over toward the asia we have snow covering the northeast china. thin towards north korea. but the south korea's seeing very heavy rain. that will be moving in towards japan, covering much of the archipelago. this is going to be very heavy rain, about 150 millimeters into the next 24 hours. we may see some sudden bursts of showers about 50 millimeters. that's going to be associated with some rumbles of thunder. these are all going to be quite critical across the area. and also heavy rain could cause flash floods and landslides as well. 13 in seoul. so warming up there and staying in the 30s in the tropics. i'll leave you now for your extended forecast. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." thank you for joining us.

if there are tons of north korean refugees who live in northeast china who go back and forth smugglingthat is to start hitting newly into the west to start getting into north korea -- to start getting into north korea so that the united states can get into that close country. host: a question on twitter. the american media is under the illusion that north korea is a dictatorship. it is run by a cadre of seniors, not a boy. guest: we do not know too many great level of detail how they use in north korean are done. we are reading tea leaves. from what we do know, kim jong , hisuncle and his aunt aunt been kim jong il's sister, are still very powerful. what has happened over the last year or so since he came to power is, he has tried to become not just take figurehead, but also someone who is powerful in his own right. some analysts will say that these kinds of provocative actions like the nuclear tests and threatening united states and south korea are designed to consolidate kim jong un's control over the military. that is called the right analysis. jamaica, new york on the democratic li

only further isolate north korea and undermine efforts to ensure peace and stability in northeast asia. >> even chinaich has provided much needed food and aid to north korea, seems to be vocally criticizing north korea actions over the past several months. >> shepard: trace, thanks. let's take this to john bussy for perspective. they're at it again. i feel like i've done this a thousand times. >> you can sometimes not separate the bluster from actual action. there's been this history of bluster and then every once in a while a lashing out. they sunk a warship three years ago this month. so this is something that the south particularly takes seriously. you can shell seoul from north korea and do damage if there isn't some kind of political stability in north korea and the military allowed to go its own way? >> shepard: there is thanking the sanctions well be helpful. >> the sanctions have been ratcheted up, not just by the u.s., but the chinese have been slowing the trade across the border, showing its dismother the fact that north korea is attracting to much attention to the peninsula. that was a lon

there are tons of north korean refugees who live in northeast china who go back and forth smuggling. that's an opportunity for the united states or the international community to start getting, you know, news filtering into north korea so that people inside that very closed, very repressed society can know what is going on in their own country and the reality of the world. >> host: question from amber on twitter. the american media is under the assumption that north korea is a dictatorship. the truth is it is run by a cadre of seniors and not the boy. talk a little bit about north korean leadership these days. >> guest: well, you know, we don't really know to any great level of detail how exactly north korea is run. we're kind of reading tea leaves. we're looking at goat entrails. we're, you know, coffee grinds but from what we do know, kim jong-un's you uncle and his aunt, his aunt being kim jong-il's sister, are still very powerful and what i think has happened over the last year or so since kim jong-un came to power he tried to become not just a figurehead but also someone who's p

if there are tons of north korean refugees who live in northeast china who go back and forth smuggling. that is an opportunity for the united states and international community to start getting used filtering into north korea so that people inside that very closed repressive society can know what's going on in their own country and the reality of the world. host: a question on twitter. the american media is under the assumption that north korea is a dictatorship but it is upon by seniors and not the boy. talk about north korean leadership these days. guest: we do not know to any great level of detail how exactly north korea is run. we are looking at entrails, coffee grinds. from what we know, kim jong un's uncle and aunt are still very powerful. what i think has happened over the last year are so since he has come to power as he has tried to become not just a figurehead but someone who is powerful in his own right. some analysts say these provocative actions like the nuclear tests and threatening the united states and south korea, they are designed to consolidate kim jong un's controll

china's foreign ministry suggested now might be a good time for everyone to turn down the temperature. >> maintaining peace and stability of the korean peninsula as well as northeast asia serves the common interest of all relevant parties. it is also a joint responsibility. we hope relevant parties can work together to turn around the tense situation in the region. >> clearly, china considers the u.s. decision to send its nuclear capable b-52 on practice bombing runs as unhelpful. the u.s. insists it is part of annual military exercises. beijing also sent a message to pyongyang that enough was enough. the message had little immediate effect. friday, north korea staged a massive rally in pyongyang whipping up national fervor. tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians marched pledging their determination to fight for the regime and defend their national honor. amidst that, kim jong-un's friday declaration had some fine print. all the talk about all-out war with america was conditioned on what they call a reckless provocation on north korea. former u.s. secretary of state, colin powell, was in seoul this week. he pointed out that any north korean attack on south ko

china, called today for restraint. >> ( translated ): upholding the peace and stability of the korean peninsula as well as northeast asia serves the common interests of all parties and it's also their common responsibility. we hope that relevant parties will work together in pushing for a turnaround of the tense situation. >> suarez: and for all the war talk, some economic cooperation has continued between north and south korea. workers and vehicles from the south are still being allowed to travel to a shared industrial park that generates millions of dollars for the north. i'm joined by joel wit. during his 15-year career at the state department, he focused on north korea. he's now a visiting scholar at the u.s. korea institute at the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. he also is the founder and co-editor of 38-north, a website devoted to north korea analysis. and sung-yoon lee is an assistant professor of international politics at tufts university's fletcher school. joel wit, are we closer to war today than we were even just a week ago? a real shooting war in northeast asia? >> i think this is an

china to do something. >> he better late than never. i would have started this conversation a long time ago, why it's ultimately in the interest of stability in northeastwhich they say they want, which i think i take them at their word. the way you accomplish that is to end this nuclear weapons program in north korea so that japan, south korea and taiwan and others don't say our only hope especially with the declining american nuclear capability is to get their own. >> ambassador, thank you. >> thank you. >> the supreme court spending a second day on gay marriage and yesterday the states case and this one the federal case, challenging the doma as it's called. and receiving spousal benefits from the federal government and tonight, in an interview with univision, president obama speaking about gay marriage. >> i don't know what the court will do. i never predict what the court will do. same-sex couples should be treated fairly and have the same rights to benefits and to being able to transfer property, all the rights and recognition that i think heterosexual couples do. >> and shannon bream was inside the supreme court. she joins us, what happened? >> as

have to go to china about and to use -- to make the larger point for shine and awhich says it does not want north korea to have nuclear weapons. which says it wants stability in northeast asia, which manifestly, it is not going to get, as long as this regime and pyongyang is in power. i think we need to be working with the chinese. i don't underestimate how hard it would be, but we need to be working with the chinese to convince them and the rest of northeast asia and the world would be safer and more secure, if the two koreas were reunited. >> that's the case. that seems to be not something that will happen immediately. ambassador, john bolton, we thank you. you near bahrain. >> eric. >> caller: context on north korea. it has significant military fourses, more than 100 short- and medium-range missiles. with 1.3 million active military personnel and north korea has more than 600 combat aircraft at its disposal. >> back here at home to the fox news voter fraud why you want now. a guilty plea in a voter friewd case that touches the race for the highest office in the land. they're accused of forging petitions that put president obama and hillary clinton on the democratic

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