now, north korean officials saying nothing. we've put this question to our government minders, they're denying even that they know that it had taken off. if you go into the press center, where i've just come from now, that's been specially set up for this event, there is an empty chair where the government official was meant to be sitting. all of this, an enormous embarrassment. you know, piers, they've gone to great lengths to open up this window on to north korea, to allow the world's media in here, even takes us up to the site itself, and i stood right at the base of the rocket. that's how -- that's how confident they were that this was going to be able to take off. that it would be a success. and when i put that question to them the other day, they said it's not just about science, this was decreed by the departed dear leader, kim jong-il himself. so much riding on this, and so much embarrassment now. and as of yet, no comment. piers? >> yeah, it will be very interesting to see how they respond and how they react to this. t

millions of south koreans live within the range of north korean artillery. at some point, something will have to give. either the north korean regime will collapse, or south korea will decide they are too much in danger of to let the status quo be maintained. that could go to the doorways. there could be unification, which is what -- thought there could be two ways it could go. president obama talk about unification. host: democrats lied. -- line. caller: who was the united states to custom iran around and tell everybody what to do? -- run around and tell everyone what to do? guest: there is a question of if we did not do it, who would? who would fill the gap? i am not saying the united states always does it competently, constructively, or well, or with the support of the international community, but somebody has to lead. if you look around the world, where the other actors? do we want an international order led by china, russia, europe? these are valid questions that could be debated at length, but for now we have an international order lead to the extent w

north korean officials intend to fire off the rocket between april 12 and 16. they have invited experts from around the world to watch the launch. space officials say they are inviting foreigners to soften international criticism. >>> a north korean official reiterated the launch would be to send a weather satellite into space. the head of the north american affairs bureau held informal talks in germany with former u.s. secretary of state, thomsz pickering. they attended a seminar. lee told reporters an airport in berlin, he described the talks with the u.s. as calm. he also said a weather observation satellite would help agriculture. a german researcher who attended the seminar said north korea showed no intention of cancelling the launch. the united states opposed the unchnd threatened to withdrawal an offer of food aid. >>> investors are starting off on a good note. wall street brokers went higher. we have more details. good morning. >> good morning, kathryn. as far the dow jones, it hit the highest since december 2007. it closed at 13,264. again, that is th

these include freezing the assets of north korean companies. it also calls for stronger enforcement of existing sanctions. the presidential statement is a unanimous call from the 15 council members, including china. traditionally north korea's closest ally. ambassador rice noted that last week's launch attempt caused grave concern in the region. widad franco, nhk world, new york. >>> china says the presidential statement reflects a basic understanding shared by the international community. china is north korea's closest ally and has been reluctant to condemn it. the foreign ministry spokesperson said dialogue is the only way to resolve issues. he said the agreement between the u.s. and north korea is important for a nuclear free korean peninsula and for peace and stability. the pact was reached in february. the chinese government has implemented its call to implement the agreement, stipulates the north suspend its uranium enrichment program in exchange for food aid from the u.s. japan's ambassador to the u.n. praised the statement. he told repo

>> basically, the north korean rocket launch will have a multiplier effect. internally, north korea is in the process of transition. their new leader needs to show that he is able. so it has political implications. it carries significant military indications for the north koreans. >> a lot of people are saying that north korea needs food aid, particularly from the west. >> basically, that is a good question. north korea has been cooperating with other countries before on its ballistic missile program. the question is who basically financed the new space launch vehicle as well as the new space launch center. there may be speculation that north koreans cooperated with the iranians before. so it is a big question where they got the money for it. >> [inaudible] >> the ballistic program is the internal central of gravity. their own strategic objective is to merge the program with the long-range ballistic missile. they have nothing to negotiate if they give it up. >> what happens now with the six-way party nuclear talks and aid from the west? >> really come up with

do the north koreans have that capability? >> they have the capability of developing a nuclear weapon. they have an estimated three to six nuclear bombs already. that's different from developing a technology, a nuclear bomb small enough to fit on the top of a rocket and travel a long distance. and they certainly don't have that technology as yet. >> woodruff: they certainly don't? >> do not. >> woodruff: how far are they? >> i can't say. i just don't know. >> woodruff: in other words what they have now is not small enough, isn't the right size, the right technical specifications to work with that kind of missile? >> that's certainly as far as we know. quite frankly, of course, the north korean government and society is a very secretive one so we don't know everything that's happening. but we were able to monitor the nuclear tests. we are able to monitor the missile launches and that's the best estimates we have, that they haven't developed the technology to deliver a bomb a long distance. >> woodruff: since we have to engage i

problems in north korean. if you fly over the korean peninsula, it is just start in north korean, and that is a good symbol of the stage of development. there are very few roads. the education system has largely collapsed. factories do not work. good a place is a basket case -- no place is a basket case -- of places the basket case. if you live where now? >> i live in seattle. >> how old are your kids? >> my kids are 7 and 9. the >> no more washington post? no more new york times? >> i took a buyout, and i have been working for the economist and occasionally pbs. >> what kind of things have you done for frontline? >> i work on a compromise for alaska. >> do you have another book in mind? >> i do. >> it might be about the compromise in alaska or about my father's generation, and i am not sure. >> what do you expect? will the end of in south korean permanently note, or will they come to the united states? >> a couple has been important. he calls them his parents, and they are happy about that. they helped bring

and frankly, the north koreans are very depend ent on it. but they siphon a lot of that food aid and feed the troops and have a million -- [overlapping speakers] >> new young successor, ruler in north korea. >> that's the big question, a lot of people don't know much about him. and this is an example of how -- >> educated overseas. >> i can't tell you that. >>> forced prediction, yes or no? rob portman will be the running played, vice presidential with mitt romney in the fall? >> no. >> not even odds. >> yes. >> yes. >> answer is yes! bye-bye!

in relation to launch vehicles, the south korean-- i mean the north koreans have already made very clear that they are going to do a second launch in this five-year plan, even though this one was planned, both of these were planned in the previous five year plans. so the point is that they are going to do another launch. >> ambassador hill, how do you think they're going to react to this failure? do you think it makes it more or less likely or is it immaterial to whether they go ahead now with the nuclear underground test? >> well, i defer to others as to the dimensions of this technical failure. i mean obviously they've had problems with this rocket before. and they might sort so to speak go back to the drawing board. but i think they're pretty intent on pushing ahead with this missile program. they understand that a nuclear program without a means of delivery sell really not a nuclear program. so i think they're pretty intent on moving ahead. and the real question will not be so of the u.s. diplomacy with north korea as it will be the u.s. diplomacy with south korea and china because t

what are the north koreans trying to prove right now? >> well, there are three events going on in north korea, one, the 100th anywhere of the founder of the country, number two, the succession of more power for kim jong-un. and then third this launch. so it's a big celebration occasion for the north koreans. i think what is happening is kim jong-un is consolidating his leadership by trying to i'm the guy, but his most important audience here is the north korean mill your. i think it is a cover for a ballistic missile test. secondly to the international community, the fact that he's assembled all of those journalists is basically saying, you're going to notice us, we want to be major players in the international community. we have nuclear weapons and if you want us to get rid of them, we want something substantial in return. they're scaring people, it's their unpredictability, their unique style of negotiating which i have seen for ten years, and it's a little supersome, because it was my hope that the young leader would be a moderate, wo

united nations officials consider new sanctions on north korean companies. officials are weighing whether to freeze the assets of more companies affiliated with pyongyang. they're expected to choose the firms within two weeks. the security council adopted a presidential statement on monday, condemning the launch of what it called a satellite using ballistic missile technology. the statement calls for additional groups and supplies to be added to the sanctions list. the council's sanctions committee discussed how to handle the list of candidate companies submitted by the united states, japan and others. the committee chairman said he expects more member states to submit lists of their own. >> i'll tell you a number of companies have, and it's an ongoing protest. i think more suggestions will arrive. >> he said the committee will study the list over the next two weeks and select the firms to be targeted. >>> the north korean leader kim jung-un carried his first public comments. kim said that a nation cannot defend its right to autonomy and survival without ade

canceled 240,000 tons of food gended for the north korean people. ending what had been a tentative thaw in relations. the failed rocket launch also set back north korea's missile program and embarrassed its new leader kim jong-un. but, unlike previous failures, state television actually owned up to it. perhaps because the world's news media had been invited to witness the preparations. jil wit, formerly a state department expert on north korea and now the editor of this web site said that's almost as important as the failure itself. >> the... north korea didn't have to admit it failed. i think that says a lot about the confidence of the regime. >> reporter: u.s. officials feared a confident north korea could go back to tactics like shelling south korean islands. >> we're entering what could be a very dangerous period where if you have north korean provocations and a south korean response it could exschrat. >> reporter: u.s. officials expect the north koreans to set off an underground nuclear explosion at this remote test site where signs of fresh di

defense official raises questions about the threat of north korean missile technology. the head of the u.s. missile defense program has delivered a reality check on north korea. patrick o riley says the failed rocket launch there shows engineers have made little progress in developing a missile. the north koreans fired the rocket last friday, they say to put a satellite into space. the projectile blew up over the yellow sea less than two minutes later. o'reilly made the assessments at a senate hearing. he said a lot of site testing is needed to validate missile capability. he said the north koreans have not done that. >> it's been evident every time they test, and their progress has not been made apparent in this latest flight test. >> the missile defense agency has set up interception bases in alaska and california to counter long-range ballistic missiles from north korea and elsewhere. analysts are monitoring and analyzing information from their satellite around the clock. >>> japanese government officials are asking the understanding to get tougher with north korea.

these include freezing t assets of north korean companies. it also calls for stronger enforcement of existing sanctions. the presidential statement is a unanimous call from the 15 council members, including china. traditionally north korea's closest ally. ambassador rice noted that last week's launch attempt caused grave concern in the region. widad franco, nhk world, new york. >>> chinese officials say they agree with this statement. china is north korea's closest ally and its leaders have been reluctant to condemn their counterparts in pyongyang. >>> a spokesman from the for ren ministry said the statement reflects a basic understanding shared by the international community. the said dialogue is the only way to resolve issues. officials agreed in february to suspend the uranium enrichment program in exchange for food aid from the u.s. chinese government leaders are encouraging both sides s implet the agreement. they've wean cautious about pressuring the north koreans and concerned they might carry 0 oua nuclear test. and they agreed to the

the south korean defense ministry estimated this month that the north koreans spent $850 million on the failed missile launch. enough to buy corn to feed the entire population for an entire year. politics in north korea remains all about the kim dynasty and its needs, not about either the concerns of the united states or the welfare of the korean people. a particularly unfortunate result of the leap day agreement was the combining of discussions of nuclear disarmament and food assistance at the same negotiating table. this was a departure from the approach of both the clinton administration and the bush administration which held to the regan doctrine that a hungry child knows no politics. it also led to a highly embarrassing reversal on the food aid decision following the missile launch, even as administration officials insisted that there was no direct linkage between food assistance and the failed negotiations. our distinguished panel of experts can shed light today on whether succession from the old kim to the young kim has really changed anything in north korea, or is it merely an o

the end of the north korean foreign ministry's north american affairs bureau ri gun spoke to reporters in beijing on his way home. he met with u.s. officials including former undersecretary of state thomas pickering at a two-day seminar in germany. the u.s. says it believes the launch is really to test a long range ballistic missile. ri said he had told pickering that the truth will be clear if u.s. observers witness it in person. >>> meanwhile, chief cabinet secretary osamu fujimura says the invitation will be declined to visit the site of the plan the rocket launch. a pro pyongyang group in tokyo convade the invitation on monday to the japan aerospace exploration agency. fujimura told reporters that such a visit would not be permitted. >> translator: the government is asking japanese nationals to refrain from visiting north korea and urging them to call off the launch. it would not be appropriate for japanese officials in charge of aerospace exploration to visit the site. >> senior japanese and u.s. diplomats have agreed on the steps they'll take if north korea launches the rocket. t

korean people. >> reporter: north korean authorities have responded with harsh criticism saying the balloons are an insult against their leader kim jong-un. south korea's armed forces have deployed vehicles to track the balloons by satellite and to observe any retaliation by north korea. the group says this action is meant to support the civilian population in the wake of the recent leadership transition. another grp is preparing to launch more balloons next weekend. this time they will be loaded with pamphlets and radios capable of receiving broadcasts from south korea. fumito sako nhk world, south korea. >>> in other news a bomb explosion has killed three people and injured 38 others at a railway station in the eastern pakistani city of lahore. police say the bomb exploded after 6:00 p.m. on tuesday. th say the blast occurred near a wting roo for express trains linking lahore and karachi to the south. police say they suspect islamist militants were targeting ordinary citizens. in northwestern pakistan a car bomb went off at a marketplace in january killing more than 30 people. >>>

canceled 240,000 tons of food intended for the north korean people. ending what had been a tentative thaw in relations. the failed rocket launch also set back north korea's missile program and embarrassed its new leader kim jong-un. but, unlike previous failures, state television actually owned up to it, perhaps because the world's news media had been invited to witness the preparations. joel witt, formerly a state department expert on north korea and now the editor of this web site said that's almost as important as the failure itself. >> north korea didn't have to admit it failed. i think that says a lot about the confidence of the regime. >> reporter: u.s. officials fear a confident north korea could go back to tactics like shelling south korean islands. >> we're entering what could be a very dangerous period where if you have north korean provocations and a south korean response, it could escalate. >> reporter: u.s. officials expect the north koreans to set off an underground nuclear explosion at this remote test site where signs of fresh digging

north korean space officials say there is no turning back now. they're on track to go ahead with the much-anticipated launch as early as thursday. >> translator: the satellite is now being loaded onto the landing vehicle. we made the satellite open to the media thanks to our supreme leader kim jong-un. >> he says there is a key difference regarding this launch. ballistic missiles use solid fuel, but he says space officials are using liquid fuel. he also says the top of the rocket is smaller than one that would carry a warhead. he added north korean authorities will open a launch control center in pyongyang to foreign journalists on wednesday. the north invited journalists to the launch site on sunday to view what it claims is a satellite. north korean officials say the craft weighs 100 kilograms and will be carried atop the rocket. >> it's an earth observation 3 satellite. >> it's covered with solar panels and equipped with antennas and cameras. earlier my colleague gene otani spoke with the executive director of the japan space forum. he's an ex

if north korea deploys taepodong 2 in the near future, they will be in range of the north korean missile. that means the threat of the north korean missile is expanding from east asia around japan, to the whole asia-pacific region. there is also a possibility that the pyongyang missile technology could be provided to the middle eastern nation, where several countries have close relations with north korea. it means, in other words, missile technologies developed by north korea is becoming a global threat. >>> north koreans put their lives on the line when they try to flee their country, and its oppressive regime. some head to china, hoping to go will will from there to south korea. the chinese government usually doesn't help out because of its will ties with the north. but in a rare move, it's giving five asylum-seekers a break after they spent nearly three years in diplomatic limbo. nhk world's fumitaka sato reports. >> reporter: the south korean government says the group entered the third country earlier this week. the officers say one of the asylum-seekers is the daughter of a south ko

the north koreans fled from an agency. human rights activists in south korea have been holding rallies urging chinese leaders not to send people who leave the north back. they say the detectersfectors could be severely punished. they'll keep watching the chinese and russian governments and pressure them to act humanely on this issue. >>> one of japan's political heavyweights learns his fate on thuray. the tokyo district court will give its ruling in the trial of former democratic party leader ozawa. the politician is accused of political funds. the 69-year-old ozawa is accused of conspireing with eight to falsify records. stoke owe prosecutors initially decided to drop the case. but a panel of randomly selected citizens ruled that he should stand ial. court-appointed lawyers serving as prosecutors in the trial have demanded a three year prison term. they said it was most unlikely that eight would handle such a large amount of money. ozawa has maintained his innocence. he says the case is politically motivated. we are an ho

the north koreans agreed to suspend the missile and nuclear programs. the statement says they're no longer bound by the agreement and it also says north korea is able to take retaliatory steps, but does not go into details. >>> a senior u.s. state department official says he isn't surprised that north korea is abandoning the agreement. mark toner said it was part of what he called a pattern of bad behavior. toner responded to concerns that the north koreans may be preparing for a nuclear test. >> we can't preclude anything at this point. but again, clearly, reminding them of the security council resolutions and also very clearly conveying the fact that the security councils will take appropriate actions. >> toner hinted at the possibility of additional sanctions if north korea returns to provocations and the u.s. has suspended its plan to send food aid. >>> olympus is trying to lead a serious case of serious fraud behind. the company plans to seek approval for the new board members at an extraordinary shareholders meeting this friday. the company propos

the north korean government brought in about 100 reporters. we were supposed to be here to witness and verify this launch. instead we were not told about it. we were egg woken up from reports that the launch had taken place from abroad. there are reports that the launch has taken place and failed. so there does seem to be something of a cover up going on here. we have been told by officials that we'll get some kind of statement in the next 15 to 20 minutes, but that the video of the launch will come out later. we don't know exactly when. this is all very unexpected, north korean officials we have been dealing with don't know anything about it. they learned from us the launch had taken place, all of this very suspicious. we were expecting an orchestrated media event, all of the reporters gathered together for what north korea was considering a very proud moment, instead there has been a lot of confusion and reports that it has failed. >> and this is something they have been trying to get together this entire week, and reportedly they weren't ab

sunday marks the birth of the north korean founder kim il song. alongside the statue of the leader was another statue of kim jong il. also attending, the son and grandson of those portrayed in the statues. undeterred by the results of that controversial launch the leader appeared before his people trying to gather support for his regime, for his leadership. in fact, the launch failure was an embarrassment for the government. it built events around it and the theory is he will feel he has to act out further. there have been south korean intelligence reports north korea is preparing the testing of another nuclear device. those in attendance gave the impression they're on message and in line. i have confidence this man says that with kim jung eun we can face all the challenges and the tasks. kim jung eun got another high ranking defense title. greg talcott, fox news. >>> now for more perspective associate professor of history in international affairs at gw greg brizinski. thanks for coming in. why would pyongyang take such a risk? it doesn't make the

north korean officials want a attention. they are getting it. reporters from around the world are touring the cleanest part of their capital city. s >>shepard: north korea is going to attempt to launch a rocket in three hours. they warned they could use that launch as a cover for testing a missile, which could some day have the potential to hit the united states. we are learning rough weather kept the rocket on the ground in the first launch 24 hours ago and the window opens again at 6:00 eastern daylight. and greg palkot toured the capital city and said the nation poured in a lot of cash to spruce up the city a way they are mark the 100th birthday of the former leader, the late kim jong-il but lift off could jeopardize fans for food and other aid for the citizens. the united states has given north korea more than $1 billion in aid since 1995. jennifer griffin is following this from the pentagon. what sort of punishments are we expecting if they launch this? >>reporter: well in february the obama administration had offered more than $200 million

they are taught to all north koreans. neighborsountry's feared that its young leader, who has suffered a blow to his prestige, may be tempted to respond with a new show of power, perhaps by testing a nuclear bomb. this is already deeply isolated place, under sanctions. developing both missile technology and nuclear weapons. today, it was only reference to the kim dynasty. north koreans oblivious or unconcerned that the rocket was a failure and that america, britain, and others may seek at the un to isolate this country further. >>> david cameron says he backs up the suspension of many sanctions against burma and recognition of the country's gradual move towards democracy. the prime minister made the comments during an historic visit to the country, during which he held talks with the pro-democracy leader and the burmese president. our deputy political ad there has been traveling with mr. cameron, and this report contains flash photography. >> this was the moment a british prime minister stepped foot in burma for the first

/north korean dialogue process, when the united states reached the agreement with north korea, washington told pyongyang in a clear language that it would take a tough stance against any rule breaking. however, past experience tells us that it is quite effective against north korea. north korea's past behavior has clearly demonstrated that the leaders in pyongyang understand the logical force very well. to put it in other words, they know that if they use the nuclear weapons or missiles, it will surely be suicide for them. so north korea may hold another missile nuclear test, but japan should maintain cooperation with the united states on south korea to deter north korea's provocation. >>> emergency officials in japan are showing for the first time how they're prepared for chemical terrorist attacks. ground self-defense forces personnel granted nhk access to their annual training program for police, firefighters and coast guard officers. the gsdf chemical school is in saitama, north of tokyo. some 40 police officers, firefighters and coast guard members from across the nation took part in

the north koreans do that. even though they lost the food aid he which was small, they got -- which was small, they got points on the scoreboard by marginalizing our ally. that wasn't the administration's intention, but that's what happened. >> if hi more time, i only have 13 seconds, i would ask you this panel, to comment a little bit on the consolidation by the new leader in north korea and how real he is as a leader versus maybe sort of a tool of the military. >> that question hangs. thank you, mr. connolly. mr. royce is ready now. >> thank you, madam chair. since food aid is being discussed i'll just mention that tom lantos human rights commission hearing that was on this subject where we heard testimony of sacks being delivered in a village. villagers being told don't touch those. and the trucks coming back and picking up the sacks. so one of the questions here is, what do they do with that? well, the french n.g.o. at another hearing explained how she had tracked this and the food was being sold on the foo

secondly, in regard to the north korean asymmetric problems, they have the capabilities to infiltrate. and that's probably one of the biggest worries that i see with what they have with their forces. and they could do that very quickly. whether it be through sleeper cells or whatever. and we can also go into that in more detail in a closed forum. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. bartlett. >> if north korea were to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile that could carry a nuclear weapon and was capable of reaching our shores and they launched it toward our nation, what would our response be? >> well, sir, i can't speculate on that hypothetical situation. we do not assess that north korea has that capability today. but we are aware that north korea is developing both its long-range ballistic missile capabilities and it is continuing to work on its nuclear weapons capabilities. so it's a future threat we're very concerned about and the department is considering the best responses to this. >> what do you think north korea expects our response to that woul

the north koreans fled from an agency. human rights activists in south korea have been holding rallies urging chinese leaders not to send people who leave the north back. they say the detectefectors cou severely punished. they'll keep watching the chinese and russian governments and pressure them to act humanely on this issue. >>> one of japan's political heavyweights learns his fate on thursday. the tokyo district court will give its ruling in the trial of former democratic party leader ozawa. the politician is accused of political funds. the 69-year-old ozawa is accused of conspireing with eight to falsify records. stoke owe prosecutors initially decided to drop the case. but a panel of randomly selected citizens ruled that he should stand trial. court-appointed lawyers serving as prosecutors in the trial have demanded a three year prison term. they said it was most unlikely that eight would handle such a large amount of money. ozawa has maintained his innocence. he says the case is politically motivated. we are an hour

not care about the north koreans? >> they have moved on as a culture and as an economy. their aspirations are far greater -- are for greater individual wealth and for technological achievement. north korea which exists in some ways in the middle ages is a dead weight on those goals. most of the family ties between north and south korea have been attenuated by time and weakened by age. most of the people who have living relatives are in their 60's, 70's, and 80's so the connections are falling apart. >> i ran into a german an acetal is going in his country and e saidh. he said eastern germany is doing very well. you realize how much it cost the west germans. are they worry and south korea that it will cost them to pick up the 23 million people of north korea? >> they have been very wary. there have been studies by economic consulting groups about the cost of it. our estimates that it could cost three times as much incomparable dollars to have unification with the north because of the development problems and north kore

major embarrassment for the north koreans. the long-range missile fell apart 40 seconds after takeoff. no one was hurt except perhaps the rocket scientist who did not get it right. remember, this is a regime that publicly shamed its entire world cup team for losing and then threw the coach into a labor camp. experts are now even more convinced the north will try to heal its bruised ego with an underground nuclear test like they did three years ago after the u.n. condemned another failed rocket launch. if you're keeping count at home, this is now the fourth failed north korean rocket launch. >>> washington has cut off 500 million pounds in promised food aid to the north. the white house also insists more provocative actions will bring on even more sanctions. hard to imagine what that will be given the fact the north is under every sanction you can think of. the regime sais acting like the failed launch never happened. they're unveiling a statue of their former leader, kim jong l il. here's a short report for us. >> reporter: we

this is the heart of the north korean space program, never before open to the world like this. from this relatively modest beginning, north korea says it has big ambitions. american bout warns that a launch could lead to new u.n. sanctions. -- america warns that a launch could lead to new u.n. sanctions. >> we are adults. >> argues sang the united states is treating north korea like child's? america's message, don't do it. is do notm saying interfere in our business. >> today, the north was pressing ahead with its own business. he was named for secretary of the workers party. his father and grandfather ruled this land before. while that was happening, we were brought to see this. i'm not quite sure why, though it does look impressive. there is a lift to get to the diving pool, but the computers in the library don't connect to the internet. this student is two years older than his nation's new leader. he says that he trusts and believes in kim jong-un. he is now in charge of the rocket program and its nuclear bombs. to many outside of north korea, they find that unsaddling -- un

north korean officials say they are sending up a satellite. u.s. and south korea see the launch as a cover for testing a weapon. japan promises to shoot down anything that comes into japanese air space. the north koreans say they are fueling the rocket now and will launch it sometime between now and monday. >>> new developments in the trayvon martin case. the boy's parents are holding a news conference. that's going to happen in the next hour. plus, special prosecutor angela corey is promising to release new information within three days. all of this is happening amid new concerns about the whereabouts of george zimmerman. is the man who says he shot the unarmed 17-year-old in self-defense. now even his lawyers have lost contact with him and have quit the case. >>> it has been almost a year since u.s. special forces killed the most wanted man in the world. now we have new details about the mission that took out osama bin laden. coming out in the know from those who know firsthand. today we have got a fresh account of those tense, agonizing moments

the north koreans say they've finished analyzing the launch. they say they're determined to press ahead with their aerospace program. >> north korea's committee of space technology released a statement about the launch. it did not mention why the launch failed. the statement criticizes the united states, south korea and japan for violating what the north koreans call their right to use space for peaceful purposes. the united nations security council concluded the launch used ballistic missile technology and contra veened u.n. resolutions. >>> south korea unveiled new cruise missiles that it said could strike any part of north korea. officials say this is a warning to the north. the south's defense ministry showed video of the missile test launch to the media. it showed the missile in flight then hitting a targeted hunt hundreds of kilometers away. the ministry did not reveal the exact range or number of missiles deployed but a senior military officer said it can strike anywhere in north korea. he added that his country will retaliate against an

strong words, but something that really isn't meaningingful to the north koreans. gregg: eric shawn, live at the united nations, thanks. >>> now that the launch has failed what's the diplomatic fallout in all of this? some intelligence analysts say this launch is also a propaganda failure for the regime. coming up we're going to be talking to a former state department official who handled issues on north korea for george w. bush's administration. he says the rogue nation's next move could be a nuclear test. heather: gregg, another from the north korea to iran, u.s. diplomats are returning to negotiations with tehran over its uranium enrichment program. israel has said military action may be the only way to keep nuclear weapons out of iran. tehran insists that its nuke program is 23409 a -- not a weapons program. gregg: the facts would appear to suggest choice. iran has at -- otherwise. iran has at least 27 known nuclear sites across the country and have successfully kept the enrichment program hidden from the world for the better part 18 years. iran activated its f

. >>> the head of the united nations is urging north korean leaders to think twice about their next move. secretary-general ban ki-moon spoke about the latest international concern that the reclusive nation would go ahead with a nuclear test as a follow-up to its failed missile launch last week. ban says north korean authorities should instead focus on helping their citizens get access to the basics. >> i renew my call to authorities to improve neighboring countries and improve the lives of its people who face serious food and nutrition needs. >> north korean space officials launched a missile on april 13th. they called it a rocket designed to send a satellite into space. it broke up soon after takeoff. the u.n. security council released a presidential statement condemning the launch. ban is warning north korean leaders against further provocations, nuclear tests or launches using ballistic missile technology. >>> north korea's neighbors are understandably concerned about what will happen next. we got some insight on this from a professor who teaches security studies and international re

korean people. >> reporter: north korean authorities have responded with harsh criticism saying the balloons are an insult against their leader kim jong-un. south korea's armed forces have deployed vehicles to track the balloons by satellite and to observe any retaliation by north korea. the group says this action is meant to support the civilian population in the wake of the recent leadership transition. another group is preparing to launch more balloons next weekend. this time, they will be loaded with pamphlets and radios capable of receiving broadcasts from south korea. fumito sako, nhk world, south korea. >>> in other news, a bomb explosion has killed three people and injured 38 others at a railway station in the eastern pakistani city of lahore. police say the bomb exploded after 6:00 p.m. on tuesday. they say the blast occurred ne a waiting room for express trains linking lahore and karachi to the south. police say they suspect islamist militants were targeting ordinary citizens. in northwestern pakistan, a car bomb went off at a marketplace in january killing more than 30 pe

we will help feed the north korean people if the north korean government will agree to not test any more missiles. before the launch today, the white house press secretary told reporters that if north korea were to go ahead with this missile launch, that would constitute a significant and clear demonstration of bad faith and would leave the u.s. unable to move forward with that program. meaning that food aid program. he said it would make going ahead with that program, quote, virtually impossible. also today, before the launch, the u.s. secretary of state met with the other nations in the g-8. france, germany, uk, japan, italy, and russia. secretary clinton emerged from that meeting with this message. >> if pyongyang goes further we will all be back in the security council to take further action. >> breaking news, north korea attempting to launch a lock-range rocket against the demands of the united states and many american allies. u.s. officials tell nbc news that the launch failed. the rocket, which was said to be carrying a communications satellite, did not reach orbit. it crashed int