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>> i think people here in korea certainly feel it was a wasted opportunity. rodman went in saying i'm not an ambassador, i'm not getting into politics. i'm just there to train the basketball players, but certainly there is a real feeling that he needed to relay a message to kim jong-un. we mentioned the excuse of his uncle. the most serious upheaval we have seen. the national intelligence service has really shared some light on what perhaps took place. they believe that it wasn't a power struggle between the uncle and kim jong-un, but rather a conflict of interest over the business deal so a b...

An international film festival and is going to host the world expo but the truth is this is just a veneer. this is a very conservative arab society. the leaders look at what happened in the arab spring. they see that the internet was a place for protest, and they want to prevent that from happening at home. so you have this debate in society going on right now between those who say we are a progressive country, we have to move in those directions, and those who say we don't want to see what happened in the rest of the arab world at home. we need to stay close. >> of course, there are a lot of ...

Happy about them this christmas season. >> very tough numbers. thank you for breaking that down. let's go ahead and bring in cnn political director, mark preston. so what's going on with the obama white house today, sort of some weird developments where the president signed up for essentially obamacare, but didn't really need to, and also, p.s., he didn't actually do it himself, someone did it in person. what's going on here? >> he's going to pay for it but is not going to use it. clearly, this is damage control right now by the white house. i think what they view as stories that can be critic...

Humans haven't changed. >> to me, this is an issue about religious liberty. >> reporter: robertson has received the support in louisiana, where the program is shot, and beyond. the latest from the state's lieutenant governor who criticized a & e for suspending him and jeopardizing louisiana's tourism industry. and now this. under pressure from loyal fans, the restaurant chain cracker barrel reversed its decision to pull some "duck dynasty" merchandise. you told us we made a mistake and you weren't shy about it. you flat out told us we were wrong. others think it's ironic the reality tv star wa...

>> but the u.s. sort of being involved in it or trying to shape events, is it just now to the point of sitting back and seeing what kind of horrible resolution comes to be? >> well, the obama administration's view for a long time is who are the two most effective groups fighting there, al qaeda and hezbollah. neither of these groups we want to sort of promote. it's a very difficult situation. that said, this is one of the biggest humanitarian catastrophes in the modern era. almost half the population are refugees. every time you delay making a decision it just gets worse. it's something of cou...