Gates on Korean Missile Test; Dozens Killed After Dam Burst
WHITFIELD: North Korea's defiant plan to launch a long-range missile next month could undue years of diplomatic negotiations. But Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the U.S. has no plans to shoot it down. Pyongyang says the rocket will carry a communications satellite into orbit. But Gates says there's no doubt the mission is a mask for the development of an intercontinental ballistic missile.</s>ROBERT GATES, DEFENSE SECRETARY: I think it's very troubling. The reality is that the six-party talks really have not made any headway any time recently. There has certainly been no - if this is Kim Jong- Il's welcoming present to a new president, launching a missile like this and threatening to have a nuclear test, I think it says a lot about the imperviousness of this regime in North Korea to any kind of diplomatic overtures.</s>WHITFIELD: Gates says the North Koreans don't have the ability to fire a missile that could reach Alaska or the U.S. west coast. More than two days after a dam burst, rescue crews are still searching for survivors in Jakarta, Indonesia. Nearly 100 people are confirmed dead. But with dozens more missing, the death toll is expected to climb. Heavy rains sparked the flooding which breached the dam Friday sending a torrent of water into hundreds of homes. Survivors say it was like watching a suburban tsunami. About 1500 volunteers using heavy equipment are involved in this search. A Spanish court is deciding whether to launch a criminal investigation into torture allegations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. At issue is whether former Bush administration officials violated international law by creating a legal framework which allowed for the alleged mistreatment of prisoners at the U.S. prison there. Former attorney general Alberto Gonzales is one of the former president's inner circle named in the complaint. Spain says it has jurisdiction since several former Gitmo detainees who claimed that they were abused are Spaniards. A show of support and attacks over the Pope's controversial position on condoms. Today, about 100 African Catholics gathered in St. Peter's Square backing the Pope's statement that condoms aggravate the AIDS crisis. The pontiff made that comment during his a recent trip to Africa. On the other side, tens of thousands of critics of the Pope has vented their fury on Facebook, pledging to send millions of condoms to the Vatican. And the British medical journal, "the Lancet" is urging the Pope to retract what it calls his, "wildly inaccurate statements." So we have answers to your college tuition questions. We're bringing in a financial planner. Once again you recognize her from spending an hour with us yesterday "Tackling Tuition 101." She's back.