domestic production keeps running under kim jong-un. nurture future nuclear scientists to keep this march going. there are perks if you are a scientist and north korea. he has expanded the education system and sciences since taking power. he has put a lot of emphasis on internet and packing. there is a un security council of experts in north korea that said north korea has developed a very proficient army of hackers that can the country several billion dollars. this is help take the bite out of some of the sanctions. shery: east asia government editor with the latest. here is what the markets are looking like at the moment. we are seeing every sector and the green right now, being led higher by energy. we are talking about the highest level in over a week. 0.9%.tocks also gaining commodities weakening among counterparts. futures higher at the moment. nikkei futures higher. the japanese yen getting a little bit of ground against the u.s. dollar at the moment. sessionsher after two of gains. coming up, we will be speaking to the ceo of ch

with yet another spat between north and south korea with kim you know john this is the sister of kim jong un of north korea who is very much the point person when it comes to into korean affairs really having a go at south korea and accusing south korea's foreign minister of spreading mistruth if you like by apparently the foreign minister of south korea questioning this claim by north korea that it is yet to have a single case of the coronavirus and north korea kim jong saying that this might pay dearly for these kinds of comments so it does show you where the situation is between north and south at the moment that basically things are still stalemate they are still deadlocked and of course with the end of all of this summit diplomacy between donald trump and kim jong un everybody seems to be in this holding pattern waiting to see what this transition will mean water biden administration will mean for the korean peninsula all right robin thank you for that update from seoul. coming up right after the break why the philippines finds itself at the bottom of the list for a coronavirus. play

so as long as kim jong un continues to threaten south korea with nuclear weapons and to suppress the people of north korea we will continue to release our leaflets under this new law offenders will now face up to 3 years in prison and sauza as of dollars in fines it's not known how north korea will respond outwardly president moon remains optimistic as when he addressed the virtual un general assembly in september. the republic of korea has been steadfast in making relentless efforts to achieve denuclearization and establish permanent peace on the korean peninsula with north korea still largely isolated by the international community and by the global pandemic president moon's options for reviving into korean relations are limited but by passing this legislation he'll be hoping to at least keep those hopes alive robert bright al-jazeera soul. damage caused after 2 hurrican slammed into honduras last month has cost the country $10000000000.00 a storm struck within 2 weeks of each other and flooding to much of central america on earth was the hardest hit country more than 1000 homes we

i think xi jinping feels like he doesn't control kim jong un. obviously i think the pressure campaign that hrnd his staff design put a lot of -- made incentives on china and xi to put more pressure on kim but i think it was -- it w like going -- pulling teeth. it's n something that they wanted to do. what we realized is china and our interest actually don't really align. we would like them to. the only time they align is when china see alternatives whichs immense pressure fro the united states on china as sething much worse than living with the stus quo. that's a very har policy to sustain. >> hr. >> i think we have a north korea strategy and china has a u.s. rategy. they have to figure how to use the north korea probl-set to push us out of northeast asia as first step and isoting their main regional rival japan and they see the nuclear and missile programs primary through that lens. i think we did he some initial success with reframing it with chinese counterparts and trying to convince them, hey, this is not in china's interest for north korea

looking at coronavirus headlines across the nation, kim jong un protects force coordinator doctor debra birx, if you travel for thanksgiving just assume you have covid-19. get a test in the next few days. cutting weekend service among other cuts amid a dire financial forecast, cutting 2400 positions. new york city will begin a phased reopening of public schools december 7th after mayor bill diblasio pulled schools on november 19th. nearly a third of new york businesses have closed for good due to the pandemic. el paso at sayers's contract tracing for november 10th through 16 found 55% of positive cases came from shopping at large retailers but refused to shut them down. >> those are considered essential to homeland security. we don't have -- i don't have control over that. >> in new jersey, protesters gathered outside phil murphy's home over the state's strict coronavirus guidelines, more than 30% of new jersey small businesses have closed for good. restaurant owners define lockdown orders to keep their businesses going and some are getting creative. >> on the day a new stay-at-home ord

a bar in staten island that refuses to comply with kim jong un for restrictions declaring itself an autonomous zone. will be learned the owner was led away in cuffs by sheriff's deputies. we got off the phone with the lawyer's owner who tells us 15 or so sheriff's deputies came into the bar kicking out patrons but demanding all employees stay. a myriad of summonses were handed out and kept them inside for an hour but when:are refused to leave his lawyer says he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. in california more controversies surrounding a high end michelman restaurant about lawmakers saying one thing but doing another. the chronicle reporting the day after governor gavin newsom stopped eating with a large group of people who were indoors the mayor of san francisco did something similar. the mayor had dinner at french laundry which is just north of napa with a party of eight. it wasn't technically against the area's rules at the time, had dinner taken place in san francisco would help violated health guidelines. in la county another politician being accused of being hypocritic

he may cost republicans the senate too citing the president's demand to more than triple the $600 kim jong un for relief payments to $2,000 a cost of nearly half $1 trillion and dividing congressional republicans. the treasury department says the irs has begun sending the $600 payments, the president tweets repeatedly in daily for congress to raise that to 2000. bret: senator josh holly will be on at 7:00. we are awaiting news of the nominee of the new attorney general. jackie heinrich live in wilmington, delaware with one of joe biden's final and most important cabinet selections. >> reporter: 20 days to inauguration a president-elect is not announced his pick for attorney general and what is holding up his decision? transition officials did not directly answer whether he is waiting for results of the georgia runoff. he repeatedly said that's not a factor, his team has a full plate with kim jong un for a national security meetings telling us to expect more nominations next week but senator chris coons is making his preference known. >> i hope he will choose my colleague doug jones but the

. >> reporter: 1 million people getting their first kim jong un for vaccine shot is low, a lot of thedministered so far added to 12 figures from the cdc, 9 and a half million doses of pfizer and modern's vaccine have been distributed. the government intended 20 million in total to be distributed in the next few weeks. in new york city worker suffered a significant allergic reaction to the first dose, the first case the city has seen in the 300,000 doses administered, as health officials are confident they can control the spread of the new strain as the uk confirms the mutated strain. >> we have every reason to believe lots of scientific reasons to believe it will work because the vaccine goes against many parts of the protein, not just one but it will be within a matter of days that we -- scientific experiments will definitively prove that. probably not in the next 24 hours but within the next days. we absolutely expect there will be great vaccine coverage against this strain and many of the other hundreds of mutations out there. >> reporter: a lot of european countries closing, brita

over the last six years i have worked hard to pass the first ever mandatory sanctions is on kim jong-un. it was an honor to work with senator menendez throughout this process. senator markey and i passed the comprehensive strategy for a free and open indo-pacific, the asia reassurance initiative. gary peters along with lamar alexander led the effort in the america competes legislation to get more women and minorities into the stem fields and to advance our scientific research and discoveries. the sue idea prevention bill -- the suicide prevention bill that passed the house and senate unanimously with lgbtq-specific language. this bill will save lives. i was honored to help move the bureau of land management headquarters to colorado and to get funding for the construction of the arkansas valet conduit. i helped lead the passage of legislation to complete our v.a. hospital in colorado to advance our cybersecurity and to foster our relations with taiwan, south korea, and beyond. and it was an honor of my time in the senate to work with lamar and senators man minute, height can't, king, por

one take away from there is that clearly, kim jong-un is dealing with a lot and is paranoid about covid. would have of their priorities right now is of tina vaccine -- is obtained a vaccine. it makes you wonder whether they will ask the international community for a vaccine, where the petitioned the there is leverage to engage with -- whether potentially there is leverage to engage. i think there are waiting to see if they get the right signal from the biden administration of what is possible going into the future. elect biden's nominee for secretary of state advocates a multilateral approach on diplomatic efforts when it comes to north korea, also a step-by-step approach. he talked about in the past have the best model for a nuclear deal with north korea was a j.c.p.o.a. with iran. so we will see. because they are going to have a january party congress in early january before the inauguration in washington. they will reveal their five-year plan. the truth of the party congress in his speech, we will see what direction they are headed. but what is very important for us is to signal and

one was dear leader kim jong un, and the other was general mike flynn.ou say to yourself, what the heck? lou, you know? i mean, it's laugh are bl but it's also -- laughable but it's also very, very serious. lou: yeah. >> and i would like someone with some guts, because i'll ask them if i ever see him, is why. why was he so afraid, why was he so fearful, and why did he have to mention that to donald trump as though, you know, flynn is public enemy number one? and so, you know, there'll be more to come out, coming out in the days and weeks and months ahead, lou, but it's fascinating part of history and certainly part of few -- of my story. lou: well, we can't wait to hear that part of the story, general. right now we're watching with interest your role in trying to make certain this president is not cheated from a second term in office. tell us about how you're applying your talents, your energy to support the president and the nation. >> well, lou, i have a great network of people around the country that i know that are trying to help understand what has

northder kim jong-un, korea can produce enough material for six bombs a year.imes more then what was produced under his father. it and itlly expanded has gotten much bigger since donald trump took office. juliette: what have been some of the biggest changes that have happened to north korea's military under kim jong-un? >> the domestic production has really taken off and it goes from rifles to the military to antiaircraft to chemical weapons. some of the biggest changes have been in the missile production. kim jong-un has modernized the missile fleet which was based on soviet scuds. he has rolled out solid fuel ballistic missiles which are easier to hide, to set up, and to fire more quickly. he has tested short range missiles which can carry a nuclear device to all of south korea and also developed a multistage weapon that can hit japan. and he has put these on display. the most recent display was in october where he showed off all his new weaponry and almost all of it was domestically produced. east asia government editor jon from tokyo. we are focusing on cur

the solution to the problem lies in the hands of kim jong un, and i think a carrot and stick approachessary to get the results we want. >> thank you, atsumi. the u.n. general assembly has called on north korea to return all the abductees immediately. alongside the families of the victims the international community will be watching closely to see if there is any change in north korea's relations with the new administrations in japan and the u.s. and if that might lead to the resolution of the abduction issue. thank you for watching and see ♪ >> joe biden secures a majority has members of the electoral college vote to verify the presidential poll. this is the u.s. attorney general, william barr, is resigning amid tension with president trump over his baseless claims of election fraud. you are watching al jazeera nive . coming up in the next 30

trump is keen on this power and whether it's mohammed bin salman, kim jong-un, it's the power he's so involved with and so in search of that this is exactly what he believes. he believes that putin controls all of russia and all of its wealth. and anything like the purchase of this -- of this home had to have been through or with the permission of vladimir putin. >> and he -- you elaborate on that idea some when you talk about what you think was trump's sort of orientation toward putin and russia during the campaign. you say, when trump lost the election, he expected to lose the election. he wanted to do all he could to enable him to be able to borrow money from people in putin's circle, and that meant sucking up to the russians. a large part of the posturing and praising of putin was a way to keep the trump organization's options open with the russian leader. so was he -- he was explicit with you about this, or you were discerning this in terms of what you thought was behind his behavior? >> no, this is what's behind his behavior. donald trump, again, they're looking for -- to do a p

he wants to be just like putin, just like kim jong-un, just like madero. he craves this. he doesn't want to run for president. that's why he says what about 12 more years, 12 more years. he's not joking. understand donald trump doesn't have a sense of humor. he doesn't laugh. he doesn't tell jokes. he doesn't have a sense of humor. he means it when he says it, and my book is intended to really open the eyes of the 38%, that base of his that no matter what donald trump does, it's acceptable to them. and he doesn't care, and they don't care. and he wasn't joikiking when he said again that he could kill someone on fifth avenue and get away with it. he means it. >> that was more of my interview with president trump's former personal attorney, michael cohen, who is serving out the remainder of his three-year prison sentence in home confinement. when we come back, what ended up being the national debut of mary trump, the president's niece, and the incredible story that she had to tell. that's straight ahead. for bathroom odors that linger try febreze small spaces. just press fi

remember trump's courtship of north korean dictator kim jong-un? trump even said the two leaders fell in love. and after they met, trump confidently proclaimed "there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea." but as someone once said, you can't con people, at least not for long. the north korean nuclear threat never went away. in fact, "bloomberg" reported yesterday that kim jong-un's nuclear weapons got more dangerous under trump. okay. so maybe he failed abroad, but what about at home? remember this? >> we'll be terminating obamacare and we'll be replacing it with so many different options, but you'll have great health care at a fraction, a fraction, of the cost. >> sounds great. i don't seem to remember that magical plan ever appearing, though, in actual reality. house republicans did partially repeal obamacare without replacing it. and trump held a big party in the rose garden to celebrate "art of the deal." even a that half measure failed thanks in part to a thumbs down from john mccain in the senate and despite presumably having been a

so as long as kim jong un continues to threaten south korea with nuclear weapons and to suppress the people of north korea we will continue to release our leaflets under this new law offenders will now face up to 3 years in prison and sauza as of dollars in fines it's not known how north korea will respond outwardly president moon remains optimistic as when he addressed the virtual un general assembly in september. the republic of korea has been steadfast in making relentless efforts to achieve denuclearization and establish permanent peace on the korean peninsula with north korea still largely isolated by the international community and by the global pandemic president moon's options for reviving into korean relations are limited but by passing this legislation he'll be hoping to at least keep those hopes alive robert bright al jazeera so. restaurant bar and hotel owners in france are protesting against violence restrictions that have kept businesses closed since late october public establishments will remain shut over the normally busy christmas period but it could be allowed to re

>> reporter: leader kim jong-un is expected to deliver a speech at the event, when is being held for the first time since 2016. he will likely try measures to limit the pandemic's economic impact. observers will also be watching for statements about the nuclear and missile programs. it may also be a chance for kim to lay out policyies as the u.s biden administration prepares to take power. >>> a long-running court battle over an ancient relic is set to resume in south korea. it centers on a small statue that was stolen from a japanese temple eight years ago. although that place is worship is so far not part of the latest legal sparring. when the south korean government recovered the statue, the japanese government asked for its return. but the pusok temple in south korea claimed ownership, launching a legal challenge. a court ruled three years ago the statue should be returned to pusok temple, but the south korean government has appealed. sources say officials in seoul have sent a learn to the temple through diplomatic channels, asking it to be part of the new legal proceedings. the

review things and develop these things so you know north korea is in again you just never know with kim jong un what he's going to be thinking when he wakes up you know each day but it's definitely but remember north korea just isn't after that north korea needs money so their ability to you know launch french more attacks like they did with one across stealing money out of the swiss system which i think they did in yemen to the tune of 95000000 so you know north korea is going to figure out an angle some way to make money out of this and the keep trying though they do you know they've been pretty quiet at least until now had it but i.b.m. also uncovered this global phishing campaign that's targeting the vaccines cold chain specifically now that's a component to say that the vaccine supply chain that ensures a vaccine is preserved and needs temperatures right in the temperature controlled environment so if a foreign power messes with something like this could it be viewed as a large scale attack worthy of a cyber even physical counter-strike it would be u.s. if if if it were this were to hap

trump took it too you know as you called it you know being buddies with autocrats being buddies with kim jong un vladimir putin even with our trouble with china it was easing ping in this and i guess you know as you got to know him with one line in the book that really surprised me is that you said you never asked donald trump what he thought about vladimir putin because you were almost afraid of what he might say so i guess my question is what do you think in your time spent with president trump you know explains why he has so much disdain for almost all democratic leaders except perhaps abbay and japan but that he really runs towards and once to be counted amongst these autocrats. well you know there are a lot of series on that i'm not a shrink myself i'll leave leave those theories to the others i think he's drawn to the autocrats because in the trump world they look like when are. you know they're not constantly harassed by aids and allies and their options aren't limited they sort of do what they want to do if you're glad i'm here to and you know like somebody there are ways to deal with

border defectors and activists in the south regularly use balloons to send leaflets criticizing kim jong un into the norse the bill is expected to pass but the south's main opposition party says it will do everything it can to slow the legislation. boeing's a 737 max jet has returned to the sky after being grounded following 2 deadly crashes the revamp the aircraft made its 1st commercial flight for goal airline between the brazilian cities of sao paolo and porto alegre the jet was grounded in 2019 in the wake of the crashes that killed $346.00 people boeing hopes it can turn the corner after the damaging crisis which cost millions of dollars before a repair was found. that italian airline is trying with it hopes could help revive air travel through the pandemic a quarantine free flight all the passengers on the alitalia flight tested negative for kovan 1000 before leaving new york and after arriving in rome it means passengers can fly between some u.s. this the nation's and italy when the show a negative test at the airport or get tested before boarding with another test on arrival they

wednesday the us had a record for the most kim jong un for deaths in a day, more than roughly 2900 people died on that fateful day. jillian: congressman mccarthy, the congressman swalwell be thrown off the intelligence committee for his alleged ties to a chinese spy and the national security threat. >> reporter: i don't have concerns about mister swalwell. the leadership of the house and the committee, that overtures were being made. it was over. shannon: this afternoon feels report revealed suspected spy christine fong raised money for swalwell. swalwell said he did nothing wrong. congresswoman alisa van eck served on a committee with swalwell and points out his hypocrisy after targeting the president for russia for four years. >> disturbing and sad irony that eric swalwell was perpetrator of these baseless accusations and the phony russia hoax of russia collusion. you can replace the word russia with the chinese communist party and replaced donald trump with eric swalwell and the accusations are in fact true about his coordination with the chinese communist party, he owes his colleagues

obama when donald trump came in as president said there were two people trump should worry about, kim jong-un general michael flynn. how did you get into that distinguished group? why not blow the lid off all of them and tell us what you knew that they didn't want us to know. >> i must have put the fear of gods into barack obama and still do because of this long four-year saga they put me through, and frankly the entire country. one of these days i will lay it out. but pretty amazing for the transition in the united states of america from one president to another. that was two points that the there are wanted to share with the president-elect at the time, donald j. trump. it's amazing. judge jeanine: you can't give us an idea, an inkling. so many of us were cheering for you. >> president obama knew that donald trump was going to have plea in some capacity in his administration, and likely there is a national security advisor or some other position. when he chose me to be the national security advisor they knew that their little plan of spying on donald trump would fall apart and many other fo

obama when donald trump came in as president said there were two people trump should worry about, kim jong-un general michael flynn. how did you get into that distinguished group? why not blow the lid off all of them and tell us what you knew that they didn't want us to know. >> i must have put the fear of gods into barack obama and still do because of this long four-year saga they put me through, and frankly the entire country. one of these days i will lay it out. but pretty amazing for the transition in the united states of america from one president to another. that was two points that the there are wanted to share with the president-elect at the time, donald j. trump. it's amazing. judge jeanine: you can't give us an idea, an inkling. so many of us were cheering for you. >> president obama knew that donald trump was going to have plea in some capacity in his administration, and likely there is a national security advisor or some other position. when he chose me to be the national security advisor they knew that their little plan of spying on donald trump would fall apart and many other fo

jillian: record numbers of kim jong un for patients with 18,000 hospitalizations, 3700 people in intensive care right now, several hospitals around the state, makeshift icus to handle the overflows. >> california is in crisis mode, breaking records. number of patients in icus, and the number of mortalities we are witnessing. >> reporter: in florida officials going against guidelines, vaccinating elderly residents first. todd: a final salute, a police officer killed in the line of duty laid to rest. >> one more guardian angel watching after us, officially retired. >> hundreds of law enforcement taking him to the cemetery, taken by horse-drawn carriage. the officer was gunned down by an alleged carjacker, survived by his wife. jillian: donald from the should 20 pardons and commutations. on the list is campaign advisor george papadopoulos who was charged as part of the russian probe. trump pardoning alex vander swan on the same charge. duncan hunter, california in new york. todd: a russian smear campaign, the president-elect making comments to peter doocy. >> you still think the stories, the

obama when donald trump came in as president said there were two people trump should worry about, kim jong-uneneral michael flynn. how did you get into that distinguished group? why not blow the lid off all of them and tell us what you knew that they didn't want us to know. >> i must have put the fear of gods into barack obama and still do because of this long four-year saga they put me through, and frankly the entire country. one of these days i will lay it out. but pretty amazing for the transition in the united states of america from one president to another. that was two points that the there are wanted to share with the president-elect at the time, donald j. trump. it's amazing. judge jeanine: you can't give us an idea, an inkling. so many of us were cheering for you. >> president obama knew that donald trump was going to have plea in some capacity in his administration, and likely there is a national security advisor or some other position. when he chose me to be the national security advisor they knew that their little plan of spying on donald trump would fall apart and many other fore