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Ease. >> yeah, a lot more at ease. answered the questions, took questions from some of the lesser known outlets first, but got around to the bigger outlets. did answer questions, sort of in a full throated manner. several times he asked about the move of the u.s. embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem and made it clear that that was not a done deal yet, at least from his point of view. yeah, it was more of the type of comfortable press conference that we are used to seeing, a sharp contrast from the saturday, which, by all accounts, was -- did not go well for him or for the administratio...

watch this. welcome back, let's get right to it, the big story and quick question mark lying over the divided korean peninsula. who is in charge now that kim jong-il is dead? who's happening today with the nearly 30,000 american troops stationed just below the dmz? and does this mark the beginning of a brighter era for 25 million of the world's most tightly controlled people? all answers right here, tile to play reporter roulette. first to seoul we go. cnn's anna coren is there. reaction is still raw, emotional. anna i imagine concern is high. >> reporter: yeah, definitely, brooke. t...

It's really not clear why these officials are calling. are they defecting? are they looking for a way out for themselves to abandon colonel gadhafi? we just don't know right now. it seems they want to maintain communication but not making clear their intentions. >> so it seems like what i'm getting from you, elise, is we don't really know why they're making the phone calls and the questions they're asking, you mejsed hillary clinton spoke with abc news and she said, we don't know if this is theater, to quote her, or something the united states really can trust. is that still the same line from...

Once again, we are getting word here at cnn that there's some members of moammar gadhafi's inner circle who have been reaching out to senior officials here in the united states. i want to go to the senior producer at the state department, elyse labbot. e-lise, what are you hearing? >> we're hearing moammar's foreign minister, brother-in-law swrn reaching out to the state department not only to the u.s. side but also other arab officials around the region. but the question is, what are they looking for? secretary of state hillary clinton the other day gave an interview to abc news and she kind ...

Hiss targets. obviously safety is an important issue for all the journalists so not sure how much longer they'll be there, but certainly it's very extraordinary for them to bring them in. you might remember that's the same compound that was bombed by american air strikes in 1986 during the height of tensions with libya and colonel gadhafi's adopted daughter was killed there. in fact, some officials were taken to that very area while they were on the compound. so it's probably a combination of both. >> e-lise, thank you very much. she's been to the compound. good reporting from her. on the ot...