joy bill, rodman -- >> bill, rodman, and bear with me on this one because it is long. rodman said the one thing that president obama and kim jong-un agree on. you should be buried alive with just your head sticking out of the ground and a bunch of poisonous vipers should be released while people watch and laugh as they rip your skin off with the little teeth. >> in hindsight i wish i would have interrupted that. i thought it would end positively, but how could it if i was ended buried. >> dennis rodman would help you. >> it will end badly for rodman no matter what. at best they will be better at rebounding, but covered in tattoo and half drunk at every game. at worst they will be in front of the firing squad. what if rodman is open sexually and will teachers and them the same ways and kim jong-un does not want that. >> rodman says he is the first westerner he let him hold the baby. i just hope the baby was tested afterwards. >> terrible. >> he has had some questionable tattoo artists. >> even if you don't like president obama it seems wrong to be criticizing him on beh

send in dennis rodman. america's most unofficial envoy is back from a visit to north korea with some ideas that sound just so crazy they -- well, let's just stop at just so crazy. good afternoon, everyone. i'm jake tapper. we'll begin with the national lead. just minutes from now president obama will sit down for a one-on-one with cnn as he gets ready to appeal straight to the american people to strike syria. an hour from now, top members of the obama administration will brief members of the house just back today from summer recess. so far, the public appears largely unmoved. take a look at these new cnn poll numbers that we're releasing just this minute on "the lead." 63% of the american people disapprove of how the president has handled syria. only 31% approve. that's more than 2-1. i want to show you two more poll numbers. cnn released these earlier today. an overwhelming majority, 82%, are either certain or believe it's likely that the syrian government used chemical weapons against its own people. but

unpredictable dennis rodman on an unusual trip abroad.ictator he calls a friend. >> he loves sports. he loves basketball. i guess that me and him have something in common i come over here to visit him. see how he is doing. >> reporter: former nba star first visited in february. sparking controversy, befriending the leader known for human rights violations who has until recently threatened to cause a nuclear attack on the united states. >> planned to come over here not to be a diplomat. to be a friend of the marshal. of the country and north korea. to show people, around the world, you know we as americans can actually get along with north korea. >> reporter: rodman's visit comes days after pyongyang denied a visit by a u.s. envoy who planned to secure the release of kenneth bay jailed since november. rodman denies speculation he is on the five-day trip working to bring bay back home. >> no. >> another head scratcher. rodman said this trip is sponsored by the company that sent him to the vatican during the conclave to ride around in a repl

rodman says this is no gimmick.riously, not just the white house but the american press, as well. but during this press conference, he said he's trying to break ground with the reclusive government but controversy seems to follow rodman wherever he goes. north korea was no exception. rodman announced a little earlier during his five-day deal with the korean dictator kim jong-un, he was able to ink a deal with him that would allow basketball match between u.s. and korean players on january 8th of next year and another on the 10th. unfortunately, no deal to release imprisoned american kenneth bea. i asked him about a derogatory he paid about president obama and former secretary of state clinton. rodman defended what he said about them and defended his friendship with the korean dictator. >> he's a very good guy. and that's very seriously. he has to do his job but he's a very good guy and the one thing he gave me the rights and everything about doing one thing. he said dennis, i want you to go over to america and say g

to hear rodman tell it, the north korean president yearns for contact with the american president. rodman says he's trying to facilitate a dialogue here. >> it's about doing my thing, trying to open obama's and everyone's mind. guess what, you don't have to talk about politics. talk about anything in the world. meet him in switzerland. meet him in london. meet him in ireland. meet him or even give him a call. that's all he wants. >> dennis rodman today said kim jong-un is a man who has a job to do but he called him, quote, a good guy. >>> well, the world is now getting its first glimpse of a long-missing painting by vincent van gogh, completed in 1888, two years before the artist's suicide. it has been in an attic in norway assumed to be the work of another painter. it is the first full-sized van gogh discovered since 1928. >>> 50 years ago this very evening "nbc nightly news" became what it is today, a half hour-long newscast. to highlight the big roll out chet huntly and david brinkley interviewed president john f. kennedy. prior to that it was a 15-minute newscast. that was the

rodman got personal.r his thoughts on kim jong-un on a dad. a writer and a performer. ther, i'm also a survivor of ovarian and uterine cancers. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everyone. i got sick... and then i got better. >>> there are plenty of words you could describe former nba star dennis rodman, but could use diplomat be added to that list? upon returning from so-called basketball diplomacy trip to north korea. rodman announced he's putting together a basketball event set for january that will involve players from the two countries and will be held in north korea. in this lengthy and really at times uncomfortable news conference today, dennis rodman called his trip unprecedented and said kim jong-un, and i'm quotin quoting, is a good guy. >> a

stay tuned for that. >>> plus, dennis rodman's >>> plus, dennis rodman's basketball diplomacy next. [ announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. >>> there's a massive manhunt under way right now in detroit. police and the fbi are searching for an inmate who escaped from a downtown courthouse after stabbing a sheriff's deputy in the neck. he then stole the deputy's uniform and carjacked a woman's minivan. he got into an accident nearby and then later abandoned the car. his lawyer says the man has a history of mental illness and that manhunt is, as we said, under way. more on that when we get it. >>> just days after returning from his second trip to north korea where he palled around with his buddy dictator kim junk u.n., former nba star dennis rodman plans on going back. see him uking it up there. next time he said he's going to bring more friends with him. why t not? great time. liv

dennis rodman was not lying. thank you, gordon chang. >> thank you. >>> microsoft $7 billion bet, the software company announcing tut forking over $7.2 billion to buy nokia, it used to be the hottest, sexiest most amazing phone on the planet. anyway it's a move to attempt to revive two companies that aren't exactly thriving in the mobile phone market these days. will the gamble pay off or is it too little too late, richard quest is "outfront." will this be enough to resuscitate -- >> i've got the evidence in front of me because that's what this is all about. let's start with this. this is the phone that was put together by microsoft and nokia. people love it. those who have used it absolutely adore it. but unfortunately it's got no market share. because, first of all, nokia was knocked out of the park by dear old apple. with the iphone. and then they were knocked out of the park, switch it on, so you can get a good idea of who it is, by an android phone from samsung, and it's left these two absolutely wondering w

>> rodman also said kim asked him to speak positively about north korea when rodman returns to the u.s. >>> now to the violent end for a policeman hunt in florida. the suspect wanted in connection with a series of home invasions and sexual assaults was discovered yesterday in tampa, but his arrest was another matter. >> reporter: after a high-speed car chase on a florida highway, police in an unmarked vehicle nudged the bumper of the red sedan driven by 24-year-old suspect charlie bates. sending the car careening across several lanes of traffic. on coming to a stop, bates immediately engaged the deputies in a shootout. >> shots fired. shots fired. right in front of the waffle house. >> reporter: for more than 60 seconds, bates and officers from at least three agencies exchanged fire. he was hit by several bullets and died about an hour later. >> he wanted very badly to hurt someone. so it wasn't going to go any further than this. >> reporter: it was a dramatic end to a crime spree that began the night before when bates allegedly forced himself into an apartment where eight university o

now rodman?ys no. >> my main plan is not to be a diplomat but to be a friend of the marshal and of the country of north korea. >> reporter: still bae's son jonathan tells abc news he still has hope. north korea is a crazy place and anything is possible, he says, even dennis rodman rescuing my father. bob woodruff, abc news, new york. >>> and next right here on "world news," we tackle the fastest growing consumer complaint in america. >> excuse me, you have my car! >> the traps they set to get your money. we have real answers tonight. >>> and the treasure of a lifetime, the family that stumbled onto a huge amount of gold in 15 feet of water. [ male announcer ] this is claira. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. [ groans ] all these stops

now there is dennis rodman.e says he will train the north korean basketball team for the 2016 olympics in rio. as the hall of famer puts it, is he doing some ground breaking things with the north. after his second trip to see his new buddy, the reclusive communist leader kim jong un. >> he's my friend. if you you hate my guts, hate my guts, but is he my friend. >> shepard: he says he will bring some more friends the next time he is in town. rodman announcing plans to recruit former nba players to appear in some exhibition games in north korea starting in january on kim jong un's birthday. >> he is a very good guy. and very seriously, he has to do his job but is he a very good guy. >> shepard: a guy who loves looking at things today, a parade. to mark the country's 65th anniversary. despite the pomp and sword lady dance team more than a third of the population is starving. tens of thousands of political prisoners are behind bars including this american missionary. >> i wasn't going over there to try to rescue som

rodman held a press conference today. it was about as coherent as you would expect rodman to be.e believes he is an ambassador of some kind. and at one point seemed annoyed that president obama has made no attempt to contact him. >> guess what? syria, really? i'm being honest. guess what? this guy doesn't want to do one thing is have a conversation with you. that's it. so why are you afraid to talk to dennis rodman? you talk to beyonce and jay-z, why not me. i'm pretty important now. what's up now, obama? talk to me. >> i have no idea why he wouldn't want to talk to you. dennis rodman may not be our smartest foreign policy expert, but he is certainly our dumbest. one reporter asked him if he had kim jong un's phone number. >> you also said that we should give the marshall a call. do you have a personal cell phone for him that you can share with us right now? >> i have all of the logistics of him, the prime minister, everybody, i have all of their numbers. e-mails, everything. i'm not going to do that to you guys. guess what? i'm going to give you guys this one thing, it will be a

former nba star dennis rodman back from north korea. showing off snapshots with his friend, north korean dictator kim jong un. rodman fuelled speculation that he would push kim about imprisoned american kenneth bay. now another tune. >> reporter: did you ask about kenneth bay? >> guess what. >> reporter: rodman showing off that famous temper. >> ask obama about. as if you are going to talk about it. >> ask hillary clinton. >> reporter: bay is serving 15 years of hard labor and desperately ill, his family says. >> rodman is the only person the only american to have contact with the north korean leader. you cannot help but hope their friendship would benefit kenneth. so we were disappointed. >> reporter: the worm build his trip as basketball diplomacy. some aren't buying it. >> reporter: rodman's behavior on both these trips are absolutely outrageous. it just aids and abets one of the post-dangerous regimes in real time. >> reporter: the regime is developing nukes. rodman calls the young leadary quote awesome kid. >> i have no idea from h

. >>> plus, former basketball star dennis rodman bounces back to north korea to hang with his buddy, the dictator. he says he's just looking to have a good time. but is there more to this visit? tonight, inside rodman's return. >>> but first from fox this tuesday night president obama is not asking america to go to war. that's what the secretary of state john kerry told our congress today. at the beginning of hearings on possible military action in syria. but at first secretary kerry did not rule out the possibility of sending u.s. ground troops into syria someday. waffled repeatedly and that did not go over well on either side of the political aisle. so secretary kerry later said that there are no plans to put boots on the ground and that he's willing to put that in writing. >> be crystal clear, there's no problem that having the language that has zero capacity for american troops on the ground within the authorization the president is asking for. >> no problem in having the language. secretary kerry also said that the u.s. can prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the syrian gover

. >> pam: plus: dennis rodman. not a diplomat. the former nba star says >> pam: he's back in north korea. and: coming up next. mourning the loss of two women who were killed by a hit and run driver in san jose. a live report from the vigil. coming up. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: now our top story at 8-30. a hit and run near the san jose airport on monday left two women dead. and the driver, suspected of driving drunk before the crash, remains at large. tonight, a vigil is underway to honor the two victims. kron 4's scott rates is live in san jose at the vigil. where family members are paying their respects. scott? ice's >> pam: >> pam: new tonight at 8-- >> reporter: there were lighting candles amber letters to the two women did that. everyone here really like the two women the past. they were like in the community in had tons of friends. cristina dillon and castro one of the women back that in that car at in that car crash. >> reporter: ingathering at the very spot where th

we have new video of rodman arriving a few hours ago. this marks the second time this year the hall of fame basketball star has visited north korea and the north korean leader. rodman who says he is paying a visit to his friend has played down speculation is there to help free jailed missionary. rodman just met kim in february while the nba star was promoting the sports as well as a film. >>> microsoft completed a mega deal overnight buying nokia for over $7 billion. >> this is a big deal on wall street today. microsoft buying nokia's smart phone business, $7.2 billion is the price tag. it is the second big deal in the telecalm sector. this is microsoft's second largest purchase in its 38-year history behind the $8.5 billion that it paid for skype. microsoft and nokia has been partnered since 2011. part of the deal nokia's ceo will rejoin microsoft where he worked until 2010. >>> wall street is playing a bit of catch up after the holiday weekend. investors reacting positively to economic data out of china. dow coming off the fourth strai

dennis rodman is visiting kim jong-un. when asked by reporters rodman said it was not his job to ask about bae. >> as a guest to the country, and it's amazing that h he is a very young individual. hwhen i go back with positived a good things about this country. >> rodman and kim jong-un played basketball games together and rodman reported that kim judge uniokim jong-unis an awesome gu. >> meteorologist: it will be a hot day across the midwest and a rainy one across the southwest. i'll tell you all about it coming up after the break. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. >>> up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the entertainment industry there. next. >> australia prime minister rudd has admitted defeat in the national election. rudd. >> rudd lost to conservative challenger tony abbott. we've been tracking the results from sydney and andrew joins us live. how big of a defeat is this for prime mini

rodman is talking about his meeting with kim jong-un.s about -- this is about breaching a gap to a country that people has said's so bad. this country's not bad because the marshal now, he wants to change, and i'm there. he wants to change. and the one thing -- what we hear, what we see in america is once people are here, don't see that over there. you write what you hear. but you don't see what you write. if you meet the marshal over there, he's a very good guy. and it's serious -- he has to do his job, but he's a very good guy. and the one thing he gave me, he gave me the rice and everything -- doing one thing, he said, "dennis, go over to america and say, guess what, we want people to come over here because we're not a bad country." >> thanks, dennis. could you tell us about what you discussed, your plans and -- and reveal little about this basketball match that you've organized. >> well, it was more like a dream, you know. i talked to dr. patty power here. talked to dr. patty power here. it's funny that people think this is a gimmick

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do we know what rodman hopes to accomplish this time?porter: well, basketball diplomacy is what he says he wants to accomplish, kate, and the basketball bad boy is back in pyongyang, famously called the young dictator there an awesome kid. he's there and he may have a surprise up his sleeve. >> just want to go over there to meet with my kefriend kim. >> reporter: that's kim jong-un, north korean dictator. dennis rodman is returning to north korea for the second time this year, boarding a flight from beijing early tuesday morning. >> just wanted to fly to keep the communication gap going and try to help, try to start a new basketball league over there and stuff like that. >> reporter: rodman first met kim jong-un in february, arra e arrangarrang arranged for an hbo documentary series. the former nba star was criticized for saying he loved kim jong-un despite his long record of human rights abuses. >> he's a good guy to me. guess what e's my friend. i don't condone what he does but as a person to person he's my friend. >> reporter: this ti

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are a lot better than the military option tell me about north korea you think dennis rodman can help he's going to coach their basketball team of the next summer's olympics i say to some i facetiously but what do you make of north korea is any hope there. the answer is i believe there is but we know hardly anything about this new leader the thirty year old kim jong known my worry is that he's being pulled directions against dialogue more nuclear weapons more repressing is people you know i was hopeful that dennis rodman who apparently the leader like each other i mean the leader wouldn't see me when i went but he saw a rodman so i got a little jealous there but at the same time i was disappointed that rodman did not press hard for kenneth bay this is an american korean american detained there he criticized president obama secretary clinton very personally i don't think he needed to do that but you know sports diplomacy out of the box diplomacy people that are not diplomats that are not government people to people diplomacy scientists university people we shouldn't exclude using them

rodmans reactions have been mixed and he has denied the rumors.e did say last week that the subject may come up. rodman also said that if he did help with the release, he would be the most popular guy in the world. bae was sentenced to 15 years hard labor in february for allegedly helping with hostile acts against the country. this is rodman seconds and visits to north korea this year. >> the japanese government will spend approximately $470 million trying to get rid of contaminated water at the crippled nuclear power plant. and the power company has had huge problems since an earthquake back in 2011. those a set of meltdowns at three different reactor plants. the japanese government announced it was stepping in to help run the plant. >> it has just become easier to get a concealed permit in texas. new laws mean fewer classroom hours. gun owners used to have to take a 10 to 15 hours, now it's down to four to six hours. they can also renew their registration on line instead of taking more classes'. supporters said that the extra classes' did not ma

rodman's behavior now on both of these trips are just absolutely outrageous.abets one of the most dangerous regimes in real time. >> reporter: when asked more about trying to secure bay's release, rodman says he's not going there to rescue somebody. he simply said he's going there to open doors. his next trip is scheduled for this december. wolf? >> jason, thank you. >>> happening now, breaking news, my interview with p.m. many and his first pup response to a possible way out of attacking syria. i have to say that it's unlikely we would have arrived at that point where there would have been public statement without a credible military threat. >> i asked the president if this is bashar al assad's last chance to avoid a punishing u.s. military strike, and if he's worried about a new threat that a gruesome chemical weapons attack like the one in syria might be launched against americans, all part of my one-on-one interview that's about to air. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer at the white house, this is a

rodman tweeted that kim jong-un is an awesome guy. >>> the largest volum volcano lg under the motion. it's located about a thousand miles east of japan. researchers say it's been dormant for millions of years. >> meteorologist: good afternoon, east coasters, good morning for those of you on the west coast, and look at the central portion of the country. not looking at much there, right? high pressure is in patrol so it's a quiet, comfortable day. we'll continue to deal with plenty of sunshine and it will be exceptionally hot throughout the region as we track into the next 24 to 48 hours really. take a look at temperatures right now in minneapolis, 85 degrees. chicago, 82. that's hotter than it's going to get all day in downtown new york city. so it's going to be very, very warm out there. highs today, 89 in chicago, and that is close to the record, the record for this time of year right around 95 degrees, and i think by monday they're going to get close. we do have rain on the way, it's pushing out of portions of montana into north dakota. from montana all the way into rapids city we'

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rodman is in north korea visiting his quote unquote friend kim jong-un.ess advertising is everything. rodman and paddy power are tight. >>> it has been 760 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? the big three u.s. auto makers had double digit gains. the industry on pace to sell 16 million new vehicles this year for the first time since the financial crash. >>> ariel castro found dead by suicide in his cell. the 52-year-old castro convicted last month of holding three women captive in his cleveland home for a decade was found in his cell last night after hanging himself with a bed sheet. prison medical staff tried to revive him but it was too late. martin savage is outfront. >> reporter: ariel castro's family got the news from the news. and word of his suicide was a shock. do you have any reason to suspect that it could be a different story? foul play? >> well, not so much that we suspect, but the family has raised that question. it doesn't feel right. there is no note. we don't know that he wrote a suicide note.

rodman would not discuss bay's release. accepting the former nba player to try to show a positive attitude toward mending relations with the united states. >>> china has underscored its policy regarding maritime disputes in the south china sea. cholaphansa narula is following the story. >>> claims over parts of the south china sea, which china also says it owns. chinese premiere stressed not a problem between china and asean and only with specific companies. lee was speaking at a ceremony to mark the launch of the china asean expo on tuesday. premiere lee and several southeast asian leaders attended the opening of the expo in the southern chinese city of manning. stress china's stance on the maritime disputes. >> translator: we believe the debate over the south china sea is not an issue between china and asean. it should not be allowed to cooperate undertakings and we believe there's no possibility that it will. >> the philippines is i talks with the united states to expand u.s. military activity in the south china sea to c

it's the odd couple, part 2, former nba star dennis rodman hanging out with kim john ong rodman treated kim is an awesome guy. they watched a basket ball game together. when questioned by the recorders, he said he would not ask him to "kenneth bay. >> john kerr v in lithunia talking about syria, trying to get their support. he be speaking to reporters very shortly, and when that happens, we will dip into that for you. >>> one more strike or a few more feet on a line drive would have been made. johnkerry smith is here to tell us about an almost perfect night in sports. >> game was that close. petide's record was 12 and 20 with a 5.37 era in to friday night. the franciscoans, it has been far from pfsh. friday, perfect was what he was. up against the diamond backs who needed 65 pitches to get through 7 innings without giving a up a single base runner. he managed to strike out 7. when a pitcher flirt with perfects, he needs a little help from his friends and that's what he got in the 6th from defensive replacement, juan perez. perez spelled patrick corbin to play scoper before it hit the tu

rodman cussed at reporters and shouting it was not his job to he is hardly up there with clooney andy it with the north korean leader. >> one thing about peace. i am doing this game here. and you know in north korea and with their team and my team and hopefully, it will do good. he's my friend for life. i don't want care what you guys think about him. nfriends for life. they hung out watching basketball and kim hosted a big dinner. >> that looked like a jiffy pop cover. the state department has a reaction to this no doubt. >> yes, it could be disruptive for them and they may shrug it off. he told reporters he didn't care what people in the states think about kim kim jong-un and he said good positive things about the country. that's not the way the state department would like to so things done. north korea analyst said it is a ploy by pyongyang to deflect american attention from a nasty truth. >> it is a regime that uses dennis rodman as a tol. it is not a condense that kim kim jong-un invited him as people in the north korea is the main supplier of syrian weapons. that scandal will e

we have new video of rodman arriving. the second time this year the hall of fame basketball star visited the north korea leader. rodman says he played down speculation his trip is over to help free jailed american missionary. rodman first met kim who is a big-time basketball fan back in february while the nba star was promoting the sport over there along with a film he is being documented in. >>> san jose police say there is still no sign of the hit-and-run driver responsible for killing two women on their way to work at san jose airport yesterday. the families of 63-year-old carmen zavala and christina spent the time bringing cand lds and flowers. it was there the police say the women's toyota was struck by a speeding mercedes. the families are calling for the driver to surrender. >> he had no remorse and no feelings. he could be under the influence. we don't know. if he was, i mean, that's even worse. >> they were less than a mile from san jose international where they worked in food services for years. >>> san bruno ci

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we're going to tell you why dennis rodman is there. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >>steve: it started out as such a nice story. dennis rodman to the rescue. then you had to throw in the thing about the girlfriend. >>brian: you would think he's going to go over there and use his -- >>anna: basketball diplomacy. >>brian: he seems to look up to dennis rod man but he's not going to do that. he says i'm going over there to play basketball because we don't have enough hardwood here. >>steve: we don't? >>brian: we don't. we're going to be telling you about that. also the latest on the syrian development. a lot happened yesterday. a lot will be happening today as we build up to stphepb 9 -- september 9. kwoeupl -- >>anna: a lightening storm in miami left two men injured. it is o it is not clear if they were directly struck by lightning or hit by a tractor-trailer. a plane forced to make an emergency landing. the plane was heading from north carolina. >> all of a sudden i heard a boom. i saw flashes out the window. people were saying it

. >>> star dennis rodman's visit to north korea ended with a little bit of a surprise.odman arrived in china on saturday and said dictator kim jong-un has a baby daughter but there's been no official announcement from kim. his wife appeared to be pregnant last year and then disappeared last october. for a while and returned last october. rodman said he held the baby and called kim a good father. >>> in london a snafu of huge royal porportions. there was a break-in at buckingham palace and police are now red-faced to order a prince to get on the ground and put his hands up in the air. charlie d'agata explains what happened. >> reporter: two days after the palaces worst security breach in years, police fumbled into another royal mess. they busted the queen's son in the palace garden, mistaking him for an intruder. news headlines read pretty prince andrew held." police said no guns were drawn and apologized. the prince saw a mishap saying the police have a difficult job to do balancing security for the royal family and deterring intruders and sometimes they get it wrong. i

you say rodman is a pinhead.nk it's personal between you and dennis. >> kim jong-un executed his ex-girlfriend for making a sex tape. >> i didn't know that. where did you read it? main stream publication? >> you were on your yacht in the caribbean. in st. tropez in august. >> i didn't see it in the new york times. idiots on the street are the pinheads for me. also gary sinise and michelle obama teaming up. . >>> tip of the day with gary sinise and michelle obama in a moment. this would be a great weekend to become a billoreilly.com premium member. this is why. free copy of "killing jesus" in stores september 24. preorder now. it's a great deal. you get a book free. premium members get the daily no spin news, a mini newscast delivered by me just for them. in addition there is the weekly backstage conversation where you ask me questions directly. nobody else in the world gets that. you can get ak seccess to a spe message board and grade the factor each evening. premium membership is a great program. check it out. >

rodman says the main reason for his visit is to hang out with his friend, whom he calls the marshal. he's, of course, referring to the present dictator, kim jong-un. >> we're here to visit him. see how he's doing. see how the family's doing. and just revisit the country. >> rodman says he's not planning to try to secure the freedom of american missionary kenneth bae. but bae's son says he is holding out hope. >>> the power is almost fully restored this morning across venezuela, after a network failure plunged about 70% of that country into a blackout. the outage hit at about noon. it knocked out underground trains, traffic lights, water service for most of the day. venezuela's president is blaming sabotage for the power failure. but isn't providing more details. >>> radiation readings at the crippled fukushima nuclear plant has spiked to 20%, hitting the highest level over the weekend. radioactive water is leaking into the pacific ocean. the japanese government is going to try to stop it with a massive wall of ice. it's a $320 million emergency plan that will literally freeze the con

come to dennis rodman fakes. rings, necklaces, for men, women and whatever. don't forget dennis' guess what policy? >> guess what? >> dennis buys gold. >> guess what? >> is he open 24 hours a day. >> well, you know, and guess what? >> his prices can't be beat. just ask this satisfied customer. >> guess what, i buy all my jewelry at dennis rodman's. >> dennis rodman's face located in palm beach and pyongyang. >> thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. make it a great weekend. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. >> as fox reports live tonight, after all the talk of striking syria. word tonight president obama may agree agree to a u.n. resolution that would not include the threat of military force against the assad regime. what has changed? and a day in court for friends and family of the tsarnaev brothers. the boston marathon bombing suspects. the parents of the dead brother's widow talked to a grand jury. and friends of the surviving suspects face a judge. also, desperate

. >>> dennis rodman just returned from north korea. again.message he's carrying this time coming up next. downgraded the petroleum refiner to equal rate from overweight. >> dennis rodman, you can never get too much dennis rodman, likes north korea so much he's going back for a third time. days after his trip rodman announcing plans to bring a team of former nba players with him to stage two exhibition games there next january. rodman says the north korean dictator has asked him to train his players to compete in the 2016 olympics. >>> mcdonald's playing the game of chicken, find out why in the power rundown. and the vintage craze is everywhere including cell phones. see who's bringing back gecko's phone next. >>> power rundown time. bob business pist sanfy and carl icahn joining in his towel in his effort to block michael dell's buyout of the company he founded. he's going to rake in $70 billion in the investment in the company. did he lose or win even though he didn't win? >> you know, when you're carl icahn losing means you just made $70 mi

. >>> now, to the latest strange diplomacy from dennis rodman.he flamboyant former nba star is back in north korea to visit the dictator he calls his friend, kim jong-un. and the family of an american man in prison there hopes it's more than about basketball. abc's bob woodruff, one of the few americans allowed to report from north korea, has all of the details. >> reporter: dennis rodman is back in north korea this morning. a trip he calls another basketball diplomacy tour. follow-up visit to north korea's dictator, kim jong-un. >> come over here to visit him, see how he's doing. see how the family's doing. and just revisit the country. >> reporter: the nba hall of famer turned international diplomat told reporters he was planning a five-day visit but denied speculation that his visit was linked to a possible negotiation for the release of 44-year-old korean-american kenneth bae, arrested and currently serving 15 years. bae is accused of smuggling anti-government propaganda into the country. >> my main plan is to come over here not to be a diplo

looking for help from an unlikely source: dennis rodman.ro rodman left without kenneth ba. >> an american sports star going where few americans have gone before. when dennis rodman traveled to north korea for the second time in under a year, many hoped he would leverage his connection with kim jong-un to release kenneth bae. but after the trip rodman cursed out reporters who asked bae, and put it in washington's court. >> ask obama about that. >> you said you were going to talk about it. >> ask hillary clinton. >> so far u.s. diplomacy has made little head way. a special envoy was to go to north korea last week to release denth bae. the 45-year-old was leading a tour group through north korea when he was arrested in november. the country's top court convicted bae of hostile acts and sentenced him to 15 years of hard labor. since then he has written relatives to say that his health is getting worse. >> i'm experiencing numbness in my hands. the doctors say its stress related. and my legs and back, pain is not very good. >> but as the wait co

rodman and kim had a cordial talk and watched a basketball game together or and didn't mention if rodmans trying to arrange the release of kenneth bae who is being held in jail before leaving the country. rodman said he would ask for bae's freedom, and that kim jong-un was an awesome guy. all right, let's get you to sports, ross, you've got news on aaron hernandez. >> that's right, former patriots tight end aaron hernandez was back in court today, and actually spoke to the judge saying not guilty to six charges including first-degree murder. he continues to be held without bail but his attorney has reserved the right to request bail at a later date. his next court hearing will be held on october 6 president 6th. hernandez has been connected with a 2012 double homicide da days. >>> notre dame is going to the big house to play michigan, and can georgia bounce back from their heartbreaking loss to clemson. we have the sine from our college insider. >> i think this is a must-win for georgia. losing to crimson in the opening weekend is not the way you want to start your champion season. this

i buy all my jewelry at dennis rodman's face. [ cheers and applause ] >> announcer: dennis rodman's faceated in palm beach and pyongyang. [ indiscernible ] >> jimmy: any way, if you come across a wedding ring with the word yolo inscribed in the inside. it's mine. "the new york times," published an op-ed piece written by vladamir putin. taking the case directly to the american people. i like he thinks we read "the new york times," op-ed. if it was published in the cross word section 99% will never see it. he warns against am can exceptionalism. tuesday, president obama called americans exceptional, different from other countries. putin disagrees. it is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional whatever the motivation. sound like a fun dad, huh? i guess, i don't know. maybe they just inspire people differently in russia. for instance these are some popular russian motivational posters. this one of a young tree. this one is about determination, i believe. translated in english, you are pathetic and small and will amount to nothing. this is the classic kitten p

rodman told reports that his visit is just a "friendly gesture."rying to get the release of korean american who is being held prisoner in north korea. the state senator will promote a bill to allow drivers to access the h.o.v. lanes granting an extension to a program that allows low emission vehicles to access the lanes. officials hope to encourage the purchase of hybrid cars in an effort to reduce the been footprint. >> now to cell 7 abc7 news engineer. dick, that looks familiar, like the old span. dick? >> yes, it is. i am sorry i could not give you a shot of the new span on this drive but we are coming from san francisco eastbound over the bay bridge now about a pile from the -- a mile from the tunnel can we thought this locked good but compared to the new side this side looks a little dark but the traffic is moving well if this direction, eastbound traffic is light. it is moving at the speed limit. and westbound traffic as i reported in my previous report, it is starting to build particularly coming out of the toll gate up the incline and we ch