. >>> kim jong-il and his heir apparent is visiting china, a key ally of the country. south korea government sources say he crossed the border aboard a train on friday morning and arrived in northeastern china. the sources say that the brother-in-law of kim jong-il is likely to be accompanying the heir apparent. last september kim jong un was named the vice chairman of the ruling korean workers party, indicating that he was officially chosen as the successor to his father. observers had been expecting kim jong un's first solo visit to china. >>> tepco will release its earnings report today. ai uchida from the business desk gives us the details. >> hi there, welcome to "newsline business." tokyo electric power company, or tepco, is expected to post an historic loss of around $15 billion in the fiscal year ended march. this is due to the huge cost of recovery efforts arising from the recent disaster. a source close to tepco says the company will allocate $5 billion to stabilize the troubled fukushima daiichi reactors. it also needs to earmark funds for future decommissio

kim jong-ung is in his late 20s. in the meeting with chinese, kim said relations between two countries will not change if the leadership changes. this shows kim's support for the transfer of power to his son. >> i want to ask you, from china's perspective, how does kim's visit help china? what's in it for china? >> china wants to keep relations with north korea. it is important considering china is chair of six-party talks where the member countries discuss north korea's nuclear program. in the meeting with hu jintao, kim insisted the six-rty talks would resume immediately. usually both china and north korea don't announce kim's visit before he returns to his country, but this time win jiabao told bak about the visit while kim was staying in china. >> what makes china so eager to deal with china? what are china's intentions when it comes to north korea? >> i think the chinese government wants to show the international community that it is trying its best with north korea to give up its nuclear development. china is al

kim jong unis in his late 20s. in their meeting with chinese president jintao, he said the relationship will not change if the leadership changes. this shows his support of transfer of power to his son. >> how does kim's visit help china? what's in it for china? >> china wants to keep favorable relationship with china. the member countries discussed the nuclear program. in the meeting, kim insisted the six-party talks resume immediately. this time chinese premier talked about the visit while kim was staying in china. >> what makes china's intentions when it comes to north korea? >> i think the chinese government wants to show the international community that it is trying its best to persuade north korea to give up its nuclear development. china is trying to convince the north to open up its economy before kim jong-il loses power. >> thanks. appreciate it. >>> the international energy agency estimated that carbon dioxide emissions topped 30 billion tons last year, hitting an all-time high. the figure was released by

. >>> a top south korean official says north korean leader kim jong il could be visiting china instead of his heir apparent as initially reported. the official retracted earlier remarks that a north korean train that arrived in northeastern china was carrying the north korean leader's son, kim jong un. he explained that intelligence reports indicated that the train was most likely carrying kim jong il himself. sources familiar with the china/north korean relations said the delegations left two men at a province and stopped at a lake where a monument honors the late founder of north korea, kim il song. an employee at a hotel told nhk that a north korean leader had arrived and that people were banned from entering nearby hotels and restaurants. kim jong il is expected to visit cities in northeastern china. >>> the leaders of japan, china, and south korea are meeting this weekend in tokyo. this get-together will be the fourth in a series of high-level talks. japan's prime minister naoto kan and chinese premier wen jiabao and south korean prime minister lee myung-bak will hold talks on sat

his third son kim jong un welcomed him there. the agency alsoeported kim wrote a a letter to the chinese president saying friendly ties will develop through generations. observers say kim went to china to win its support for the planned transfer of power to a third generation of his family. around thursday night state-run media in china and north korea reported on a meeting between kim and president hu. according to china central television kim said during his tour he agrees with china's reform and open door policies but north korea's central news agency did not report this comment. instead, it said china supports the korean people's struggle for the protection of socialism. the difference in tone could indicate that kim jong-il is being cautious about opening up north korea's economy with chinese style policies. >>> japan's transfer ministry has ordered the construction of the country's first magnetically levitated train system. the next generation of high speed rail service is now ontrack to begin service in 2027. on friday the

. >> we're trying to punish kim jong il. we are actually punishing the people. >> the group says a harsh winter killed north korean crops. some people are already now eating grass, leaves, tree bark. now, the obama administration says it wants clear evidence of an urgent need before it's going to offer exclusive help. more of my conversation over the next two hours of "cnn newsroom." >>> here is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the administration says that osama bin laden's killing was an act of national self-defense. and the question today, does it even matter if bin laden's killing was legal? carol is canning the provocative questions, as always. >> not only me, but michael moore. okay. so it's michael moore. and we know how he can get under your skin, he is extremely left wing. but what he said on cnn's piers morgan about the killing of osama bin laden is getting a lot of attention. >> we're at a point now where we don't -- yeah. what do we need a trial for? just get rid of him. the second yo

it was kim jong il's third trip to china in a year. no word on specific deals for badly needed food aid. the woman arrested in saudi arabia for driving her car, in defiance of a ban on women drivers. she has been told she will have to spend another 10 days in prison. many in the kingdom believe it is unacceptable for and to drive. the woman was arrested after posting a video on the internet. her lawyer -- the lawyer said investigators need more time. the british government have told all other nationals to leave him and immediately as fighting escalates between the government and rebel forces. a full-scale civil war seems likely. presidents l.a. -- saleh has said he will not step down from power. we report on the latest developments. >> yemen is sliding toward open warfare. these are anti-government forces in the capital today. dozens of people have been killed or wounded this week. presidential forces battled their opponents. tonight, the foreign office said it is pulling out all inessential staff. it has warned britons in yemen to get

north korean leader kim jong il is believed to have met with the chinese president hu jintao in beijing. kim has been in china since friday. he arrived in beijing wednesday morning aboard his special train. kim is believed to have had lunch with members of the chinese leadership at the state guest house. he then apparently moved to the great hall of the people in the afternoon for a bilateral summit. kim and hu are believed to have exchanged views on e bilateral economic cooperation in border areas and on a resumption of six party tuks on north korea's development. china is proposing that invoice from north korea -- envoys hold a meeting before talks resume. south korea said the north should express intentions to abandon nuclear programs at the discussions. now a look at the latest in weather. >> hello there. time for your weather update. we are keeping a close eye on a typhoon, a large and strong typhoon headed to the northern end of the philippines. you can see the out of bounds starting to impact much of the philippines. it's starting to veer to the north continuing to strengthen ove

all right, in other news, north korea leader kim jong-il visited an electronic appliance factory in theity of nang joining on tuesday during his ongoing trip in china. kim arrived at the factory by car after leaving the city of yang joe earlier in the day. footage was released on the internet. it shows kim stepping out of his car receiving flowers from a girl and entering the factory. kim left nanjing on tuesday afternoon to continue his train trip through the country. following their usual custom, the governments and state media, both china and north korea have not disclosed kim's itinerary but news of his current trip has spread posted by chinese on the internet. diplomatic sources say kim may visit beijing wednesday to hold talks with chinese president hu jintao. on tuesday yang ju told reporters china and north korea maintain high-level exchanges but avoided a direct reference to kim's visit. she added developing bilateral friendly ties with north korea is an established policy for china. >>> a u.s. delegation is visiting north korea to determine whether the u.s. government should r

. >>> the son and heir apparent of north korean dictator kim jong-il has arrived in china for an officialisit. it's his biggest diplomatic trip yet. >>> and wildlife workers in mississippi are spending another day rounding up wild hogs that are threatening the levees. the hogs have been digging into them searching for food and dry land. this as floodwaters seep into louisiana farmland. >>> and after 29 years of hosting "entertainment tonight," mary hart signs off on her final broadcast today. now, when that debuted back in 1981 critics said there would be no audience for a half hour filled with celebrity news. never listen to the critics. >> isn't that true? now you can't get away from them. >>> for some of you your local news is coming up. >> for everyone else we'll be back with a scary prediction. will tomorrow really bring the end of the world? re they can ath and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. so let's put our paws down in protest. no fetching, no friendship till we all get k9 advantix ii. j

elsewhere tonight north korean leader kim jong il's in china according to south korean news agency reports suggested that his son and there traveled to the north key allies to discuss the pressures from face of the nuclear program conflicts abroad usually kept secret which we'd speculation about his health. to american astronauts had a six hour space walk cut short but not before completing a few experiments and repairs were called back inside the international space station after a carbon dioxide america failed in one of the after most protective suits the mission's part of the shuttle's final journey before retirement. the operator of japan's crisis in fukushima nuclear plants made a record loss of fifteen billion dollars it's the country's biggest ever corporate loss which forced the firm directive to quit and the nuclear campaign of philip white told us changes at the top what made a big difference if you look at teen years two thousand and two there's a big scandal involving. all three of the top executives who resigned but it made no difference his resignation will make no significan

let's look at some other world news now north korea's leader kim jong il is in china according to south korea news agencies earlier reports suggested that his son. had traveled to the north towards allies but china is the only country the north still talking to and it's thought they'll discuss global pressure on him to be about its nuclear program but there's this it's are usually made in secret and often spark rumors about his health. and got to stop the taliban has carried out a bomb attack the two armored u.s. consular vehicles the blast killed a passing motorcyclists and passengers in one of the cars where the taliban says it will continue targeting made to the diplomat in artie's cross talk about twenty minutes time the panel focuses on for turbulence between the track star. and these two american astronauts had their six hour space walk cut short but not before completing a few experiments and repairs they were called back inside the international space station after incompetent darkseid monitor failed in one of the astronauts protective suits their mission is part of the endeavor

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kim jong-il is a loser. his latest rally is a flop. i feel bad for ahmadinejad, he has no class.n the other hand, sell my own line of ties. you can find it at macy's in the flammable section. so it's not a strong field. who knows if they can beat you in 2012 but i tell you who could definitely beat you, mr. president, 2008 barack obama. you would have loved him. [ applause ] so charismatic, so charming. was he a little too idealistic? maybe. but you would have loved him. i still think we all remember the inauguration day, the first lady was there. may i say as beautiful as you looked that day, you look even more beautiful tonight. [ applause ] now, you on the other hand, mr. president, have aged a little. what happened to you? when you were sworn in, you looked like the guy from the old spice commercials. now, you look like lewis gossett senior. i never said this to anyone before but maybe you should start smoking again. is this the change you were talking about? mr. president, look at your hair, if your hair gets any whiter, the tea party is going to endorse it. i'm going to get

. >>> north korean leader kim jong-il has made a secretive visit to china.lusive leader who rarely travels abroad met the chinese president, hu jintao. its it's largest ally and main provider of food and aid. they confirmed his visit hours after his bulletproof train left beijing. >>> leaders from some of the world's richest countries are meeting in deauville in france. the g-8 countries are close to a multibillion-dollar deal to help democracies like egypt and tunisia. they've also been talking about libya. russia says its g-8 partners have asked it to help mediate between the warring parties. >>> we continue to follow developments, though, surrounding the capture of ratko mladic. now facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. cnn's phil black is at the hague where the international war crimes try boonial is awaiting mladic's extradition. phil, how much of an issue is his health going to be, and how could that affect the trial? >> reporter: well, i think you'll find, zain, that it could potentially be a significant issue. with ratko mladic now

. >> north korean propaganda films paint a blissful picture of life under kim jong il. those we met who'd escaped from north korea in the last decade paint a very different picture. kang chol hwan remembers a happy childhood. >> ( translated ): my childhood was happy. i had five or six aquariums with all kinds of fish. we kids all competed to see who had the best fish. >> then everything changed. his grandfather was arrested for an unnamed crime. north korean practice is to purge three generations. ang, his grandmother, father, uncle, and little sister were taken to yodok prison camp. kang screamed so much the soldiers let him take one of his beloved aquariums. he was nine years old. >> ( translated ): the iron gates opened. the soldiers were armed. i began to feel real fear. everyone was so skinny. the children were so weak and fragile. they were in rags. at first, i dried bugs for my fish. that's how i fed them. but when i started forced labor, i didn't have time for them. i had no time to cry. every day was so tiring. we worked so hard. i was so cold. you don't care

and china finally confirming the visit of north korean leader kim jong-il. a says he met with chinese leaders and received beijing's renewed support. the visit comes as north korea faces an economic crisis and increasing isolation over its nuclear program. kim was quoted as saying he wanted to resume nuclear disarmament talks. >>> well, bee venom and explosive detection. not two things that you think would normally go together. right? we'll explain how they do go together and how this all works together next in today's "big i."of hat i couldn't do. ♪ the accident could have been my excuse to quit. i made it my reason to go even harder. ♪ [ male announcer ] helping people achieve without limits. at the hartford it's what we do... and why we're the founding partner of the u.s. paralympic team. show your support at facebook.com/thehartford. ofher morning beginsic team. with artitis pain. that's a cofe and two s. . back to sore knees. back to moreills. the day one but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. st 2il can keep arthritis pain awaall day fewerillshan

china right now, high-level north korea delegation according to some reports north korean leader kim jong-ilry for you. meanwhile, china is pushing a developed new high-tech weapons. what if, what if these weapons are developed as part of a growing arm's race between the u.s. and china? let's bring in our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. she work thing part of the story for us. >> 20 years ago a lot of people would be surprised if you told them today our primary war would be against these terrorists. not against a nation. it is a job to look ahead 20, 30 years from now to see what the next conflict could be. some of the brightest minds in the u.s. and china are already doing this for a conflict that may never happen. technology could push u.s. navy fighter jets farther back from the battlefield. a is developing a missile with enough distance and accuracy to hit a moving carrier. in order important the american ship to launch planes against china, it would have to sail in range to the df-21-d missile. >> this is not an easy thing to do with mobile platform. but the chinese are putting t

there's also this guy, kim jong-il is not a good guy. and has acted in ways that have been very dangerous at times. the word is competitive secretary gates said this very well, the word is in five or 10 years, he's looking at a nuclear capability which threatens the united states. this is not just about local security, in the not too long run. that potential exists as well. and he is by and large starving his people. we know that. and, in fact, his army which is pretty unusual, is having a pretty tough time beating food this year as well, or through this winter. so it's a very, very tough, complex situation and an awful lot of us are focused on a. we need it to be stable. we need him to stop the provocations. and what i worry about his as he continues to propagate, as we look at the succession plan for his son, that the potential for instability and miscalculation d escalation their is pretty high end of great concern. we continue to focus great aunt ensuring as best we can that it has to goes in the other direction. >> and, of course, s

. >> kim jong il in china, any word from the chinese? >> no, no updates for information. >> no changes to the plants to go in tomorrow? >> that is right. he has departed. he is due to go in, i think, tomorrow. and he will return in a few days. then the food assessment team may stay on the ground a while longer to complete the assessment. >> did you figure out how he was going? >> not know if i have any further updates. i remember we talked about him traveling to beijing. then i am not sure how people get into north korea. >> -- [unintelligible] following the attack on pakistan and the taliban? >> no, i do not have any updates. is there until may 28. you're talking about the attack earlier today on the naval base. obviously, we condemned the attack. we can confirm that no u.s. citizens or injured or killed in the attack on the naval station in karachi. but we strongly condemn this terrorist attack and are committed to working with pakistan in a joint effort to combat this kind of violent extremism. and our thoughts and prayers are >> are

. >>> north korea leader, kim jong il has reportedly wrapped up several days of secret talks with chineseninsula. >>> president obama is in france for the start of two days of talks at the g-8 summit. meeting with japan's prime minister to discuss reconstruction after march's devastating earthquake and tsunami. leaders from the eight largest economies in the world are on hand tackling issues like the global debt crisis, middle east peace and global inflation and soaring food prices for many countries. >>> cnn has learned a major development could come in the john edwards case in a matter of days. an entimt or plea deal is expected. federal prosecutors claim that edwards used campaign cash as hush money for former real hunt. lawyers for edwards slammed the department saying the government's theory is wrong and insisting that edwards did not break the law. >>> a man captures amazing video of the oklahoma tornado and it ends up dem mol ishing his three-story home. the frantic final moments as the family rushes to safety. they could not grab the family dog in time. this is an emotional story

we know north korean leader kim jong il is in beijing, right now, as we are here, focusing on the economic ties between the two countries. how do we get china to exert what we believe is greater leverage with respect to north korea's behavior, particularly the aggressive behavior towards the south and some of the dangerous moments that have been created as a last few years as a consequence of that. you'd think there was a greater ability. are we misjudging their capacity, or are they judging their interest differently? >> i don't think we're misjudging the capacity. in fact, china will be a vital partner in the six-party talks. china has a very unique role given it's influence and ties with north korea. we obviously urge china to do more to influence north korea's behavior. i think the recent provocations by north korea and the reaction by the south is giving china pause. and causing china to realize that it has to step up to diffuse the situation to make sure that no further provocations occur, which could then result in retaliatory actions by south korea. which would simply destabilize t

members of their suggested japan needed their own strategic deterrent simply because if a madman like kim jong il decided to launch a nuclear strike on some part of japan, the only actual nuclear deterrent would be the american umbrella. would an american president make the decision to kill millions of north koreans or hundreds of thousands or thousands of north koreans to respond to such an attack upon japan? there is at least a question to -- there is at least -- is not a certainty. if japan had their own deterrent i think the north koreans would recognize the response would be almost certain. the certainty of our response is a critical element to deterrence and if our targets for deterrents are counterforce targets i think an enemy will conclude we are much more likely to follow through with that and the sponsor here has recognized that and understood that not only is it within our value parameters of the united states, but much more possible to have a stronger deterrent by maintaining our ability to target counterforce basis. the amendment simply says reductions cannot require us to move t