and kim jong-il doted on kim jong-nam. h and wh family, his mother, aung, et cetera was-was plan to send away for education in foreign country, we know that kim jong-il cried. he wept and he remonstrated, protested against their plan. >> narrator: despite the dictator's objections, the women prevailed. kim jong-nam was sent off to school in moscow, and then geneva. >> my earliest memories of kim we were, i think, around 15. one day we entered in class and we saw that guy who looked like an adult for us. we didn't know at the time that he was the son of-of kim jong-il. we... i think we didn't even kn he was korean. i mean, we didn't really care at the time, but we saw him arrive with his little attaché case, a black suit, his hair done just like his dad, you know. >> back then i called him lee. i called him lee, that's what he told us his name was, lee. i think that's what he showed us on his driver's license, i'm noe because we loved the fact he had a fake driver's license, wegh thit was fake because he was obviously 15 in our class, but his license said he was 18, and he was driving, an

>> kim jong il raised him and took him around himself. kim jong nam had a good personality. he was chubby with a friendly personality, and was very humane. >> reporter: for someone who routinely and publically displayed a hatred of the u.s. and its capitalist ways, kim jong il had a bizarre fixation with western culture, especially its movies. he loved everything from rambo to dumbo. and when it came to the educations of his children, king jong il shipped them far off from their backward and isolated homeland, to switzerland jong nam ended up at this international school in geneva, where the western education had a profound influence on him. >> we understood that kim jong-nam, as a young man, was more reform minded, pro-western, liked western things. and thought north korea was on a wrong path. >> reporter: it was all just a matter of time, experts said, before kim jong nam would one day be the natural heir to the family dynasty. but then he blew it. in 2001, kim jong nam was caught at an airport in tokyo, trying to enter with a fake passport to visit tokyo disneyland. the na

kim jong-nam, half brother to the most enigmatic leader in the world, kim jong-un. >> some people believeperceived him as a rival. >> reporter: think of it as east asia's version of "game of thrones." the sacred family tree of the kim dynasty starts with kim il-sung, north korea's founder, their great leader. his offspring kim jong-il, esteemed as the dear leader, known for his bizarre haircut and penchant for jumpsuits and platform shoes. it's the third generation of the blood line where three young brothers first appear. it is the ldest,kim ong-nam, who is destined to one day lead. >> kim jong-nam's mother was the first and real wife of kim jong-il. anybody who comes after is kind of a mistress. >> reporter: in fact, it is a mistress who gives birth to the current north korean leader, kim jong-un, as well as another son named jong-cho. it was a matter of time, experts said, before kim jong-nam would one day be the natural heir to the family dynasty. but then he blew it. in 2001, kim jong-nam was caught at an airport in tokyo trying to enter with a fake passport to visit tokyo disneylan

brother of north korea's leader has resumed in malaysia the women allegedly smeared poison on kim jong nam sprees at airports in february two thousand and seventeen they claim the force they were playing a prank for a hidden camera t.v. show a former vietnamese oil executive who was allegedly kidnapped from germany has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a prison for investment scene show on town was seeking asylum in germany but disappeared from the capital last year germany accuses vietnamese agents of snatching him from a burning park. a motorcycle bomb has exploded in a market in thailand's southern ya province killing three civilians and wounding many more the region is home to a long running islamist insurgency but no group has claimed responsibility. most u.s. government agencies will be closed today after congress failed to reach a deal on reopening the government a vote is now shared due for monday afternoon the shutdown came into effect on saturday after the senate failed to pass a new budget. u.s. vice president mike pence has kicked off his visit to israel saying it was a g

brother of north korea's leader has resumed in malaysia the women allegedly smeared poison on kim jong nam space at airport in february two thousand and seventeen became this sort of a playing a prank for a hidden camera t.v. show. afghan officials had to nineteen the number of civilians killed in an on long battle at intercontinental hotel most of the victims before the six gunmen who stormed the compound late on saturday wearing army uniforms who also kid the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. us vice president mike pence has told these really parliament that the u.s. would move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem by two thousand and nineteen arab rule makers in the class it were ejected from the house for heckling pence at the start of the speech the mean arab party had warned ahead of time it would boycott france's visit bens is on the force of top u.s. official to visit jerusalem since the trump administration's decision to officially recognize the contested city as israel's capital. just a short while ago i spoke to our jerusalem correspondent on the extreme i aske

we have a little bit from kim jong nam talking about exactly what kind of threat.e says he has a nuclear button now and he says this about reaching the u.s. >> translator: the entire u.s. mainland is within range of the u.s. nuclear strike in the button is always on the table in my office. they should clearly know that this is not a threat but rather, a reality. >> shannon: readily go with north korea? >> oh, my gosh. it's a challenge. i don't think that he has a button on his desk. they are capable of reaching the u.s., but he is very, very close. the president has made it clear, and i completely agree with him, he will not allow north korea, he will not allow kim jong un, to threaten and blackmail and take not one or two u.s. cities, but literally dozens of u.s. cities and destroy them if he would use to. you can't allow that to happen. you ask what do we do. i think the sanctions, and it has to start with sanctions and diplomatic efforts. it was interesting, as we have seen some of these oil tankers that have been secretly refueling north korea. look, if you thi

vladimir putin said kim jong-nam has "won mismatch in the contest to acquire nuclear weapons."he comment in a meeting where he called kim and educated and mature politician. this week, they held their first direct talks in more than two years. local news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. matt: sebastian, thanks very much. let's get to the top story of the hour, developing right now. the german political stalemate seems to have been eased somewhat. angela merkel's block negotiates through the night. the parties are said to have reached a preliminary deal. the latest on this with -- we have heard a lot of numbers. say, it has been more than 20 hours of negotiations overnight. everyone has been waiting for a solution. long?d this take so they were supposed to be done yesterday. they know each other quite well after having governed together the last four years. >> exactly. they have been governing for four years, but in between, there was an election. saying thisdes are cannot go on. we had to change p

kim jong-un, who ultimately took over. this remarkably good reporter out of tokyo got a rare nam that with kim jong he told a story about wanting to change the country and this really angered kim jong-un when he came to power and that may or may not, we don't have proof of it, we know that north korea was involved in the killing, but we don't know if kim jong-un waor changed over time between those two brothers. very interesting. north korea so secretive, it must've of been quite challenging to get any information for your story. three big cities to try to find dictators that knew something about this. we got remarkable aerial shots of the resorts where the family got access to in a country they are able to go to these wonderful places with their own beaches, airports, football fields, where many others in the country were suffering starvation, many in these kind of slave camp's. we were able to get some information from various sources to tell this truth. if you've got somebody who wants to learn something about the family tree in north korea, this is a great one to watch in an hour. i don't think of ever seen a summary togeth