exclusively at kay, jared and zales. ♪ >>> time to check "the pulse" starting with former nba star dennis rodman on his relationship with north korean dictator kim jong-un. >> so, rodman has made several trips to north korea in the past few years. he sat down with abc's bob woodruff to talk about what it's like to hang out with the world's most reclusive leader. >> we had dinner at one of his homes over there, and we was singing karaoke. >> how is he as a singer? >> oh, he's pretty good. >> is he? what did he sing? >> he was singing in english, he was singing frank sinatra "my way." >> he sang "my way." >> he had a girl band. it was like 70 people at this big round table. man, i'm like, wow, and i mean everybody had their turn at a shot of vodka, take a vodka shot and try to sing karaoke around a table with 70 people. >> so, rodman says kim jong-un speaks no english. in addition to karaoke and basketball, he also enjoys horseback riding, and even if he's bad at karaoke, i'm sure you just say, yes, you're the greatest. >> you are the greatest. >> you are the greatest. >> all right, so the latest

you might laugh at the dennis rodman thing, and this is nothi north korea so much, but i want to giveexample fi can, from the work i've done. i spent time in some of the most dangerous, remote areas of the world. and i can say-- it might be a small example-- but the time i put in, in small villages along the somali border, reallye getting to know people it's soft power, the diplomacy, winning hearts ask minds, making friends, showing them what america values are-- i will say years later came back to benefie us when we needed those same people's help to save an american life. >> watson: what if someone said tom you, yael, totally good point, makes complete sense, but the reality is there are a lot of people that don't have strong educations, don't have prospects they're excited about. so in a world where you have to make choice we would be smarter spending more of time that, more of that energy, more of that money here at home. you would say to those folks what? >> that's why i say it's not mutually exclusive. >> watson: what if they sayf there's a limited budget.li >> and unfortunatel

the poppi >>> basketball hall of fa-of-fa aga dennis rodman is returning to his role as diplomat. the north promised to fire a salvo of missiles around guam. north korean officials would have to give the okay. but the people of guam like the idea. >>> president putin has declared victory in syria. he announced the withdrawal of troops during a surprise visit. he visited egypt and turkey and called president trump's jerusalem decision counsel tter productive. >>> putin is also the star of a new calendar. >> what better way to count the days down than with president putin hanging on your wall. there are 12 shots of the russian leader at various events. >> you'll get him lighting candles in a monastery. in february him playing hockey. each picture reportedly has thoughts from putin himself. >> for you, but they're in russian. >> i think i've found your ch christmas gift. >> there are no shirtless putin shots. if you want that, you can find that on the internets, but we draw the line here. >> unline lake last year's cale. >> i guess we'll have to go to the firefighters calendar. >>> w

does it cover dennis rodman's misadventure in snouk these 47 senators? on that basis, it will play as a trump victory, even though it shouldn't. and i think -- >> right. you mentioned dennis rodman. that's like the reverend jesse jackson example. where we've seen people saying maybe it applies. walk us through the category. does he seem really eager to set up for diplomacy or does it look like someone who may have been abusing the government role to do other things is that. >> this is where the news that came out today that you alluded to complicates our understanding of the outside that what mueller may be thinking here and what onion layers he's peeling back. it is possible that mueller was thinking about the logan act when it originally questioned michael flynn in january before mueller got involved. it could have been a read that cat for a search warrant. this news that a whistle blower has come forward to congress and talked about a huge amount of money walking around. then mike flynn was, if we believe they report, very eager to move forward and wa

there you you you named a couple tyler but i mean dennis rodman supports pot coin you know there are all sorts of crazy things going on out there too and so there's a lot of charlatans and people have to be really careful but the volatility that we see in bitcoin in particular is troublesome and you know i've argued for a long time since two thousand and twelve that these markets need to be somewhat regulated not so much so that they clamp down on innovation and people can't you know have some freedom but we want to protect consumers i think we want to protect the investors the guys you speak with the guys and gals you speak with all the time and so i think there needs to be some modicum of regulation that's actually starting in the u.s. as opposed to other places around the world china south korea and russia have all banned the trading of bitcoin and other digital currency is just and i think the regulators guys just said enough we cannot it's too hot to handle can't deal with it and so what i've been urging the those in the digital environment the enthusiasm to do is go and seek ou

there are literally hundreds of these things out there you've named a couple tyler but i mean dennis rodman supports pot calling you know there are all sorts of crazy things going on out there too and so there's a lot of charlatans and people have to be really careful but the volatility that we see in bitcoin in particular is troublesome and you know i've argued for a long time since two thousand and twelve that these markets need to be somewhat regulated not so much so that they clamp down on innovation and people can't you know they have some freedom but we want to protect consumers i think we want to protect the. the guys you speak with the guys and gals you speak with all the time and so i think there needs to be some modicum of regulation that's actually starting in the u.s. as opposed to other places around the world china south korea and russia have all banned the trading of bitcoin another digital currency and i think the regulators guys just said enough we cannot it's too hot to handle can't deal with it and so what i've been urging the those in the digital environment the enthusia

we head to the pyongyang airport for the arrival of a vip, dennis rodman has been invited back for anotherd basketball diplomacy. >>> you bringing a message to president trump to the supreme leader, kim jong un? >> i'm just here to see friends and have a good time. >> distracted by the rodman circ circus, a secret hand over is happening at the pyongyang airport. this college student otto warmier is put on a plane. the sad story that began a year and a half ago. he came here on a private sightseeing tour after a night out on the town to celebrate new year's eve, the university of virginia student was accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner from the wall of his hotel and got a 15-year sentence. soon after, he ended up with a brain injury. >> in north korea, otto warmier has been released. >> this was one of the hardest respects i ever had to give. i spoke with his parents and at the time they had no idea about their son's condition. >> this reunion is not the happy reunion his family was hoping for as recently as a week ago. they learned according to a family statement otto has been i

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. >> because it's one thing when the north koreans invite the nba legend dennis rodman to go over therebut when they invite ambassador jeffrey feltman to come over and have serious talks with high-level north korean officials that is very different. >> it is very different. it could connote that they are ready to begin some sort of discussion about direct bilateral talks. i don't think they're ready for that right now, and also i don't think this administration is ready for that right now, but it is encouraging that this invitation was proffered and that he went and had these discussions. i assume he would brief u.s. officials on what happened there. >> i assume, he will, too. he'll probably brief not just u.s., but other security council on what he learned and what he heard and there is an administerial meeting on friday and his input into that meeting will be very important. >> let's hope he can achieve something diplomatically because that will be better than another option. thanks so much. >>> more on the breaking news coming up. a terror attack near times square in new york city an

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dennis rodman has been invited back for another round of so-called basketball diplomacy.message from president trump to north korea's supreme leader, kim jong-un? >> i'm just here to come see some friends and have a good time. >> distracted by the rodman circus, we have no idea a secret handover is happening at the pyongyang airport. american college student otto warmbier is quietly put on a u.s. government plane, a final sad chapter in a story that began a year and a half ago. warmbier came here on a private sightseeing tour. after a night out on the town to celebrate new year's eve, the university of virginia student was accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner from the wall of his hotel. for that, he got a 15-year sentence. soon after, mysteriously, he ended up with a brain injury. >> in north korea, otto warmbier has been released. let's go straight to our will ripley. >> this was one of the hardest reports i've ever had to give. i had spoken just weeks earlier with warmbier's parents. at the time, they had no idea about their son's condition. >> but this reunio

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accept the bill clinton offer, could have been used against jessie jackson, could be used against dennis rodman its never been used and the idea of taking it out now would be highly highly unethical and unprofessional and it's not going to get done. if it was they would have indicted flynn under the logan act. he clearly violated its terms but the statute simply doesn't exist. >> liz: he wasn't indicted for it right. >> he won't be indicted for any kind of conspiracy with other people . that's what prosecutors love to do. they love to prosecute somebody for involvement with other people. they didn't, they prosecuted him for lying alone to the fbi about something that wasn't a crime. a real show of weakness. >> liz: mr. alan dershowitz, we do have democrat senator dianne feinstein doesn't, you know she's saying the case can be made against trump over his structure. what are your thoughts on that? >> alan: you can not indict a president for obstruction for merely exercising his constitutional authority to fire , to pardon. if you could they would have gone after george bush i. he pardoned weinber

it's not dennis rodman, i know that. >> does one of you want to take on the background? you're talking about direct talks? or even say track two talks? >> well, i'll make a quick point. i'm sure glyn has something to say. so i want to re-enforce a point that anthony made. i'll provide some background. early 2015, north korea actually originated their proposal for a dual freeze, which china has taken up the mantle on, and later in the fall of 2015, they also proposed peace party talks. they have been proposing talks, certainly, in recent years. i think anthony is right that recently, at least since september, so they have been silent. so if we don't have that partner on the other end, it's hard to see how. things may change, things are fluid, but i think you need to have a willing partner. >> i suspect you're going to get a willing partner. i mean, as i say, i think the announcement, the best news of the third icbm was the announcement by kim jong-un that he's now finished his program. the logic of that, it's in the near future, they will now be willing to talk. he didn't

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it's not dennis rodman. >> does one of you want to take on the background -- are we talking about direct talks or track to talks? >> i'll make a quick point. i'm sure glyn has something to say. i want to reinforce the point that anthony made. also provide some background. so in early 2015, north korea actually originated their proposal for a dual freeze, which now china has taken up the mantle on. then later in the fall of 2015, they also proposed peace party talks. so they have been proposing talks, certainly in recent years. but i think anthony's right that recently, at least since september, so they've been silent. and so if we don't have that partner on the other end, it's hard to see that happening. things may change. things are fluid. but i think you need to have a willing partner. >> i suspect you're going to get a willing partner. as i say, i think the announcement, the best news of the third icbm was the announcement by kim jong un that he has now finished his program. the logic of that is in the near future they'll now be willing to talk. he didn't have to say that. i suspect i

it's not dennis rodman. >> does one of you want to take on the background -- are we talking about direct talks or track to talk? >> i'll make a quick point. i'm sure glyn has something to safe. i want to reinforce the point that anthony made. also provide some background. so in early 2015, north korea actually originated their proposal for a dual freeze which now china has taken up the mantle on. then later in the fall of 2015, they also proposed peace party talks. so they have been proposing talks, certainly in recent years. but i think anthony's right that recently, at least since september, so they've been silent. so if we don't have that partner on the other end, it's hard to see that happening. things may change. things are fluid. but i think you need to have a willing partner. >> i suspect you're going to get a willing partner. as i say, i think the announcement, the best news of the third icbm was the announcement by kim jong un that he's finished his program. the logic of that is in the near future they'll now be willing to talk. he didn't have to say that. i suspect if the u.s.

if that doesn't scare you, these comments from former basketball star dennis rodman might.ndship with kim jong un. >> i don't see how people can sit there and say this person is a mad man. he probably is but i didn't see that. >> rodman claimed during one of his five visits the dictator says he doesn't want war. dramatic florida deputy saving a man thrown from his jet ski. take a look. by the time he reached the man he was floating face down and unconscious. >> are you all right? are you all right i gotcha. i gotcha hang on. >> wow, the jet skier suffered a deep cut on his chin from the crash but is expected to be okay. thankfully. that's a look at your headlines, guys. frightening scene there. ainsley: but is he okay? >> steve: thank you. right over our shoulder i can see out window janice dean is with a bunch of people. janice, something you can see from where i am you are near a giant dog. janice: yes. i was going to save that until the end. the dog actually does not talk. but i have someone who will talk for the dog. hi, what's your name? >> i'm grace bench founder of t

his father and i'm very glad the united nations has sent over an envoy and i understand now that dennis rodman is going back and that will be really useful. >> and the u.n. envoys. >> which i think he's a very smart gerson and the fact that the u.n. is more interested in it but i think what makes me nervous is an accident and part of the problem as we know you need to have hot lines and you need to have some kind of connection. i think it is worrisome and i think it's unclear where the chinese are. what surprises me is the chinese and the russians if in fact there is now some hydergine test or whether there is radioactive fallout from the test that they have party taken that they don't think that affects their people and they are going to have to be more helpful. i don't see them, the folks in the u.n. are nice but they are not dispositive in terms of some of the sanctions. >> i agree with secretary albright. think the chinese could be doing more. the north koreans have had, and this goes back to the l. -- lbj days where they have the guns and butter policy. the russians and the chinese have b

i am glad the united nations has sent over an envoy and i am glad that dennis rodman is going over it because that will be useful. is a smart person and the fact that the u.n. is more interested in it. but i think what makes me nervous is an accident. i think part of the problem is you need to have hotlines and some kind of connection. i think it is unclear where the chinese are. what surprises me is that the chinese and the russians, if there is some hydrogen test, or if already there is some radioactive fallout from the tests they have are ready taking, is that they don't see that affects their people and they will have to be more helpful. the votes in the u.n. are nice. -- in terms oft the sanctions aspect. agree thatohen: i the chinese could be doing more. , and thiskoreans have goes back to the lbj days, they have had a guns and butter policy. they have been able to develop their guns and the russians and the chinese have been giving them the butter. if you look at the economic situation, the economy of north korea has been improving. it is growing. there are some signs that ther

i'm very glad that the united and i did nations have sent over an ongoing and understand that it dennis rodman is going back, and that would be really useful. [laughing] >> the u.n. envoys -- >> which i think is a very smart person and he knows, the fact that the u.n. is more interested in it. but i think what makes me nervous is an accident, and i think part of the problem is we know you need to have hotlines and you need to have some kind of mil to mil connections. so i think it is worrisome attitude it's unclear where the chinese are. what surprises me is that the chinese and the russians, if, in fact, there is some hydrogen test or already, whether some radioactive fallout from the test they've already taken, that they don't see the bad effects their people and that they're going to have to be more helpful. but i don't see them. the votes in the u.n. are nice, but they are not dispositive i think in terms of some of the sanctions aspect. >> i agree with secretary albright. i think the chinese could be doing more to it because the north koreans have, this goes back to lbj days, but it had g

labrador: should we investigate dennis rodman who went to meet with the north koreans? should we investigate him for that? dir. wray: same answer. mr. labrador: all right. i want you to help me bring back the integrity of the fbi to the united states. i love the fbi. i even considered as a young attorney to join the fbi. i grew up on the show. and i have great love for the work that the men and women at the fbi do. i hope that we can do something over the next two years that will counter act what happened over the last two years. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. thank you, mr. rector, -- mr. director, for your service and for the extraordinary service of the men and women at the fbi who are be to our country and who do important and dangerous work and risk hair lives often in that work. you hold in particular a very solemn responsibility to protect the integrity and the reputation of the fbi. and you are clearly proud as you should be to lead this agency. and i think we are seeing an admin

. >> should we investigate dennis rodman who went to meet with the north koreans? should we investigate him for that? >> same answer. >> all right. i want you to help me bring back the integrity of the fbi to the united states. i love the fbi. i even considered as a young attorney to join the fbi. i grew up on the show. and i have great love for the work that the men and women at the fbi do. i hope that we can do something over the next two years that will counter act what happened over the last two years. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. thank you, mr. director, for your service and for the extraordinary service of the men and women at the fbi who are be to our country and who do important and dangerous work and risk hair lives often in that work. you hold in particular a very solemn responsibility to protect the integrity and the reputation of the fbi. and you are clearly proud as you should be to lead this agency. and i think we are seeing an administration which will continue to c