: the northking koreans and south koreans are in an interesting place. both governments claim to be over the area. what you have is to read genes that are very different. very, regimes that are very different. south korea's two times as large as north korea. the number of cell phones in south korea, 1.3 per porcelain. -- per person. don't ask me why that one third is so important. it has beenea, sanctioned by the united states frequently and at the same time former foreign a minister who is the secretary general of the united's nations. year, one was president of the human rights council so these two countries are vying for legitimacy to make the claim that they are the government of all korea. in a real bind because it has very little to make that claim in and i think with regard to human rights, and the north koreans clearly are sensitive about what has been going on. they made they suggestion about the north korean progress on areas not sensitive politically dealing with the issue of for example, people with disabilities. the north korea human rights

korean human rights. tebassador bob king has done a terrific job to ensure that american diplomacy could give north korean rights the attention it deserves. thank you for your service. most in portland, the north korean human rights law created a pathway for north korean refugees to seek asylum in the united states. today, approximately 200 men, women, children have traveled to the united states for a chance at a new.y we j think for a moment about the journey we just witnessed in the video. m you living in the most isolated country under. you make the decision to escape. you know you might be caught, arrested, or executed. you illegally cross into china, where you risk of being deported back into north korea. if you are woman, you might become a victim of trafficking. or forced prostitution, or prostitution, or marriage against your will. yo you journey across china to another country in southeast asia. if you're lucky enough to make it that far, you face the choice, for most, for most the only reasonabl

like the north korean leaders, he imprisoned his own people. ,ike the north korean leaders he ruined his country's economy. people, north korean the cuban people deserve better. north korea represents a great security threat. proliferation of a deadly technology can allow failed, cruel, and criminal leaders, to threaten and disrupt the world on a grand scale. but every successful missile advances, from seoul to tokyo to across the pacific. there is no easy policy solutions. mustny serious response begin by accepting reality. there is no way to detach ourselves from events in east asia. our future and the future of that region are closely linked. eventually, there is no , noation from proliferation safety and distance. north korea also presents the greatest sustained humanitarian challenge of our time. the whole country is a prison -- by sadistic the north korean people have suffered decades of oppression and famine and violence. thentrolling access to broader world, the north korean government has tried to make this nightmare seem normal to its victims. spirit of that the the north k

ambassador king: the north koreans and south koreans are in an interesting place. both governments claim to be over the area. what you have is two regimes that are very, very different. south korea's two times as large as north korea. the number of cell phones in south korea, 1.3 per person. don't ask me why that one third is so important. in north korea, it has been 10% of people that have cell phones. sanctioned has been by the united states -- by the united nations frequently. south korea has a former foreign minister who is the secretary general of the united nations. this year, one was president of the human rights council so these two countries are vying for legitimacy to make the claim that they are the government of all korea. north korea is in a real bind because it has very little to make that claim. , theregard to human rights north koreans clearly are sensitive about what has been going on. when north koreans were first madecized, countries suggestions that north koreans ought to try to make progress on areas that were not sensitive politically. dealing

show north koreans how well other people live. also a computer science professor, he's developed a stealth usb drive that can avoid detection by appearing empty when initially connected to a computer. >> ( translated ): but the north korean government became aware of this stealth drive and created a program that was able to detect this usb. in retaliation, i created software that would block the program, and it eventually became game of cat and mouse. >> reporter: do you worry that you're putting north korean's lives in danger if they get caught with some of these materials? >> ( translated ): all north koreans know the risk of all their actions. despite the potential punishment they know they will receive, there are many people who actively search for these materials. >> reporter: yeonmi park grew up in north korea and says watching outside videos changed her perspective of the world. she says, as a child, all she learned from watching state-run media was love for the kim regime and north korea. >> they don't show us if our team

we've got members of the korean-american community.art of the purpose here is to encourage all americans, but the best leaders will be korean americans who have benefited from living in america to help those who have sought freedom. we have some notables with us, the great kj choi, golfer, dallas area resident, cocaptain of the presidents cup international team that came in second to the americans. [laughter] pres. bush: anyway, a really good guy, as is chan ho park. had a great major league baseball career, actually played for the rangers for a while. he lives with three young girls in los angeles. we thank him for coming. and my great friend roy ru, south korean citizen. cares deeply about the people of north korea. after all he married a woman that was born in north korea. he is a great friend of mine and 41's. we appreciate you being here. ken is a smart guy who has really brought a lot of energy to this building. we appreciate it. holly, operating officer, is with us. my friend tom bernstein is the chairman of the freedom human ad

by the time the korean war is over in 1953 or the korean war is signed in 1953. the united states, australia, new zealand, the netherlands, greece, belgium, the philippines for the first time as an independent nation. thailand, colombia, south africa, luxe umberg, india, norway, and combat unites or medical unites to the united nations command. today, south korea if you count the nations that rebuild it and south korea holds the record for number of nations that have helmed both sustain it's independence and also rebuild it after the war. and the korean people -- every year as a matter of fact out here at mcarthur square do a display of flags saying thank you for what has been done. korean people -- one of the things that needs to be noted, the korean people could have chosen the south koreans could have knuckled. instead they chose to fight and the americans under leadership and the u.n. security security council committed themselves in the offense of korea. the reasons we will see that commitment remains intact to this day. so, we've set up the korean war, let'

we've got members of the korean-american community. part of the purpose here is to encourage all americans, but the

in a furious gun battle, at least 30 south koreans were killed, as well as 29 north korean commandos. north korean attacker who was captured spoke to cnn. >> i came to kill the president. >> it was a mission that failed. and that leader's daughter is the country's president. she's just been impeached in a political scandal, has had her power taken away. experts say kim jong-un will use the south korean crises, the political instability, to his advantage. >> they continue to have a political paralysis, it could be very difficult to deal with north korean provocation. we should keep in mind that north korea does have a very savvy sense for drama. they will be trying to get on a radar of the trump administration. >> it appears tonight kim jong-un's already on the president-elect's radar. donald trump telling fox news he needs more help in pressuring pyongyang. >> you have north korea, nuclear weapons and china could solve that problem and they're not helping us at all. >> experts say china is fed up with kim jong-un. they are tired of his nuclear tests and other provocations. they're ang

the korean won on the other hand, you see a little bit of a rally come through on the korean won.ust see how the markets react. what are the next steps for park geun-hye? she meets her former cabinet at 5:00 p.m. this evening. we will see what happens with the fed. the difference with u.s. yields and south korean yields is the ones in 2004. it has been less than 24 hours ecb president has announced the quantitative easing program will run through until 2017 at a slower pace. mike bell is with us. around thebandying word taper, but by any stretch of the imagination, it sounds as if draghi -- besides of this qe has grown and grown and grown. michael: i don't think it is a taper. a paper is when you go 60, 40, down to zero. -- a taper is when you go from 60, 50, 40 down to zero. we will do at least that and we'llf politics flare up, do more. potentially, in 2018, you get a further reduction and markets will be very focused on the next year. the key thing from the statement yesterday was draghi's statement that the deflation risks have largely disappeared and they have seized into thi

at the same time, they all present great challenges for koreans and the korean government. i am coveted the korean people with their resilience and their democratic institutions, i am sure they will be able to overcome this difficulty soon. thank you. >> thank you very much, mr. secretary-general. you mentioned aleppo. i wonder if you could elaborate a little and tell us what your expectations are since there seems to be some holdup in the evacuations today. and whether the u.n. has been involved in trying to promote this? that was a follow-up. my real question is you have talked about unfinished business and you have mentioned syria. today, you have mentioned south sudan. what other unfinished business do you think should be at the top of the agenda of your successor, mr. guterres? sec. gen. ban ki-moon: about the situation and aleppo and the situation in syria, this is -- this has been a heartbreaking for me and for all of the people who love peace and stability. the syrian people have been really suffering too much, too long the last five years. we will soon see the 60 y

. >>> we're also following alarming new developments on the korean peninsula. south korea blames kim jong un's regime for a cyber attack on its military and there are now new warnings about the north korean threat to the united states. >>> congressman jason chaffetz, is standing by live to take our questions and our correspondents and analysts and guests, they will have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with the president-elect announcing new jobs and taking on what he calls cost over runs. sunlen serfaty is in north carolina where donald trump is holding a major rally. his swipe at boeing was quite surprising earlier today. >> that's right, it was, wolf. we really saw the showman side of donald trump today on full display, not only in lashing out in public about the cost of building these new air force one planes, but also playing up big before cameras as he tells it that he was able to broker a deal with the japanese tech firm to send more investment here in the u.s. the message from the president-elect very clear. he wants to show that he's

why is it important for north korean escapees to tell theirr stories in public?tant for north >> first, i can answer yes, we as a north korean we are afraid of speaking out to the public.c. there can be many reasons, but first to be afraid about our relatives or family members who are still living in north korea. but the thought is our mission because we are survivors. we live in this free country and we are enjoying this freedom. but we do not want to stop whent and our sufferings in our life here. we want to let people know from the world and we want to let people hear our stories and trying to help more north koreans who are still suffering in north korea. the most difficult thing for my sister and i is at night we can we still think about our family members who already passed away. we believe that the world know about this before may be the world can do something tof prevent this kind of tyranny. and then my family members another north korean refugees like 300,000 people, those people are individuals like moms and dads and younger brothers. they should not h

the term brainwashing comes from american pows from the korean war.ary. i hope they will take this up as a cause. i think they will. what should they do? can they put pressure directly on china which pepes for a lot of north korea. certainly a sponsor state. why can't they go to the chinese and say make this happen? >> well, i think they could. china can play a major role in helping us with north korea in general. they haven't done anything. everyone says china leverage they do. they haven't used it because there is tension with the american chinese relationship. i think the fact that president-elect trump is coming in. a gesture of good will by the north koreans with the new trump administration. i think would be very welcome. and the trump organization, the trans -- they are interested. but they are not in yet. so it's an uncomfortable transition period. >> yeah. >> not uncomfortable. but the obama team is still on board. they are white house is involved. but, you know, it's one of those periods where coming before christmas we should try to get ott

macarthur was a smaller story that because he really entered in the korean war. but truman revolutionized, not by himself america's approach to the world. for 150 years since the united states abandon its alliance with france in the late 18th century the united states took this position on the advice of george washington and thomas jefferson to avoid alliances with other countries. the united states would go it alone. this is is what led the united states during the 20s and 30s to turn his back on europe after having engaged europe in world war i. it left the door open to the rise of nazi germany. truman learned a lesson. set up pretty much everybody in truman's generation. the lesson was, the world cannot be left to its own devices. the united the united states needs to continue to participate. that led -- the united states was going to stay in europe and it needed to ensure that europe would be strong once again. american leaders and the taxpayers did not want to be on the hook for supporting germany, for supporting other countries forever. the idea was that se

so when the korean war began its the military was as as segregated as ever. bonn but when american forces and the general discovered to be in the foxholes with the white soldiers. >> it was partly truman's ader the face with thetrum but reality and destiny of theity korean war. so johnson gets most of the credit. and partly the wasn't just a full-blown southerner to beck pn of black person in the south >> as a love that comment of the administration we have a phone call of the tremendous calling on christmas morning of all the of legislation to say only half of those items began with us. and very much appreciatedreciate the groundwork. so they sat on this very stage to the truman libraryo had thene honored him in that way? t >> [inaudible] >> with a prisoner of warorget r camp. through dna so they could be put to rest with all of those forces. >> we need to wrap up so rami does it all mean? with the supremacy in we have done a great job of that and the story is for what policy can be.f ovt truman was not likee that.al so true and demonstrated but there was a

and the south koreans are very critical of the japanese. made a diplomatic u-turn, signining with j japan d -- and signingth a few weeks ago and intelligence sharing agreement. what is likely as the next president, if he is in position, he will try to realign south korerea to be more neutral while moderating the region. getting closer to china and not that close to the japanese. now the japanese are kind of worried of the election console. anchor: thank you very much indeed. our guess from the set -- from the foundation research. to forecasts the spike in pollution in paris is over theto diminish weekend. hospitals are on alerert becausa large number of children have been admitted after serious asthma attacks. french public transport system in paris has been free of charge and a system is in place allowing cars on the roads if they have -- on their license plates. police say this arrangement is going to come to an end at midnight tonight.. reportrter: to enfnforce new r s aimed atat reducing congestion d pollution. place have an even number

first visit to from policies in the early eight cold war and macarthur and tears the stage of the korean war but truman pretty much revolutionized the approach to the world because 150 years united states abandoned its alliance with france 18th century to take the position on the advice of washington to avoid alliances the united states would go alone during the '20s and the other days to turn its back on europe during world war i to leave the of a door open and truman learned a lesson the lesson was the world cannot be left to its own devices. that led to such enterprises the united states will stay in europe to ensure that europe would be strong the american taxpayer did not want to be on the hog to support other countries forever the idea was they would be biased -- revive the great countries to guide them on the path of the democracy so what truman and george marshall did in europe is what they're simultaneously doing in japan there was no marshall plan but the singleminded effort to reshape this country that was america's enemy to make it into america's ally and then friend. >> is h

thae yong—ho vanished from the north korean embassy in london in august.e south korean capital, seoul. i would like to say to the people of england that i'm very happy, and now my family here is settling down and everyone in my family thinks it is the right decision to come to south korea for a new life. no regrets? no regrets at all. do you fear for your safety and your life? no, not at all. thank you. keep in touch. i will do. before defecting, only six months ago, he lived in the very suburban north korean embassy in london. he played tennis at the local tennis club. he escorted kimjong—un‘s brother to an eric clapton concert. he was the public face of despotic north korea. socialism is reality. if you read our papers and magazines and photos, you can see how socialism is carried on and put into practice. but now he has turned utterly. in south korea, he performed a ritual signifying the desire for the two halves of korea to unite. kimjong—un is building a nuclear arsenal which the defector thinks may take only a year to be effective. north korea is onl

behind me as a satellite image of the korean peninsula. it shows a startling contrast between north and south. korea is alive with light, north korea is shrouded in darkness. more than 24 million people live under the tyranny of comrades in -- of communism in the cam regime. in recent years, free societies have focused attention on the plight of korean people, but more must be done. since 2014, the bush institute consensusbuilding meetings, commissioning additional research and understanding one of the worst human tragedies of our time. the result has been a call for action for governments, the private sector, and societies to work together in a bipartisan way to improve the human condition in north korea. believe this includes advocating for a new u.s. policy that integrates the cry for human freedom with denuclearization. we also believe that means supporting

diplomats tay yong—ho vanished from the north korean embassy in august.n he appeared again, now in the south korean capital. i would like to save to the people in england i am very happy and now my family is here settling down and everyone in my family thinks it is the right decision to come to south korea for a new life? no regrets as? no regrets. do you fear fuel safety? not at all. before defecting he lived in the suburban north korean embassy in london and played tennis at the local club. he accompanied kim jong—un's brother to an eric clapton concert. he was the public face of despotic north korea. if you read our papers and magazines and photos you can see how socialism is carried on and put into practice. now he has turned utterly. today he performed a ritual. signifying the desire for the two halves of career to unite. north korean leader kim jong—un wants to rule a fully fledged nuclear power. but experts doubt his test warheads are yet ready. but the defector thinks it might only be a year before the posts are borne out and north korea has relia

another brother volunteered for the marines and fought in the korean war. as a kid, my older brothers were my heroes and i could not wait until i was old enough to follow in their footsteps. when the vietnam war started heating up in the 1960's, i felt that was my opportunity to prove myself, to go off to war and come back and be able to stand with my brothers and drink beer with them as an equal. most people who have experienced combat would say it is not what you imagined it would be like. the number is a different world, it was a separate universe with its own heroes and villains. it had its own vocabulary. after serving a year in vietnam, they called the jetliner that would take them home, you refer to it as the freedom bird, because they felt they had been locked up for a year. they referred to america as their home. in counterpoint, vietnam was such a strange place that was not of this planet. gravity did not exist in vietnam. you stayed on the ground because the whole country sucked. [laughter] >> again, because of my older brothers, because of my mo

another brother volunteered for the marines and fought in the korean war. as a kid my older brother and was old enough to follow in their footsteps. the vietnam war started heating up in the mid 60s and i kind of felt that was my opportunity to prove myself and go off to war and come back and be able to stand with my brothers and drink beer with them as an equal. i think most people tell you it's not what you imagined it would be like. vietnam was a different world. it was a special universe with it's own rules and had it's own vocabulary after serving a year in vietnam. they called the jet liner. they referred to it as the freedom burn because they felt they had been locked up for a year. they referred to america, their home as the world. and such a strange place not of this planet. they also said that gravity didn't exist in vietnam. stayed on the ground because the whole country sucked. but because of my older brothers. because my mom and dad who came from the family in japan were born in america. and one of the things i'm most proud of having lost every

korean air lines has dropped its jihn.or han the korean line owner group had struggled to raise the fundshyundai merchant and msc and the korean private equity fund. the woman at the center of the korean undue influence scandal has been ordered to appear in parliament. they began a second day of hearings. says she park geun-hye is prepared to resign in april over the scandal. she met with the ruling party and agree to accept the outcome of an impeachment vote in parliament on friday. monetary authorities in myanmar are bracing for a slide in asia's worst-performing currency , falling 10% against the dollar in the past six months. an official has told bloomberg the central bank had little scope to outer what he called a rough drop, set to worsen if the fed hikes next week. myanmar's economy is set for the world's fastest expansion in 2016. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. haidi: this is "bloomberg is "bloomberg markets: asia". i am haidi lun. rishaad: do we still have gains in place? juliette: we su

to complete the caption of the north korean border. and it brought american forces up close to the border with china. and this is where they were serious misinterpretation. they said that south korean troops came up against the border with china no big deal but if american troops come close to the border with china that will be a big deal and china will have to intervene. there were strong voices muslim month of republicans who said the united states ought to reopen the chinese civil war and there are people like macarthur who said exactly that. macarthur is the american commander in korea so macarthur is sending american troops against china's border. the chinese warned and macarthur didn't believe it. harry truman flew all the way from washington to wake island 14,000 miles meet with macarthur who didn't have the the -- fly to washington to greet the president. he wouldn't even come happily to san francisco. he said sorry wake island is as far as i can go but truman was willing to humor a carter because at that point macarthur was te

gdpaverage line of korean is a stunning 7% through the korean miracle.recent rollover we have seen. some of this tension comes over to the north with north korea. let me ask you how president trump will deal with south korea and the turmoil there, but particularly, does mr. trump understand the dynamics of north korea within the northern asian sphere? that is oneght now, of the countries that he hasn't really commented on. i know it was mentioned during the campaign but ultimately, from south korea's point of view, their biggest fear in the north korean context is -- will the u.s. pullout troops of the region? that is the most important. active u.s. in trench met on both a trade level and a defense level from the regent then that upped the stakes. that might embolden north korea to advance its intentions. it remains to be seen. us, geoffrey yu is with ra ased sara -- davide ser well. we have the chief executive officer of mgm. and the future of mgm. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: we're thrilled you are with us on a friday. what a couple of weeks it has franci

go to jason strother, who joins us from the south korean capital. i understand there is official reaction coming in about the impeachment. we heard from president park herself. jason: right. she expressed regret over causing all this chaos, as she said. it was not an admission of guilt, by any y means. she has been accused of pressure in some of south korea's largest companies to give tens of millions of dollars to a close friend who embezzled much of those funds. but she says she is stepping down and peacefully handing that will peacefully wait for the constitutional court to make its ruling on whether or not the impeachment was valid. said, where dong things go here for south korea. -- n co jason: the prime minister has speech ofacceptance his new powers. he will be acting as the interim president while the court decides whether or not to keep the impeachment in place. he says that people's voices have been heard and now his government will try to satisfy those needs. will most likely find some sort of power-sharing agreement with the national ass

mobilized a lot of ordinary south koreans. if the motion does go ahead will beday, she suspended from her duties as president and the prime minister will take over. it will go to a constitutional court and after 180 days they can decide. 60 days in which to call an independent. most likely will be a lot shorter. rishaad: nice one. rather exuberant protesters there. inflation in china supposed to edge up and feed into higher prices around the world. our china correspondent joins us now. what is the latest reading and what is expected? price index is what to focus on, that will come versus an november, rise of 1.2 percent in october. if it comes through as expected, that will crystallize the moves we are seeing into an inflationary cycle. i deflationary cycle stretched to 2011 andback only really started to end in september of this year. that is what we are looking for, oil prices and deal prices feeding into those higher ppi numbers. consumer prices, those are expected to be kicked off in listed by consumer demand. bullish.dema

korean vw sales were down 33% for the first half of 2016. volkswagen is currently facing legal action in several countries over the dieselgate affair. laura: business headlines. greeks have staged another day of strikes and protests against austerity measures. thousands of people marched through athens while public transport, schools, and rail services were disrupted. earlier this week, international creditors said they were open to the sort of debt relief but greek government has to cut funding. foreclosures and job losses are in store for the sears group and its kmart branch. u.s. retail giant has said it had fallen short in its efforts to bring back shoppers as it reported $750 million of losses for the third quarter. shares in this year's group have lost nearly half their value this year. 140 kmart and 30 sears locations have already been shuttered in 2016. the chinese investment fund has dropped its bid for a german maker.uipment the german government had also expressed concerns about the aixtron.of we stay in china now. has claimed rar

the south korean president will face an impeachment vote on friday in connection with the scandal.she's been charged with coercion and attempted fraud. hsbc sparked controversy over its support for lgbt writes. part of a campaign called celebrate pride and unity, they gave a rainbow colored makeover to the two lions that guard its hong kong office. anti-gay rights groups have launched a petition against the artwork saying it was against the traditional family values. strong praise from some who say it is helping raise awareness of the need for equal rights. they do look rather festive. >> standing out in the gray of the banking sector in general. thank you, kate moody. ço#qÑ 12/06/16 12/06/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> when donald trump talks about makiking the country g great ag, for many people, it was not that great and quite the opposite. amy: today, a democracy now! special. noam chomsky, harry belafonte, patti smith, danny glover, and juan gonzalez and more gathering at the historic riverside church in new york c

we have a low pressure system coming out of shanghai moving to the korean penalize. it's expected to spread over japan on thursday. central japan looking at rain late thursday into friday. and then by the time we go into the weekend might see a little bit of a dry weather pattern. some storms up towarards northe japan be on the look out for that. to the south we havee a tropica depression east of the philippines, expected to continue to move slowly towards the islands there but we'll have to watch and see if it intensifies. manila is looking dry with aa high of 31. rain in tokyo and beijing looking at partly cloudy skies with a high of 6. quick look what's happening down towawards australia northwest o western territory. we still have a tropicall low that seems to be gathering a little bit of itself together. as we go forward in time it'ss likely to become a named storm possiblyly up to a category t t statusyy thehe time we go into the weekend and potentially moving back down the south and east. western australia we have one wave of moisture coming in for you. then t

korean political uncertainty, -- and to a certain extent the renminbi.ad: that's what we have at the moment. thank you for that. we didn't get to the preferences thai bhat and the philippine peso. heading closer to that seven handle. sophie: up next, new zealand confirms its new prime minister as john key steps down. we will look at what is expected from a building this government. this is bloomberg. ♪ sophie: new zealand has a new prime minister, bill english was elected unopposed as the leader of the governing national party. rishaad: he was endorsed by outgoing minister john key. hound different is a bill english government going to be if different at all? over not particularly different is the answer. bill english is the continuity candidate, the finance minister under john key and was anointed by john key as well. such overwhelming numbers that the other two contenders dropped out. much changet expect apart from a reshuffled cabinet before christmas. stephen joyce will be the likely new finance minister. at the press conference after he was voted th

in the past, south koreans ate in groups. today, more people want to dine alone. this restaurant opened in july in a district where many single people live. one popular dish is pork rind soup, it's usually served in a hotpot for two or three people. but here, there are single portions too. there are other perks for single diners, such a as counter seats with smartphone holders and battery chargers. >> translator: eating out alone took some getting used to, but once i tried it, i enjoyed it. >> translator: more people are dining out alone. we plan to franchise to grow our business. our target is to open 100 stores by next year. and our ultimate goal is to have 500. >> reporter: businesses are struggling with a slowdown in consnsumer spepending. but catering to the singles generation could provide a needed spark. kim chan-ju, nhk world, seoul. >>> the 2011 nuclear disaster in fukushima forced many people to leave their homes. precious belongings, they had to abandon have been steadily deteriorating, but a local craftsman is trying to help. he's been restoring their

adding, korean air sincerely appreciates mr. marx's help in restraining the unruly passenger.or his participation. back in l.a., marx taking to twitter, saying he not a hero, adding, i just did what i hope anyone would do in the same situation. >>> airport police in south korea tell nbc news they released the passenger but say local police will continue to investigate. also upsetting, i've been singing richard marx songs all morning and recounting stories of me loving him when i was young and all of our young producers have no idea who he is. that breaks my heart. all right, that wraps us up for the hour of msnbc live. i'm stephanie rhule. find me any time on twitter. my friend chris jansing is here with more news. she fortunately does remember richard marx fondly. >> very fondly and these young folks, they know him now, don't they. they're not going to be able to get right here waiting out of their head, just like you and me. >> it's an epic song. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> that manhunt in berlin, federal police conducting an intense search for the person or people behind t

in the end there were fairly light sanctions issued against the north koreans. clearly, if he does that now the russians won't feel it. there are sanctions for their annex sation of crimea, many other things. so he doesn't have a whole lot of options and that's part of the difficulty. he could do sanctions, something that embarrasses put be with his financial ties with. oligarchs. pete: he said he wanted to wait until this report from the intelligence community is done. what's that going to tell him he doesn't know already? >> i suspect he's going to have to act before the intelligence report is done. he's asked for it before he leaves offices, just 34 days away. this is going to be a rapidly done report. his best hope, most in the white house say is declassifying enough of this material that it leaves a paper record that can't be ignored by congress or even by the president-elect, by president-elect trump. the second is that it might create a commission that would begin to look at how we missed so many signals. this was a pretty big failure -- failure of intell

fighting for the united states in the korean war. finally returns to sky harbor airport. i'm steve krafft. i will have that story. >> and thousands of students in the west valley trying to saturday world record. what are they trying to break? what record are they trying to the remains of an army private who died in combat during the the remains of an army private >>> army private who died in combat returned home. >> daniel hunt won three purple hearts. his family has been waiting for this day for over 60 years. our steve krafft was at sky harbor for an emotional ceremony. he has the story tonight. >> back in private first class daniel hunt died in a fierce firefight during the korean war. for 65 years his family waited for him to come home. today he did. delta airlines flight. on a- >> from what i have been told the korean government was looking for their own people, their own soldiers and they discovered the bones and they were able to return them to >> daniel hunt was one of 17 children from a small town in michigan. some relatives relocated to arizona. dna and his rema

the north koreans in this effort.t's unlikely to settle the region. he could order military action, but nobody knows how kim jong un might react to that. >> barbara, we know kim jong un wants to complete the nuclear weapons development program by the end of 2017. how are u.s. officials assessing the likelihood of the north koreans accomplishing that? >> he has a couple of technical hurdles he still has to get over. one of them is called reentry. what it means is he has got the missile. he is pretty close to having a warhead. he can launch all of that. but after you launch that, that missile has to come back down into the earth's atmosphere, reenter. so it can strike a target. his people have not, by all accounts, mastered that yet. this is what the u.s. intelligence community is watching very closely, where does -- is that point at which north korea crosses the line, has a working weapon, and what do you do about it. jake. >> barbara starr at the pentagon. thank you very much. >>> still ahead. a 96-year-old world war

that may start with the south korean won.icymakers came and said, we are looking at the potential impact of yields. we might step it with something bold if things get a bit hard to manage, if you will. story is theket chinese renminbi. we see some weakness here. the other one is the aussie dollar, -- like i said, just about everything will currency on the planet today. the follows they shocking gdp report coming in below estimates , the most bearish forecast out there. equity markets have been a story all year. good news for the markets. that is a remarkable performance. let's cross back to the set a transformation story as the economy tries to wean itself off oil. that's what the government has in pushing. ntp is part of that story. what is being affected dramatically is the corporate sector. lower past, they have had oil prices. but let's look at how this is playing out. we talked with sheila patel about saudi arabia and this german addict a turnaround story in the second half of the year. now the corporate sector is under

. >>> a south korean independent council launched a full-scale probe into alleged influence peddling including president park geun-hye and longtime confidant. park young-soo opened an office in seoul and begun work. park's team has raided several places including the office of the government-affiliated national pension service. the service is a major shareholder in a samsung group company. it approved the firm's merger with another samsung affiliate last year. investigators suspect samsung sought cooperation on the merger from the presidential office and return made huge donations to funds controlled by the president's friend, choi soon-sil. if so, president park could be charged with illegally solicited benefits for a third party. the team also revealed it obtained a court warrant to detain soo's daughter for questioning. the daughter who's believed to be in germany is suspected of getting a spot in university through improper means. >>> in south korea's ongoing political scandal there's a battle going on, the media's struggle for the eyes and ears of the country's citizens. so far,