longtime korea watcher chad o'carroll says pyongyang has reasons to engage with the u.s. >> it helps.> have someone else able to support you. besides, just russia and north korea has a history of playing foreign, uh, supporters off each other. >> north korea has seen what happens to nations that abandon nuclear weapons like ukraine. >> you don't have the cards right now. >> for pyongyang. the strategy now is clear. show strength. and the person delivering that message, kim yo jong, the most powerful woman in north korea. her brother's combative enforcer for years back in 2020, as diplomacy crumbled, she personally ordered the destruction of the inter-korean liaison office. there's no doubt kim and his sister are watching. but north korea didn't get any clues about president trump's north korea policy during his congressional address on tuesday night, even though it lasted about an hour and 40 minutes, there was no mention of north korea. pyongyang's latest statements, though, do make it clear that while they might see an opportunity with trump 2.0, they are not interested in engaging

longtime korea watcher chad o'carroll says pyongyang has reasons to engage with the u.s. >> it helps. >> to just have. >> someone else. >> able to. >> support you besides just russia. and north korea has a history of playing foreign, uh, supporters off each other. >> north korea has seen what happens to nations that abandon nuclear weapons like ukraine. >> you don't have the cards right now. >> for pyongyang. the strategy now is clear. show strength. and the person delivering that message, kim yo jong, the most powerful woman in north korea. her brother's combative enforcer for years. back in 2020, as diplomacy crumbled, she personally ordered the destruction of the inter-korean liaison office. now, as trump speaks to congress and the world, there's no doubt kim and his sister are watching. so you notice a lot of the fiery rhetoric comes from kim's sister and not kim himself. but obviously she's speaking on his behalf. she's authorized to do so. she runs a very powerful department. the propaganda and agitation department. >> propaganda and agitation. >> that's okay. so exactly. so to

and just briefly, the allowing russians to pyongyang was that a sweetener for rushes later. yeah, absolutely, i don't know, but a sweetener, but it is a source of income that conjunction is certainly considering as he tries to build this relationship with russia, one of the few friends that they have right now. north korea does have some site that they're trying to build up as potential tourist sites. and right now, chinese tours and russian course are the ones that they feel more comfortable with, who they also believe will understand how to fall into line a little bit when it comes to the messaging up. so i do think the north brands are looking at those as potential avenues for a little bit of income. and those are towards that they might feel a little bit more comfortable with. but let's see. there is a, the canyon marathon, which is set to take place the spring. we'll see if that goes forward. i always have to remind the americans, us citizens, that they are under very strict restrictions when it comes to traveling to north korea. and it comes with both ethical and secur

it happened today in pyongyang, which is about 25 miles northeast of seoul. authorities say the jets were taking part in a joint exercise when eight bombs were accidentally dropped on the village. at least 15 people were hurt, four of them with serious injuries. several homes and a church were badly damaged. two hikers are safe after being trapped on a snowy southern california mountain for three days. it started last saturday in riverside cnty. the pair was hiking on a trail when they slipped and fell 8ft down an icy cliff. search and rescue teams tried to reach them in a helicopter, but the winds were just too strong. crews continued to try and rescue the hikers several times over the next two days, but weren't able to reach them until monday. they hoisted the hikers into a helicopter and flew them to the hospital. both are expected to be okay. a lot more news ahead. jessica aguirre is here. she joins us now with what's coming up next. right now at 6:00, another drug crackdown in san francisco. this time, police swarming the mission just days after clearing