he's pushing congress to pass a law to make it easier for american families to adopt north korean childrenving in neighboring countries and maybe one day north korea as well. >> reporter: now i want to pay back all my blessings to those underprivileged children as i was once. >> reporter: sang continues his work which he says serves another purpose. >> without this project, i don't think i would be here talking with you right now. >> reporter: but he is. fighting with whatever breaths he has left to give others the same chance he got. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. new preparation h totables. discreet, little tubes packed with big relief. from the brand doctors recommend most by name. new preparation h totables. the anywhere preparation h. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs help from me. and her medication. the exelon patch -- it releases medication continuously for twenty-four hours. she uses one exelon patch daily for the treatment of mild to moderate alzheimer's symptoms. [ female announcer ] it cannot change the course of the disease. hospitalization and rarely deat

germany, he urged north korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions and also said he's ready to inve north korean leader kim jong-il to a nuclear security summit if the country agrees to denuclearize. south korea plans to host the summit next march. north korea's national defense commission denounced the statement for demanding apologies for two deadly attacks last year. 36 sailors died after a torpedo attack sunk a naval vessel and the shelling of a south korean island killed four people. >>> north korean leader kim jong-il is home after a week-long tour of china. he traveled 5,000 kilometers on an unprecedented third trip to china in just a year. >> translator: north korean leader kim jong-il made an unofficial visit to china from may 20th to 26th at the invitation of president hu jintao. >> kim's spoke was observing china's economic development. kim's first stop was a lake near the city of mudanjang, his father had a battle against japanese forces in the 1930s. kim next visited an automobile factory, a supermarket and a solar panel factory in yangzhou and electronics factory in nanjing. he met

sources familiar with the china/north korean relations said the delegations left two men at a province and stopped at a lake where a monument honors the late founder of north korea, kim il song. an employee at a hotel told nhk that a north korean leader had arrived and that people were banned from entering nearby hotels and restaurants. kim jong il is expected to visit cities in northeastern china. >>> the leaders of japan, china, and south korea are meeting this weekend in tokyo. this get-together will be the fourth in a series of high-level talks. japan's prime minister naoto kan and chinese premier wen jiabao and south korean prime minister lee myung-bak will hold talks on saturday. nhk world's hiroki najima is in studio to guide us through all this. now, hiroki, the leaders are expected to make a statement of cooperation on nuclear safety. what do you make of this statement? >> well, south korea and china want to make sure that prime minister kan's administration gives them sufficient information if something happens at fukushima daiichi. the japanese government didn't notify neigh

he said he is ready to invite north korean leader kim jong-il to a nuclear summit. south korea plans to host the summit next march. the national defense commission denounced the statement demanding apology for two deadly attacks last year. 46 sailors died after a torpedo attack. >>> north korean leader kim jong-il is home after a week's long tour of china. he traveled 5,000 kilometers on an unprecedented third trip to china in just a year. >> translator: north korean leader kim jong-il made an unofficial visit to china from may 20th to 26th at their president. >> kim's focus was object serving china's economic development. kim's first stop was a lake near the city near mudanjang. his father planned a battle against japanese forces in the 1930s. he visited an automobile factory, a supermarket and solar panel factory and electronics factory in nanjing. he met chinese president in beijing. earlier our reporter had an indepth look at kim's latest visit from china. >> what can we learn from kim jong-il's trip to china? >> no leader since the 1950s has visited china three

it said the two had committed serious crimes that broke north korean and international laws. it added they would have to face legal responsibility. a source close to the men revealed that someone who said he was a north korean official phoned japan to demand money for their release. the japanese foreign ministry is contacting north korean authorities to find out why the two men were detained and what their current status is. >>> there is good news for poor swimmers. a new type of swimwear has been developed to give them a boost in the water. it's based on state of the art technology that has made a name for itself among world class swimmers. >> reporter: this man has trouble swimming more than 15 meters. but when he wears this newly developed swimsuit, he has no problem. >> translator: when you wear the rubber suit, you feel like you have an inner tube around your waist. when your body is parallel to the water's surface, you can swim much faster. you also feel more secure, as if you're being supported. >> reporter: yamamoto corporation, a japanese rubber maker, developed the

the state director of policy planning, jacob sullivan, he said as you know the north koreans were theded the aid program in 20009 ordering our humanitarian personnel to leave the country and leave behind 20,000 metric tons of food. that may be the case, but north korea is asking for food now. the united nations has already announced plans for emergency food distribution to 3.5 million north koreans, primarily women and children who are starving because of the decimated crop situation. other humanitarian groups who are banned from delivering food say it's cruel. a few hours ago bill richardson, the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, he jumped into this and agreed with jimmy carter that the u.s. should be allowing food aid. the state department says it is still considering the north korean request for food, based on what they say need, resources availability and the ability to monitor food distribution, where it goes. at the end of the day you're talking about people. you have got a regime that you can love or hate, but the people are eating grass to survive. >> it seems like

. >> north korean propaganda films paint a blissful picture of life under kim jong il. those we met who'd escaped from north korea in the last decade paint a very different picture. kang chol hwan remembers a happy childhood. >> ( translated ): my childhood was happy. i had five or six aquariums with all kinds of fish. we kids all competed to see who had the best fish. >> then everything changed. his grandfather was arrested for an unnamed crime. north korean practice is to purge three generations. ang, his grandmother, father, uncle, and little sister were taken to yodok prison camp. kang screamed so much the soldiers let him take one of his beloved aquariums. he was nine years old. >> ( translated ): the iron gates opened. the soldiers were armed. i began to feel real fear. everyone was so skinny. the children were so weak and fragile. they were in rags. at first, i dried bugs for my fish. that's how i fed them. but when i started forced labor, i didn't have time for them. i had no time to cry. every day was so tiring. we worked so hard. i was so cold. you don't care a

. >>> three north korean defectors are on their way to japan after living in limbo for more than two years. they left the japanese consulate general in northeastern china on friday. sources close to the case say the man and two women are related to each other. the trio had been given protection by the japanese consulate general after taking refuge there in 2008 and 2009. they expressed their desire to live in japan but the chinese government would not allow them to leave. china does not recognize north korean defectors as refugees and had demanded japan not shelter them. diplomatic sources say the deadlock was broken when japan recently declared in writing that it acknowledges china's position. >>> japan's defense chief says the recent unofficial disclosure of u.s. diplomatic cables will not affect the relocation of a bill tear case in okinawa. the whistle-blowing website wikileaks on wednesday released what are diplomatic cables sent to washington from the u.s. embassy in tokyo. one cable says a plan to relocate u.s. marines from okinawa to guam would involve spending $1 billion bui

and in libya fresh nato air strikes at the capital tripoli reportedly damaging the north korean embassy and the gadhafi compound and leading to more civilian deaths the bombing came just hours after the libyan leader made his first t.v. appearance in more than a week. also a german court finds a former nazi death camp guard guilty of accessory to war crimes they include the execution of thousands of jews during the second world war ninety one year old john demjanjuk was sentenced to five years in prison but released pending an appeal. next he talks to a political analyst who's developed its own theory to explain that what's behind the world's major political events this coming right up. you know thank you very much for talking to r.t. here in price and now tell me what is geopolitics p. geopolitics is looking at the underlying global agenda hidden agenda that is multi-generational and outside the bounds of say the day to day perception that's presented in the mainstream media some people say that what you do is essentially fear mongering amongst the general population what's your reacti

in libya meantime fresh nato air strikes in the capital tripoli reportedly damaging the north korean embassy and it could their fees compound leading to more civilian deaths. crying with no expire a date a german court finds of ninety one year old former nazi death camp guard guilty of excessive rates of murder and sentences him to five years in jail. and commodities are continuing their multi session decline with silver dropping another two percent join me for the latest analysis of the market it's not even funny business. you or she got a lot from moscow it's nine pm here now welcome if you just joined this it's kevin owen here this hour in our top story the u.s. is ramping up the pressure on syria with secretary of state hillary clinton and with sharon assad's government will be held accountable for the violence this comes on top of economic sanctions from the european union and he said the situation is mirroring now the build up to the military intervention in libya and he's going to teach you can take a look at the similarities. the u.s. secretary of state called the syrian gove

the time in libya fresh made so airstrikes at the capital tripoli reportedly damaging the north korean embassy and get duffy's calm and leading to more civilian deaths we've got the latest. also crime a no expire a date a german court finds a ninety one year old woman not suggest guilty of accessory to murder and sentences him to five years in jail. torching i'll see live from moscow it's eight pm here now welcome to you if you just joined this it's kevin zero in with a top story in first tonight the u.s. is ramping up the pressure on syria with the secretary of state hillary clinton vying bashar al assad's government will be held accountable for the violence this comes on top of the economic sanctions from the european union many say the situation is mirroring now the build up to the military intervention in libya that is going to teach it can as more she joins us live from washington d.c. got a very good evening to you so more pressure is a mention from the u.s. today for some more flesh on the bones what more a way her. well kavin the u.s. secretary of state called the syrian govern

in libya fresh nato air strikes at the capital tripoli reportedly damaging the north korean embassy and to get that peace compound leading to more civilian deaths. it's also a crime with no expiring date a german court finds of ninety one year old former nazi death camp guard guilty of excessive use of murder and sentenced to five years in jail. this is r t i'm kevin zero in a very good evening to you it's now eleven pm here the u.s. is ramping up the pressure on syria with secretary of state hillary clinton valen bashar al assad's government will be held accountable for the violence it comes on top of economic sanctions from the european union and he says the situation is mirroring now the build up to the military intervention in libya he's done it if you can take a look at the similarities. the u.s. secretary of state called the syrian government's reprisals brutal and said they were responsible for hundreds of deaths hillary clinton also says the u.s. was looking to raise international pressure on the syrian government although she stopped short of saying that bush assad has lost his

. >>> north korean leader kim jong-il has returned home from a week-long tour of china. his heir apparent reportedly greeted him at the border of the two countries. the state-run korean central news agency said kim's special train arrived in the northwestern city of sinuiju on friday morning. his third son kim jong un welcomed him there. the agency alsoeported kim wrote a a letter to the chinese president saying friendly ties will develop through generations. observers say kim went to china to win its support for the planned transfer of power to a third generation of his family. around thursday night state-run media in china and north korea reported on a meeting between kim and president hu. according to china central television kim said during his tour he agrees with china's reform and open door policies but north korea's central news agency did not report this comment. instead, it said china supports the korean people's struggle for the protection of socialism. the difference in tone could indicate that kim jong-il is being cautious about opening up north korea's econom

in libya fresh nato air strikes in the capital tripoli reportedly damaging the north korean embassy and gadhafi compound and leading to also believe that the bombing came just hours from from libyan leader made his first t.v. appearance in more than a week. also a german court finds a former nazi death camp guards guilty of accessories of war crimes they include the execution of thousands of jews during the second world war under one year old john demjanjuk percent since to five years in prison but released pending an appeal . signed thirty one here in moscow and a special report for you next about a team of brave men in lebanon whose job it is to search for unexploded bombs after the war there in two thousand and six. the heart of going to that was in eighty during the war. we heard they captured two soldiers. right away the plane started bombing the bridges were bombed and then the towns were getting hit. with my feelings and thoughts were just to get my wife and child to a safe area. and. you know how can i feel the feelings of someone whose country is being bombed. and the shia we l

the west has suspected a north korean-designed reactor which was meant for making bomb fuel. analysts say the u.s. and its european allies may now ask the a i.t. board to review this. -- dthe aie to review this. >> germany's vw has opened a new $1 billion assembly plant in the united states. the factory in chattanooga tenn. -- chattanooga, tenn. reuse manufacturing -- reduce manufacturing their after a several-decade hiatus. >> volkswagen wants to reposition itself in the u.s. as a local manufacturer. it was obvious the country's national anthem had to feature prominently at the new plan. it has adapted its sedan for u.s. drivers, making it bigger and cheaper than the u.s. model -- and then the eu model. >> we promised to bring a new first class for volkswagen to the states, a car made in america for america, a car with engineering for everyone, a true leader in technology and sustainability. >> books and has big plans for the u.s. it wants to triple sales there by 2018, which means 1 million cars per year. it is determined to get the things right to this time. 23 years ago,

(men snickering) >> those goddamn north koreans. >> they are some sneaky bastards. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> may 11, 2011. from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme song playing] [applause] >> jon: welcome to the show. hey, everybody, welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. we have put together a program for you tonight that will defy all other programs. tonight's guest, the great, the great albert brooks. [cheers and applause] hey, remember like a week ago, the president released his birth certificate and celebrated his newfound citizenship by having someone shoot osama bin laden in the face? [laughter] it felt like the events were connected, like maybe we'd finally put all these ginned up and ridiculously overblown non-controversies, like the birther thing, to rest. we were going to focus on things that matter, winning the war on terror, the budget, fiscal things, getting things done. well, i hope you enjoyed that

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north korean leader kim jong il is believed to have met with the chinese president hu jintao in beijing. kim has been in china since friday. he arrived in beijing wednesday morning aboard his special train. kim is believed to have had lunch with members of the chinese leadership at the state guest house. he then apparently moved to the great hall of the people in the afternoon for a bilateral summit. kim and hu are believed to have exchanged views on e bilateral economic cooperation in border areas and on a resumption of six party tuks on north korea's development. china is proposing that invoice from north korea -- envoys hold a meeting before talks resume. south korea said the north should express intentions to abandon nuclear programs at the discussions. now a look at the latest in weather. >> hello there. time for your weather update. we are keeping a close eye on a typhoon, a large and strong typhoon headed to the northern end of the philippines. you can see the out of bounds starting to impact much of the philippines. it's starting to veer to the north continuing to strengthen ove

the delegation is led by special enjoy for north korean human rights robert king and includes expertsrom the u.s. agency for international development. they arrived in pyongyang from beijing on tuesday afternoon. king is the first senior u.s. official to visit north korea in about a year and a half. the u.s. began offering food aid to north korea in 2008, but the aid was suspended in 2009 due to confrontation over the transparency of distribution, including monitoring methods. during their five-day stay the delegation is to study the food situation in the north and discuss with officials whether they would allow the distribution to be monitored. observers say that by suggesting a resumption of food aid, the u.s. hopes to persuade north korea to soften its stance on resuming the six-party talks on its nuclear program. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has indicated a possible handover of some jewish settlements in the occupied territories in a bid to achieve peace palestinians. >> in any peace agreement that ends the conflict, some settlements will end up beyond israel's bo

elsewhere tonight north korean leader kim jong il's in china according to south korean news agency reports suggested that his son and there traveled to the north key allies to discuss the pressures from face of the nuclear program conflicts abroad usually kept secret which we'd speculation about his health. to american astronauts had a six hour space walk cut short but not before completing a few experiments and repairs were called back inside the international space station after a carbon dioxide america failed in one of the after most protective suits the mission's part of the shuttle's final journey before retirement. the operator of japan's crisis in fukushima nuclear plants made a record loss of fifteen billion dollars it's the country's biggest ever corporate loss which forced the firm directive to quit and the nuclear campaign of philip white told us changes at the top what made a big difference if you look at teen years two thousand and two there's a big scandal involving. all three of the top executives who resigned but it made no difference his resignation will make no significan

. >>> the son and heir apparent of north korean dictator kim jong-il has arrived in china for an officialisit. it's his biggest diplomatic trip yet. >>> and wildlife workers in mississippi are spending another day rounding up wild hogs that are threatening the levees. the hogs have been digging into them searching for food and dry land. this as floodwaters seep into louisiana farmland. >>> and after 29 years of hosting "entertainment tonight," mary hart signs off on her final broadcast today. now, when that debuted back in 1981 critics said there would be no audience for a half hour filled with celebrity news. never listen to the critics. >> isn't that true? now you can't get away from them. >>> for some of you your local news is coming up. >> for everyone else we'll be back with a scary prediction. will tomorrow really bring the end of the world? re they can ath and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. so let's put our paws down in protest. no fetching, no friendship till we all get k9 advantix ii. j

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more airstrikes hit central tripoli wednesday with state news reporting the north korean embassy had been damaged bombings going just hours after your viable libyan leader moammar gadhafi appeared on t.v. it was his first public speech since a nato which had killed his youngest son and three grandchildren meanwhile in syria at least nineteen people have died in a government crackdown on opposition protests as tanks resume shelling residential areas across the country syria is unlikely to repeat the libyan scenario i was anti regime activists take up arms according to political analysts tell me the. same syria it is different from the navy and scenario it is on course possible that we'll get there sometime but so long as the open and of the region are not deluded into using force into use into carrying arms then hopefully we will not end up with another libya because in libya this started becoming catastrophic when evolution turned into an armed conflict we've seen the model in libya for intervention has only complicated things. intervention has not. settled the problem in libya and i

i how these four airstrikes have reportedly targeted the north korean embassy and cockies compound coming just hours after he made a t.v. appearance it was the first time he'd been seen in public since a nato attack killed his youngest son and three grandchildren more than a week ago in syria attacks and soldiers reportedly move deeper into residential areas as the government crackdown there continues at least nineteen more people were killed but the total number of dead nearing eight hundred. we continue discussions about the region about twenty minutes when our t. speaks with ian crane a political analyst who thinks could offer his financial independence may have been the lure for data with your pension. you know let's just also recognize one remarkable piece of coincidence all of the countries that are tagged by the mainstream media on behalf of the political elite all of the countries tiger such as venezuela cuba believe. iran and north korea will have one thing in common we had one thing in common and that is they are free of that from the world bank and they are not locked into the

the north korean pipeline we allowed security people in germany in particular cities ghost there and particularly now that libya's gas exports to europe have been disrupted we find that most of europe the storage capacity so about half or so it will come just in time predictions of european gas demand increasing by about one point two percent this year and you may go as far as three percent in the beginning of next year it all depends on the economic recovery and once the konami can recover least said we will definitely need natural gas from that pipeline russia's way through. exports huge is the move comes in response to recent fuel shortages in the country caused by colonies seeking to make some wise profits by selling products abroad. russia is the world's leading oil exporter and a fuel deficit on the domestic market is unacceptable the recent shortages were caused by the unreliability of a number of market players and logistical problems in addition we cannot deny the influence of high global crude prices one of the measures that could be taken to stabilize the market is to incr

and north korean bases laying the world's longest subsidy pipeline across the board take it construction will start delivering gas from russia to germany in the autumn bypassing transit countries such as ukraine will have more on that and i will stories in our business update in twenty minutes. international news live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day good to have you with us this hour barack obama has come under attack from critics for failing to deliver proof of bin laden's death the president has blocked the release of photos of the body of the al qaeda leader so i think national security risks the decision was announced two days after bin laden was killed by u.s. special forces and buried at sea the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear and have raised questions about the legality and legitimacy of the killing. has more for us on the story. again within international news bombshell proudly dropped by the united states after a firefight they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body there was a female who was in fact in a lot of fire that re

elsewhere tonight north korean leader kim jong il's in china according to south korean news agencies early reports suggested that his son an air head traveled to the north korea like discuss the pressure his country faces over its nuclear program kim trips abroad are usually kept secret which brings speculation about his health. and. at least two american astronauts of the six space walk cut short but not before completing for the sparrows and repairs they were called back inside the international space station after a carbon dioxide monitor failed and one of the astronauts protective suits the mission is part of the endeavor shuttle final journey before its secretary. it may lack luxury resorts or palm strewn beaches but on target is frozen barren land still a hot spot for some and in our next report from the southernmost tip of the earth r.t. shaun thomas needs those spending thousands of dollars to swap five star for frust the guests on board this cruise ship get ready to come ashore to experience something magical an arctic is an area to visit. imagination i mean you can reach tal

elsewhere tonight north korean leader kim jong il's in china calling to his three news agencies reports suggested that he had traveled to the north's key ally to discuss the question of this country's facing right now over its nuclear program trips abroad are usually kept secret which speculation about his health. this american astronauts of the six zero spaceport cut short but not before completing a few experiments as they were called back inside the international space station after a pardon dockside monitor failed in one of the astronauts suits their mission as part of the endeavor shuttles final journey before retirement. it may lag luxury resorts all palm beaches but i'm tired because frozen barren lands are still a hot spot for some in our next report from the southernmost tip of the earth. spending thousands of dollars to swap five star frust. the guests on board this cruise ship get ready to come ashore to experience something magical an arctic is an area to visit a young imagination i mean you can read talks look at t.v. shows and try to be prepared but we experience every tri

what why dot com mr baker we've seen none could actually related targets being hit such as the north korean embassy where civilians died and since it's protecting civilians how. just how far do you think nato is prepared to go in this. well that's an interesting question because originally of course we were told that the purpose of the nato mission was to protect civilians but because of the nature of the uprising itself it was inherently military to begin with and of course we had these very interesting remarks late last week from the head of the british armed forces in which he's been much more candid i think then any of the other people the coalition and he virtually explicitly said that his goal was to take out kadafi now that was not what the u.n. was approving and so we've seen this kind of constant mission creep and impossible set of circumstances and of course two thousand five hundred of bombing runs the attempts to as as the head of the british armed forces said to destroy much of the infrastructure so of course you're going to see tremendous civilian casualties are going to see a

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in libya fresh nato airstrikes hit the capital tripoli reportedly damaging the north korean embassy and gadhafi his compound and leading to more civilian their. crime with no expiring date a german court finds a ninety one year old former nazi death camp guard guilty of accessory to murder and sentences him to five years in jail. and commodities are finally reversed post games this hour after massive declines in the previous session for that and other business news join me and many of us. watching r.t. live from moscow it's ten pm here now my name's kevin now in another top story the u.s. is running up the pressure on syria but secretary of state hillary clinton valiantly sheryll assad's government will be held accountable for the violence this comes on top of economic sanctions from the european union many say the situation is narrowing now the build up to the military intervention in libya out is going to change you can look takes a look at the similarities. the u.s. secretary of state called the syrian government's reprisals brutal and said they were responsible for hundreds of death

still exists across the globe thank you very much or if you need a coaching over why for us in the north koreans. reaction to the news from washington many experts have been pointed to the fact that the u.s. itself contributed a lot to creating the terror we have today is your correspondent. if you look back to the one nine hundred eighty s. it was actually the united states along with the help of the i.s.i. or pockets gun secret service that were supposedly training freedom fighters during the soviet afghan war it was then those same freedom fighters that ended up turning into a terrorist and carrying out a lot of these attacks that ended up really majorly impacting the lives of the pakistanis the billions that along with american drone attacks that have killed several poppy standing civilians it's hard to say that pakistan also hasn't been affected by this war on terror they certainly have been a victim as well when it comes to india's reaction to osama bin laden's that a lot of indians are still waiting for pockets on government official reaction as to whether or not they knew that these amer

information this week we're calling it you the viewer our first comment comes from facebook from marcus north korean who writes i don't know what i would do without r t even the so called alternative media here in sweden doesn't come close to even contemplate a different view of the osama bin laden events in the mainstream media has kelli bellegarde also from facebook writes as far as i'm concerned we executed a suspected criminal without a trial or even a tribunal and it's kind of sad they were seeing a lot of comments now people questioning the decision by barack obama at least on the legal grounds that it wasn't done properly legally taken bin ladin out the way that he did tommy kirkpatrick writes important show today he's referring of course to yesterday's show following the announcement of solomon islands that americans should understand obama is completely dishonorable in his own character and especially to those that took the oath in this osama spectacle as a marine i have no closure and i highly doubt the official story being presented through the mainstream summer five. a lot of military pe

north korea also current activities are contrary to china also the-north korean's current activities are contrary to china current korea's activities are contrary to china's interests. we note that kim yong-il is in beijing right now. he is focusing on the economic ties between the two countries. how do we get china to exert what we believe is greater leverage with respect to north korea's behavior, particularly their aggressive behavior toward the south and the dangerous moments that have been created as a consequence of that double you would think there is a greater ability. are we misjudging bear -- dangerous moments that have been created as a consequence of that. do you think there is a great ability? >> china has a unique role given its influence and ties to north korea. we urge china to do more to urge -- to influence north korea's behavior. north korea is giving china pause and causing china to realize they have to step up to defuse the situation to make sure no further provocations occurred that could result in retaliatory actions by south korea. that would destabilize the e

the early on in the copies rule in 1983, he'd been in power for barely three years, he sent his north korean trained brigade into the southern province where there had been trouble, there have been political protest and a sporadic security issue. but he sent them into targets against the civilian population, in particular office space of a different opposition party. and they killed within probably about 20,000 civilians. it's never been a proper inquiry, no one has ever been arrested. and the catholic church condemned it. they didn't condemn and they brought out a report. several years later. i was a rookie reporter in those days and reported on that and got death threats and thrown out of the country at that point. but at that point, too, mugabe's relationship with the catholic church started to change. and he still went to church and things and they have been very kind to the system, during war. but he was less, you know, less obviously trusting of them. and the reason was happen come a strange situation where the anglican church has actually split. and there's a pro-mugabe priest was tak

state department special envoy for north korean human rights. the white house says next week king will begin a five-day tour to look into the country's need for food. the u.s. cut off food aid to north korea two years ago. >>> the water is rising. your neighbors are evacuating. what can you do? how about build your own levee. martin savidge found one family near vicksburg, mississippi, that did just that. take a look. so far it is keeping the flood waters at bay and keeping three acres and the homestead high and dry. >> when it got to 55.5, we knew we had to do something. >> it's worked. so far it's holding. >> so far it's holding. we started designing a levee to hold 105 feet. then it came it was going to be 107, and when we started we said we're going to put it high as the levee will go, at 110 feet. that's what we built, sea level. >> so far, so good. martin says the homeowner told him the family always wanted lake front property. some people keeping a great sense of humor. this is very serious. they're lucky. so far, so good. >> well, they wo

robert kij is the state department special envoy for north korean human right.te house said next week he'll begin a five-day tour to look into the country's need for food. they cut off aid for food two years ago. >>> mid-june, experts say it could take that long for water levels to return to normal in places like vicksburg, mississippi. parts of that city are underwater after the river crested at a record 57 feet earlier this week. and it's still cresting downstream. the flooding started april 30th. the water got so high, the army corps of engineers began opening flood gates a week ago, hoping to spare big cities of new orleans and baton rouge. jacqui jeras back with us in the weather center. did opening the morganza spillway help? did it do what they want it to do? >> it did exactly what they want it to do, but it still needs to be monitored because it's not over yet. you mentioned vicksburg has crested. pretty much all of the lower gauges in the lower mississippi valley have crested or are cresting. you can see vicksburg. it's crested but it's still almost 14

. >>> north korean leader kim jong-il has made a secretive visit to china.lusive leader who rarely travels abroad met the chinese president, hu jintao. its it's largest ally and main provider of food and aid. they confirmed his visit hours after his bulletproof train left beijing. >>> leaders from some of the world's richest countries are meeting in deauville in france. the g-8 countries are close to a multibillion-dollar deal to help democracies like egypt and tunisia. they've also been talking about libya. russia says its g-8 partners have asked it to help mediate between the warring parties. >>> we continue to follow developments, though, surrounding the capture of ratko mladic. now facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. cnn's phil black is at the hague where the international war crimes try boonial is awaiting mladic's extradition. phil, how much of an issue is his health going to be, and how could that affect the trial? >> reporter: well, i think you'll find, zain, that it could potentially be a significant issue. with ratko mladic now