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Vatican. this news breaks on precisely one month anniversary since francis elected pope. >> it is clear that he is serious about familiaring through on the commitments and bring about reform. >> it would appear. iment to stress the word advisoryings. he is the pope . the pope can make his own choices in the very end of this. butine for the vatican, i think the idea itself as one official described is innovative and the idea came to benedict prior to the conclave with the card nams gather to talk...

To make some commitments to stop its threats, to work toward denuclearization, curb its nuclear program and then there are all kinds of goodies that the u.s. can offer north korea that it has wanted in the past such as security guarantees, such as economic aid as you know the country is really in dire straits and perhaps even some kind of peace treaty. there are a lot of things in the offing north korea could get but first it has to back down from the brink and commit at least to trying to have ...

>> reporter: he was upbeat. they have lost patience with north korea and join forces come on board with the u.s. to try and make sure north korea lives up to its commitments. now, he got a red carpet reception here meeting all the top chinese officials, prime minister li, xi jinping telling him this was a critical time. he met the top foreign affairs people. at the end of today, he said they had an agreement to work together for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. what that agreement w...

Now, one of the key people behind the project is the widow of apple co-founder steve jobs. here is what she told brian williams on "rock center" about the different play political positions that seem to be coming together behind immigration reform. >> i think people are motivated in different ways. it does -- i dont -- i dont mind if someone comes at immigration reform because they want to expand the tax base. because i know individuals who are caught in this purgatory, all i want to do is help ...

Situation all around the world. >> if north korea does go through with the missile test, which many analysts believe now is frankly imminent in the next few days, what do you believe the u.s. response should be? >> well, i dont want to tip our hand on anything. i know that our military has plans. i know that the south korean military has plans. im glad that secretary kerry is going over there, and in no uncertain terms saying that we will defend our allies. we will live up to the commitments tha...

To get the economic development he wants, to get the progress that he wants is to ratchet back the rhetoric, come back into compliance with the international obligations that north korea has and to get serious about trying to implement some of the commitments hes made at the negotiating table in the past. i think in the mean l time the u.s. has been right to focus on bolstering deterrents, bolstering defense, standing shoulder to shoulder with our ally, south korea. >> i would only add this. i t...

Effective here. hes been strong, hes been firm, in upholding of course our commitments to south korea. and yet he hasnt been, hes been restrained at the same time. he hasnt given kim jong un anything to target at. theres been no statement from president obama on this. and i think thats probably the right strategy to try to defuse things as well as maintaining american strength. >> and nick, i know over the years you were involved in a lot of those negotiations and watched margaret thatcher in ac...

I wont even get into those discussions. so from a diplomatic point of view, what do you do? >> we have to convince this new, young, inexperienced leader hes playing a losing hand. that the only way out of the box to get the economic development he wants, to get the progress that he wants is to ratchet back the rhetoric, come back into compliance with the international obligations that north korea has and to get serious about trying to implement some of the commitments hes made at the negotiating...

And everyone seems to panic a little bit. >> i think, and thats the key thing here, the united states certainly is not panicking and neither is the south korean government. weve seen this kind of behavior from the north koreans in the past, frequently. including from kim jong-il, who was the father of kim jong-un. and you know, they make a big deal with incendiary and bombastic rhetoric trying to get the attention of the united states, south korea, japan, russia, china, trying to get more food a...

Change. we were talking earlier, the millennial generation is interested in human trafficking and thats one of the programs well all be talking about this weekend. in st. louis at cgiu. young people feel a kinship, they can do something on the issue. >> completely. if you talk to google who map out the searches that millennials are doing something, to dosomething.org, which is completely geared toward empowering the millennial generation or if we look at the commitments that students have made i...