tell us more about kim jung un. we know he's young, early 20s. will we see a north korea more modern? >> he's better than any other leaders in terms of exposure to international society. but i wouldn't say he would have very much in a structurally constraint in his behavior, therefore, he should be balancing what he personally wanted to do and the word of the structural mandate of north korean society, particularly by the military. he'll be working. >> the funeral of kim jong-il will take place december 28th and it is expected that kim jung un will be there and take power quite publicly. can you give us a preview of what to expect? >> it will take some time. the mourning period will be over december 29th and in february there will be a 70th birthday of kim jong-il and there will be in april there will be 100 anniversary of kim il-sung's birthday in april. after those periods pass through there might be some institutionalized in the way of anointing kim jung un as the real successor. he has the title of vice chair of koreas workers party. his fath

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kim jung il. his son and successor kim jung un walked look the hearse during the funeral procession three hours long. and some experts believe a leadership shift could cause a policy change in north korea. >> it may very well be a moment of opportunity for north korea. on the other hand, they are a nuclear power and they have tested this nuclear power. >> it is believed eventually kim jung un will take his fath ever's place leading the country -- father's place leading the country. in the meantime korea will have a national memorial service tomorrow. >>> the trial of hosni mubarak, the egyptian leader, resumes today in cairo. the 83-year-old had to be transported in an ambulance and wheeled into the courtroom on a stretcher. he faces charges in the deaths of hundreds of protesters earlier this year. mubarek has been under hospital arrest since april. the trial is again put on hold until 2012. >>> hundreds of dui offenders in almeda county, a sweep is under way. and officers are trying to track down 550 people targets of arrest warrants because they failed to serve the term of their sentence, that in

north korea urging its people to rally around kim junge un after his father kim junge i will has died. north koreans seen bursting into tears in the streets of pyongyang. it is believed the 69-year-old dictator suffered a stroke back in 2008 but had seemed to recover from that, making recent visits to china and russia. he had been in power for 17 years. >>> joining us on the phone now is michael oslund an asian security expert at the american enterprise institute. what might be going on now in north korea? any kind of a power play? >> the biggest problem we have is we don't know much about how this government works and we don't really know what there are. objectionfactions you do have kim junge un being, everyone is supposed to rally around him. he has two older brothers that at one point in time were in line for being the heir apparent. they may be willing to try and make a power are play. we don't know whether all of 9 factions are the military are lined up behind kim jong uned and in addition there is the factor of his uncle who has been widelier is received as really the power beh

leading the way, his son and successor kim jung un believed to be carrying his father's body. thousands of men and women in military uniform or civilian clothing line to the streets to pay their last respects. the sound of their wailing clearly broadcast along the side -- the sound of music. a stark contrast with koreans living south of the border. >> the only thing he did was to start 3 million people to death. that is said by this woman who fled the border years ago. she now runs an independent british station that broadcast reports into their homeland. >> at first i thought, well, we can go home. he escapes north korea 11 years ago. he says there is no hope of change. no hope because of this man -- kim jung un. not much is known about him or his ability to roll. one thing is clear, he has inherited his father's dictatorship. >> it is worth reminding everyone that those images of the procession today were only available direct from north korea's state television. it is hard to verify how much of it -- all of it was indeed in staged. >> still ahead, three children killed afte

today, kim jung un met -- they pay met to pay respects to kim jung il. >>> now to iraq, a suicide bombing happened in baghdad during the morning rush hour at a checkpoint, leading to the heavily guarded interior ministry. police say the bomber actually got through a half dozen other checkpoints before setting off explosives hidden in the car. >>> gross is a u.s. government contractor who has been held in cuba for two years. he's accused of trying to undermine that government. cuba recently announced plans to release nearly 3,000 prisoners as an international goodwill gesture, but gross will not be among them. his supporters hope for a change of heart in havana. >> we believe that injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. so we stand in faith, in hope, in love and in peace that the government will have a heart and let allen gross go. >> the department says it's disappointed cuba is not releasing gross. an act that would improve relations between the two countries. >>> the christmas holiday has come and gone with no sign of a blind man who vanished two weeks ago. his family hoped he would

kim jung il has been laid to rest. on monday that leader's son kim jung un was declared head of the ruling party.nt to see his father lying in state. he is he was seen weeping by the body. >>> it's led to some angry confrontations. a young girl and her mother are afraid they'll be assaulted by the ultra orthodox jews for not dressing modestly e. >> we see streets being separated on holidays, separate street for men, a separate street for women. we see the buses. we see superma. >> the prime minister has spoken out against the gender segregation and is now trying to calm things down. >>> in cairo the government has put a ban on so called virginity tests. several female protesters say they were rounded up and subjected to the so-called virginity test while in military detention. at first the military denied the allegations then defended the practice saying the women were not decent girls because they camped out with the male prote. >>> a team of giant elephants took to the field. this is global football. this is not american football. this is one of the events that is part of the three-day elephant

and kim jung-un will be the figure of the so-called line from the kim's family. >> and if you were to-- if you were to write the headlines for tomorrow, what would you suggest the future of this region is so far? >> condolence will be the first word. and the second word will be stability. in other words, if you look around the northeast asian region since the death of kim jong-il last week, perhaps what you have is the activation of the regional politics among south korea, japan and china. the japanese prime minister went to beijing a couple days ago and their prime topic of discussion was how we achieve stability around the korean peninsula. and we have the minister of foreign affairs that how are we going to manage the life after kim jong-il in the korean peninsu peninsula. nobody wants any sudden change of the status quo in the korean peninsula. so the key word here for understanding is how they want to maintain the status quo of the stability. >> right. >> the stability would be the key word. >> all right. professor choi, stand by, if you would. we do appreciate your perspective a

. >> kim jung un was among first to pay respects today. there is an indication that a smooth transition of leadership may be under way. north korea is learned just yesterday that their leader had died over the weekend. there will be a funeral and then a national memorial service the following day. experts say it may be easier this year to do your holiday traveling. we will tell you why, coming up. >> accounting. up next, a look at the snowstorm. >> lots of emails now. we are going to go in the opposite direction. it is going to be mild. we will show you the seven-day in just a few minutes. mostly cloudy and dry. >> coming up tonight on the news at 6:00, a shooting at towson town center. more on the victim and how people are responding to the new is. and comments continue to come in after the death of ron smith. those stories and more when you >> it may be a white christmas for many in kansas, but it is also a hazard this one on the interstate. people have been spending the day trying to get out of snow. some 10 inches have fallen. this is

leadership -- leadership in north korea will now transfer over to kim jong-il's son, 28-year-old kim jung-une, snooki jung-un. [ laughter ] well, i tell ya, i can't wait for the reading of the il will. the il will -- they're gonna read it this week. and i thought this was nice -- in his il will, he left all his clothes to jeff dunham's puppet, walter. [ light laughter ] i thought that was -- see, they're the same size. [ light laughter ] i don't wanna say kim jong-il was a little guy, but at his funeral, they just had one pallbearer. just one guy. [ laughter ] and he'll be buried -- [ applause ] i believe he'll be buried in a a gold shoebox. that's probably how they do it -- about three feet under and the whole thing. well, it's time for a segment we call "too old to high five," featuring senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. ♪ too old to high five ♪ >> jay: here he is -- look at -- "hey, everybody -- how you doin'? uh, anybody? hello, anyone? [ laughter ] oh, there! there you go!" ♪ too old to high five ♪ [ applause ] i like that woman. "yeah, right. that's gonna happen." [ laughter ] wel

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kim jung un is said to be just 28 years old, but even that is not certain. his father had 20 years of grooming as the next leader before he took power. the son has had two years. intelligence analysts are porring over these images, searching for clues of the new leadership of north korea. who stands in the foreground, who in the background, who makes the deepest bow? the initial analysis is all the key military and political figures are supporting the son, but no one can say whether he will be the real leader or justa i figurehead. the biggest unknown is whether he will continue his father's policy of putting the military first. the funeral procession certainly looked like the military still comes first. he inherits a small but growing arsenal of nuclear weapons, as well as a missile program that within five years will be capable of delivering a nuclear warhead on the continental united states. the u.s. wants north korea to suspend its nuclear program as the first step toward negotiations that could lead to normal relations. the father wouldn't do it, and so

but the change has been underway for some time but of course with kim jung un. group didn't figure is. there's always a risk in such a structure that there can be changes. i think it is important to the outside world. does not make them for us because they will feel themselves in a situation of weakness and then the threats from the outside lives that makes them provocative for the last few years iran was number one nuclear enemy for the united states do you expect maybe a shift of interest from iran to north korea or does a country need to have oil as well to justify that much attention from the west. no i think both places are of great importance in the north korean situation first of all we know that within artillery range for all of north korea so even without nuclear weapons the situation there would be a risky one and if north korea were provoked at here there could be a risk also of encouraging their. forces in japan i don't see that now. but that would be a risk in the case of iran. on the other hand we see that already. they work in iran to develop it c

a weeping newscaster and thousands of people were shown crying on the streets his youngest son kim jung un has already been named as supreme leader to keep the dynasty going before rulers body is no longer in state in the capital pyongyang as north koreans continue to pay their final respects with a funeral planned for december the twenty eighth news of his death put the country's neighbors on high alert japan called a special security meeting fearing instability in the region while south korea says its military is on standby independent journalist james corbett believes that north korea is used by china and the u.s. as a pawn in their own political games in the region. the north has always been the sort of madwoman in the attic when it comes to east asian politics and it serves as i think a useful function for a number of parties in the region not only as a sort of proxy for china which has been really propping up the regime internationally by giving it its support on the international skip stage which can then use the menace of north korea and be seen to be keeping north korea in line bu

in addition to the fact we don't know much about kim jung un, we do not know much about him other. >> department says it will be unable to complete negotiations on providing food aid until mourning is over. >> pierce morgan denied any part of the illegal phone hacking and he stood his ground in london. evading questions about how he came to hear a phone message paul mccartney left for heather mills while morgan was editor of the "daily mirror". and he refused to budth. >> it was heart breaking. the couple had a tiff. heather fled to india. paul was pleading with her to come back. he sang something into the phone as you say. then, you listen to that. did you know that was unethical? >> not unethical. >> heather mills claims there was no legal way he could have heard that message. and morgan is in an investigation investigating the unethical methods of the british tabloids. >> the mayor cuts a ribbon on what will be soon the greenest city block in san francisco. >ñç6 >>> nasa announced discovery of two new planets, they're the first earth-sized planets. sheer how they stack up in size t

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they formalized by vote kim jung un.noon today sirens sounded and north korean's paused to observe three minutes of silence. >>> in russia a huge fire burned the outside of a nuclear sub as it was docked for repairs. although officials insisted there was no leak of radiation and no injuries. they also said the fire did not spread to the interior of that sub. the nuclear sub usually carries 16 nuclear tips ballistic misels. >>> in samoa there will be no friday tomorrow. they are eliminating a day so they can join their neighbors to the west side. so samoan will go to bed tonight on thursday, when they wake up it's going to be saturday. >>> a florida congressman has an idea if for all that lose change left behind at airport checkpoints. passengers left behind over $36,000. currently the airport administration leaves that change, but they want to give it to the -- >>> u.s. airlines have had only one deadly crash in the past five years that was a 2009 crash of a colgan airplane that killed 15 people. >>> new concerns about f

they formalized by vote kim jung un.t noon today sirens sounded and north korean's paused to observe three minutes of silence. >>> in russia a huge fire burned the outside of a nuclear sub as it was docked for repairs. although officials insisted there was no leak of radiation and no injuries. they also said the fire did not spread to the interior of that sub. the nuclear sub usually carries 16 nuclear tips ballistic misels. >>> in samoa there will be no friday tomorrow. they are eliminating a day so they can join their neighbors to the west side. so samoan will go to bed tonight on thursday, when they wake up it's going to be saturday. >>> a florida congressman has an idea if for all that lose change left behind at airport checkpoints. passengers left behind over $36,000. currently the airport administration leaves that change, but they want to give it to the -- >>> u.s. airlines have had only one deadly crash in the past five years that was a 2009 crash of a colgan airplane that killed 15 people. >>> new concerns about

kim jung-un has been part this for a year. he is increasingly received the titles of power.al committee which would suggest to everybody that he is a top dog in the country. but now he is standing alone. and now the generals are going to look at him differently and the parties leaders will look at him differently. he will have to win them over all again. and that means there should be no blue sky between the united states and south korea. there should be no blue sky between the united states and japan. and we should be in consultations with china, and we should be in consultationes with the russians as well. in collecting as much information as we can about how things are playing out internally in this very murky environment. the chinese have an interest and it is the same as ours. we want stability in the region wp. we are trading and trying to prosper from economic siltations there. any disruption in north korea will immediately cause a spill-over, perhaps millions of refugees, across the river and beyond, into the region which is, you know, a very prosperous economic regi

kim's son and chosen successor kim jung un cried in front of his father's casket. >>> people in the san diego cost are bringing out surfers and tourists. the winter holiday season felt more like summer as visitors ventured into the water. surfers also took advantage of the conditions and hit the waves. >> let's face it it's epic conditions. do i go to the park with family or surf? you could do either or today. >> the waves also produced some strong rip currents. >>> let's turn to our chief meteorologist/surfer to see what's going on today. >> i just showed you how dry it's been. how the entire month has been relatively dry. this pattern is probably as good as it gets for surfers in northern and southern california. this is one of the biggest places for surf where we had almost every day you could get out in the water. the swell is beginning to subside. it's going to crank up again as we go into a next week. this type of pattern as much as we need the rain has surfers th area. plenty of swell in the wind direction. that's about as strong as we've seen them out of this direction in a long

il's third son and heir kim jung un.neral is scheduled a week from tomorrow. >>> a military plane from new zealand dropped sea pumps to a crew of a fishing vessel. it's hoped the new supplies will keep the listing ship afloat as it awaits a rescue boat that is about a week away. >>> saab says it will not warrant warrantee on vehicles. it will pay for the warrantees of 48,000 saab is in the u.s. those cars are 2009 model years or older cars. owners of newer saabs will be left without warrantees. including 5,000 new lots that will be sold without warrantees. and there's word honda is moving to revamp it's honda civic just eight months after the release of its latest version. critics have panned the car's performance and civic sank to fourth place in sales from may through november. honda management says the new civics should arrive by the end of next year. >>> a 14-year-old girl featured in a music video has topped you tube's most up loaded videos. rebecca black became a viral video celebrity after her parents paid a compa

the body of kim jung il was put on display in a glass case. rare footage was released showing kim jong unts along with the rest of the north korean leadership. the north korean state-run leadership began a blitz on kim jung un. he was anointed the great successor and this was announced within hours of the news that his father had died on saturday. the state news agency called the son a great person born of heaven. both his father and grandfather were called this. the state-run media described him as the spiritual pillar and the light house of hope for the north korean military and the people. mourner continued to pay respects ahead of the state funeral that will take place wednesday. the south korean government extended condolences and would not be sending representatives to the funeral. the north koreans have said that no foreign delegates would be invited, not even from the long time ally, china. in beijing today, the chinese president visited to pay his respects. just like many other governments especially in the region, china is keeping an eye on developments in the neighboring count

kim jung un may feel he needs to take a provocative act and again, we are going to have to be thes to show restraint and not let it escalate. third, if the new regime consolidates, they will either then be willing to come back to the bargaining table and negotiate like the west did, but we have all the cards and the aid and the trade and the assistance they need. they might feel it's time for them to demonstrate their nuclear prowess. there is rumors about a third test that was conducted in the past. you will have to watch for that. >> jay carney briefing moments ago said the administration is monitoring the situation and been in close contact with the president. isn't china the real worry? isn't it china that has been north korea's trading partner and the government of course is expressing sadness at the death of kim. >> the way i put it, china may present an opportunity to offer reassuring words to north korea and sound strange to say, but at this moment, the last thing they need or some of the leaders need is any perception that would be incorrect, but possible to form inside their

kim hand picked his third son, 28-year-old kim jung un to succeed him and today north korea proclaim him their new leader. it is now his finger on the nuclear trigger. but with leader so young and unseasoned, experts say it's unlikely that north korea will quickly reengage in nuclear disarmament talk with the united states and regional all ally. experts believe the north korean do have enough nuclear material for 8 to continue weapons. >> i think he's not going to want to have anybody rock the boat and i don't think he is going to rock the boat. >>reporter: kim jong-il baffled most observer with the carefully honed personality. elevator shoes. shave and army suit and pension for favoring a 700 dollar bottle of cone knack and james bond. still, high level u.s. officials who met him said that he was infox sports world. in khavrnlt serious. >> they know that if they were to attack us they would be the obliterated. they are not crazy. >> the now as obituary pour in many media outlet noting bizarre tid bit about the leader behavior. the former chef said the staff had to make sure the grai

il's third son and heir kim jung un.is scheduled a week from tomorrow. >>> a military plane from new zealand dropped sea pumps to a crew of a fishing vessel. it's hoped the new supplies will keep the listing ship afloat as it awaits a rescue boat that is about a week away. >>> saab says it will not warrant warrantee on vehicles. it will pay for the warrantees of 48,000 saab is in the u.s. those cars are 2009 model years or older cars. owners of newer saabs will be left without warrantees. including 5,000 new lots that will be sold without warrantees. and there's word honda is moving to revamp it's honda civic just eight months after the release of its latest version. critics have panned the car's performance and civic sank to fourth place in sales from may through november. honda management says the new civics should arrive by the end of next year. >>> a 14-year-old girl featured in a music video has topped you tube's most up loaded videos. rebecca black became a viral video celebrity after her parents paid a company to

kim jung ill. his youngest son, kim jong-un, walked along the hearse.y people sobbed as the funeral precession passed by. soldiers fired their rifles 21 times. and a huge portrait of the smiling leader was positioned on tonight of the limousine that led the precision. he died of a attack and he was 69 years old. tomorrow, a national memorial service will be held. >>> republican candidates are turning up the heat in iowa this week as ktvu's alison burns reports, some of the toughest it is between front- runners mitt romney and newt gingrich. alison? >> reporter: almost all of the candidates are in iowa again today, and they are stepping up the attacks against each other ahead of next week's iowa caucuses. newt gingrich who said he would not go negative is blasting mitt romney for raising taxes as governor. he's also firing back at anti- gingrich ads run by romney supporters. >> i would say mit is, if you want to run a any tive campaign and attack people, at least be man enough to own it. that's your staff and that's your organization. those are your mill

kim jung-un has been named head of the funeral committee.ntly, as in a few months ago, i believe in north korea. maybe it was a little longer than that. wolf, you can clarify that for us. we heard a little earlier from elise labbott saying the state department still trying to get a handle on what to make of this news. how do you see it playing out? wolf, do you think they'll see this as a moment of opportunity or more of just the same? >> they'll try to take advantage of it as a moment of opportunity. the problem is that no one really knows how the son is going to operate. how much influence he's going to have. is he just going to be a figure head? is he really going to have any power? he's really young. nobody knows for sure how old he was. i was in north korea in pyongyang, exactly a year ago right now. i went with a form u.s. ambassador to the united nations, bill richardson. it was an extremely tense time when there was shelling and shortly after the north koreans destroyed a south korean war ship and everyone was on high, high alert. fo

in an effort to continue a family dynasty, kim jong-il has named his young e son, kim jung un, his successor last year. not much is known about him. he's estimated to be about 27. it's not known if he's married. word of kim jong-il's death comes on the same day north korea conducted a missile test. south korea said it occurred off the coast. it's not known if this is part of death of kim jong-il. the military is on high alert while the situation in north korea remains uncertain. >>> the white house says president obama is monitoring the situation in north korea follow the death of kim jong- il. coming up at 7:15, we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom. >>> and this news has dragged asian markets down overnight. there are worries there could be new instability in the region. south korea's kospi dropped 4%. marks in other currents well this morning. but the u.s. markets are up right now. >>> 7:02. back here at home, repair crews in san pablo have already started work to fix two ruptured water maynes. some streets and homes were flooded over the weekend. and now there's ano

kim jung and his officials, kim jong-un, who wrong the officials who paid respects. a state funeral is set for december 28th. >>> the white house says both leaders agreed that the u.s. and japan would monitor events and stay in close contact. former president bill clip ton said mr. kim's death is an opportunity to reach an understanding why north korea's government. >> i think it can be done. i've always thought so. but we have to recognize the way the system works over there and try to figure out how they can change a it -- change it and open it up without being consumed by the changes. >> critics have said he was too consill tory, mr. clip ton was -- clinton was too conciliatory. >>> the debate over whether or not the protesters shutting down the port of oakland is free speech or illegal, moves to the city council meeting where there was a vote on this, a resolution scheduled. eight days's members of occupy oakland and their supporters effectively shut down the port of oakland. when longshoremen refused to cross, no work was getting done. it came after city officia