malaysia has -- the strange half-brother of the north korean dictator kim jong-il and was killed by a nerve agent last month. there was widespread suspicion that pyongyang ordered the attack. also expelleds the malaysian ambassador. north korea fired a four -- fourc missiles ballistic missiles. it drew international condemnation. japan's prime minister shinzo abe says the latest launch suggests a new level of danger. >> it is north korea's second missile test this year. before missiles launched monday, traveling several thousand kilometers. the launch was quickly met with condemnation from the u.s. and its asian allies. >> north korea disregarded hours and international communities consistent warning and fired ballistic missiles again. it is a direct challenge to the world at a serious provocation. this launch has clearly indicated that north korea poses a new level of threats. >> this latest test comes after south korea and -- pyongyang sees the annual drills as preparation for war. each launch renews concerns from the u.s. and allies that north korea is getting closer to achieving i

kim dynasty. the dynasty was founded by kim il—sung, after the second world war. when the old man died, in 1984, his son kim jongs ago, and his son kim jong—un then became the new young king. but kim jong—un is very young, very inexperienced, and very insecure, and since he came to power, he has been killing lots of people. the people that kim jong—un appears to feels most threatened by are his own family, and there are several key figures in this story. the most important and most powerful was kim jong—un‘s uncle, jang song—thaek. at the time he came to power, jang was the most powerful man in north korea, with a network of allies across the country and throughout the region. one of them was his own nephew, jang yong—chol, who was the ambassador here in malaysia. and, through jang yong—chol, he was able to keep in touch with his other nephew, kim jong—nam. but, in 2013, kimjong—un began the biggest purge in more than 50 years, and it began with his uncle, jang song—thaek, who was arrested and executed by firing squad. over the next month, his whole family was rounded up, including his nephew, the ambassador. he

kim jong-il intensifying after threatening to reduce the us to action after a propaganda video.ready to respond to any nuclear harassment. rob: new details on the hunt for a teacher accused of kidnapping his student, in tennessee releasing this picture in his office with 50-year-old elizabeth thomas earlier this year. cummins researched teen marriage on his computer days before this abduction and elizabeth changed her status on social media to wife. her heartbroken family sending this message to their daughter. >> please get away from him, run somewhere, tell somebody. rob: elizabeth's father said cummings brainwashed his daughter with lies about his wealth and secret cia missions. a teenager who sparked national outrage saying he was too which to know the difference between right and wrong once another break. ethan couch's lawyers asking the supreme court to throw out his current two year sentence, the judge had no right to put him behind bars for violating probation, running to mexico. couch was 16 years old when he killed four people in a driving crash in 2013. >> barack obam

they favor a softer approach with north korean leader kim jong-il and -- kim jong-un. and the creation of a missile system that china opposes. powered by more than 2600 and analyst in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. julie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york. joe: we 30 minutes close of trading in the u.s.. julie: gold on its longest losing streak and five months. joseph colon the question is, what you miss-- joe: the question is, what'd you miss? julie: we break labor force participation and wage growth. we look at what to expect from the fed over the next year. and top republican senators suggest the august deadline for a tax plan may be. debate overow the repealing obamacare is putting constraints on the yes -- on addressing taxes. now let's look at where the major averages stand as we head towards the close. abigail doolittle is handing by. abigail: we are looking at modest gains for the major averages. in the dow, s&p 500, and nasdaq trading higher up more than .2%. a bit of a reversal. we have seen flip-flopping today. we

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kim jong-il is defiant, what do we do, can he be reined in, do you think his behavior will ever change? >> first i think it's very smart for the united states just change course of you will it's time for a new policy. our assumption are the intercontinental ballistic missiles it will continue by north korea they continue to fight the united nations committee counsel sake. i think tiller sends a visit to the nation is at a critical time to develop the relationship with his new team with a foreign minister of south korea and the. your latest discussion and rollout that showed mr. taylor said is very important. a new policy with strategies on the table is what's in part from now. and they'll have a meeting next month with president trump. this is on the topic of agenda. diplomacy so far has not been able to control this. do you think china will eventually finally do something deeply meaningful to deter north korea behavior? >> we should hope so. we are down there and the bush center, my service with the bush administration recalling about ten years ago when they came to visit the united s

kim jong-il is calling it a revolutionary breakthrough.t comes at the same time secretary of state rex tillerson is in asia with new concerns over north korea's intentions dominating the discussion. just how should the u.s. deal with north korea? our alway phone lines are open. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 if you are a republican. for independents, 202-748-8002. join us on facebook. a tweet.ighd us good sunday morning to you. thanks very much for being with us. we want to begin with this headline from the bbc. new concerns this morning over north korea as the country conduct a high trust engine test. here are the details. in jong-il declaring a test north korea's rocket industry. he said the engine would help north korea at you a world-class satellite launch capacity, ate it all and not confirmed elsewhere. that this morning from the bbc. here are the comments from secretary of state rex tillerson, who is in beijing this weekend. he was in tokyo on friday. [video clip] >> let me be very clear. the policy of strategic patients h

secretary of eight rex tillerson that a look and north korea today and had a warning for kim jong-il's regime. demilitarized zone between north and south korea. he did not rule out a preemptive strike. >> the policy of strategic patience has ended. we are exploring a new range of diplomatic, security, and economic measures. all options are on the table. emma: north korea has said it is working on an intercontinental missile capable of striking the u.s. in washington, angela merkel meets with president trump today, one of the items on the agenda is the u.s. ship towards protectionism. she spoke about trade with china's president. defending open global markets. there is a twisted president trump's twist that he was wiretapped during the campaign. british campaigns have complained that president obama has enlisted british intelligence to fire mr. trump. house promised p the allegations. for this -- british prime minister theresa may is accusing the national party. the scottish party has tried to push a second vote on independence and set a referendum would a bad for scotland and bad for t

if iran was coming with materials to build it out and of kim jong-il and considers russia as its topwhat is the play for the us in the trump administration with these countries as it pertains to the escalation? >> north korea and iran are allies. iran has given the materials but north koreans have sold the iranians missiles. one of the most recent came from north korea. north korea could obviously give a ran a nuclear weapon. that's the reality. the trump administration is pushing back on iran. it knows full well that they want to dominate the middle east. they have been succeeding on it in lebanon, syria and influence in iraq. influencing mn and they drove out the government and pushed out troops from yemen. iran is on the march in the middle east. the obama administration did nothing to stop it.this administration pushes back and as much as it will pushback, it's got the pushback on the iranians. they have already sanction the iranians economically for a missile test fire. they ignored four or five missile test. the first ones they did the trump team slap the sanctions on and they

point on trying to achieve anything in terms of stopping north korea's .uclear and visions since kim jong-il series of missile launches. there have been five tests in total. three of them were under kim jong un. we know that north korea has has claimed to have the capability to reach the united states. defense analysts say -- thattopher hill had said north korea can claim credibility within four years of hitting the united states with a nuclear weapon. so, that is a concern. kim jong un said that north korea was in their last ages of .reparing to test fire and icbm trump tweeted "that will not happen." [laughter] rosalind on the latest from north korea. our other top story has been china. the country lowering growth targets for the year saying that priorities are now in stability. now 6.5% compared to .ast year's 6.7% china's economy has proved resilient and leaders want to reduce the dangers of excessive borrowing. we have been talking a lot about china. pfister -- >> in a politically sensitive year, they will do everything possible to achieve a 6.5% target. i do not see any problems becaus

kim jong-un taking on the top post of the ruling workers party. the 105th anniversary of the birth of kim's grandfather, north korean founder kim il-sung, follows. >>> there's been a development in the case of a school operator in western japan. it had planned to open a school on land it purchased from the state for far below market value. the court has approved the temporary seizure of its assets. the land was bought last year for less than 20% of its appraised value. it's also accused of receiving a state subsidy based on false documents. it gave up a plan to open an elementary school after lawmakers raised questions about the land deal. officials from the construction company hired to build the school say they haven't received payments, and they're afraid they may not be able to recover about $9 million. so they asked the court to seize the property of a school run by the operator. he has been making headlines with controversial remarks. he alleges the prime minister donated about $9,000 for the planned school. shinzo abe has denied making any donations. he also denies any involvement in the land deal. lawmakers will summon kogike to testify in

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