the first is to give the impression that kim jong un is not a buffoon. he comes across as a different type of leader. he was born in 1983 and ever since he was born into the kim family he was groomed to be the next great leader or one of the key princes in the kim dynasty. you have to imagine how the psychology of this regime is. in 1948 when north korea was founded by his grandfather he was planted by the soviets. his son, kim jong il, became a great leader when son died in 94 and when kim jong il died in 2011 his son took over but - kim jong il has three sons. number one son came from his first wife. he had four wives. he had a second son, the older brother of north korean leader kim jong un, he has concerts all over the world and then he has a younger sister we have seen in the news. in korea, bloodlines are really important because you are born from another mother. the mothers compete for who will be the next great leader and in this particular case kim jong un's mother made sure, though she also passed away, that her son would be in the running. life

peter: north korean leader kim jong-un has promised to soon launch a new strategic weapon. denuclearization talks stalled in october. kim said the u.s. would suffer helplessly if it continued to delay discussions. he accused the white house of making gangster like demands. our correspondent this tracking that story for us. as to this new strategic weapon, do we know if they've got the technology in pyongyang to come up with something this new? that's right, people are still trying to work out exactly what kim jong-un was talking about when referring to a new strategic weapon. in the past couple of weeks at a have been these tests satellite launching site of what were presumed to be new engines. this could be part of what he is talking about their, developments of a new engine. watch has been made of the fact that over the past two years there haven't been any launches of longer-range inter-cannot -- intercontinental ballistic this was. there have been development of a shorter range missile, of submarine launched missiles, weapons with guidance systems and so on. that could

nam. >> kim jong-nam. his morality is, he doesn't care about this kind of stuff but he does want to live and he does want to continue to have power and maintain it and he doesn't want to commit suicide, and if anything you can see he's wanting to expand the economy. he's wanting to improve the quality of life for his country, all those things can work to our advantage because we can see this is not an irrational actor. he's very calculated, but he understands the dynamic of power and he understands he's way on the bottom and we are way on the top and if he goes too far, he knows we can eliminate his regime and kill him and he's not going to do that. now, armed with that we can say let's start working more cooperatively with our south korean allies. i was in hanoi last february when there was a deal on the table and i had met with some south korean officials and i'd met with some other americans who had some understanding of the negotionations and there was a deal on the table. rge papers were in the proces

i want to look at this from kim jong-un's perspective.it's important as someone who looks at policy thinks that policy. where to put ourselves in issues when you think about these ideas. let me ask the panel this year if you are kim doesn't make sense to wait until after u.s. president election ask because i think there is a motivations for donald trump to after impeachment maybe come out with some bold proposal when it comes to north korea, but consider the situation with iran, concerning the fact the united states people out of a jcpoa, that are quite a few treaties, otherwise over the last year or two, is there a trust issue in his or an election issue? i want to throw that out to the panel and get your thoughts on that and then we can jump to q&a. jessica if you want to start and we will move on down the line. >> i am under no illusion that these types of advice we are giving, at a very challenging time. the president as you noted harry has a lot of political considerations on his plate. as much as i'm the first to advocate such parti

. >> kim jong un has played the president like a stradivarius violin. he has used the time and the photo ops to grain credibility internationally while at the same time gaining time to continue to develop his weapons. >>> and show me the money. with just over a month before the first votes take place in iowa, the money race heating up, topped so far by a huge haul from bernie sanders. >> you set the tone, you set the pace for this entire election system. and i have no doubt, no doubt, that with your support, we're going to win here in iowa. >>> and good day, everyone. happy new year. i'm andrea mitchell in washington has the two-day siege of the u.s. embassy in baghdad is over, finally, after pro-iranian militants retreated for now. the big question is what will happen next between the united states and iran. the flashpoint over the holiday centered around the assault against the u.s. embassy, only ending after a massive show of u.s. military force. apache helicopters firing flares from the sky. marines from kuwait dropping from ospreys to fortify the c

kim jong-un says he's ready to take shocking action and unveil a new weapon as the north korean leader signals he could restart nuclear and long range missile testing. with the iowa caucuses about a month away, new fund-raising numbers from 2020 contenders that are giving some candidates a reason to celebrate. >>> we begin with the hundreds of u.s. troops heading the the middle east in the wake of the storming of the u.s. embassy in iraq. defense secretary mark esper saying 750 troops have been deployed and more can ship out if needed. they join the 14,000 troops already there, sent to the region in response to concerns about iranian aggression. the deployment comes as embassy security guards fired teargas to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered outside the compound for a second day. there are reports that demonstrators have started withdrawing from the area, this coming one day after protesters stormed the compound, making it as far as the main reception area before being repelled. they are angry at the united states over air strikes last weekend that killed 25 members of an i

if we take kim jong un at his word, there's a danger in there. if we believe he's a negotiating partner, we have to listen to what he says. the singapore statement was structured. north koreans told me they did it intentionally, they want a better domestic, bilateral relationship, a better peace regime in the peninsula, and then there's denuclearization and there's a sensible way of looking at things. if you want proof that you won't end up out on your ear in another regime change operation once you have given up your nukes, you would like to have evidence along the way, and that is likely to come over time with an improved relationship as opposed to believed after a couple of meetings and promises from the man who throughout the agreement with iran that you probably want a little more proof there. so it's hard to imagine that any circumstance that this would happen quickly, set aside the technical difficulties of trying to actually have disarmament of north korea, which i think anyone in the field knows would be extraordinarily difficult. i do t

president trump offers new praise for north korea's kim jong-un, despite new threats from the dictator. tonight, newly released propaganda video may belie kim's frustration. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> a new twist in the ukraine scandal at the heart of president trump's impeachment. national security website just security is reporting its review of unredacted trump administration documents found that a white house budget official told the pentagon that the order to freeze u.s. military aid to ukraine came directly from president trump. democrats are seizing on the new revelation with senate minority leader chuck schumer calling it a devastating blow to gop plans for the impeachment trial. and house speaker nancy pelosi just tweeted moments ago, blasting the president saying he, quote, engaged in unprecedented total obstruction of congress, hiding these emails and all other documents. we'll talk about that more with senator bob casey. our analysts are also standing by. first, more on these emails that reportedly pinned the decision to freeze ukraine aid directly

coming up the north korean leader kim jong un says the world will soon see a new strategic weapon but she leaves the door open to further talks with the u.s. but also what to make of his warning. plus the rings in a new year and a new decade in welcomes the 20 twentieth's with fireworks over the brandenburg gate and in new york huge crowds to celebrate on times square the 2. i knew thank you so much for joining us. the ruins left behind by wildfires raging in australia a further 7 people have been confirmed dead over the last 2 days and nearly 200 homes destroyed now the fires have fanned out across 2 states in the south east of australia authorities and now delivering food and water to thousands of people who fled the town of kuta and took refuge on beaches and the danger is not even close to being over conditions are expected to deteriorate this weekend with the return of high temperatures and strong winds. fueled by searing temperatures and fast moving winds more than 200 fires continue to consume a strain southeastern states of new south wales and victoria. they saw a fool these r

watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up north korea's leader kim jong il and bios to develop a new strategic weapon and accuses the u.s. of gangster like. the desperate battle into the new year to save homes and lives in australia the military on standby as lightning starts even more bushfires. i. am contesting on into 2020 the defiance is set to continue in hong kong. iraqi protesters have taken their anger against u.s. airstrikes on a shia group to america's embassy in baghdad they're protesting over sunday's u.s. air strikes in iraq and syria targeting a powerful iranian backed group the hezbollah brigades 27 fighters were killed so fulton begins our coverage with this report from baghdad. angry and determined they marched across the river tigris through unmanned checkpoints into the heart of the fortified green zone thousands of members of the iranian backed popular mobilization forces and their supporters surrounded the compound of the u.s. . embassy to deliver a stern warning notice. this is a message to trump and to the american embassy and consulate in baghdad. watch

north korea's leader kim jong un has promised to soon launch a new strategic weapon denuclearization talks between pyongyang and washington stalled in october south korean media is reporting that in his annual address to his party kim said that the u.s. would suffer helplessly if it continued to delay talks is accused the white house of making gangster like demands kim jong un's annual address was watched closely in south korea. mcbride reports from seoul. statements obviously have been long awaited here we knew that there was this end of year deadline for the u.s. to come up with concessions to get things moving again obviously that has passed and so. everyone has been expecting to see what exactly will be the new path that north korea chooses to take so they had by their statements at this special session of the workers party of korea would have been carried extensively this new year's day morning on north korean t.v. kim jong un has basically said that this moratorium on longer range weapons testing and possibly even nuclear testing has come to an end and we will see what happens t

>> yesterday in kim jong-un's statement carried by state media, he said he is not bound to this promise or moratorium is how it is -- how it is interpreted by many analysts. kim announcing to the world a white -- they might be witnessing a strategic new weapon also shows that he might be stepping away from this promise he made with donald trump. donald trump, as you played earlier, said kim jong-un is a man of his word. he also said that he expects kim jong-un's christmas present to be a vase. donald trump is rather playing down kim jong-un's escalated rhetoric. however, many are saying this could signal a resumption of testing of icbm's and nuclear tests. paul: how about how this message was delivered on north korean television? what does that indicate? >> one thing that was interesting was this message followed a four-day plenary jong-un's major party within north korea. it also indicates that north korea is considering the in a very serious manner, and it is followed by the statement that was supposed to be considered a big announcement towards the u.s. kim jong-un hinting he will be

kim jong-un also gave us insight into why he has decided to do this now.ad a portion of his statement, he said, "the united states' real intention is to seek its own political and diplomatic interests while wasting time away under the signed board of dialogue and negotiations, and at the same time keep sanctions upon the dprk so as to weaken the dprk." of course north koreans need sanctions lifted. they have acknowledged that. they said, kim jong-un said in his own words, you know, we're not going to sell out our dignity. that is the key kind of at the heart of all of this. the north koreans feel that they have lost some of that dignity because of the embarrassment in hanoi and the subsequent rhetorical conversations that have followed. this may be an attempt to get that back. will ripley, hong kong. >>> joining me, political and national security analyst david sanger. david, i want to read a new tweet from former national security adviser john bolton. this is what bolton said, quote, how to respond to kim jong-un's threatening new year's remarks? the u.s.

plus, kim jong un threatening to show off a new type of weapon.n is responding. ♪ >> i am confident that we can deter north korean bad behavior. we will do what is necessary. ♪ [sneeze and sniffles] are you ok? yah, it's just a cold. it's not just a cold if you have high blood pressure. most cold medicines may raise blood pressure. coricidin hbp is the... ...#1 brand that gives... powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure. newday's proud to announceates near record lows, their fastest and easiest refi ever. one call can save you $2000 a year. >> we would urge restraint by kim jong un. at the same time, we work closely with our partners in south korea to ensure our forces on the sentence alive. >> melissa: mark esper on the situation in north korea as dictator kim jong un announces that he will soon unveil new weapons. he is no longer bound by his self-imposed moratorium on nuclear missile ballistic tests. president trump asked about this on new year's eve, says that he gets along with th the north koa leader and doubts that he would

because that gives all of the cards to kim jong-un. effective sanctions are hard. we've proven that. since the early '90s we've been in a cycle with every new administration, north korea commits an atrocity or provocation and we get all muscular and pound our chest and say this can't stand. most recent episode was fire and fury, then cooler heads prevail and we go to negotiations and from negotiations to agreements. north korea eventually breaks the agreement and we go to sanctions. and we always say this time the sanctions will be effective. and they haven't been yet. sanctions are hard because you're not dealing with an inanimate object, you're dealing with cunning devious people and political interest and profit interest that are opposed to the sanctions. so it is a way to feel good. it is a way to excuse not being able to solve a problem, a way to kick the can down the road and say just wait, the sanctions will be effective. if effective means eliminating or freezing north korea nuclear program, we've never had effective sanctions obviously. shared border with

i want to ask you about secretary of state mike pompeo who was asked about kim jong-un's comments, andhether this was a turning point between the united states and north korea. he was on cbs last night and i want to play that. >> if kim has reneged on the commitments he made to president trump. i was there when chairman kim made the commitment that said he would not engage in missiles or test firing of milk weapons, testing their nuclear weapon systems. he made those commitments for president trump in exchange for president trump agreeing not to conduct large scale military exercises. we've lived up to our commitments and we continue to hold the hope that he'll live up to his as well. >> so you've been involved with the leadership there and can sense the dynamic. is there current standstill between the united states and north korea any different than the past stale mates? >> i think what's different is that kim jong-un has played the president like a violin. he has used the time and the photo ops to gain credibility internationally, while at the same time gaining time to continue to de

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and kim jong-un putting the u.s. on notice, saying north korea should feel free to resume its nuclear testing and warning his country may never denuclearize. >>> pete buttigieg raking in almost $25 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. is he the candidate to beat heading into iowa? chief justice john roberts warns americans may be taking democracy for granted as civics education has fallen by the wayside. >>> we start our show with how the president is starting his new year, trying to navigate foreign policy mine fields, weighing the fate of thousands of u.s. troops in iraq and dealing with the threat from north korea as it promises, quote, a new strategic weapon. outside of the u.s. embassy in baghdad protesters threw rocks and set fire to its walls while security personnel fired tear gas and rubber bullets. this was the second day of mass demonstrations outside of that compound, the latest in an escalation after the u.s. carried out air strikes on an iranian backed militia group for killing a u.s. contractor and w

and then, completely separately, there's kim jong-un. the north korean dictator sharing a new nuclear message for the new year threatening to unveil what he calls strategic weapons. start with baghdad and seener international correspondent arwa damon is there. arwa, the protesters, we just mentioned, retreated. one clip, we saw and heard them claiming victory. how does this episode over the past 48 hours change things on the ground? >> reporter: well, it makes what is already very complicated of a country even more so. we saw the protesters as they were departing a few hours ago. we were outside of the u.s. embassy. they were not just chanting "victory" they were stomping on images of president trump and saying that they were retreating because they had delivered their message to america, and they were very quick to emphasize that even though this protest had ended, their demands that america leave iraq has not. they said that now they'll keep a very close eye on parliament. leaving it for the time being at least, in the hands of the ira

haslinda: president trump believes kim jong-un will honor his pledge to denuclearize despite kim jong-undia,it is a battle in he richest man takes on jeff bezos. we will have that story later. this is "bloomberg markets: asia ." haslinda: a pretty tentative 0.4%. asian stocks up we heard about the trade deal, the january 15 target. china injecting liquidity. that is the first move, more to come. take a look at where we are. gains, upading the 1.5%. the pboc injecting liquidity into the economy come up possibly the first of several moves to provide more funding, great news for risk assets. protests,ff the currently up by 1%. flipping the page, where we are with currencies now. this is despite disappointing gdp numbers. it could have been worse. it is more of a relief than anything else. it is resilient despite the economy being tested. gold inchingt upwards of 1500, some say there is a lot more to go. goldman saying it could reach 1600. , with theude 61.30 biggest gain in three years. david: speaking of oil, it might provide a challenge for this market, india that is opening up this hour.

we're seeing in asia and north korean leader kim jong. il soon launch a new strategic weapon denuclearize asian talks between pyongyang and washington stalled in october so korean media is reporting that in his annual address to the party kim said the u.s. would suffer helplessly if it continued to delay talks he accused the white house of making gangster like demands but he has left the door open for dialogue and said the scope of any testing would depend on the answered she'd of the united states what mcbride's has been following developments from seoul. statements obviously have been long awaited here we knew that there was this end of year deadline for the u.s. to come up with concessions to get things moving again obviously that has passed and so. everyone has been expecting to see what exactly will be the new path that north korea chooses to take so they had by their statements at this special session of the workers party of career which had been carried extensively this new year's day morning on north korean t.v. kim jong un has bas

the north korean leader kim jong il has promised to launch quote a new strategic weapon soon south korean media says mr kim has accused the white house of making gangster like demands the nuclearization talks between pyongyang and washington are deadlocked they have been since october the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has called mr kim's comments. deeply disappointing report bright joins us live now from so rob from pyongyang's perspective is or are these comments from kim jong un actually signaling or trying to signal to the pentagon and the white house look the door is not completely closed here week we can room find room to maneuver. i think so peter these statements obviously have been long awaited here we knew that there was this end of year deadline for the u.s. to come up with concessions to get things moving again obviously that has passed and so we everyone has been expecting to see what exactly will be the new path that north korea chooses to take so they had but their statements at this special session of the workers party of career which have been carried extensively t

on the very same day, kim jong un said he will restart missile testing, unveil a new weapon, and keep their nukes until america drops their "hostile policies." now let's go to ooirp, he has tried to squeeze the leadership with sanctions. after the u.s. launched air strikes on militants backed by iran they attacked and directly tweeted donald trump. the question this morning remains, since the president's rejected diplomacy with iran and asked too much of north korea, will he have the support of the allies that we need so much? jans nichols is with the president in florida, ali, to you first, what is the latest from the u.s. embassy in baghdad. >> well, iranian backed protestors have finally withdrawn from the us embassy compound and the green zone. they broke down the outer rim of the gates of the embassy and set fires. thankfully no u.s. personnel were hurt or in any imminent danger. the u.s. marines held back the crowds with tear gas and helicopters circling the area firing flairs. they were locked down in a sprawling part of that compound. but the commotion didn't calm down until l

president trump referred to a contract signed with kim jong-un saying kim jong-un would keep his word. that is clearly not happening. the question, how are we responding to this? we've give's diplomacy more than a chance and at this juncture we have to look at other things. it is a fact as recently as this month the pentagon scaled down or postponed really these joint military exercises to try to give diplomacy more space and time. it is unclear whether our force readiness is where it should be, because of the postponement of those exercises. that security piece is key and at the same time, robert o'brien, who succeeded john bolton, is hopefully briefing the president on other options on the table to include potentially cyber -- offensive cyber operations, if that's possible. as well as additional sanctions. you know, kim jong-un saying he's going to lift this moratorium means he is publicly announcing he will break more international laws. u.n. security resolutions prevent these tests. this is an important time to go to russia and china and to urge them to close sanctions loopholes s

and south korean leader kim jong un has said he'll soon launch a new strategic weapon south korean media reports kim said in an annual address to his party the u.s. would suffer helplessly if it continued suitably nuclearization talks mcbride reports the presidents of the united states remains positive. it may be new year but on the korean peninsula there is a return to some of the old villager rinse of the past north korean leader kim jong un told a special meeting of the ruling workers' party he would continue developing his nuclear arsenal. as pyongyang welcomed in 2020 it marked the expiration of the deadline kim had set for the u.s. to come up with concessions installed you clear eyes ation tool. so far kim has stopped short of resuming tests with long range ballistic missiles on nuclear weapons knowing that would risk losing what little chance he has of getting concessions from the u.s. president because donald trump has been probably the most supporter. for negotiations between north korea and the united states to actually continue so moving his faith there would be great risk for

rice: when i first heard the president had on the spot accepted kim jong-un's invitation, i thought, "oh, my goodness, what was he doing?" and then i thought, "you know, nothing else has worked, so why not?" rubenstein: now, on the iranian agreement-- rice: i did not support that agreement. rubenslet's talk about vladimir putin. rice: i know him well. he liked me. rubenstein: what are the qualities that you think great leaders actually have? rice: a sense of humilit about what they can achieve. woman: would you fix your tie, please? rubenstein: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. all right. i don't consider myself a journalist, and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began toon the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? "i really need you to come in and help your country," ould you say? rice: i would say, "mr. president, there are "so many wonderful people who can help our country, "and here's my num

kim jong un ringing in the new year with a new thread. ut kim's latest warning to the u.s. amid those stalled nuclear negotiations. plus, chicago now report the downturn in violent crime in 2019, why the good news? >> the city does have potential for being the safest big city in america and it is on track to do that. can match the power of energizer. because energizer ultimate lithium is the longest lasting aa battery in the world. [confetti cannon popping] energizer. backed by science. matched by no one. this round's on me.eat. hey, can you spot me? come on in. find your place today, with silversneakers. included in most medicare advantage plans. enroll today by calling the number on your screen or visit getsilversneakers.com >> fox news alert out of hong kong. protesters are welcoming the new year with tens of thousands of their fellow pro-democracy demonstrators. the gathering was largely peaceful, but as you can see some violence broke out in areas and police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. those pro-democracy protests began in j

what did kim jong-un mean in his very ominous speech?is really goinga to be -- that is really going to be a bid for a haven like gold. nejra: let's get back to william porter from credit suisse securities. what is your prognosis for gold 2020? william: i'm not the gold export -- expert. annmarie hit the nail on the head with the talk of liquidity. i suppose if we carry on like this, the implications become obvious. the question one level down is how long will we continue like this for the liquidity that we are currently seeing? that is going to be the question and financial markets through 2020 with two or three fed cuts still priced into the market. nejra: do you see risks in terms of geopolitical risks and other things that have spurred demand for gold as a safe haven abating a little bit in 2020 or will it be all to do with central banks? william: annmarie touched on korea, so by definition we can't expect surprises. there are always surprises. we know that. the things that we know about geopolitical he i would tend to think are going

kim jong-un's remarks to his officials, with an angry, even a desperate tone at times.hey no longer feel bound by the self-imposed halting of nuclear and long-range missile testing. they will go further. they bolster their defense. all of this comes after two years of summitry and diplomacy. trying to convey they have a good relationship. this week, trump says he thinks kim is a man of his word. maybe there's something we're not seeing. the words and recent actions out of north korea, in particular, satellite images showing movement a movement in and around test sites indicates that kim doesn't mean the same. name-calling has resurfaced. as one official tells me, the issue with words, especially across different cultures is that it can force a narrative. that narrative can lead to dangerous remarks being taken. kim reituated over and over, how they are brushing them. he said if the u.s. abuses the dialogue between the two countries, they will pay for the pains of the north korean people. north korea put out that dramatic language, christine. but it's still concerns. >>

kim jong-un now suggests he will continue testing nuclear and long-range missiles and warns the world will soon see his new strategic weapon. on the domestic front, the impeachment fight looms with congress set to return tomorrow. it's still unclear when house speaker nancy pelosi will deliver the two articles of impeachment to the senate to kick off that trial. >>> we want to begin with the challenges to american global power. nbc's courtney kube is live at the pentagon. nbc's hans nichols is with the president in florida. courtney, some recent remarks made by defense secretary mark esper as well as general mark millie, the chairman of the joint chiefs. what do they have to say about all these global crises that are unfold? >> so we maerd from them specifically first about what's going on in iraq with these protests. of course, the embassy, the protesters have now left the embassy, the area around it. but secretary of defense mark esper says the u.s. believes that hezbollah, the riern backed militia group believed to be behind the rocket attacks and behind fomenting many of these pro

what kim jong un wants to give. to that patients? >> north korea has continued with its threats to go against its self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and icbm tests. it was also always irrelevant because they were required under 11 resolutions not to conduct these tests of any range. we didn't expect it would be on christmas day or on new year's day, but certainly they are signaling people do some kind of launch. whether they go immediately to and icbm or frisco incrementally through medium and intermediate- range missile launches, we're not sure. but it could be a variant or a brand-new icbm than those they demonstrated in 2019. >> rob: there were so much hope after the summits. people are thinking, "is this a complete waste of time trying to negotiate with kim jong un? trying to help them learn how to live in the world and how to run a country?" >> i think we always have to have the door open for diplomacy. for decades, the u.s. and other nations have tried to engage with north korea. we had eight agreements with n

monday including people who stayed behind to save the hunters also on the program north korean leader kim jong un says the world will soon see and you should change it swept up but he leaves the door open to further told with the u s. i'll call the police and fire tear gas to disperse filing time to government protesters and arrest hundreds this after hundreds of thousands took to the streets to call for greater democracy. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. as wildfires rage through australia 7 people have been confirmed dead over the last 2 days and nearly 200 homes destroyed this brings a death toll from this season's blazes to 17 the biggest faster spread across 2 states in australia southeast at victoria and new south wales authorities an hour delivering a food and water to thousands of people who fled the town. on the on the coast they took refuge on the beach and with weather conditions expected to worsen this weekend the crisis is far from over. fuelled by searing temperatures and fast moving winds more than 200 fires continue to consume a strain southeastern states of new south wal

said he would stop, mrtrump said the when kim jong—un said he would stop, mr trump said the crisis wasants america to lift its crippling sanctions, he said he wa nted crippling sanctions, he said he wanted concessions by the end of the year. he hasn't got them. as the north korean capital saw in the new year, the threat of confrontation loomed once more. mr kim has warned of what he goes shocking, actual action and says the united states will pay for the pain sustained by his people. good another test be imminent? paul adams, bbc his people. good another test be imminent? pauladams, bbc news. as a new decade arrives, businesses around the world are under pressure to improve their sustainable credentials to consumers, and the fashion industry is no different. globalfashion production produces 1.2 billion tons of carbon per year, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined. how can an industry of mass consumerism change? could swapping rather than selling help? simon browning reports. a new style of shopping for a new decade. they call it a "swap shop". bring the s

. >> reporter: in another potential setback, north korean dictator kim jong-un is now threatening to expand his country's nuclear power sbun veil what he's calling a knew strategic weapon. kim didn't offer specifics and he hasn't made good on his threat to send the u.s. a christmas gift if north korea didn't get sanctions relief but the dictator's defiant statements undercut trump's claim that there's no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. >> i hope his christmas present is a beautiful vase. that's what i would like, a vase. he did sign an agreement for denuclearization. i think he's a man of his word so we're going to find out. >> reporter: he described what he signed with kim jong-un a contract, as if it were a real estate deal which, of course, it was not. it was a nonbinding fwraemt, talking about the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, which means something differently to north decree camera than it does to the united states. white house officials are saying they're waiting to see what it is that north korea and iran do next. >> kaitlan collins, traveling with the pre

i think the president needs to step back and not programs another summit with kim jong-un.e will take a strategic advantage of this situation and i expect him to take a move soon. hopefully not a negative move. it probably is. the denuclearization talks are not going well. the president needs to listen to his negotiates instead of trying to negotiate it himself with another summit with kim jong-un. >> former ambassador and governor, bill richardson and member of congress as well, you and i go way back. thanks for joining us. >>> up next, we will talk to a republican lawmaker also an iraq war veteran about the killing of iran's top military commander. his thoughts on the dangerous escalations and intentions between the u.s. and iran just ahead. >>> first, cnn's christine romans as stock markets kim off 2020. >> 2019 was a very good year for investors. the dow gained 22%, the best year of the decade and nasdaq, even better. can it continue? the president is expected to sign a trade deal with china next week but americans are worried about relations in the middle east after th

and north korea were. >> if kim jong-un reneged on the commitments he made to president trump it's deeply disappointing. 3 i was there when chairman kim made the commitment that he would not engage in intercontinental ballistic missiles or test firing of their nuclear weapons, testing their nuclear weapons systems. he made those promised to president trump. ll've lived up to our commitments. we continue to hold out hope that he'll live up to his as eell. >> garrett: secretary of state mike pompeo, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much, major. >> garrett: police in new york city say there are no credible htreats against tonight's new year's celebration. just the same, there is a massive security presence in times square. mola lenghi on what the n.y.p.d. is doing a bit differently this year. >> reporter: the clock is t cking toward midnight at one of the biggest new year's eve parties on the planet. 1.5 million people are expected to pack times square to see the ball drop, and they've been showing up since sunrise. chad cruickshank got here at 5:40 a.m. >> i want a really good spo

is kim jong—un losing patience with diplomacy? no traditional new year's address this time.he north korean leader threatened to unveil a new strategic weapon. north korea, he said, was no longer bound by its promises to halt nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests. sanctions have not been lifted, that they are no longer testing or improving their strategic weapons as much as they would like and so this is, in part, a signal to the united states that they don't plan to continue waiting. on top of renewed tensions with iran, it's a new year's challenge for president trump. he did sign a contract, he did sign an agreement, talking about denuclearisation, and that was signed, number one sentence, denuclearisation, that was done in singapore and i think he's a man of his word, so we're going to find out, but i think he's a man of his word. the president has made much of his relationship with the leader he used to call little rocket man, flattering and praising the north korean dictator over the course of three face—to—face encounters. lastjuly, mr trump became the fi

kim jong-un realized that was not the way to go fast. the way to go fast in the missile program -- i've been around rockets and missiles my entire life mitchell dad worked on saturn v. i know how they work and test. i've been working that business since the beginning of time. you want to go fast? in the missile business? you need to test fast, fly fast, learn fast. look at spacex. some pretty spectacular failures. did they stop? no. the instrumented the heck out of their captainabilities and learn from thrill fair ours and launched raply again. changed systems and subsystems go in completely different direction. what is was north korea has been doing and they've been building new missile, enough capabilities, new weapons, as fast as anybody on the planet. with 115th most powerful economy in the world. speed itself is efficiency. speed builds capability and savings into your programs. but you have to be able to accept failure. and if the dictator of north korea has learned how to accept failure, why can't the united states learn how to ac

potentially a devastating blow to president trump after three high-profile summits with kim jong-un. the north korean leader says they'll never get rid of their nuclear weapons as long as u.s. policy towards north korea does not change. we will bring you president trump's conciliatory response to kim in a moment. >>> first, let's go first to cnn's arwa damon live in baghdad. so arwa, it looks like these protesters aren't going to leave. they are setting up tents even there signaling this is not going to be a short-term demonstration. >> this is an inication of how quick things can change. it looks like they've gotten orders to clear out and that's just what they've done. that is one of the entrances to this massive, sprawling compound. and you can see right now those two soldiers or security contractors taking down the flags that were put up by these various different demonstrators. each flag represents a different gro group. many of them are very pro-iranian. the walls are just covered in anti-american graffiti. they've also set a tire on fire just to make even more of a statement a

kim jong-un saying his country should not longer be bound on a halt of develoweapons developme. listen to trump's special representative for north korea. >> kim is definitely, definitely playing trump. trump saying that kim signed the deal for denuclearization. well, not so far. >> let's get the latest from david culver in hong kong. david? >> reporter: christine, a new year. we're back to old and alarming rhetor rhetoric. they reflect this angry and more concerning desperate tone. he is saying that because the u.s. will not bend on easing sanctions, north korea, now leaving open the possibility, they could resume nuclear and long-range missile testing. what was a glimmer of hope in establishing a denuclearized peninsula, all has reversed course, it seems. president trump trying to convey that he and kim have a good relationship. maybe there's something we're not seeing. the words and actions out of north korea, in particular, satellite images, showing movement in and around past icbm test sites, they suggest that kim does not feel the same way. in his remarks to top officials, k

with kim jong-un. kim jong-un is really good. >> i have a very good relationship with kim jong un. i think we both want to keep it that way. >> is there a method to those comments, a strategy? >> there's an answer to that. this man cannot be our president for four more years. you take a look haawhat's happe on the korea peninsula. he has allowed this thing to go from imminent nuclear war to a situation where he's simply allowed north korea to do anything it wants and along the way to totally put down south korea, the normal work that we do with south korea in various military exercises so that we can push back and hold north korea accountable. those are mostly gone now. and at the same time, the pressure that is necessary on north korea has been virtually disappeared. so, this president has to go. we cannot allow this to go another four years. >> thank you very much, congressman. a appreciate your time tonight. >>> next, a life long republican says she will not vote for trump. so, who will she vote for