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Northwest part of the country. 8:53 it had not landed. that is when an alarm was raised and shortly after that, thats when it went into the lake. this is a decent regional airline, great safety record. this is the worst accident nin its history. its a french manufactured aircraft and atr the company says its supporting the investigation in line with international protocol but a true tragedy here, 19 people killed in an accident some say could have been avoided with enough people got there with t...

>> the president said he travelled on crutches across china and southeast asia to freedom. he brought the crutches with him to washington. now pyongyang is promising a new show of force. lets get the latest from will ripley live in seoul, south korea. i just have to imagine that having the north korean defector at this important and visible event with the president of the united states certainly sends a message to north korea. >> reporter: and one that the north korean regime will be very angry ...

Train ran over his limbs after he collapsed from hunger as a child. >> he traveled on crutches to freedom. he brought the crutches with him to washington. now pyongyang is promising a new show of force. lets get the latest from will ripley whos live in seoul, south korea. what do we know? >> reporter: we know there are a lot of things in the presidents state of the union address that are likely going to get the north korean regime very angry. first of all, putting a defactor front and center who...

The whole of south africa will be looking at this. and as you say, should he get turfed out, then there is the question will those corruption allegations and those charges accelerate against the president and his allies. rosemary? >> extraordinary developments there in south africa. our david mckenzie joinsing us there live where it is nearly 9:30 in the morning. many thanks. north korea remains defiant, even after facing the toughest sanctions ever over its nuclear program. now pyongyang is t...

Projectile off its eastern coast. nbcs lucy cavanaugh in london with more. what can you tell us? >> worrying development indeed. not a lot of detail beyond what you mentioned. nbc has been able to confirm from a south korean military official that north korea, pyongyang, has launched an unidentified projectile of some sort off its eastern coast, landing in the water. this took place at 7:36 local time. the projectile, whatever it was, crashed into the sea of japan. it is not immediately clear at...

So you really begin to wrap your head around the clues and motivations behind this horrific attack. back to you. the united states is turning to china for help dealing with cyberattacks like the one that hit sony pictures. that attack which the u.s. blames on north korea prompted the studio to stop the release of its satirical film called "the interview." the movie depicts the assassination of north koreas leader. north korea insists it was not behind the cyberattack. as kyung lah reports for ...

That complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation. i will not repeat the mistakes of past administration thats got us into this very dangerous position. >> the guest of honor, a north korean defector. president trump telling how a train ran over his limbs as he collapsed from hunger as a child. >> he traveled on crutchies to freedom and brought the -- crutches to freedom and brought them with him. now pyongyang promising a new show of force. will ripley live in south korea....

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