we think we're very capable of defending ourselves this pyongya pyongyang resident says. the mood inside north korea is not tense, but festive on their biggest holiday week of year. tens of thousands are visiting national landmarks. for the first time cnn cameras are allowed inside the museum of the korean revolution, more than 120 room chronicling three generations. this rare look at north korean history shows the nation is built around these three men. i'm shown footage from 2011 when north koreans learned of the death of the nation's second leader. the footage brings our guide to tears. now, their supreme leader kim jong-un is leading her and 25 million north koreans like his grandfather and father before him, he has absolute power over the lives of his people. we may hear from kim jong-un or some other north korean leaders at the assembly kicking off in pyongya pyongyang. one of the things they are going to be discussing is north korea's nuclear program. there's been speculation there could be a missile test or north korea's sixth missile test this week during the nat

. >> a lot of saber rattling coming up from washington and pyongya pyongyang.he united states, we're trying to put maximum pressure. we're convening this meeting at the white house. the venue is definitely unusual. i don't think that that changes his calculus to do more. >> shepard: do we know enough about kim jong-un to affect him? i'm lead to believe this is a person that we believe is unstable. is that accurate? >> i'm not sure if he's unstable or as crazy as everybody makes him out to be. he's very shrewd. i'm concerned that with all of this back and forth, there could be a miscalculation. i'm concerned about that. that could lead to unintended escalation back and forth. >> the fact that there's 25 million within a one-minute strike distance, not just nukes but ballistic capabilities is -- gives you a lot of pause. gives him a lot of leverage. >> absolutely. over 10,000 artillery pieces 60 seconds away with 20 million people. even americans, we have ex-pats in seoul. yes, ground forces are within 60 miles of the dmz. 75% of the air and naval forces. they do

will, a go to you first in pyongya pyongyang. were you surprised by reports of this missile launch?nd does anybody else in north korea know about it? >> the answer to your first question, was i surprised? yes and no. we've been talking about the possibility of a sixth nuclear test. and even at the parade yesterday, when i was chatting with don lemon, i said north korea has a possibility of rolling out a missile launcher and a we could see a missile launched around the day of the sun. you're thinking around the major holidays, north korea may attempt a show of force. everybody was thinking nuclear test, which could happen at some point because there's other points throughout the month of april, leading up to the military anniversary on the 25th of april. this is a window of time we need to watch closely. after all of the missiles were rolled out on the parade, including more missiles that have been shown, and the new kinds of wlballistic missiles, that perhaps that was the show of force for now. the fact that china may be able to take action, that parade may be the show of force. cle

screws to the chinese leadership to say, use your leverage and your economic influence in po pyongya pyongyang. >> but trump said he will get ambitions for north korea, with or without china. >> preemptive military action, that would be dangerous. north korea could send artillery fire into seoul. there's 10 million people there. we can 2,800 troops. i would not recommend military action at this point. >> thank you very much. >>> the white house is doubling down on its effort to revive the failed health care bill. also, the battle over the supreme court nominee intensified with democrats holding the floor on the senate in opposition to that pick. kristen welker, good morning. >> reporter: you're right. the fight over the president supreme court nominee is heating up this morning, as democrats dig in. this is a live shot of the senate floor, as some democrats hold an all-night talk-a-thon to protest this nomination. it's still going on. the reality, as republicans have enough votes to override the democrats. this comes as republicans try to salvage the plan to repeal and replace obamacare. there