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>> and north korea just market the third verse of the death of kim jong-un's father jong-il. >> it's -- on the day of his death. which is the end of the traditional period of mourning. in other words this shows kim jong-un is really in charge. but it is an interesting coincidence. the point is kim jong-un is very much in charge of north korea. and north korea, whether or not they are behind these attacks certainly has quite a bit of the cyber attacking ability that should be taken seriously. >> thank you professor. thanks so much. in the meantime president obama did criticize sony for cancel...

They really don't want to help. they don't mind what going on. >> why does china want north korea to be such a nightmare? why does that -- the chinese influence? >> they fear a bigger nightmare. that's reunification. they don't want the north and south to be combined. that's china's buffer. they worry about unifying. they're worried that if that does happen, they'll be on the doorstep, as well. but i do think it was under president bush. there was process in 2008. >> and they're worried what happened, the usa will be on theirstep as well. look it was under president bush. actually, there was, ...

Th he took mesh ued steps that would not close the door. >> he responded mostly by cutting off ties that we had with the chinese military. the military were the ones who had done the dirty work. he tried to call on the phone. they had the chinese said we don't do business on the telephone. the president wanted me to go over quietly to talk to jong-il to try to restore or keep some kind of threat of continuity so we didn't destroy a very important relationship. it worked. >> by november of 1989 protestors in east germany were demanding freedom to cross over to the west. then the unthinkable hap...

>> we have a new laufrp vehicle that is much more improved much more refined and potentialality of being more successful than the previous two flights is very apparent. >> as always there are politics at play. he is trying to prove his metal after king jong-il died late last year. the notoriously reclusive regime invited journalists to come to the launch site. they are getting an up close look as a clear provocation. it will happen sometime between today and monday. back to you guys. >> we have been watching it all night. the top five stories making nuss news at this hour ron paul has no plans...

Kept there, and a judge let him out, back in january. geraldo rivera, we got to say goodbye. >> thank you jon. renjenna: right now the u.s. and north korea resuming talks for the very first time for the first time since the death of king jong-il, the meetings could reveal north korea's willingness to give up its nuclear program. it's a big question. jim walsh is a security expert at mit, and he joins us now. we talk about iran and whether or not iran is going to develop a nuclear weapon but we can't forget about north korea that has nuclear weapons. what is the deal with these talks, what do w...