okun. remember, that is what we used to call the blood root. okun. i continued to do so, and i continued to take the observations of the weather to provide for the temperature at least three times a day. i take the temperature first at the coolest time of day, that is just before sunrise. then i take the temperature at the meridian, at the sun's height during the day. and then usually at the warmest time of the day. now, of late, that has become arguable. some consider it 3:00, others consider 4:00. i asked them why and they tell me, well, it is because of daylight savings. i have no idea what they are referring to. but either 3:00 or 4:00 is the warmest time of the day. now, a few moments ago, i recorded the temperature at 54 degrees on the fahrenheit scale. early this morning before sunrise, it was 41. so, i shall wait until later in the afternoon to see where the day will lead us. your next question, mr. light. >> we had a question from benjamin asking what your favorite plant was. thomas jefferson: my favorite plant. oh, well, you asked me, benja

a michael okun welcome to the program north korean state media say leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks kim is said to have opened a fertilizer factory near the capital pyongyang the official news agency says he was greeted with cheers it's the 1st report of came carrying out an engagement since he missed actual anniversary celebrations last month there has been speculation he was seriously ill or even dead. joining me now is correspondent frank smith in seoul frank it's good to see you how reliable is this information coming from the state news agency showing kim jong un alive and well well certainly i would trust the information coming in from korea central news agency much more than the reports that we got over the past couple of weeks there are a couple of indicators that we need to look at at these pictures one is of course it's kim jong than himself that it's certainly doesn't look like a double in the background you see can you know john his sister younger sister and perhaps an heir to the leadership of north korea as much speculation there's b