they've contained north korea in influence. i mean, they've cut down dramatically on the ability of north korea to export arms and ballistic missile and nuclear elements. so, that has certainly cut revenue to the regime. u.s. unilateral sanctions have worked by going after bank uh, in macau, we've cut their funding. so, we've, we've contained them, and we've certainly created the impression that this is a country that is brutally repressive. but it's very different from iran. i mean, this is the hermit kingdom. iran actually, and iranian officials, care about their reputation. they imagine themselves as leaders of a great power. and so, naming and shaming does work, and we've seen evidence of that. there's been a huge international uproar recently over a sentence handed down against a 43-year-old mother of two to be stoned for alleged infidelity. because of the international outcry, that sentence, as far as we know, has been commuted. it shows that these iranian officials can be named and shamed in a way that as gary said, the

so lee's main job is to try to figure out north korea's next move. >> try to figure out north korea's next move. that's really really hard when it comes to north korea. in that respect, where does south korea's relationship with the united states fit in? >> well, he says he's determined to stick to his hard-line policy in dealing with north korea. but it appears he's going to be -- rely on u.s. and italy to try to keep the pressure on his northern neighbor. the wartime command of the south korean forces was supposed to be transferred from the united states to south korea in 2012. that handover will be delayed for three years. >> all right. thanks so much for your coverage as always. thanks, appreciate it. >>> the united nations is celebrating the launch of its new organization. it's called u.n. women. the agencies first chief pledged to deal with violence and other issues facing women around the world. secretary-general ban ki-moon and representatives from member countries participated in the launch celebration at u.n. headquarters in new york. it combines four u.n. bodies for gender

carter called from north korea. the call came into the white house, secretary came into the room and said it's north korea, president carter. so president clinton, of course, stood up to take the call, and then she said, no, he's calling bob gelucci. [laughter] gelucci said i didn't exactly crawl out of the room on all fours, but -- [laughter] and, of course, the resolution was, was good. the outcome was that gelucci went back to negotiating with the north koreans. what they wanted was a couple of power reactors. they were happy to have them under international control and all of that. but during the korean war we had general lemay and the strategic air command had systematically fire bombed north korea almost literally, as he said, back to the stone age. we had killed more than two million north korean civilians, we had blown up all their power dens, 57% of their lick ri call supply -- electrical supply was hydroelectric. and they were still after all these years having tried first with the soviet union and now try

korea but so far we're trying hard to negotiate with north korea but north korea conducted twice -- long-range missile. there's speculation without a guarantee on complete irreversible verifiable nuclear -- and the sort of nickel -- negotiation is a waste of time. i was wondering if you could note on that perspective. >> we have to negotiate with north korea. i was a friend of richard holbrooke and i lament is passing. i talked to him about his work with slobodan milosevic who he said was one of the most reprehensible human beings he had ever met. he said but i have to negotiate with the man to stop the genocide in the balkans. i think we need to negotiate directly with the north koreans. the current leadership in south korea has undone a number of good things that were published by his two predecessors. to summit meetings were held with north korea. a number of agreements were reached at those summit meetings including something about growing new barriers in the western sea where the showing of the island took place and the sinking of a ship took place. i have been to north korea f

north korea has been proposing talks with the south since the start of the year. on the eve of the north korean celebration kbs television on tuesday evening aired footage of the man believed to be the second son of kim. the man believed to be kim jong chol was spotted and the concert of british guitarist eric clapton in singapore on money. the man in a t-shirt and pants was accompanied by 20 people. he didn't answer questions from the television crew and left the scene while one of the companions asked them why they were shooting the video. kim jong chol is said to be a span of clapton and was spotted at the concert five years ago. if the man was kim jong-il's son he was outside the country before his birthday. the second son plays a less report role now that his younger brother has effectively been appointed to succeed his father. >>> the commanders of the u.s. forces says the annual military exercise with south korea will focus on deterrents and defensive operations. the joint drills are due to start at the end of this month. the exercises, which were formally

. >>> lawmakers in south korea have sent a birthday present to north korean leader kim jong-il. they released balloons across the country's shared border carrying 100,000 leaflets denouncing his dictatorship. six lawmakers from south korea ruling grand national party carried out the protest on wednesday at imjin gak, near the demilitarized zone, coinciding with kim's 69th birthday. the balloons were equipped with timers so they would drop the leaflets over north korean territory three hours after their release. the literatu rerature criticizes north korea's hereditary rule and features photos of kim jong-il drinking wine alongside starving north korean citizens. >> translator: i believe it's our responsibility to let north koreans know just what's going on outside their country and also to pave the way for them so they can decide their own future. >> this is the first time south korean lawmakers have taken part in this kind of protest against north korea. they were apparently motivated by the country's shelling of a south korean island and its alleged sinking of one of the south

>> it was criticism of was initially when we tried to do things under bush with north korea. with the unilateral approach then tried multinational approach and neither one seems to me very effective. what are your views you think would be most effective work generally? >> united states has recovered a certain legitimacy and popularity abroad that to it lost during the first bush and administration but recovered over the second. george w.. and there was a significant shift between george w. bush first and second term with unilateral versus multilateral and obama has continued multi lateraled tradition to some extent. and negotiating with north korea, i ran, we need a combination of unilateral and multilateral. we made those to be part of the equation with iran, if we have a carrot and day stick we made the international community to stand with us. they are fighting in a way that they haven't you need the unilateral because at the end of the day to run is scared of the united states. slow in either country the understanding between the governments of iran to deal with their sec

the council's north korea sanctions committee briefed the council on its findings on wednesday. it says an american nuclear scientist who visited the north last november believes the country has multiple uranium enrichment facilities. the committee also says it has learned of north korea's continued access to nuclear technology. u.n. member nations are required to tell the council whether they have enforced sanctions in line with resolutions against the north. but with only roughly half doing so, the committee called again for the sanctions to be strictly enforced. >> the report of the panel of experts contained some new revelations, very, very clear evidence. we believe that the sanctions system needs to be implemented and need to be made more efficient. >>> japan's decision to raise the sales price of imimportanted wheat will deal a heavy blow to domestic foodmakers amid continued deflationary werereurs. the move comes as imported wheat increases an average of 18% starting in april. the move by the agriculture ministry comes as wheat faces growing demand in emerging the agricu

in particular i'm thinking of north korea. what are your suggestions? how would you handle the situation that we face now that is becoming extremely serious in that part of the world? >> i think you are spot on to refer to the timing issue. and it has two different dimensions. one is the ability of time to work to our adversaries advantage, particularly in a country like iran which minute by minute day-by-day gets closer to being able to enrich uranium to weapons-grade. and, the time cuts against us at home in the sense that political time is to dave measured in seconds and minutes. if we are lucky day because of the 24 hour news cycle, the internet. brown, bump, bump, bump. to pull off a serious episode which an adversary takes 5-10 years. 5-10 years is a century in political time today. it wasn't in 1895 because time moves more slowly. that is why i think it's so important for a bama or whomever is leading this effort to worry about the domestic landscape. you need to be able to carry political support for something that takes a very long time. on the

north korea celebrates the birthday of kim jong il. is it his 16 ninth or 70th? -- 69th or 70th? >> hello. the winds of change are flying across north africa and the middle east, stirring up youthful populations against authoritarian regimes. in libya the attentions of a human rights activists have brought protests in yemen with reports of more unrest in iran. all of it inspired, it seems, by the revolutions in egypt and tunisia. bahrain is undergoing its third day running. >> anger over the young man who was shot dead on monday, this tiny kingdom has been rocked by anti-government protest. this is the third day demonstrations there. two protesters are dead. a majority shia population with discontent at the way they are ruled. today some of those on the street went so far as to call for the overthrow of the ruling family. trouble in this unpopular state comes after the overthrow in this most populous country. unrest in libya as well, ruled by colonel gaddafi for years. hundreds of protesters clashed overnight. the riots were triggered by the arrest of a human rights campaigner th

and north korea nearly overran south korea. there was a perimeter calvo pusan perimeter and the south was reduced to this tiny perlmutter that the tip of south korea and at any point it looked like the dam was going to break in the north was going to overrun the south. basically truman appointed one of the legends in the pacific, general macarthur, to stem the tide. initially the 24th infantry division was thrown in and they were equipped with 2.36 bazookas it bounced off the tee 34, they didn't have hardly any effect at all, and it was a delayed game. they were treating time for space. the answer came in the form of the marine corps. first to the marine provisional brigade was sent over and they acted as if all your brigade to plug the gaps, but it was in the summer of 1950 that george company, which is the focus of this book was formed, and it's a story about men that had no training at all in most cases as well as some veterans of world war ii, but many of them were reservists, and it's not like the reservists of today where

about north korea. so, i read an article that you have written that maybe you were recommended president obama to, like, go for negotiations with north korea. but like, so far we have been trying hard to negotiate with north korea, but north korea -- a bunch of long-range missiles. so there's some speculation without a guarantee of north korean might be verifiable. any sort of negotiation is a waste of time, whatsoever. so i was wondering if you could possibly note on that kind of perspective, what you think about that. >> well, i think we have to negotiate with north korea. i was a friend of richard holbrooke, and i lament his passing. i talked to him about his work with slobodan milosevic whom he said was one of the most reprehensible human beings he had ever met, and he said, but i have to negotiate with the man to stop the genocide. and i think we need to negotiate directly with the north koreans. and the current leadership in south korea has undone a number of good things that were accomplished by

on the substance of dealing with north korea and iran, i think we really don't have much choice but to take this two-pronged approach. the threat of containment with north korea and isolation, coupled with a willingness to talk and to normalize if they are willing to get rid of their nuclear program in a verifiable way. with iran, i think the same would apply. i think there are -- many of you maybe saying why are we talking to this regime? this is a mistake. the bottom line if we don't talk to them, we don't we will not get a diplomatic solution. if we don't, there are two potential outcomes. one potential outcome is an iran that has a nuclear weapon. that to my mind is ugly, unattractive outcome. the second outcome is an american bombing campaign against iran that will probably last several weeks and will lead to who knows what. that in my mind is also a very bad outcome. and that's why i would sit and leave the door open to dialogue with iran until the 12th hour. and that's because the consequences of diplomatic failure are sufficiently awful to warrant the dialogue. >> yes, sir? >>

in south korea with what's happening in north korea, you really get the sense that this was an important time in our history, and an important conflict where we prevailed collectively. that's my thoughts. >> good evening. >> hi. >> did they prefer to ditch their aircraft rather than resort to aggressions? they love to fire their parachutes. >> i will tell you a story, this is going to tip off a little bit about ed jackson. at jackson was the pilot who was blinded. now, the korean war was the first time in chechen seats were used. and initially you had to be at a certain altitude before you are quote unquote about the use these ejection seats. but i don't think anyone paid attention to that if they had to get out of the plane. but anyway, ed jackson faced that choice as well. he was blind. he was over the ocean. if you want to ditch, what are your choices? .. >> he can't get to the controlses, he's up in the air like this. and finally, you know, the ejection seat finally slid down, and he was able to get control. but then even though he was blinded and face with the the possibility of dit

going back to north korea's issue. i'm south korean and deeply worried about their military actions these day, and the gentleman who is the successor of kim dynasty took the lead in civilian attack on the island. i'm curious, in this case, what will be, from your experience, a prerequisite for the goax or cooperation -- negotiation or cooperation to begin. >> my answer will be rather impolite. how do you know he had a lead role in the island? that's the process of dmonnizing foreign leaders that we don't like. we did it to minh whom life we saved at the end of world world war ii. he reached out for recognition, and we refused and fought a war that we should have never fought. i think we demonize saddam hussein and we said, of course, he has nuclear weapons # and he's been in bed with al-qaeda, but we can't prove either thing, but we'll invade iraq, and then find proof. neither was true. the process of demonizing kim and now his son has reached a high point. i wrote vice president biden that he be invited to the united

. >> north korea has been celebrating the birthday of its leader kim jong il. he turned 69 but records show he is 70. >> children waved in the light on this apparently happy day. north korean tv showed presence from the leader being delivered to a remote part of the country. it is impossible to say whether this gratitude was heartfelt. >> our glorious leader sent gifts to our two kids. there is a carefully displayed -- flowers and bows at the statue of kim jong il pulse father. people may look contented, particularly if they can be allowed to live in the capital where conditions are less harsh. in neighboring south korea which is still at war with the north, they were filling balloons but not in celebration. they float them over the border. >> we are sending a message to the north to fight kim jong il's dictatorship. >> but there is not much chance of that. very few north koreans will be aware of uprisings elsewhere in the world. it is synchronized swimming displays to glorify their leader. the man was not filled in public which is not unusual on his birthday.

south korea insisted that north korea should first apologize for its two recent attacks and pledge to prevent any recurrence. that includes the sink of a south korean warship in march and artillery attack on a south korean island in november. south korean officials said after that they would be ready to take up the other issues. north korea opposed setting pre-conditions. >>> the party led by myanmar's pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi has called for the united states and european countries to maintain their economic sanctions against the country. the national league for democracy or nld released a statement on tuesday ahead of the formation of a new administration. the nld says the main reasons for the sanctions are human rights violations and the lack of democratic procedures and should be lifted only after these problems are solved. in myanmar, a new administration will be formed shortly. nhk's correspondent in bangkok who has been following this story says the country is expected to promote a shift of power to civilian rule with the kusht military government maintaining its co

due to north korea's provocative actions. we will continue to evaluate what unfolds going forward. clearly this was an important opportunity for north korea to demonstrate its sincerity. >> is a missed opportunity then? >> you could call it that. >> north korea, they continue to deny any involvement and repeatedly apologized which the south korean side demanded. do you think the specific actions should be included when north korea shows there a concern? >> again, the talks were between north and south korea. i think the first judgment as to what transpired over the past days, we certainly believe north korea has to take responsibility for its recent actions, the shelling -- and then demonstrate that it is going to take steps to reduce tensions. this was an opportunity to do this. clearly having north korea walking out puts it in the category of a missed opportunity. >> was not prompted by harsh weather conditions in there and has raised new concerns. >> let me take it beyond the context of ambassador king goes the discussions

. >> north korea has been celebrating the birthday of its dealers leader. state media said he turned 69. other sources suggest that he is 70. either way, the capital has seen pageantry. >> children wave into light on this apparently happy day. north korean state tv showed presence for the dear leader been delivered to remote parts of the country by air. it is impossible to say where this gratitude was heartfelt. >> are glorious leader sent gifts to my two kids. he is just like our father, she says. >> there is a carefully staged display of affection across the country. people may look contented, if they are lucky enough to live in the capital, but conditions are less harsh. elsewhere the shortages are acute. in neighboring south korea, they were filling balloons, but not in birthday celebration. the attached anti-kim messages to them and looked over the border. >> we are sending a message to the north to fight the dictatorship. just like the people of egypt. there's not much chance of a. with tight controls on the internet, and very few north koreans will e

but so far, we have been trying hard to negotiate with north korea but north korea conducted twice a of nuclear tests and has a bunch of long-range missiles. there is speculation without north korea called up the dismantlement of nuclear -- that negotiation is a waste of time. what do you think about that? >> i think we have to negotiate with north korea. i was a friend of richard holbrooke and i lament his passing. i talked to him about his work with slobodan milosevic who he said was one of the most reprehensible human beings he had ever met. he said but i have to negotiate with the bad to stop the genocide in the balkans. i think we need to negotiate directly with the north koreans. the current leadership in south korea has undone a number of good things that were accomplished by his two predecessors. to summit meetings were held with north korea. a number of meetings were reached with -- or the sinking of the ship took place, i have been to north korea five times. i think what they are looking for is a guarantee for best that we will not attack them and they have built north kore

but on november 23rd north korea shelled yeonpyeong island. the sources said the south became distrustful of the north for taking a provocative action after asking for dialogue. they said this spurred south korean president lee myung bak to make a remark which could be interpreted as giving up on dialogue with the north's leader, kim jong il. the south korean government has proposed holding working-level military talks with north korea on february 11th in response to requests by the north. however, the government said it will carefully consider what the north says about the sinking and shelling incidents. >>> experts are warning of a possible explosive eruption at mt. shinmoe in southwestern japan. the volcano's lava dom has rapidly grown to about 500 meters in diameter. a team of the national research institute for earth science and disaster prevention analyzed satellite data of the volcano, located on the border of kagoshima and miyazaki prefectures. it found that the lava dome was about 50 meters in diameter on thursday. but on sunday it gr

also, according to seoul, north korea walked out of today's meeting. it is clearly not a design. the fat, too, that they were not accompanied back to the north korean side of the demilitarized zone is also suggested of a pretty heated atmosphere, so the way this is being described by south korea's defense ministry is a breakdown, but a breakdown can be restarted. >> let's bring you up-to-date on the latest headlines this hour on "bbc world news." anti-government protesters in egypt have taken their demands for the resignation of hosni mubarak to the gates of cairo. prosecutors are calling for silvio berlusconi to be tried for allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl. the british foreign minister william hague has warned that peace efforts with israel and palestinians could be a casualty of the uncertainty in the region. he also said israel was putting itself at risk by refusing to compromise on settlement build up, and he urged the country to step back from using what he called a belligerent language. his comments have not been well received in israel. >> a simulated chem

but the reason north korea is coming to the table is that it needs economic aid. the south korean government made it clear that unlike in the past when there were unconditional offer as of 8, this time they will not offer any kind of assistance unless they get genuine concessions that they want. if there is no progress and either side could walk out. >> television cameras will be allowed to film next month's trial of conrad murray of involuntary manslaughter. jury selection will begin in march. the trial is expected to last six weeks. he faces up to four years in prison if convicted. protesters have taken to the streets of the haitian capital demanding that the outgoing president step down immediately. his term was supposed to end on monday but he received approval to stay on after the first round of elections were marred by fraud and corruption. the new vote is due in march. >> they were only warning shots but the message was forceful and clear. the protests had to end. heavily armed police were called in after several hundred demonstrators took to the streets in

stance with regards to north korea. and with north korea now. we're down to create by worry about by well the paradox is is that politicians who really know nothing about these things have to appear to know something they have to speak out on all of these issues to be considered credible figures so sarah palin you know who could see russia from her door and her window you know is now an expert on russia or whatever else the reason why us politicians feel free to make bloopers on international issues could be that many of their audience is can't catch the inconsistences well it's very easy to manipulate people when they don't know anything so they generally americans. indifferent they don't pay attention to world events and you can easily manipulate them cos of their public ignorance or ghastly after waging wars in iraq and afghanistan for years figures show most americans still have difficulties finding the countries on the map the only. if the public is not able to notice the ignorance of their politicians they won't be able to hold them accoun

missiles. >> north korea has obligations. it has to follow through on commitments that's made. we expect them to follow through on their commitments. >> the survey in south korea found about from the north live on a monthly household income of less than $1,000. the police agency survey conducted last year looked at 12,000 detector households that settled in the south. the survey showed that 50% live on less than $900 a month and 20% on less than $450. of the 9,200 households reporting an income source, about 20% have a member with regular employment. more than half reported only part-time or temporary jobs. while a quarter reported a complete lack of employment. ask what makes their life in the south difficult? nearly 40% cited economic difficulties and over 10% mentioned difficulty finding employment. the number of north korean defectors living in the south surpassed 20% in december. the government plans to expand job training programs for the defectors and encourage businesses to hire women from the north. >>> a russian for

began north korea walked out. the talks were the first of its kind. and there was hope that the meetings would ease tensions. but talks apparently collapsed when south korea demanded that north korea apologize for the sinking of a warship in march that killed 46 sailors. north korea apparently wants to focus on other military issues. >>> well, in just about 45 minutes the head of the federal reserve gives a major update on the state of the economy. ktvu's allison burns is in d.c. with what could be a very contentious appearance for him. allison. >> reporter: pam, it is ben bernanke's first appearance before congress since republicans took control of the house. gop lawmakers have been vocally critical of his approach to the economy. they're expected to grill him about it this morning for his part he's expected to say while the economy is growing it will be several years before the unemployment rate returns to a more normal level. new this hour we just heard from treasury secretary who gave an optimistic view of the

host: would there be western support for a unified north korea? guest: there would be support, but where will the money come from? programs are being reduced all over the place. i did not see how that would be possible, how the western world is going to inherit the problems of a destroyed north korea because there is nothing there to make a viable state. host: so how will this situation resolved? guest: i think that south korea has to go on helping north korea and of to make sure it does not collapse appear. host: hartford, connecticut, democrats like. good morning. caller: maybe i am the only one with some sympathy for muammar gaddafi and his family. i suggest he has deep connection in africa and some delegations from african states. tryy should go to libya, to convince him to get out of there so they can avoid bloodshed. how about that idea? i go people are listening and get him and his family out of their, give him some amnesty. the other day that he has a jewish roots. he could go to israel because of his grandmother? guest: grandmother techni

. >>> north carolina threatening to -- north korea threatening to attack. >>> and while a memorial for the jones town massacre is prompting an outrage. >>> time now 6:13. we are looking back over the san francisco bay. we know for sure that what you are looking at right there chopper 2 is flying over on that barge right there we know what it is. today is they begin the preparations for the 2013 america's cup. last year's winning yacht is on that barge right there. usa 17 making its way under the golden gate bridge on that cargo ship. it's in pieces. you can't really see it right there because it's in pieces and it's in pieces because it's too big to sail by itself under the bridge. once it gets to its final stop, it will be stored at pier 80 until it's ready to be put on display. usa 17 won the cup last time. and it allowed ellison to hand pick the host for the america's cup. we wanted to show you it's coming in on that barge right there and we're flying over it with chopper 2. >>> refugees in that chaos this morning in libya is occupying our attention. thousands of foreigners and migr

. >>> in north korea, synchronized swimming was staged today to celebrate the birthday of kim jung il. showcasing the younger kim, who is likely to be north korea's next leader. >>> lesser was best known as uncle leo, but appeared in some 500 other shows. his family says he died of pneumonia, related to cancer. >>> imagine running into a burning building. coming up next, the technology giving us a peak at exactly what firefighters do. >>> tiny cameras melded on on helmets are being put to the test. what it was like as they went into is that burning building. >> reporter: seth johnson had had his helm cam rolling as they pulled up to a house fire. they looked for victims and stopped the destruction. what hits you right away is firefighters are immediately plunged into darkness. caused by thick smoke. they move cautiously, guided only by fuzzy spots of light. at one point, they actually put out a hot spot in the dark. captain johnson says the helmet cam video helps show them what they should do next time. >> certain tactical decisions. asking for ventilation sooner. the good thing about

we have much more -- >> like north korea? >> we have to deal with this, but we don't -- but there is an issue of capacity apart from anything else. from my point of view, it wasn't really possible to deal with them because we were dealing with afghanistan, and we were dealing hour by hour with the india pakistan issue to demonstrate what i mean by hour by hour, is a matter of the family record now that i was supposed to be cooking the sunday lunch -- the christmas lunch and i served the first course on christmas day and the rest of the time was spent on the telephone talking to colin powell and others about the indian pakistan thing. so this was completely dominant. iraq was a problem, but it was a problem we didn't have to deal with there and then. >> may i sort of just if i may respectfully pick you up on one thing that you said i said about the access of evil speech? i had no difficulty about president bush highlighting the problems of iraq and north korea, although i wouldn't have used the axis of evil analogy because i d

i look at north korea. i look at iran. it's an indication to me that everybody knew it including the bush admin is nation because they believe that nuclear weapons. they would not sell right about punching the borders. in the case of north korea with kim jong-il two is not the greatest democrat in the world, people are saying the emphasis in on the are gentlemen and finding a solution based on the property, negotiation. this is the reality. you know, you can say whatever you want to say. people are not to see that if you have nuclear weapons or if you have even the capability as iran is trying to do now, then it differently. there are countries no matter what or privileged countries. they have nuclear reference or 13 countries live under the nuclear umbrella, which means that the nuclear weapons does matter and we are protect it at this nuclear umbrella. what to tell the other 160 countries that, you know, if you cannot touch a nuclear weapon or umbrella because you cannot have a security concern. but any policy, as we wer

the risk of a nuclear north korea and nuclear pakistan is extraordinary. why should we want to add to it? we have to work against this problem. >> from turkey? you hadld have both of dinner together. >> from that scenario, i would assume that there should be consideration within that framework of military action against pakistan and north korea. because it is extraordinarily dangerous situation there. i don't see any talk of that. there should not be talk of that. >> in the case of north korea there was active consideration by the united states. people like me were involved in the debate and there were moments where military force should have been used against north korea and i believe the world would be a far better place if it had been used. north korea has reached a point where the as a military force against its nuclear program, the cost is probably prohibit it. in pakistan, there were some extra complications. united states and the world were too permissive. if there is a mixture of terrorism and nuclear materials, that dangerous mixture is more likel

. >>> in north korea, synchronized swimming was staged today to celebrate the birthday of kim jung il. showcasing the younger kim, who is likely to be north korea's next leader. >>> lesser was best known as uncle leo, but appeared in some 500 other shows. his family says he died of pneumonia, related to cancer. >>> imagine running into a burning building. coming up next, the technology giving us a peak at exactly what firefighters do. >>> and reports of hail throughout the bay area. heavy rainfall in the peninsula right now. atst fwa.ean ougog t bk. wi cseuidesi yr arho, u stnaa cte,hise a de. ougog t bk. wi cke sp rwd yr arho, >>> tiny cameras melded on on helmets are being put to the test. what it was like as they went into is that burning building. >> reporter: seth johnson had had his helm cam rolling as they pulled up to a house fire. they looked for victims and stopped the destruction. what hits you right away is firefighters are immediately plunged into darkness. caused by thick smoke. they move cautiously, guided only by fuzzy spots of light. at one point, they actually put ou

it's noticed the united states used military force against iraq, but not north korea. iran has made the strategic assessments ab the nuclear program. it's way beyond israel. there's no programs in the middle east until peace and israel felt secure. the last i checked that is not in the immediate future. and the reality is the timeline of iran's nuclear program is far, far, far faster than any diplomacy about the nuclear weapon free or p5 plus one. that's the danger. the hope that whether it's regional diplomacy, or more narrow diplomacy is going to solve the problem for us is unlikely. because 24/7, the iranians are busy in their laboratories with their center fuses. >> may i go? >> yes, i made the proposition. richard thinks it's not going to happen soon. i think it's not going to happen soon because the united states and the western powers don't want it to happen soon. not because israel doesn't have the security that it seeks. because it could be an incentive for the israel and the arab countries to reach the kind of peace that we are all seeking. if you have the zo

on the other hand, the reason that north korea is going to pay is because it needs economic aid. the south korean government made it quite clear when there were unconditional offers, this time, they will not offer any kind of economic assistance until they get the concessions they want. >> thank you very much. protesters have taken to the streets of the haitian capigal -- capital demanding that the president to step down. each of these have approval to stay on after the presidential elections. a new vote is due in march. [gunfire] >> they were only warning shots, but the message was clear. the protests had and the. riot police called after police had used teargas to disperse the crowd. when the gas was blown into nearby homes, some bystanders a painful price -- paid a painful price. with no one elected to replace him, he announced he won't step down for another three months. to the fury of his opponents. >> today is his last day. >> we are asking the president to leave because his mandate is over. another president can takeover. the presidential palace has laid in ruins since an

. >>> north korea today refusing to hold any more military talks with south korea. the north accuses the south of lacking serious intent to improve relations. yesterday, the koreas' first officials talks in november ended abruptly after raising hopes of improved ties. >>> this morning, people in the south waking up to subzero temperatures and imagine having to drive through this here. this is tennessee getting home in the snow was an uphill battle there literally. watch as some struggle to make it up the road here. a lot of traffic. one driver says it took him 10 minutes to get to the top. three inches of snow fell in the city at clarksville yesterday just in time for the rush hour. and i keep saying it lawrence, but really glad i'm here right now. >> yeah. no kidding! after seeing that. things are going to eventually change here. can't stay dry in southern california forever, can it? i don't think so. we'll see a major change in the weather pattern in the next few days. out the door this morning, we are looking at freezing in some spots and patchy frost. through th

we have other -- >> a priority like north korea? >> well, we have to deal with this, we were saying. but i mean, there's an issue of capacity apart from everything else. from my point of view it wasn't really possible to deal with then because we were dealing with afghanistan and we were dealing hour-by-hour with the indian-pakistan issue. just to illustrate what i mean by hour-by-hour, some other straw family record now that i was supposed to be cooking the sunday lunch, the christmas lunch. and i served the first course on christmas day. and the rest of the time was spent on the telephone talking to colin powell and others about the india-pakistan thing. so this was completely dominant. but iraq was a problem. it was a problem but we didn't have to deal with it there and then. and i thought just primarily if i could pick you up on one thing that you said that i said about the axis of evil speech. what i had my difficulty about president bush highlighting the problems of iraq and north corey yeah, i wouldn't have used the axis of e

he dealt with threats from iran and north korea and found opposition within president bush's administration which tried to get an sacked. he kept the job and was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2005. egypt is now looking for another figure, someone you can deal with the regime, it yet when the trust of the people on the streets. el-baradei may be stepping into that role. when world leaders talk about an orderly transition, the inference is that they do not want the muslim brotherhood to come to power. egypt's poverty has given them are ready recruiting ground. they run schools and hospitals, but they are also close to militant groups such as hamas, which puts them at odds with the united states. protests another force last week. the group made no secret of what it wanted. >> respond to the real demand. declaration cannot say that situation. >> democracy does come to egypt, the muslim brotherhood will be one of its most strident voices. bbc news. >> and events are moving fast, of course. you will find much more anytime on bbc.com. you can catch up with me and most of the team on twitter. i'

air strike on north korea. i personally am. in my home i will attack took place on the fourth but of course it's impossible in a way for me to pull the native i'll put it this way they most certainly did not send it if there was an attack since there was no second attack and since that attack was the excuse that the president used to take the us to war in vietnam what are we to make of the following recently released white house tape unit l.b.j. and mcnamara discuss the second gulf of tonkin attack before it takes place how would they know about the attack before it happened and why would they want to keep that prior knowledge a secret unless they were planning it. now this is an action that we might well wish to consider after it a second attack but i think it would be an appropriate general reader to read and the writer great and appropriate to provide the cats course commanded out of the already there will be ample time after a second attack to bring this problem to your attention you can then decide how far you are to pursu

korea sxin creased activity by china's navy. the ministry expects the ground self-defense force to be a core of the new formation. it hopes to increase the mobility and readiness of the sdf with parachute troops and other special forces. high-speed vessels and large cargo aircraft are also likely to be deployed. the defense ministry will study whether to form a new organization or regroup existing units. >>> the number of new aids patients reported in japan last year hit a record high of 453. the health ministry urges people to undergo testing, saying early detection can prevent the spread of the hiv virus. the ministry says the number of people found to be infected with the hiv virus last year came to 1,503, including those who had already developed aids. 63% were infected through homosexual contact, and 21% through heterosexual contact. by age group, 535 patients were in their 30s, followed by 374 in their 20s. the ministry says that the number of people who used hiv antibody test or consultation services provided by local pub

now, north korea has reached a point where quite honestly the use of military force, the cost of that will probably prohibtive. in the case of pakistan there were some extra complications but i do believe the united states and the world were too lax, too per misive. and again, if there is a mixture, if you will of terrorism and nuclear materials, that dangerous mixture is more likely to come from pakistan in our lifetime than anywhere else. >> nightmare scenario. >> the wikileaks documents show that the arab gulf states are not only extremely concerned about iran's nuclear program but essentially they would support an american strike to oblit rate that option from iran. what would you say to that? >> i would say that wikileaks is what it says, leaks. and, as such, they're incomplete, selectively published, and chosen at random rather than expressing a continuous and a buildup of diplomacy and politics and so on. so i would reserve judgment on what happened on there. and rather put my faith in the public policy of those countries and how they state those policies. >> one final. i'm tol

. >>> and the president of south korea says he wants genuine talks with north korea. says he wants to promote a real change in ties between the two countries. tensions on the korean peninsula peaked last year after two aggressive incidents blamed on north korea. >>> in california, some areas that rarely get snow got a coating this weekend including the santa cruz mountains not far from san francisco. it also snowed in the mountains close to san diego. >>> and in arizona, a strong gust of wind carried a birthday party bounce house with two young girls inside more than 100 feet onto a neighbor's roof. one girl suffered head lacerations and was taken to the hospital. the other had only minor injuries. >> it is time now for the weather. over to jackie meretsky. >> thanks very much, ron. well, we do have blizzard warnings in portions of south dakota as well as minnesota. this is a fast-moving system. it is going to target the northeast although we're not going to get the same snowfall as folks in the midwest are. how much snow? 6 to 12 inches from south dakota all the way