and the north korean peninsula. north korea with kim jong il will remain just as stable in its leadership. kim's successors, his son, jim jong-un would pick a brighter path for its people faded with last week's failed missile launch. denuclearization of the north korean peninsula remains a goal theist and six party partners strive for. however, given north korea's erratic behavior recently, over the course of the past several years, the goal of denuclearization seems further away than ever before. i commend the administration for halting assistance to the north and encourage the president and secretary of state to stand firm against any other further destabilizing actions. furthermore, if north korea proceeds with testing a nuclear weapon, as likely if prior behavior is any indicator, all members of the six party talks must condemn this behavior. the future of north korea is bleak and as the people of north korea that would bear the unimaginable hardship of kim jong-un's tierney. it is my belief north korea will nev

korea today, even though north koreans can only all other north koreans. it means information can flow from one part of north korea where you cannot move around easily, to another part. the more information we can pour into north korea, it can seep in. china is richer than it used to be so it's the example that north korea really is fall beg hind because it's trying to prop up a military that's gobbling up more than a quarter of its weak gdp. $27 billion gross domestic product. more than $5 billion is now coming in from china. china is the number one patron. we've got to expose this and get information flowing in. we do need our south korean ally. there's an election coming up this december in south korea. >> i want to flag the fact the north korean human rights act has been a major contribution from the u.s. congress. the strong support for funding for information flows, you know, targeted at north korea. we still need to work very hard on highlighting china's really terrible policy of repatriation of north korean refugees. i know you've been doing a lot

north vietnam. but ho does some very typical way that the communists did this when they first take over a place. you suppress all the groups in the country that aren't aligned with you. you begin the traditional communist practice of murdering any real opponents and also any ones that you imagine to be opponents. and they killed 100,000 people all in the name of land reform which is actually pretty mild numbers for communist land reform. now, the communists at the same time they're doing this, they never abandon the struggle against south vietnam because, you know, again, this is the first step. you've got north vietnam, yes, but you haven't gotten -- the communists have not gotten what they really want. one of the primary ways they carry out their war during this period against south vietnam and something that becomes a primary tenet of the way they fight south vietnam all through the course of this is through something they call the extermination of traders campaign. this is basically you kill any

this is the first time north korean officials have admitted such a failure. >> the north koreans launched a rocket in 1998 and 2006 that were said to carry satellites. but leaders of many other nations believed those were actually missile tests and analysts failed to confirm the existence of any satellites. japanese government officials said the missile flew for more than a minute. they say it may have reached up to 120 kilometers into the air. and it appears to have split into about ten pieces. they fell into the yellow sea west of the korean peninsula. the government's top spokesperson condemned the attempt as a violation of u.n. security council resolutions. >> translator: even though the launch of the missile failed, it means north korea went ahead with it despite objections by japan and other countries. we cannot help but call this a serious provocation to the security of japan and in violation of u.n. security council resolutions 1695, 1718 and 1874. this is a deplorable act, and we've launched a strong protest through diplomatic channels. >> nhk reporter is in pyongyang and he'll b

but for the north, the real war for north vietnam is still in south vietnam. and the communists during this period in the early '70s will intensify their guerrilla activity, particularly in rural areas, the southern part of the country that's heavily populated. and again, they're still looking to build their forces, to destroy south vietnam. and so, again, build forces. defeat their pacification efforts, defeat the pacification efforts of the americans, expand their base areas. here's what they're trying to do. but the communists have their problems here as well. this war has gone on a very long time. the protracted nature has an effect on us, but it also has an effect on the communists as well. and their cadres are getting tired. people are beginning to lose support particularly in the south, the communists fighting there. and it's increasingly difficult for the north vietnamese to recruit supporters in the south. land reform is happening in south vietnam is hurting their recruitment. the pacification programs are hurting them, and they begin to lose control

for the people of north korea. was the thinking from within the white house, and again i'm talking to my sources here within the white house that say they're working on reaction to this and we're hoping to get something very soon. >> thank you, crystal walker. we appreciate that, as soon as that white house statement comes we'll take you right back to washington for that. we would like to bring in bob windrom who has been following the latest developments and joins us now. >> what we have been told by u.s. national security officials is that shortly after launch, the rocket carrying the north korean satellite broke up and in fact it was a break up that started with the initial stage. this is a three stage rocket spop this is a major failure for north korea. this is probably the best possible outcome for the united states because it shows that north korea's capabilitys are limited. it also shows that they're arrogance and trying to move this forward will now be down against them in international quarters, and essent

the north koreans out. if the north korean regime decided to move in the direction of reform, and it's true we don't have much evidence that they've decided to, but the fact of the matter is they don't have the technical specialists to be able to do it even if they wanted to do it. so we really need to find ways to to expose north koreans to long range educational opportunities that will socialize them to western ways of thinking as a way of inducing an internal change in north korea. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you to all of our pa panelists for their excellent testimony. excuse me? oh, dr. cronin, i apologize. i think we would like to hear from you. >> i appreciate that. thank you for this invitation on these timely proceedings. it is my judgment that the regime in pyongyang indeed remains armed, dangerous and prone to miscalculation. the moment we think we know the next movement of kim jong un is the moment we're surprised yet again i want to focus on strategy in the interest of time. my mai

>> i don't think north korea -- this failure will affect north korea's game plan too much. they will continue to play the game as planned. i think north korea will say this. it was a peaceful satellite launch, and we are still perfectly willing to abide by the february agreement with the u.s., in which we'll freeze the nuclear test missile test and the operation of the uranium enrichment program while the united states, you decide to provide us with 240,000 tons of humanitarian food aid. however, they would say, if you keep saying it was a missile test and put pressure on us, we would have to walk away from this february agreement. we would have to do the same and walk away from the february agreement, which might mean -- which would mean that north korea will have to conduct another nuclear test and start reprocessing uranium again. they would say, what would you like to do? >> we've had this announcement from the national media saying that admitting all this will be expecting more information to come out of the country? >> certainly. the message will be that, well, the sa

, north korea, and china. and although there has been an armistice. this armistice has been broken many times. so we have seen acts of provocation from the north koreans, especially in 2010 when they killed 50 south koreans in two horrific incidents. we can expect more of this to occur, especially if kim jong un the new leader needs successes to brag about. obviously this missile launch, although they will brag about it to the people, he will not be able to brag about it with his own regime. that's what counts. >> shepard: our reporting at the time of that last nuclear detective ton nation about which you were just speaking, our reporting at the time was that in advance it had been planned. we'll launch the rocket. we'll tell our people everything went fine. the rest of the world will report that it didn't. we'll do a nuclear detective ton nation. is it your sense that this nuclear detective ton nation has already been planned? do you have a sense for how soon such a thing might happen with history as your gui

north korea. i would greatly appreciate that. thank you. mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. reyes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you both for being here this morning. always good to see you. i guess one concern that i have and others have had as well has been whether or not there's any intention of drawing down further the presence of u.s. troops in theater. is there any plan or are there any contingency plans to do that in light of all of the issues including sequestration that would play into that kind of scenario? >> congressman reyes, there are no plans that i am aware of that draws down any forces on the peninsula. we are staying at 28,500. there may be adjustments inside those capabilities, but it is those adjustments would be to improve our overall force posture. there are no plans that i am aware of. >> and in terms of the agreement that we have with the particularly for the stability of the korean peninsula with the south koreans, are there any concerns and i apologize for not having bee

on within the north. has been marginalized for many many years and and are fighting the khartoum government to show their dissatisfaction ok i often go to you also on one of your stomach for a war between the two countries right now or is it just among elites. well no i think the two leaders in the north. in the south. have actually shown that they lack leadership they are bitter enemies. they have fought a war protracted period of time that the south has now broken away and has actually had its own independence but there are some deep seated issues which are cultural which which which to do with trust issues which are really not resolved not to mention the land issue how it looks like to me that the civil war is still continuing we do see a different form of it and just a took a break well well the other took a break on the thought that they were fighting the war through a pop proxy war through some of the rebel movements existing in both parts of the country but more so fundamentally i think the interna

hiroki with us for details on north korea. he's an expert on north korean issues. we'll have you join us again later. thanks very much for your update. >>> now let's take a look at the three-day forecast. well, actually, before we go to the three-day forecast, let's bring you up to date on what's happening currently. earlier the south korean defense ministry said that the launch occurred at 7:39 a.m., but u.s. officials, japan and south korea, are saying that the launch failed. and debris fell into the ocean. just 90 seconds after the launch. so these countries, japan, u.s. and south korea, these hree cous are saying that the launch failed. the japanese government says north korean officials tried to launch a missile within the last few hours but the launch appears to have failed. the launch appears to have failed. at a news conference in tokyo, the defense minister indicated that the north korean launch may have failed. [ speaking >> at a separate news conference, government officials told supporters that the projectile was headed south. they indicate it may have

also if north korea, i mean, the united states refuses to talk to the north koreans when they, you know, propose talks, north korea might decide to go ahead and conduct another nuclear test. >> all right. there from japan's national graduate institute for policy studies. >>> now, onto other stories we're covering. the taliban launched what they call a spring offensive against targets in kabul and other places across afghanistan on sunday. explosions and gunfire shook the capital the following morning as afghan. led forces overpowered the insurge insurgents. nhk has more from kabul. >> reporter: taliban militants simultaneously attacked the parliament building, nato headquarters and several foreign embassies on sunday with rockets and cans. officials with afghan's interior ministry said they moved on targets in provinces of nagrahara and logar. on the following guy, fire fights and explosions broke the silence around parliaments. as darkness turned to dawn. the u.s., german and british embassies and afghan government buildings took direct fire. the japanese embassy was also hit. interior

how did the north koreans do this? they felt comfortable enough to invite the world's press in, including our own stan grant, to watch this thing. that is not something they have ever done before. so they must have some confidence that the technology is going to work. that means where did they get that confidence from? who out there -- what country, what other nation, what other rogue players were helping them with this? the key things in this one that people are going to look for is the reliability of the technology, the guidance system, did the trajectory go, did it go where they wanted it to go. so did they get improvements in their trajectory. most importantly, i would think, is the fueling of this rocket. did the fuel burn evenly? did it burn exactly as they wanted to? that's what helps give the boost and the speed and the velocity of this thing to get it into the atmosphere, if you will, exactly where they say they want to get it. but still, you come back to that bottom line. they say it's a rocket to put a satel

no official statement at this point from the north korean authorities, nothing on north korean state television, nothing and north korean state radio. it is strange, because we were all invited here, dozens of journalists brought to north korea to report on this satellite launch. this morning's release have all been assembled here in the hotel that we are staying in. everyone trying to desperately confirm anything. all we know is what has come out from across the border in south korea in seoul, from washington, from tokyo, saying that at 7:39 p.m. the launch -- at 79 a.m. the rocket -- at 7:39 a.m., the rocket launched off. we were taken to mission control a few days ago. north korea has been open and wanted to show the world this, but no statement this morning at all here. >> why do you think that is? could that be a suggestion that has failed, the fact that they are being so secretive about this? gatax is very unusual for north korea to be right -- writing off the way as this week. it is usually very controlled, and the authoritarian rulers here are very careful about the informati

>> well, north korea's launching more or less the same missile launched in 2009 so north korea is using the proven technology. but then the missile flew more than 3,000 kilometers. however, in the past three taepodong flight tests, north korea has never succeeded in launching what they call a satellite. so the missile launch is likely to succeed, but what they call a satellite might not be put into orbit. anyway, this is their fourth attempt. so we'll wait and see what happens. >>> china's ruling communist party has suspended a bo xilai, a senior member who used to be party member in chongqing and destined for better things. the xinhua news agency reports the party suspended bo on his political bureau. members suspect he was involved in serious violations of discipline. bo was a notable member of a faction of the children leaders. a former close aide temporarily fled to the u.s. consulate in february to seek asylum. party leaders there dismiss bo as chongqing party chief. they said banishing him effectively ends his career. his wife is being investigated for the murder of a british citi

everything seems ready to go on a launch pad in north korea. government leaders in japan and elsewhere say this is a test of technology for a ballistic missile. officials with north korea's space agency say the launch window is now through monday. the ground crew started fuelling up on wednesday. japan's self-defense forces are ready to shoot down anything in japan territory. land-based radar units and destroyers are equipped with radar and interceptor missiles. two of them are patrolling in the east china sea around okinawa. a third is in the sea of japan. pac 3 surface to air missiles are set up in okinawa prefecture. others are in the tokeo area just in case. pong sang is one of the closest areas where debris is expected to fall. anna? >> reporter: experts calculate the first booster will drop into the sea behind these islands. the south korean government has taken steps to reinforce safety measures. aircraft and ships have been urged to avoid the area from thursday to monday where debris from the rocket is expected to fall. town officials u

but ideally also north north's comes to an end at least to some form of cease fire and that we find an agreement for the oil because if we don't do so certainly both countries are on the pass to self-destruction i what do you think about that i mean i go ahead jump in because you know both sides have made it very clear at least publicly they want to talk to each other that's not a good beginning go ahead my friend well i still think that the south salva kiir is only got a diplomatic to play he can't fight the north militarily because he's not strong enough you understand that very well and i hope he does and the north has way too many military machine and military might to compete with them and besides this. south is trying to build its own economy which is fall intensive purposes is not really working at the moment the hyperinflation the a lot of communities don't have access to. health care education not to mention a lot of the roads a latch right anyway so so you have a lot of problems with infrastructure so you've got to really focus on that i think is the massive destruction an

the north koreans have announced they will launch a missile. we are working very closely with allies and other partners in the region to try to discourage north korea from launching this missile as they intended, but we believe that this reflects their lack of desire to follow through on their commitments, their international commitments, and so we have been forced to suspend our activities to provide nutritional assistance to north korea largely because we have now no confidence the monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the food assistance goes to the starving people and not the regime elite, that these monitoring mechanisms we have no confidence that they would actually abide by the understandings. >> so we have suspended the nutritional -- >> yes, we have, sir. >> general thurman, readiness is one of your top priorities, assess you've stated, the president's new strategic guidance shifts the focus to asia. today we haven't seen an increase in resources to reflect the pivot. we understand that each of our contingency plans is under review to a

i mean how much of a threat is north korea as a nuclear. but i think those are two separate questions in some sense whether north korea is a threat and what their technological prowess is in many respects north korea is technologically quite advanced and has been for many years for many decades its major problem of course is money it costs paf a billion dollars to launch one of these rockets and that's a lot of money in north korea they don't have a lot of money to continually test these things so failure frankly is more likely than success that doesn't necessarily for a reflect badly on the science scientists or the scientific community it just means they don't have a lot of money on the side of threat does north korea really represent a threat well frankly it doesn't have much in the way of a military at this point of course has a very large army but we're talking about a military that is declined rather precipitously relative to the south korean military and certainly relatively to the u.s. military the nuclear program was in some sense

>> i don't think north korea -- this failure will affect north korea's game plan too much. they will continue to play the game as planned. i think north korea will say this. it was a peaceful satellite launch, and we are still perfectly willing to abide by the february agreement with the u.s., in which we'll freeze the nuclear test missile test and the operation of the uranium enrichment program while the united states, you decide to provide us with 240,000 tons of humanitarian food aid. however, they would say, if you keep saying it was a missile test and put pressure on us, we would have to walk away from this february agreement. we would have to do the same and walk away from the february agreement, which might mean -- which would mean that north korea will have to conduct another nuclear test and start reprocessing uranium again. they would say, what would you like to do? >> we've had this announcement from the national media saying that admitting all this will be expecting more information to come out of the country? >> certainly. the message will be that, well, the sa

and also if the united states refuses to talk to the north koreans when they propose talks, north korea might decide to go ahead and conduct another nuclear test. >>> the taliban launched what they called a spring offensive against targets in various places across the country on sunday. explosions and gunfire shook the capital the following morning as after again led forces overpower the insurgents. nhk world's sah shalah has more from kabul. >> reporter: taliban militants simultaneously attacked the parliament building, nato headquarters and several foreign embassies on sunday with rockets and guns. officials with afghans senior military state the taliban moved on the provinces. on the following day, fire fights and explosions broke the silence around parliament, as darkness turned to dawn. the u.s., german and british embassies, and afghan government buildings took direct fire. the japanese embassy was also hit. interior minister said on monday that 36 insurgents were killed during the attack in kabul, and three other cities. he said another insurgents were arrested in kandahar provin

how dangerous is north korea? we'll go there live. we'll also talk to a man who knows a lot about that secretive country, former u.n. ambassador, bill richardson. >>> plus, george zimmerman in court, the man who shot 17-year-old trayvon martin. he spoke a few words and answered the judge's questions today. we're also getting new information tonight from the affidavit of probable cause in the case. it says zimmerman, and i quote, profiled trayvon martin and disregarded the police dispatcher's request that he wait for officers to arrive. a prime-time exclusive tonight with his new attorney, mark o'mara in just a moment. >>> but we begin with our breaking news, north korea's failed missile launch. i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon and dan lothian at the white house. barbara, a very dramatic few hours here. obviously, we knew this launch was coming. it seems to have been a spectacular failure. what can you tell me about it? >> piers, a senior u.s. official just saying those very words to me. an unpreced

>>> eyes on north korea. u.n. delegates try to find common ground as leaders in pyongyang ignore warning after warning. members of the u.n. security council are still figuring out how to respond what's happens in north korea. leaders in pyongyang say they intend to follow through on their promise to launch a rocket on thursday at the earliest. they say it will carry a satellite into space, but representatives of other countries stay they're testing a missile and have demanded the u.n. respond. the u.s. ambassador currently holds the rotating security council chair. susan rice says members agree the launch would be a provocation. >> we think that as a consequence of that, should it occur, the council will need to convene and to respond credibly. >> the north launched a long-range rocket in 2009. the security council adopted a president's statement condemning the act rather than a resolution, which would have been stronger. china holds veto power. u.n. sources say that a chinese representative is likely to oppose an

traditionally north korea's closest ally. ambassador rice noted that last week's launch attempt caused grave concern in the region. widad franco, nhk world, new york. >>> china says the presidential statement reflects a basic understanding shared by the international community. china is north korea's closest ally and has been reluctant to condemn it. the foreign ministry spokesperson said dialogue is the only way to resolve issues. he said the agreement between the u.s. and north korea is important for a nuclear free korean peninsula and for peace and stability. the pact was reached in february. the chinese government has implemented its call to implement the agreement, stipulates the north suspend its uranium enrichment program in exchange for food aid from the u.s. japan's ambassador to the u.n. praised the statement. he told reporters the statement takes into consideration the position that japan has been maintaining. >> translator: the japanese government supports the statement. we will continue to work closely with relev

and also the cooperation with north korea. between north korea and iran.ts are expecting that north korea will indeed conduct a third nuclear test, especially since the young general lost face with this fizzled mitchell missile launch. do you anticipate that any future test will be plutonium-based or will it be triggered by highly enriched uranium, demonstrating an alternative nuclear weapon for pyongyang. and what should the u.s. response be to such a test? following that, china's influences. as we read in the press reports, china likely provided that mobile long-range missile launcher, which north korea put on display. this would honestly be in violation of u.n. security council resolution 1874. and china is a permanent member of the security council who is obligated to uphold sanctions. how involved is the people's liberation army in the development, in the supply of weapons, to the north korean military? and do we suspect chinese technical support for the development of north korea missile technology? lastly, cooperation with iran. japanese media had r

we will help feed the north korean people if the north korean government will agree to not test any more missiles. before. launch today, the white house press secretary told reporters that if north korea were to go ahead with this missile launch, that would constitute a significant and clear demonstration of bad faith and would leave the u.s. unable to move forward with that program. meaning that food aid program. he said it would make going ahead with that program, quote, virtually impossible. also today, before the launch, the u.s. secretary of state met with the other nations in the g-8. france, germany, uk, japan, italy, and russia. secretary clinton emerged from that meeting with this message. >> if pyongyang goes further we will be. >> attempting to launch a lock-range rocket against the demands of the united states and many american allies. u.s. officials tell nbc news that the launch failed. the rocket, which was said to be carrying a communications satellite, did not reach orbit. it crashed into the sea. and now for the rest of the world, the question that changes every time the

the north was aligned with russia. kim il-sung emerged in north korea. he, over several years, he modeled his state after stalin's state. in 1951. it made some real progress. there was a counterattack. the united nation sources. and the same line was returned. north korea remained aligned with russia. it became increasingly isolated and cruel as time went by. kim ill-sung had a grassroots support. when he died in 1984, people wept. his son, the first hereditary dictator in a communist state, kim jong-il, was less popular. but he was shrewd and cruel. the camps became increasingly important. the population grew. there are indications with this third kim family leader, jim jong-un, who is 28, 29 years old, and is about the same age as the hero of my book, he -- it's unclear how popular he will be or if he is in control. >> we will come back to your hero of the book. i will show you some video from our first interview in 1990, when i asked you why you like to travel. >> i read and i got interested and i remember, as a kid in college, i dind't believe they e

this. -- why north korea keeps doing this. to threaten countries like the u.s.. >> let's take a closer look at the international reaction to the north korean move. the white house says despite the failure, north korea's provocative action threatens regional security and violates international law. south korea has also condemned the rocket launch as a provocation. the foreign minister says it is a clear breach of the u.n. resolution. japan says the launch came despite repeated calls by tokyo for restraint. government spokesman says it represents the threats to the security of japan and its people. british foreign secretary william hague says he is deeply concerned by the north korean move. he says the country can expect a strong response from the international community if it continues to develop the missile and nuclear capabilities. over to you for more on this story. >> thank you very much. we're being told that north korea is saying the satellite has failed to enter or bent. that is according to reuters. this is the first ti

the gsdf chemical school is in saitama, north of tokyo. some 40 police officers, firefighters and coast guard members from across the nation took part in the training session. they put on protective gear and masks, detected chemicals using equipment or special equipment and clean contaminated vehicles. japanese authorities learned to prepare for the worst in 1995, members of the aum shinrikyo religious cult released deadly sarin gas in tokyo's subway system during the morning rush hour. 13 people died, 6300 others became sick. >> translator: at the time i watched news coverage of the sarin gas attack on television. if another incident happens, i will use the knowledge and techniques i've acquired during this training session. >> trainers at the gsdf chemical school say their program can help strengthen cooperation between defense forces, police, firefighters and the coast guard. >>> the head of the united nations is urging north korean leaders to think twice about their next move. secretary-general ban ki-moon spoke about the latest intern

many diplomats believe the north's real aim is to test long-range missile technology. >> if north korea goes ahead with the launch it will clearly be in violation of u.n. security council resolutions. >> japanese and u.s. government officials plans to call on north korean leaders to cancel the launch at an upcoming meeting of g-8 foreign ministers. the ministers will meet next week in washington. >>> north korean officials have invited representatives of japan's space agency to attend the launch. the japanese are among experts and journalists invited from around the world. members of the general association of corn residents based in tokyo handed the invitation to officials with the japan aerospace exploration agency. the the north korean committee invited them to visit the launch site. officials with japan science ministry say the space agency may have to decline. they fear accepting may be seen as an approval of the launch. they say the north is inviting outside observers to soften international criticism. >>> a north korean official has reiterated that the launch will be for peaceful

no country in the region has greater power over north korea than china, given north korea's dependence upon china's support for energy and other issues. that's a critical part of it as well. as the chairman mentioned the whole region is very important to our national security strategy, and a big piece of making sure that we make clear to those countries in arab shsi are a pacific power and will maintain a presence in the region, it's a role we play. thank you for your leadership and for all you're doing to represent us well in that part of the world, and i look forward to your testimony. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> dr. lavoy? >> mr. chairman, ranking member smith, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting us here today to discuss the security situation on the korean peninsula. general thurman shortly will provide a detailed assessment of the security landscape on the peninsula, and i'll concentrate on our policy priorities relating to north and south korea. for over 60 years the united states has maintained presence on the korean peninsula to deter aggres

north korea's behavior -- have not changed north korea's behavior. how do we change north korea's behavior? the way to do this is to focus on changing the environment for north korea in a way that influences its strategic options rather than trying to negotiate carrots and sticks directly with north korea as a vehicle by which to do that. change the environment and then talk to them to determine whether we are seeing the type of change that we need to see. and of course, we have seen in the case of burma recently a good example of a situation where the leadership has made it a strategic choice to change, and then the u.s. has found some traction in terms of responding. how do we change the environment? one fundamental challenge that we have faced in the face of north korean provocations has been a failure to hold north korea accountable for its actions. this, i think, is particularly important in the context of a lion score nation. different provocations by no. 3 evoke different levels of response -- by north korea. we saw the case where a convention

korea -- cost north korea $850 million and humiliated the chinese who claim they have the north koreaneadership under control but apparently given the launch that is not the case. >>shepard: humiliating for the new leader there, kim jong-un, in north korea. how could he react? >>reporter: a 2012 was to be the year of prosperity for north korea account lunch was an effort to showcase new leadership under kim jong-un and this morning the state department is saying there could be another rocket launch because of humiliation and failure. experts agree. >> it is humiliating you do not fear. if they fail, they may feel they need to test a nuclear weapon. >> a former intelligence official told fox the administration should expect north korea to push away with a missile launch offer a nuclear test with a compressed timeframe to save face from the launch yesterday. >>shepard: thank you, catherine, from washington, dc. and now, the foreign affairs columnist for ipad publication "the daily," gordon chang is with us. gordon is author of "nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world." they did

upper 40s in the north bay.ooking at rain totals through tomorrow, we'll do this again anywhere from 3/4 of an inch to an inch and a half, one to two inches probably 3/4 upwards today, another 3/4 in the highest elevations this is our front, and behind it we'll just get into the partly cloudy sky today. let's plan out the rest of your day. you will notice by 10, 11:00, east bay and south bay, light showers. elsewhere partly cloudy the next frontal band 3:00 tomorrow morning with another 3/4 of an inch to an inch of rain. by 2:00 things begin to wind down this is the coldest and last system in the series. then we will be looking at drier, warmer, milder conditions saturday into next week maybe a few more clouds wednesday frances what is going on out there? >>> i'm trying to keep track of all the new accidents popping up. there are three overturned accidents now. new one in san jose north 101 past oakland road this is north 101 at 88 though is a little past the scene of the -- at 880 this is a little past the scen

north korea, actually, that doesn't ever make it to people in need in north korea.stance gets diverted to the regime late and it can be sold on the black market. so it's another way of really giving cash, giving support to the jeem. it pocket it is and never delivers the goods. gregg: satellite images on the opposite side of the country appear to show efforts at tunneling to create a space for an underground nuclear device to be tested and it could happen sometime soon, only this time, it may be a uranium bomb instead of plutonium. will they do it in your judgment, and what then? >> it's impossible to know for certain but yes, it looks pretty likely, the way this usually comes out, south korean intelligence starts leaking information to the south korean press. that has happened. it looks like preparations are underway. the uranium bomb is a little scarier of a prospect because it's the simpler design of pru tonium bombs that north korea has tested before with mixed results. our first bomb was a uranium wuks the first one we dropped in combat so you likely have the e

that's nothing new for north korea. neither of its past attempts to launch a satellite have been recognized as successes by the international community either. unlike before, the comminist state has been uncharacteristically honest about its failure. a couple of hours after the launch, a news reader appeared on state television admitting that the satellite never reached orbit and that scientists were trying to find out why. south korea's defense ministry says it exploded in midair just a minute or two after takeoff and broke into around 20 pieces, which fell into the sea off korea's west coast. the fact that north korea went ahead with this launch despite u.n. security council resolutions against it has angered not only south korea, but the u.s. and others. north korea has always said this launch was a peaceful one to put a satellite in space, but others say it's a covert test for ballistic missiles and that north korea could one day use them to deliver nuclear weapons. the question now is what the international communi

the statement says north korea rejects the council's violation of the north's legitimate right to launchatellites. north korea criticized the united states for halting food aid. u.s. officials promised the aid in february. in return, north korean officials agreed to suspend their nuclear and missile programs. their statement says they are no longer bound by the agreement. it also says north korea is also able to take retaliatory steps but does not give any details. political analysts say the measures could include more uranium enrich, a nuclear test or other provocative acts. >>> a senior u.s. state department official says he isn't surprised north korea is abandoning the agreement. he also discussed concerns the country is preparing for a nuclear test. >> we can't preclude anything at this point, but very clearly reminding them of their obligations under existing u.n. security council resolutions and also very clearly conveying the fact that security councils would take appropriate actions. >> toner hinted at the possibility of additional sanctions if the country resorts to further prov