you can loosen that up, with a trip, for example, by eric schmidt of google, that's the first step that you can make in terms of trying to start to pierceubble in north korea. >> reporter: the trip falls on the 30th birthday of north korea's young leader, kim i don't think jong-un. he talked about a revolution for the north, but that revolution right now says korea expert, john park, is mostly focused on using technology as a way to generate revenue for kim jong-un regime. >> this breakthrough and connection with the internet, as we know it on the international community stage, i think is quite far in the distance. >> we did ask google for a comment. a spokeswoman saying, we don't comment on eric schmidt's private travel. wolf? >> tell us, jill, a little bit more about the state department's concerns about the timing of the visit. >> one of the problems is, as we mentioned, remember, just a few weeks ago, the north launched a missile and that was very provocative. in fact, at this very moment, the unites is trying to figure out what it should do in response. so the state department says this comes at a very bad time. it's like giving th