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tearful broadcaster broke the news last night on north korea's state-run tv. she reported that the 69-year-old died of a heart attack on saturday. he was a reclusive dictator who starved his own people while building a nuclear weapons nation. bill richardson who has traveled to north korea many times points to several major concerns now. >> the peninsula is a tinderbox. this we knew was coming because of the health of kim jong il. the issue is going to be will there be stability in the north korean leadership. will they continue the recent efforts of engaging south korea and the unit...

but as we gather international reaction, let's take a look at what might be written about the self-proclaimed dear leader in the history books. here's dan rivers. >> reporter: kim jong il always cut a bizarre figure. his diminutive stature and hair was parodied by some in the west. but for those in korea, kim was the embodiment of this state. he was loved, worshipped, obeyed, his cult of personality was deeply entrenched. his father founded north korea with soviet backing after world war ii. he was just a little boy when the korean war broke out in 1950. but the soviet-backed north i...

They will want to wait to see what the signals are, public opinion, et cetera, et cetera before they cut a deal. though they will. >> the market won't let them go to august 2. >> bret: that is it for the panel. it sta tuned for thought on al-qaeda succession process. ♪ na, na-na, na [ men ] ♪ h, hey, hey ♪ goodbye [ male announcer ] with kohler's powerful, high-efficiency toilets. flush. and done. [ all ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ good-bye oh, bayer aspirin? i'm not having a heart attack. it's my back. it works great f pain. [ male announcer nothing's proven to relieve pain better than extra...

Clearly to be, between the ranks of al-qaeda and the muslim brotherhood. muslim brotherhood says we'll get to the regimes and don't need to do that and the next al-qaeda people are going to say we can hit as much bin laden used to hit and even beyond that. >> kelly: based 0en that then, who succeeds usama bin laden in your opinion? >> well, over the past many years, he when asked the question, because we're not sure if he was dead or alive. he did not issue many videos and adios and the answer was clearly we would know about it. when he dies we'll know about it because there will be succession...

Laden was directing the development, the philosophy, and potentially the operations of these al-qaeda affiliates and the one in particular is a group in yemen that our fox investigative team has spent a year and a half looking into with anwar al-awlaki. >> go ahead. >> jamie: please finish. >> no, go ahead. >> jamie: i'm curious you've given us such incredible information and we're looking at another photo was, i gather from the video. tell bus that. >> kelly: it's anwar al-awlaki. >> jamie: in terms of other people, it's a saturday and a center intelligence official has called new to look at ...