hu and kim discussed a visit to china by kim jong-un. >>> u.s. leaders are making good on their pledge to boost their military presence in the asia pacific. navy personnel docked a ship near nagasaki japan. the u.s. ship is an amphibious assault vessel and will be a giant landing pad for a new and controversial aircraft. nhk world takes us onboard. >> reporter: it's 250 meters long, can carry 1,000 crew members, plus an additional 1,900 marines during operations. u.s. navy personnel held a ceremony monday to mark the arrival of the ship in japan. >> thank you nagasaki prefecture and japanese self-defense force. >> reporter: navy spokespeople say upgrades to this vessel has made it the most capable ship of its class. the ship has been on water since the late 1990s. the americans relied on it during the iraq war. it also used a vessel to help with relief efforts following the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. here in japan, it will merely be used as a carrier for the new helicopter. they trained it and the deck has been reinforced. but that hasn't put an

china's central television reported that they met with kim jung il, who reportedly cold kim that china is willing to expand in various fields and promote lasting peace and stability on the korean peninsula and northeast asia. he also called for deepening the ties between the two countries through more high level exchanges and they are believed to have discussed a visit to china by kim jung un. they are boosting military presence in the asia specific. they updated a chip at nag saki, japan. the u.s. said he is an amphibious assault vessel and for a new and controversial aircraft. we go on board. it's 250 meters long and can carry 1,000 crew members and an additional 1900 marines. u.s. navy personnel on monday merged a rival of the u.s. in japan. >> thank you, kosovo city and japanese definitely was force. >> navy spokes people said upgrades to the vessel made it the most capable ship of its class. the uss has been on water since the late 1990s. they rely on the iraq war. they can use the vessel to help with relief efforts following the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. here in japan, they will

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kim il-sung. the u.s., russia, south korea, and china have condemned the planned launch. >>> an historic day in myanmar as former political prisoner is now part of the country's parliament. aung san suu kyi won her election yesterday as parts of the national league for democracy party. the nobel peace prize winner was under house arrest for close to 20 years before being released in 2010. she has pushed for democracy in myanmar. she hopes to work with the government to help bring real change to her country. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton has a stern warning for syria's president -- put together a peace proposal or else. secretary clinton joined other world officials from the arab league and european union in turkey as part of the friends of syria conference. they discussed how best to defend rebel forces while brokering a peace deal between the president and president bashir assad. clinton urged assad to either accept a peace plan or step down. >> we called for an immediate end to the killing in syria, and we urged the joint special envoy, kofi annan, to set a timetable for next steps. the worl

the members are japan, russia, the united states, china and north and south korea. >>> north korean leader kim jong-un has assumed two key posts within the ruling workers party on top of the supreme post of first secretary. >> the presidium of the political bureau is considered the party's highest decision-making body with an overall command at party activities. they originally had five members but in recent years existed in name only. for a time, kim jong-il, who died in december, was its only leader. with the addition of kim jong-un and his close aide, choe ryong hae, the party only has five members. the only party post kim jong-un held before this was vice chairman of the central military commission. yuko atani covered stories on the korean peninsula. >>> why did north korean officials hold off the launch today? >> well, certainly they seemed ready to go. our colleagues were watching events unfolding in pyongyang. so they thought the launch might come on the first day of the five-day window. they keep their eyes on the screen but nothing happened. although there are several possibilities. o

china backing? for the north korean people, life under the young kim is as bleak as ever with the average citizen enjoying no real political, religious or personal freedoms. hundreds of thousands of north korean political prisoners remain imprison the in goolags and others endeavor to escape by any means possible even if it means crossing to china where many refugees are forced into prostitution and hard labor. despite the north's efforts to appear quote strong and prospero prosperous" this year to celebrate the 100th birthday of the country's founder, vast numbers of north koreans continue to face starvation. sadly, the north korean regime's misguided priorities, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into its so-called space program and nuclear programs and massive military only underscore its cold-hearted callousness and blatant disregard for its own people. the chinese willingness to support such a wicked regime casts a dark shadow on beijing's own international reputation. i thank the panel of experts for being here this morning. look forward to thoughts on how to make our policy on north korea more

kim jong un. so of course they're very concerned about the motives. they've been looking to china to try to exert more influence, china being the real ally north korea had, that relationship dating back many decades. so north korea here, a lot of suspicion what they are up to, don. they do insist, though, that this is just a satellite launch. interesting as well why they've invited us here, it coincides with the 100th year of the anniversary of the birth of the founder of north korea, kim il sun. there will be a celebration here to mark that along with this launch. >> thank you, we appreciate it. >>> a pope celebrates mass before thousands at the vatican, and the first family takes a short walk to sunday services. and mike wallace, one of the most respected journalists of his day, a staple for four decades on the news program "60 minutes" has died, and we're looking at his life and talking to those who knew him about the impact he had on journalism and the world. well, in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, suppor

china has expressed concern. yet, the renewed tension could benefit the new leadership. pressure from abroad could unite the regime at home. as long as kimontinues to provoke the west, so the theory goes, there is little danger of a challenge to his authority. >> we turn to germany now. germany's left party has suffered a shock resignation in the run-up to two important regional elections. the leader said she is stepping down to care for her husband who is seriously ill. >> the left party will hold an election in june to find another woman to replace her. party rules say the joint leadership must include a man and a woman. >> she has been in charge of the left party since 2010. now she says she is resigning as co-leader, because she has to care for her 80-year-old husband. >> because of my husband's age- related ailments, i have decided to step down from my office as party co-leader. >> her time at the helm saw a few gaps. she sent birthday greetings to fidel castro and suggested communism should be given another chance. comments that did not help her party in recent polls. but a marxist is already being touted to succeed her. possibly t

about nigerian traders in china, which sets up a lot of interesting issues, putting immigration in context here. the low point is fox news and biting -- in the fighting -- in viting kim a quincy loiahan. >> my problem is i might not recognize them. [laughter] >> that is our show for today. thank you to our sponsor, we will see the next week, at the same time. cheers. >> many have spoken out on the need to transition to a clean energy future. at exxon, we are acting, committed to reducing or offsetting more than 15 million metric funds -- tons of a greenhouse gas emissions, by offering more low-carbon electricity in the marketplace. >> >> salon, we are taking action in seeing results. >> "white house chronicle" produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. from washington, d.c., this has been "white house chronicle," a weekly analysis of the news with insight and a sense of humor featuring llewellyn king, linda gasparello, and guests. this program may be seen on pbs stations and cable access channel. to view the program online, visit us at whitehousechronicle.com. >> funding for "to the contrary"

kim jong un. i assume he urged them not to conduct this test and he ignored them. they're probably already working at that. but i don't think china is going to allow any sanctions from this missile to go forward. i think they're simply going to put it behind them. >> anyone else have any thoughts? >> let me just add that the panel of experts implementing the supreme court council resolution has an expert on it. essentially his job is to keep the committee from adopting anything that would be critical towards china. and so there are real limits to the instrument that the presidential statement has identified as the yankee by which its's going to strengthen sanctions. i think it's very clear that, you know, they are focused oon stability and the reason why the presidential statement went as far as it did. simply because president hu heard such strong pushback when he was in seoul. >> the chinese are going to keep their china-first policy. they'll do what they can to lower actions by us or north korea that get in the way of a process of talking. i think appealing to china's self-sfwres, they know their self-interest, they made their

china and south korea have also joined in the combination. so far pyongyang has shown little regard as it marks the 100th birthday of the reclusive state's founder kim il-sung. our correspondent is in p'yongyang, one of a group of journalists who has been invited in what is usually a very much closed country, to witness the event. but here in pyongyang, it is a gray and wet afternoon but at the west coast satellite launch center, it has been confirmed the rocket no. 3 applies to blast into space is undergoing final preparations and the satellite is being mounted onto the rocket today. we have been hearing from the deputy director of north korea's space program, and he has been saying that this is not, as some people screaming, a test for intercontinental ballistic missiles. he said the rocket itself is small and could only carry a small payload. it only uses liquid, not solid fuel -- all reasons, he says, why this should not be seen as an intercontinental missile. he has often -- also given extra details, saying it carries a camera to take quite low resolution pictures of the earth, but saying that would be important for north korea's economic devel

they were sailing from china to san francisco when a wave knocked out the steering. and tonight there is finally good news. lilian kim is live at the coast guard air station at sfo with those details. lilian? >> ama, the two sailors with the most serious injuries are in safe hands. they are on a coast guard cuter on their way to san francisco bay. a coast guard helicopter arrived at sfo after being sent on a rescue mission in the pacific ocean. the crew attempted to hoist two injured sailors from a damaged racing yacht a few hundred miles off the coast. the plane shows the 68-foot western australia before the rescue. the two crew members were sailing since july in a race that is the around the world yacht race. they were injured when a -- when they were hit on saturday. >> a risk assessment was taken and the best option would be to get the two most severely injured passengers aboard the coast guard cuter and to bring them back on the cuter as opposed to getting them on the hilo. >> both are from the uk. one may 1r* broken ribs and the other from a pelvic strain. the coast guard cuter is identical to this vessel in al

what china is really worried about right now is that perhaps this young leader, kim jong-moon is a littlen't want the international community to press him any further. i think you're going to see pressure on the united states to put pressure on north korea to stop these type of actions, these type of provocations. the u.s. came out with a kind of bland statement last night, saying this was a provocative action in violation of north korea's commitments but saying that the president was prepared to engage with north korea. so i think, if they're going to do that, china is really key here. they want china to put the screws to north korea and say, listen, you can't do this anymore. >> good luck with that. elise labott, always good to see you. >>> democratic strategist hilary rosen has now apologized for saying ann romney never worked a day in her life. the remark about a stay-at-home mother of five angered republicans and had aides in the white house doing a rebuff. president obama said that does not reflect what he believes at all, using his wife and mother as examples. >> there is no toughe

diplomacy with south korea and china because the real question is where is this going to take us. we can see that kim jung-un has kind of flunked his first leadership test here. and we can see there are problems. and the question is whether there is a sort of diplomatic path forward. i can imagine the chinese are not at all happy with the way the north koreans have behaved on this. >> joel witt, do you see any diplomatic path at least to restraining the next nuclear underground test, the assumed one? >> well, i don't think there is any way of heading that off. i mean, all the events are in motion. and they've been in motion for a while. the missile test, then of course every one anticipated that we would go to the u.n. for sanctions. and the north koreans knew this. so they had plans for the nuclear test. that's going to happen. there's no way to head any of this off. the issue is at what point might we get back to a situation where we can at least reengage the north koreans and put in place a policy to stop this. >> but what kind of engagement-- i mean successive administrations have tried isolation

china backing? for the north korean people, life under kim jong-un is oppression. ds of thousands remain imprisoned in gulags. others endeavor to escape by any means possible, even if it means crossing into china, where many refugees are forced into prostitution and hard labor. this year, to celebrate the 100th birthday of the country's founder, members of north koreans continue to face starvation. sadly, the regimes and started priorities, pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into its space program, nuclear programs, and massive military, only underscored the coldhearted callousness and blatant disregard for its own people. china is willing to support such a wicked regime, which casts a dark shadow on beijing's international reputation. i think the panels for being here this morning. i look forward to your thoughts on how to make our policy towards north korea more effective. i yield back. >> thank you very much, mr. berman. and thank you. we will give moments on nonproliferation and trade. >> we were just talking about the magnitude of the human abuse rights i

china might be the biggest threat. a survey asking investment strategists what did you find. the list is similar to what kim about. >> absolutely. all those things are addressed. jim and i were talking, too. can you go on and on with how many risks there are in the market. number one, what washington, d.c. is going to do. there's going to be so much uncertainty. wall street, of course, hates uncertainty. talking about tax increases, spending cuts. no one knows how it's going to play out. point to two other things. we had -- if you think about the two things that drove the market so far, we had profit growth and easy money from the fed. both of those things are a big question mark right now. >> jim, the fact is our viewers should do in a smaller way what you do for a living. you don't sit around and hope you make money because the market is on a tear or hope you don't lose all your money because markets are going down. what should they be looking for? >> well, you're in a low return environment over the next several years. money markets pay nothing, bonds are low. the best way to accumulate capital over a mu

kim season filthy and the building is outdated but people still love it. in fact, people lined up around the block to show support for the restaurant in china town. cheryl hurd supports this from the san francisco institution that could be forced to shut down. >> as i was walking along the line, i could hear everyone's personal story. everyone sad to see it go. >> my mom sent my dad here at 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. because she had a hankering for soup. >> the line wrapped around the corner in the heart of san francisco's china town. sam woo has been ordered to renovate or close. >> we get annual inspections and never have we had any inspector say this is not suitable. >> reporter: she says the health department is demanding the restaurants keep up with safety codes in monomodern standards. but standing in line, carrying it is not a big deal. >> this place is not an iconic landmark in san francisco. it is about a energy and the waiters if. it is like the perfect storm. >> some people came to be here to put the restaurant on the map. >> no, no, you can't have that tonight. then he insisted on picking out our food. >> reporter: but rachel rx oabak

this is a time to say to china that has a lot of leverage with north korea, look, let's try to get them back into sensible behavior. it's not going to affect kim jong-un. he is the designated leader. he obviously is getting a lot of pressure from the north korean military, because there must have been an internal debate, do we proceed with this launch. the answer was yes. they proceeded with this launch. and now they have to reassess their options. so i think the white house statement was prudent. it left a little door open. and i think it's important not to crow about this. because they are a dangerous country. they have ballistic missile technology -- >> i agree with that. i think barbara starr -- yeah, i thought barbara raised a great point, which is, this could go two ways. yes, they've been humiliated. but if the world starts laughing at north korea and you've got a young, new leader who feels embarrassed, this could be even more dangerous. bill, for you, i'm going to have to leave it. thank you very much, because we've got a live link up to cnn's stan grant. he's in pyongyang, in north korea, and he has more on tonight's failed launch. s

. >> yeah, both china and north corey argoing through leadership transitions. in north korea because of the death of kim because kim jong un the current leader is so young the military, which has always been very powerful in the north korean system has become even more influential. that really means that the military is driving these things, like missile launches, and nuclear weapons tests. jenna: if there is a power struggle happening within north korea and also within china, and we mention china because of its power in the region, the power struggle saoeplts to be that the military leaders are becoming more high profile. is the practice way to engage north korea or china through our own military rather than dip plea matter. >> we need to probably rely 0 lot lesson china which can't help us and won't help news any event and for us to lock at unilateral measures like the sanctions that the bush administration put in place in 2005, and that really hurt the north korean regime. unfortunately we took them off prematurely in 2007 at the behest of beijing. and so therefore i think there are a lot of things t

kim jong-ill. i think the chinese would like to restart talks under their sponsorship and i think they're probably working on that. i don't think china will allow any sanctions from this missile to go forward. i think they are going to put it behind them. >> anyone else have any thoughts? >> the panel of experts that's implementing the security council resolution has a chinese expert on it that essentially his job is to keep the committee from adopting anything that would be critical toward china. and so there really are real limits to the security -- that the presidential statement has eye didn't find as the vehicle by which -- identified as the vehicle. with regard to the strategic orientation, it's clear they are focused on stability and the reason why the presidential statements went as far as it did was simply because president hu heard such strong blowback when he was in seoul. in terms of following through it's probably not going to be there. the chinese are going to keep their stability first policy. you know, the quip for people to work on this is p.r.c. stands for please remain calm. they'll do what they can to lower action