north korea's state run television ushered in the new year by praising the achievements of leader kim jung-un. korean central television aired a fireworks display. a commentator described kim jong-un's political achievements including the launch of a rocket. analysts believe it was a test of long-range missile technology. north korean tv usually broadcasts simple greetings. it's rare for it to broadcast fireworks displays. kim jong-un has delivered the first years speech by a north korean leader in 19 years. he said the country should put a priority or healing the rift with south korea. state run central television broadcast his speech for more than 20 minutes. >> translator: what's important is to solve the confrontation between the two koreas. south korea should scrap its anti-north policies and take steps toward reck -- reconciliation and unification. >> many countries believe the rocket was a test of long-range ballistic missile technology. >> translator: we should use the technology to build a strong economy. this is our slogan for 2013 for the party and the people. we should continue to

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it does not seem to have much impact on kim jung-un.ariety of satellites and long long-range rocketses which will be launched one after another we will target the u.s. the sworn enemy of of the american people. settling accounts with the u.s. needs to be done with force not with words as it regards jungle law the rule of its survival. what? the country's belligerent stance is one more issue on the president's full foreign policy plate, and it's going to be a concern for john kerry if he's confirmed secretary of state as he's very likely to increasingly likely, as a matter of fact. he got a very warm welcome from both sides of the hearing at his confirmation hearings in the senate today. >> the friendship has endured i believe it is based in myture respect. some observers have attributed that respect to the fact that when we were much younger nicer and better looking men than we are now senator kerry and i spent some time at the navy's behest in a certain southeast asian country in less pleasant circumstances than we're accustomed to in

. >> any chance you will meet with the new leader, kim jung un? >> very doubtful. i think they have the leadership of their country meet only with the appropriate government leadership from other countries. this is a private visit, i don't believe we will meet with them, but we will meet with a variety of officials from the foreign ministry and the economic ministry and the military. it will be a wide ranging visit where we get a chance not only to talk to a number of north korean officials, but to get a chance to look at the humanitarian situation. >> i know you had a chance to review kim jung un's speech on new year's eve. is he trying to reach out to south korea and to the west? is there a moderation in the position and is it the same old same old? what do you think? >> i'm getting mixed messages. we wanted to get an assessment. on the one hand it's new year's eve and the speech talks about a dialogue with south korea. the new south korean president is ready to engage. secondly these launches have undertaken are not conducive to negotiations and the internationa

kim jung un, directly confronting the united states.respondent barbara starr. >> reporter: north korea's latest saber rattling. threatening the south just one day after pyongyang said it will lob missiles at the u.s. and conduct a new nuclear test. leaving no doubt that leader kim jong un, isn't giving up his father's nuclear program. >> they have the capability, frankly, to conduct thesetists in a way that make it very difficult to determine whether or not they are doing it. >> reporter: there are signs they are ready to test, if ordered. >> the north koreans are maintaining a fairly high state of readiness at the test site. if the order is given from pyongyang to go ahead, they could probably conduct the test in a few weeks. >> reporter: satellite imagery shows a tunnel entrance where the device may undergo final assembly. a bunker for personnel and equipment. and a communications network to make sure the order to detonate can be carried out. north korea's weapons grade inventory is believed to include plutonium for up to 12 devices a

what was your assessment of kim jung un. get any sense that he was different from his father, grandfather, more open to reform? >> my sense, and it's owning a sense. we did meet with him. is that he is more open to reform there are some economic measures that he has taken that are a little more open minded. his manner is more mixing with the people. more speeches. his father, for instance, never addressed the country. he was educated in europe, so i have some hope, but at the same time, he engages in these missile launches. i think now that he's done that, perhaps he feels he's established this domestic strength with his people and now he'll engaged in diplomacy. what's important is to have a dialog, to try to find out what's going on there. >> governor, chris frates here. i want to find out, do you think it's appropriate for a group of private citizens led by a business leader of one of our biggest companies to be negotiating, trying to open up ties with north korea. doesn't that run cross wise with our policy from the stat

during the visit, the delegation did not get to meet leader kim jung un who does not want to be viewed as an isolated country. during the visit, four-day visit, they got to visit pu pyongyang's university. that's about how much they revealed about the visit. maybe mr. schmidt will talk more about the visit in his next book. ross, back to you. >> chery, good stuff. great to see you. thanks for that. >>> meanwhile, mr. cook is on his second trip to china in less than a year. following that story, let's go back twice to eunice in 20 minutes. things don't get any better than that. he's got a challenge, mr. cook. what is he going to do on this trip? >> he does have a challenge on this trip. he's been meeting with apple's partners like china unicom. china unicom sells a lot of iphones to, of course, the chinese. it confirmed that tim cook was at their offices and that they had a very productive conversation. of course, what everybody is wondering is whether or not he's going to have productive conversations with china union come's archrival, china mobile. china mobile is the largest telecom

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that doesn't seem to be a paramount concern to the untested young leader, kim jung un.ual step, china voted for the resolution condemning north korea last week at the security council. they could have used their veto. in a rare public rebuke, a communist newspaper carried this warning. if north korea engages in north nuclear tests, china will not hesitate to reduce the assistance to north korea. it may prove an empty threat, but pyongyang is so dependent on china is likely to have overlooked the obvious annoyance. speculation is rising that north korea may be preparing for the nuclear test with images going to some analysts suggesting that an underground test site is being prepared to the border. they are bracing for what might happen next. >> some of the hottest stories in a flash. rapid fire. >> two of the four convicts against casey anthony have been thrown out. she was convicted of lying to police, but appeals court judges agreed that two of the charges constituted double jeopardy or being convicted more than once for the same crime. former detroit mayor kilpatricke