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I'm in the process of getting my hands on that. but i did read and asked their assessment of the unclassified portion. >> so do you have any concerns because you didn't know the context of the full report about releasing that one sentence? because it's obviously, you know, gotten a lot of attention. >> anderson, i think that the conclusion is pretty clear and speaks for itself. and i did ask both secretary of defense chuck hagel and chairman martin dempsey, joint chiefs of staff, their response. so they had a chance to clarify anything that needed to be clarified, if that was their desire. >> ...

Probably eight bombs that they have and potentially materials for 12. the key is, has that been able to be linked up with a missile, has it been weaponized so they can launch it. bear in mind they have not demonstrated the missile technology to deliver anything, whether it's a conventional warhead or a dummy or whether it's nuclear, to get anything closer to the united states than maybe the western portions of alaska. still, that's egregious and that's a threat and it's dangerous. their missile technology, we have a pretty good sense of how that has evolved. we can collect that intelligence th...

Overseas perhaps to the united states. we're talking about nuclear weapons, a much broader category, basically a nuclear device, a nuclear bomb. but i think most americans will feel that is small comfort that north korea really has made much more progress down this road than any of us imagined. anderson? >> there's a lot of people who hear this and remember what the d.i.a. said about saddam's nuclear capabilities, weapons of mass destruction, and are very skeptical about what the d.i.a. might say. but you're saying that the pentagon, while they're saying this hasn't been tested and they're say...

Billion a year for your military, give us back these 22 kids that are american citizens. >> well, i would argue that we have a very complex relationship with egypt that goes beyond military aid. we are trying to work with egypt's government as they transition to democracy to encourage all kinds of new practices, but i don't think we're going to just say, you know, we're through with you if you don't do this one thing. >> anderson, michael shannon says he's been hearing excuses for one reason or another since 2001. his boys, who were 4 years old and 10 months old when they were taken are now 12...

Some sort of a missile. >> right. the assessment is that there are probably eight bombs that they have and potentially materials for 12. the key is, has that been able to be linked up with a missile, has it been weaponized so they can launch it. bear in mind they have not demonstrated the missile technology to deliver anything, whether it's a conventional warhead or a dummy or whether it's nuclear, to get anything closer to the united states than maybe the western portions of alaska. still, that's egregious and that's a threat and it's dangerous. their missile technology, we have a pretty good...