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Were not talking about supporting the north korean people who have been starving and they live on fewer calories than people in the rest of the world do. this is about maintaining his regime. that is important in our strategy, isnt it? >> there is about 300 or so families that really count north korea and remember the country is going through the worst drought in 16 years. the regime doesnt really care. the u.n. is asking for more food. countries arent going to do it. in the last decade -- 1990s...

More sanctions against north korea with china and russia jumping on board there. >> you mentioned china and russia on board. we need china to do more. what is going on with that? >> the secretary of state noted that he did at this international conference in manilla speak with representatives from china and russia, hes counter parts there. hes noted that both of those countries have open communications lines with north korea. a north korean representative was also at this conference. the secreta...

From using the package. iran and turkey have been assisting qatar as the standoff continues. china is among a group of nations calling for a more open global economy at the g20 summit, but the u.s. relationship with china appears to be deteriorating tonight. mainly, over north korea. correspondent rich edson reports from the state department that president trump will try to do something about that in a few hours. >> president trump and chinese president -- since then, the relationship has yielde...

From using the package. iran and turkey have been assisting qatar as the standoff continues. china is among a group of nations calling for a more open global economy at the g20 summit, but the u.s. relationship with china appears to be deteriorating tonight. mainly, over north korea. correspondent rich edson reports from the state department that president trump will try to do something about that in a few hours. >> president trump and chinese president -- since then, the relationship has yielde...

Progress with their weapons programs. otherwise, theyre going to get the aim treatment as syria or afghanistan. so that raising the specter this possibility of a preemptive strike which has rattled some nerves here. this is a country right now that doesnt have a president. theres an election coming up on the 9th of may. and theres a sense of vulnerability every time the north korea issue kicks off. so to an extent, people are feeling gratified or better about having the vice president here and m...

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Venezuela. this is why a bad deal is much worse than no deal. >> i dont have any doubt that iran would like to wipe israel off the map. we know from the former president of iran said he wanted to do that. what i dont understand is that president obama and secretary kerry repeatedly say that there will be no weapons programs or capability in some sort of deal. we are talking about some sort of deal that i dont know what the details are. does prime minister netanyahu not believe them when they say...

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Urging congress to act. compromise seemed likely 24 hours ago now elusive as republicans push a vote thats not expected to ever reach the presidents desk. actually two votes, because were hearing there could be two separate votes when this comes up tomorrow, one to keep tax rates low for the middle class, and a separate vote to keep rate lows for everyone making under $1 million. >> tracie potts, thank you. as democrats and republicans battle over the budget defense secretary leon panetta is m...