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North korea put on a dramatic show for journalists thursday in a place that many westerners have never seen, destroying a nuclear test site. cnn's will ripley was among those invited to witness the event. his trip was tightly controlled, though he filed this reporter's notebook about the extraordinary journey. >> reporter: from the moment i landed in wansan, i knew this story was unlike any other. 18 trips to north korea, and this country still keeps me guessing. for more than 24 hours, we didn't even know if our trip to the punggye-ri nuclear site would happen. the rhetoric with the u.s. was ...

The story was unlike any other. 18 trips to north korea, and this country still keeps me guessing. for more than 24 hours, we didn't even know if our trip to the nuclear site would happen. the rhetoric with the u.s. was really heating up. only when we boarded the bus did we know it was a go. we rode for more than 12 hours on a north korean luxury train. it was curb real. a ten -- surreal. a ten-course banquet with all the blinds closed and strict orders not to film outside. we also couldn't drive to the nuclear site. arriving was surreal. the buildings were log cabins, almost like a summer cam...

The rhetoric with the u.s. was really heating up. only when we boarded the bus did we know it was a go. we rode for more than 12 hours on a north korean luxury train. it was surreal. a ten-course banquet with all the blinds closed and strict orders not to film outside. we also couldn't film on the drive to the nuclear site. arriving was surreal. the buildings were log cabins, almost like a summer camp. it was definitely not what i expected. we had to carry our gear and hike up what felt like ages to an area built for us. we visited tunnel after tunnel, the same tunnels north korea has used to ...

There's nothing there should why should we change anything? it's the witch hunt argument. there's a witch hunt. we're not to cave to it. >> if i were in the rnc, i would be investigating into all the funds cohen raised. so you can see if something needs to be done. maybe that's happening. >> i don't know. to me if someone's under criminal investigation, i would say let's just suspend you until we find out what happens and maybe everything's fine and maybe everything isn't. seems absurd. thank you, all. next, the president twisting a former intel chief's words to spread his conspiracy theory ab...

Witness north korea's so-called destruction of its nuclear test site. here is his experience. >> reporter: from the moment i landed, i knew this story was unlike any other. 18 trips to north korea and this country still keeps me guessing. for more than 24 hours, we didn't even know if our trip to the nuclear site would happen. the rhetoric with the u.s. was really heating up. only when we boarded the bus did we know it was a go. we rode for more than 12 hours on a north korean luxury train. it was surreal. a 10-course banquet with all the blinds closed and strict orders not to film outside. we...