Page 6 - Perspecti Perspective News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Suffering proved too much. >> the best way to help new york city at this time is to say we will not conduct the 2012 ing new york city marathon. >> reporter: now its return is harolded as symbolic of the city, back are 48,000 runners purring $300 million into the economy. back are the elite athletes like this olympian. in 2009 he was the first american to win new york in more than two decades and brought perspecti perspective. >> winning is not about first place or getting the best out of yourself. >> reporter: and millions raised for charity. and ka rethat is running for them. >> it's incredi...

To formerly alie itself with al qaeda forming it would be bad for raising money and attract a lot of negative attention and he is right. there is no better way to put your sights of the united states. and then to go ahead and do an attack in kenya which clearly was meant to attack westerners, and so many westerners gathered in the westgate mall there, and so by formerly merging with al qaeda and doing an attack in which americans were targeted, this group has put its sights of the united states. >> from an intelligence perspecti perspective, how big of a deal is this capture? >> i think it's p...

Tough talk from north korea has heightened tension with the south and the u.s. but is it anything more than just talk? does the north even possess the technology to mount an attack? tom foreman puts into perspecti perspective. >> reporter: in the massive parades, the display may seem impressive. more than a million troops under arms, row after row of missile l, tanks and other weaponry. but at globalsecurity.org, a killed military analyst sees something else. >> it would look pretty good to people who didn't know anything about military equipment. all these rockets are the same. but if you loo...

There is overwhelming support for background checks in their states so why are these lawmakers, when they know there are constituents that want to see this, tougher gun regulation, why would they waiver? >> a couple of things. some of them have elections coming up. not that that makes it right, but it is what it is. special interests are winning out here forsaking what just happened. you also have a situation where there was a poll that was relesira pole released yesterday about gun control. forget background checks, background checks is an easy win from the african-american perspecti perspect...

Up? i mean i mean, do you think he was faking? >> put it this way, fallen and couldn't get up, i think he could have gotten up there. to be fair, the nba has this rule, when you're the defensive player you must not allow the offensive player to come down to the court. but in a situation like this, where the guy is going for the game-winning shot, if you're the defender, it should be like the old baseball rule. the tie goes to the runner. the tie in this case could two go to the defender. >> okay. let's move on now and talk about the miami heat. another victory today. now the second longest i...