we know very little about kim jung un.le that we do know, we -- we fill in the blank with speculation and educated guesses. so the suggestion or the story line that, oh, he was going to be a reformer, or he was western educated so this will happen, was really just speculation. these fundamental problem is until we talk with them and engage with them in a consistent manner, we're really just all guessing. >> and why has there been such a refusal by the united states to have a dialogue there? >> i think your correspondent mike put his finger on this. there has been a feeling that we have been burned before. i think this narrative is a bit of a myth. because we had an approach to north korea that i would argue worked for a period of time. but domestic politics in the u.s. and elsewhere lead to criticism of it, scepticism and a narrative that lead to political costs. and really what the president is saying, when he says i'm not going to reward the north for bad behavior is frankly he is worried about the political liabilities

anniversary of the birth of the leader kim sung and he is the founder of the cointry and his son kim jung-unpaying respect as a big national holiday. under water robot is ready to dive deep in the indian ocean for the second day to search for the wreckage of the airliner and it failed to find anything after the first mission on monday and the 16-hour long search was aborted because it went below 4 1/2 kilometers and they are going to do this for as long as possibly. an explosion in the capitol injured two police officers and one student was shot dead near cairo university and there was fighted with mohamed morsi and police and 13 people arrested and two journalists were wounded. staying in egypt a court classified a major group in the peninsula as a terrorist organization and alleged to be behind much of the resent violence in the area. the group has been active since the revolution in 2011 and expanded operations since president mohamed morsi was over thrown in july. al jazeera is demanding immediate release of the journalists in egypt and peter greste and fahmy and baher were in court and

the hatchett between those two countries because of the issue of north koreaish and it's leader kim jung-un who is still participating in provocative behavior as his father and grandfather before him. they have to come to a response on that. >> the president goes to south korea next, and obviously that is a country reeling from the ferry tragedy. >> right. >> i'm sure he'll handle it well, but how is the president expected to handle that situation? >> reporter: well, white house officials, and it's a great point. you know, south koreans are still reeling in shock, the recovery effort not to say the salvage earth a very sensitive issue. even this morning in the papers here in japan, so we can't expect the president to make some reference to make a vow towards what is going on in their offshore in south korea. that country grief stricken and pre-occupied. there are other issues on the table there. obviously north korea, the chief among the concerns there between the united states and south korea, toney, 30,000 american troops there serving, largely serving as a tripwire against any north kore

you've got kim jung un of north korea and egypt's general and edward snowden. how do you end up deciding on some of these guys who are not all that popular, at least in the united states? >> not all influences for the good. we have to recognize the fact that there are people -- we live in a time when people have great influence over the world. he's possibly the most dangerous man in the world today. his franchise of al qaeda killed more people and claimed more territory even that osama bin laden did. that makes his influence over the lives of people in iraq and syria and in the wider middle east quite substantial. so we did have to take note of people like him as well as we have always done. >> this year's list seems like a bit of a clinton fest and you have chelsea clinton writing about jason collins, the first nba player that came out as gay. hillary clinton both wrote in praise of john kerry her successor, but she was on the list praised by pakistani education activist ma la la. have they ordered extra copies even if bill didn't make the list? >> i should ho

president obama who referred to, i guess two days ago, referred to the north korean regime led by kim jung-unch an enigma his age is not known. president obama referred off to the regime as dangerous. reports from south korean officials that even in the course of the president's visit to this country which frankly will be wrapping offen ein the matter of hours, heads to malaysia. could be a fourth nuclear test. blessing is at this point we haven't seen that. on china, the white house says, our policy is not about containment. our policy is finding a good balance in here where everybody's interests are satisfied. >> turn to retired u.s. army colonel jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient. let's pick up with the news just been made here. the increased sanctions now on russia on vladamir putin. do we think at this point that additional sanctions are going to make a great deal of difference with regard to the conflict in eastern ukraine specifically? >> most people would be surprised if it does have an impact. they're already getting squeezed a bit, the economien russia is on a slide. -- a bit, th

. >>> move over, kim jung un. audiences will get more interesting programs on their screen soon after months of negotiations between the north korean and british governments. they are now going to be looking at "dr. who" and the "teletubbies." they will offer 6.5 hours of tv every night, and a third of that is spent praising the government and another third is urging workers to work harder for their dear leader. >>> meanwhile, japan and australia have reached a basic agreement on a trade pact to allow lower tariffs to be imposed on australian food exports. here's more from tokyo. hi, makiko. >> hi, ross. the prime minister is expected to confirm the agreement with prime minister abe this weekend. negotiates have been ongoing on since 2007 and whether japan will cut tariffs on australian beef. japan conceded to lower the tariff for frozen beef to half, 38.5%, but chilled beef will compete domestically with a product. japan is australia's fourth largest trade iing group. it will immediately go into effect sometime n