did kim jong-il have a good relationship with kim jong-nam, his eldest son? >> translator: kim jong-il raised him and took him around himself. kim jong-nam had a good personality. he was chubby with a friendly personality, and was very humane. >> reporter: for someone who routinely and publically displayed a hatred of the u.s. and its capitalist ways, kim jong-il had a bizarre fixation with western culture, especially its movies. he loved everything from "rambo" to "dumbo." and when it came to the educations of his children, kim jong-il shipped them far off from their backward and isolated homeland to switzerland. jong-nam ended up at this international school in geneva, where the western education had a profound influence on him. >> we understood that kim jong-nam, as a young man, was more reform minded, pro-western, liked western things. and thought north korea was on a wrong path. >> reporter: it was all just a matter of time, experts said, before kim jong-nam would one day be the natural heir to the family dynasty. but then he blew it. in 2001, kim jong-n

his offspring, kim jong il. esteemed as the "dear leader," known for his bizarre haircut and penchant for jump suits and platform shoes. but it is the third generation of the bloodline where three young brothers first appear. and it is the oldest, kim jong-nam who was destined to one day lead. finding interview subjects to discuss the early years of kim jong-nam is easier said than done. because before they can talk, they have to escape. >> this is downtown toronto. we've found one defector! >> reporter: his name is lee young-guk and for 11 years, he was kim jong il's bodyguard. >> how did you become a bodyguard for kim jong il? >> based on personality, character, morals, and stamina. i was selected out of 14,000 people. it was a 14,000 to 1 competition. >> reporter: lee was able to watch as the oldest son, jong nam was groomed as a potential successor, seen here dressed in military clothes as a child. >> did kim jong il have a good relationship with kim jong nam, his eldest son? >> kim jong il raised him and to

, the kim family tree stillhe has many bra >> my name is kim han-sol, from north korea, part of the kim's my passport. ek>> narrator: just three after kim jong-nam's death, this mysterious video was posted by a previously unknown group.ho it kim han-sol, kim jong-nam's oldest son. >> it shows that he's safe and it that he's alive you know, he could be a shadow darkening kim jo-un's doorway at some point. he could prove to be troublesome to north korea down the line as a public figure, as a mber of the kim family, he-he could prove to be a nuisance to kim jong-un. >> (speaking korean): >> narrator: for now, north korea continues to raise the nuclear stakes, claio have developed a hydrogen bomb. >> (speaking korean): >> if you study kim jong-un it's impossible not to be impressed, to some degree, by his ability to fend off the critics, the threats, the people who said it was going to be impossible for him to do what he did. this is a country that has a gdh at's one-third the level of ethiopia, d yet he managed to generate enough precision, technical acuity, and money in order to build a n

ar rator: with kim jong-il's healthailing, the youthful kim jong-un s anointed successor. needed a crasse in dictatorship. (weeping) but this training was cut short. in december 2011, kim jong-il died. still in his 20s, kim jong-un was now declared sreme leader. >> there's a lot of mystery gorrounding how kim jong-u the job; i mean, there's a lot of mystery around a lot in north korea. but one of the things that's become clear is that kim jong-un sentially won a battle f succession, and he won it on the basis partly of attitude andgr sion. (cheers and applause) when kim jong-un became the successor to kim jong-il, that came with it a tremendous amount of expectation and responsibility. there had never been a third generation communist dictatorship.of a loeople predicted it wouldn't last.>> im jong-un did not have decades to build his power base within the regime. he has only had a few years to do something that it took his father 30 years to do. id order to survive, he had to conduct politics ithe regime. and politics inside north koreas is a blort. it is not something for

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kim jong-un, the grandson of kim il-sung, took over. there are a lot of tales of extreme violence which may or may not be true. it is definitely true that he has purged some of the holdover leadership from his father's regime, including his uncle. it seems unlikely that his style of leadership will end up in results that are much different from what his father and grandfather pursued. host: what should the american know about the everyday korean's life since the conflict? lifefields: north korean's depends tremendously on class. there is a core class that lives pyongyang that has an excellent life by north korean standards. it would not compare much to a high-level bureaucrat in the last, but these people generally do not go hungry, they live in buildings with heat. then there are north koreans who are a waiver in class that live in -- wavering class that live in humans deprivation. -- immense deprivation. there was a time when north koreans were starving by the hundreds of thousands. the kim regime uses underdevelopment as a way of mai

kim il-sung. even defectors see kim il-sung as a visionary leader and a great nationalist for the korean people. >> what should the everyday american know about the current south korean government? >> i think it is important to understand that south koreans have a sense of grievance against united states, not just because of the division, it is well-known that we divided korea and established a separate state. we helped establish a separate state. then we left korea in 1949 against the wishes of the south korean government at that time who begged us to stay, who said if you leave the north koreans will invade. they asked for concrete guarantees from the united states that in the event of a northern invasion we would come back. those guarantees were never given. this is part of the reason that joseph stalin gave kim il-sung permission to invade south korea. that was not the only factor, but that was an important factor and one the south koreans have not forgotten. if you go to the war memorial muse

kim il-sung. even defectors see kim il-sung as a visionary leader and a >> what should the everyday american know about the current south korean government attitudes toward the united states and the west? >> it's important to understand south koreans have a sense of grievance against the united states. not because of the division, we divide them and establish a separate state. then we left korea in 1949. against the wishes of the south korean government, who begged us to stay. they said if we leave, the north americans will invade. then there were concrete guarantees, in the event of a northern invasion, we would come back. those guarantees were never given. this was part of the reason joseph stalin gave kim il-sung permission. factor, itt the only was an important factor. it's one that the south koreans have not forgotten. if you go to war memorial museum in seoul, you see it laid out clearly that it was the lack of american security that encouraged the north to invade. this underlined sense of d

thank you. >> supervisor kim: thank you. >> good afternoon, i am patrick roddy i'm the site director over bow decker park and i work with boys and girls club and a lot of the colleagues have given you stats and stuff and my big thing is what is actually happening at the park. you come in the mornings and you see seniors do thai chi and there's no programs but they decided to do it one morning and there's a group of seniors that i have to remind to leave the doorway clear because they like to do line dancing. this is the activity that we like to see in the parts of the tenderloin, especially the mini parks and we have been hosting the planning meetings about the turk and hyde mini park and mccauley park as well. and so with the concerns that i'm receiving at the park is that a lot of it feels like the parks are on an island. they're isolated. and so what i would encourage is some sort of connectivity, some sort of programming and we're working on that as well with the wellness trail and trying to connect the parks as bright s

charlie: unless kim kardashian's there. announcer: see you at the wedding, kim.is, hopefully you can make it, too. >> floyd mayweather has something in common with vladimir putin. they both like to ride horses shirtless. floyd's on vacation in mexico and he's got the jean shorts on with the pink socks, riding a horse along the beach with no shirt on. we know the famous picture of vladimir putin riding the horse looking so manly. charlie: it must be a good feeling to ride a horse with no shirt on. harvey: i think it's the opposite because of flies. charlie: you'd feel real macho, no shirt on a horse. >> riding horses sucks. harvey: i love! oh, my god! it's the best. one of the single best things i've done -- is riding a horse in a river where they end up swimming. >> that sounds terrifying. harvey: it's the most incredible thing you've ever seen in your life. charlie: how do you get up on the horse? >> stairs. kim: like when you have a small dog and you get them stairs to go on the bed. charlie: right, right. >> he scampers up. >> ok, guys. we've got some role pla

supervisor kim? >> supervisor kim: thank you. i just wanted to bring director kosiczsky up. i wanted to make sure that we were being good neighbors, and i know supervisor ronen certainly fought for those additional resources at 1515 south vanness, and i wanted to hear and reiterate that those resources would be committed to those two, as well. >> i cannot commit resources from other departments, but i can certainly commit to 1515 south vanness continuing to work with the police department and the department of public health to ensure that not only the needs of the residents of the navigation center, the residents who live around the navigation center, and the residents are met. one of the things we discussed is bringing in an organization such as downtown streets that are bringing job training to the residents and are cleaning up the environment around the facility. just a couple of days ago, i was touring the site with supervisor cohen and two of the downtown streets residents had recently found housing or people who were engaged in their job training program, so i think th

do you know if the president of the united states has spoken with kim jong-un? >> i do not know whether he has spoken to kim jong-un. i'd be very surprised if in fact he has. my best analysis is he has not. and his comments about having a very good relationship is hard to understand. we know that kim jong-un is a difficult individual, so this is just difficult -- i think it's -- president trump just trying to tell the american people his style is accepted by everyone, and it's not accepted by everyone. >> at one point in the interview, they came back and they said, you used to call him a maniac, little rock man, he called you mentally derange the and all of the sudden you say, i probably have a very good relationship with kim jong-un, and he framed his comments this way, he said, you'll see that a lot with me. he said of his combative tweets, then all of the sudden, somebody's my best friend. i could give you 20 examples. you could give me 30. i'm a very flexible person. have you seen that in the president that he can go from really slurring the north korean lea

give us a brief history of the kim regime. >> the kim regime initially the , first leader is kim il-sung who was a guerrilla fighter against the japanese. he was very young. he was an officer in the red army. he was brought into north korea by the soviet union to establish -- who established him as a puppet leader. when they did that, they were probably thinking they could exert more influence on him than in fact they could. in fact, kim il-sung maintained an independent line, both from the soviet union and from the chinese communist party. after he consolidated power in north korea. be ruled north korea until the early 1990's, at which point his son kim jong-il took over and then with his death in the early teens, kim jong-un, his grandson, took over. >> when you're watching news reports and other ways you get information as a historian on kim jong-un, how do you see his leadership style comparing with predecessors, his father and grandfather? >> it is a bit hard to tell. it is still a bit early. and it is difficult to credit a lot of the news reports that come out of north korea. it is

jong-il, kim il-sung, and kim jong-un. when they are offered a cup of milk, they should stand up and express their thanks before they jong-un. milk to kim apples will be distributed to the population as a gift of kim jong-un. so, the kim jong-un regime established a full scale of a stupid brainwashing system, kim jong as god. we should continue to educate the people that kim jong-un is not a god. he is a normal human being. kim's family is not a family of the god. we should tell the north korean people. that is my viewpoint. , remarks by north korean minhee grace jo. she spoke at an event in new york city earlier this year, at the george w. bush institute. we begin with an introduction by former first lady laura bush. mrs. bush: grace jo is committed to spreading liberty worldwide. grace came to the united states as a refugee from north korea. and she knows what life is like when freedom is absent. as an inaugural recipient of the north korean freedom scholarship, grace wants to help other north koreans trapped beyond pyon

flowers to north korea's past leaders kim il sung and kim jong il a gesture of reverence repeated on every holiday in the capital pyongyang and those who turn out can also pay homage to their current president kim jong moon during his new year's address. his speech included a range of threats against the u.s. but also unexpectedly an offer of dialogue with neighboring south korea. you will the winter olympics to be held in south korea will be a good occasion for the country and we sincerely hope the day will be a success is we're prepared to take various steps including sending a delegation officials from the two koreas may meet to discuss the possibility. kim said that now was a good time to demonstrate the status of the korean people in seoul the government responded positively. so. south korea's presidential office has always stated our willingness to talk with north korea anytime and anywhere if that would help restore into korean relations and lead to peace on the korean peninsula. but that is still a distant goal north korea's leader peppered his speech with threats against the

kim jong-il took over. , kim jong-un took over. >> when you are watching news -- of kimother jong-un, how do you see his leadership style comparing with his predecessors? >> it's a bit hard to tell. it is quite a bit early. it is difficult to credit the news reports that come out of north korea. it is very opaque what goes on. there's a lot of tales of extreme violence which may or may not be true. is true that he has definitely purged some of the holdover leadership from his father's regime, including his uncle. it is seen as unlikely that his style of leadership is going to end up in results that were all that different from what his father and grandfather pursued. >> what should the american public know about the everyday korean life? how it has changed since the conflict. >> it's important to understand ves veryh koreans' li chairman asleep based on what class they are part of. vary dramatically based on what class they are part of. there's the high-level bureaucrats in the west. these people do not go hungry. they live in buildings with heat. then, there's millions of other north

north korea's leader kim jong. states that the nuclear launch button is on his desk by the south korea he offers and all of branch. and the world welcomes twenty eighteen turn out for celebrations around the globe we look at some of the high points. to the program iran has seen its worst night of violence since protests erupted last thursday iranian state television says ten people were killed overnight that brings the total death toll to twelve hundreds of people have been arrested and it's the biggest show of dissent since anti-government protests in two thousand and nine iranian authorities are calling for calm but are also warning of a crackdown. iranian state t.v. shows president hassan rouhani meeting with members of parliament to discuss the situation the news reader says the president is claiming that protests are happening because iran's. anime's are angry due to the country's accomplishments and are therefore provoking protesters. because. the protesters have been on the streets in various parts of the co

attack kim said the u.s. would be unable to wage war against north korea because it was within range of pyongyang's nuclear weapons but is more conciliatory toward south korea saying he was open to talks and hoped to lower military tensions between the two neighbors. for more on that let's bring in correspondent josh smith he joins us from solve josh kim seems to be sending some mixed signals what is the south korean government making of his statement by the south korean government has a lot riding on the next few months especially the winter olympics in february which they hope could be a kind of catalyst for tensions so it seems like they definitely saw a bit of. what kim had to say let's hear what they had to say after the speech on monday. so the new south korea's presidential office has always stated oh reeling this to talk with north korea anytime and anywhere if that would help restore in the korean relations and lead to peace on the korean peninsula. so kim's overtures to the south korean government a

thank you. >> supervisor kim: thank you so much, dr. schu and thanks to the entire art museum family for being here today to answer questions. first of all, congratulations on the progress of the capital campaign having raised $63 million is not a small feat. i'm not sure how you did it, but it is a huge accomplishment and this extended wing is going to really help to transform the museum but also the backside of larkin street in this intersection that faces u.c. hastings and it's currently an area that we want to continue to activate so dr. schu, thank you to coming to our office early to get our input and advice and really working to enliven this corridor, and making it more friendly and welcoming for so many of our residents that live in the tenderloin neighborhood and also for being committed to providing free passes to both the public school kids but also our residents so that they can enjoy the museum as well. and i'm particularly biased because there's a korean couture exhibit going on which is incredibly exciting and i can't wai

family policy going back seven decades the reason is that kim jong il and the kim family want to take over south korea they can only do that of course if they break the mutual defense treaty between south korea and the united states so that we take our twenty eight thousand five hundred troops off the peninsula once we do that then kim jong un can intimidate south korea into submission and you know we may think that that's ludicrous a valid happened but the north koreans actually believe it to be the case and they also believe that it's essential for the survival of their regime because you can't have two koreas one rich one poor right next to each other that's completely unsustainable so the people in the poor korea north korea know they've got to get in take over the rich korea the selfs. china play in all its. china has responded to pressure from the trumpet ministration but it hasn't done enough because china has traditionally supported the north korean regime through thick and thin you know and that's going back to the korean war where the founder of the people's republic of chin

responding to kim jong-un, the president tweeted, the and i quote, "north korean leader kim jong-un just that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will someone from his depleted and food-starved regime please inform him, i, too, have a nuclear button but it's a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button works." that is real. that actually just happened. cnn's jeff zeleny is at the white house joining us now. jeff, i mean, i guess there's no comment from the white house, because this just happened. >> reporter: there's no comment, but this is the president who is

that's why i worry about kim that's why i worry about kim jong-un just going to that button. >> and exactlyyou know, one year ago today, let's look back at what president trump tweeted. he said, "north korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the u.s. it won't happen." okay. if you look back after that tweet, north korea has conducted 25 missile or nuclear tests, cnn is reporting another test could happen as early as this week. director clapper, if you were in this administration, if you were advising this administration, what would you tell them to do right now? >> well, for one, i think he's fallen into the same trap as previous administrations have, where we huff and we puff but we never blow the house down, because people realize what the implications of doing that are. so i would temper, and it's kind of late now, cooling the rhetoric. i still like what secretary jim mattis did, six or eight missile tests ago, where he simply said, we note the north koreans have launched a missile, we have nothing further to say. this

he's also promised to destroy the kim regime with fire and fury if kim's missile tests continue, mr. trump now insists the stop and go strategy with north korea is intentional. he tells the journal you'll see that a lot with me and then all of a sudden somebody's my best friend. i could give you 20 examples. you could give me 30. i'm a very flexible person. >> when we asked a senior administration official if president trump has actually spoken to or contacted kim he told cnn that's not something we would discuss but we are not aware this contact has occurred. what is the view from pyongyang regarding relationship with the united states? will ripley with more on that from seoul, south korea. >> reporter: president trump's remarks to the wall street journal that he probably has a good relationship with north korean leader kim jong-un took a lot of korea watchers by surprise. yes, there are back channel communications between the u.s. and north korea. at the united nations in new york. but every source i've spoken with over the last few years has given zero indication of any remote pos

. >> supervisor tang: thank you, supervisor kim. colleagues, any other nominations that you would like to make? ok. seeing none, then thank you. madame clerk, would you please read the names of the formal nominees who have accepted in the order they were presented to us. >> clerk: supervisor cohen has nominated president breed. supervisor yee has nominated supervisor farrell. >> supervisor tang: so we have two nominees before us. so colleagues, before we proceed on voting, i wanted to share the procedure. so according to our process, the vote on the nominations will be in the order that the nominations were received when the nominees name is called stay aye or no. the first nominee to receive a majority vote of all members will be selected by the committee of the whole and we'll forward it out to the full board of supervisors for appointment as successor mayor. again, just to kind of very have you and repeat. given we're voting on nominations in the order which they were received, a nominee higher on the list could receive a majorit

kim jong il, the father of today's leader kim jong un. >> reporter: your goal was destroy the plane,estroy the olympics. >> translator: yes, i was a robot, she says, brainwashed. south korea was our enemy. the olympics went ahead. the u.s. designated north korea a sponsor of terror. the victims remembered here. many here are convinced north korea's methods today are equally ruthless, using weapons to sow fear. trying to destroy south korea. >> reporter: kim jong-un aims to break the ties. she says he's using the games to buy time for his nuclear program. she was sentenced to death for the bombing but pardoned by south korea. she lives in hiding today, fearing kim will kill her. a traitor in his eyes who completed her mission but turned on the regime. nbc news, seoul. >>> there was a major scare overnight from alaska all the way down the west coast when a powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck undersea in the gulf of alaska. the force triggered tsunami warnings and evacuations. many residents waking up to warnings on their phones. but after several tense hours, the warnings were can

north korea's leader kim jong il. has delivered a new year's address saying all of the united states is within range of his country's nuclear missiles but he adopted a more conciliatory tone toward south korea think he believes talks between the two countries were possible. you're watching the news live from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour thanks for watching. only at full speed. which. lead but always on the move. mostly today and in the future. trying. to build. a. building megacities at all costs india's ambition for the future. one hundred state of the art cities are planned in just twenty years. from this gigantic undertaking. and who loses. india one hundred two cities. in forty five minutes long d.w. . the top stories followed across social media share your comments and content welcome to. news. day live to serve. danger lurks in the water we were there all year long surfing waste and. not only being the witness but it being a victim i mean we. you troubles all gastric troubles. little basically it

. >> then it's a girl for kim k. details on baby number three born via surrogate. >> it's definitely a harder experience than i anticipated. >> plus is this former bachelor dating a golden globe nominated actress. >> plus hemsworth secrets talking kids, romance and what no one knows about her hot hubby. >> i actually love it. >> this is "entertainment tonight." >> kim and kanye's baby has finally arrived. we have the latest details. >> first all eyes on halle berry at the naacp image awards making quite the statement with her gown and showing everyone that age is only a number. >> halle told me she's making this her best year ever. she seems to have found the perfect balance on and off camera. the world is saying halle berry hallelujah. >> i saw it. >> i told you i'm coming for 2018. i'm in beast mode for 2018. i'm a beast this year. >> halle is coming in hot. that dress stunk sexy and shear with black lace placed so the mom of two could show off just enough. it has no nude lining. it's completely shear. >> i'm comin

supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: thank you. i would like to see if supervisor yee can speak after me. i'm proud with supervisor yee to be introducing $100 million plus measure to make a humongous investment in early childhood education and child care. the reality around child care in our city today is that 60% of households with children do not have a stay at home parent. center-based child care for infant and 30 out of 50 states costs more than its public university tuition and fees. women and in particular women of color make up the vast majority of the work force but the wages are poverty wages, many early care educators using some form of public benefits to take care of their own families. 2,400 san francisco families are on the wait list for early childhood education and early child care. eligible based on income but not enough resources to help them access the care that these babies and toddlers need. with these stark realities, we know that we must do better, and if we truly believe families are the backbone of san franc

he's also promised to destroy the kim regime with fire and fury. kim's missile tests continue. when we ask senior administration officials, president trump has spoken to or contacted kim, he told cnn that's not something we would discuss, but we are not aware this contact has occurred. >> so, what is the view from pyongyang regarding relationship, ee relationship with the united states? cnn's will ripley with more on that from seoul, south korea. >> dave and christine, president trump's remarks to the "wall street journal" that he probably has a good relationship with north korean leader kim jong-un certainly took a lot of career watchers by surprise. yes, there are back channel communications between the u.s. and north korea. at the united nations in new york and elsewhere, for example, but every source that i've spoken with in the u.s. and north korea over the last several years and certainly in recent months has given zero indication of any remote possibility of direct communication between the leaders of the united states and north korea and there are plenty of reasons for

not the disc kim took over two thousand and seven the kim before him the father really really mismanaged the economy to the point that people really concerned that the economy might actually undercut the north korean national security that might be like a coup or something like that there was a huge famine under its predecessor under its father and so one thing the new kim has emphasized a lot is the idea of not only national security in the army and the traditional issues but economic growth and so north korea has actually grown by the estimates we we guesstimate really about north korea by the as the guesstimates we have north korea has actually sort of turn this economy around a little bit in the last five years and so this kim is banging away at that as a theme of legitimacy as a way of legitimizing his rule right kelly thanks for talking to us thank you for having me happy new year. now to iran where the government is using new measures to deal with protesters social media apps including the messaging service telegram which has fourteen million users have been blocked as the governm

north korean leader kim jong-un said, quote, the entire mainland of the u.s. is within range of our nuclear weapon and the nuclear button is always on the desk of my office, unquote. and that's a questionable claim in terms of north korea's actual nuclear capabilities. but regardless president trump took to twitter this evening writing, quote, north korean leader kim jong-un just stated the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will someone from his depleted regime please inform him i too have a nuclear button but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his, and my button works, unquote. the bellicose back and forth comes as the joint chairman of the chief of staff warns the u.s. is further quote with a war with north korea than ever before, adding, quote, he did not see this to resolve this diplomatically. president kennedy said every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of damicallies, the weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us. and president trump this evening is in a back and forth with kim jong-un about whose nucl

flowers for kim il sung and kim jong il north korea's past leaders a gesture of reverence repeated on every holiday in the kept saying those who turn out also pay homage to their current president kim jong un during his new year's address his speech included a range of threats against the united states but also unexpectedly an offer of dialogue with neighboring south korea. you want a winter olympics to be held in south korea will be a good occasion for the country and we sincerely hope that they will be a sixth is we're prepared to take various steps including sending a delegation officials from the two koreas may meet to discuss the possibility. kim said now was a good time to demonstrate the unity of the korean people in seoul south korea's president responded cautiously. we welcome that the north korean leader kim jong un expressed a willingness to send athletes to the olympics for improving enter korean relations is not something that can be done separately from the resolution of the north korean nuclear issue. but that is still a distant goal south korea's presidential office re

this is d w news live from berlin in north korea twenty eighteen begins with a threat of the dictator kim jong un mourns the u.s. its entire territory is within range of his nuclear missiles and that he has a launch button on his desk but he offers an olive branch to south korea. also coming up iran's president hassan rouhani warns there will be no tolerance for violent demonstrations it's this new deaths are reported in anti-government protests. and celebrations as the world welcomes twenty eight teams thousands of rounds revelers turned out for new york's countdown on times square despite near record low temperatures and tight security. a matter and it's good to have you with us north korean leader kim jong un has delivered a new year's address with a warning for the united states he said he has a nuclear button on his desk at all times to be able to respond to any u.s. attack said the u.s. would be unable to wage war against north korea because. it was within range of pyongyang's nuclear weapons but he was more conciliatory toward south korea saying he was open to talks and hopes to lo

but the question now is, is it a new kim jong-un?his speech it sounded like a stick for donald trump but a carrot for south korea. what do you make of these statements? aidan: yes, indeed. i'm kind of wondering what took him so long. needless to say this is not an outbreak of peace for its own sake or a change of heart by kim jong-un. he made very clear as you pointed out that for the u.s. it is very much the stick. but of course, it is very helpful to north korea to try to divide the u.s. from its south korean ally. his late father kim jong-il was very good at that during the sunshine era when south korea wanted to make nicwith the north fairly unconditionally, sort of bracketing off the nuclear issue which began at the end of that period. and washington, even under perhaps more reasonable governments, were not too happy about that. i'm kind of wondering why the last six to seven months when south korea has had a left of center government, kim jong-un has ignored them until now. a complete change of tone from him. very interesting t

responding to kim jong-un, the president tweeted, the and i quote, "north korean leader kim jong-un just stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will someone from his depleted and food-starved regime please inform him, i, too, have a nuclear button but it's a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button works." that is real. that actually just happened. cnn's jeff zeleny is at the white house joining us now. jeff, i mean, i guess there's no comment from the white house, because this just happened. >> reporter: there's no comment, but this is the president who is saying this, himself, so there's really nothing for the white house to comment on. of course, this will be -- we'll ask them if, you know, what specifically provoked this. anderson, this is certainly a dramatic escalation, something we've not seen probably since last fall when the whole rocket man was first coined, but it definitely is coming at a time when many people in this administration certainly at the state department have been trying to use a diplomacy here. now, this certainly blows that o