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North Korea has continued to engage in malicious cyber activities and mobilize information technology (IT) workers to bankroll its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs, a U.S. Treasury Department report said Wednesday, calling the North and Russia highest-risk threat actors.

Meeting in singapore last year. now what do you think of their message this time around? >> dia is the best in analyzing north koreas nuclear program. i dont disregard that. but this is very difficult to analyze north koreas wmd programs. they know were watching. they engage in deception. i dont know the context of this. i know theres talk within the trump administration to ask for a freeze of the nuclear and missile production programs while talks are underway. this has to be at the top of the ...

Intelligence community the realization the one development from both meetings the president has had with kim is that its been an extraordinary success for kim in the sense that it has elevated him on the international stage and we got nothing? >> well i think, mike, its fair to say our intelligent community professionals predicted we would get nothing. if you recall dan coats testified in open session before the senate intelligence committee that north korea would not give up their wmd programs....

From north korea to turn over a complete accounting of its nuclear missiles and wmd programs. we know that this accounting is going to be incomplete the first time its presented. but the of administration is prepared to work with the north koreans to build confidence and to get that accounting right. >> shannon: we talked a little bit and its a constant theme here about the power of sanctions in this situation and the fact that russia and china not always helpful to the broader goal. to the u.n....

One north korea is going to agree to inspections and dismantlement of other facilities and also a date and a process on one north korea will provide a full and thorough accounting of its nuclear missiles and wmd programs. that timetable i think is very important. i dont think we will get that out of this moment but if we at least started some inspections i think it would be a big step forward. >> shannon: its interesting this week, ahead of this a number of democrats especially in the senate, th...

Aspen. >> thanks. wish you were here. >> me and you both. any surprises from president trump on north korea this morning? >> well, the big surprise is that as he talks about wanting to bring in all the regional parties, they issued sanctions against a chinese bank that they saw was facilitating the laundering of money between north korea so it could buy some of the stuff it was and contributing to its wmd programs. it also sanctioned a chinese shipping company and two other chinese individuals. ...

Terrorism and in the aftermath of 9/11 he represented terror. he was diverting millions of dollars in oil, he admitted as much to fbi interrogators. he said the west is losing interest. the west is losing interest. i was able to keep it together and they would lose their interest and i would be able to reconstitute by wmd programs and maybe i wouldnt be around but the bastards who were his sons would govern in his behalf. i appreciate your service to our country. im sorry for what you went throu...

Avoid the war? the answer takes us back to iran. >> george piro was the interrogator following his capture. >> approximately 7 months of everyday interaction. some 1-2 hours some days 5-7 hours. >> sadam was obsessed with iran. >> for him iran was going to be that long-term threat and a lot of his action had to be in response to that threat. >> fearing iran sadam would not admit his wmd programs were gone. >> he perceived himself to be in a much weaker program and didnt want any one to know that...

Avoid the war? the answer takes us back to iran. >> george piro was the interrogator following his capture. >> approximately 7 months of everyday interaction. some 1-2 hours some days 5-7 hours. >> sadam was obsessed with iran. >> for him iran was going to be that long-term threat and a lot of his action had to be in response to that threat. >> fearing iran sadam would not admit his wmd programs were gone. >> he perceived himself to be in a much weaker program and didnt want any one to know that...

Capturing benghazi and say theyre against you? why are -- >> this is al qaeda, al qaeda, not my people. >> reporter: he refused to accept there are protesters in the country at all. despite the fact that the opposition is now in control of most of the east coast of libya. colonel gadhafi, the president of the united states, the leaders of britain and other leaders are calling on you to step down. >> translator: who would leave his homeland? why would i leave my homeland? why do i leave libya? >>...