. >> host: some people point to kim jong il's uncle as one former. certainly he's had some international experience. it's hard to judge whether he missed the direction of earth warmed. let's say that somebody or somebody else emerge to place in a pox on the role, but within the same system. how do you think that the u.s. government would be response to that circumstance. >> host: is certainly welcome somebody like that. but the obvious problem -- first, we certainly welcome some unlike a senior figure who's interested in reform and interested taking it to a better place. if there was some unlike the generals we see today in north korea better looking to make a big turn in terms of their own system and the way the united states would welcome that. but the 800-pound gorilla in the room, even if that were a scenario still remains the nuclear issue. when it comes down to a score whether the chinese in the u.s. really did her because the chinese certainly what reform a right to promote reform as you said, but they're also willing to say in order to promot

suddenly kim jong-il. it's so crazy. >> look at al alec. >> what does your family think of this?orea and south korea, my family is an amalgamation of the koreas. so they really had a lot of struggle and tragedy and our family's been split apart for over 50 years. so it's great to go back and do something like this and have a little bit of karmic retribution. i think if you're nominated for playing a man who is a deceased dictator, you automatically win. >> could be. it's a sympathy vote. but in truth she's such a patriot, hoda woman. we didn't realize this. you may be of north and south korean descent, but in your heart of hearts, you are all american pie. you've got george washington here and abe lincoln. >> are those real tattoos? >> yes. >> who is on your back? >> ben franklin. i wanted to be in a one-man band. that's my idea. so i was going to do knee symbols so i could bang my knees together. thought it would be good to keep the beat, be patriotic. >> is this a dragon, may i? >> this is a japanese crank. >> i have really short spanx on. i just came from the gym. lots of thin

then last december leader kim jong il died. his son, jim jong un, took over. then there was discussion about repatriating japanese who died on the korean peninsula at the end of world war ii. they agreed to involve government officials in a separate round of talks leading to the meetings in beijing. >>> mitt romney has dreamed for years of occupying the white house. delegates to the republican national convention have nominated mitt romney as their choice for president. now they are busy to reintroducing him to americans. >> the honorable mitt romney of the state of massachusetts has received 2,061 votes, more than a majority of those votes entitled to be cast at this convention. >> delegates chose the former massachusetts governor as the challenger to president barack obama. >> at every turn in his life, this man i met at a high school dance has helped lift up others. this man will lift up america. >> the republicans approved their party platform. they say obama has failed to bring the country out of the worst economic slump since the great depression. the pl

opening up his country a little bit and becoming a little bit less militaristic than his father, kim jong-il woman. there was speculation that she was the lead singer of a north korean pop band, but last week a south korean lawmaker who had been briefed by intelligence officials said this woman is not the singer, but a woman named ri sol-ju who he married about three years ago. the woman was with kim at an event that gave us yet another great image from north korea, a disney-themed musical production. turns out the walt disney company said the north koreans should not have been using those outfits and characters, that they did so without the company's permission. something tells me, kate, any lawsuit emanating from this will not go well from either side. >> or go anywhere, really. brian, there bits to be a bit of family history of strange images that get blasted out to the world on occasion. >> there really is a history. we'll take you back three years. who could forget this picture, bill clinton, august 2009, he travels to north korea to help secure the release of two jailed american journa

contributes to his son kim jong il who died back in december and his son the nation's current leader unger. somebody drove his camper right into the neighbor's pool in a town south of boston. oops. police say a health problem may have caused the man to lose control of that rv. seems he drove it through a fence and ended up in the backyard pool. firefighters called in a crane to fish the thing out. some other neighbors pulled out the driver before the responders arrived. i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. and uncle sam is going for the gold in the london olympics. word today that american athletes who win big have to hand over cash to the tax man. that comes from the national taxpayer's union which describes itself as nonpartisan taxpayers it reports that a gold medal and the cash prize that comes with it can cost american winners up to nearly $9,000 depending on tax bracketd: even the bronze can cost -- that's quite a tax bill for michael phelps. president obama. but if michael phelps paid the tax man and paid the max

suddenly kim jong-il. it's crazy. >> what does your family think of this? >> they love it.. we didn't realize this you may be of north and south korean descent, but in your heart of hearts, you are all american pie. you've got george washington here and abe lincoln. >> are those real tattoos? >> yes. >> who is on your back? >> ben franklin. i wanted to be in a one man band. i was going to put knee symbols so i could bang their heads together. thought it would be good to keep the beat, be patriotic. >> is this a dragon, may i? >> i have really short spanx on. i came from the gym. lots of things. they are all over. >> let's talk about your comedy tour. it's called "mother." >> i made jokes because she can never pronounce things. she tried to take us to montgomery ward. i've been making fun of her since i was a child. i thought i would put a whole show together. >> you come by this naturally, which i didn't realize. your father was a jokester. >> he was a joke writer in career. carrying on the family tradition. it's like i opened a liquor store. >> "drop dead diva" is a dromed