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Selected for us. like most families in this farming co-op, they grow their own crops in the front yard. offering to share some of their food with us, they tell me this is a typical lunch. its got a kick to it. its strong. duck eggs, bean paste, and rice wrapped in lettuce with garlic and spices. simple, healthy, delicious. a lot of people in the outside world think that people in north korea still are starving. how is the fd supply now? i ask about a time most north koreans didnt have enough to ...

Selected for us. like most families in this farming coop, they grow their own crops in in the front yard. offering to share some of their food with us. they tell me this is a typical lunch. its got a kick to it. its strong. duck eggs, bean paste and rice wrapped in lettuce with garlic and spices, simple, healthy, delicious. a lot of people on the outside world think that people in north korea still are starving. how is the food supply now? i asked about a time most north koreans didnt have enoug...

Thousands, possibly millions of north koreans died of starvation. >> we ate tree bark after going up to the mountain for food and wondered just how long well have do this but its not a problem now compared to that. this is all home grown. after farming for a year, we get rice and money to live off of, which is great. this house, i got it for free. >> he gives me a tour. like every north korean living room, there portraits of the late leaders. >> translator: this is a photo of our family and the ...

>> translator: we ate tree bark after going up to the mountain for food and wondered just how long well have to do this. but its not a problem now compared to that. this is all homegrown. after farming for a year, we get rice and money to live off of, which is great. this house, i got it for free. >> he gives me a tour. like every north korean living room, there are portraits of the late leaders. >> translator: this is a photo of our family and the general when he came to visit. >> you have a dv...

Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of north koreans died of starvation. >> translator: we ate tree bark after going up to the mountain for food and wondered just how long well have to do this, but its not a problem now compared to that. this is all homegrown. after farming for a year, we get rice and money to live off of, which is great. this house, i got it for free. >> he gives me a tour. like every north korean living room, there are portraits of the late leaders. >> translator: this is...

That are going to continue? >> reporter: from the north korean perspective and what theyve reiterated to me all of this past year including last week, no, jim. they are not afraid of sanctions. when i even asked in pyongyang if china were to cut off that country economically, completely cut them off, they acknowledged it would be painfula growing consumer class in the north korean capital. see chinese goods and gasoline, oil comes from china. and theyve acknowledged it would be very difficult. ...

>> heading north, the scenery opens up. the space between things gets wider, more pastoral, more beautiful. looking around at my fellow passengers, it could be hard to distinguishes between the 135-plus ethnic groups that make up the burmese population. the very name, burma, refers actually to only one of these groups. what they all seem to have in common, however, is a thanaka, a face bank and sun block made from tree bark that masks many of their faces. at first jarring to see, it quickly beco...

Them. i do speeches for other people. they were paid speeches. it is absolutely absurd to say that i had an kind of relationship with them. do i take the product? yes. i think its a good product. >> well, as we reported before, dr. carson is claiming he has no ties to mannatech dont stand up to scrutiny. tonight dr. drew griffin has more information. >> its a good product. >> reporter: this is the product at the center of the political controversy. ambritose. a dietariry supplement sold by a com...

Debate, dr. carson denied having links to the nutritional company mannatech. take a look. >> i didnt have an involvement with them. that is total propaganda and this is what happens in our society. total propaganda. i did a couple speeches for them. i do speeches for other people. they were paid speeches. it is absolutely absurd to say that i had an kind of relationship with them. do i take the product? yes. i think its a good product. >> well, as we reported before, dr. carson is claiming he ha...

Conservative publication in the united states saying that what ben carson did was extraordinarily questionable. its worth noting, by the way, that this mannatech supplement that carson touted, that he used his medical credibility to basically praise, this supplement is mostly aloe vera extract and larch tree bark. and scientific studies have shown the main by-product is flatulence. like thats what this stuff does. i mean, good for ben carson if its a supplement he likes, but its a totally valid ...