kim il-sung. he died 18 years ago. now his grandson, kim jung-un has southeast asia and the world on threat. many wonder if he'll use his grandfather's birthday to make good on the explosive rhetoric. i'm joined by jim clancy. jim, any evidence at this point that the holiday could be the day that north korea puts its military might on display? >> no, there's no indication of that whatsoever. the rhetoric has been toned down. you know, in fact, the news of the hour is that as we have been waiting for a response to the call from dill log coming from south korea, there was, indeed, a response that came from the committee for peaceful reunification in north korea and the group, well, they did attack, if you will, their counterpart in the south while he did call the offer of dialogue a cunning ploy, they didn't reject it outright. that is seen as progress here. now, kim jung-un has not been seen in some two weeks. the rhetoric has been toned down. south korean officials on saturday indicated that there was no evidence that any of the mobile missile launchers were being moved around, that has calm

it is monday in north korea and the country is honoring its late founder kim-il- sung, kim jong un's grandfather. he was born on april fifteenth -- 101-years ago. workers and party loyalists took part in a ceremony that honored their late leader -- who died almost 20-years ago. other celebrations included an international marathon in pyongyang. runners from all around the world took part in it. despite the fact that north korea recently warned foreign diplomats that they could no longer guarantee their safety during these tense times. for most south koreans the highly celebrated holiday to the north is mostly ignored. coming up. tim lincecum took the mound for the giants in chicago today. could he bounce back after his last disappointing start or would it be more of the same? find out when kron four news at eleven continues. , it is windy. for the wind will pick up even the chance of rainfall. details, coming up. >> kron 4 news is rolling out a new program called kron rewards. for the entire month of april, watch kron 4 news at eight in the morning or eight at night and you can earn

kim il-sung. leader kim jong-un marked the day by visiting his grandfather's mausoleum. >> state-run tv reports kim was accompanied by close aides, including his uncle and mentor. it was kim's first appearance on state media since a session of the north korean parliament two weeks ago. people in neighboring countries fear he'll mark the holiday by ordering the test of a ballistic missile. pictures out of pyongyang send a different message. presidents have laid flowers. at statues of kim il-sung and kim jong-il. >>> north korea's leaders have made repeated threats targeting people in other countries, in spite of repeated calls for restraint. officials in pyongyang escalated tensions after u.n. security council members approved stricter sanctions. they were responding to north korea's third nuclear test. the country's military leaders have issued a series of warnings that they're ready to attack. they threatened to strike targets in the united states, south korea and japan. south korean government officials suspect north korean agents were behind a series of cyber attacks last month. they affected mo

kim jong-un. this rocket last april which was launched but failed took place a couple days before the 100th birthday of kim jong-un's grandfather, kim il-sung. this is why the experts are now closely watching the rallies on the streets, the movements of missiles toward the coast trying to predict what will happen if a missile is launched how south korea, japan or the u.s. should react. shooting it down or letting it fall into the sea. >> we think we have the capability to knock this missile down, but we've never tested against it, and so until you actually do it for real, there's no knowing that we have absolutely 100% certainty of knocking this down. so there's obviously going to be some tension within the u.s., as well. can we actually engage this missile? >> reporter: in a frightening warning, the north korean government is encouraging foreign embassies including britain and russia to leave before april 10th because they cannot guarantee their security anymore. but this morning, here in seoul, life appears to be pretty normal. in the rain, the streets are filled because they have lived through such propaganda so many times, they are fair

i think one tactic is basically to make the third generation kim jong-un look like the first generation leader kim il-sungorter: but on the day of celebration of its founder, kim jong-un has already proven he's not his grandfather. >> he's younger, more audacious. we know so far every move he make is in bold strokes, high risk, high reward. >> is there a sense inside korea that this crisis is over? >> it's not over. it's just the beginning and it will be continuous. this is not one of those things in the 20th century where a crisis starts,s gets really hot and cool off and ends. there's no end to this story. >> reporter: cnn, seoul. >>> 8 minutes past the hour, time to look at other top stories. the search for a missing hiker is expected to resume today after a series of weekend avalanches. on saturday, mitch huntgate was out with two friends when an avalanche carried them 1200 feet at speeds reaching more than 50 miles per hour. that same day, a woman walking her dog was also caught in an avalanche on another mountain. she later died of her injuries. >>> the faa has ordered inspections of the tails of mo

up in north korea monday to celebrate what would have been the 101st birthday of kim jong-un's grandfather, kim il-sungthat could be a day for some kind of action, we think. because they tend to celebrate these days with -- >> yeah, it's a national holiday and kim il-sung, the grandfather, is -- after he died, he was named the president forever. i mean, some countries have a president for life. he's a president for death. and it really is just the wackiest country around, piers. and yet it's got nuclear weapons, it's got this artillery trained on seoul. >> in the worst-case scenario, who would have the lead role in any kind of containment for north korea? would it be america or china? >> well, what do you mean by -- if there is -- >> for example, took any action directly against south korea, for example, who would you expect to lead any kind of retaliatory action? >> the u.s. will be the central force there. and china will be pleading with the u.s. to restrain things. china doesn't like north korea and north korea doesn't listen to china. but china does not want a consolidation of the two koreas under

celebrations going on this day in north korea to mark the 101st birthday of kim il-sung, the founding father of north korea. kim jong-un emerged from two weeks of absence. he appeared to be flanked by members of his military as he visited the glass encased coffins of his grandfather and his father to pay what the north koreans said was the humblest of respects. meantime, in south korea, people got up, had breakfast and went to work and opened up the newspaper. it wasn't kim jong-un on the cover, no, it was psy and the release of his new single. the media here came under a little criticism because of the way that they have described these lavish celebrations in north korea at a time when so many people there are hungry. the north koreans lashed out at them saying that it was not at all the kind of thing that they should be saying on a day like this. there is still focus on mr. kerry's trip here. it is thought to have been a very positive trip and some of the comments he made in japan. >> we need to make it clear that they have to move towards the denuclearization and they need to stop the threats and missile test, stop

the day they mark the birthday of kim il-sung by showing off their military. with kim il-sung's grandson kim jong-un now threatening nuclear strikes, the region is on aer north koreaaid japan would be the first country targeted. and margaret brennan is in tokyo tonight. >> reporter: under the threat of a missile launch, the japanese are armed and ready. anti-missile defenses have been positioned around the country. >> we without hope that whatever considerations or fears the north has of the united states, or of others in the region, that they would come to the table in a responsible way and negotiate that. >> but talks do not appear likely. north korean state tv dismissed a south korean peace offer as a crafty trick. china north korea's only ally also made an appeal and publicly called for it to abandon its nuclear weapons. so far north korea has not responded. with no diplomatic breakthroughs, kerry repeated that the u.s. will defend its allies in the case of an attack and justified the u.s. military buildup in the region. >> the president of the united states deployed some additional missile defe

early as april 10th, but most likely to strike this monday, the 15th, the birthday of kim jong-un's grandfather, kim il-sung and a most important day on north korea's calendar. the young kim was reportedly infuriated after u.s. sanctions were clamped down. this for background. and that was in response to new missile and nuclear tests over the winter. but many here believe that pyongyang's threats are part of a -- an old pattern. pressuring the international community to giving up concessions to north korea. it's one of the world's poorest countries, and that concession is usually in the form of cash. anyhow, we're looking, we're monitoring the situation very carefully with these missile launchers, because that could be a turning point. >> yeah. some very good news on that front. and that may have answered the question what does north korea hope to get from this. and that may, indeed, be the return to the talks, as you've said. jim maceda, thank you very much for the developments. >>> now, in indonesia, a plane ended up in the sea after skidding off a runway on the resort island of bali. the airplane with ov

kim il-sung. his grandson, kim jong-un, is supreme leader. many wonder if he'll use his grandfather's birthday to make good on his explosive rhetoric. >> kim jong-un has not been seen now in two weeks. the rhetoric has cooled. no one expects the north to embrace this dialogue with the south immediately. for now, it appears north is willing to simply change the subject. north korea began marking the birthday, the day of the sun as they call it for founding father kim il-sung. sitting at attention workers party loyalists faced a massive portrait of their great leader and listened to glowing recollections of his rule. no one smiled after all he has been dead for almost 20 years, but everyone applauded. off camera even the rhetoric aimed at pyongyang's critics was relatively muted. the puppet forces, meaning south korea, let reptile media slander the north and the biggest festival of our people's day of the sun, said one statement. conservative groups in south korea mock the kim family dynasty. and for them the rebuke this time could be considere

thou sand paying their respects to the country's founder, kim il-sung and kim jong-un. >> celebrations went on as usual despite the growing tensions over the nuclear threat. abc's correspondent reports on the diplomatic efforts. >> reporter: in international marathon dominated headlines in pyongyang on the streets, flags marking north korean founder kim il-sung's 101 birthday today. speculating that kim jong-un would launch a missile to mark the holiday, but in tokyo sunday, secretary of state john kerry urged pyongyang to opt for a peaceful resolution. >> we can find a way to resolve these differences at a negotiating table. i hope they will hear that. >> reporter: kerry's visit here the last leg of an asia trip aimed at temporary tensions on the korean peninsula. in japan where 47,000 u.s. troops are based there is increasing unease. pyongyang has singled out japan as the first target in case of war. and with its mid range missiles within striking range, tokyo has deployed destroyers and missile batteries in the center of the capital. those interceptors back there are pointed directl

: lochlear adds the north's young leader, kim jong-un, has a different approach from his predecessors, his father, kim jong-il, and his grandfather, kim il-sung. they at least made sure they had an exit strategy. but locklear says kim jong-un appears not to have the means to cool down the tensions, and this makes it harder to predict what will happen next. takafumi terui, nhk world, tokyo. >>> the north koreans' actions havee created a guessing game for people in the asia pacific region and the world. experts are trying to read between the lines and determine if the north's leaders intend to back up their threats with action. one such expert is gordon flay, who's been watching the region for decades and is the executive director of the maureen and mike mansfield foundation in washington. what is your take on the u.s. evaluation of the threats from north korea? how serious are they taking their threats? >> well, the obama administration has a very difficult task. they need to, on the one hand, balance the need to reassure allies in south korea and japan and reassure the publics in those countries well as the american public and at the same tim

kim il-sung. he of course is the grandfather of the current leader kim jong-un.ons brought him out in public for the first time in several weeks actually. secretary of state john kerry had a message for him. >> if he wants to hold talks with world powers, he needs to ditch north korea's nuclear program. in somalia the islamist militant group linked to al qaeda says it carried out an attack at a courthouse. 29 people were killed, dozens more wounded. >> witnesses say armed attackers forced their way into the building. some of them setting off explosives. others engaged in a shootout with government security. nine of the militants were killed and several other people as well. that shootout went on for hours. >> and in london they are getting ready now for the funeral of former british prime minister margaret thatcher. earlier today more than 700 british troops rehearsed for that ceremony. soldiers carried a flag-draped coffin through the streets on a horse-drawn carriage there. lots of pomp and circumstance and tradition. thatcher will be buried on wednesday. >>> i

kim il-sung. they're already marking another event. it's been one year since kim jong-un took other as ruler of the working party. >>> we want north korean officials to sit down with us for talk. kim has kept people guessing ever since he came to power. for many, he remains a mystery. more from nhk world. >> reporter: people outside of north korea knew little of kim jong-un when he took over as leader. more than a year later, they're not sure they know much more. he's appeared in orchestrated events, often with a military theme. he spoke last april at the parade to celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of his grandfather, the nation's founder kim il-sung. >> translator: we need to strengthen our military, to make north korea a strong and thriving country. >> reporter: kim moved to switzerland when he was still a boy to attend school. some hoped his experience abroad would help him move away from the experience of his father kim jong-il. initially, he showed his softer side. talking to children from around the country. ♪ attending a concert that features knock-

it is the 101st anniversary of the birth of kim il-sung, the grandfather of kim jong-un. sense is that there won't be any sort of missile launch until after april 15th if there is one at all. >>> a small american plane crashed into a home in guyana. the piper aircraft reportedly crashed a few minutes after take-off from an airport near georgetown. the plane was reportedly hired by guyana's government to do surveillance work in a jungle area of south america. >>> prostitutes and geeks, our tech expert went to silicon >>> prostitutes and geeks, our tech expert went to silicon valley where sex workers have embraced the geek culture. >>> the world's oldest profession meets one of the world's newest. laurie segall, cnn money tech expert, you recently visited silicon valley, the quick wealth that some of these guys experience there, the app developers, entrepreneurs, the programmers. it's kind of led to a sort of cottage sex industry. >> sure. the last thing you think of when you think of silicon valley and these nerds and programmers are the sex industry. but we spoke -- we di

the country's biggest holiday, off the april 15th birthday of a founder kim il sung the grandfather of current ruler kim jong un. >> president barack obama is sending congress his long awaited budget. the president's new budget is an effort to achieve an exclusive " grand bargain " to tame 10 way it deficits that some sort above one trillion dollars for each of the past four years. obama as a spending blueprint for the 2014 budget year would accomplish the deficit cuts through a combination of further tax increases, further deductions and the growth of spending and reductions in the growth of the government's biggest benefit programs, social security and medicare. by reducing the cost of living adjustment. >> the senate will cast their first vote this week on president obama proposals to curb gun violence. these proposals, though, face an uphill battle in congress because of opposition from republicans and gun rights activists. a center piece of obama efforts, the renewal of a ban on the sale of military-style assault weapons, universal background checks, and a proposed 10 bullet limit on ammunition magazines.

kim il-sung. that's him on the left there. his grandson, kim jong-un on the right. and he is the young and untested leader behind the escalatining rhetoric and tensions with the south. from south korea tonight, this image, mocking the grandfather and grandson, after they rejected a new offer to ease tensions. bob woodruff, standing in seoul, south korea, again tonight. >> reporter: for secretary of state john kerry, japan is the last and arguably most tense leg of his asian tour. while he spent some of his time visiting public sites, the bulk of the day was about solving the crisis with north korea. >> the biggest priority is a peaceful resolution to the issues of north korea. >> reporter: kerry's japan visit puts him well within the range of a threatened missile test from north korea. a launch that could come at any moment, as the north marks its biggest holiday, the birth of founder kim il-sung. the missile, known as musadan, has never been fired before. the most likely trajectory would send it over japan, towards the pacific ocean. the u.s. has put more patriot m

there always has been, with kim jong un and kim jong-il and kim il-sung before him. one of the indicators for me personally about the state of conditions in north korea is the number of north koreans finding a way to vote with their feet, who leave north korea. when i served there as director of intelligence in korea for two years, you might see one or two defectors a year. that was a big deal. now it is a pretty steady stream of defectors. that in a regime that has tremendous control over its people's activities and movements, i think that is a tremendous indicator of the real state of affairs in north korea. >> thank you very much. i yield back. >> i will follow up on his question. mr. director, could you talk about counterintelligence threat are nationstates conducting against u.s. businesses and interest in the united states? >> nary a week goes by that we are not finding some indication of espionage in one form or another from the principal nationstates we have problems with. that is still a substantial problem and we have substantial percentages of our national

there is, however, a blind loyalty to the cult of personality, to the deity, to kim jong-un, to kim jong-il, to kim il-sungthe founder of north korea, and whatever they say, goes. so there's this mixed message. i don't believe there's this hatred of america by the north korean people. >> general clark, you were saying in the break that you actually were personally involved in a previous north korean crisis. tell me about that and tell me, is it always the same, is it always the same pattern? >> they broke out of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. they had a nuclear reactor and under the international atomic energy agency, you're supposed to allow your spent uranium fuel to be inspected because you're not allowed to reprocess it and enrich it. but they would not allow the inspection. this was like 1993. and we moved right toward a crisis. and we threatened to go to the united nations then, the united states did, and the north said, at that time it was kim il-song and he said if you bring sanctions against us, this is an act of war. we did the war briefings at the white house, we were prepared, then presid

that, of course, is the anniversary of the birth of kim il-sung, the grandfather of kim jong-un.he rockets don't fire by then, i think a lot of people are thinking, perhaps, they won't launch at all. i guess it's a matter of just a wait and see. >> anna coren, thanks so much from seoul. >>> back in this country, a nascar race in texas today is at the center of a political controversy. some are upset over a decision by organizers to award naming rights to the race to the national rifle association. our susan candiotti is live from ft. worth, texas. susan, the nra 500 getting under way this evening. you know, how much is this resonating, whether it be in the state of texas or beyond? >> reporter: certainly the fans coming to this race are all about stockcar racing. this is a huge event. it draws hundreds of thousands of people and who knows how many millions watch it on television. the people who come to this event are here to see their favorites on television. they even camp out here days ahead of time to watch and come to this event. so, for them, all this talk about the nra spon

april 15th birthday of founder kim il-sung, the grandfather of current ruler kim and john donne.kim jong unnt obama is sending congress is long awaited budget. the president's new budget is an effort to achieve it as a grand bargain to tame runaway deficits that of soared above one trillion dollars for each of the past four years. the president agreeing to a reduction in the cost of living had just met for social security recipients. we'll hear from the president live in the 8:00 hour. the senate will pass its first vote this week of president obama as proposals to curb gun violence and just crossing the wire as a senate aide says the deal has been reached on expanding background checks to more gun purchases. the president has been pushing for gun control laws of legislation but has been facing an uphill battle. republicans have been using a filibuster blocking any boat on the gun-control measure and assault weapons ban is still an uphill battle in the senate. it looks like a deal has been reached on expanding background checks. >> first lady michelle obama will deliver a speech on gun viol

kim jong-un came to power. on april 12th, secretary of state john kerry is expected to visit the south. and then april 15th is the 101st birthday of kim il-sung, north korea's founder and also ground father of kim jong-un. nbc's richard engel is in seoul. >> north korea could have a missile launch during the kerry visit, on a key anniversary, and while everyone is watching. it's a bit of showmanship here. but what if the u.s. tries to shoot it down? and what if we miss? >> two u.s. guided missile destroyers are already in position to shoot down any ballistic missiles launched by north korea. on wednesday, the u.s. said it was speeding up deployment of an advanced missile defense system to guam in the next few weeks. nbc's jim mick mick from the pentagon. >> reporter: in the unlikely hood of all-out war, u.s. cruise missiles, american bombers, and south korean warplanes would launch air strikes. north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile facilities would be prime targets. any ground war would be devastating. 700,000 north korean soldiers are dug in along the demilitarized zone. manning thousands of rockets, and long-range artillery aimed at t

kim jong- un's grandfather. instead of launching, the people in p'yongyang stood in silence and delivered flowers to honor their onetime founder kim il- sung. take stepsrea will to honor commitments it has already made. >> the assault was met with anger. traditional veterans of the korean war had effigies of the nation's past and leaders. >> it is -- >> south korean officials believe the threat of a missile launch could be dragged out for some time. rejected offers for peace talks. doug gonzales, abc 7 news. >> remember to stay with abc 7 news and wjla.com for the latest on north korea's growing threat. we will also have continuing coverage tonight on abc 7 news starting at 5:00. it was a wet start to the work week with more a part showers in our area. jacqui jeras has a look at first forecast. >> good morning. things are looking a bit dammed in a few spots. -- a bit damp in a few spots. about four hours or so ago. it turned very spotty, it is all dissipating and weakening. a lot of this is just a drizzle being reported. we're cloudy in the district at this hour with 61 degrees. winds are east southeast so we're not going to budge to much

hundreds of north koreans laid flowers outside the tomb of their founder kim il sung, his grandson and current leader jim jong un also visited the site kicking off the three-day celebration of his father's birth. but neighbors ring countries -- but neighboring countries believe that celebration could include a missile test. >> this is dangerous. it's provocative. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry just wrapped up a trip to the region. he says even if kim jong un tests a missile, he's still prepared to sit down at the gerkting table. >> if he -- negotiating table. >> if he will meet the obligations that we have all set out that are necessary, stopping the provocation, ceasing the threats, moving away from the nuclearization, we're prepared to gerkt on a full range of issues. >> reporter: but north korea rejected an invitation from the south for peace talks. >> the problem is with the unpredictable north korean leadership, we do not know what they want. do they want to escalate further or sit down with talks. >> reporter: secretary kerry believes north korea is not happy with its european allies. u.s. lead

coming up on the 15th of april the anniversary of the birth of north korea's founder kim il-sung, the grandfather of kim jong-unscalating here on the korean peninsula. >> secretary kerry was there in seoul and the unknown kim jong-un but the new president park in south korea, what was his message for her and for their government and the people of south korea? >> as you say, john kerry was here yesterday and the united states is a very good friend of south korea, so who is basically pledging his support to this country and said if there is any provocation from the north, the u.s. will be standing right beside it, supporting it and obviously japan. so his message was one of, you know, tough words to north korea, to not go ahead with the missile test and basically to, you know, come to the table and talk. the u.s. would be interested in talking, in entering diplomating talks with north korea if they were serious about denuclearization but this is the problem because we know that north korea is gung ho on developing its nuclear progrwea program. the door for diplomacy has been opened. >> elise let me ask you one mo

talked about april 15th, the 101st first of the norse of the berth of kim il-sung, the do it officials are looking at around which kim jong-un decide he wants to take in sort of action. >> shepard: secretary of state john kerry is headed to the region next week. right? >> yes. this is all part of the message to south korea. you don't need to act or react. we've got your back. secretary kerry will hold talks with the president. president park is fairly new in office and may be feeling under some pressure to actually act. so the u.s., along with all the military movement we've seen, wants to send a clear message of support to its allies in the region. here's state department spokesman victoria knewland. >> we are taking the appropriate steps in terms of defense of the united states, in terms of defense of our aye -- allies, both the republic of korea and japan. we're making those clear. and we are watching very closely what the prk is up to. >> they will be watching even more closely as we approach that very significant april 15th april 15th date. >> shepard: the scene, thank -- jonathan. thank you. >> its just keeps piling up

date coming up on the north korean calendar and that is the anniversary of kim il-sung who is of course the grandfather of kim jong-un. john kerry also saying that the united states would support its allies, south korea and japan, if there is any provocation. so the door opened for diplomacy, but at this stage still no way forward, fredricka. >> so, anna, what about this information that the u.s. had conversations within the pentagon and beyond that north korea may have the ability to put nuclear weapon on a ballistic missile? how might this influence kerry's message? >> yeah. it really caused quite a stir, didn't it? i'm not sure if everybody in washington was too pleased with that message that got out. some within the intelligence community basically saying that north korea has a nuclear weapon, has miniaturized a warhead to put on a missile. it did however say that the likelihood of it being fired accurately is very low, but it did cause a stir. john kerry, he is heading off to beijing, off to china tomorrow where he'll be holding talks with the president xi jinping as well as other officials in china. his message

kim il-sung. he is the grandfather of the present leader, kim jong-un. >>> uncle sam has his eye on some silicon valley top companies. we are live with details on how much the social media giant and some of its employees possibly owe. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. laura. the number one employee, the founder, mark zuckerberg, owes a whopping $1.1 billion in federal and state income tax. don't put away that violin, because he did net $2.3 billion at the sale of his shares of facebook stock and many of his colleagues, employees, probably are also making out like bandits. what is interesting is that it is quite possible that some facebook employees might have gotten themselves into a little bit of a bind with the irs owing a huge tax bill with nothing to show for it. the mercury news does a pretty good job of explaining this. let's say a facebook employee exercised but did not sell their options when the stock ipo'd last year at $30 a share. they still owe taxes of whatever they are worth at the $30 price even though they have yet to realize the gains. they were gambling they would be able

kim il-sung. that's him on the left there. his grandson, kim jong-un on the right. and he is the young and untested leader behind the escalating rhetoric and tensions with the south. and from south korea tonight, this image, mocking the grandfather and grandson, after north korea rejected a new offer from the south to ease tensions. abc's bob woodruff, standing watch in seoul, south korea, again tonight. >> reporter: for secretary of state john kerry, japan is the last and arguably most tense leg of his asian tour. while he spent some of his time visiting public sites, the bulk of the day was about solving the crisis with north korea. >> the biggest priority is a peaceful resolution to the issues of north korea. >> reporter: kerry's japan visit puts him well within the range of a threatened missile test from north korea. a launch that could come at any moment, as the north marks its biggest holiday, the birth of founder kim il-sung. the missile, known as musadan,

there's a is the first and if the leader kim jong un becoming first secretary of the workers' party country will also be celebrating the birth of its founder kim il sung next monday a day which usually features a showcase of military strength careen and u.s. forces have been on increased military alert for japan's deployed patriot missile interceptors in tokyo antiwar activists brian becker says the u.s. is trying to destroy historical political ties between pyongyang and china by creating a military confrontation. i personally believe it was very regrettable that the united nations security council adopted a resolution putting all of the blame in the onus on north korea in imposing economic sanctions and i believe the united nations has to be independent of the united states if it's going to be really a force for peace if it serves just as a fig leaf for the united states then the united states will use the u.n. as it did in one nine hundred fifty to launch its own aggression against korea the obama administration is taking the bush administration policy of provocation escalation increased tension to a whole new level they want to create pressure on

it is the 101st anniversary of the birth of kim il-sung, the founder of north korea, the grandfather of kim jong-unfess festive, party like atmosphere. the sense is that there won't be any sort of missile launch until after april 15th if there is one at all. >> thank you very much. >>> a small american plane crashed into a home in guyana. the piper aircraft reportedly crashed a few minutes after take-off from an airport near georgetown. the plane was reportedly hired by guyana's government to do surveillance work in a jungle area of south america. >>> prostitutes and geeks, our tech expert went to silicon valley where sex workers have embraced the geek culture. well, they more than embraced. that's usually how it starts out, right? i don't know myself. but i'd assume that's step one. the story's next. but after one day's use, dishcloths can redeposit millions of germs. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to a fresh sheet of new bounty duratowel. look! a fresh sheet of bounty duratowel leaves this surface cleaner than a germy dishcloth, as this black light reveals. it's durable, cloth-like and it's 3

the missile test warning comes as pyongyang prepares to mark the 18th birthday of kim il sung, the grandfather of kim jong unhe missile does head out to sea, they're unlikely to shoot it down but if it takes another path

kim jong-un will do. >> he doesn't check with me on his decisions or how he's feeling. >> reporter: experts believe a launch could be timed to the birthday of north korea's founder kim il-sung monday. the nation's biggest holiday, a moment north korea has used before to show off its military power, marci. >> devin dwyer live in washington, thank you. >>> to the end of a hostage drama in suburban atlanta. police say the armed gunman was having financial problems, demanding that his cable and power be turned back on. but when the situation in suwanee, georgia, took a dangerous turn they moved in. with the latest. alex stone. [ sirens ] >> reporter: the dramatic standoff ended when a s.w.a.t. team stormed the house where a gunman was holding four firefighters hostage. there was an explosion and g gunshots. >> they made entry into the home. what you heard when you heard the explosions. gunfire exchanged between the suspect and our s.w.a.t. team. the suspect is deceased at this time. >> reporter: the four firefighters who were also emergency medical technicians suffered from superficial wounds. a s.w.a.t. officer shot in the hand or arm. the injury is not life-threatening. >> we

day of the sun, which is the anniversary of the birth of north korea's founder kim il-sung who is the grandfather of kim jong-un, and at the stroke of midnight kim jong-un visited a mausoleum to pay respects to not only his grandfather, but also his father, who died over a year ago, and that's obviously when he took over the reins of the country. but, an important day in north korea, not so much here. just to give you an idea of the feeling in south korea, psy, the pop singer was on the front pages of the newspapers. >> also some important words from secretary of state john kerry. he sort of listed the conditions with which the u.s. would sit down with for the korea. what did he say? >> yes, that's exactly right. john kerry has made it perfectly clear that he's willing to talk to north korea. that is saying he's mentioned the entire time during his visit here in asia. of course he wrapped up that visit in tokyo a little bit later today -- earlier today, i should say. but he said that the door is open for diplomacy. if north korea is willing to denuclearize. now, of course, that is a sticking point because north

kim jong-un's arrival and power, if you will, in pyongyang. also, april 15th, that's the 100th birthday or birthday of kim il-sung, the founder of north korea. these dates are important. how worried should we be about these days? >> we should be worried because they always do something dramatic on those dates. on birthdays. on anniversary deaths. they had many of them around the deity, around the father and the son. and the founder, kim il-sung. so, what you want is to watch very closely, what their intentions are. in the end, i think it's important for everybody to keep cool. the biggest damage here is a misjudgment, a miscalculation on the yellow sea. naval vessels, at the border. you mentioned at the dmz. i think the u.s. military is playing it positively, well, basically saying, there's going to be a response, a cost, if there is an aggressive action. and that's all we can do. i think there's an internal game, possibly a power struggle in north korea, with the young leader, not necessarily fielding his oats. but uncertain where to go. >> you were there, i was there with you for six days in december 2010, when kim jong-il was still in pow

kim il-sung. he is grandfather of the current dictator, kim jong-un. he threatened attacks on america before leaving the region to head back to the u.s., secretary of state hillary clinton saying that the obama administration would be open to talk with the north if it began to abandon its nuclear program. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live from the pentagon. how significant is secretary kerry's offer for these one-on-one talks with north korea? >> reporter: it is certainly a change in tone since you saw the pentagon sending b-2 bombers and b-52 bombers to korea as part of the exercises. it is a change in tone. if you listen to the caveats north korea will give up the nuclear program and die chruk nearize. -- denuclearize. what is interesting on saturday he was in china. he did not get the public, he did not get the public statement that he was looking for from china to tell north korea to back down from this missile test but it is not clear that china did not send a private message to the north korean leader there has been no missile