department responded: >> the united states special envoy to north korea made these additional comments. >> it is an indication that north korea does not seem to be seeking a better relationship with the united states. they are not taking actions to address our concerns on american citizens being held in north korea. >> north korea, impoverished and in need of food aid may try to leverage the situation. trading merrill newman for cop sessions. they may keep merrill newman, imprisoning him as they did kennith bay. it will be up to kim jong un. it may be some time before he returns home to northern california. >> secretary of state john kerry wouldn't comment directly on merrill newman's detention, but says north korea has been making "very disturbing choices." . >>> well, we are looking at colder temperatures, from teens to single digits across the north and central plains. i'll go to that in a moment. it's beautiful up here towards parts of seattle. all the weather is down towards the south. we are looking at clear skies. overnight lows will be cool for many places. no rain is expected in the next 24 hours. this is the forecas

north korea. he said oh, they're completely different. north korea was a member of the npt, the nonproliferation -- iran has renounced nuke career weapons. north korea was a member of the npt until after ten years they decided to leaf it. iran can leave it. every one of those three things that kerry mentioned are relate trick which is reversible. let me finish this time. what is needed is concrete dismantling of their program, not promises, not words. but verified dismantling and there's nothing in this agreement that does that. >> first of all there is something concrete which is they're going to dissolve the 20% enriched uranium. the question is for you, short of war, short of a disasterous, absolutely horrific abomination, a repeat of the worst thing that i have seen in my lifetime, which is the iraq war, short of that, what is the solution then? >> -- not suddenly believe promises when we have evidence over the last ten years that shea have they have every intention of -- which is also by the way going to come back and haunt you in six months if

. >> the 85-year-old palo alto man is being detained in north korea korea. >> what will happen. >>> and approaching 217 ,it looks -- it looks good. the and we will have more news weather and traffic coming up. . >>> board of supervisors say they have 40,000 units and many live in those homes. they want to allow them to keep one unit for a small fee but they would have to be covered by san francisco's rent controlled laws. >>> the wife of a palo alto man is making a public plea for his release. >> we are looking being forward to being together on thanks givenning and we need to have merrill back at the head of the table for the who'll -- holidays. >> merrill newman was escorted off the plane just before he was expected to come home. they have sent over his heart medication and they are hoping it gets to him. he was reportedly questioned the night before he was detained. >>> leading democratic and republican senators are working on reinstating sanctions if iran does not make good on the program -- dram. they hope to have it considered after its two week recess. >>> a new report but sandy

north korea to denuclearize. we will do what is necessary to defend ourselves and our allies against any threat from north korea and we will maintain and expand as necessary both national and multilateral sanctions against north korea. there will continue to be significant costs for future provocations. so pyongyang has a choice. on the one hand lies greater isolation and crippling economic private chen. on the other, a true chance for peace, development and global integration. another growing threat to regional peace and security and to u.s. interest is the rise of maritime disputes in the east china sea in the south china sea we aim to help governments in the region to communicate better with one another so that incidents at sea do not unintentionally spark wider conflicts. we encourage all parties to reject coercion and oppression and to pursue their claims in accordance with international law and norms through the establishment of peaceful, diplomatic processes for preventing their time conflicts. a good first step would be progress on a code of conduct for the south china sea. how are the nations and instituti

north korea, we have had similar unity and economic pressure. china and the united states have stepped up increasing the pressure on north korea. rth korea has not made a decision. it is important to come to the negotiating table in earnest. it has got to be -- given the past history of north korea -- a serious engagement if we are to do this again. north korea knows exactly what needs to do to demonstrate that it is serious. we remain open to the resumption of negotiations. we are open and have bilateral channels for communication with north korea, but north korea has to make the fundamental choice that it is serious about denuclearization. the five countries in the six parties, the members of the security council have been very clear about what is necessary. >> the last question is from a first-year masters student. i am very interested to know what dr. rice's take on the newly established chinese state security committee. suppose this committee had the primary mission. what would she say to him or her? [laughter] >> i think we need to wait and see exactly the nature of the responsibility this new security council will have. t

north korea. because both north korea. it's the challenge. to the npt regime. but the run has always argued that they are just blown developing a nuclear programs. for the pet episode peaceful use of nuclear damage. it then what are some of the lessons to be learned from iran deal that we can apply to you and are dealing with north korean the future we can learn the lessons from the iranian fuels i mean negotiations and naim know me wary. in solving the iranian nuclear crisis however there is some good conditions. north korea. i mean the cup for nuclear weapons and its regime survivor. and then north korea must return to the npt regime. maren will thank you so much for your time tonight isn't that much. for your dns and another began. get the latest line from seoul expert analysis from ages fourteen with the viewpoint of the covert its global network and why on arrival that. he always on standby south. troubled political front independent lawmaker and former presidential candidate and ties to announce that he's laying the groundwork for a new political party to

the reality is north korea is not acting as a member of the mpt. it is it is clear that north korea has withdrawn from the iaea and north korea's not a member of the iaea. so in order to do any activities in north korea, we need the first political agreement among major states, and we need consent from the board of governors of the iaea. what can we do with respect to north korea? i think the first step we can take is a small step. perhaps we can send back our inspectors to where there exists a nuclear facility. it would just be a small step, but i think it would allow for a meeting. when we had our inspector up there in 2009, and now we continue to monitor. >> thank you very much. i would like to open up to questions from the audience. members of the press, please hold your fire, we will get questions from you later. state your name, affiliation and please ask the question, we do not have much time. no speeches. >> thank you very much. one of the goals is to secure against more intrusive inspections by the iaea. what would these more intrusive inspections involve? what would you ne

indication that north korea seems not to be seeking a better relationship with theiates, that they are not taking actions to address our concerns about american citizens held in north korea. >> north korea impoverished in need of food aid may trade nooum jp for concessions. the government may keep him, imprisoning him as they did, another. >> it's unlikely north korea will free merrill newman quickly. in negotiation with the united states will likely be protracted, meaning it will be some time before he returns to california. >> good evening. we are looking at rainy conditions, strong conditions, in terms of how much rain will be falling across the ohio river valley. illinois is getting a break. we have know coming into the forecast. here towards the south-west arizona, that means flooding for you. the rain coming off the pacific, we expect to see flash flooding there. it's the cold temperatures that we'll see across the central plains that i'm concerned about, especially by tomorrow morning. take a look at what we have now. we are talking about 20s, kansas, 30s. down here towards the texas panhandle. factor in the wind chill, it's like this. lincoln nebraska, icy condit

north korea. what happens when the six- month period that was agreed to it ends? >> i very strongly believe that iran is far more dangerous than north korea. north korea acquired nuclear weapons out of desperation. iowa ran is seeking them after aspiration to rule the muslim and arab world and export shiite extremism and change civilization as we know it and woip israel off of the face of the map. i know the foreign minister. he is a tough cookie and he can be very smiling and it didn't start a few weeks ago. the iranian are masters of deception. they will use the six months to get a bomb. and i am afraid the world will realize they are dealing with a more dangerous iran that is close tore a bomb and i don't see how the world will behave differently. >> many will say, too, once you loosen the sanctions it is difficult to tighten them again. ambassador dan gillerman in tel aviv where it is already evening there. >>> new warnings to expect more cancelled insurance policies in the new year. on the chapping block employer- provided plans. 78 million could have their plans cancelled. jim is live with us in washington. 78 million, jim? >> that'

north all i can get his attack on a south korean warship analysts say the company's participation in the railway project. this represents an opportunity for south korea to initiate route laptop project that north korea through a direct entry and still be within the bay and resented the twenty fourth seed ships. south korea would not directly invest in north korea over participate in projects that the common estate is carrying out what the dirt and trees such as fresh and try again to use infrastructure development that means against your friend business partner would be the purest can't read not south korea. reducing the risks and losses. hall has yet to be here in its joint business projects but ignore it because of its expected the heat here in the pianist. but experts have also expressed some skepticism that doubt is the area such as tents. if north korea were to stick to its nuclear program without demonstrating any changing a habit you. neighboring countries could be reluctant to join south korea in providing economic support to the cat tree a nanny for went into action the us china's state council or yen did fail will visit seoul this weekend for high level strategic concept korea's foreign mi

major reason for its selection of the threat of north korea in mind he noted too thick to be prepared for possible nuclear and missile threats from north korea if i did get most of the fittest need to carry out the kill chain or a preemptive attack to neutralize any nuclear weapons ole miss aisles when they use these detectives that royalties will be buying forty x sixty. initially proposed to fit within the fighter proposed budget of seven point two billion scholars. the remaining twenty jets which may not necessarily etf that by the model a special for her of the year twenty twenty four. the decision to select the f thirty five. several months after seoul rejected the purchase of the eighty s is killed by a typhoon and police at the same people because both models had relatively weak self features compared to the acetate and eight. korea's defence ministry is expected to sign a contract to purchase the thirty five subjects next year by the jets' starting point. and to be vengeance. u s special representative for north korea policy glyn davies held talks with the south korean counterpart retail and small on this friday after over two hours

any orders from north korea nor from that with the north korean spy your future prosecutors' claims that he plotted an uprising in the event of the north korean attack against south korea sink that was actually concerned about possible scenarios fall in the us led invasion of north korea. even ten minutes of testing many added that he lectured at a meeting in nadi on what would happen to south korean society. she wanted to launch an attack on north korea. anyhow the korean peninsula to say that the peaceful system and its aftermath. prosecutors meanwhile defined in korea he allegedly led called a revolutionary organization yes in and your grand group that east or africa or south korea's democratic order and priests is former north korean leader teenage son's political ideology the accused ian our members for plotting de tailed attacks on major south korean care for men facilities in the event of the knowledge that provocation by the north in response team's defence team said the organization doesn't even exist as its members organizational sense then that activities and clear. be smart but not to say that parts of the teeth reporting that the portly has our members put

north korea is detaining u.s. citizens. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> another u.s. citizen has been held in north korea for over a year. he was detained for doing missionary work. in 2010 jimmy carter helped win the release of a man who was arrested for illegally entering north korea. and a year earlier bill clinton traveled to north korea to free two american journalists. both who was held for four months. >>> only on 2 deputies are searching 7 locations in foresheets as part of a drug -- four cities as part of a drug bust. eric rasmussen is live to explain why it didn't come as a big surprise to some neighbors. >> reporter: a man who works in this office park thought he smelled marijuana a month ago. he was right. deputies confirmed they found hundreds of marijuana plants in several rooms in the back of this office behind me. >> reporter: our camera was on scene as deputies were sealing off the entrance to the office. as they brought out bags of marijuana plants here investigators confirm similar searches were playing out at six other locations, homes and businesses. the search warrants all part of t

dated november 9th and he said he was guilty of a long list of indelible crimes against north korea. north korea. newman was in north korea legally as a tourist on a nine-day trip and held captain tip since october 26th when he was taken off a plane by authorities when he was heading home. other american war vets have visited the country in the past without any problems. now that he has gone through this confession, many believe there could be a possibility of his release but, at this moment, he is still being held prisoner. >> eunice, thank you. >>> the u.s. has apologized for an air strike in afghanistan that killed a child. nato officials say the attack took place thursday in afghanistan's heldman procvince. u.s. and afghanistan are working toward a security agreement that would keep american groups in afghanistan beyond 2014. >>> montana is fighting to get a former high school teacher back behind bars after he served one month for the rape of a 14-year-old girl. prosecutors filed an appeal with the state supreme court friday saying the 31-day term stacy dean rambold served did not meet the m

this morning growing concern about a bay area man held against his will in north korea and how this may effect u.s. and north korea relations. 85-year-old meryl newman went to north korea last month but he was taken off a plane and detained ever since. john kerry says this is another disturbing decision by another north korea -- by the north korea. >>> sal, you have a busy job today. we have winds, we have trees down. no bart service. >> that is right no bart service because of major computer issues. the switches on the tracks are not communicating. and that means no train service. more people will be on the road especially at the bay bridge toll plaza in contra costa county. we have more people on the road as well. this is highway 4. its very slow coming in from antioch. let's talk about the commute here at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is busier than it normally would be on a friday. that is for sure. sometimes on fridays we don't have any big backups but today that is much different as people are jumping in the car and heading across. and this morning's commute on the east bay freeway is still looking pretty go

north korea's interest which means easing tensions -- sanctions. there are two points in this proposal. number is demanding resumption of the talks. number two is returning the the 2005 joint statement framework. north korea does not want any preconditions. they just want go back to the negotiating table as a nuclear state which cannot be accepted by u.s., japan and korea. from the north korean perspective, the value of six-party is great if there's no preconditions. and especially 2005 agreement there is everything north korea wants. specifically they can end economic sanctions, and they can get help from outside. number one priority of kim jong regime this year is simultaneous pursuit of economic development and nuclear deterrence. and second is ending the political isolation. they can normalize the relations with other countries, but the problem is, and the point is this is all about tug of war over preconditions. the u.s. has been very firm about their position toward north korea. to make matters worse, as you said, north korean security authority took into custody 85-year-old american, and this situation impedes more any efforts to improve north korea and u.s. relations. probably north korea did this

boosting economic cooperation in dealing with north korea from some cave reports the early as possible participation in to any malay project between backs and north korea will likely dominate the upcoming senate between president campaign and has russian counterpart the applicant. reading between the chad's eastern border town of hindsight and the north korean port city of rides in the fifty four climbing there really is part of president clinton's goal of turning red shackleton a good president for trade between east asia and year out. the russian leader has probably been sent me a freaking nice and the project most recently in september at the group of twenty seven years for it and the two sides are expected to strike a deal this time around russians sharing the project currently stands at seventy per cent and under the dl south korean companies are expected to acquire. that's the theme brush and the key for me as when espn for a third. the two leaders are also expected to discuss other forms of trilateral cooperation including the construction of a gas pipeline running through brush and north korea south korea as well as to say the project entailed

north korea last year and earlier this year. he was convicted of hostile acts against north korea. bay is still in prison there serving 15 years of hard labor, and you may remember in march of 2009 american journalist una lee and laura ling were arrested for crossing into north korea from china. the two were reporting for san francisco's bay current tv at the time. they were sentenced to 12 years hard labor, but were released in august of that year after an unannounced visit to north korea by president clinton. >>> we have new details this morning on a security agreement over in afghanistan that could affect tens of thousands of americans. the afghan president telling a gathering of about 2,000 tribal elders in kabul that if a joint u.s.-began security agreement is seened, 10,000 to 15,000 troops, most of them americans, will remane in afghanistan for another decade. after that those troops would slowly start to draw down. he says those troops would mostly be used to train their afghan counterparts. now, he also says -- and the white house has confirmed this report, that president o

intercontinental ballistic missile delivery systems and nuclear weapons with yeonpyeong, north korea. north koreas the wildman in this. they were involved in building the reactor that israelis took out in syria and they were involved in all kind of icbm testing. of course, we don't know how much money iranians are putting in the north korean system if they agree we won't do it in iran, what is to say they won't do it in north korea. >> a big unknown. now i want to shift gears to get to a project that has been close to your heart. >> you released a new book "american heroes on the home front." you profile the amazing men and women from battlefield to home front and show us why they're inspirations to us all. why was this important to document stories? >> make sure i have this right side up. the marine bah at thion in 2006 through iraq and we -- battalion in 2006 through iraq. and we kept telling story on the home front. it got home and betsy said you never understood what we were going through at home. she had been a marine wife for better part of quarter over of a century. she was right. i wanted

korea relations. south koreans have held the ceremony to mark the third anniversary of north korea's shelling of the young long island. south korea's prime minister issued a strong warning to the north the ceremony took place in seoul on saturday. for south korean soldiers and citizens died in the attack on the islands. south korea's prime minister john one one expressed hope that equally as could take the peaceful path toward mutual prosperity but he also gave them a warning to the north. would you leave. you changed no tolerance will be given to those who trip to south korea's democracy and security. the prison and a concussion. after the dublin south korean forces upgraded their military equipment the south's military leaders say that in the event of the military publication by the noise. they're ready to order attacks on both the north front line troops and its military science behind the lines. the north korean people's army released a statement on friday saying it the south for both the north again its presidential office will be targeted. automotive fans are flocking to the tokyo motor show which is highlighting next generat

north korea did not. they have gotten help from north korea. they learned a lesson from north korea. it's time this administration learned a lesson from our mistake and the mistake from the clinton administration and madeleine albright. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. speier for 30 minutes. ms. speier: everyone has heard about the price is right, but on c-span tonight, we're going to play the price is wrong. but before doing so, i want to put this in perspective. a number of years ago, we were all aghast as taxpayers when we found out that in the department of defense, we were spending 436 on a hammer. urn.ent $7,600 on a coffee and we spent $640 on a toilet seat. talk about flushing money down a toilet. we were doing it. but that's fleecing that we thought had ended, has actually continued. since 2010, the inspector general of the department of defense has found that we are spending more than $430 million over wh

. >> is this the same thing that north korea did in the clinton administration back in the 1990s? >> yeah, north korea did this on multiple occasions. it did it to the bush administration, too, with the bush administration embarrassingly removing north korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. opening their access to international financial markets. didn't change a thing. north korea exploded two nuclear devices after that relief from sanctions. because what iran sees, what north korea benefitted from is the will to sanctions in the west is weak. let me give you one concrete example that the obama administration faced. countries had indicated they wanted to resume purposes of iranian oil at higher levels. and under the u.s. sanctions legislation, the white house would have had two choices. one, impose sanctions on the likes of china, india, and south korea for violating our sanctions. or two, giving additional waivers to those countries which would have been very difficult politically. so in a way, what iran has done is break through the clutter and allowed itself to reestablish its commerci

a lot of parallels, tony, being drawn between iran and north korea. north korea, obviously for years, has been playing this game with the west, promising to roll back its nuclear program. when they get what they want, they start back up again. bob corker, the top republican on t on the committee visited the president when this deal was taking shape. the president is asking them to hold back on toughening new sanctions on iran. here is corker's reaction to the deal. ? >> it looks like we have tacitly agreed they will be enriching for commercial purposes down the road. i think you are going to see on capitol hill again a bi-partisan effort to try to make sure that this is not the final agreement because people know this administration is strong on announcements, very -- long on announcements but very short on follow drive-thru. and i think there is a lot of concern. >> reporter: so the president is asking the senate to hold back, give this six-month period a chance. we heard from the democratic leader harry reid and he hinted strongly that's what he is going to do.

the second is that governments north korea policy came into question if we label the international community sanctions on iran as one hundred its sanctions on north korea come only to a level of ten. are you aware of this i am all and that there have been questions about the effectiveness of the sanctions. lawmakers from all sin of the ruling party also raise concerns that not all countries concerned are on the same age in terms of pestering them yet. when it comes to north korea sanctions the us is rather passive as its china since washington is our ally you can persuade them that but how are you going to drop cooperation from beijing when pressed on truckin and visit china this summer the two leaders so i need to lie in many areas. seoul and beijing a working closely together the effectiveness of the pot administration's frost park he says was also called into question. prime minister told no one said he believes the subtle improvements in the north south relations will be seen sitting as a result of the policy. you guys i think north korea not on things. it is that it will get a trim as if the complaints which was just trying to keep the pot however

north korea side. what failed in north korea they never gave us the capacity to really verify the agreement. they gave us capacity to verify the graphite moderator reactor, but frankly, we could do that from outer space. they did not allow us into undeclared sites, with that we could not continue. i think uranium enrichment is really key in iran. it's going to be tough to do this verification, but i think at least we have a more robust system of availability to verify. with sanctions with north korea, we never really relaxed sanctions. at one point we held $23.000000 of their money that was frozen to a bank in macao. we ultimately gave them back $23 million, but i don't think north korea was going to do something or not do something over $23 million. in iran there is the extraordinary length and breadth of these financial sanctions has been something that plays a completely different and far more strong role in the iran deal. >> quickly, mr. ambassador, before we go, there are many in congress who are not happy about this deal. there are many in the israeli government who not interested in th

visited the secret secretive state of north korea and hasn't been heard from since. 58-year-old merrill newman was traveling with a friend on a tour of north korea. his son says the two were there legally as tourists. five minutes before departing back, his family says newman was taken off the plane. north korean authorities haven't confirmed their holding newman, but fp true, he would be the second american hung in pyongyang after missionary kenneth bay, an unwelcome back drop for america's special envoy to north korea, now in asia, to stall relations with the communist state. >> how do you think this will impact your ability to restart nuclear talks? >> it is an indication that north korea seems not to be seeking a better relationship with the united states. that they are not taking actions

north korea. newman was in north korea legally as a tourist on a nine-day trip. had been held captive in north korea since october 26th when he was taken off plane heading home by authorities. newman's detention has confused north korea watchers, mainly because other american war vets have been able to visit the country without any problems. now that he has gone through this confession, there's been some speculation he could be released but at this moment, he is still being held prisoner. alex? >> nbc's u nice yun, thanks for that. president obama and the first lady getting a new wide-ranging interview with barbara walters. the president addressed concerns about the health care rollout and questions about his legacy. ing >> every president in their second term is you know, mindful that you've only got a limited amount of time left and you want to make sure you are squeezing every last ounce of energy that you have to try to deliver on the commitments you made to the american people. >> president obama's self-imposed deadline is fast approaching. 12 hours to go fo

price tag, and her country would never accept a nuclear-armed north korea. >> we cannot repeat the vicious cycle of the past, where north korea's nuclear threats and provocations were met with and then followed by renewed provocations and threats. otherwise, north korea will continue to further advance its nuclear capability, and will come to a point where this situation will be even harder to crack. we will not be talking about whether north korea should or should not possess nuclear weapons. but their demands will creep to such an extent that they will be calling for arms reduction or arms talks. and it will be more difficult to deal with this issue. >> after decades of failed negotiations and nuclear tests, pyongyang is getting closer to a deliverable nuclear weapon. it's long-range rocket launch last year, and its most recent nuclear test, have helped bring north korean friends and enemies a little closer together. china asdent describes a very close neighbor, which makes the growing rift between south korea and japan, america's biggest allies in the region's -- in the region, more surprising. >> i look to japan as a very i

with it.ting in line north korea has withdrawn from the iaea, and is not a member of the iaea. activities to do any in north korea, we need the first political agreement among states, and- major we need consent from the board of governors of the iaea. korea, iect to north think the first step we can take is a small step. perhaps we can send back our where there exists a nuclear facility. it would just be a small step, but i think it would allow for a meeting. inspector upur , and now we9 continue to monitor. thank you very much. i would like to open up to questions from the audience. members of the press, please hold your fire, we will get questions from you later. affiliation,me, and please ask the question, we do not have much time. no speeches. >> thank you very much. the goals is to secure against more intrusive inspections by the iaea. what would these more intrusive inspections involve? what would you need to do that you're not doing now? one ofs the issue of the paths, where i cannot give an answer. measureslly means contain an additional protocols. a more comprehensive safeguard agreement to an inspection

we have been through that before with north korea. >> north korea. right. >> in 1994. was supposed to be verified. the north koreans cheated. i don't trust the iranians to do -- honor that result but for sure, they need to take the first step, not us. they're the ones that are pursuing the weapons. they're the ones who are going against all the u.n. resolutions and the world -- >> you oppose it. >> i absolutely oppose it. i think it's very bad negotiating on our part. another desperate way to get out of a difficult dilemma and avoid making a hard choice. >> senator dan coats, thank you so much. appreciate it. good luck to you. >>> when we come back, where does he find the time? governor chris christie adds a new job to his resume and is being asked how it could help him in 2016. >>> plus an 85-year-old man is grabbed from his plane by north korean officials and his family has not heard from him since. why is he being held? i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my op

a similar deal with north korea i can jam reports on whether pyongyang and the next the landmark nuclear deal with you on on sunday. we spoke to a nuclear agreement with north korea. although some think the deal could set a precedent for a deal with the north. local experts here in south korea are skeptical the sea that iraq and north kirby are fundamentally different which affects the amount and degree of control the international community has in spades the scariest scenes it's neither program as a deterrent against external threats and so most experts think it is very unlikely that tonya will relinquish its nuclear program. it claims to be in euclid seed and so there's very little room for the kind of exchange that can be to a deal. young and dropped out of a new leg nonproliferation treaty in nineteen eighty three and then the country went ahead with three new bill is passed you on the other hand is party to the npt and cleans its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. in addition the international community does have something valuable to offer you're on a steam train ride suspension of some of its activities the lifting of certain economic solutions in t

price tag, and her country would never accept a nuclear-armed north korea. >> we cannot repeat the vicious cycle of the past, where north korea's nuclear threats and provocations were met with and then followed by renewed provocations and threats. otherwise, north korea will continue to further advance its nuclear capability, and will come to a point where this situation will be even harder to crack. we will not be talking about whether north korea should or should not possess nuclear weapons. but their demands will creep to such an extent that they will be calling for arms reduction or arms talks. and it will be more difficult to deal with this issue. >> after decades of failed negotiations and nuclear tests, pyongyang is getting closer to a deliverable nuclear weapon. it's long-range rocket launch last year, and its most recent nuclear test, have helped bring north korean friends and enemies a little closer together. china asdent describes a very close neighbor, which makes the growing rift between south korea and japan, america's biggest allies in the region's -- in the region, more surprising. >> i look to japan as a very i

we need to talk about this whole dennis rodman north korea situation because it's awesome robin has become b.s.f. with kim jong un north korea's dictator he visited north korea this year for a t.v. show what else and he got along so well with the dictator that he was quoted as saying i love him he's now organizing our basketball game to celebrate kim's birthday next year recently rodman went back to north korea for another visit and he came back gushing about what a great time we had i want to great guy kim is he's been making lots of statements to the press about how the dictator is just as understood this thing is that all that calling him just a good hearted kid so dennis rodman has made it his mission to improve relations between the u.s. and north korea dennis rodman a guy who can barely pronounce words who got rich off of basketball they did madonna and carmen electra has a well documented drug and alcohol problem and has starred in donald trump's reality show the apprentice in other words dennis rodman is the perfect representation of america he has the euro understanding of politics or labor camps or anything of any re

north korea and cuba. un security council resolutions down arms exports to north korea. lolx atlanta our country is in a position to cooperate with the un investigation into the incident. they did it full of awesome. want to recast his best to suggest that north korea had violated un resolutions. japan's prime minister has taken a stand in the latest silk driving vehicles are not designed to help avoid a traffic accident and make a brooch state. high tech automobiles developed by toyota honda and nissan will lead to the prime minister has offered some stuff on it the shoes off and was briefed about how old gold cameras and radar systems controlled vehicles on the road remained a safe distance the pot . they enjoyed being a passenger as he was driven over on the diet building. lake is fully open minded driving systems enable the vehicle to celebrate bright and even taught comments lol. called the ring of avoiding obstacles and changing lanes all done safely. the cells from an economy trade and industry ministry said. this is the first time such cost of travel on roads in j

a series of attacks allegedly by north korea cost south korea $800 million. power stations like this dot the landscape across the u.s.ed inca and mexico. one effective attack could darken much of north america and knock all of this out of commission. that's what happened in 2003 when a small power outage spread across a canadian province and eight u.s. states. a repeat could bring on a series of cascading power failures and cybersecurity experts say widespread public panic. >> 18 russian beluga whales are at the center of a controversial. one aquarium wants to import them for conservation and breeding purposes. >> reporter: the georgia aquarium has four. >> they are such a remarkable species. >> reporter: now th the aquarium wants to import the beluga whales. the georgia aquarium said its trial for public education. >> we have to have these animals in our care moving forward so we can study them and learn everything we can know about them and apply it to research that we have on beluga in their natural an tat. habitat. >> reporter: their requests have been den

>> according to the united , north korea has to implement all iaea safeguards. that north korea has declared to have withdrawn from the treaty. arguments.ome the reality is north korea is not acting as a member of the mpt. it is it is clear that north korea has withdrawn from the iaea and north korea's not a member of the iaea. so in order to do any activities in north korea, we need the first political agreement among major states, and we need consent from the board of governors of the iaea. what can we do with respect to north korea? i think the first step we can take is a small step. perhaps we can send back our inspectors to where there exists a nuclear facility. it would just be a small step, but i think it would allow for a meeting. when we had our inspector up there in 2009, and now we continue to monitor. >> thank you very much. i would like to open up to questions from the audience. members of the press, please hold your fire, we will get questions from you later. state your name, affiliation, and please ask the question, we do not have much time. no speeches. >> thank

an 85-year-old man being detained in north korea with no reason given by either north korea authorities or the state department. >> reporter: the channing house a tight nit retirement community. in september newman took a trip to north korea and had breakfast with friend brian frankle before he left. >> reporter: was he excited. >> yeah. because he had been in the military to in korea. >> reporter: what was the intent of the trip? >> just to have a vacation. >> reporter: he was traveling with another resident bob, hammer law but were apparently removed from a return night. bob came home later alone. >> bob didn't say really anything other than they pulled them off the plane. and no explanation. >> reporter: we reached out to hammer law but he would only give us this staple there has been to be a huge misunderstanding. numan from graduated uc berkeley, got a masters from stan toward and taught the two east bay high school. his wife and children and grandchildren are not talking pubically but says she has limited private conversations with his her. >> health wise he had to get pull pill -

north korea. reports from the state department are north korea allowed swedish embassy officials to visit merrill newman. al jazeera is following the story and will bring you more as soon as we have it. >> still ahead on al jazeera america - many in ireland call for the united nations to solve the controversy over the nation's abortion laws. the white house is accused of blocking photographer's access. and a disturbing trend in puerto rico, why more and more people are leaving the country. cash ooffs harbour >> 50,000 puerto ricans are leaving their homeland every year, the most in years. puerto rico has the highest unemployment rate in the u.s. casey kauffman shows us one business there is booming. >> unemployment here is twice the national average. but this man has never worked so much. his moving company can barely keep up with the requests. >> translation: most goes abroad. orlando, miami, texas, new york. we have local jobs, but it is care. >> mr and mrs lopez lived in the u.s. and came back to puerto rico for retirement. all of their children and relatives are in florida. >> translation: i w

and there is more information now on a developing story coming out of north korea, the state department con officialing that north korea detained a u.s. citizen. he was reportedly taken off of a plane after his nine-day trip to north korea. he has not been in contact with anyone since then. but today his wife lee asked the government to release her husband. the family has been working with the state department and the swedish embassy to secure the release of the veteran. north korea has not made any public comments about holding him. >>> coming up next on al jazeera america, people won't forget where they were own the day they found out that jfk had died. we'll give you a time line when we come back. >> we find the fault lines that run through communities. >> the shooting happened about 30 minutes ago. >> companies... >> the remains of the fire are still everywhere here. >> the powers that be at home and around the world... >> not only do they not get compensation but you don't even have to explain why? >> well thats exactly what i said. >> we question authority. >> so you said we could get access... >> that's enough!

he took a trip to north korea. >> was he excited about going to north korea? >> yeah, because he had been in the military in korea. >> what was he looking forward to doing? what was the intent of the trip? >> just to have a vacation. >> reporter: newman was traveling with bob hemmerlaw, but the two were removed from a flight. bob came home alone. >> bob didn't say really anything, other than they pulled him off the plane. and no explanation. >> reporter: we reached out to him, but he only give us this statement. there has to be a tremendous misunderstanding, i hope the north koreans will allow him to return to his family as soon as possible. newman got a masters from stanford, and taught at two east bay high schools. his wife, children, and grandchildren are not talking publicly. but she has had limited conversations with her husband. >> health wise, he had to get some pills and it was worked out that she would mail them some place. >> reporter: we learned tonight, newman got much needed blood medication. robert honda, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> coming up, a sto

transferring these operations would not be the symbol because there aren't many infiltration by north korea into south korea through a third country which nom said the prosecution and police would have difficulty handling on their own. nom also said he and i as well some of its own proposal for internal reforms after the outing and this week tvnz identities. figuring out to washington and the nuclear envoy said south korea and the us discuss ways to resume the six party talks aimed at the nuclear rising north korea at this as china's nuclear negotiator a ride and come down for tks on the same issue of foreign affairs correspondent and spunky reports. after nearly four hours of marathon discussions on monday in washington. the yeti that a state of the affair and stationary position on the conditions were the opening of the stalled six party in your life nation talks. describing the meeting as very productive and useful south korea's chief nuclear envoy to pale and said he had reaffirmed that its us counterpart leigh davies that very thing and in the process of fine tuning their strategy ab said that the two

. >>> growing concern about a bay area man being held against his will in north korea and how this will effect u.s.-north koreans. he went to north korea last month but he was pulled off of a plane and detained ever since. secretary of state john kerry says this is another disturbing decision by the north korean government. other u.s. officials say this hinders efforts to restart negotiations over north korea's nuclear program. >> afghan leaders are reviewing a security agreement with the united states. one that lays out a plan for keeping up to 15,000 american troops in afghanistan after the plan withdraw of foreign troops next year. afghan president karzai is urging the council to approve the agreement. but he would prefer his successor sign it after the elections in april. >>> new numbers from a federal survey show the south bay has one of the worst homeless problems in america. san jose and santa clara county have the fifth highest number of u.s. homeless people. that is according to the u.s. department of housing and urban development. hud counted nearly 7600 homeless in the county. noted that high rents

the state department issued a blanket warning against all american travel to north korea the first warning since north korea began allowing american tourists in 1995. >> new this morning, san francisco mayor lear is denying the rumor he is in the running to become the next united states ambassador to china. the current ambassador announce ed his resignation and lee currently is in china and the spokesman said he has not been approached and he has he of althoughs his job which takes 100 percent of his time. >> still to come, san francisco eyes a plan used overseas to stop bicycle thieves. >> major production for a plane that landed at the wrong airport to take off again. >> bringing sight saving surge troy a san jose man but, first, outside to a picture of the city if all its glory from our sutro to thosuffered in silence... hoped... and lived in a state of fear... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com or call