. >> nbc's ian williams is live in beijing. why is this trip so significant in. >> hi, milissa, well coming to this part of the world, china, the pacific rim is always important. politically, economically. but i think the timing this time is very significant, coming so soon after the political battering which the president took last week. here his rivals and his allies will be asking what impact that will have on his ability to do business overseas, on his foreign policy, on his ability to represent robustly american interests, particularly against china and also to represent and to push the interests of his allies. now, he turned up this morning, arriving here in beijing to blue skies. that's pretty incredible. and it was only achieved by his chinese hosts, pretty well shutting down a good chunk of northern china, kicking cows off the roads, closing factories and building sites to keep smog away. cynics say that shows the power they have here and the way that president xi jinping consolidated that power. in contrast as the chi

meanwhile, second year nose tackle quentin dial will start tomorrow with ian williams out with a broken leg. dial was drafted last year out of alabama! and he told me about getting recruited by the crimson tide head coach nick saban. what is nick saban like? >> like you know nick saban he's a great guy, a great coach but when you're on that field coach is strictly business. you don't know you stuff he gonna be on ya. [ laughter ] >> when you signed with the crimson tide, i mean, was he the one that came in and closed the deal? >> yeah. coach saban came and see me at my high school and we closed it out there. signed them papers and everything. it was good. >> that was almost bigger than the governor coming to the school, huh? >> yeah. >> nick saban's coming to the school, huh? >> oh, yeah. everybody wanted to get a picture with him and get him to sign stuff. >> big news in clay, alabama, huh. >> clay, alabama, baby. [ laughter ] >> had to sit him down, ann. guy's almost 6'7." i go 5-foot nothing just to equalize it. >> when in doubt, set him down. >>> that's it for us at 5:30. see you in

with ian williams out with the brokendial was drafted last year out leg.of alabama! me about getting recruited by the crimson tide head coach nick saban. what is nick saban like? >> like you know nick saban he's a great guy, a great coach but when you're on that field coach is strictly business. you don't know you stuff he gonna be on ya. [ laughter ] >> when you signed with the crimson tide, i mean, was he the one that came in and closed the deal? >> yeah. coach saban came and see me at my high school and we closed it out there. signed them papers and everything. it was good. >> that was almost bigger than the governor coming to the school, huh? >> yeah. >> nick saban's coming to the school, huh? >> oh, yeah. everybody wanted to get a picture with him and get him to sign stuff. >> big news in clay, alabama, huh. >> clay, alabama, baby. [ laughter ] . >> have you seen him? he looks like yosemite sam. he just -- wah! all clenched up. yosemite sam without the moustache because he is so wound tight so uncomfortable in his own skin. like somebody kicked his dog. >> i hav

. >> nbc's ian williams with the latest on this breaking news. thank you so much, from beijing. >>> on the heels of that, joining me now, sumi terry. what light can you shed on that with your intelligence and background? >> there's another motivation. it's all about what's going on in the united nations and human rights situation. united nations general assembly next month is probably going to pass a nonbinding resolution referring to the u.n. security council, the humanitarian situation in north korea to refer to the icc, international criminal court, this year, the u.n. released a 400-page landmark report criticizing north korea's humanitarian situation calling many of the violations crimes against humanity. since then, north korea has this massive charm offensive, even sending u.n. -- north korean ambassador tried to defend its human rights record. it's providing yet another motivation. >> but is it legitimate? what makes you think that kim jong-un would be all that caring about the human rights violations? surely he's got to know what's going