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Northwest part of the country. 8:53 it had not landed. that is when an alarm was raised and shortly after that, that's when it went into the lake. this is a decent regional airline, great safety record. this is the worst accident nin its history. it's a french manufactured aircraft and atr the company says it's supporting the investigation in line with international protocol but a true tragedy here, 19 people killed in an accident some say could have been avoided with enough people got there with the right equipment, the right training to pull people out. local fishermen, vil agers did their b...

>> the president said he travelled on crutches across china and southeast asia to freedom. he brought the crutches with him to washington. now pyongyang is promising a new show of force. let's get the latest from will ripley live in seoul, south korea. i just have to imagine that having the north korean defector at this important and visible event with the president of the united states certainly sends a message to north korea. >> reporter: and one that the north korean regime will be very angry about. keep in mind, this defector has called for a regime change repeatedly and is not somebody th...

Train ran over his limbs after he collapsed from hunger as a child. >> he traveled on crutches to freedom. he brought the crutches with him to washington. now pyongyang is promising a new show of force. let's get the latest from will ripley who's live in seoul, south korea. what do we know? >> reporter: we know there are a lot of things in the president's state of the union address that are likely going to get the north korean regime very angry. first of all, putting a defactor front and center who's called for a regime change. that will be very infuriating for kim jong-un. also the fact that ...

The whole of south africa will be looking at this. and as you say, should he get turfed out, then there is the question will those corruption allegations and those charges accelerate against the president and his allies. rosemary? >> extraordinary developments there in south africa. our david mckenzie joinsing us there live where it is nearly 9:30 in the morning. many thanks. north korea remains defiant, even after facing the toughest sanctions ever over its nuclear program. now pyongyang is threatening to retaliate against the united states. plus, the u.s. considers a controversial new pl...

Projectile off its eastern coast. nbc's lucy cavanaugh in london with more. what can you tell us? >> worrying development indeed. not a lot of detail beyond what you mentioned. nbc has been able to confirm from a south korean military official that north korea, pyongyang, has launched an unidentified projectile of some sort off its eastern coast, landing in the water. this took place at 7:36 local time. the projectile, whatever it was, crashed into the sea of japan. it is not immediately clear at this stage what that might have been. but we all know pyongyang has been stepping up its missile t...