world and expand russian influence in their near abroad. hes been intimidating armenia and ukraine and saying, dont join the western group, stay under our orbit. but at the same time, chris, hes a realist. he respects power. thats why its so important for the united states and for president obama to be a stro...

Syrian opposition could feel empowered to carry out even more devastating chemical weapons attacks without a response. chemical weapons make no distinction between combatants and innocent civilians and inflict the worst kind of indiscriminate suffering as we have recently seen. a refusal to act would undermine the credibility of americas other security commitment, including the presidents commitment to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. the word of the united states must mean somethin...

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...

>> you saw a bit in ramallah when-- >> thats in palestine. >> its the capital of the west bank, if you will, when he was having a press conference with mahmoud abbas and the american president said, look, lets not have negotiations with pre-conditions and insist that the israelis end settlement activities. and he was effectively scolded by the palestinian president. so, the real nub of the problem here isnt so much the settlements or this or that israeli activity. its a refusal by the palestinia...