bureau in north korea. it is one of the elite arms of the special operations forces. and it has to do with constructions of facilities. for example, they have miles long facilities that made it difficult during the 2006 war. this goes on today under kim jong-un. is it about ideology? it certainly doesn't hurt. but these are highly profitable activities. this puts cash into the coffers of the elite in support of the military. that is what is really going on. so these are the kinds of things that were stepped up towards the end of the regime that we see going on today. so in 2010 we saw kim jong-un within weeks and all of these positions. but how did they set him up for that? well, he was appointed a vice chair of the central military commission and he was also given security services though it is not a senior position. at the same time, the younger members of the elite were in the key positions. many of these people were no more experienced than kim jong-un. what does kim jong-un mean. by the way, my wife ha

just so you know, north korea's supplies and lot of stuff to north koreans. north korea's supplies a lot of stuff to the syrians, i should say, and has in the past. things such as a chemical weapons facility, artillery, scud missiles. lots and lots of stuff. so very interesting stuff. in the chapter that i write i take a cue from how we all started to how they got to where there today. it originally started in the cold war. when north korea was doing the bidding of ussr. and what the north koreans did in 1990 when they got cut off -- not cut off, but when the u.s.s.r. cut off the facilities. it took those networks they had built on during the cold war era and started using those networks to set up new networks of nations that they could supply arms to. not state actors. let me give you some examples, and i give you specific examples with lots of notes and data to prove it. terrorist organizations have supported or are supporting no including the tigers, one of north korea's best customers right up until the tree like an army drove them into the sea. as the la

north korea's first vice foreign minister met in beijing with his chinese counterpart. he said the north koreans are willing to have dialogue with all sides and attend any kind of meeting including six-party talks. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson ying urged officials to come to the negotiating table. >> translator: we heard all parties concerned will cease opportunity presented by changes on the korean peninsula and start working out conditions for restarting the six-party talks. >> a spokesperson added that a chinese leader will soon meet kim in beijing. >>> senior officials in japan, the u.s. and south korea say leaders in pyongyang should take the first steps towards deknew cle -- met with glen davies and security official, they agreed they need to see action from the leaders before the six-party talks can resume. >> translator: japan, the u.s. and south korea demand concrete actions from north korea if we are to realize a nuclear-free korean peninsula. >> the three diplomats say they'll arrange a meeting of their country's foreign ministers as soon as possible.

handling of countries like north korea and pre invasion. this interview was recorded at the hoover institution on the campus of stanford university. >> watching book tv on c-span2. on location on the hoover institution at stanford university interviewing some scholars and professors. right now we are joined by thomas hendrickson, america and the rogue states is the name of his book. dr. hendrickson, how do you define a rogue state? >> well, it is an easy definition. it is a start definition because we used to think there states that manufacture or try to manufacture. many nuclear weapons, biological weapons, chemical weapons. and also happen to be dictatorships, human-rights violators of international law. so the definition is pretty precise. i think most people understand. when we mention rogue states certain states come to mind easily. we think of north korea. we thought of it the same way before the invasion. and there are other states that have been sort of like wrote the states, close to it, such as cuba which were no longer think

>> north korea has been rewarded for its behavior. it's saying to south korea, killing a number of sailors in recent years, shelled south korea, paid no price for that. so it knows it can act out approximate trade with its wong ally, economic and political ally, until we start, you know, recognizing the rights of the north korean people and encouraging them in their pursuit of their rights, make trouble, you know, wage nonviolent warfare against this government as we did against other communist governments in the cold war, that would be a game changer. until then, these talks are not going to lead anywhere. >> eric: maybe depis rodman achieves more over there. christian, thanks so much. we will see what happens when the talks start with our allies over the next 48 hours and if anything can are be achieved. >> a new round of demonstrations in turkey follows a night of violence. officers fires water cannons on protesters today, after they defied government warnings against new sit-ins in istanbul. last night, police cleared protesters ou

progress is slow, and there is no guarantee north korea will play ball. t another sign that all is not well between the two once unshakable allies. john to lori is a north korean specialist. he joins us via skype. welcome once again to the program. the two nations have fonseka back to the 1930s. -- bonds that go back to the 1930s. what does the state of the chinese-north korean alliance now? i think the turning point was the leadership transition, the death of kim jong-il in late 2011, and the transition from hu jintao to xi jinping. the top leadership of the two countries have not reconnected. we have seen that in the past and the sino-north korean relationship where it can take some time for the leaders to make that high-level connection. it is very important because you have two top-down political systems so that the bilateral has to begin at the top. >> how much influence does china have with the young leader in john thune -- kim jong-un? >> on the one hand, they dominate the north korean economy. there is very little happening in terms of trade with s

north korea has to denuclearize. they will not accept north korea as a nuclear arms state, and that we would work together to cooperation. >> other topics include trade and economic growth -- vital issues for the world's two largest economies. the two presidents also talked about ways of deepening military contacts and cooperation, as the u.s. ships its strategic focus to the pacific and china becomes more assertive in claiming sovereignty over areas of the east and south china seas. altogether, obama and xie spent 8 hours together. the informal of the nature of this meeting was so successful that the two leaders planned a similar get together the next time president obama business china. -- visits china. weatherll have the forecast and a moment. a step towards reconciliation. north and south korea hold face- to-face talks. we will tell you how they went. a wave of new business, a big wave enthusiasts. we will take to the portuguese coast. > seeing balmy nights in queensland, australia. in the southeastern corner of

and north korea but the actor who played. the professor in the film is korea in his mother's north korean and you know the reaction from the south korean government was well they accuse me of being a north korean agent for making the film and he's been accused of being a north korean spy. which is about the worst thing for a south korean because it's reputations in texas. but of course the thing about talking to north koreans you're really not allowed to you know if you go on tours they're very closely supervised you speak to who you're allowed to speak to. and of course if you talk to north korean defectors how can you be sure you know exactly what's being said there's just this complete lack of information about north korea and north korean people and what they really really think. and talk about the threats that you've received because you just mentioned that you know this guy was accused of being a spy but you've actually gone through a pretty hellish couple of years and making. something really really strange i mean i had

north korea itself or minutes just a closed book no one really knows what goes on inside the north korean leadership and and of course that creates the perfect environment for really one side of propaganda so we get is just wisdom propaganda not leaders telling us that there are three pacing the same old line for everyone. and without the balance of north korea are saying here's where we stand here's our history here's what we're about. you know what are we left with to think that the leadership i'm not saying that's not entirely true to some degree but you know north koreans are human beings as well and. you know career sees itself as one korea and it's only a recent split you know so. i think that you know again they called the korean war the forgotten war there's just this complete vacuum of information about north korea other than you know just a tired old you know one sided thing that charted out over and over again and of course part of the axis of evil of course the provocations with these military exercises that were seen over and over again i mean really hyped up who was provokin

outside of north korea, it was sort of looked at as, oh, vice and dennis rodman went to north korea.a crazy story or that's absurd. i think it would probably be the opposite and if you watch our documentary what they were doing is trying to answer criticisms against north korea by being crazy. and, so, no, we have the internet. you know, we have food. we have all these things. >> what did you think of dennis rodman's attempt to end diplomacy after he came back? >> you know, i think that he's, kind of an absurd character. he's been on the real life and we sent him over there to play a basketball game. he's a very good basketball player. so, actually, trying to levee, you know, political questions or economic questions or, you know, it's kind of a cheap shot, i think. he just went over there to play a game. >> ryan, shane, pleasure to have you on. >>> up next, gps's favorite past time, global rankings. which is the safest country in the world? and which has the best education? we have the answers. she got a parking ticket... ♪ and she forgot to pay her credit card bill on time. good th

i've traveled to north korea. if confirmed, mr. chairman, i will make the effort to accelerate the achievement of the denuclearization, not just the theory to actively help bring about a rollback and an elimination of north korea's's nuclear program top priority and i believe that in that effort we stand a much greater chance of being able to address the human rights problems and the country. islamic in the country that can help us achieve change is china. >> i was impressed by my meetings with the chinese as to how sincerely believe they are to have a change about the direction of north korea as it relates to nuclear weapons and opening up their economy has china has opened up its economy. you cannot help but notice tremendous change in china. you see entrepreneurs on the streets, and you see more freedom than has been enjoyed in the past generations and you see a country that is clearly moving in a more aggressive way economically. having said that, as i said in my opening statement, the one-party communist rule country violates b

north korea itself i mean it's just a closed book no one really knows what goes on inside the north korean leadership and and of course that creates the perfect environment for really one side of propaganda so we get is just wisdom propaganda not leaders telling us that there are three pacing and the same old line for everyone. and without the balance of north korea are saying here's where we stand here's our history here's what we're about. you know what are we left with to think that the leadership i'm not saying that's not entirely true to some degree but you know north koreans are human beings as well and. you know career sees itself as one korea and it's only a recent split you know so. i think that you know again they called the korean war the forgotten war there's just this complete vacuum of information about north korea other than you know just the tardo you know one side of things charted out over and over again and of course part of the axis of evil of course the provocations with these military exercises that were seen over and over again i mean really hyped up who was p

obviously, the minister of unification has to sit down with its counterpart from north korea and make tangible progress rather than rhetorical progress so that minister-level talks will guarantee more smooth pathway to normalizing inter-korea. therefore, you want to be more responsible. from a big picture, i think that inter-korea relations would experience so-called stop-and-go phenomenon. in other words, we shouldn't have very optimistic expectations about normalizing inter-korea relations just because north korea proposed a talk. because there are many hurdles left to be resolved. but from my own perspective, i think north korea really wants to change this landscape of tension on the korean peninsula by initiating normalizing with south korea first. they'll send out a good signal, message to the united states so that, you know, north korea will not be any longer perceived as a rogue state. this is the state that tries to re-establish a link with south korea and then bring washington to the negotiating table about denuclearization process. so i think that it is because of cooperativ

if north korea woke up tomorrow morning and decided to invade. i think they would be horrified. south korea is a better source of technology and frankly it's an easier country to deal with. so probably china might sit it out. if on the other hand for whatever reason north korea being perceived by being attack. hi. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. one thing i often thought especially when the balance we had with japan, and now with trade and balance with china regardless of this bond buying. is it possible that the american government is allowing trade imbalance as a type of foreign aid rather than a cash payout for a foreign aid they allow this imbalance. thank you. >> guest: i think the idea that the u.s. government allows an imbalance denies the reality that it's american consumers not the government who chooses to buy whether t-shirt, washing machine, big screen tv, or computers made in china. so unless government is able to somehow influence what it is that the average american buys at walmart, target, and pottery barn. i think the fault here, if there is a fault, lie

officials stress they will continue to pressure north korea with financial sanctions. authorities in pyongyang appear to be toning down the provocations and engijed in missile development. it's worse than first thought. in the ouiger autonomous region, it left 35 people dead. members of the ouiger minority have risen up against the majority in the past. they said riders started stabbing people on wednesday at police stations and a local government building in a construction site. it reports 24 police officers and civilians died. they'd said 11 riders are dead too. it's one of the worst since riots in 2009 in the capital. they said 200 people were killed then. they were angry over economic and social disparity with ethnic chinese and oppression of the religious activities. 16 of the civilians who died in the violence were ouigers. order has been restored, but they restricted foreign media from reporting in the area. military commanders said they are ready for the worst. the troops are on stand by in case anti-government protests turn violent. opponents of mohammad morsi

down the .iver china had hoped that their own market performance would eventually be adopted by north koreat the north koreans have not lived up to their end of the bargain. just behind this border fence, form -- further evidence of the strained relationship. this patch was supposed to be converted into an economic zone. but the only chinese here are curious onlookers. beijing does not want its neighbor to remain a simple curio, they are funding this $300 million multi-lane bridge, meant to increase access. the progress is slow and there is no guarantee that north korea will play ball. another sign that all is not well if the two once unshakable allies. >> foreign ministers are gathering at the united nations in new york. designed to regulate wisdom weres borders, while they overwhelmingly backed by the un general assembly, major exporters like china and russia are far from happy. >> the international trade and convention of weapons is worth $70 billion per year. guns and ammunition, battle tanks, combat tanks and helicopters. they are trading to regulate all of these. governments will have

i want to get in the area of north korea. a lot of us are very concerned, and i know you are, about the developments in korea. they run hot, and it cools off a little bit, that we have a very unstable regime, i believe, there. what role could china play if they chose to do so, with north korea? they have, at times. they have let them go at times. and how important do you think the developments in korea are to our national security? >> senator shelby, thank you. thea, as you all know, president spent a couple of days with the new chinese president in california a few days ago. obviously, north korea was a significant heart of that agenda. i was in singapore about a week ago, sharing a dialogue. exactwith my -- not level, minister of defense level, but senior representatives from the ministry of defense. general dempsey has met with his counterpart. we have a number of tracks we are working with the chinese on. i say that because specifically it will address your point about north korea. there is very little question that the ch

. >>> authorities in laos have allowed 20 north korean defectors to leave for south korea. the government was criticized last month for sending another group of defectors back to the north. members of a south korean human rights organization say the latest group includes children and people with disabilities. the defectors had entered laos from china and they took refuge at the south korean embassy. they traveled to south korea earlier this month. united nations representatives expressed concern last month when laos sent six defectors back to north korea. people protested outside the embassy in seoul. and a south korean envoy went to laos to nand leaders give humanitarian consideration. allowing the new group to go to south korea in response to the criticism and to smooth relations with the south korean government. but north korea condemned the move calling it an illegal abduction of its citizens. >>> north korean officials are looking for ways to get back to the bargaining table. the country's top negotiator is on a visit to china. the trip comes two days after north korean

but north korea has to give up its nuclear program. north korea will often propose talks after igniting tension to earn some concessions from other nations. >>> firefighters in colorado are working to keep a wildfire from spreading. the black forest fire near colorado springs is now 65% contained. steady rain moved in through the area, helping firefighters. firefighters hope to have it under control by thursday. the fire burned 22-square miles, killing 2 people and destroying 500 homes. making it the most destructive wildfire in colorado history. >>> week two of the george zimmerman murder trial will continue in a few hours. and we're on jury selection. the judge in this case ruled last week that the jury will be sequestered during the trial. it could last as long as four weeks. >>> a family looking for answers after their daughter is killed in a hit and run. >> someone had to see something. they know something. >> this morning, a desperate plea for the driver or drivers who struck a woman and then took off. >>> not just one homecoming

and north korea is proposing high-level nuclear and security talks with the mean for the relationship good morning. can money dancehall hochtief on this date i even bought desktop that paid in line thanks for watching kron 4 news weekend. we'll get to our top stories in just a moment. let's take a quick look outside this morning. meteorologist ?? for your first forecast. can-until weather forecast of what today parian nogo millet for today's in the bay area to plenty of fans sat today paid nine new changes are in effect this morning for the thousands of runners and spectators in the wipro san francisco marathon. runners in today's wipro san greeted by heightened security. any attac this in response to the bombings at the boston marathon earlier this year. the city is taking precautions and stepping up new guidelines surrounding the start and finish area. bags or containers that will be allowed on the course must be no bigger than a standard backpack. >>". that essentially means a hydration pack 2 litres or smaller. there are 3 access points where both participants and spectators will

down anyea has played possibility of renewing any dialogue between the united states and north korea. are no signs of movement on reopening the industrial park. on sunday, north korea proposed nuclear and security talks with america in an attempt to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. the white house has previously said any talks would require north korea to show it is moving towards scrapping nuclear weapons. >> i think it is almost impossible to have talks between north korea and the united states. and the u.s. are closely exchanging views. i think people do not have to worry about it. >> the czech republic prime minister has quit over a corruption scandal. pressure was building for him to stand down after a close aide was related earlier this week in bribe operations and surveillance operations. ecuador's foreign minister is expected to meet for talks with his british counterpart in london. up for discussion is a possible solution to the diplomatic standoff over the wikileaks founder julianne assad schmidt he has been holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london for nearly o

another topic will likely be north korea. are reports that beijing has given north korea weapons. can the talk be an opportunity for the two leaders to defuse north korea? >> the one area where xi jinping and president obama can move forward on a solid platform and that is that the chinese are themselves very concerned about what is going on in north korea. the president is not going to do what the want them to do so the president has to increase pressure on north koreaia, but this is one of the areas where they can move forward united. >> michael: and is there something nixonian about this meeting. this is a new era, but is there something nixonian about this? >> maybe for xi jinping to be able to go to the united states whereas nixon went to china, i don't think it is going to be that significant. because i don't think xi jinping right now is able to speak for china with the political system and certainly the policy making establishment, lacking coherence right now. so it's important for xi jinping to meet president obama,

let's talk a little, move forward, talk about north korea. how credible do you think this offer is by kim jong-un that they want to sit down for talks. they have been talking for months now with test firing rockets and so on and so forth, about launching nuclear war on their neighbor, south korea, knowing we would get involved there. >> it is not that uncommon, coming off a cycle of belligerence, whether it is conduct, missile test, missile warnings, or belligerent statements, for north korea, they'll want to do talks. it often -- i think at this point they want talks, i don't think they're going to deliver anything. it is like charlie brown and lucy with the football. more than happy to let us take a swing, often it is good for them. >> interesting. and the time as the world is focused on syria, it is a good time to make noise. real quickly before i let you go, we heard dick cheney bring up benghazi in his exclusive interview with chris wallace. let's play a bit of that and get your quick reaction. >> my experience was especially on 9/11, ch

. >> north korea has long defied the world launched brazen long range rocket in december. con dubbed third nuclear test in february. some analyst say his interests in friendlyer relationship could stem from what they stand to gain. for the korea ter riff issuesing those to extract goodies from us and from south korea. in particular. i will say that the bottom line they are not going able talk their way out of the very significant sang that are under. north korea known for starving its citizens and, throwing count less people into prison work camps. some analyst are urging washington to press nation just on nuclear issues but on broader humanitarian concerns as well. >> until we start you know recognizing the rights of north korean people and iranning them in their pursuit of their rights make sure trouble wage non violent political warfare until then these tubing are not going to lead anywhere s. in senior avague officials say they plan to meet with any japanese and south korea uncounterparts in washington starting tuesday. to study the north korean request. >> president o

he went to north korea of his own free will.y doing things like cell phone operators or elevators. they didn't know how to make sushi. so they brought him over to each other people how to make sushi. kim jong il fell in love with him. his partying and drinking. he was a party guy that made great food. kim jong il said you're not going home. >> they started out as a rocky start. he defied kim jong il. he threw the envelope and he refused to pick it up. >> well he was an outsider in society, and he didn't know very basic rules that insulting the dear leader could get you killed. >> killeds right. >> there was a moment that the dear leader threw him a tip that the envelope fell to the floor and fujimoto wouldn't stoop to pick it up. someone scrambled over to him and said pick that up you'll be shot or i'll be shot. and he wouldn't do it. kim jong il respected his independent thought. >> the north korea is a state that faces extreme problems. the leader living in an extraordinary lavish deep life with sushi and expensive cognac. des

this year we had treasury secretary and secretary of state kerry go to beijing after north korea acts help. the chinese like this dynamic. they are reconsidering their north korean policies but i don't know if we'll see a fundamental change. >> they like the dynamic of being asked for help. the north koreans have been annoying the chinese senselessly and the fact is that the troubles that the chinese are having with north koreans and the fact that it's been difficult for them to actually ease those provocations has hurt the china/south korea relationship driving south koreans closely toward the u.s., something they assertively don't want to have happen. it's true that there's some informal advisers that have said recently that the chinese have provided a great gift to the united states by getting the north koreans to come to the table on negotiations. the reality is that the gift they brought is the gift of beijing. and we do need to make clear that you guys have a lot more to lose and at stake around north korea than the americans. >> fascinating. i love this ruthlessly pragmatic and

north korea. if north korea decided to invade south korea, the chinese would be horrified. south korea is a better source of technology and frankly it is your country to deal with. so probably china might sit it out. if on the other hand for whatever reason north korea was perceived as being attacked by south korea, china might choose to intervene. in all likelihood, the chinese might choose this summer is fitted out. >> host: messman says kenya, not turning refugees to north korea off into their executions. >> guest: almost hurt enough. this goes back to two things. china desk receives a friend and ally. the second of all this goes to the chinese attitude they don't interfere in the quote unquote internal affairs of other countries. refugees and the like are seen as an internal problem for north korea. north korea chooses to execute them. that's not their problem. post go just for me utica, michigan and the republican line. >> caller: hi, thank you for taking my call. one thing i've often thought

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february, north korea conducted their third nuclear test. a device as powerful as the bombs dropped on japan in world war ii. since then, it has pulled out of its 50 year cease-fire with japan and declared a state of war with the would-cease-fire with the south and declared a state of -- state of war with the south and declared a state of war with the two countries. he called for talks may seem out of the blue. but it is part of a -- the call for talks may seem out of the blue, but it is part of a regular pattern. >> they feel they will be able to come into talks with a better bargaining position. he always want to talk to the u.s. rather than south korea. -- they always want to talk to the u.s. rather than south korea. they want to get a treaty or deal with america. >> the two countries have been in negotiations to calm the situation. on friday, it seems the situation was far from a breakthrough. >> no. 3's attitude disappointed a lot of south korean people. it showed that there is no basic trust between south and north korea. >> the north'

north korea answers everything with more nuclear tests! that's -- they have a nuclear test-based economy! (laughter) what other big james rosen scoops are threatening national security? turkey the country different from turkey the bird! (laughter) babies make terrible sous chefs! jon stewart is jewish! (laughter) national security overreach? what other groups have the feds prioritized for scrutiny? >> computer hacker who broke into online accounts of christina aguilera sentence monday to ten years in prison. >> medical marijuana. federal prosecutors are right now cracking down on legal dispensaries. >> a second man accused of hacking at&t servers and stealing data now facing conspiracy and identity theft charges. >> the f.b.i. going after hackers. more than 40 search warrants on suspectsuspects who may have had into mastercard, visa, and paypal. >> justice department and prosecutors say a hacker used the info sabotage a story on the "l.a. times" web site. he could get up to 25 years in prison. >> jon: what the (bleep)? (laughter) so that's

. >>> in north korea it says it's ready for high-level talks with the u.s. the obama administration says any talks must include north korea taking steps to scrap its nuclear weapons program. north korea says the meeting should not include preconditions. >>> in colorado, the black forest fire is now 65% contained. it's already burned 22 square miles, though, and killed two people. officials say someone started the fire, but they don't know whether it was an accident or arson. thousands of homeowners are finally returning, and bigad shaban caught up with two of them. >> reporter: those of the front line hope to have it thoroughly contained by thursday. it's supposed to have destroyed over 500 homes including daryl fortner's home. >> what do you do now? >> rebuild our lives. the fire destroyed all of his vehicles and equipment i couldn't believe it. i didn't want to believe it. >> reporter: fortner was out of town with when the fire started. by the time he returned the authorities wouldn't let him get any of his belongings. >> i want to thank them for not letti

but the real test of this will be a few years from now. >> what about on the north korea issue. id you see much movement? >> there's been important movement by the chinese on the north korean issue. whether it amounts to anything truly substantial will take some time. china used to always say our first interest is civility on the peninsula. our second is denuclearization. they've now shifted those priorities putting denuclearization first which means implicitly that they were will to go take some risk of stability to restrain north korea's nuclear development. >> larry wortzel, is there... going back to the larger issue here. is there a potential for a fear of coming to a kind of cold-war relationship? or is that what this is about, trying to avoid that? >> well, i mean, we're certainly in a number of areas in a competition and to a certain extent confrontational relationship. i think it's useful if both leaders can back away from that. we are not going to agree on a lot of things. and i think on the chinese side, they're probably a little bit concerned that the tone of what came

these four, these four -- syria iran, north korea -- maybe a fifth wild card, which is the biggest threatoins us, halem and peter, manager director at knight capital. peter, first to you, as an investor, which one of these is your biggest worry? >> well, right now, i think you have to be most concerned about syria. though it does not -- technically, it is not as strategic as turkey, for an example, or in some respects, north korea. it does represent the biggest risk profile in the event that the conflict widens, in the event that russia gets involved, in the event the united states steps up its involvement. the potential for a wider contagion does exist in terms of civil unrest. of course, you know, syria is bordered by turkey, iraq, lebanon, israel. it is right in the epicenter -- >> yeah. >> -- of much of what we need to -- >> and it's a great point, because, peter, as syria may not be obviously an energy producer of any size of its own, there has to be concern that the violence you talked about could spill back into iraq even, saudi arabia perhaps, and this could cause sort of a match

. >> translator: the chinese military understands that north korea's leadership is stable at present and shows no sign of collapsing. >> he also said now is a good time for concerned countries to take advantage of this situation. the general stressed the need to boost cooperation for regional stability. >>> japan and france have agreed to consider starting joint development of defense equipment. france would be japan's third partner for joint development after the united states and britain. japanese defense minister and his frefrps counterpart met on the sidelines of the asia security conference in singapore. they said they are interested in japanese technologies and hope to begin discussions on joint development. the matter should be agreed by top leaders.

north and south korea have reopened their telephone hotline. a call for the into government protests in turkey. we begin with breaking news out of geneva. the united nations is launching a new humanitarian appeal for syria. our diplomatic ataturk is standing by. what are you hearing? >> a news conference will take place in a few moments in geneva. we know what they are going to say. they are going to announce the biggest ever humanitarian appeal in history for syria. the numbers involved are best. the u.n. is talking about a figure of almost $5 billion. there is a little confusion on whether that includes the money already paid this year, which is $1.2 4 billion. even if it does include that, the new money is $3.9 6 billion, a huge amount of money. that begs the question of how they're going to raise this money. they have already found it hard .aising existing amount that is 80% of what they asked for earlier in the year. it is difficult because there are so many governments stopped at this time because of the harsh economic climate. there are

north korea. if they vaded south korea china would be horrified. south korea is a better source of technology and is an easier country to deal with. so china might is it it out. if on the other hand for whatever reason north korea was perceived as being attacked by south korea and responding, then if that case china might choose to intervene. but in all likelihood china might choose to is it it out. host: can you comment on the return of refugees back to north korea? guest: china does perceive north korea as a friend and ally so refugees are seen as an embarrassment and this goes to the chinese attitude they don't interfere in the internal problems of other countries. if north korea chooses to execute them that's north korea's issue. host: on our republican line next. caller: thanks for taking my call. one thing i've thought especially going back to the trade and balance we had with japan and now with china regardless of this bond buying, is it possible that the american government is allowing a tr

north korea tends to pursue another nuclear test. well, you know, i can say that right now.ght now. to me that gets to bigger issue which is -- there is an ability of the government to basically classify everything. treat -- overclassify. so that, when in doubt let's classify it. there was an op-ed in "the washington post" from somebody that worked at the state department that talked about new yorker articles and had clips from "the new yorker," treated as classified information. then you have employees sort of -- working employees who would sign these -- confidentiality agreements and everything and, you know, technically they could be, you know, co-conspirators on espionage act for putting an article in the new yorker. overclassification here and say it is a national security risk, i think we have to think more closely about this. >> democrats have to be careful on their defense of the president and administration here on where they want the draw the line and what's acceptable and what's not. right now i think a lot of supporters will say, look, why don't we think about th

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north korea has a history of offering deals and then violating them. iran electing a new president. hassan rohani replaces hardliner mahmoud ahmadinejad, who steps down in august, creating hope that a more moderate cleric will lead the country and ease tensions between iran and the west. ahmadinejad's presidency has been defined by ratcheting up uranium enrichment, rhetoric calling for the destruction of israel, and training militants in iraq to kill u.s. soldiers. the white house says it sees rohani's election as a potentially helpful sign. however, as positive a sign as rohani's election may be, in iran, the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini has the final word. it's been over a week since former national security agency contractor edward snowden identified himself as the leaker of top-secret documents about u.s. surveillance programs. members of congress have questions about how deep the nsa spied on americans' internet activity and phone calls. the president says the nsa has not violated the privacy of americans. meanwhile, the nsa sent a letter to congress defending its programs