they care about regime maintenance. that is why they want to keep the nukes. chris: what struck me about kerry s trip and not just the soft talk but the hard talk about this is unacceptable is frankly what we heard about the george w. bush administration. we say we are not going to accept it but do accept it or at least are unable to do anything to stop it. is that fair? there are limits to how much you can pressure the north koreans. thed a a menstruation has administration has remedies- te available. 13 years ago the leader of north korea is leaving a swiss boarding school where he was a mediocre student who participated in the campus production of grease. he is acting tough to prove to the military in his own country he is a leader.
they care about regime maintenance. that is why they want to keep the nukes. chris: what struck me about kerry s trip and not just the soft talk but the hard talk about this is unacceptable is frankly what we heard about the gege w. bush administration. we say we are not going to accept it but do accept it or at least are unable to do anything to stop it. is that fair? there are limits to how much you can pressure the north koreans. thed a a menstruation has administration has remedies- te available. 13 years ago the leader of north korea is leaving a swiss boarding school where he was a mediocre student who participated in the campus production of grease. he is acting tough to prove to the military in his own country he is a leader. did he have a better hair
put the region on edge and has the world watching intently to see what happens next in the isolated country. a very emotional presenter on north korean state tv made the official announcement. [ speaking a foreign language ] the state tv reports the 69-year-old leader died saturday morning of a heart attack while an a train trip. the report also said that doctors used every possible first aid measure, but mr. kim could not be saved. a funeral will be held on december the 28th in pyongyang. well, kim jong il was only the second leader the people of this reclusive nation has ever known. dan rivers looks back at the enigmatic kim jong il. kim jong il always cut a slightly bizarre figure. his diminutive stature and characteristic hair were parroted by some in the west, but for the citizens of the democratic peoples republic of korea, kim was the embodiment of this reclusive state. feared, loved, worshipped, obeyed, his cult of personality was deeply entrenched. his father was