however it is worth noting that moon chung—in is not a member of the presidential team and he is notg about the whereabouts of the north korean leader? he has gone missing. he was last seen on april the 11th at a meeting of his politburo. april the 15th is a huge day in north korea — like north korean christmas — to celebrate his grandfather, the founder of north korea, and he was not there. unprecedented. so that started the rumours. but then came an unverified single—sourced report here in seoul to a website called the daily nk, claiming they had spoken to someone in north korea, who said that kim jong—un had undergone a heart procedure and was recovering. there is no way of verifying this. this prompted a swirl of speculation which then came from the united states, which certainly one network claimed that he was gravely ill. it has gone on from there. what do we actually know? the truth is — even though i am sitting here in seoul, even though i talk about north korea on a regular basis, no—one really knows. no—one is privvy to the real intelligence briefing. it could well be that

the reports are varied earlier this week, south korean presidential advisor moon chung-in told cnn that north korea's leader is alive and well so kind of depends on who you ask reports first surfaced that kim may be in a vegetative state back on april 12th. well the trump administration is still doing damage control after last thursday's briefing in which the president mused about the possibilities of maybe injecting disinfectant into the human body as a possible coronavirus treatment. it was something he said was worth studying. kron four's catherine catherine heenan spoke with our political analyst michael yaki and tom del beccaro about the fallout of that. >>president trump you seem to be backing off the news briefings after making remarks about disinfectants last week. he is back should he be back. >>michael i think that the president took a break. and the fact that he was not able to go back in front of the cameras insult people in an attempt to dominate the news cycle as he is won't to do. to wait him and he just jumping back in front of the against the advice of most of his advis

the advisor to the moon chung in told cnn that north korean leader kim jong-un is alive and well. reports first service that kim may be in a quote vegetative state back on april 12th, we'll keep you posted their the trump administration still doing damage control after last thursday's briefing where the president mused about the possibilities of. >>injecting disinfectant into the human body as a possible coronavirus treatment. coffers catherine heenan spoke with our political analyst michael yaki and tom del beccaro about the fallout. president trump you seem to be backing off the news briefings after making remarks about disinfectants last week. >>he is back should he be back michael i think that the president took a break. >>and the fact that he was not able to go back in front of the cameras in and so people in an attempt to dominate the news cycle as he is want to do to wait him and he just jumping back in front of the against the advice of most of his advisors i would i would imagine this is not been a good look for him for the the the u v and a injecting yourself with a the