which you're referring. we're doing our best to check it out. >> reporter: but executing an official who has fallen out of favor wouldn't be uncharacteristic of the north korean dictator. >> kim jong-un is not a leader that the president of the united states should be friends with. and these are not behaviors that can simply be overlooked and brushed aside. >> reporter: it's important to note south korean media, as well as the government, have often been wrong on north korea. officials reported as executed have later appeared on national television very much alive. margaret. >> brennan: ramy, thank you. next up on the cbs evening news, a navy seal is released from military custody in a murder trial president trump is closely following. and later, in nearly a century of spelling bees, this has never happened. screen light...