. >> there a three things he is ick to want to talk about if he does meet with kijong il. the first ito try to break th impasse in t tal over north orea's nuclear pgram the second is to addss reports of serious fd shortages. thereslso an american citizen who has beenetained sinceast novemr, apparently working as a missionary. its possible heill try to sere hiselea. >> toeconfirmation whether not he will meet the leader hielf, or in fact his n? >> as of the te when jimmy carter a his colleagues ft beijing,e d not know r sure he would bebleo meet kim jong il. th is coming at a particularly tense time. it is obvious te north koan leadership has emed very anxio t engage the rest o the wod tory to get help with food a, forexample, and restart talks. the fact that a former u.s. prident is going to make this visit getarou one of those problems. north koreha always sa it wants to tk dirtly to the u.s., and washinon h always saido. they he said to engage south koa first. a former u.s. president going to talk may be seen a a gd opportunit >> he is n stranger to north korea, havg mad