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New south korean president once they have their elections on the 9th of may, which is very soon? i think these are the variables at play at the moment. so pumping up, what i think the presidents now trying to do, a new combined diplomacy with china is the way to go. julie: absolutely, china holds the key here. >> i believe to a large extent. if you speak to the chinese, its not as if the north koreans simply to what china says, because, for example, my best advice is the chinese ambassador in py...

Leland: liz has more. elizabeth: north korea celebrates its most important holiday of the year, the birth of its founding ruler. the country often time correlates or has nuclear tests with important dates such as this one, putting the u.s. and allies on high alert. fox news correspondent greg talcott filed this report from inside pyongyang. >> reporter: elizabeth, only only -- ominous signals on the day of the parade marking the anniversary of kim kim ill sung. take a look. the experts look hard...

So, yeah, they want to continue this. and they will put pressure on north korea, but only when we put pressure on them. when we become distracted and look somewhere else, we know that the chinese are then going to go back to their default position of supporting pyongyang. elizabeth: you know, obviously, its no secret the u.s. has shown its military might over the past two weeks, and im curious as to the fine line the united states has to walk between provoking north korea and deterring them. and...

Talked about the next presidential election. [laughter] thats what this president does, he keeps us talking, even about his re-election bid. jane torrance, thanks very much. >> thanks, julie. julie: turning to a more serious topic, north korea celebrating its past and military hardware showing it off in front of the world even as tensions grow with the u.s. our greg talcott is inside pyongyang with more on the saber rattling coming from the regime. >> north koreas a problem. the problem will be ...

Julie: all of us, of course, would like to see this end peacefully. many believe we do not want to get involved in a war with north korea. but we also need to listen to kim jong un and his threats and take them seriously to prevent. he at one point, pyongyang had said during the, you know, nuclear non-proliferation treaty -- which, obviously, failed. all talks have always failed. pyongyang would never return to talks. are easing sanctions or putting pressure in the relief of aid by withholding a...

This, as the country parades inter-continental ballistic missiles through its capital, a show of might as the country continues to divide sanctions of nuclear weapons testing. greg palkot was at the parade and joins us from the capital where its already early sunday morning, hi, greg. >> reporter: hi, leland, thats right, tough talk and a lot of mighty display at the parade today marking the anniversary, the birth date of the founder of this country, kim il-sung. his grandson is now in charge, y...

And troops on display during a parade to celebrate kim jong uns grandfather. correspondent greg talcott is in pyongyang. >> reporter: ominous signals on the day of the parade marking the birth date of the founder of this country. take a look what the we saw. north korean leader kim jong un presiding over a most unusual combination parade here in pyongyang; military, civilian and nationalism. perhaps because his government is in a most unusual situation. in a standoff with the united states over ...

Defense of the american homeland. cnns will ripley joins us now with the latest. hes the only reporter from a u.s. news organization reporting from inside north korea. hes inside pyongyang. tell us about the fly over and how its being receive there d had, will. >> reporter: it was an interesting move on the part of the united states. a lot of experts dispute it was a hydrogen bomb but a troubling situation for the united states. its key ally, south korea, japan, and the whole world. because its ...

Bizarre. heres his exclusive report. >> im inside pyongyangs brand-new airport terminal. it just opened up. were one of the first flights out. only a handful of flights actually take off from pyongyang in the course of a week. but this airport was clearly built with the hope and with the idea that that number will perhaps grow. one thing we noticed while flying in here there were a lot of soldiers working on the runway. and in fact we know that soldiers played a huge role in getting this project...

Night. what do you make of that? >> well, i think the "daily news" has its own opinions. i, too, have called for a ceasing of protests, just a grieving and a mourning period here in the city of new york, an opportunity to sort of recalibrate and come back with some solutions. however p individuals are going to do whats in their heart and what they desire and thats what protest is about. thats what non-violent protest is about and thats what made a change in this nation over 50 years ago during t...