his offense, according to south korea has treason constituting disobeying instructions of kim jong un or not carrying them out showing dissatisfaction with his leadership and perhaps most intriguingly the fact that he was pictured falling asleep next to kim jong un at a military events towards the end of april. this was a senior figure. second in command of the military. last month he was seventies at an envoy to moscow as the two countries prepared for kim jong un first foreign visit that was due to happen at the beginning of this month and did not. russia said that was because kim jong-un had to attends to internal affairs, this is far from the first public execution if it is such. so far we only have the south korean intelligence services say so to go on. in the past north korea has confirmed high-profile executions such as kim jong's uncle and before him the former military chief. so far no confirmation from pyongyang that south korea is convinced that this very senior man has been killed. >>> a rescue operation in nepal has resumed after the country's latest deadly earthquake. at

control or if people are actually fighting. >> malcolm webb in burundi for us. >>> north korea's kim jong-un has reportedly executed it's shy chief. they say that hyon yong chol dozed often during a meeting and kim jong-un said that he failed to carry out his instructions. they're describing it in terms of consolidation rather than crisis. >> our government sees such executions as a way to create a fearful atmosphere to promote consolidation of kim jong-un's one and only regime. >> this is also leading some to question the stability of north korea's leader in kim jong-un. >> there has to be better ways to insure the order of the system rather than quick removal. this seems to indicate only the weakness the system, not the strength at all. >> unlike the case of kim jong-un's uncle who was publicly humiliated before execution this time there was no announcement. >> he was shotly heavy caliber anti-aircraft machine guns into a crowd of hundreds. it's not the first time that pyongyang has been accused of killing people in this way. there was the release of this satellite image in what is believe

kim-jong-un kim-jong-un's brother, at the eric clapton concert, a celebrity were real? family on earth. they can incinerate any city on the planet. these guys are grotesque. their grandfather started the korean war. their father was sun sick dude who really liked very young girls and had a nasty habit of killing people with his revolver. these kid got a lot of money. what's not to love? >> so gordon i mean when you talk about the proclivities the mother with the obsession with young blonds swedish mistresses. there's another older brother who apparently was caught going to disneyland on a fake passport. i know you know a lot about this. he had misstresses with him as well. this is what they do? >> this is of course what they do. the one who was caught in japan had two women. one of them wasn't his wife. they had a four-year-old son and they probably had a lot of counterfeit $1000 bills. he was also probably working with north koreans in japan because there's a big network there. this is really dirty business. the reason why they had a fake passport is because nobody aro

he came to prominence during kim jong-un's father's regime. ed the transition, the power transition. he continued to move up the ladder the political and military ladder under kim jong-un. and then recently he was made -- last year actually, he was made the senior military leader in the north korean regime. >> his name was hyon yong chol. you've visited north korea before. what can we learn about kim jong-un and the regime from this decision to execute hyon yong chol? >> the other reasons besides falling asleep at a meeting is perhaps, according to south korea, there may have been some disagreements with kim jong-un. the general had disagreements with him. there's also another possibility that he was sent on a military mission to moscow. the general, if he has been executed, was in moscow last month and some people are saying that besides attending a conference, his mission there was to get military arms. to get a military arms deal with russia for north korea and supposedly he failed in that. what i think we're seeing here is that kim jong-un

his -- kim jong un his actions were considered a sign of disrespect to the north korean leader. harry fawcett joins us live from seoul. what do you here about the execution. >> we are hearing it from south korea's intelligence service, no confirmation. he has apparently this man, been executed for trees job, and that constituted not just falling asleep but showing disillusionment with kim jong un's leadership, failing to carry out his instructions essentially disloyalty to the top man. according to south korea, he was executed in the public and extreme of way, killed by an antiaircraft machine-gun at an airfield. this is a technique report in north korea. earlier this month, one n.g.o. human rights in north korea released satellite images shot in october, seeming to show an execution take place, this is an execution of a senior man, the second ranking man in north korea's vast military. >> he is not the only person that kim jong un has executed at a high level. his uncle, who was reportedly a man that his father wanted to help him transition into being north korea's leader was e

. >>> north korea's leader kim jong-un is praising the test firing. we're getting these images from state-run tv apparently showing kim jong-un overseeing that launch. but details of when or exactly where the missile test happened are unclear at this point. for more on this sorry, let's turn to cnn's kathy novak live from seoul, kathy, good morning to you. we see the success from this firing, kim jong-un calling it a success. what does it mean and what message is being sent to the rest of the world? >> reporter: well, george, the message of kim jong-un is this display being celebrated in state media and newspaper and as you say on state-run television. reportedly showing kim jong-un watching over this successful, they say, submarine missile from the water into the sky. we know this is something that the north koreans have been trying to develop for quite some time. but, of course, all we have so far to go on are these photos. we cannot dentally verify their authenticity. we did reach out to the south korean government, no comment from them just yet. th

crowd in, a stadium, just a latest in senior officials carried out by the leader of north korea, kim jong-unppening? lisa is "outfront." >> a public execution of one of the north korea high officials. it was said that kim jong-un had his defense minister shot by anti-aircraft guns as many of the elite watched. the reason? being disloyal. >> young was a loyalist who spent years working under kim's father to become the highest level officer. those who attending a intelligence briefing about his death, said he was accused of dozing off during military reports. >> if this is true this is another extreme act by the north korean regime. >> as he struggles to consolidate power, another execution shown by a group of people sometime last october. in 2013, kim killed his own uncle, once a member of his inner circle for treason. a defector tells cnn, he poisoned his auntd for complainting about -- complaining about her husband and he has had ten people killed this year alone and was called slander. but words of the execution comes as he backed out of the putin massive military parade marking the end of

in his first-ever interview, he tells us that he believes the woman was poisoned on orders of kim jong-unurious after her husband's death, he says. she disappeared from view, guards surrounded her home. she spent month expressing her anger. the late leader, kim jong-il, gave her sister significant power. she and her husband were handpicked to guide his son in early years, but the leader soon decided he did not want their help. on may 5th or 6th of last year pak says kim jong-un ordered her to be killed. only her bodyguard unit knew this. now senior officials also know she was poisoned. as for his uncle, publicly kim jong-un calls him scum and said he was trying to overthrow the government. park says the issues began with the defection of the economy. he said kim jong-un wanted to build a ski resort and water park. chang, the uncle, wanted to rebuild the economy first. that is where the friction began. park says the skew resort is effectively what signed chang's death warrant. he was allegedly executed in an underground secret room according to park. few know exactly how he died. he tells

from the china studies center at sydney university he says this purge may be an indication that kim jong-un'sime is unsustainable. >> it's been quite common in the whole history of, you know, the democratic people's republic of korea to deal with opponents in this way. the odd thing really is kim jong-un is relatively new in his position he's only been there three years he doesn't have a grace basis. his father was sphraoupb that would 20 years before he actually became country leader in ther 1990s kim jong-un was in his early 30s we think we don't really know. this seems to be an extraordinarily brutal way of dealing with people that disagrees with you or maybe worse tried to move against him. quite a number of executions have been apparently noted. maybe one a month. in the last few months. so this looks like a very vicious purge. politically, the regime has held itself together by ruthlessly holding this core sort of 100,000 strong elite mostly military really looking after them and i can maaing sure that they stay onside. that they are reliable. but this sort of implies even within that g

the white house says they have no evidence that kim jong-un has that capacity. but those denials run counter to warnings issued by u.s. military officials and north korea experts in recent months pointing to the frightening possibility that kim jong-un may be capable of anchoring the deadliest payload in the world to a missile that could reach los angeles. let's get to cnn's will ripley live in tokyo. you just got back from pyongyang. how credible do experts on north korea take this claim? >> reporter: when we run the ground in pyongyang, north korea announced they conducted an underwater ballistic missile launch. this is a regime that has a tendency to lie. but from talking to officials on the ground there, they are spending a tremendous amount of their limited resources on developing and growing their nuclear arsenal. so etch if they don't have widespread miniaturization technology yet, they are certainly working towards that goal and have no plans of backing down. >> is it possible that this claim has more to do with kim jong-un trying to solidify his power ba

do you have any advice for kim jong-un going forward now in his hollywood or dancing career just don't get -- don't let the haters get you down. that's all. you think kim jong-un should not have been let on "dancing with the stars?" i'm not going to disagree with it. i think he would have been an awesome danc-- he -- uh, anybody's liable to training in dancing. i'm not gonna -- i'm not gonna knock it. you're not gonna lie? i'm not gonna lie. he's like, "you're not gonna lie." no, i'm not gonna lie. well, we appreciate your honesty. [ cheers and applause ] kimmel: unbelievable. we'll be right back. george clooney is here tonight, so stick around. they limit where you earn bonus cash back ... d. here's the way i see it, you are point a, and your cash back is point b. the simple way between them, the quicksilver card from capital one. quicksilver earns you unlimited 1.5% cash back... on every purchase, everywhere. i said... unlimited. everywhere. now, that's more like it. what's in your wallet? but i've managed.e crohn's disease is tough, except that managing my symptoms was all i was doi

>> we've seen kim jong-un do this with a number of senior leaders lately.eral meetings. he's isolating himself even further. >> at the same time some 30 women, including 30 american women, are now in pyongyang and getting ready in the coming days to do this peace march from north korea to south korea along the demilitarized zone saying they have permission from both the north korean government and the south korean government. did you give them your encouragement to go on this mission when the american women on this trip left? >> we certainly didn't and we are very clear that we do not believe americans and that's who we give advice to, should travel to north korea. we've seen as we've talked about americans who are arrested there, who are detained there. we don't think it's a place americans should be visiting. >> are you worried about their security? >> there's also reasons we have these travel warnings in place. we've seen americans detained. we've worked hard to get them home. >> their hope is that maybe this kind of human-to-human contact could advance

he said he worked closely with kim jong un's finances. on dropped when it became clear that. paula hancock, cnn seoul. >> and south korean intelligence claim that kim jong un has been executing enemies, killing 15 so far this year. these accusations are said to be baseless and malicious slander. >> that number would be 16 now if we can confirm the death of the defense chief. we will go to nepal now where the country is being rattled by aftershocks. it the is second quake to hit in 17 days, the latest killing at least 83 people. >> the u.s. military is searching for a helicopter carrying six marines and two soldiers. it was on a relief mission when it suddenly went missing. we have more now on the quake from cnn in katmandu. >> the earth shakes and a mountain crumbles sending rocks and more about 30 miles north of katmandu. a red cross team from canada captured the scene. the 7.3 magnitude earthquake to hit in just over two weeks. in parliament, lawmakers rush to flee. >> the building is emptying of hundreds of people. moms with their kids,

she was all into it. >> do you have any advice for kim jong-un going forward? >> don't let the haters get you down. that's all. >> you think kim jong-un should not have been allowed on dancing with the stars? >> i'm not going to disagree with it. anybody liable to train in dancing. i'm not going to lie. >> you're not going to lie? >> i'm not going to lie. >> well, we appreciate your honesty. >>> we'll be right back. george clooney is here tonight so stick around. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ and i'll never desert you ♪ ♪ i'll stand by you yeaaaah! yeah. so that's our loyalty program. you're automatically enrolled, and the longer you stay, the more rewards you get. great! oh! ♪ i'll stand by you ♪ won't let nobody hurt you ♪ isn't there a simpler way to explain the loyalty program? yes. standing by you from day one. now, that's progressive. weyes you.u. to try ham, topped with pulled pork, topped with bacon. yep, we double dog dare ya to try the triple hog dare ya. with refill after refill of fries. they're free. only at applebee's. mr.clean came up with a productn

and men believed to be the older brother of north korean leader kim jong-il un -- kim jong-un was filmed in london. he was asked a number of questions by journalists but did not speak. >> the playboy face of north korea in britain it seems this week. will. to see the rockstar we know he admires, his first look appearance since his elder brother took over the leadership in north korea after their father's death in 2011. >> how was your relationship with your brother? >> he was allegedly passed over as and to lead the secretive regime himself because his father taught him to week. the images from his childhood apparently show a taste for music and playfulness. the official line today is that he plays an important role in support of brother leader kim jong-un, whose recent public image could hardly be more different. the defense chief once close to the leader, put to death by antiaircraft done fire falling asleep at a military event according to south korea's intelligence agency. but half a world away, eric clapton and his artistry reportedly captivating kim jong-un's brother once more, and

>> the party. >> not kim jong un? in power, kim commands nearly 25 million north koreans who have no individual freedom. but park says experienced and knowledgeable party leaders influence most decisions. >> kim jong un used to ask them, and still, i think, he is asking questions about factual information about the world outside here. >> royal intrigue can be a bloody business. south korea's spy agency says top advisers who fall out of favor, including kim's own family, are at risk. >> the fact that this young man executed his uncle, i really don't know how to explain that. >> kim is accused of ordering at least 15 skoous executions this year alone. allegations a top north korean insider told me are malicious slander, though not denying executions take place. kim projects himself as the people's leader, building water parks, hospitals. and orphanage, among many projects in the showcase capital of pyongyang with the elite and most loyal citizens live. but even there, infrastructure remains poor. and such luxuries are no

kim jong-un. kim jong-un. it's really a catch-22 with this kim jong-un. eyes you get shot for falling asleep. if you open them you get shot for laughing at his haircut. [ laughter and applause ] oh, thank you. i don't know if you saw it. expedia, the travel website just released their annual rankings of the most annoying drivers in america. and for the 15th year in a row, the most annoying driver on the road is every driver but you. [ laughter ] they found that you, the lone perfect driver, are what henry ford envisioned when he dreamed of the future of the automobile. according to the survey, the texter is the most reviled driver, followed by the tailgater and the left lane hog, which i think covers pretty much all of us. they also found that l.a. has the second-rudest drivers in america second only to new york. we don't mean to be rude here in l.a. we're just in a bad mood because we haven't had any gluten in over five years. [ laughter ] the survey also said that the least popular passengers on the road are backseat drivers, which i would have said car

kim jong il gave them power. but the young leader soon decided he did not want their help. on may 5 or 6 of last year, park says, kim jong-un ordered her to be killed. only his bodyguard unit, 974 knew this. now senior officials also know she was poisoned. as for his uncle, publicly, kim jong-un calls him scum and says he was trying to overthrow the government, but he says it began with the economy. he says kim jong-un wanted to build a ski resort and water park. the uncle wanted to rebuild the economy first. that is where the friction began. park says the ski resort is effectively what signed the death warrant. he was executed in an underground secret room according to park. few know exactly how he died. but he tells us his aides were killed far more publicly. his close aides were executed not with an ordinary gun but by four-barrel machine guns. most of what he tells us cannot be independently confirmed. north korea is one of the most closed and repressive societies in the world. park paints a picture of a brutal dictator whose actions have shock even the north korean elite, a young man willing to killeen his own family m

and kim jong-un was in his 30s we don't really know.ems to be an extraordinarily brutal way of dealing with pima that might have disagreed with you maybe even worse they have actually tried to move against him. quite a number of executions have been apparently noted. maybe one a month in the last few months so this looks like a very vicious purge. politically, the regime has held itself together by ruthlessly holding this core sort of 100,000 elite mostly military looking after them and making sure they stay onside and they are reliable. it's sort of implies that even with that group now there are people that just don't think this regime is sustainable. the problem is they don't have a plan-b. there is no plan-b. they either sink or swim together and it seems that kim jong-un is really willing to, you know, kind of totally throw these people way if they get on the wrong side of him. very very, you know, kind the cal gore cal. >>> nato foreign ministers are meet in this southern turkish town, ukraine and middle east instability are the f

you can read in the newsweek that he was accused of napping during an event attended by kim jong-un, the leader of north korea. lots of paper are focusing on this execution that comes after a string -- a string of executions that kim jong-un has put in place since he came into power. about 70 top brass officials have been put to death including 15 this year. the guardian says this is a strategy to keep a handle on power but it is a risky game according to the guardian. kim jong-un is playing a risky game with these purges. how much mored<é?x

what is going on in kim jong-un inner circle. >>> good morning. i am carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. a vital travel in connecting some of the nation's largest cities instantly transformed into a deadly jugger not. and a train violently whipping around those inside. >> i think in that moment when i was tumbling i thought this might be there is no way to know in the darkness. so just being able to start thinking was lovely. >> this is surveillance video capturing the deadly moments at the top of the screen and the cars whip by and then you can see disaster strikes. a flash point of terror as all 343 people on board are flung about like luggage, and half of them rushed to hospitals, and six of them are dead this morning. so many dramatic pictures streaming in to cnn, and words don't measure up. let's look at the images for now. ♪ >>> cnn has mobilized it's vast resources on this story, and the correspondents and experts are standing by to walk us through the many layers so let's talk about what happened and what we know right now. sara sidner is at the

he was said to have be executed for treason, expressing dissituation with kim jong un's leadership. >> translation: our government sees such execution is a way to promote kim jong un's one and only regime. >> reporter: the suddenness of the fall he was envoy a month ago, leads them to question the stability. south korea's intelligence agency says 15 others have been executed. >> there has to be better systematic ways to ensure the order of the system. this quick removal was carried out and indicated the weakness of the system, not the strength at all. unlike the case his uncle publicly humiliated before his execution, there has been no official announcement. >> his death was public and violent, shot by heavy calibre machine-guns in front of the crowd of hundreds. it's not the first time he was accused of killing people. last week the human base organization released the satellite image showing what it believes is a similar killing in objectment anti-aircraft guns with a range of 8,000 meters aimed at target 30 meter away. north korea worried the south by showing off the ability to lau

but after the closest advisers wonder if kim jong-un is losing his grip on power and reality. >> tacticst he's using are really aimed at trying to scare people into following his rule. >> reporter: the kim family dynasty has always been one of brutal dictatorship. un's father, kim jong-il imprisoned enemies but they're taking it to new levels. within three months of taking power, the son had his father's inner circle seen here as pallbearers at his funs ral executed. he allegedly killed his mentor followed by hundreds of alleged others and military brass and officials. >> by purging, by executing, by creating a climate of fear, i think he's undermining himself. he's going to create some internal opposition that in the end could topple him. >> reporter: south korean intelligence said kim had 15 top officials killed so far this year. following this week's purge of his defense minister of being disobedient and dozing off. the u.s. officials say they have no reason to doubt the execution, but cnn cannot independently confirm it. >> among his own people in both the party and the military stru

this is another crazy story from the kim jong-un files. jong-un reportedly had the defense chief executed after he fell asleep durg a meeting. now, this is the guy on the far left. they say he was sleeping. apparently he nodded off in the dear leader's presence. not only did they execute him, they shot him with an anti-aircraft gun. one of these. which, you know, for a first violation maybe just shoot him to death with a regular gun. that's crazy. how nutty is that. i tell you what. i'd like to see nbc hire kim jong-un to host "the apprentice." his way of firing people is much more exciting than donald trump's. it's things like that that make me glad i live in america. where our political figures are free to fall asleep wherever they want [ laughter ] ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ lfz love ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: isn't that sweet? no one gets shot. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: kim jong-un. it's really catch 22 with him. if you close your eyes you get shot for falling asleep. if you open t

but is kim jong-un the one that's really afraid? spondent, elise labbott has been looking into it for us. >> the defense minister is the latest of in a report of increasingly gory executions kim jong-un has ordered as part of a paranoid strategy. there are sims that kim's cruelty is starting to back-fire, raising questions whether his reign of terror could be coming to an end. >> he is erratic, cruel and rules north korea with an iron fist. pumping out propaganda showing him flying high, and in command. >> but after a series of recent high-profile executions of his closest advisers some experts wonder if kim jong-un is losing his grip on power and reality. >> the tactics that he's using are really aimed at trying to scare people and trying to follow his role. >> the kim family dynasty has always been one of brutal dictatorship. kim jong-un's father and grandfather both imprisoned their enemies. but the young kim is taking ruling by fear to new levels. within three months of taking power, the son had his father's inner circle seen her

he is said to show unsatisfaction with kim jong un's leadership. south korea's officials describe it as consolidation, rather than crisis. our government sees executions as a way to create a fearful atmosphere to promote consolidation of the one and only regime. >> reporter: with the suddenness of the fall, he was envoy to a security meeting in moscow led some to question stability of the leadership in gr pyongyang. 15 other officials have been executed since the start of the year. >> there has to be better systematic ways to ensure the order of the system, rather than this quick removal. the quick removal, the way it was carried out indicates the weakness of the system not the strength >>> unlike the case, kim jong un's uncle publicly humiliated before his execution, there has been no official announcement. >> seoul's national intelligence service says the death was public and violent. shot by anti-aircraft machine-guns. it's not the first time he has been accused of killing people. last week human rights released sat lie image showing what it bel

>> we're trying to essentially poke north korea, kim jong un and his family dynasty where is hurts mostimate. you're abusing your people. you're oppressing your people and keeping them out of the global economy. >> reporter: but most analysts believe kim jong un will not give up his nuclear arsenal. they say right now he's moving in the opposite direction, building his stockpile at a dangerous rate. >> north korea could have 10 to 15 nuclear weapons now, and it can grow that amount by several weapons per year. >> reporter: possibly to between 50 and 100 by the end of 2020. satellite photos show new construction at north korea's flagship rocket lawnunching site just over the last two months. at the top a new building can be seen going up. and at the bottom new rails to the launch pad according to researchers are 38 north. kim also seems to be unrelent ing in the alleged abuse of his own people. human rights monitor greg scarlotto met with defectors and intelligence officials saying he's been expanding his prison camps, has clamped down on defectors and since coming to power in 2011 purge

kim jong ill's son in his early years. but the son decided he did not want the help. on may 5th or 6th of last year, he says, kim jong-und. now senior officials also know she was poisoned. as for his uncle, kim jong-un called him scum. but park says the issues began earlier. a year and a half into his reign, kim jong-un wanted to build a ski resort and a water park. the uncle wanted to rebuild the economy first. park says the ski resort is effectively what signed chang's death warrant. few know exactly how he died. he tells us chang's aides were killed far more publicly. they were executed, he says. much of what park tells us cannot be independently confirmed. north korea is one of the most closed societies in the world. he paints a picture of a brutal dictator. a young man willing to kill his own family members if they don't see eye to eye. cnn, seoul. >>> last week, north korean officials told us that defectors are often criminals who make up stories to justify their actions. >>> we'll be back with more news right after this break. stay with us. there's some facts about seaworld we'd like you to know. we don't collect

in fact it was a possibility that kim jong-un was going to go to russia.ncing -- >> for the anniversary. >> right. he decided not to go. but he's playing russia off china a little bit. he's got this very large neighbor. they have a history of a relationship with the soviet union. i think they're balancing that big neighbor to the north with moscow. >> so you think he wants to improve the north korean relationship with russia at the expense of what had been the most important relationship north korea had with china. >> it still is but the fact is that north korea likes to look independent. >> is he in charge kim jong-un, of what's going on in north korea right now? he's still obviously in his early 30s, relatively young. >> no doubt in my mind especially if these reports about the purges are true. we're hearing about a lot of purges of senior political officials and military officials. i think he's firmly in charge. >> and the reason he didn't go to moscow if he wants to improve relationships with russia was? >> possibility of a coup in north korea. >> so h

but still, most of the information they get is from the state. >> what is your sense of kim jong-un? about him compared to his father, kim jong-il, who died in 2011, is he's reaching back to the persona of his grandfather. he looks like him. he acts like him. he goes out and touches people in marketplaces and at factories. he tries to plug into the populous credentials his grandfather had. his grandfather was sort of a demagoguic genius. he had this pixie dust. he would walk into a room and sense the fears and aspirations of the people and convert that into his own power. >> do you think it's truly erratic? do you worry based on what you have read and researched is kim jong-un rational or utterly unpredictable? >> i believe he's like his father and his grandfather in that he's very rational, very cunning. just this week, "the new york times" and other news outlets are reporting that kim jong-un has killed 15 people in his government and nearly 60 since he came to power 3 1/2 years ago. and this is the game that his grandfather was so good at, purging and eliminating those who challeng

orders, expressing discontent about kim jong-un and we hear he fell asleep at an event ordered by kim jong-un himself. this is coming from south korean lawmakers who attended an intelligence briefing. and this very senior minister was someone who survived the transition from kim jong-il. he was representing north korea at an international security summit in moscow. then it seems all of a sudden these reports came out of his public execution with antiaircraft gun. as you mentioned, a very high-ranking official who has defected told cnn he believes these executions are part of a feeling from kim jong-un that he's losing his grip on power. of course all this information from north korea always very difficult to verify and no official confirmation from state media yet. michaela. >> that likely won't come for some time. thank you so much for that kathy. >>> meanwhile, breaking news out of pakistan. police now saying six gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a bus in karachi killing 42 people wounding at least 40 others. the bus carrying men, women and children from a shiite sect. a splinter

the defense minister had been loyal to not only kim jong-un but his father for decades. then because he may have dosed off during a meeting, he is taken out. it tells us what can happen putting any trust in regimes that are so unpredictable. and reminds us how lucky we are to live in a nation that is free. quite frankly, the greatest nation in the world. it should remind us how the iran nuke talks can be seen as similar. another rogue nation that says one thing and does another. with the june 30th deadline for some sort of deal now in front of us do we believe iran can finally be trusted when they have proven time and time again the answer is no? the execution of the north korean defense minister is awful, but a world with more rogue nations with nuclear bombs would be worse. you can get my take at foxnews.com and get it delivered to you via e-mail every day. go to foxnews.com/therealstory. it's easy to sign up. >>> fox news alert again. we are awaiting the philadelphia mayor michael nutter set to give an update on the amtrak accident at any moment. of course we will bri

he is said to show dissatisfaction with kim jong-un's leadership and failed to carry out his instructions. >> our government sees such executions as a way to create a fearful atmosphere to promote consolidation of kim jong-es one and only regime. >> the suddenness of the fall, just last month he was envoy to a security meeting in moscow is also leading some to question the stability of the leadership in pyongyang. south korea's intelligence agency said 15 other officials have been executed since the start of this year. >> there has to be better systemic ways to ensure the order of the system, rather than this kind of quick removal so this quick removal the way it was carried out seems to indicate only the weakness of the system, not the strength at all. >> kim jong-un's uncles publicly humiliated before his execution this time, there's been no official announcement. >> they said his death was particularly violent shot by heavy caliber anti aircraft machine guns in front of a crowd of hundreds. this is not the first time kim jong-un has been accused of killing people in this way. >> a simi

we have information on how many nuclear weapons they have and tonight word our kim jong-un is threateningm king joon jong-un, opening fire on anyone moving into what he sees about north korean waters. threats from pyongyang kept america from being able to negotiate over kim's nuclear weapons program, like it's trying to do with iran. cnn learned during the two years of america's obsessive attempts to prevent iran from building one nuclear bomb -- >> north korea is greatly expanding its ability to make the nuclear explosive materiels it needs to make nuclear yale bright says in those two years. kim jong-un's regime has doubled the size of an enrichment plant which you can see in these satellite photos. it's where experts say north korea enriches uranium for nuclear bombs. >> north korea has been spending its own money to build up its nuclear weapons program, and also been shopping overseas to get the equipment they need to build up their nuclear arsenal. >> why hasn't the obama administration pursued talks with kim jong-un's government as firmly as it has with iran? white house state depar

kim jong-un has added another notch to his belt for those insane executions.hael is here to talk about it and ross mathews is here in the studio. buzzing already, maybe you remember him where you have seen him on the rupaul drag race. there is a new book about ronald reagan and why not reign we cannot bring back the best president of my lifetime and so i will take all of the juicy details that i can debt ♪ ♪ >> on kennedy and welcome. my producers told me that i could not play this mean from deliverance. so you're going to have to use your imagination and i know you do. but what about government spending and waste? making you squeal like a pig. currently as a producer and joe devito is also here. and patti ann browne, a fox news anchor is with us. so good to have you back. >> it's great to be here. >> whenever she is here we thing karaoke. >> we all sing show tunes of government expenditures. so you have this report, what struck you as the most egregious? >> there was so much, but i think the aquatic plant control program. just give me half of that and i will

. >>> we turn now at a rare and unexpected look at a relative of kim jong-un. brother was seen at eric clapton concert in london. >> reporter: his aide rushes the hand over the camera. he's treated like a rock star. this is believed to be king jong-chol, older brother of kim jong-un he is seen smiling, appearing to sing along as he joins a concert. he's gone to clapton concerts all over the world, has plenty of time and money on his hands analysts say since had was passed over for the leadership position in favor of his younger brother. >> king jong-chol is not seen as being capable to deal with the politics especially as you see it moving into consolidation period. he was seen as potentially who weak. >> reporter: now analysts say kim jong-chol is a network of the elite who allegedly bring in children. and the other passed over, he embarrassed the family in 2001 when he was trying to get to disneyland on a fake dominican passport. which sibling has real influence. analyst ken gull said it's not his younger sister, though she is rising, he said there's another

>> well, kim jong un's movements are a closely guarded secret.he timing of the announcement, again, keep in mind, north korea it's a country this considers itself under the constant threat of invasion. they view south korea and the united states military presence, significant presence on the south korean side of the korean peninsula as a throat their sovereignty. their policy is they put their military first. they invest as i said a lot into it. and it's routine to see these kind of announcements when they talk about their latest and greatest advances. kim jong un compared this missile launch to the north korean successful satellites. the first one was 20 years agond the most recent in 2012. they continue to spend a lot and they consider themselves a military power and they're test investing a lot in that. >> will ripley reporting live from hong kong. thanks. >>> let's expand the conversation now and bring in cnn military analyst lieutenant general mark hertling. let's start where they et left off. what about the details being reported by north k

they suspect he was executed after not obeying kim jong-un and expressing his dissatisfaction. he visited moscow shortly before his death. he held talks with his russian counterparts. the former chief became the country's defense chief last year. kim has reportedly ordered several executions including his uncle in december 2013. he was considered to be second in power in the north. officials in seoul say the execution was carried out without a decision by the political bureau of the union workers party of korea or court procedures. they suggest kim may be losing confidence in senior officials. >>> authorities in philadelphia are investigate the cause of a fatal passenger train derailment. they say five people are dead and more than 50 are injured. the train was heading from washington, d.c. to new york when it went off the rails. authorities say 243 people were on board. they say 53 are injured. six of them are in serious condition. at least seven cars flipped off the tracks. some of them were mangled and lying on their sides. the u.s. national transportation safety board is se

karachi >>> north korea's defence minister is executed apparently for showing disrespect to leader kim jong un. plus... >> i'm on the navaho nation in arizona, where obesity and diabetes is rampant and the governor things a new tax on junk food may be the solution. >>> a 5-day truce in yemen seems to be holding for now, despite reports of houthi shellings in some areas. the ceasefire was proposed by saudi arabia to allow in humanitarian aid. it begin a day after air strikes and shelling by the houthis. in the southern city of tiaz 10 were killed in houthi attacks. in iran, they said they will not allow saudi arabia forces to inspect a cargo ship bound for yemen. iranian warships are escorting the vessel packed with aid workers and journalists. the u.n. special envoy in yemen has arrived. he says the only way to end the war is through political dialogue. the ship is on the way and in the gulf of add ep >>> the special envoy asked and says the only way to end the war is through political dialogue. >> we welcome the truce and want it to happen, we have two main points we would like to address wit

when kim jong-un's file or die -- father died, high people gathered around the coffin. since then there have all been either executed or banished. despite the shows of force, it seems kim jong-un feels insecure and is dangerous in that insecurity. stephen evans, soeul. katty: iraq pass defense ministry announced that an airstrike killed an islamic state commander and others in the city of muscle. the pentagon denies these claims saying they had no information to cooperate the report. the government of the province which includes most -- which includes mosul argues there's more to be done. the governor joined us a short time ago. katty: we are getting next reports whether the number two of the islamic state was killed and a coalition airstrike. the iraqis are saying yes, the americans are saying they don't know. >> he was -- he had a meeting there with some of the isis leaders. he was killed in that attack, and -- from algeria. katty: the iraqis say he was in a mosque that was hit by a coalition airstrike. >> is in the mosque, but they used that as a meeting place. katty:

in north korea a real life super hero kim jong-un is said to have achieved something that is literallydible. according to the state-run north korean media over the weekend kim jong-un climbed the highest mountain in the country which is 9,000 feet high. takes days to climb. there was reportedly no problem for a man built like roseanne barr. what you are about to see is not a joke. this is an actual north korean news broadcast. [ speaking korean ] [ speaking korean ] >> jimmy: he just happened to be with a bunch of fighter pilots who did not fly him to the top of the mountain. and the amazing part he climbed the mountain wearing black dress shoes. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] a lot of people are saying the images of kim on the mountain were photoshopped because there's no video of him up there and he isn't wearing a hat, despite the fact it is about 15 degrees. i believe kim jong-un did climb the mountain for one good reason. the reason, that is where super cuts is. the only supercuts in north korea. [ cheers and applause ] they have a supercuts and that's it. >> they arrested a

kim jong-un is still dealing with that. >> reporter: madden says kim's shaken up the top. events like this test, whether it was a genuine missile launch or not, are intended to project kim's strength to the outside but especially to those inside north korea who think he might be vulnerable, brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> a justice minister has resigned a day after making controversial remarks that caused a public uproar. he said, with all due respect to cleaners and those above or beneath them, a judge must hail from an appropriate environment. thanks due to a cleaner, who raises and educates his children, but there are other jobs that they can take, end of quote there. well, the comments sparked a backlash on social media from egyptians denouncing elitism. in a statement on monday, the country's prime minister said that he stepped down out of respect for public opinion. >>> the european union is now seeking help from the united nations to tackle the migrant crisis on its shores. it's proposing some tough measures to suppress the flow of refugees coming from north africa

reflection of what seems to be madness. >> well there seems to be a lot of uncertainty instability about kim jong-un these purges the fact that kim jong-un did not go to moscow as planned recently to meet with putin shows that he's being challenged internally. the fact that the execution of the defense chief, the military's the most powerful institution in north korea, shows that he's being challenged internally. the second thing that i see out of this is kim jong-un's inexperience. kind of madness as you described, he doesn't know how to govern how to deal with problems internal problems by executing, by purging, by sewing fear in the leadership. he's going to create a lot of enemies that are going to continue to challenge him. and be a problem in his leadership. so the danger though chris, is that they have ten nuclear weapons. they have missiles. we have 28,000 american troops in the region. so we should care about what happens. >> well if these reports are true i mean that he's executed around 400 to 500 junior to senior officials in the way that he's done it starts to make that stupid movie "th