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north korea is a nation in mourning and much of the world is wondering right now what happens next. you're watching continuing coverage of the death of kim jong-il. the state run news agency says the 69-year-old died of a heart attack this weekend since coming to power in 1994 kim increased his country's nuclear might and isolation. his repressive rule also saw massive famines that killed hundreds of thousands of his own people. in a sign of the tensions over his dealt, south korea has put its military forces on emergency alert and convened an emergency cabinet meeting, and pyongyan...

thank you for joining us. we'll start with the brutal meetimee beating of protesters in cairo fueling the fury in egypt. the violence means all bets are off for egypt's political future. we spoke yesterday, mohammed. this video and the fact that people are -- it's being caught on tape, it's really fueling what's going on there? >> well, since we spoke, don, the clashes have still been on going between the protesters and the police and the army. today the video we acquired -- the video of the woman that was beaten severely and stripped of a substantial amount of her clothes, i spoke t...

>> hope for a brighter economy in 2012 may be dimming. majority of ceo's now saying they won't be hiring the first half of the year. and that's not all that is worrying toby. >> i hate to be the bearer of reality here. thirst off, it's percolating along great is insane. do people think we'll have a gdp. impossible because of the headwinds we have. number one. number two, if it starts with home, we still have one year of homes and inventory as we get these foreclosures out of there. until we get to the three or four that are not there and finally the real evidence, look at the 100 billion dolla...

plus, the shocking end to an equally shocking case in saudi arabia. a woman beheaded for witchcraft. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. just 24 hours ago, the mud was flying between newt gingrich and mitt romney as they campaigned in the first primary state of new hampshire. now gingrich is vowing to run a clean campaign and refrain from initiating the kind of attacks that have come to characterize the modern race for the white house. some question, though, whether newt gingrich means it, whether he can live up to that commitment. joe johns is working the story for us....

Hispanics which really are the largest group in arizona that is considered illegal immigrants. that's not what they are saying at all. they are saying we have a significant issue and crime issue in our boarders. we have to control it we have to do something about it. gregg: alabama says look the illegal people here are taking legal jobs away from the legal residents, so that is another issue. tom keneff, mercedes cowan good to see you both. martha: let's go to jen a lee who is down stpaeurs in the newsroom for us. jenna: we had that landmark event at the white house today, the future of u.s. a...