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Announcing new financial sanctions on the assad regime for weapons proliferation. this after a deadly attack in the capital of damascus. syria's rebel commander say his forces were behind a homicide bombing that ripped through a high level meeting of cabinet ministers and senior security officials, killing the defense minister and president assad's brother-in-law in the harshest blow to the government's inner circle since the uprising began 16 months ago. defense secretary leon panetta says the u.s. is very concerned about the escalating violence in syria. >> this is a situation that is rapidl...

We concern about the weapons proliferation. a lot of starving people with not enough food and the military has the power. that is a recipe for concern about weapons proliferation. >>shepard: south koreans especially are concerned? >>guest: yes, that is a matter of geography. they are directly the most impacted. south korea is particularly concerned and the united states would like to see china get more engaged to pull in north korea more but from the u.s. perspective is troubling in a broader picture but i don't think we have immediate concerns this week or next week just another part of the m...

Things are free or easy or cheap. i mean, we're -- 10,000 americans are dying prematurely each year because of our use of coal. you know, this is -- there is no free energy and the nuclear power has problems with safety, mostly under control, with disposal of the used fuel, mostly under control. but i must say the big issue -- the looming issue that i think determines how aggressively we should move forward with nuclear power is the connection with weapons, weapons proliferation. far more people would be killed with -- and far more damage to civil society would be done with nuclear weapons tha...

You know, this is -- there is no free energy and the nuclear power has problems with safety, mostly under control, with disposal of the used fuel, mostly under control. but i must say the big issue -- the looming issue that i think determines how aggressively we should move forward with nuclear power is the connection with weapons, weapons proliferation. far more people would be killed with -- and far more damage to civil society would be done with nuclear weapons than with any nuclear power plant accident. and i know the industry says oh, no. we're not in the weapons business. we're just in t...

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