north korean state tv made the official announcement. [ speaking a foreign language ] the state tv reports the 69-year-old leader died saturday morning of a heart attack while an a train trip. the report also said that doctors used every possible first aid measure, but mr. kim could not be saved. a funeral will be held on december the 28th in pyongyang. well, kim jong il was only the second leader the people of this reclusive nation has ever known. dan rivers looks back at the enigmatic kim jong il. kim jong il always cut a slightly bizarre figure. his diminutive stature and characteristic hair were parroted by some in the west, but for the citizens of the democratic peoples republic of korea, kim was the embodiment of this reclusive state. feared, loved, worshipped, obeyed, his cult of personality was deeply entrenched. his father was kim il-sung. kim jong il was a little boy when the korean war broke out in 1950, but the soviet-backed north invading the american-backed
il-sung who founded the reclusive state in 1948. his funeral will be held on december 28th, a day before a period of official mourning comes to an end. and this is how the news of his death was reported on television in north korea. plenty of emotion on display there. that s hardly surprising considering the cult of personality fostered by the deceased dictator and his followers. whatever you might think of kim jong-il, there was no denying he was an out of the ordinary head of state. let s take a look at the man and his life with dan rivers. reporter: kim jong-il was a diminutive stature and characteristic hair were parroted by some of in the west. for the citizens of the democratic peoples republic of korea, kim was the embodiment of this reclusive state, feared, loved, worshipped, his cult of personality was deeply entrenched. his father was kim il-sung who founded north korea with soviet backing after world war ii. kim jong-il was just a little boy when the korean war
pedal to the metal. get behind the wheel with us in one of the most popular video games on the market. we ll drive the mario cart tonight. you are bringing a video game to life. it s all right here, right now on cnn. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. welcome to our viewers around the world. you re in the cnn newsroom. a landmark moment for the united states. after nearly nine years, 4,500 american lives lost, 30,000 more injured, the iraq war is over. now that the last remaining u.s. troops have left the country. cnn was there when the final convoy rolled across the border into kuwait. this is how it all played out live on cnn on this show last night. this is breaking news hala, and it is history. the war in iraq is officially over. u.s. troops are moving across the border into kuwait now. and what this means is that really the last vehicle and the last convoy of the last, last, last anything you can imagine in terms of the military is crossi
the last american combat troops leave iraq. we ll show you the end of a war. pedal to the metal. get behind the wheel with us in one of the most popular video games on the market. we ll drive the mario cart tonight. you are bringing a video game to life. it s all right here, right now on cnn. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. welcome to our viewers around the world. you re in the cnn newsroom. a landmark moment for the united states. after nearly nine years, 4,500 american lives lost, 30,000 more injured, the iraq war is over. now that the last remaining u.s. troops have left the country. cnn was there when the final convoy rolled across the border into kuwait. this is how it all played out live on cnn on this show last night. this is breaking news hala, and it is history. the war in iraq is officially over. u.s. troops are moving across the border into kuwait now. and what this means is that really the last vehicle and the last convoy of t
put the region on edge and has the world watching intently to see what happens next in the isolated country. a very emotional presenter on north korean state tv made the official announcement. [ speaking a foreign language ] the state tv reports the 69-year-old leader died saturday morning of a heart attack while an a train trip. the report also said that doctors used every possible first aid measure, but mr. kim could not be saved. a funeral will be held on december the 28th in pyongyang. well, kim jong il was only the second leader the people of this reclusive nation has ever known. dan rivers looks back at the enigmatic kim jong il. kim jong il always cut a slightly bizarre figure. his diminutive stature and characteristic hair were parroted by some in the west, but for the citizens of the democratic peoples republic of korea, kim was the embodiment of this reclusive state. feared, loved, worshipped, obeyed, his cult of personality was deeply entrenched. his father was