north korea will continue to test us. north korea will continue to push the limits. cycles that we go in and out of, provocation cycles, we have seen them before. as i mentioned to a few of you during the break, it is not a trivial throw away talking points that we use when we say we will judge north korea by its actions and not by its word. inn we do so and continue the close cooperation we have demonstrated through these last five years as the north korea program has developed and its behavior has been so unpredictable, a strong u.s. -- rok alliance continues to be the best deterrent to the threat by the north. at that, maybe, some questions? >> thank you very much. we have a few minutes for questions so let me start us off. i don't think there's any that you are the guy who knows the most about korea. havee past five years, you doing it at the higher policymaking level. and tellanalyst hat on us to the extent that you can, what do you think is going on there now with all the internal churn? what do you think is going on there? everybody calls of power consolidatio

north korea will continue to test us. north korea will continue to push the limits. a lot of these cycles go in and out of the provocation cycle in the census and we have seen them before. and as i mentioned to a few of you during the break, it is not a trivial throw away talking point when we say we will judge north korea by their actions and not by its words and when we continue that close cooperation that we've demonstrated through the last five years of the program has developed in its behavior and has been so unpredictable is that the strong alliance continues to be the best deterrent to the threat is posed by the north. and with that, i will take some questions. >> thank you. we have a few minutes for questions let me start us off before we go to the audience. i don't think there is any argument that in this administration you are the one who knows the most about korea and in the past five years you have been doing that at the policy-making level. i would like to ask you to put your analyst hat on and tell us to the extent that you can what's going on with all

north korea, because people often assume that they just leave north korea and that's it. and at this point where you have over 20,000 north korean refugees that have resettled in south korea, that's a significant population that are joining forces to reconnect with their families back inside. and when they see that one of them can leave the community, go to south korea, that's a huge wake-up for them that shows just how much more advanced and how much more open south korea is. >> narrator: jeong is back in seoul, meeting with a group of defectors who are plotting against the north korean regime. >> narrator: yong hee and her husband jeong oh have found another way to penetrate kim jong un's secret state. >> narrator: like jeong, yong hee says she suffered at the hands of the north korean regime. her brother was caught trying to defect and she was punished. she says she was locked up and tortured by security agents. >> narrator: she says the officers tied her brother's hands to the back of a truck and dragged him along a dirt road as an example to others. >> narrator: yong

now, with regards to north korea, north korea has become unfortunately accustomed -- north korea has become accustomed to receiving rewards in exchange for defiance. and if we ignore north korea, then it's defiance and its bluster only become worse. that said, simply making an instant or giving north korea an additional all of branch doesn't necessarily solve the problem. at some point we need to break this cycle in which they believe that they can get incentives, or improve their negotiating positions through their bluster. and, therefore, i would strongly advocate taking a much stronger line, or a much more resistant line when it comes to some of north korea's bluster. they will bluster. they are going to suffer for the regime which is in place. there has been a consistent cost for working through china also in the empowerment of china in the north korea question, but ultimate some point we need to draw a line in the sand. if i want to go back in history, what happens when we don't -- when we don't draw a line innocent? we can go back to the beginning of the korean war, when under

and in north korea. so charles, i wanted to ask you, when you came back, i know that you had said maybe "friend" isn't the way that you would characterize him. can you help us understand the relationship between rodman and kim jong-un? >> i will try the best way i can. you know, it started with it being publicized in the paper that kim jong-un was a bulls fan. dennis met a gentleman who would go in and out of north korea, out of new york, at an event -- an auction event that dennis was a part of and he spoke korean. he's been in and out of there. he's a professor. and that was kind of the start of dennis going to north korea to getting an invite to meet the leader. one thing that i found in their relationship is that dennis is able to be accepted for himself and how he is there. it's very interesting dynamic. and dennis enjoys -- they had all the -- i saw some of the propaganda about dennis going there and women and lavish lifestyle and all. it was none of that. >> not that you saw. >> basic meals -- no.

korea, north korea will continue to test us. north korea will continue to push the limits. a lot of these cycles we go in and out of these so-called provocation cycles. we've seen them before, and as i mentioned to a few of you during the break, it is not a trivial throw away talking point that we use when we say we won't judge north korea by its action. and not by its words. when we do so and we and we continue to the close cooperation we demonstrated through these last five years as north korea's program has developed and behavior has been, you know, so unpredictable, is that a strong u.s.-rok alliance continues to be the best deterrent to the threat that is going imposed by the north but and without i think maybe some questions. >> thank you. thank you very much. we have a few minutes for questions. let me start us off before going to the audience, syd. i don't think there's any argument that sort of in this administration you are the guy. the guy who knows most about north korea. the past five years you've been sort of doing

the above with north korea or code north korea has and very above that the persistent in them and karissa system i don't feel we can rule out that you will disintegrate to slay his term ended in ifa education happens under the most ideal situation how can we minimize the economic costs and social chaos. i think one thing for sure is a south korea will be asked to make huge resource commitment and as soon as prairie and we don't exactly know how much is because well people to think about in the neighborhood about five hundred billion dollars to five trillion dollars spread over about ten year period so if you will take a lot of money and investment into north korea what we need to do i think is that we still maintain a flexible mindset of a lot of things will change so will need to look just as things change at the same time really strengthen the political support for reunification in south korea because you know that taxes will increase both sampled germany. the drama still have to pay just because folks only carry the surcharge twenty four years after reunification. so this will be a mas

again, what does north korea do in the future? i would like to see the chinese be more involved in controlling north korean behavior. >> i was just add one thing. china just like any other country will do what is in their national interest. i think that china is starting to concern -- be concerned about their national interest about a -- as a result. i am convinced china does not want proliferation through their borders or near their borders. do i believe they have taken an of steps to prevent that and prevent escalation because of strong revocations? no, i believe they could do more. i think that we ought to be working very hard and trying to work hard with china, the republic of korea, japan and other parts of the region to determine what the peninsula looks like and how is that increasing the vital national interest of all the countries that are involved. i believe that is the ultimate solution. ofone of the consequences more recent north korean provocations was further u.s. appointment and direct response to that which communi

we will star in the retaliate against north korea as the north carries out military provocations the shed to be a response from seoul to come yes latest proposal. speaking to reporters on thursday defense ministry spokesman kim insight said that he was up to us drills will go on as planned. it really fit to be an april. tina been added and it's. the press set to launch a taskforce to boost economic cooperation with north korea and russia as part of present box your ration initiative policy seoul's foreign ministry says the taskforce will want the silliness that vary with about five govern officials reviewing various joint economic projects among the three nations including construction of railways roads and pipelines that could intentionally run for it to korea and russia he added the three way cooperation could help encourage reclusive north to open up eventually improve the dinner korean beliefs fish yourself korea's missile defense capability take center stage on wednesday at the national assembly with the chair of the parliament re defense committee warning that our current capab

we are still technically at war with north korea. and i think one of the difficulties for the united states attempting to support a policy of engangment with north korea. is that until that war ends north korea constitutions a security threat both to the u.s. allies south korean, and indeed othe united states itself. and how how do you justify engangment with an enemy? all i can say is that engangment has to start somewhere, and the longer they wait, the more difficult this problem is going to be. still ams inty international remains highly critical, demanding kenneth bay's release, and continuing to track the prison cities. >> make no mistake, you don't believe there has been any reduction in human rights abuse abuses . >> sadly no, and satellite analysis from as recent as may of 2013, confirms the continuing north korean investment in what we with call the architecture of repression. >> repression that human rights groups fear is getting worse. >> the united nations has established a commission of inquiry which will report its find

i know the headlines in south korea sets north korea's proposal for reunions of families separated by the korean war. the latest sign of improving your driver's license. a special single seat f torrance it from japanese prime minister i've been involved in a controversial war shrine visits and earth is the fifth of its previous form apologies of our world works she was a disappointing quarter prescribe some electronics cover december prophets of the world's biggest mobile phone maker sad missing earnings estimates. the stores and more text and content. why is it friday gender twenty fourth year in korea life from seoul minute. and from limping so much for joining us. we begin with the new development in inner korean relations right as most of the nation was wrapping up the workweek hours ago north korea offered to hold for unions for families separated during the korean war and in uni in response south korea welcomed the proposal for more on the latest sign of improving inter korean ties beacon that much tragedy and sitting by the new center billy and what can you tell us to see a shi

in 2012 north korea arrested u.s. citizen kenneth bae, a tour group leader and kornaled him with plotting a coup. kenneth bae was sentenced to 15 years of hard labour. the u.s. government says kenneth bae is incident and north korea never showed evidence against him. in a television interview dennis rodman suggested kenneth bae may be guilty of a crime, then cursed at the reporter interviewing him. kenneth bae's sister said the family is appalled by dennis rodman's comments. >> this is not a game, you know, dennis rodman can play the back of a game, media game all he wants with his own life. this is about a man's life that is on the line. i hope that he realises that. this is serious stakes. he has a family back home, a father of three children. we've been waiting for him for 14 months. i hope he remembers that. >> one u.s. congressman says dennis rodman entertaining kim with his favourite sport is like taking adobviously hitler out for lump. >> australia airline qantas had its credit rating downgraded by moody's. giv

envoy to north korea says u.s. officials may want to get details from him. >> i think they are saying this happened. if dennis rodman can get insight and bring it back that is fine. >> reporter: what intelligence could the former nba stars bring? >> could be asked about kim jong-un himself and asked about who seems to be kim jong-un's right-hand man. after all information is very clear in north krorea it is not good to be number two. >> reporter: analysts say for all the drama this rodman trip could move the needle a little bit on the intelligence if the players could give indication of who the key people are around kim jong-un, his emotional state and body language this might turn out to be a positive. >> let's bring in the nba commissioner david stern, also racha rachael nickels. commissioner, thanks for coming in. rachael, stand by for a moment. what is your thoughts? you have been the commissionerer for 30 years of the nba. you see others show up in north korea, what goes through your mind when you see this? >>

you all up in the north killing and taking aim at present that today's north korea policy for james says an overhaul is needed if enter korean relations are to improve anytime soon nor state run novosti my news paper said president fox and kisses and sticking to her principles but the main stumbling block to bearing cross border relations as it encourages competition between the two koreas pockets made clear that north korea can't win any concessions by playing of threats for stion provocations against the south made any progress and dinner korean relations will have to be based on mutual trust. as for souls heightened security measures against possible threats from counting down the newspaper said was shameful that the south with the rest to fate of the two koreas in the hands of a foreign power that far into the american military presence on the peninsula. the foreign policymakers from south korea and the us will spend a week in court nation talks in washington. the agenda is expected to focus primarily on north korea and historical and territorial tensions in northeast asia. upon as a

if north korea pro bowl south korea. some tyres promising this and nothing small college in the pew or provoke an attorney and that china would not call without doing anything at all this in pakistan. south korea officials and us officials don't believe in this recent piece of fence to get the cream president continues to push for this vision of unification. if tonight's meeting this charm offensive is peace offensive than what is the next step of the cost is to say in one way or another. tom put the finishing line that divided the soft response north korea at this moment well fall in the window was undone by more of this awesome response. as it is appropriate for a profit because of korea provided a very good chance to resume the spots. most of all honesty it. like eating was comparable open pores are to resume those to the needy and things of the separate camera in the parade and a sauna in there was so in my opinion very easy walk from north korea to take in all studies at the disproportionate. and then deception to s

escaped to north korea was released on wednesday. the same day as the great leader's birthday. ♪ happy birthday to >> is that at some level kint of ping-pong diplomacy. >> i wouldn't choose dennis rodman to be my adversary. i think the people he's interacting with will be touched by his visit. i think the better model of ping-pong diplomacy is when you have normal people to people engagement. amnesty international believes this engagement is one of the ways that peaceful change will come to north korea. >> so there something to be gained in terms of developing a relationship. >> absolutely, we have to readjust our time schedule. the lessons we have learned from china, or south korea, that used to be a dictatorship is that engagement can help to transform societies and hope them up. through 25 years, through the helsinki process, the west engaged the soviet union, and the lives touched inside the sev yet union, they were the people helping reform when the opportunity began. >> frank spent 17 years in the senate former relations comm

that took place in north korea for kim jong-un. and we were talking about it before you got cut off there. you say this was something that eventually the north koreans are going to see. what was this set-up for? i mean, how widespread? what do you think is the influence or the reverberations of what we're going to see from this ceremony? >> reporter: well, according to ap, there was about 14,000 people there. and the sort of people that made the cut were certainly the north korean elite. you had kim jong-un and also his wife. you had some of the military officials, and their wives. you had also some foreign diplomats, those within the country itself would have been expected to come to this kind of an event, those from embassies, as well. and also some students and, according to state-run media, people from all walks of life, is how they put it. and sports fans. it was certainly interesting, as one tour guide from korea told us. basically, it did appear to be quite spontaneous, the fact that dennis rodman suddenly launched into a re

north korea paraded bae before cameras earlier today. the christian missionary pleaded with washington to help win his release. analysts say it is north korea's way of reaching out to the u.s., hoping to score some foreign aid. born in south korea before moving to the u.s. at age 18, bae lived in china the last seven years, running christian tours to north korea. bae's news conference is seen as an invitation to washington. >> translator: as far as i know, i've now been here for the longest among american citizens who came here and got detained. i believe that my problem can be solved by close cooperation and agreement between the american government and the government of this country. >> well, it's not like the u.s. hasn't tried. in august, north korea rejected a u.s. envoy after we conducted military drills with south korea. washington says north korea must give up its nuclear arms before we negotiate. >> yeah, and of course we remember being in the news business that there was that veteran who was being held in north korea in the past

detainee in north korea in recent years. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. >> you might recall, dennis rodman telling cnn that bae might have done something to deserve this 15-year sentence. rodman later apologized. he blamed his outburst on alcohol and stress. you remember, he was in north korea on that basketball diplomacy trip. rodman has now checked into a rehab center in new jersey. his agent says that rodman hit the bottle hard in north korea, drinking like none of them had ever seen before. rodman has been in rehab for alcohol addiction before. he was one of the patients on the ""celebrity rehab"" with dr. drew back in 2009. here's more of what we're working on for "around the world." >> life is a lottery. a russian roulette of live or die, every time you leave the house, despite the city being awash in security. >> car bombs, security checks, and a struggle to stay alive every single day. that is what it is like for people now in iraq. ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪

we did not learn anything more about north korea. we did not tour the prison camps or see people starving in the fields. the whole focus is about dennis rodman and his basketball game. it was nothing about north korea. host: glenn in lakeland, florida. democrats line. caller: i watched that cnn interview. he was interviewed with his teammates. i look at iting, from a standpoint that he is not a politician. he is a basketball player. his teammates are basketball players. this is not his first trip to north korea. he has been there three times before. anytime he actually goes to north korea, the media takes attention. the problem here is, after watching the interview, i noticed that the person from cnn was trying to get him to do those things. person, talk about the in prison. that is not a basketball player's job. they are there to plate basketball. if you want to talk about the person in prison, that is the state department. that is the secretary of state in the white house. it is not their job to do that. he was getting dennis rodma

we shared a lot of stories about he played soccer there in north korea. we shared a lot of stories about sports and how they train and different things. i believe -- i don't know in the foreseeable future, but i believe there are going to be positive outcomes from this. >> the nba's commissioner has a different take on this trip and the issue of compensation. david stern denounced the trip and rachel nichols told our team sterns thinks money did play a role. >> i had the opportunity to ask david stern when he was a guest on "the situation room" with wolf blitzer why a guy like charles smith would take this smith. we know charles is a different guy than dennis rodman who tends to do this thing. we wouldn't expect this from charles. he said, look, i think the guys were blinded by the payday. i know that was the topic at the end of the conversation with charles smith and i do think money was a factor. >> others using diplomacy think it was a bad idea. charles smith painted it as a success. yesterday i asked hamer kareem abdul jabbar what he thought. >> i thi

>> we did not accept any dollars from north korea. and we know that. and we knew that going in that that would not be a good thing to do. >> so beyond the payment and you know, piers morgan talked to another members and he said he would give some of it to charity. but what is the point of going and going and keeping on going back to this country? kenny anderson said he thought it would have been worth it had they been doing clinics for young people or something that was sports diplomacy or advance some kind of decent agenda rather than going and singing happy birthday. do you regret having done it or would you go back be again? >> there are a couple of questions there. but would i go back again? i think i would under different circumstances. i think this trip was off and on and off and on and it came together kind of at the last minute and that's how the trip went from beginning to end. we were invited to come back, but i don't know whether that will happen. >> you have talked about cultural exchanges and letting people there see american culture and m

his north korea hoping that kenneth will be the bait? >> his fate is still unclear. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come, the world loses one of its leading conductors. we look back on the life of the italian whose music raced some of the world's greatest halls. japan has protect -- defended the practice of dolphin hunting after the u.s. ambassador expressed some concern. rupert wingfield-hayes reports. >> and a tiny cove on the a potest coast of japan, of dolphins as traps. they have been driven in by boats and nets and by the banging of metal pipes. now the fishermen are struggling to separate the thrashing animals. young female dolphins are worth a lot of money. they will be separated and kept alive for sale at dolphin shows. the rest will be killed for their meat. the activists who filmed this footage say this annual hunt is cruel and unnecessary. the u.s. ambassador to japan caroline kennedy appears to agree. over the weekend, she took the unprecedented step of tweeting her opposition, saying she was deeply concerned by the of dolphin killing.

bbc news, seoul, korea. >> what exactly is dennis rodman managing to do in north korea? i am willing to bet that not many of you would describe yourselves as midi the weapons builders, but yet, it is a real job. after all, someone has to make all of those swords that crop up in fighting in movies, and matthew is one of them. metal into swords in baltimore, and recently, we caught up with him to learn more about this curious craft. >> ever since i was a little kid, i loved star wars, and i have been making swords for 16 years now. are 18 and 21 years older than i am. they were into a lot of role- playing, and as a little kid, watching people fight with swords and armor in your front yard was pretty inspiring. when i was in high school, i i startedob, and sweeping floors and cleaning rusty armor. it was not so cool when i was in school. iseird guy in the basement what they pictured. nowadays, all of the movies and videogames related to swords, it seems to be a cool thing. they are really well known for the way they sound. they ring, and they resonate really loud on stage.

alleged friend of north korea's dictator, kim jong-un. americans in jail, american citizen in jail, kenneth bay. dennis rodman, that's his friend apparently. the former nba great in north korea on a good will mission, was asked about one of those jailed americans, kenneth bay this morning. watch what happened. >> you do have a relationship with this man. you said it many times. we've seen it demonstrated, for whatever reason. are you going to take an opportunity, if you get it, to speak up for the family of kenneth bay and to say, let us know why this man is being held? that this is wrong, he is sick. if you can help, will you take the opportunity? >> the one thing about politics, kenneth bay -- if you understand. if you understand what kenneth bay did, do you understand what he did? >> what did he do? you tell me, what did he do? >> no, you tell me! you tell me! why is he held captive? >> they haven't released any charges. they haven't released any reasons. >> listen -- >> let me do this. i would love to speak on this -- >> go ahead. >>

we began with the disappointing news out of north korea. the reclusive state has turned down south korea's offer for talks on possible re unions for families separated by the korean war the county and did however leave the door open for future dialogue under certain preconditions for unification ministry correspondent on some key reports mr yet has rejected south korea's proposal to discuss a resumption of family the union for those federated during the korean war. thursday's response came three days after south korean president of today expressed hopes of holding the humanitarian event sometime during the lunar new year holiday which falls in the last week of january. in a statement on thursday but know that there had seen no change in souls were like posture and sad for a successful round of humanitarian exchange is to take place the right atmosphere must be created although not named directly and can't seem to be referring to the upcoming joint military exercise between seoul and washington that takes place annually between february and

he was part of that group that traveled with rodman to north korea. smith says, they accomplished their goal. >> we all sat out to do, to use basketball as a bridge for cultural change. we accomplished that mission. all the players that were there. the american tourists. even our documentary film crew. i think we can all agree that the trip was just simply incredible. >> joining us now is former nba great kareem abdul-jabbar joining us from los angeles. kare kareem, were you a pointed a cultural ambassador in 2012 by then secretary of state hillary clinton. so your thoughts on this trip? mission accomplished or did it backfire? >> i think that it certainly backfired on them. i don't think they had a really good idea of what they could accomplish, because there's so much that is not known about north korea. it's a very unpredictable place. and the leadership there can do some very bizarre things. you know, caution is usually the best way to approach situations like that, and you know, when you have no idea of what's going to happen, it's usually a wise

what he was he doing in north korea? what was this trip about? >> the family says he was running a tour group in north korea, something he had done many times before, that he was there legally. now he is a prisoner. serving about 15 years of hard labor. kenneth bae has been in prison in north korea for well over a year. been there since around november of 2012. he is accused of hostile acts against the regime. the family says that's not the case. he had no intention to try to overthrow the north korean government. and he is married. he's a father of three, and the big thing is the family says his health is now deteriorating. wolf, they worry that with no movement, there's no way he's going to last 15 years hard labor. >> let's hope he gets out and gets out soon. thanks very much. chris lawrence reporting. >>> the basketball game with the north korean national team was a so oh called birthday gift from dennis rodman to the leader, king jong union, who rodman has called his, quote, best friend. rodman paid tribute before the game with this. ♪ hap

here with north korea there is almost no diplomatic energy going on. what is your best information about the u.s. state department, what they are doing and what they say they can do? >> you know, we can beg our case and plea all that we want to the leaders of dpk to show mercy and grant amnesty and let kenneth go. i don't think -- i think it will take more to bring him home and i think it is going to take more immediate intervention by the united states government to bring kenneth home. and i don't know exactly what that is going to look like and what it is going to take. one thing that has been made clear through communications from kenneth through all of the letters and a couple of phone calls he has been allowed to make over the last 14 months that it is going to take help and intervention from our government to secure his release. >> and do you believe you are getting any help? is it about more help or the right help? are you satisfied with what is happening on our state side? >> kenneth is my brother. i love him. he has been there way too long. ev

north korea's young leader is thought to be celebrating his birthday. but it seems to be a low-key affair. foreign observers have not detected any official ceremonies to mark the occasion. kim yong un is believed to have been born on january 8th. his exact age is not known, but he is thought to be 31. the north has not officially acknowledged the date as kim's birthday. but foreign officials in pyongyang say people on the streets seem to be aware of when their leader was born. associated press footage shows no special decorations in the capital. citizens seemed to be going about their lives as normal. >> translator: i went to work at the factory as usual. i finished my shift and i'm on my way home. >> former nba basketball star dennis rodman is visiting pyongyang. he and his american team practiced with north korean players for an exhibition game said to be in honor of kim's birthday. the u.s. administration is insisting that rodman's trip is a private visit. meanwhile the state-run news agency reports that north korea's parliament is preparing for an e

the institute said on its thirty eight north market the modifications should provide north korea with more advanced missile capabilities possibly giving it the ability to eventually strike u s soil. it said that the evidence indicates tell me only be preparing for a more robust market test program in the future the thing tag also said the north may have tested a rocket engine. egypt which road will balik atm elite intercontinental ballistic missile. robert gates the former us secretary of defense is proving to be quite the whirlpool as he did mentioned back in twenty eleven the north korea could develop into continental missile capable of hitting the us pacific coast within five years. south korea's once again urging north korea to respond to scholes proposal to hold a new round of the unions for families separated since the korean war child has suggested holding the remains in the third week the fed every tuesdays after telling him to propose to meetings be held the unification ministry said thursday that the north shouldn't have made its proposal to hold the free unions. if it was a

came up withay so the idea to travel to north korea. we did not know we were getting into. >> i did not know much about it. >> the music video is called escape to north korea. it is getting worldwide attention. some interesting stuff there. >> i wonder what dennis rodman thinks about that. >> he might check out the video now. when they were in north korea. we do have some freezing rain on the way. showersve some snow mixed as well. we'll see the northern maryland. all the pink, that is where we have the most precipitation. it is coming down as liquid and freezing on contact. it is very light. it does not seem terrible at this time. it does not take a lot of that ice to cause problems on the roadways. use a lot of caution this morning. most of the road to been treated . most of the main road to be ok, the side streets will be concerning. across 270 and up towards frederick. we are seeing this across loudoun county. we are seeing light rain. our temperatures are on the cusp and starting to drop and likely start to freeze. wider move, this

you are in north korea. that is ruled which bia man who just killed his uncle, holding an american, kenneth bay, hostage, for reasons we don't understand. and is known as one of the bad actors on the globe at this time. not someone to get a birthday present of nba talent. do you understand that? >> i think that in our minds, we came to do what we have been doing worldwide. which has been the same schedule. we're all americans. we're here to do goodwill. and, again, we're apologetic. we did not know that it was going to take this type of negative spin on what we were doing, because we're not politicians. we're not ambassadors. we're here to do what we have been doing most of our lives. >> charles, i get it. but it's about where you do it, as well. and, again, this is coming from somebody who is a fan and a supporter of a lot of the work that you have done. but dennis, when you bring him into this place and you call this ruler your friend, when he's executing his uncle and holding an american hostage, he is no

and at a time when another is held in north korea for unspecified crimes. the one piece of news has been that there'll be an election in march for the supreme people's assembly. only one candidate. they'll run unopposed, there'll be a huge turn out, but analysts will pour over who is in and out for signs of changes in the leadership. >> a fire swept through an express train in india. the blaze began in a second-class carriage on a service travelling from mumbai to the northern si. it's not clear what caused it. another fire on the train in the south-eastern state. killed 26 people millions of dollars worth of cocaine has been found in supermarkets in certainly ni. they discovered the drugs in boxes filled with bananas. it was sent to the stores by mistake. it's the largest discovery of cocaine in berlin for 15 years. >> former official jack straw is meeting the iranian official. straw is leading a british parliamenty delegation. relations between the u.k. and iran is strained since the british embassy was attacked in 2011. things do seem to be changing. bri

we accomplish a relationship on the sports side in north korea. where it goes from there, i do not know. >> victor blackwell, cnn atlanta. >>> still ahead, catching crooks now expected to be slightly easier with some high-tech water. we'll tell you how it all works. >> and temperatures are getting cold for tonight. despite the warm temperatures during the day, look for readings around this evening. temperatures near freezing by the bay. we'll have more. >>> the central florida town of winter park unveiled a new high-tech crime fighting tool called smart water, used to mark your valuables. you can put a small amount on your watch, whatever, tv, each vile of the smart water has its own unique competition. they can match property to an owner and a suspect to a crime. >> similar to dna in that it's traceable back to a unique individual, in this case, a unique individual homeowner and the product marked in that home. but it is. it's neat stuff. >> smart water is supposed to be impossible to wash off. they're such believe hers they're willing to give ev

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we accomplished a relationship on the sports side in north korea. where it goes from there, i do not know. >> victor blackwell, cnn, atlanta. >>> so did this effort at forced diplomacy go out-of-bounds. charles smith painted the trip as a success. yesterday i asked hamll of fame kareem abdul jabbar. >> it back fired on them. they had an idea what they could accomplish but so much isn't known about north korea. it's a very unpredictable place. the leadership there can do some very bizarre things. caution is usually the best way to approach situations like that when you have no idea of what's going to happen, it's usually a wise thing to do to stay away from those kinds of situations. >> a group of players returned from north korea this past week but rodman was not with them. governor chris christie trips over a bridge, and president obama gets slammed by a new book. all things political with candy crowley next. peoi go to angie's listt for all kinds of reasons. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. a

nb i tossed it will start in its rothman has arrived in north korea with his team a form of plays for an exhibition game on kenya months that i speaking to reporters he said he was doing it not to be famous but to share the wealth north korea was no sign that the flamboyant star also said he had received death threats for working with the reclusive nation. he was awarded no more the soonest. these guys to have to take the time. this is just repeating what they want they wanted. stan. but for much in the egg starts in north korea into its been great to kenny anderson and cliff robinson another team player tells the smith said his team are a dedicated bunch. it seems to have a lot of guys in here. that's most important on. it's not about winning. dream team errors it's about guys that are coming that want to be a part of this next year. kimberly beck care about humanity richmond has already made three trips to the cap to pyongyang his last visit late last month came shortly of the touching of kenya meals helped uncle e and sold to north korea is set into place helpful man was executed o

what he's now saying about an american held prisoner in north korea. we're live. >>> the people have spoken. the big winners and the big moments from the "people's choice awards." >> can't wait to hear that! good morning, everyone. >> i was all tied up with christie. >> "people's choice," that's the important stuff. great to see you, i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. thursday, january 9th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> we begin with the political fireworks surrounding one of the country's most prominent leaders who sure as heck seems like he has been preparing to run for president. these are just some of the questions facing new jersey governor chris christie as he wakes up this morning. one, will he speak out loud about the biggest scandal in his career with actual words? he was silent yesterday, taking no questions. will he fire some of his closest aides? were people's lives put at risk because of politics, raw, partisan politics? here's the background here about this imbrig loe, which involves the governor's office, a local mayor and what happe

north korea, the country where kim just executed his uncle a few weeks ago. karl penhaul is following this story. he's live in beijing for us this morning. karl, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, john, of course these trips are controversial because north korea has a dire record on human rights and because the regime quite frequently threatens to unleash nuclear war. add to that that american missionary kenneth bae is doing hard time in a north korea labor camp, but rodman and his team of nba all-timers have broad shoulders, they're unfazed, and they really do believe that they can build some bridges. >> one thing is showing people that we can actually get along. just get along. not politicians, nothing like that. i'm not trying to save the world. i'm not trying to save kenneth bae, all these people. it's not my job. not my job. my job is one thing, sports, and they love sports and he loves sports, and that's it. >> reporter: now, we know that the swiss-educated kim jong-un is a big basketball fan, and going along for this birthday basketball bash, along

well dennis red monday still in north korea. we're hearing reports this morning that he's going skiing with kim jong-un. his public list says he blames booze and stress for his bizarre out bursts and comments about kenneth bae. overnight dennis rodman admitted in a statement to cnn that he was out of bounds. he says, i want to apologize. i take full responsibility for my actions. some of my teammates were leaving because of pressure from their families and business associates. my dreams of basketball diplomacy were quickly falling apart. he had exploded in an interview with cnn's chris cuomo. >> i don't give a rat's ass what you think. >> in his apology, rod man explains his outburst, i had been drinking, i was upset i was overwell med. it's knot an excuse, it's the truth. >> happy birthday to you. >> singing happy birthday to leader kim jong-un and giving him a bow. >> you, sir, let me know. >> rodman sparked a fire storm with the seeming justification for kenneth bae to chris cuomo leaving bae's family back home shocked and di

rodman is in north korea to host a basketball game between former nba players and a team of north koreans. ♪ happy birthday to you >> before the game rodman led the crowd in singing "happy birthday" to north korea's dictator kim jong-un. he later called kim great leader. the former nba players trailed the north koreans at halftime and mixed it up in the second half. >>> well, one year after sending no one to cooperstown, voters sent three major leaguers to the hall of fame. tom glavine, greg maddux, and frank thomas were each selected. maddux and glavine both won more than 300 games, many of them as teammates in atlanta. thomas hit 521 home runs and won two mvp awards. he says he doesn't feel vindicated for making it to cooperstown while other players linked to steroids have not. >> i've never really worried about the other players and i probably was the last one that found out, you know, honestly that everybody was taking drugs, you know, and i felt stupid about it but i just didn't care about what other guys were doing. >> the hall is even farther away now for roger clemens and barry

his remarks about the prisoner in north korea that's grabbing headlines. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, january 9th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a political scandal that's engulfed about one of new jersey's rising stars, governor chris christie. e-mails show that a major traffic jam was manufactured. christie says he knew nothing about it. the close of the george washington bridge in fort lee, new jersey, caused a traffic nightmare. now the scandal is raising questions about christie's national political ambitions. marlie hall is here in new york. marlie, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, governor chris christie still maintains he had nothing do with the traffic tampering, but this could be the biggest test of his political career. new jersey governor chris christie says he is outraged and deeply saddened that a member of his staff and associates were behind a major traffic jam at the george washington bridge last year. newly released e-mails and text messages

some trees unification ministry said in a statement that north korea's attitude is regrettable. the ministry or sonora to consider the asian families they recommended liking the blogs i love begin as soon as possible. last week north korean officials agreed to the unions after the lunar new year on january thirty first. analysts say it pyongyang is using the occasion as a bargaining chip. they see the noise once before south korea to counsel a joint military drill with the united states in late february. environmental concerns are potential problems in a landfill project to relocate the u s and i am station in okie now want to pass defense this is as a consummate end by mentor issues will be set up soon okie now i gathered a few president cannot ask for the oversight the request came when he opened the central government's plan to start land reclamation off the city ofashvle. th msus he says localn envonmentay deer guns and see tables need protection. she needs to win making preparations to set up the panel few in line with the health ministry class. on this industry is this is

after a week of controversial basketball diplomacy in north korea a. rodman didn't say much as he walked through newark airport. our cameras caught up with him in beijing. >> i'm sorry for what is going on in north korea. i'm not god. i'm not an mbassador. i am no one. i just want to show the world we can get along. >> rodman insists he was only in north korea to promote basketball. did his trip do more harm than good? kenneth bae has been held in north korea for more than a year and cheri chung is his sister and she joins me. welcome. >> thank you. >> did you have any hope that he would be on the plane with dennis rodman? >> after mr. rodman's melt down on camera, no. that was totally uncalled for so we didn't expect assistance there this time. >> you mentioned the melt down. it was a melt down while he was over there. i want to remind our viewers of what he said. take a listen. >> do you understand what kenneth bae did? >> yeah. >> did doo you understand what he did? >> you tell me. what did he do? >> you tell me. why is he held captive? >> they have

he knows the master plan for north korea. and it was a surprisingly, the statement that he pronounced. it was similar to the last year. he was talking about the improvement of relations with south korea, which now were, and last year were at an all-time low, on the brink of war. kim jong un was talking not only about his domestic affairs, the execution of his uncle as the core of the anti-party, antirevolutionary faction which he praised, but talking about the international relations of north korea which look bleak. relations with south korea froze, and the relations with united states, not going anywhere. kim jong un was reiterating his wishlist to improve relations without suggesting a plan on how to achieve it. >> indonesia is launching the world's biggest health care scheme, wanting 240 people to have coverage. >> we are joined from jakarta. sounds like a great plan. it's underway in jakarta. how does it work? >> well, in jakarta that program launched in jakarta about a year ago, it was widely seen as a test run. when it