kim jong-un. he's in his 20s and seen as lacking political experience. the late leader, kim jong-il, picked his third son as successor in december of 2006, four years before the younger kim emerged in public as heir apparent. the magazine says kim jong-il told him of his decision while handing him a diploma. kim said he should continue the military first policy. kim jong-un replied that he will live up to his father's trust by leading an invincible military force. >> the people of egypt are facing a new wave of turmoil. an islamic fundamentalist group says its candidate won the election and the military government is strengthening its authority. the muslim brotherhood declared victory on monday based on its own ballot count. officials at the supreme council then announced they will transfer power to a civilian government by the end of this month as planned. but they also said they will amend egypt's interim constitution, creating a committee to draft a new constitution even after the transfer of power. the down sill says the military has the authority to make laws until a new parlia

sure, it has not collapsed or changed since the death of kim jong-il, but, you know, we're only talking a few months. this new regime has always been in power for a few months. in the broader scope of history there have been buried -- many transitional regime's that lasted years before something major has happened. i think the verdict is still out i don't think we can simply assume everything will go smoothly and that there will be able to muddle through forever. prattle to the death of kim jong-il if you ask any expert, including you, what would be the most important variable that can create major change, i think everyone would have agreed, the sudden death of the north korean leader. we have to respect what we thought before. i think we all have to watch very carefully what is going to happen. i think the future of this regime is not an all certain. the ramifications if something happens will be huge for the united states and for others in the region in a way that won't matter for the average american. that's why i wanted to write this book. >> host: thanks. i think we have a very goo

north korean leader kim jong il has given his second public speech since taking power in front of tens of thousands of children wednesday marks the anniversary of the country's children's union the organization that helps ensure the young generations of loyalty to the regime becomes two days after north korea warned their southern neighbor of military action over their critical coverage of children's festivals in pyongyang. and here's an enterprise space shuttle making her final is a journey along the hudson river to new york's intrepid museum and surprise never made it into space but has the honor of being the very first shuttle and we was used for test flights last month enterprise was loaded on the back of a jumbo jet and taken for a joyride above new york donated its retired shuttle fleet to american museum. let's check in with daniel bushell at the business desk in britain's banks are in much worse shape than previously thought aren't they don't know yes and he's a know this is a sixty billion dollars black hole as it's being called that according to new research the world bank of

and five months ago kim jong-il was still in control. this is an important election for the people who live there and it's important for the two parties. but it has no predictive capacity for november. come on, the last republican to carry wisconsin, presidential election was ronald reagan. if anybody thinks mitt romney is another ronald reagan i want a case of what you're drinking. >> david gergen -- ari, i'll let you back in a moment. as paul makes that case, he can make that case. five months is an eternity. the last republican was ronald reagan and yet, we do know in key demographic groups especially white blue collar workers that the midwest in particular, older voters also, a key constituency in wisconsin. they are trending to republicans in national elections, so the question is is it trending fast enough for mitt romney come november? i think that's an open question tonight. but i would challenge paul's analysis just a tad. even though i know he's quite smart. >> i agree with you, john. i think there are two implications tonight.

in countries where they do have dictators you can go around saying, you know, kim jong-il is an evilctator because you will go to jail and die. you can do at america because we are in fact not a totalitarian country. and, second of all, first of all, it's bravery on the cheek and a way of making me seem like you know, some sort of -- kind of a person. it's not true. is this kid going to take a bullet for me and is some guy going to come and running at the end of my speech and say goldberg? no, he's not but lastly it's a way of avoiding addressing anything that we have actually talked about. it's a way of sounding like a better man without actually dealing with my argument. the same thing with things like -- guilty men go free free and innocent go to jail. is one that everybody agrees with from the far left to the far right where we should defend the right of the accused and we should have the benefit of the doubt in the trial, given to the accused but you have to be beyond reasonable doubt when you can deck somebody. i don't know if anybody who disagrees with the principle that how y

in countries with dictators you can't go around saying, kim jong-il is an evil dictator because you will go to jail and die. we can do that because we're not a totalitarian country. second of all, it's bravery on the cheap, a way of making me seem like some sort of legs impressive a person than this kit. but it's not true. 'is this kid going to take a bullet for me? is some guy going to run in and say, goalberg, and shoot? and the guy is going to take a bullet? no. but it's a way of avoiding and talking about anything we talk about, and sounding like the better man without actually dealing with my argument. better ten guilty men go free than one innocent go to jail. the principle is one i think everybody agreed with from the far right to the far left. we live in a society where we should defend the right of the accused and have the benefit of the doubt in the trial, you have to be beyond a rome doubt when you convict somebody. i don't know anybody who disagrees with the principle. how you apply the principle -- as we see with -- it was an absolute principle, no one would be allowed to go

the death of president kim jong il renewed concerns about the stability of this nuclear arm nation. his youngest son succeeded him giving us a glimpse into this mysterious and oppressive regime. a new novel gives us another point of view, adam johnson say creative writing professor at stamford. his book is called the orphan master's son. i'm pleased to have him here at this table. welcome. >> great to be here. thank you. >> rose: the first thing that people really look at is they say this guy has some real insight into the way north korea works yet he has written a work of fiction, not a work of journalism or, in fact, of reporting. >> well, i don't want to say that nonfiction has failed us when it comes to north korea. there's a lot of important work being done in the larger themes. the economic realm, the nuclear realm, the military realm, et ceterament but trying to capture the human dimension is something that several writers have struggled with. and in the world of nonfiction, there is almost no primary sources to turn to. there's no access to the people there. the only thing t

reporter: there was the obligatory visit to the giant bronze statues of the former leaders kim jong sun and kim jong-ily the players. the intention is to find sponsorship for future visits. >> we are convinced that we introduced the high five to north korea. we don't know if that is true or not, but they responded well to it. >> reporter: there is the belief that basketball diplomacy can build trust where politics cannot. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. >>> while thousands were celebrating egypt's historic election, a british student was fighting for her life after a mob of men attacked her. >>> welcome to "newsroom international" where we take you around the world in 60 minutes. a few minutes ago egypt's president-elect wrapped up a speech before a massive crowd in tahrir square. mohamed morsi is sworn into office tomorrow. the mood in the square is festive, but just like it was sunday when he became the country's first democratically elected leader, but there was a dark side to the celebrations. dan rivers reports from cairo. >> reporter: just hours after the muslim brotherhood's victory in egypt's presi