i doubt that people genuinely have the kind of feeling towards kim jong un as they did for kim jong il. >> (translated): we would say, how can this boy who's still wet behind the ears be in power? but the north korean government spread these rumors that although he was young, he was very wise. that's what the government kept saying. >> narrator: jiro's undercover footage shows people all over the country being forced to prove their dedication to the new leader, but some resenting having to do it. these soldiers were ordered to build a railroad from kim jong un's birthplace to pyongyang to mark him coming to power. >> narrator: the undercover footage even shows a local official criticizing kim jong un's succession. >> narrator: to compensate for his lack of experience, the regime made parallels with his grandfather kim il sung, who is still widely worshipped and is officially eternal president of north korea. >> there are all kinds of rumors that kim jong un even had cosmetic surgery to look like his grandfather. but certainly his style seems to be more like kim il sung as well. >> tryi

last month ursula or kim jong il and show the world with the purge and. full on. sian about his grip on top. exercise and aunt robin and his colleagues visit comes at a deli ski jump. he likes strong performance in case of cloth and he was again in the cause of his own. with this story hundred and forty meter jump the longest of the day to easily win the tournament overall the again detox father had his son's monkey king securely in his hands just three weeks ago when steve hart was a virtual unknown in ski jumping. now he's in town and as a favourite for the winter olympics in salty the data seems to have done the trick the tax on their promise to me. performance was more than enough for first place. on tuesday and moved into second place overall edging up to see more come on and switzerland. for the glory belong to thomas t hart age twenty one week. and china the kids. and he was also top score with pork world cup he died on sunday a seventy one. and it's turned out to be their luck. his casket made in state. only it was a great man. tree and torque love. a clie

he is in north korea with several players to play an exhibition game as a president for kim jong il but during an interview, he lashed out when asked about kenneth bay who left while doing a tour in north korea. >> do you understand what he did? >> what did he do, you tell me what he did? >> no, you tell me, why he helped captors -- >> they have not released any charges. >> we were shocked and just outraged, we could not believe our ears. he was in a position to do some good and help advocate for kenneth and he refused to do so. >> kenneth bay was in north korea and convicted of hostile acts and he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. >>> robert gates criticizes president barack obama in his new book. he said he doesn't believe in his own strategy but gates does praise his decision to launch the raid against osama bin laden and calls it one of the most courageous moves in history. >>> the department of health and human services said the ads will run with the highest rate of uninsured with young adults. >>> and results roll in for the best type of diet plan, and the best diet is the

happy birthday to kim jong-il him, the leader of one of the most criticized regimes on the -- kim jong-un, the leader of one of the most criticized regimes on the planet. even dictators need a happy birthday song. >> ? happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. >> in case you have been living under a rock, that's his that's his new bff, dennis rodman. they are playing a friendly game because that is what you do when your best friend has a birthday. >> i love the guy. he is my friend. forever and ever and ever. >> that is quite a commitment. while he is singing happy birthday, south koreans are burning effigies. they are protesting the developing weapons of mass construction, conducting nuclear tests explosions, launching long-range rockets. in november of 2012 south korea national was arrested in north korea and sentenced to a labor camp. north korea alleges he was arrested for a crime against the state but will not give the details. dennis rodman was asked if you would inquire about the potential release. look at him,his guy. they came here. you just said he did something wrong, we do

a working visit in the stores then visited the beautiful mt kong on in the mausoleum of kim il sung and kim jong il that's about the money men of the leaders if he did not do it. he may not be allowed to enter the wu will put in a bubble for a whopping one alone for that. i was a bit afraid the first time we thought the country is completely close forever when people were shabby clothes there are no cars in the general level of the country's development similar to that of the nineteen thirties. but these expectations were not confirmed within three months between our visits there in the taxi was launched in which you can pay with carts to thirty six storey buildings were villages within six months and people already living there knows its construction rates even in our country. all of the post was fun though wilkinson says the christian gospel it is the one before there's no diplomatic missions in the dprk in context and just yet. you can buy a ticket to north korea and china or russia. you can also apply for a trip in the north korean embassy in uzbekistan a visa to the country cause seventy fi

right after i took over, of course kim jong-il was in charge. there is a lot of what was going to happen when this guy was in charge. what are we going to do when kim jong-il dies? it turns out he dies on the 15 december of 2011 and we find out on the 17th ditties that. and then kim jong-un would be the successor. i had not been in korea, so i hadn't hope to mind about what i was seeing. one, he had been educated in the west world, so i was hopeful. but what i watched have been overturned, during my time, as we roll and it's kind of good. after the death of the leader in the new leaders get on board. we have the 29 february 2012 leap year deal, were not going to do any testing in exchange for two chino subsistence. and then that sales and as a result, they're going to do a satellite. has started eating things change, sars convinced things are not going to be as good as what i was optimistic about. to. i served over there was once a missile launch, a successful missile launch. the missile portfolio, the use of asymmetric type threat. i had followe

albany to kim jong il and all his visit to seek of countries padang about any particular would make all it's not an american citizen has been held prisoner what brings us up today with the will to use a torch in the state into force by gas the room. lulu. all calling is making me stay hidden from the cooking cinema with an interesting piece in the sauce and coming up including it. cnn and cnn and see through them with the detained in a sense thankfully finding and just what this means patrons were nice enough. that crying is all about. fifty this strange is that they present. i'm a gemini be a packed mcg says steve and sharon had an interesting and well friends and nice i would tell us why she enjoys it. how often do you watch french don't sweat the whole thing on how francaise and tv industry is trying to be shown at the daycare. labels. it's a start. the nice i couldn't wait to see again from the senate as well can see a hand thanks for what singh malik and discussing off with a pack of filmmaking process of releasing what many describe as brennan takes math is cold and i'm always thi

kim il-sung was a lie. read this discussion when kim jong-il was a lie. and that we have it about kim jong-un. to questions about the north koreans. first, did we get kim jong-un wrong two years ago, the intelligence estimates that you're hearing about were that is awkwardly going to be running the country, that the military wouldn't put up with what they viewed as a spoiled untested leader. and second, did we get the chinese wrong? that while we understood that they want to stability more than anything else on the korean peninsula, did we believe that they have the capability, the desire to rein in the north koreans in a way that was made clear during the bush administration and the obama administration that they said we can't do? >> very good questions. i think what the latest events in north korea, that they can demonstrate is just how thin our knowledge is about the north. even though frankly it's a little geekier than it used to be. for example, in the case of the purge and execution of turn six, the south korean intelligence, anticipated this and disclosed it a few days in advance. it's

happy birthday to kim jong-il him, the leader of one of the most criticized regimes on the planet.n dictators need a happy birthday song. happy birthday to you, you. birthday to >> in case you have been living under a rock, that's his new be ff, dennis rodman. they are playing a friendly game because that is what you do when your best friend has a birthday. >> i love the guy. he is my friend. forever and ever and ever. >> that is quite a commitment. while he is singing happy birthday, south koreans are burning effigies. they are protesting the developing weapons of mass construction, conducting nuclear tests explosions, launching long-range rockets. koreaember of 2012 south national was arrested in north korea and sentenced to a labor camp. alleges he was arrested for a crime against the state but will not give the details. dennis rodman asked if you would inquire about the potential release. >> look at this guy. >> you said kenneth brae did something wrong. >> those guys behind him don't look comfortable. replay.oka k at the that's charles smith, former knicks star. way some of th

well the kim jong il really isn't as easy as it looks so you really need men like being a hero who know what they're doing have been trained to do what they're doing right now to actually carve out the ice now twenty seven of them including jamia how will we add during the olympics basically taking care of this entire tribe making sure that the bobsled and the sledge and competitions go exactly the way it is because the truck is too big to get through the narrow lanes it's done the old fashioned way with this new shovel and a broom. for russians speeding down snow reveals it is a form of going up and that's why this thing you can be called funky the russian way looks like summer day at the funky sliding center. and we've got some more reports from to buy and what's a giving you the best impression of the venues in and around the city of and big dreams just before the flame finally reaches sochi don't miss them in the next couple of days and of course online at r.t. dot com. yes. how do you operate dealing. with was could be sports such. as we say was i'm not an olympic hockey player but

south korea's kim jong il and has given his new year's address in that speech he hailed the result of recent execution of his own call. he referred to it and some take it as a quote scott hannan and saying his room to let helped cement you'd see in the country this is the first time the north korean leader has publicly commenting on the execution of regional correspondent or sound enhancement. she did a speech it is small insignificant what it is always changing i will never actually spotted so this this new jurisdiction was great getting new year's speech is this marks the week the balkans and sounds of the actual content. i should mention here the panel but the chill of the killing of his uncle turns into ice factional suggesting that that has been some action was a wooden needles korean regime. today all of their own measures that included the traditional some combination of united states sounds good to read it all starts to just push the buttons on his new shops career that's the message which will be on the barren soil. and in times of the address. well lately actually. admitting

he has replaced more of his commanders than both kim il-sung and kim jong-il. when a person is doing that, that tells me that he is kind of worried about the folks around him and he wants to continue to further consolidate power. i do think you have to be ready for collapse. contingencies in the military plans. that is what we do. you have to have good plans. you have to have good common sharing of intelligence. you have got to protect that information. that is very important. it doesn't need to be debated out in the open public. future,ink for the --in, it is very important first off, i don't trust the north koreans. after my time over, i don't trust what they say and i worry when we are in a period of charm offensive because if you go back through history, that is when things can potentially occur. , one, we have to remain absolutely vigilant. we have to question all the things we see everyday. that is why the day-to-day interface that you find on the penance alone with the military is so important. itself a strong deterrent. i think kim jong-un will continue

skiing destination it's north korea's attempt at a top class which resort all you want to know about kim jong il and pet project is waiting for you online. right from the sea. first trip. and i think that you're. on our reporters with their. instrument. in the little a. little. when leaked files from the us national security agency revealed that american spies had been keeping close tabs on a key ally germany the government there was furious comparing the practices to those of the stasi east germany's notorious secret police artist peter all of our met with a veteran of that service to find out just how similar the two really are. on finding out that the united states attempt to private mobile phone and glimmer confronted president obama with this claim. former offices in the east german secret police which was known as the stars e of a warning for the n.s.a. if they think must surveillance is the solution to a nation's problems who quote if it's even the best qualified and most advanced secret service cannot save the state we showed you that away from the professed shock of the politicians at t

comments is made and they are there to play an exhibition game today as a birthday present for kim jong ilw during that moment, rodman lashed out while having a meeting. >> do you understand what he did? >> yeah, what did he do? you tell me. >> no, no, no, you tell me, why he helped captors... >> they have not released any charges... >> we were shocked and outraged and we could not believe our ears. he was in a position to do good and he refused to so. oop he was cop expected of hostile acts and he was sentenced to 15 years much hard labor and now police are looking for witnesses to dollars disturb them. >>> and future information could damage their political aspirations. >>> now that the cat is out of the bag, traffic is doing well as you head out to the mcarthur maze but there is a problem in san francisco and we will run that down for you. >>> low clouds and fog are back, no, it is not june, or july, but we'll see if this drizzle can creed to any rain. . [ angelic music plays ] ♪ toaster strudel! best morning ever! [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. toaster strudel! [ female announcer ] try n

but he said that kim jong-il, kim jong-un's father, was one of them. let his own people starve while he was living a very rich life. what do you suppose the son is trying to do here? is he trying to brandish a reputation, get that kind of infamy? >> well, you know, the -- perhaps the most disappointing thing about the son's rule in the year that we have seen is this guy is supposed to be educated outside of north korea. he's supposed to be educated in switzerland. but we haven't seen one solid piece of evidence of economic reform to -- for the country. in the meantime, he's hosting basketball games, he's building ski resorts. you know, he's visiting amusement parks. all these things. you know, literally he's fiddling while rome is burning. and that is not a good omen of the future for the country. >> all right. professor cha, thank you. appreciate it. and, of course, we'll talk about what, if anything, was accomplished by this rodman trip to the basketball game, certainly later in the week. thank you, professor. >>> the winter olympics about to put soc

or this one of a bride and groom standing in front of statues of kim il-sung or kim jong-il. or this one of dennis rodman, to visit kim jong-un who he says is his friend. last month, these photographs of commuters reading from a public newspaper displayed in a pyongyang subway station. this is how these north koreans learned the news that the uncle of kim jong-un had been executed. now, say what you will about the north korean media, but these commuters in these pictures were probably getting better information than the rest of us about that uncle. debunktion junction is sorely needed tonight, and that story is coming up. >>> between christmas and new >>> between christmas and new year's somebody leaked something rather extraordinary too the "l.a. times" specifically to david cloud at the "l.a. times." he quotes an unnamed official saying the u.s. commander in afghanistan has told the white house that after the war in afghanistan is over, so empb after the end of this year, he wants a force of at least 12,000 troops to stay in afghanistan. 8,000 american troops and 4,000 from

players will compete against the team as part of the celebration for kim jong il's birthday. >>> dicky is ending her bed for the senate seat and in a statement, serious health issues in her family caused her to enter the primary challenge against mike envy and she did not provide anymore details but it led to a dispute with heresies who is a lesbian over the issue of same sex marriage. they got to work with some unfinished business. >>> democrats want to extend the emergency unemployment benefits which expired december 28th. republicans want to look at other options including some new job training initiatives but it will take a test vote on the measure which would provide those benefits. california lawmakers are back this week with california slowly coming out of the recession with tax revenues coming up. lawmakers have something different to fight about this year. >> the legislature will be fighting overspending deciding what to cut. >> two hot button issues are expected to be the funding of the high speed rail program and also there is an issue whether to pulled more because of over

or this one of a bride and groom standing in front of statues of kim il-sung or kim jong-il. ennis rodman, to visit kim jong-un who he says is his friend. last month, these photographs of commuters reading from a public newspaper displayed in a pyongyang subway station. this is how these north koreans learned the news that the uncle of kim jong-un had been executed. now, say what you will about the north korean media, but these commuters in these pictures were probably getting better information than the rest of us about that uncle. >>> debunktion junction is sorely needed tonight, and that story is coming up. ♪ whoa, who-o-o-a ♪ whoa, who-o-o-a ♪ one, two, three, four! ♪ ohh, oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohhh ♪ go, let's go ♪ hit me like a supernova ♪ let it flow ♪ over like an ocean ♪ when the sound explodes ♪ everybody's feeling all right ♪ ♪ everybody's feeling all right ♪ ♪ ohh, oh-oh-oh-oh over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreling down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every

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rodman went to pyongyang to celebrate kim jong-il's birthday.e says he will return in a month. >> maria appreciate it, thank you. mississippi is considering ending congress gall visits for inmates. 155 inmates out of 22,000 had such visits last year. mississippi is one of six states that allows congress gall visits. alex rodriguez is taking his one year suspension to court. details on why he is fighting major league baseball again. >>> also data breaches affecting millions of customers, now we learn that more customers information may have been hacked. >> michael eaves is here with the big story in sports, alex rodriguez, fighting back against major league baseball. but you talk about a stack of evidence stacked against him. >> the only person that thinks it's not stacked against him ask rodriguez himself. at the time the initial 211 game suspension, rodriguez vowed to fight those allegation he through any and all means available. and today's lawsuit filing falls right in line with that. the lawsuit seeks to overturn the 162 game suspension hand

execution of jang song-thaek has done is to help kim jong un consolidate his power, ease out of position, people associated with his father kim jong-il, and begin to bring in people who are allied to him, supporters of him. in that sense it may have increased his hold on power. you can make the argument that the kind of information released about the nature of the splits, the factionalism shows cracks in the system, and we don't know how to judge it, we'll have to see over time whether this means that kim jong un has a stronger grip on the country or whether there are cracks in the elite that will cause problems. >> a lot of questions, as you said. the most reclusive country in the world. an election it to be held in march. is that about consolidating his power. moving out the old and moving in new people. >> well, the election is the though. the outcome is ordained. kim jong un will get all the support he needs. it's another important step for him in consolidating his power and sending a signal. what is important to watch is the policies he pursues. on the one hand he's made it clear that he wants to continue to build up north korea

he went to phonecall income to celebrate kim jong il's birthday. >> it's like something out of a made-for-tv movie. corruption and controversy. a teenage girl said that she was raped and left unconscious in below freezing temperatures. and today, the man at the center of the case pleaded guilty to child endangerment. they collected evidence against him for years, accused of raping a girl at a house party when he was just 17. he said that it was consensual, but the family wasn't cooperating. the famil not so fast. and now barnett will receive two years of probation, and a four month suspended jail term. >>> in a tribute called 26 days of kindness, he wrote on facebook that his act of kindness would be to give his friends remission on each of those 26 days. and to make matters worse, it happened two months after he was elected. 20 first graders and six educators died in the massacre in december of 2012 envelope >> and then a 29-year-old man got released from a maximum security prison in abu dhabi after being locked up for the last nine months. one of these gangster thugs was using their cellph

the only decoration you're allowed on your wall is a picture of kim jong-il and from school up wards, it's weekly meetings where you have to glorify the leaders. it's hard to escape that prop began at a. >> it's amazing in this day and age that a country like that continue to say exist and somehow thrive to some extent. appreciate it, the documentary is on tomorrow night on pbs, called the secret state of north korea. >> as you know, this is a story we've covered twice and today a significant development, after seven months delay nigerian president signed a bill that goes much further than a ban on same-sex marriage. an excerpt of the law reads: >> even just a meeting of two gay people is criminalized. secretary of state john kerry expressed keep concern on behalf of the united states: >> america isn't alone. the british government threat thatted to withdraw aid to any african count arery that violates gay rights, which may not have the full intention in this case. you can read more at the website, and needless to say, tensions are high worldwide on this story. >> it's a story we've c

or north korea, kim jong-il and others, and their mission has nothing to do with confronting north korea and iran. it's to fight a war with russia. so it's obsolete. it's time to come to grips with that. and you know, these people are not, they're not naive. and i they see the writing on the wall. and they want to transfer out of nuclear. there's no future in it. it's always been a back water. you could never really have much prospect for promotion, certainly not rise to the level of general in an organization that is dominated by pilots. and so the only hope, the glimmer of hope for these crew members has been that they could transfer out. into other more interesting and promising caer radios, including cyberand drones, space operations. the air force has chokd-- the air force has gone too far in choking off that set of options. very, very difficult now for a missile air to get into space operations, for example, they have to open it up. >> ifill: that you so much, bruce blair, princeton university, robert burns of the associated press, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> ifill: now the

and it is kim jong-il's birthday tomorrow.hemll be there to help bring in the next year. >> it is 26 minutes past the hour, and julie hyman is on the markets. much i can know how offer on dennis rodman, but i have the markets to offer. from thatounding three-day decline that kicked off the year. investors are really looking forward here. they're trained to get any insight into the timing of the tapering, and how it is going to unfold. they're looking at earnings seasons taking off, retail levers coming out over the next week or so, and the jobs report on friday. people are also looking at netflix because the shares are down. it was the best performer last year, there were up 300% or so, and now it is being downgraded to underweight to equal weight. we are also talking about something that a lot of analysts have talked about, and that is potential competition for the of amazonom the likes and hulu plus. muppet streetore smart comes back in two minutes -- but "street smart," back in two minutes. ♪ >> our hostess table has been t

the former nba star was bringing thousands of dollars in gifts including soup and alcohol to kim jong-ilthday. turns out that may violate the u.s. sanctions. the maximum penalty? 20 years in prison and a million-dollar fine. >>> let's go over to rick reichmuth. >> where is that rick reichmuth? >> he's warm inside. >> for now, anyway. another cold day across the northeast. get ready across the northern plains, a really cold next couple of days. take a look at chicago, today you're at 30. the temps drop throughout the day with snow this morning. you may end up with two to three inches of snow. then take a look at what happens, your high on monday is minus 4. the low on monday night into tuesday morning is minus 20. so incredibly cold. it's also going to be very windy across a lot of the northern plains. winds possibly 40 to 50 miles an hour. so the windchills feel like minus 40 to minus 50 potentially. the cold is there and you warm up by the latter part of the week, but in general, this cold pattern continues. this is the future radar. that clipper is moving through. that storm, by the wa

kim jong-un's succession. >> to compensate for his lack of experience, the regime made parallels with his grandfather, kim il-sung, who is still widely worshipped and is officially eternal president of north korea. >> there's all kinds of rumors that kim jong-un even had cosmetic surgery to look like his grandfather. but his style seems to be more like him as well. >>> join us tomorrow on air and online. nearly 70 years later, germany is still trying to prosecute former nazis for their role in the holocaust. >> because of their age, they may never reach trial or go to prison, but it is just and right that we go after these cases. >> that's it for this edition of "pbs newshour weekend." i'm hari sreenivasan. thanks for watching. >> "pbs newshour weekend" is made possible by -- lewis b. cullman and louise hirschfeld cullman. judy and josh weston. joyce b. hale. the wallach family, in memory of miriam and ira d. wallach. the cheryl and philip milstein family, ber and nard and irene schwartz, rosalind p. walter. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america. designing customized, individual and group retirement

>> yes, that is right, dennis rodman singing happy birthday to his bsf, st for life, kim jong- and -- kimim jong-ilkorea. >> i am so astounded by this. he has missiles pointed in the direction of us and our allies and we have this guy going over there to sing happy birthday to him yet though we call snowdon a weitor, and he may be, and are embracing this guy. i am offended by this. >> you are a true american. what do you make of this? one could say that he is a joke. the guy married carmen electra wearing a wedding dress. who cares? >> it is just a bizarre thing to have happened. >> well, we do have free speech here. >> yes, but adam is blaming the media. >> all right, let's move on with the hunt for the new face -- and it will not be dennis rodman at the sochi olympics right now. we are looking for a replacement for gold medalist lindsey von. she is out due to a knee injury. the founder and rector of sport impact joins us now. how much of a blow is this? the winter olympics, i know people watch skiing, but do they watch individual skiers? >> they would have in the case of lindsay vonn, she is so p