if you read the biography of kim jong-il, some republican candidates do come to mind.of nasty last night, malice. i think of the great lincoln line with malice toward none. >> malice by name, malice by nature. you wrote this book about the dictator and you see similarities with the presidential candidates. >> they are all using the government to enforce their will on the people, so they will have university techniques they use in any country. john: you also wrote a book called "ego and hubris." your book depicts the north korean dictator say i remember the day i was born perfectly. >> there is nobody bigger or better at the military than i am. we'll have so much winning if i get elected you may get bored with winning. john: did he make you think of the dictator. >> kim jong-il boasts that he remembers the names and birthdays of every person he ever met. he went to military school for 3 months because that's all he needed. so there i certainly no short and of bragging in north korea though he does talk about how modest he is. john: his people say he move so quickly u.s.

apparently today is the 17th anniversary that kim jong il was elected secretary of the party, and peopleare coming to these statues to pay their respects." >> a lot of people from different walks of life. army soldiers. they come... north korea has one of the largest standing armies in the world. men are conscripted for up to 10 years. it's because of the idea of "songun", which means "military first." >> we are headed to the border between north and south korea. it's one of the most heavily fortified border areas in the world. we just passed three checkpoints but we were not allowed to film because of security concerns we went to meet lt. colonel nam tong ho, of the korean people's army >> on this side is north korea and the other is united states and south korea. >> the west is always saying north korea has to dismantle their nuclear weapons program... north korea has to do this... ...and has to do that... what would it take? we were told the nuclear deterrent - as they call it - means the government can focus on other things, like development. >> we are building more fancy looking bui

pictures of kim jong-il watching that launch were released. >> u.n. secretary ban ki-moon called the launch deplorable. there are calls for strong punitive measures. seoul will begin talks with the u.s. on the new missile defense system. we'll have the very latest from that emergency u.n. meeting in new york, but first, harry fossett reports from the south korea capital. >> north korea had already brought its week long launch window forward by a day and wasn't wasting time. two hours into that window, the rocket carrying the bright star satellite lifted off. all overseen by the country's young leader and relayed by its most famous news reader. >> the complete success made in the liftoff is fruition of the great workers of korean policy. it's an event in developing the countries science technology and defense capability. >> a rocket that can launch a satellite could also carry a nuclear warhead. even if this one, slow to fuel and hard to conceal is far from the ideal weapon. >> this system itself doesn't really have military applications but neverthele

ji-woo told us that when kim jong il died, many people had a secret hope his son would bring change, but she says it could not be said publicly and they had to fake their grief but she said that hope didn't last long. >> did you ever see something like that? did you see executions? >> there is a small dirty secret. there is very little resistance in an efficient and sufficiently brutal dictatorship state. resistance is possible when repression doesn't work properly. and if you have a well-run repressive state, nobody dares to say anything. (9 >> after more than 60 years, the division between north and south korea is still a fault line north korea has now threatened a nuclear test because of the united nations attention on human rights in the country. ambassador joseph detrani is a former u.s. negotiator with north korea on their nuclear program. the six party talks reached a dead end in 2009. >> if they are not happy with something, they will tell you; well we're not happy with something. and if you persist, we'll have a nuclear test, we'll have a missile launch. and i think the exp

kim jong-il died of an apparent heart attack in 2011 after ruling north korea for 17 years. son, kim jong-un, took over the reins after his father's death. a quick reminder of the top stories for you. the u.n.'s syria envoy meets onh syria's foreign minister facing hostilities and the dire need for humanitarian aid. this after deadly missile strikes hit schools in aleppo. britain's prime minister david cameron plans to hold talks with the european commission chief, jean-claude juncker, in brussels later today. the strategy will not entertain the idea of a brexit. three months on from terror attacks that rocked the french capital, the eagles of death metal archer return to the stage. the band want to complete the concert they started before gunmen stormed the bataclan, and opened fire on the audience, killing 90 people. the change of pace now. stephen carroll joins me. good afternoon. we start with the price of oil, which is having a rather bumpy ride on the markets today. stephen: that is right. meetings are taking place between four major ministers of oil-producing countries

. >> reporter: kim jong il roj rogers talking exclusively to news 4. the town wide alert centers on this house in the cliffwood neighborhood and four pit bulls kept in the back yard pens. champ tested positive for rabies. kim's daughter owned champ and the other two. kim's dog moo was the fourth one here. >> she loved me. i loved her. >> reporter: she was a part of you? >> right now i'm almost in mourning. >> reporter: champ bit three people and a fourth person was exposed. >> unfortunately we can't say with 100% certainty that where exactly this dog was at every moment of the day. >> reporter: we were told the dog never left this back yard but ray bies is easy to transmit. the saliva from the infected animal gets into those cuts, any mucus membranes or eyes. >> reporter: the dogs had rays bies vaccinations in the past but apparently they were out of date. she had scheduled to have all four dogs vaccinated this coming weekend, and then champ came down with that. >>> with jobs and a campaign promise at stake, a deal to keep the carriage horses in new yo

february 16th, the birthday of former leader kim jong il. the satellite is actually named in honor of the date known as shining star day. since the beginning of this year, north korea's military actions have been making the headlines. >> translator: we must develop and produce military attack measures so we can beat our enemies. >> reporter: a month ago, the north carried out its fourth nuclear test. it also released video reportedly showing a test fire of a ballistic missile from a submarine. and then came the latest launch plan. satellite images show possible signs of prep work being done at a launch site. the pad is covered, just like before the last launch in 2012. the international community is rushing to respond. japanese government has issued an order to destroy any missile that heads toward the country. china's chief envoy arrived in pyongyang on tuesday. observers say he is expected to call a north korean official to cancel launch plans. in south korea, an emergency national security meeting. >> translator: it will threaten peace an

the launch comes at the start of a lunar new year and days before the birthday of late father kim jong-il. the north korean space agency called it a gift to the nation. >>> and al jazeera's adrian brown has been monitoring reaction in beijing and sent this report. >> reporter: china, of course is about the only real ally, providing a life line to the county. china dispatched a special envoy to appeal to the government to not go ahead with the test. the fact that north korea openly defied china will be a cause of anger and embarrassment to the leadership. on sunday the ministry of foreign affairs issued a terse statement in beijing saying they regretted the fact that north korea decided to ignore the pervasive opposition of the international community by testing its ballistic missile technology, it urged calm and re strangt saying the only -- restraint saying the only way to bring about lasting police is through dying ol. og. in the past, china says it doesn't believe that sanctions are an end to themselves >>> in other world news, turkey says it's ready to let in tens of thousands of syri

if it's true, the execution will be the latest in a series of killings and purges since kim jong-il took over in 2011. john: a father in george's a house fire. glenn patterson returned to his home yesterday, hours after his wife and two young daughters died. he survived with minor burns. the couple was upstairs putting their 12 and nine-year-old daughters to bed when they heard patterson says he went downstairs to check it out. when he opened the door, there was some sort of explosion. the fire force him outside. in. couldn't. burning me. my neighbor george tried to help. and they burned to death. they are dead. the most incredible family ever. there's nothing i can do. john: because the fire best because of the fire is under investigation. if you missed the rachael ray show this morning, you missed a of a lifetime. barbara: sharon bullock of wilson talked about her way and marriage. her moment came when she could not sit on an amusement park ride. she started doing sean t's it saved her marriage. happened. sean t walked on stage. >> you find yourself in a better mood -- [screaming] [che

comes at the start of the lunar no year and a day before the birthday of kim john un's father, kim jong-il. >> the united arab emirate is ready to send ground troops to fight isil. it is the third gulf nation to say so, following saudi arabia and bahrain. they are already part of the bombing campaign in syria and iraq. syria said it will fight back what it calls a ground incursion into its territory. >> many are stuck on the frontier after fleeing a syrian government offensive near aleppo. ankara is providing food and shelter but not letting them cross the worder. let's hear now from the turkish city on the syrian border. steph, what is the situation with these refugees? what kind of numbers are we talking about? >> what we're told by turkish officials, they believe around 10,000. this his in line with others we have been speaking to trying to figure out how many are across this border in the kind of buffer zone. they are not allowed in. trucks are being allowed in and out, that's good pretty much all day long. it looks like metal scaffolding, something i think will be used on the other si

his father, kim jong-il, didn't have time to prepare the ground, and kim jong-un didn't have the abilityis people in place before he took over. so he is trying to exert control but this is out of control because this killing has a dynamic all of its own. you create enemies and those enemies then have to be killed, and so, therefore, we see a lot of blood on the floor right now. >> of course, you feed them well, if you feed them well, in a place where food is the big thing, then usually they're okay. >> yes, but one thing that kim jong-un has done with the military, he's taken away their export privileges which means he has taken away money and given it to the korean workers party, competitor to the mayory -- army and that's a problem. it's a question of prestige and also a question of welfare. that's why he is push thing military at a point where it very well may be one step too far. >> they have nukes. who is taking care of that and should we be concern about that part of all this? >> well, the guys who are getting demoted, the generals and the admirals, are the ones in control of chemi

rivals, even those made about deceased korean dictator kim jong il. >> the car wreck a year ago as well as the newborn son, how does that change your life? >> man, it puts everything into everything. i was going to bring lachose nguyen me but i didn't think he could walk down the steps yet. he's already walking i. he's a month old. >> jimmy: his child's name is chosen. or lachosen? kanye must be kickinging up with that. [ applause ] if i was cam newton i baby fig. i would have. [ laughter ] you think about it, free cookies for life. last night as i'm sure you know was caucus night in iowa. ted cruz was the winnerside. he got 28% of the vote. donald trump, who was expected to win, came in second with 24%. him. he had 23%. to come inich is pretty good considering the fact that most iowa voters think that marco rubio is a game [ laughter ] but congratulations to ted cruzn. he's now -- i think he's now the president of iowa, isn't that how it works? [ laughter ] donald trump gave a very humble concession speech, which was his morning on twitter i think he went through sort of a reverse grie

today would have been kim jong il's 74th birthday. it is a national holiday in north korea, called the "day of the shining star." north koreans who talk about the holiday in public are very careful to talk about kim positively, referring to him as "the great general." a giant flower show featuring thosuands of flowers named after the former leader are on display in pyongyang. after all of the celebrations are reportedly get time to relax with their families, as tomorrow is also a day of observance of the life of the former leader. brazil is stepping up its fight against the spread of the zika virus. the government sent almost 55-thousand soldiers into the streets to combat the mosquitoes responsible for the spread of the virus. the soldiers helped health workers apply incesticides in places with standing water, sewage pipes, and anywhere else mosquitoes could breed. both the c-d-c and the w-h-o say the spread of the virus is an international health emergency and countries need to take steps to prevent it. after a prison riot left 49 in

but he also made a claim that rivals, even those made about deceased korean dictator kim jong il. year ago as well as the newborn son, how does that change your life? >> man, it puts everything into perspective. with me but i didn't think he could walk down the steps yet. he's already walking if you didn't know. he's a month old.name is chosen. or lachosen? kanye must be kicking himself for not coming up with that. [ cheers and applause ] named his son saint, you know. if i was cam newton i would have named the baby fig. i would have. you think about it, free cookiesst night as i'm sure you know was caucus night in iowa. ted cruz was the winner on the republican side. he got 28% of the vote.expected to win, came in second with 24%. and marco rubio is right behind him. he had 23%. to come in third.retty good considering the fact that most iowa voters think that marco rubio is a game you play in the swimming pool. [ laughter ] but congratulations to ted cruz on the surprise win.ink he's now the president of iowa, isn't that how it works? [ laughter ] donald trump gave a very humble

the launch comes at the start of a lunar new year and days before the birthday of late father kim jong-il. the north korean space agency called it a gift to the nation. >>> celebrations in north korea, in pyongyang, what is the reaction among south koreans, are they more threatened or use to the behaviour from their northern neighbour. >> south koreans are used to this. some people will talk about being more concerned. there was an elderly gentleman we spoke to in the days leading up to the launch saying yes, he was more concerned and worried that china and the united states and others were not taking the threat seriously enough. i think it's a minority view. most people are worried about the lunar new year holiday and the travel issues and all that kind of thing, getting on with every day life. they are used to regular event in north korea, the nuclear test happened a few weeks ago, now the rocket launch. it was expected. of course, when you talk about the leadership in south korea, that is a different matter. the president, park geun-hye, the military taking it seriously. they see it as

and porches as many as 200,000 my bill is a tough rebuke of kim jong-il. a dramatic change in u.s.icy toward north korea. mandatory sanctions on those who contribute to the missile program. censorship activities. and the regimes continued human rights abuses. it also mandates that the administration developer conference of strategy to a dress the regime's human rights abuses and cyber activities. the bill is simple to peacefully disarm the regime and restore human rights. in the union address, president obama acknowledged that our foreign policy must be focused on and they can stop there. tois time to united states lead. we must set an example and send a message to the rest of the world that america will not dictatorship. a message that america will lead. >> i think we are on the cusp of a progressive revolution. the time to take stock and say how did this guy do that we felt would be a progressive. how did we do how did he perform and how will we learn from that experience. >> radio talk show host bill his book,s about buyer's remorse, how obama let progressives down. senator bern

comes at the start of the lunar new year and days before the birthday of the leader's late father, kim jong-il. >>> the u.n. security council expected to meet in the next hour rewarding north korea's rocket launch. we have the date from the u.n. what can we expect from this meeting of the u.n. security council? >> in short, nick, probably a lot of talking, a lot of condemnation, but probably not action. action here and resolutions take time. we probably won't see any sort of new u.n. security council resolution for days if not weeks. that's just basically how diplomacy works here at the united nations, it takes time. this emergency security council meeting was called by japan, south carolina and the united states. it will be a closed door private meeting, no cameras will be allowed inside, but we are hoping to, as ambassadors arrive at the meeting or leave are hoping to ask them to get more information about what they're discussing and what new actions they potentially could take. i can tell you, as far as the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon, he put out a statement late saturday night after