an ominous sign kim jong un may have eliminated another person from his inner circle, considered one and man was not seen recently with names of officials planning a funeral for a top military leader and did not show up for the funeral. >> that says he's likely been purged or sidelined from the top elites. this would be a significant event unless he's on his death bed he would attend this kind of funeral. >> reporter: why was cho purged? it could have been incompetence, betrayal or possibly an internal dispute with others in kim's circle over shady business deals. >> the north korean regime, the easiest way for most americans to understand it is think of it as sparanos, drama, families representing different clicks are vying for power? >> reporter: the news agency says he has been sent to the hire party school in east pyongyang where they undergo brutal psychological conditioning and interrogation. north koreans call it education. >> it's not a country club. it is almost certainly a very grueling process where there is physical and mental abuse and strength. >> reporter: experts say c

reports saying kim jong-un instructed workers to help improve livelihoods by developing the fishing industry. an expert on north korean politics suggests the drifting boats may be evidence of efforts to carry out kim's order. >> translator: under kim jong-un, the country has increased efforts to ensure self-sufficiency. this is one of the reasons why consumption of products has been increasing. >> another expert on maritime affairs says weather conditions might explain why boats from north korea have been washing up on japan's shores. >> translator: those boats are made of wood and are old and heavy. they can't travel very fast. the engines are not powerful enough to turn the ships against the currents. >> he says strong winds have been blowing from siberia to the japanese archipelago since october. >>> a wall at the damaged fukushima daiichi is leaning slightly. the operator says it doesn't stop the ability to block contaminated water from seeping into the sea. inspectors say the shift measures 20 centimeters and say pressure from ground water is the cause. utility says workers are reinforc

but kim jong un executed his powerful uncle who he suspected of betrayal.ter killed with an anti-aircraft gun. south korean officials say he's executed more than 70 top officials since taking power four years ago. >> i think what we're seeing is a very protracted pound-for-pounder consolidation process. in which the leadership is acting in very ruthless ways, very zra draconian, not subtle ways in order to gain leadership within the system. >> but analysts say his ruthless purges could facemaskfire on him. it could be no one close to kim feels safe. no matter how loyal they are, they could be betrayed. that raises questions about how secure kim himself is within his circumstance. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> a suspected new york gangster who prosecutors said was linked to the largest robbery in the city's history walked out of a federal courtroom thursday not guilty. the 80-year-old celebrated with his family after the verdicts came out. he was found not guilty of racketeering and extortion back in 1978. the crime was dramatized in the hit movie "good fe

there were a lot of rumors that kim jong-il had been sick and even deceased, so they photoshop to me to this image and released it. you can see there is a little line that runs behind people's legs b but it doesn't run behind the leader's legs because they didn't t take the time to sort of create the shadows. if you looat photographs from russia under stalin -- he was famous for having full books devoted to him taking out his enemies. i think that people are really going to lose faith, certainly in photojournalism and documentary photography. what people say photos and say, i wondered that has been modied or a wonder if the photographer states that, then we have just lost all credibility. it damages the media and i think it really damages america. these are the oj covers. time took the mug shot that came from the lapd and got an illustrator to darken the photo and put this dark vignetting around it. it just looks really threatening and menacing. that caused a huge rubber or -- my favorite bogus celebrity shot would have to be the opera photo. they put her head on and margaret's body.

he says their leader, kim jong-un, is making national security his first priority. >>> the baton has changed hands at one of austria's most famous orchestras. the new maestro from japan says his challenge is to carry on a tradition while finding a new audience for classical music. nhk world reports. ♪ >> translator: utaka has worked with top orchestras all over the world, including the philadelphia philharmonic. the conductor recently took er as music director of an orchestra which has been active in austria for over 100 years. ♪ >> translator: the first and second movements were both beautiful. ♪ >> translator: wait a little longer. >> reporter: he's not just a conductor. he will be deeply involved with planning the program and even selecting the musicians. >> i want to make with this orchestra somethinmore great energy. why mozart is beautiful. why brahms is so romantic. this is, if i can make with this orchestra, it will be great. >> reporter: sado is no stranger to vienna. he came here 27 years ago to study conducting. now he's back ready to take on an even bigger challenge. loca

special "star wars" edition of "liewitness news." [ applause ] >> this morning north korean leader kim jong un announced his replacement kylo ren. do you think kylo ren is going to be a good leader for the people of north korea? >> yeah, i feel like kylo ren would be a good leader because he's a real, you know, outspoken person. he's nice. person. >> do you agree with admiral akbar's statement that entering trap? >> it's a trap! >> so you think it's worth sure. >> and you agree ewoks need foreign intervention to survive >> definitely. >> do you believe the frigid temperatures like the ones we're experiencing on hoth is mankind's doing or is climate change on not our fault? >> it's a very good question. which would lead you guys to know that never believe anything which means to research. look up hearth. look up the technology that has been created to be able to make weather any way that they want to. yes, that means tsunamis. yes, that means tornadoes. >> so are you saying that's what happened on hoth? >> i'm saying that's what's been going on this whole time. >> so you're saying that weath

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and my korean name is the name of kim jong ill's production company. so that's how asian that is. i have a friend who is even more asian. her name is gha. oh my god, that's pretty. that's really-- wow. how do you spell that? that was like a k or a c-- it's just lake a sound. margaret cho. (applause) >> stephen: thanks for being here, lovely to see you. >> thank you, so lovely >> stephen: as i said before you are a comedian acker but a musesician-- musician, which i did not know. >> yes >> stephen: and an awe thomple you critique red carpet fashion, sold out carn eggee hall, honored by g gd, the national organization ofomen, the lamda legal defins fund and on a world tour titled there is no i in team but there is a cho in psychoho >> thank you >> stephen: that is a long title here. >> is that true, there is a cho in psycho, are you a little psycho. >> i'm a little psycho. i'm trying to change the world and using comedy to doo. >> stephen: that's's pretty ambitious. >> but just to add peace to the conversation. each show, so i have the audience completely silent so the dog's ears ar

defense secretary called the regime of kim jong-un a continuing threat. u.s. safety investigators may have found the wreckage of a cargo ship that vanished over the bahamas last month during hurricane jaoquin. they are waiting for confirmation that the vessel was actually el faro. that is a look at our first word in his right now. you can always find the latest on bloomberg.com. david, back over to you. david: a big day of dealmaking. these of's ceo believes the deal is all about global growth. this transaction does create a truly integrated global leader ont allows us to capitalize opportunities and we believe it expand cost efficiencies associated with transactions. david: joining me to speak about have our guest and our deals reporter. let's start with the visa deal. walk me through the history. why did these companies split and what brought them back together? >> there was an idea that regulatoro much regula scrutiny. there was an idea that they would be slightly further behind. i think it is owned by something like 3800 different banks are in steak senate

awesome power pals in comparison to the sway held by history's most famous dictators-- genghis khan, kim jong il, jay z. we await your orders, lord z.. these brutal despots all have only two things in common-- one, they demand complete obedience. and two, they all wear a big, furry hat. ( cheers and applause ) very good. ( laughter ) now that this hat is upon my head, i am endow now that this hat is upon mine head, i endowed with ed with unquestionable power, due to my hat's two main astribts-- its bigness bigness and its furriness. any proclamations i make while wearing this hat are now and forever law. let us begin. >> not so fast, colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: john cleese! how dare you! how dare you! how dare you! he who wears the big furry >> stephen: john cleese? hat must be obeyed! ( cheers and applause ) from now on, wide furry from now on, wide furry hats shall be ignored. hats shall be ignored. the people shall obey only tall furry hats. >> stephen: that is hat blasphemy. it is hatsphemy! ( laughter ) >> that's not a word! >> stephen: my hat says it is. to look! it is

i bet kim jong-il writes some [bleep] stuff and they sit around and have to giggle uncomfortably. or they are executed in the salt mine. it had that feel to it. the whole cast seems uncomfortable. there was one specific joik -- joke he had. it is the opening joke and i want to read it it to prove my point. there is no way a comedy writer would have written this. a lot of people say donald, you are the most amazing guy, are you brilliant, handsome, are you rich. you have everything going. the world is waiting for you to be president so why are you hosting "saturday night live"? why? the answer is -- a long pause, because i have nothing better to do. that was the punch line. that's totally his punch line. he landed that joke like "sully" sullenberger in the river. there was six set ups. cut out most amazing guy or handsome or rich. you don't need six of them to start off. and then he says why are you hosting saturday night live? and he follows it up with a second why for no reason because he is floundering and uncomfortable. i tell you, man, he is theworst. he is anti-comedy. >> jes

sign up at myusps.com >>> in north korea, being part of kim jong-un's inner circle could be the mostbe. today he removed another senior adviser for unknown reasons. >> reporter: an ominous sign kim jong-un may have eliminated another person from his sinner circle, considered one of his closest confidante, a right hand man, was not seen among names of officials planning for the funeral of a top military leader and reportedly did not show up for the funeral itself. >> it tells us he's likely been purged or at a minimum sidelined from the top elites. this would be a very significant event. unless he's on his death bed, he would attend this kind of a funeral. >> reporter: it's so significant that south korean officials are taking the rare step publicly that they're looking into it. >> translator: considering previous incidents, it is unusual lp. >> reporter: why was cho apparently purged? experts say it could have been incompetence, betrayal or possibly internal disputes within the inner circles. >> the north korean regime is a clep tock racy. think of it as the sopranos drama, where fam

special "star wars" edition of "liewitness news." [ applause ] >> this morning north korean leader kim jong un announced his replement kylo ren. do youhink kylo ren isp going to be a good leader forhe people of north korea? >> yeah, i feel like kylo renen would be a good leader because he's a real, you know, outspoken person. he's nice. i feel like he'd be a good pers. >> do you agree with admiral akbar's statement that entering the conflicttn ender could be a trap? >> it's a trap! >> so you think it's worth entering ender? >> yeah. sure. >> and you agree ewoks need foreign intervention to survive this conflict? >> definitely. >> do you believe the frigid experiencing on hoth is mankind's doing or is climate change on not our fault? >> it's a very good question. which would lead you guys to know that never believe anything you know. which means to research. look up hearth. look up the technology that hasas been created to be able to make weather any way that they want to. yes, that means tsunamis. yes, that means tornadoes. >> so are you saying that's what happened on hoth? >> i'm saying th

current events at all in this special "star wars" edition of "liewitness news." north korean leader kim jong un kylo ren. going to be a good leader of north korea? yeah, i feel like kylo ren would be a good leader because he's a real, you know, outspoken person. he's nice. and he knows how to cover for his people, and he's kind, i feel like he'd be a good person. do you agree with admiral ackbar's statement that entering the conflict in endor could be a trap? admiral ackbar: it's a trap! got to gamble. entering endor? yeah. sure. and you would agree that the ewoks need foreign intervention to survive this conflict? definitely. earlier today, boba fett fell into -an unguarded sarlacc pit. -okay. do you think it's time for the government to finally regulate sarlacc pit safety? yeah, i think it's time for them to regulate that kind of safety, 'cause it's too much going on nowadays, so i pretty much think it is about that time. do you believe that the frigid temperatures like the ones we're experiencing on hoth are mankind's doing, that's a very good question, lead you guys to know that you shou

how much pressure can they bring to bear on kim jong-un?bit tricky in the sense because i think the has lostonal community time in the process with the north already having three nuclear test and continuing to work on nuclear weapons and manufacture, produced more weapons. to get north korea back to the realiating table requires top-of-the-line diplomatic skill that north a window korea is willing to come back through some preliminary meetings to discuss what should be on the agenda. but it is a very daunting challenge for the international community. certainly for the other five countries. rishaad: does talking to pyongyang in the end actually make any difference? think getting into the negotiation and talking to one another, at least you can get a sense of exactly what north korea wants. down demands,ay you can discuss those demands. leaving north korea alone, just continuing to work on its nuclear missile programs, will not solve the problem. getting back to the negotiation, at least you can have a measurement to assess what is going on.

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jong kim, and we dug into a subject of great concern to kim, deprivation as a child, stunting. i'm with dr. kim, the president of the world bank on "inside story." and you mentioned stunting, and it's an interesting kind of problem. children who become developmentally disabled in one way or another because of extreme poverty during their formative years. but that requires a world where we take the long view, and we think it's important to support three-year-olds, because they become 25-year-old. >> it's a tremendous issue. and i think that the interest has been driven by research. and we know so much more about stunting than we did before. and it's chilling. we now know that without the right nutrition, and also without the right stimulation, children literally develop fewer neuronal connections. every time a baby babbles, they're expecting a response, and their stress hormones go up, and these stress hormones shape the structure of the human brain. we know this is very serious, but we have great evidence that you can make a difference. there's literally -- there are very few s

the united nations secretary-general will visit north korea this week and may meet with kim jong-un accordingrean news agency. he's a former south korean foreign minister and said he is willing to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. you can get more on these and other breaking stories 24 hours a day at the new bloomberg.com. i'm mark crumpton. back to you. now on the attacks in paris. president obama stated the goal of the international community clearly today at the g-20 meeting. is the faceama:isil of evil. our goal is to degrade and ultimately destroy this barbaric terrorist organization. alix: our next guest says before islamic state can be destroyed, syria has to stabilized. our guest is a senior fellow avenue for a relation that has decades of experience in this field. what do we need to see from the west and president putin of russia to help the cause in syria? going after isis and what the russians are doing, denying access to fuel and money, supply lines, all of those are good tactically, but the reality is there is an incredible breeding ground for this. their power is limited. i

the man presumed to kim jong-un second in command is banned from the regime.xile might only be temporary and his number 2 will return after a stint at a reeducation camp. >>> the next hour of cnn newsroom after a break. i'm a customer relationship i'm roy gmanager.ith pg&e. anderson valley brewing company is definitely a leader in the adoption of energy efficiency. pg&e is a strong supporter of solar energy. we focus on helping our customers understand it and be able to apply it in the best way possible. not only is it good for the environment, it's good for the businesses' bottom line. these are our neighbors. these are the people that we work with. that matters to me. i have three children that are going to grow up here and i want them to be able to enjoy all the things that i was able to enjoy. together, we're building a better california. >>> good morning, i'm carol costello. the video is chilling and vladimir putin is calling it a stab at the back. a russian war plane streaks across the sky engulfed in flames and igniting a new diplomatic crisis in one of