a north korea with more nuclear weapons, a north korea with more missile delivery systems a north korea that continues to proliferate, so these negotiations haven't been successful. lets be brutally blunt about that. but that does' mean we stop. >> while the international community navigates policy options - changes within north korea might have the most far-reaching implications >> there is so much curiosity in south korea about what is happening in the north that as you can see hundreds of people come here every day to take a peek at the other side. >> our main glimpse of life in the provinces... we were shown in a cafe in seoul >> fault lines was shown exclusive footage from a north korean smuggler. he asked us not to reveal his identity. >> in this clip, a group of people are waiting outside a train station in suncheon city, north of pyongyang. we were told they were waiting for merchants to arrive with chinese goods that need to be brought to market... things like shampoos electronics and smuggled dvds. >> we are told if caught filming the markets... you could go to prison or worse

good for you to write a longer piece on why the intelligence community got so many things long on north korea a thought, stephen. >> dear stephen, the only way to do this is to expose the policy or what the north is up to, and the only way to do that, authoritatively, is with evidence. yours faithfully, james. >> one a reporter could deal with someone that could beat exposed -- that could be exposed it comes with some severity, but this is information out there in the world -- nonclassified sources you could google and learn without it being classified. >> in february, 2014, after fighting charges for four years and depleting his life savings stephen kim accepted a plea deal. stephen: probably the toughest decision that i had to make in my life was to plead guilty. it went against every fiber of my being to give up the fight. >> as the family spokesperson, i would like to make a short statement. the government's prosecution, which started in 2010, has taken a terrific -- or rhythmic toll on my brother and our family. his life has been in limbo for the past four years. there will be difficult

the risk is that north korea will prevail at the table.pocketed foreign aid but never giving up nuclear weapons and this may encourage another cycle. >> his first visit out of north korea, if he goes. i want to show you a cartoon. take a look at this. i don't know if you can read it or you can see it. two guys jong-un and putin are on horse back without shirts. you sure this will make my people respect me more jong-un says to putin. especially when joined with these other things. what do you think? >> i think that that actually is -- tells us something very important. you basically have putin who is not really hesitant to deal with the most worst elements in the system. putin right now is really of course with his initiatives in ukraine giving everybody a hard time. now he very well may do the same thing in asia, especially with changing diplomatic relationships in east asia. this could be a problem. we could see russian equipment end up in the iranian hands like the anti-ship north corekorea tested. >> we will stay on top of this. >>> isi

and they've rejected the suggestion by north korea because basically north korea said they wouldn't carryclear tests if they stopped these drills. we heard from a state department spokesman say that it's an implicit threat saying the u.s. should stop something routine and then north korea won't go ahead with something that's against u.n. security council resolutions. so he this say it's basically a false choice. so that was rejected out of hand zain? >> and also paula, i'm just curious. how much do these annual training exercises destroy any chances of diplomatic changes between north and south korea. >> reporter: it's not clear how much they believe their own rhetoric in that this is a prelude to an invasion. we had some comments in an opinion piece saying that the opportunity for dialog and diplomatic solution has disappeared, referring to the it's not clear whether pyongyang believe this is is a prelude to invasion or whether they use it as an excuse to increase these propaganda messages. >> and given the state of north korea's economy, these drills are clearly a drain on its resources

i didn't mean to slight north korea. i spent a lot of time worrying about the north korean problem and was duly insulted by the rulers of north korea in my time and still view it as quite an honor that they attacked me. my view is that the only long-term solution to the north korean nuclear weapons threat is to merge the two koreas. that is what we said we were going to do in 1945. the division of the peninsula was supposed to be temporary. obviously a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. i think the moment is at hand to make the argument to china that if they are serious that the north korean nuclear capability endanger arers stability in east asia and impair's china's chuck growth and risk -- economic growth and risks the peace which i think is all true then china has to do the unique examsity it has to do and bring the regime down. it supplies 90% of north korea's energy and food and humanitarian assistance into north korea largely to keep the regime in power and keep the north koreans on their side of

the movie "the interview," mocking north korea's leader. and the fallout moving from hollywood to here. this is why. "the interview" goes on germ release here in berlin on thursday. north korea and the berlin film festival were conaccused and were not happy, describing the showing as terrorism. there was some damaged limitation from this man, the boss here. he had to race to the korean embassy and say it's nothing to do with the berlinale, it's a coincidence that it's opening on the same day. pyongyang pulled back albeit privately. >> aside from that drama, there's more to see on screen over the next week and a half. the golden bear is a big price they are competing for. with everything from chamber maids to cinderella on show. they are back until 2013. he upset his government and is banned from making films. he is in with a shout to the top prize. as he watches from home. >> it was stopped. that is what he was doing. he is expressing himself. he needs to make them and will never stop. the film was a great way of promoting his worth to the

last september she met her brother who traveled to north korea to visit her. he said he was notified on thursday that she had died last month. he said japan and north korea had began talks and his sister had been interviewed for a possible visit to japan. so it's sad she died. he said his sister lost the race against time and he wishes she had been able to set foot in japan. >>> members of japan's ground south force and u.s. marine corps are working together to ensure the smooth cooperation the defending japanese islands. they've. holding a month long annual joint exercise in california. about 270 jap piece in personnel and 500 american marines took part. they had 14 amphibious vehicles land on the beach and they also used an osprey aircraft. >> translator: the u.s. marine corps has experienced actual combat in many parts of the world. we were able to learn from their knowledge in many areas, including medical and rescue operations. >> they continued professionalism that we see every time from the japanese defense force. i think we're right on track. >> japan'

find out what the organizers did or didn't do to upset north korea. that's coming up later. >> the u.s. secretary of state says russian aggression poses the biggest threat to peace in ukraine. secretary of state john kerry offered support to president poroshenko. the french president hollande and german chancellor angela merkel arrived for talks. >> we talked about the harmest threat that ukraine faces today and that is russia's continued aggression in the east. there's no other way to call it. >> we highly appreciate the united states invaluable support to our nation and our people through all the time of ukraine independence. the support has become most evident viewed in russian aggression on crimea and on donetsk. the beyond leading role in consolidation of the plans of solidarity in support of ukraine is critical for pushing of the peaceful solution. we are grateful for the consistent engagement of the state department and you personally mr. secretary, into this effort. >> let's hear now from our correspondent with the latest from moscow. >> presi

. >>> leaders in north korea see this year as a milestone for their ruling party. the workers party of korea was established two months after the war's end to celebrate. officials are planning a series of events including a massive military parade in the capital pyongyang. >> the party officials say they want to demonstrate at home and abroad that people are united under leader kim jong-un. they also say north korea will increase production of new military hardware to meet the needs of modern warfare. >>> the japanese government is considering extending some of its sanctions against north korea. and officials are urging pyongyang to step up its investigation into the fate of missing japanese. the japanese government lifted some sanctions last july after pyongyang set up a committee to find out what happened to japanese abductees, and citizens. the measures included a ban on travel between the two countries, but other restrictions remain in place. japan has been urging north korea to proceed with the investigation and quickly report the results. but after more than s

i was surprised a deal could be offered to north korea within weeks.hen you're hearing this harsh rhetoric from north korea, threatening war and threatening all sorts, even retaliation for these war games as they see as a prelude to an invasion, which the u.s. and south korea say are defensive in nature. at the same time on a separate track, we could see these wider talks in the region restarting again. to it just shows that there are a number of different tracks being pursued at the same time. the military obviously is not positive but the talks may resume. george? >> cnn's paula hancocks in seoul, south korea. thank you for your reporting. >>> back here in the united states two llamas are back in custody. this time in vancouver, washington after they made a run for freedom. tv news crews did not get there in time to shoot footage of this chase. but another llama palooza got plenty of coverage. >> reporter: when the law closed in there was no shootout, just some fancy footwork. for a couple of hours, the llamas led authorities on a wild llama chase. >

festival is getting underway find out what the organizers here did or rather didn't do, to upset north korea that's coming up later. hello there, thank you for joining us. diplomatic efforts are underway to end the crisis in eastern ukraine which has killed more than 5,000 people since last april. the french president and the german chancellor are in kiev to push their new peace initiative. and present a solution that is acceptable to all. the u.s. secretary of sate is also in kiev where he has met leaders and urged russia to crease support. he has called for an immediate cease fire in the east. meanwhile, nato defense ministers have also. discussing ukraine the alliance is seeking to bolster it's military presence, in eastern europe, with the creation of a new rapid reaction force for 5,000 troops. fission if secretary of state u.s. banking and pointing a finger at moscow. terrorizing. refusing to participate. >> spread the peace deal. >> significantly. >> the site whether or not to supply ukraine with he that will weapons. >> thursday and with the russians on friday. the talking comes as t

north korea does this every year. fire missiles shoot out this rhetoric this inflammatory war like rhett reck warning the u.s. and south korea don't conduct these exercises. but there's more tension this year because of everything that's happened over the last couple of months. just last week north korea says it doesn't see any need to negotiate with what it called the gangster like united states. it can fight the united states with cyber war and nuclear weapons. all coming on the heels of the sony attack. yes it's an annual point of tension with these exercises. >> you are a lot more coming up later in "the situation room"." we'll take a quick break. when we come back presidential politics here in the united states. new poll numbers are out. who's leading the rup pact of potential candidates. stand by. the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets. if you convert 4-quarter p/e of the s&p 500 its yield is d

north korea got the city of berlin and about her lib film festival confused. it described the showing as terrorism and vowed vengeance for the humiliation. the exact words were merciless punishment. queue some rather hasty moves this man had to race to the north korea embassy saying it is just a coincidence that it's opening on the same day. pyongyang did eventually pull back albeit privately. aside from that drama, there is plenty more to see here on screen over the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize they're competing for here, with everything from that i am about her made to say cinderella on show. iran is doing it without the director even being here. he is bound from making films until 2030 after he upset his government. tax see is in with a real shout for the top prize as he watches from home in tehran. >> he doesn't stop, because that's what he's doing making films. he's expressing himself via film so he needs to make them and he will never stop. the films he makes are great and for us a great way of promoting his work to the world. >

what i wonder is would north korea be held accountable for that? because the north korean government is helping to build the plant. i wonder if prior to 2007 the individuals in north korea that decided to assist syria the development of that reactor, if they believed at that time that they would be held accountable if their efforts ultimately resulted the transfer to a knopp state -- nonstate actor. i wonder about less direct forms of assistance, the failure of government officials in a friendly country like france and japan to invest sufficient funds in site security at facility that contains special nuclear material. what are the standards for culpability? what are the mechanisms to hold people accountable? i want to be very clear in saying i'm not suggesting and the book doesn't suggest that nuclear terrorism is likely to happen tomorrow or that it's inevitable, but unfortunately i do think it's an increasingly plausible scenario and it's worth thinking about as serious will you -- in other words it's worth think can what would would be done afte

japan's prime minister is facing questions over relations with north korea.hinzo abe spoke in the diet about a recent property sale related to a pro-pyongyang organization in tokyo. he suggested the business transaction and bilateral talks should now be linked. seiji maehara questioned abe about the sale and property that has served as north korea's de facto embassy in japan. the countries don't maintain diplomatic ties. the land and building were put up for auction in 2012. a real estate developer bought them last year then resold them to another real estate firm. mihara said the pro-pyongyang group can use the property if the current owner leases it to them. he said the practice undermines public auction which can be regarded as an evasion of law. maehara also asked abe's take on alleged remark by a mediator that allowing the group's continued use of the property would help improve japan/north korea relations. >> translator: business transactions and bilateral talks are two totally different things. however, if the transaction is illegal, i want to clearly

i didn't mean to slight north korea. i spent a lot of time worrying about the north korean problem and was duly insulted by the rulers of north korea in my time and still view it as quite an honor that they attacked me. my view is that the only long-term solution to the north korean nuclear weapons threat is to merge the two koreas. that is what we said we were going to do in 1945. the division of the peninsula was supposed to be temporary. obviously a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. i think the moment is at hand to make the argument to china that if they are serious that the north korean nuclear capability endanger arers stability in east asia and impair's china's chuck growth and risk -- economic growth and risks the peace which i think is all true then china has to do the unique examsity it has to do and bring the regime down. it supplies 90% of north korea's energy and food and humanitarian assistance into north korea largely to keep the regime in power and keep the north koreans on their side of

/korea institute. they believe northlready has 10 to 15 nuclear bombs and is racing to build more. a senior u.s. official tells cnn this poses "a serious threat to the united states. " while u.s. intelligence isn't giving hard numbers on north korean nuclear weapons, the top army officer told wolf blitzer he's concerned. >> the thing we watch is the ballistic missile threat. that's what gives you capability if they ever happen to have the capability to have nuclear weapons as the ability to deliver those. ripe according to the latest -- >> reporter: according to the latest report kim jong-un already has the capability. >> in fact they can put a war head on a missile that can reach south korea and japan. >> reporter: how close is north to placing a nuclear war head on a missile that can hit the united states? >> they've got to get a warhead small enough to fit in this part of the reentry vehicle if they want to increase the range. they may have to miniaturize it further. >> reporter: it's a mystery how long it will take k

find out what the organizers did or didn't do to upset north korea. find out later. >> find out about this tunisian tennis player - why he lost a match he was winning. >>> hello, let's look at the top stories - u.s. secretary of state john kerry arrives in ukraine in the last hour or so to speak to president petro porashenko about the growing violence in the east. it's part of a plan to help bolster the fight of pro-russian separatists. the angela merkel says they'll go kiev for talks >>> in syria - shelling hit nearby districts in government controlled areas. it's been reported three are dead, eight wounded >>> the european central bank says it plans to restrict financing to greek banks. it says that it will no longer accept greek government bonds as collateral for lending money to the banks. the greek finance ministry says the decision will have no impact. >> king abdullah of jordan has been meeting senior military and security officials in the capital ayman following the i.s.i.l. killing of a jordanian pilot. now, king abdullah vowed relentless war

find out what the organizers here did or rather didn't do to upset north korea. that's coming up later. >> the u.s. secretary of state is calling for an immediate ceasefire in eastern ukraine. john kerry met petro poroshenko in kiev, saying he wants a peaceful solution but will not close his eyes to tanks. angela merkel and france president hollande plans to fly to kiev. the military alliance is plan to go strengthen its eastern european strengths. we have more. >> in driving snow, john kerry was the first to arrive in kiev thursday offering u.s. support to ukraine and warnings to russia. >> we cannot close our eyes to tanks that are crossing the border from russia and coming into ukraine. we can't close our eyes to russian fighters in unmarked uniforms crossing the border and leading individual companies of so-called separatists in battle. >> he'll be followed later by the leaders of france and germany, president hollande and angela merkel. >> we will present a new policial to resolve the conflict based on the territorial integrity of ukraine and we will discuss

these rumors are not true. >> all the performers have a disability and talk about their life in north korea. [inaudible] very few ordinary north koreans would ever be allowed out of the country. >> like millions of people out of -- in the world i grew up addicted to monopoly. my story is familiar to many. not so for many is the origin of this game. the story was that an unemployed salesman struck it rich when he invented monopoly during the great depression. in fact, the real genius behind this much beloved game was a woman who invented it decades earlier. the history of the monopoly game that we all know and love that the company put out with the game for several years is not actually what we thought it was. >> correct. the story that parker brothers told was that a man sold it to the company and he and the company were saved. this was actually days before the great depression. >> this was a woman in 1904. 30 years ago she filed the patent. >> lizzie mcgee created a game called the landlord's game. it was a protest against the monopolists of her time. the carnegie's and rockefellers and th

. >>> plus north korea unveils new military technology at u.s. and south korea prepare for their annual military drills. we have a live report coming up just ahead. >>> wherever you are in the united states and all around the world, right now you're watching cnn newsroom. i'm john vause. >> and i'm zain asher. the mall of america in minnesota had a lockdown after al shabab called for attacks. the fbi says it's not aware of any credible threats against u.s. malls. >>> the young scottish woman who became an isis bride believes she may have used social media to convince three british girls to join isis. they flew to turkey last week and authorities there are now trying to find them. >>> and ukraine, it says is under attack from pro-russian separatists. a cease-fire called for both sides to begin pulling back last week. but it has been repeatedly violated especially around the strategic city of debaltseve. >>> the move to stop death sentence has failed. they were sentenced to death for their role in a drug smuggling ring. >>> the australian prime mini

there have been no reported cases of ebola in north korea. >>> the nascar starts the season with itswhat's known as the great american race. 43 drivers competed at the checked flag. joey logano moved to the head of the pack late in the race and third to the finish line ahead of the crash in the file lap. ite tess 24-year-old's first daytona 500 victory. >> to be honest with you, i don't know how to party. i'm sure there's somebody on my team who knows how. you know it's funny because for a while i was under 21 and milk and cookies was my party. now i'm old enough at least. >> logano is the second youngest in nascar history. >>> a baseball piece is worth more than $20 million. a collect bought the mitt from new york yankees jeffrey mayor. 12-year-old mayor reached over the right field fence at yankee stadium to pull in a ball by derek jeter. the homer helped the yankees go on to win the world series. >>> when we return the red-hot red carpet. we'll show you what all the stars were wearing on oscar night from the beaded gowns to the studded jewels. is designed with an ultra-thin coatin

with military battalions gathering under the icon of mount pecto which north korea claims is the birthdayate leader. they pounded third chests in a show of loyalty. state tv anchors could barely contain their emotions. north koreans celebrated the 73rd birthday of the so-called dear leader who died three years ago. as the skating and swimming exhibitions show the north korean regime is bent on keeping his cult of personality alive. his son kim jong-un paid tribute to his father at his mausoleum, an attempt to force feed the north korean people into thinking this dynasty has no cracks. >> with him being in a weaker position than his father and grandfather, it's more important that they re-validate that combination between the state, the regime the supreme leader being one being. >> why after three years in power has kim not been able to solidify his rule? >> he is a young man. there are real doubts about him, about his knowledge. there's an impulsive quality to him. he is trying to legitimatize his role on the family bloodlines. >> executing his uncle to inspire fear and loyalty and moving

companies and politically motivated attacks are growing and they are a growing reality as we saw with north korea attack on south korea and its banks and media outlets last year. as for nonstate actors originating from profit motivating criminals so-called hackers for hire, those who would steal your information and sell it on line to the highest bidder. transnational criminals use cyber as investors for-profit and there are of course the ideologically motivated hackers and terrorists. we have groups like anonymous that thrive on creating disruptions on company's web site and leaking personal information on line. you have groups like the so-called syrian electronic army which conducts cyber attacks in support of the brutal regime in syria and then there is isil, which has harnessed social media for propaganda machine that is radicalizing and recruiting young people to their hateful message around the world. most concerning on the cyber front perhaps is the increasingly destructive and malicious nature of cyber attacks as we saw with sony pictures entertainment last fall fall. this attack stole la

it's had a confusing start for north korea. >> they love a drama at the berlin film festival, but as this year's gets underway, they've been at the center of their own. sony knows how that feels hacked and humiliated, remember, allegedly by his people and all because of this. the movie "the interview" which mocked kim jong-un and the fallout moving from hollywood to here. this is why. the film goes on general release in berlin thursday, but north korea got the city of berlin and the berlin film festival confused seeing them as one single entity. it described the showing at terrorism. it vowed vengeance for the humiliation. the exact words were merciless punishment. this man had to race to the north carolinaen embassy and say you've got this all wrong it has nothing to do with me, it's just a coincidence it's opening on the same day. pyongyang did eventually pull back albeit privately. there is plenty more to see here on screen over the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize, with everything from chile to chamber maids to cinderella on show. iran is doing it without th

north korea, we have been in agreement. >> the u.s.nd china are largely in agreement on north korea. >> yes. >> and what are they doing to influence the north koreans? >> when i say we are largely in agreement, what i mean is that we all understand and agree that it is contrary to international law and our interests for north korea to have nuclear weapons. we want to see a dino clear eyes korean peninsula. -- denuclearized korean peninsula. more recently the chinese government has, on about lateral basis quietly but meaningfully, changed the nature of the relationship with north korea. the quality of their diplomatic contacts, their diplomatic relationship, and other forms of bilateral engagement has been reduced and downgraded. >> has the hacking at sony raised concern we have about threats to cyber security? >> absolutely. we have had a significant research -- concern about cyber security. it is an issue about which the president has been focused going back several years, because we have seen that both domestically and internationall

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as you alluded to instead we just ignore north korea these past six years. tter than making concessions to the north koreans in hopes they will give up their nuclear program which is no more likely than iran giving up its nuclear program but six years of ignoring the north doesn't mean they have been sitting there. they have made six more years of progress and if you don't think north korea isn't a global threat ask yourself why north koreans were in syria building a nuclear reactor that was a clone of their own reactor until the israelis destroyed it in september of 2007. that is the very definition of a global threat. i think that the relationship between the iranian nuclear weapons program and the north korean nuclear weapons program is one of the issues nobody wants to talk about. i would be amazed if there weren't substantial work between the two of the. we know they are cooperating on ballistic missiles. it would be remarkable if there wasn't cooperation on nuclear front. that ought to be troubling to everyone. maybe we will take one more here if there

the russians say they are negotiating with north korea to hold joint military exercises. >> there isg good about a growing relationship. things could escalate. >> putin has invited kim jong un to moscow in may. russian officials are quoted as saying north korea's leadership has accepted but it's not clear if kim jong un will accept. >> he has a plane but he doesn't fly anywhere. i think this is a man who is frightened from leaving the safety of his security network inside north korea. and there is of course a danger that he may not be invited back because there could be generals who decide this is a convenient time to make that adjustment we have been talking about privately. he needs a new friend. china is angry can kim over his nuclear program and over the execution of his uncle who was close with china's leaders. what's in this for putin? >> to some degree this is sticking knit the eye of the united states. hoping to get them together on gas pipeline deals that would take russian gas to the union pacific as well as the railroad. >> how would this new axis threaten the u.s.? >> rus

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the next month cuba and north korea got caught smuggling 240 metric tons of weapons through the panama canal the single biggest violationbiggest violation to date. was this part of your negotiations? >> i don't know if it was. >> has it been discussed since? >> with the cuban government? it certainly has been discussed with the cuban government since the revelation that have repeatedly. >> but since your engagement? >> didn't discuss with other governments and -- since my engagement has it been discussed with them? we certainly discussed the need to comply with international law and with requirements. >> well, good, i'm glad we talked about following international law because in the aftermath of this incident, the united nations acted forcefully. >> correct. >> and applied strong sanctions against north korea. >> well. >> let me finish. >> cuba got off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist. you'd wonder if having the cubans have the biggest u.n. security council violation of sending migs and missile to say north korea cuba gets nothing because maybe that would upset the seek rem n

. >> north korea could launch strikes against american forces in japan or south korea, sneak up on our they make it to american ports launch nuclear missiles against american targets. >> reporter: the pentagon won't comment on the laftest missile test and a new level of concern that north korea isn't all bluster anymore. the sony hack a massive cyberattack the company is still reeling from thought to be ordered by pyongyang showed this regime can and will hit americans where they live. human rights advocates say kim jong-un is acting aggressively on another front as well. expanding a program of sending north korean workers a abroad. they toil in factories, build statues for dictators in africa and forced to send virtually all of their money to kim and his cronies. >> dispatch aing north korean workers overseas is meant to earn the regime the hard currency of needs to stay in power and to help to pay those who maintain the kim regime in power. >> reporter: analysts say they need the currency more now because kim jonk jong un's economy is in bankrupt. they rely on the smuggling of heroin

north korea calls it a threat. >>> hello, i'm rosemary church. hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and across the world. >> i'm errol barnett. thanks for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> we'll begin this hour with isis and its latest disturbing video. the propaganda video that you're seeing shows children in fatigues what appears to be an isis training camp. we should point out that we cannot verify where or when this was shot. >> this comes as the u.s. national security agency admits it doesn't have enough intelligence about isis. the agency chief tells us leaks from edward snowden created blind spots in tracking certain terror groups. >>> kurdish peshmerga fighters have been fairly successful at taking territory away from isis in northern iraq. our senior international correspondent, ben wedeman, has been on the front lines of the battle and joins us live from erbil in northern iraq. how are the peshmerga able to maintain their territory considering many are outgunned by isis? >> reporter: well, it's important to remem

risk this is a good way to do it. >> reporter: kim jong-un boasts this missile was developed in north koreaanalysts say look how it compares to the russian missile. >> it looks very similar from here to here. it's a cruise missile. it's going to be operated on aerodynamic principles. the north korean version has this. different model. this appears to be a solid fuel booster that get it is off the ship and moving quickly. >> reporter: did they buy it from russia? take the design and re-purpose it? no response from north korean or russian officials. at the time they were testing five other short-range missiles. it comes ahead of joint u.s. south korean south korean drills. this comes a few days after kim's regime says it sees no reason to negotiate with the gangster-like united states. >> it's borne of north korean frustration, because they understand that the united states has capabilities that they do not possess, but they feel that for their own political purposes they have to make these dire threats. in effect their language is suicidal that doesn't mean their actions will be suicidal. >>

if north korea wants to hold a risk either u.s. korean this is a good way to do it. >> analysts say look at how it compared to the russian kh-35e missile. >> it's similar from here to here. it's a cruise missile. it's operated on arrow dieerodynamicaerodynamic. this appears to be a solid fuel booster that gets it off the ship and moving quickly. >> did the north koreans buy this missile from russia take the design and repurpose it? no response from officials. at the same time, the north was testing five other short-range missiles. it comes just ahead of joint u.s./south korean military exercises. analysts say kim jong-un exercises his might to get the u.s. to cancel the drills. this cops scomes a few days after they say they have no reason to negotiate with the gangster-like united states. >> it's born of north korean frustration because they understand the united states has capabilities they don't possess. they feel for their own political purposes they have to make these threats. in effect their language is suicidal. that doesn't

kim il song was viewed and is viewed by the people of north korea as a great revolutionary. endence. he fought against the colonials, he fought against japan, he fought against the united states in the korean war and south korea. >> reporter: kim has recently been racheting up his projection of power. his message to his people that he will take on america. ready to fight. recently, he reportedly conducted the first test of a new ballistic missile intended to be launched from a submarine. it's an ominous maneuver. analysts say when north korea figures out how to outfit them they can move undetected. >> they may be able to launch surprise strikes against american forces in japan or south korea, sneak up on our bases in hawaii or if they make it to american ports, launch nuclear missiles against american targets. >> reporter: the pentagon won't comment on the latest missile test. a new leavevel of concern. the sony hack, a massive cyberattack, thought to have been ordered by pyong yang. he is expending a program of sending north korean workers abroad. they toil in factories, log

. >> why north korea threatened retaliation, even though the movie is not showing at the festival. >> and a snowboardser lucky to be alive the incredible video he captured as he got swept up in an avalanche. seminarty war is sweeping across europe. forcing schools to close. and it even started in venice, causing flooding in some areas. sweden saw some of the highest levels of snowfall in more than half a century more than 44-inches fell in the first three days of february. and here is that dramatic video we u.p.s. proadd romanian mountain rescue volunteer, escaped injury despite snowboarding directly into an avalanche. he got caught in the snow slide two days ago his helmet camera captures the snow breaking up around him, he wases toed around but he walked away unharmed. >> wow. >> very lucky guy. >> the annual film festival of course underway. >> and they explain there was a bit of a overreaction. >> they love a drama but they have been at the center of their own. sony knows how that feels. hacked and humiliated allegedly by his people. and all because of this. >> the movie "the inte

i have one example hear when north korea and united states declare war. they cut cable connections. let him no that still there. the document promotion how north korean white house pentagon and all this. but what is important but what was good they never engaged. they just died out. they understand very well what it was. we wanted to show they have power and connections between north korea, iraq afghanistan. it's important. united states carefully understood what was the issue. it's one of the examples. >> in the back. >> thank you. thank you for your presentation. very complicated and complex i am confused. you started with social problems she continued with ukraine and suddenly ended up with territorial conflict international conflict i cannot see the linkage between these instances and examples. anyway really it is difficult for me to figure out whether to ask a question or comment. >> we prefer questions. >> we will try. we will try. you said where did you get that information? just a very quick question. either you are misleading here public opinion, or you don't have proper inf

north korea. we have largely been an agreement. >> the u.s.hina are largely in agreement on north korea. >> yes. >> what are they doing to influence the north koreans about that? >> when i say we are largely in agreement, what i mean is we all understand and agree it is contrary not only to international law but our interests for north korea to have nuclear weapons. we all want to see a do new christ -- de-nuclearized korean peninsula. the chinese have joined us in posing tougher sanctions on north korea through the united nations. and more recently, over the last couple of years, the chinese government has on a bilateral national basis quietly but meaningfully change the nature of their relationship with the north koreans. the quality of their diplomatic contacts and economic relationship and other forms of bilateral engagement has been reduced. downgraded. >> has the hacking at sony and commercial enterprises, has that raised the concern we have about cyber security? >> absolutely. we have had a significant concern. this has been an issue hi

if they end -- you saw the report on north korea earlier. up with iran having 100 icbms and the nuclear weapons to put on top of them because we have not got an agreement which is verifiable then on our watch we have done with iran exactly what happened with north korea. that's the issue here. >> you want the military use of force resolution correct me if i'm wrong -- you told hugh the other day, would you like that resolution now before congress the draft the president put toward not only to deal with isis potentially but also military use of force potentially to be used against iran. >> i did indicate that that -- i thought that would be a step. but i think that's on the table anyway. the president has already said that if iran develops a nuclear weapon he would take action. the point would be to put that in the authorization of use of force. upon reflection i would think there would be two down sides to that. i'm not sure that would directly influence iran. second that would make it more difficult for us to get the votes to pass it. i don

those inspections are necessary to determine whether north korea is developing nuclear weapons. my commitment to america is to fight the scourge of international terrorism illustrated by the bombing of the world trade center in new york and the nerve gas attack in the tokyo subway. and at the outset of my presidency, i will move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem to implement the sense of the senate resolution calling for recognition of jerusalem as israel's capitol. my commitment to america is to replace a president who has been inattentive, inactive, and indecisive when it comes to america's vital foreign policy interests. today i have outlined goals and priorities i see for america. even though we have this historic opportunity for these achievements, there are those in our party who would lead us down a different path and squander this unique moment in our nation's history by using our political capital to pursue a radical social agenda that would end a woman's right to choose and mandate school prayer. when pat robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation bet

and all because of this. >> the movie the interview which mocked north korea's leader. the fall out proven from hollywood to here. this is why. the interview goes on genre lease here in berlin on thursday but north korea the berlin film festival confused. and it was not happy at all. it describe the showing as terrorism. i vowed vengeance the exact words were merciless punishment. from this man, he is the boss here he had to race to the north korean embassy and say look you have this all wrong it has nothing to do with me, it is just a coincidence, the it is opening on the same day. he did eventually pull back, albeit privately. iside from that drama, there is still plenty more to see here on the next week and a half. the golden bear is the big prize they are competing for here with everyone to chamber maids to send relative are la on show after he upset his government. taxi is in with a real shout to the top prize. as he watches from home in tehran. >> he doesn't stop, because that's what he is doing, he is making films, he is express aring himself so he needs to make

the details somehow north korea still has nuclear weapons.somehow the hong kong election system did not get fixed. there is not going to be free election. they're a whole series of things that when you put the microscope into the agreement as that i mentioned the bilateral investment treaty we don't have agreement bearing for china this new model of great power relations not being accepted by president obama or secretary kerry. he made a speech on it. all the figures in the administration have said very subtly we need to move toward the new model but this is really probably the biggest single point of friction right now between the u.s. and china that if you try to get an op-ed piece written a mentioned as presidential candidate debate in 202016 and someone says that he stand on the new model of great power relations? no one has ever heard of it. in my humble opinion this is the key point of friction right now to u.s. and china and everything else comes under that. you can agree on accepting the new model the chinese proposal is the the model

we work together on north korea and iran and a hundred things climate change.but, oh, when you start examining the details, somehow north korea still has nuclear webs, somehow the hong kong election system did not get fixed, it's not going to be a free election. there are a whole series of things that when you put the microscope into the agreement -- i mentioned the bilateral investment treaty problem too -- well no, we don't quite have agreement there. and for china this new model of great power relations not being accepted by president obama or secretary kerry, he made a speech on it, all the senior figures in the administration have said very, very subtly we need to move toward the new model, but this is really one of the -- it's probably the biggest single point of friction right now between the u.s. and china. and if you chi to get an op-ed -- try to get an op-ed piece written or go to our media, imagine this big presidential candidate debate in 2016 and someone says well, how do you stand on the new model of great power relations no one's ever heard of it

and north korea say joint -- south korea say they will begin flexing military muscle. >> pyongyang seets as pure aggression and has unveiled new missiles and technology as it prepares for the worst. >> paula hancocks is tracking the story and joins us live from seoul with the latest. these drills happen every year. pyongyang would have its people believe it's a prelude to war. what's the real story here? >> reporter: experts are pretty split as to whether or not pyongyang does believe what it says when it believes -- when it says that these drills are basically an exercise a practice for invasion as they announced in a north korean newspaper this monday morning. or whether or not they're just using it as an excuse to up the rhetoric to testfire missiles of its own, new technology as you say. of course it is winter so winter military drills would happen in most countries anyway. north north korea would be doing this. of course the announcement is march 2nd next monday circumstance the day the joint drills between the u.s. and south korea start, and publicly at least pyongyang is not hap