weapons are used. i know the stakes are enormous. on thursday mornd, december 16th we gt to the north korean embassy in the chinese capital and receive the visas. within a few hours we're on the official north korean airline to pyongyang. we're going to have severe restrictions on where we could go and who we could talk with. >> you're constantly watched, your rooms are bugged, your telephone is bugged. they don't let you like leave the hotel. you have to ask your handlers. >> still, we have extraordinary access to a mysterious country that few outsiders have ever seen. what i don't immediately realize is that i'm about to embark on the strangest journey of my life. >> coming up, inside pyongyang. >> it's like you're stepping into the '50s. >> the first meeting with north korean officials. >> governor, how did it go? >> and a very strange tour of