parade. what do your analysts say about those? >> reporter: mike says these -- there are real questions about whether some of the rifles had had ammunition in them. he says the regime sometimes struggles to manufacture enough ammunition for its weapons, and, of course, there's the security component. parade. >> brian, thanks very much. as we said the u.s. is looking to china to pressure north korea into dialing back its military provocations but just how much influence do the chinese really have? will riply is in the north korea capital right now. he has an exclusive report for us. tell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: we had some very rare access wolf to places that outside media normally is not allowed to step foot in including north korean stores where we found a number of products from china on display, a sign of just how much influence north korea's neighbor really has here.