that is to my kim jong-il -- kim jong-un is weaker than his father. an exxon will be weaker than kim jong-un. the question is, how much. how much weaker points to how long the regime will survive. that is key. like to thank you for that. that is an issue. what is a solution? well, currently we have what some have called a caretaker government. you have the hand-picked just divisors of kim jong-un that are currently helping to run the government with kim jong-un up front as the face of the cpr kate. as i said the radio sherry astray when i was asked how much in charge is kim jong-un. as said, well, those four institutions feet into him. they do exactly what he tells them to do. of course to meet is not really know what he's doing, as a what he tells them to do is is that what they tell and tell them to do. think about that. nation of 22 and a half million people. that is really the way it's working right now. no one man is truly controlling that government right now. that's a problem because that is always the weight is ben. it is never a government of

many of these people were no more experienced than kim jong-un. what does kim jong-un mean. by the way, my wife has the same name, jong-un. and she had her license plate with her name on it. and she wanted to know why people were honking at her. [laughter] but anyway. we must have a base just like the father and grandfather. he must have the support of 40 institutions. the security services and the byzantine inner kim jong-il's family circle. this really is not some kind of weird nebulous. what this is is the sons and grandsons and great-grandsons of the people that came up with kim jong-il and the royalty. the way that the kim family regime works is it is not a hierarchical set up. now it is kim jong-un and it was kim jong-il. so what are kim jong-un's chances of survival? well, he has all these things against them kim jong-il had 20 years to build a power base that i talked about. so he was in charge of running the army and security services and kim jong-un had none of these positions were experiences when he had the takeover. as my good friend, who i had lunch with today t

after kim jong il died, kim jong-un invited him back. daring escape that caused kim jong il to want to assassinate him in japan. fujimoto had betrayed the father, not the son is the way it turned out. he was a boy. here's the man who taught him jet skiing and roller skating and kite flying and basketball. he wanted to see what happened to his man who had been stolen for him by escaping his life and he brought him back. >> i applaud you for keeping the names straight. kim jong il kim for all those who sleep too hot or too cool and struggle to sleep comfortably together, now there's a solution. the company that individualized your comfort with the sleep number bed is now introducing sleep number dual temp the revolutionary temperature-balancing layer with active air technology that works on any mattress, including yours. whether you sleep hot or cool sleep number dual temp allows each of you to select your ideal temperature. so you can both sleep exactly the way you like at your own perfect temperature. and there's only one place in the wo

a sushi chef, you say it he tells gq magazine he spent years working for kim jong il the late father have a forecast him. he is standing on the right there. the dictator is sitting on the left. this chef says kim used toly to wild parties with a brigade of beautiful north korean girls in charge of entertaining guests. and he says he flew north korean jets around the world to get rare ingredients and supply the dear leader's $700,000 a year cognac habit. he also mentioned staffers had to inspect the rice that kim jong il ate to make sure each grain was perfectly shaped and he revealed that the son, kim the younger, kim jong un became a fan of the nba star dennis rodman after the chef's sister started sending vhs tapes of the christian bulls team. the sushi chef says kim jong un's real age is 30. full interview in this month's issue of gq easy to read those words sushi chef. bunga bunga is back. thank you, lord. lawyers for the former prime minister of italy silvio berlusconi lied that he erotic sex parties. closing arguments at his trial today. the former prime minister berlusconi is

kim jong-un believes that nuclear weapon program greatly contributed to stabilities. so north korea nuclear weapon problems are hardly abandoned. rather, north korea puts more efforts to be accepted as a nuclear nation by super powers such as china and the united states. resuming dialogue between south and north korea looks like unlikely in the near future. north korea government has little intention to negotiate with the south due to the unstable political situations rather north ckreorea put more perfects for friendly relations with china. >>> people in the democratic republic of the congo have lived in the shadow of conflict for years. armed groups are fighting to gain control of land and resources in the vast african nation, and they don't just use guns. rebels sexual assault tens of thousands of women every year. now congolese will offer better protection. nhk world's yu kobiyashi reports. >> reporter: a town along goma. the rebels have powerful weapons like anti-aircraft artillery and rocket launchers. and between these fighters is goma. later they negotiated wi

president kim jong-un proposing discussion after months of threatening to wage nuclear war. but his invitation as it is being called comes with conditions. kim jong-un says north korea will talk only if there are no demands that it must give up nuclear assets. the obama administration says it is open to talks, only if north korea commits to complying with u.n. security council regulations and ends the nuclear program. and around and around they go. >>> we learned a private jet carrying president george w. bush was forced to make an emergency landing. it was flying philadelphia to dallas following a charity event. someone on board reported smoke inside the cockpit. the gulf stream jet was diverted to louisville, kentucky to check it out. it landed safely. a spokesperson for the former president telling us mr. bush was on board, but says he never saw or smelled smoke. the plane was quickly cleared, resumed flight, landed safely in dallas a short time later. >>> right now, the most destructive wildfire in colorado state history as we have been calling this is slowing down, but

what is it like breaking bread with kim jong-un. we'll ask the correspondent who went in. >>> a long a-awaited announcement from beijing. we'll figure out if it means anything. >>> first, here's my take. the great american housing market is back. the case schiller housing index showed the largest annual increase in prices in seven years. so, despite dysfunction in washington, despite the sequester, the american economy, once again, shows its core character. flexibility and resilience. a housing revival was inevitable at some point. the united states is the only rich country in the world whose population is growing. we add 3 million people to our numbers every year, thanks largely to legal immigration. that means over time, we will need new housing, unless kids want to live with their parents forever. consumer confidence has hit a five-year high and not without reason. americans have been paying off their debt at a steadyclipse since the financial crisis. the u.s. economy is susceptible to bubbles and manias, but also has the flexibi

that the rock under kim jong-un is fracturing. neil: would that worry you? are among elite in north korea, and are you trying to, forgive my crassness, play this crisis. you know people are abanninging your own currency in favor of almost any other currency. you want to get out of dodge, but you can't. but you don't want to do anything to go against the flow, right? >> not exactly. revolutions in these types of society don't happen -- great danger is that ruling elite, the military bureaucratic and political elite in pyongyang will get so sick of kim jong-un and his inner circle and they try to take control. neil: but what if they call the shots say, our country is a toilet bowl but if you could launch a few more missiles, we can get the peasant's minds off this other stuff. >> you are right. %-korea since 2009 when their black market economy began to collapse. you ave a very thin va near at the top who are doing reasonably well by north korean standards. but the middle management. that look around thinking to themselves there has got to be a better way to d

i think the turning point was the leadership transition, the death of kim jong-il in late 2011, and theransition from hu jintao to xi jinping. the top leadership of the two countries have not reconnected. we have seen that in the past and the sino-north korean relationship where it can take some time for the leaders to make that high-level connection. it is very important because you have two top-down political systems so that the bilateral has to begin at the top. >> how much influence does china have with the young leader in john thune -- kim jong-un? >> on the one hand, they dominate the north korean economy. there is very little happening in terms of trade with south korea. it is almost no south korean investment. it is almost all going up through the china border. that is certainly some influence. then the thing with north korea is when you corner them, they get more stubborn. it is an historical pattern. this is what the chinese are always saying. they do not have the kind of leverage where they can threaten .o cut off food or fuel that just does not work with north korea. the oth

with tensions in the korean peninsula at their highest in recent years, north korean supreme leader kim jong-unppeared earlier today before the nation's politburo. his address was carried live on national television. [ cheers and applause ] >> translator: hello, and profound greetings to the citizens of the people's republic of north korea. i appear before you today as your supreme leader to announce a change in state policy on two important fronts. first, the nuclear complex at yongbyon, which has been closed for several years, will be reopened so that the glorious aspirations of the korean people for nuclear weapons will be fulfilled. and our enemies chagrinned and discombobulated. second, and more important, after much thoughtful consideration and soul searching, i have decided once and for all to lift our nation's ban on same-sex marriage. [ laughter ]

gaddafi, michael jackson's costume, and kim jong il's dinner jacket to take its place of honor in the "daily show" hall of fame. shine on, you crazy ( bleep ). ( laughter ) we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) >> john: welcome back. the supreme court will soon hand down a pair of historic rulings on same sex marriage, marking a turning point in the fight for gay rights. what about those who the march of progress has left behind? sam beehas more. >> gay rights have made great strides with the majority of americans supporting same sex marriage but there are still millions suffering from the sting of bigotry and bullying. christians. >> it's open season to bully christians, and all in the name tolerance and diversity. >> if i say i support traditional marriage, i'm automatically called a bigot. i'm called a homophob. >> we're getting to the point where these homofascists are going to force us to wear on our sleeves some kind of identifying marker. >> and evangelicals have found themselves the victims of the most horrific bullying. >> the christians are getting bullying. the chris

a close aide to kim jong un went to china later in the month. umpbl umpblts. >>> commanders have demanded since april that pilots of like aircraft warn them before flying within 30 kilometers of the the air base. troops stood ready with missile defense systems. they put the policies in force with the thought towards a missile launch by north korea. >>> the belgian government has decided to tax state allowances for members of the country's royal family. the king of belgium and other royal family members traditionally received tax free money from state coffers. the talks led the government to revise the law and impose income tax on state allowances for members of the royal household. this is the first time sense belgium became independent from the netherlands that the royal family has been on liked to pay taxes. the law is expected to take effect next year. king albert will be exempted. >>> we saw the u.s. dollar plunge against other currencies. it seems we may see another day of volatility. how are things looking like this morning? >> good mornin

a close aide to north korean leader kim jong-un went to china later in the month. >>> turkish prime minister erdogan is heading home from a foreign tour where citizens are demanding he step down. the issue that sparked the protest was a plan to redevelop a park in istanbul's taxin square. police used tear gas on activists demonstrating this the park. young people and supporters of secular opposition groups joined in, accusing government leaders of trying to impose conservative islamic values on a secular state. the deputy prime minister apologized on tuesday for excessive use of force by police who tried to quell demonstrations. the representative protest groups on wednesday tried to calm the situation. still government leaders have not responded to demands to scrap the redevelopment project. nor have they given in to demands to dismiss the police officers responsible for the crackdown. protesters built barricades from rubble and wrecked buses on all roads leading to thaksin square. they're sleeping nearby in tents. prime minister erdogan has called the protesters extremists. he's due home l

. >>> north korea's kim jong-un may be reaching out to the u.s.evel talks with washington to ease tensions. since kim jong-un took power in 2011, pyongyang has carried out several long range rocket launches and underground nuclear tests. in april, the top commander in the pacific warned that north korea's missile and weapons programs pose a clear and direct threat to u.s. security. >>> iran has a new president, hassan rohani won more than 50% of the vote in friday's election. the 65-year-old moderate cleric has promised to improve iran's wilting economy and reduce unemployment, which tops 15%. in what could be a key overture to the west, he also promised to reduce international tensions over iran's controversial nuclear program. >>> for today's "faces of faith," we're talking about the boy scouts of america. last month the organization voted for gay teens to be members, but that decision outraged pastors across the country, who have now banned local boy scout troops from meeting inside their churches, including this one, the roswell street baptist

kim said north korea's founder ki kill il-sung enformer leader kim jong-il wanted a nuclear free peninsula leaders in pyongyang showed little sign of going through. the other six party members demand those plans as a condition to resume talks. >>> protesters continue to flood the streets of cities in brazil. they say the money that's being spent preparing for next year's world cup soccer tournament and the 2016 olympics could be put to better use. nhk world's aiko sasa reports from sao paolo. ♪ >> reporter: thousands of protesters gathered in brazil's largest city sao paulo. they are angry at high taxes and the low quality of public services. and they are losing patience with the corruption and the inefficiency of the government and ruling party. the demonstrations were triggered by a hike in public transport fares. brazil has enjoyed a period of steady economic growth, but the recent devaluation of his currency has driven up the cost of living. the rise in food prices has been especially steep. in the last year, the price of tomatoes has doubled. potatoes are even more expensive. >> trans

and a close aide to north korean leader kim jong-un went to china later in the month. >>> now, authorities in pyongyang are trying to sbees overseas investors in an effort to inject some life into their stagnant economy. they passed allah allowing the creation of new commercial economic zones. the state-run news agency says foreign companies and individuals will be able to set up businesses in the zones. it says the law covers ventures in a number of sectors including manufacturing, agriculture and tourism. the agency says the north korean government will give investors preferential treatment regarding land use, employment and taxes. it says the law will protect investors' rights and assets. but the agency says it does not apply to existing economic zones such as the one in kaesong. >>> u.s. president barack obama has announced a shake-up of his foreign policy team. the move includes the nomination of susan rice as his new national security adviser. >> am extraordinarily proud to announce my new national security adviser. >> rice is currently ambassador to the united nations, a post she's

for the presidential office say the hackers left messages on the site praising north korean leader kim jong-un. technicians returned things back to normal after about six hours. the hackers also hit websites for the ruling party and a newspaper. the government advised officials and the public to take security measures. in march hackers breached a number of websites and servers at financial institutions in south korea. investigators later determined north korea was responsible. >>> the president of brazil is trying to get in front of a nationwide protest movement that's shaken her country. she says her government will increase funding for public services. >> she spoke at a meeting of local governors and announced a spending package of $22 billion for public transportation. she vowed to increase spending on education and health services. she met with leaders to hear their demands and promises to continue talking to citizens groups. many want to invest in services instead of putting vast amounts of money into a tournament. officials say they are committed to holding the tournament in brazil. >> t

the united states has been quite pleased with the administration putting some pressure on kim jong-un in north korea to rein in some of the harsh rhetoric and possibly go to multilateral talks on the north korean nuclear program. human rights is something president obama said he wanted to bring up with the chinese leader, and there were demonstrators lining the roads were the motorcades came in from people representing tibetan organizations and chinese religious groups. of course, there is also the and securitytary issues. the u.s. wants to pivoted sipper treated focus -- the u.s. wants to pivoted strategic focus, while winding down the wars in the middle east. at the same time, the chinese want to assert themselves in their backyard with making some territorial claims among the islands and atolls and small pieces of land that exist in the south and east china seas. hopefully we will get a little more information later on today as to whether any agreements or progress have been reached on all of those issues. >> ok, rob reynolds, thank you very much. emergency workers in hungary and n

this after reports today from north korea that the regime of kim jong-un is talking about the tensions. they want to discuss a peace treaty formally ending the korean war. you may recall a couple of months ago the north koreans branded the armistice null and void. we'll speak with christian whiten about what this really all means and if the north koreans can ever be trusted. >>> speaking of trust, scandals at the irs raising new questions about the agency's funding at a critical time for president obama's health care plan. as some republicans are looking to slash the agency's budget following revelations of targeting of conservative groups and of course the lavish agency spending on employee conferences, but president obama, he wants to increase irs funding ahead of full impleme implementation of the law. david, thank you so much for joining us. >> nice to be with you. >> so how will, if at all, the latest scandals involving the irs impact funding from obama care or for obama care? >> well, i think that obviously the republicans have been trying to defund, as they say, or clip the wing

shouldn't rodman be headed back to north korea to start shooting the next "rush hour" sequel with kim jong-un by now? [ applause ] it's hard to take a person seriously when he looks like a clown that escaped from the world's most depressing circus. [ laughter ] nba players are very active on twitter, probably more so than athletes in any other sport. twitter gives them an opportunity to share everything that pops into their giant, sweaty heads the moment it does. so, tonight, we're curated some players have to offer, and we set them to music, and, ladies and gentlemen, here now, with a musical rendition tweet written by roy hibbert of the indiana pacers, the "jimmy kimmel live" children's choir. enjoy. [ cheers and applause ] [ piano music plays ] ♪ i see a girl calmly taking a poop on the side of the road ♪ [ laughter ] thank you. thank you. not something you see every day, fortunately. you know, there are a lot of players with unusual names in the finals this year. the spurs have a nando, a boris, a manu, a tiago, and a kawhi. they have a big edge over the heat in unpronounceability, and so

that's according to north korean state t-v that reported members of kim jong un's national defense commissionto meet to talk about a range of topics. including the country's controversial nuclear program. today dick cheney was asked what he though about north korea's proposal. the former vice president didn't seem too optimistic about how useful talks would be. a senior obama administration official said they will discuss north korea's proposal with south korea and japan at an upcoming meeting. it's been two weeks since we've learned about the government's data mining and surveilance program. now the national security agency is defending its data collection in a document released to congress. cristina mutchler breaks down the governments explanation of how the surveilance program is being used. now privacy concerns are making their way to other technological devices. like google glasses! as the new tech glasses starts making its way into the hands of a first wave of users, there are some questions about what exactly the glasses are capturing. it's seen as the next tech frontier. technology yo

why don't you get on board and get kim jong-un in check basically?haps the only area where we will have a good conversation with china because beijing's leaders are really becoming very worried what kim jong-un the new ruler is doing. china is seeing it is in their interest finally to do something. clearly president obama needs to talk to china about its supply of military ind north koreans because this directly threatens us. we haven't been willing to do that. arthel: gordon, we had the press conference with president obama, of course we had to shorten this. i love talking to you. so knowledgeable on this topic but i do have to cut it short today. but, thank you very much. i'm sure i will see you again. >> thank you. arthel: gordon chang. thank you. jon? jon: well-known economist ben stein joins us with his thoughts. he will be answer your questions coming up. >>> plus, is the federal government spying on americans? minutes ago president obama said nobody is listening in on your telephone calls. we're digging deeper into the nsa scandal. that's next

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remember him traveling to north korea on his own hoping to create dialogue between president obama and kim jong-unere's rodman there. they ought to send him back and sort it out. get the celebrities out there also fighting for human rights. of course the u.n. good will ambassador angelina jolie who has been doing that for some time now. >> and cnn of course launching a new show this weekend. i'm going to let you say the name. >> i know. it's taken a bit of practice, george stroumboulopoulos is hosting. >> "stroumboulopoulos." >> "stroumboulopoulos." he kicks off with keanu reeves and martin short 10:00 here on sunday. >> if you don't know who he is, watch "around the world" tomorrow. he's going to join us live. >> we'll chat. we'll call him george. that will do it for me. thanks for watching "around the world." >>> "cnn newsroom" continues right after this. >>> hurricane force winds, heavy rain and possible flooding, tropical storm andrea takes aim at florida. we're going to take you there live. >>> and, pulled out alive. rescuers found this woman under the rubble of a building collapse after bein

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since kim jong-un took power in 2011, pyongyang has carried out several long-range rocket launches and an underground nuclear test. in april, the top u.s. commander in the pacific warned that north korea's missile and weapons programs pose a clear and direct threat to u.s. security. >>> former president george w. bush is safe at home in dallas after an inflight scare last night. he was on a flight from philadelphia to his native texas when the pilot reported smelling smoke. the flight was sent to louisville, where it landed without incident. bush made it back to dallas earlier this morning. >>> coming up, as the white house ramps up pressure against the syrian regime, russia is sending a new warning to the u.s., and russia's president also making headlines for a very different reason. he's accused of stealing a super bowl ring of all things from the new england patriots. his response just ahead. so being an advertising spokesman i have to look my best on camera. whether i'm telling people about how they could save money on car insurance with geico... yeah, a little bit more of the lime

with inexperienced leaders like kim jong-un in north korea, now is not the time to leave our most successful deterrents. president obama suggests reductions in u.s. nuclear forces beyond the new start treaty levels and is bypassing congress to negotiate with president putin on unilateral reductions. it's important for congress to legislatively require that any final force structure decisions occur in f.y. 015 as currently planned and not be prema turrill executed -- prematurely executed. he icbm is in the final stages in a decade long effort. this makes it cost-effective to maintain the minuteman fleet over the next two decades. this amount is bugte neutral. it simply keeps silos in warm status so it's not to take steps backward that would be costly to reverse at a later are especially if we seeing geopolitical changes. congress needs to weigh on the importance of maintaining our land-based forces so the decision is not made without us. thank you, mr. speaker. and now i wish to yield a minute to the gentleman from north dakota, mr. cramer. mr. cramer: thank you, mr. chairman. george washingt