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Four ships for the breaching sanctions on the regime. Three of those ships fly north korean colors. The flag of the fourth ship is not clear. North korea has defied u. N. Sanctions and restrictions in the past. Now a north Korean Defector tells cnn the regime has a sophisticated Smuggling Network and can easily trade in banned goods. Cnns brian todd has this report for us. We have new information tonight from this defector on exactly how kim jong uns regime gets weapons and other banned material out of the country to sell on the black market. This man knows how kim gets his cash and helped him...

York city puppy named bear gave his new from mom quite the scare this week. after the six month old got loose from his collar and ended up in new jersey, via the hudson river. nbc's steven ramos has more. >> meet bear, a leon burger bernese mountain dog mix, originally from montana. he is training to be a service dog with a wolf family on new york's upper west side. but the training was put on hold this weekend. >> he took, off ran down the block and somebody else tried to grab him. >> allen was walking the puppy to get a new harness on saturday when barry slipped out of his loose fitted colla...

Terror attacks right here in new york. the halloween attack, the truck incident in lower manhattan that killed eight people. and just earlier this month, when a young man detonated a bomb in the subway system, just a few blocks away from here. that is why we're going to see a stepped up police presence, in and around times square. there will be more uniformed officers, police officers with heavy weapons and more dogs. this entire area where i'm standing several blocks north, south, east and west will be blocked off on sunday. there will be 12 access points for 2 million spectators expected to ...

Last confetti was swept up. that means more uniformed police officers, more police officers carrying heavy weapons and more dogs. where i'm standing right here including several blocks north, south, east and west is going to be shut down to traffic starting relatively early on sunday morning. there will be 12 access points for spectators who want to come in to view the ball drop, ring in 2018. those are going to see teams of police officers. they're going to see bomb sniffing dogs, police officers who are going to detect material and they're going to have to go through two check points in orde...

>> hey there. the new year's eve celebration here in times square is an iconic event. it's a massive security challenge. this is something the nypd has been preparing for since the confetti was swept up after last year's celebration. that's according to the police commissioner. we will see a stepped up number of police officers this year. where i'm standing right here, including several blocks north, south, east and west, it will be shut down to vehicular traffic starting relatively early on sunday morning. there will be 12 points for spectators who want to come in and view this area to view t...