it's north korea. i wish people would communicate like that but i think we crossed that bridge a decade ago. >> should the president reach out to a republican are, for example, and ask the republican, for example, to be secretary of state, secretary of defense? he's going to have a lot of openings in his national security. would that be wise snl. >> there's rumors that he's talking to a whole variety of people. but, you know, i want to go back to the bush years. look, this started years ago and it wasn't helpful that, you know, in the bush administration that democrats were targeted who didn't get along with the bush administration on a host of initiatives following 9/11. so i think we just need to stop it. i agree with senator lugar. ari and i were talking about iran and the threat that they posed and the missile threat of north korea. there's so many issues right now that we've got to come together and talk about as americans. not just partisans. >> unfortunately, we need to leave it there. let's hop

what we hear from north korea is what north korea wants the world to hear. it is very difficult to get an indication on that. here in seoul, one senior government official told me they are concerned, even with failure that north korea carrying out with rocket launches they are still learning. they are learning from mistake and can get better. this is a trial and era for north korea. the more they do, even if they are failures in the yeas of the international community they are still learning from them. >> paula hancocks reporting live in south korea. we have this just in from our erin burnett who is not doing this show tonight because she is traveling with the secretary of defense. and the defense department acknowledged the missile launch, the statement goes on to say north american aerospace command officials tracked the launch at 7:49 p.m. eastern time. initial indications are the first stage fell to the yellow sea. the second stage was assessed to fall in to the philippines sea. initial indications are that the missile deployed an object that appeared to

special representative on north korea. the three senior diplomats are expected to demand north korea exercise restraint and will likely refer to a u.n. security council resolution banning such activity. they're also expected to discuss

these factors will ensure china's continued support for north korea. the expert that appeared earlier said the launch would not cause a major change in china's north korean policy. >> translator: china's policy is to support north korea's economic development. so the country can implement and require economic reforms and stabilize. once stability is achieved, the the country can begin to begin trying to become part of the international community. i think this is the most practical course. >> north korea needs china's help. its economy is still in poor shape and its leader wants to show that progress is being made, also, beijing believed that progress in north korea will give the country an incentive to give up its nuclear program. china is the key to making north korea accept the international community's demand to start taking provocative acts. but it remains to be seen whether china can fulfill its role as a responsible member of the international community. >>> a deadly suicide attack hit a military base in afghanistan. the incident took place short

nhk world, beijing. >> north korea's state-run television declared the launch a success. >> north korea's state-run news agency says the satellite entered orbit on schedule about ten minutes after the launch. it's reportedly fitted with observation instruments, the news agency says the orbit is around 500 kilometers above the earth. >> news of the launch was announced in north korea only after its success was confirmed. people at this hotel in pyongyang applauded when they heard north korea had put a satellite into orbit. >> translator: i felt very proud to be north korean when i heard about the news. i realized scientific technology of my country has reached the highest level. >> translator: our late commander kim jong-il would be so happy to hear that the launch was successful. i'm sure that by following the instructions of kim jong-un our country will become strong and prosperous. >>> the launch given officials around the world a lot to think about. japan's defense minister says his country needs to equip itself against developments. >> translator: we have to admit that north korea's m

north korea set to fire a long-rank rocket. many think this is a test for developing a long range ballistic missile, one that could reach the u.s. mainland. word the launch could be delayed. we'll sort through some of that for you coming up in a moment. the daring rescue of an american doctor held captive by the taliban in afghanistan, one navy seal killed, the member of one of our most elite teams. the latest on that story. big tax breaks and other financial perks for the makers of solar panels. some people in one state say they are really not getting the love back they expected. why green energy is leaving some folks a little blue. those stories and breaking news all "happening now." the whole region on high alert as north korea moves ahead with plans to launch the long range rocket despite technical trouble we are hearing about. welcome to "happening now," i'm jenna. jon: i'm jon scott. the secretive nation announced a delay. the last attempt in april ended in failure. the united nations band north korea from conducting any

>>> north korea fools the world. a successful lang-range rocket launch when everyone thought there would be technical delays. >>> and a first for the vatican. the pope's first-ever tweet. 700,000 some followers, and one tweet. >> two tweets in the last hour. you don't want to miss the third. time to follow him now. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. >>> one of the top stories we're following, two people dead and one woman fighting for her life. following an afternoon of terror at a packed mall in oregon. in the clackamas town center, a gunman opened fire, killed two, critically wounded a third and took his own life. >> the mall is supposed to be a place we can take our families, feel comfortable that this is a great place, especially at the holiday season like this, and these things aren't supposed to happen. >> want to go to the scene of the shooting right now, dan simon live in suburban portland. dan, what's the latest? >> john, we're told the two people that died. one adult female, one adult male. na

john has more on north korea now. jon: gordan chang is a frequent guest of ours the author of "nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world." were you as surprised as the rest of the world seemed to be when they got the missile off the launch pad. >> i was stunned. this is a really important engineering feat. they did it under extremely difficult circumstances within a very tight timetable. although they do have the ability to do this on their own we nonetheless have to ask the question, did they have help if if they had help it probably was china johnston china supposedly stpresed regre expressed regret that they had gone through with this. >> they might have had a lot of influence and they could help stop it if they stopped the aid and fuel and all the rest of it. at the top of the north korean leadership there is turmoil. kim jong un wanted a real success to mark his first year in office. jon: by launching this missile does he get that credibility with the military this he's been looking for? >> i think that he

orangutans until north korea honor -- u.s. ruling out the north korean talks until they honor their agreement. >> they did this in tight timetable. >> only way we will solve the north koreans nuclear weapons problem is by ending north korea. that is arduous task. it recognize that. but in the short-term we used up conventional devices. >> an aid to secretary of state clinton told me the administration is given concrete ideas to north koreans for a year, so-called step for step proposal that they studly rebuted. with the new secretary of state soon to take office it's unclear that second obama term will produce any changes in the north's current trajectory of that of the rockets. chris? >> chris: james rosen reporting from the state department. thanks for that. syria's opposition forces received the biggest boost yet today. more than 100 countrys recognized the syrian national coalition hours after president obama declared it was the legitimate representative of that country. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge

north korea. we'll bring you more updates on this story as they come in. >>> now let's take a look at the extended weather forecast for selected cities around the world. >>> th story breaking to us this hour. the japanese government ha

rocket fell into the yellow sea southwest of north korea. the second stage traveled further before falling into the philippine sea. the rocket ultimately launched some sort of object in orbit and the north koreans say it was a satellite and norad claimed it was successful but added at in time was the missile or debris a threat to north america. not yet. >>shepard: did the north koreans get help? >>reporter: the north korean could not do this on their own without some help. the only port they have, they have one port, which is sanctioned in terms of the sea travel in and out of the port and any part for the missiles would have come through china which is north korea's only friend and, then, the voice of america reported this week that an iranian team had been seen in north korea in recent days and there is some presumption that, in fact, iranians may have helped them. this is the first successful long-range rocket this year. earlier in april it was not successful. certainly, all eyes are on iran in weres of the role it my have played. >>shepa

in 2009, north korea decided to go one step further. authorities announced they were sending a satellite into space. again they launched what was thought to be a three-stage missile. the japanese government went on high alert and decided to release information to municipal authorities. >> translator: time of launch, around 11:30 a.m. location, north korea. >> reporter: japanese officials said the first stage probably landed in the sea of japan. the rest flew more than 3,000 kilometers, passing over northeastern japan before falling into the pacific. the latest launch occurred in april, four months after kim jong-il's death. the new leadership under his son, kim jong-un, also claimed it was a satellite-carrying rocket. but it blew up shortly after liftoff. nhk world, tokyo. >>> for those of you just joining us, the japanese government has announced that north korea has launched a missile. government officials say the north koreans went ahead with the launch at 9:49 local time this morning. they say it went south and passed over japan's s

korea well north korea is banned isn't it from conducting ballistic missile tests by the un and even its ally china criticised today's not so why is it so defiant against the international community both think it's easy to understand why for example china it is against those tests because. north korea depends a lot of china economically and by now having this bizarre capability. north korea gains some distance from china some up a grant if you if you like to go to the un to see a resolution there are various interpretations i'm no legal expert but i know that all three are definitely does not believe this resolution is enough to prohibit. all of that launches for peaceful purposes so be it again as in many other cases. contrasts the interpretations of un security council resolutions that two days ago north korea said the launch could be delayed due to technical problem and a south korean media even reported the rocket was being dismantled and looks like the north is trying to wrong foot its opponents. i don't know if it did that deliberately but the point that you mention really is v

yes, there is cooperation between iran and north korea. every north korean missile that they have produced has gone to iran. the shahab 1, 2, 3, 4 in iran are all north korean missiles. so there are definitely cooperation in engine rocket testing, and i would imagine this would be a new area of cooperation between iran and north korea now that they've demonstrated this long-range boost technology. >> and also, the issue with china, just one last quick question from you, the relationship that north korea has with china, their only ally, and yet china was trying to stop this from happening, too. >> yeah, it's truly sort of biting the hand that feeds you because the chinese were actually just in north korea the day before they announced they were going to do this test. and presumably the north koreans were asking them for aid and food, and yet they still go ahead and not only announce the test but defy the chinese and go ahead and do the test. so it is a bizarre relation shim, to say tshi sh ship, to say the least. >>> president obama is sayi

special representative on north korea, glen davies. they will continue diplomatic efforts until the last minute. >> translator: we also agreed that the international community should take firm action if north korea goes ahead with the launch. >> sugiyama said he hopes to visit beijing to discuss the matter with chinese officials. >> they're ignored warnings over the year when they went ahead with a launch that ended in failure. covering the korean peninsula, we see why leaders in the north are pushing ahead despite opposition. >> reporter: the ballistic missile launch will be the second since kim jong-un took power a year ago. it will use the same launch pad, a site in the northwestern part of the country. before the first testing, officials said the three-stage rocket was meant to carry a satellite. but japan and the u.s. and south korea said the launch was about a missile test. the launch was a missile test. the test ended in failure with a rocket exploding in mid-air two minutes after. it fell into more than ten pieces and fell into

is to support north korea's economic development. so the country can implement and require economic refor a and stabilize. once stability is achieved, thel community. i think this is the most practical course. >> north korea needs china's help. its economy is still in poor shape and its leader wants to show that progress is being made, also, beijing believed that progress in north korea will give the country an incentive to give up its nuclear program. china is the key to making nort community's demand to start roles a reonsible member of the international community. >>> a deadly suicide attack hit a military base in afghanistan. the incident took place shortly after aisisit by the u.s. defense secretary. our bangkok has the details. >> reporter: the bombing took place on thursday at a u.s. military facility in the south of the country. reuters says one american service e e e e e e e e e e e e. a suicide bomber rammed a car filled with explosives into an armored vehicle near the perimeter of kandahar airfield. the attack took place l

if, in fact, economic sanction especially were to force north korea to give in, north korea would have given in many times over. so so economic sanctions will not bring the desired consequence. so the -- we're talking about sanctions. what other sanctions are there? we have exhausted all sanctions. but north korea is not -- this time around no one is talking about possible demise collapse of the system. and when the grandfather died and the father died and all talks about it, about the possibility of the arab rising and then system collapse. but that is not going to happen. >> warner: professor park, thank you so much and david wright. thanks. >> thank you. >> woodruff: online you can see photographs of the celebrations in north korea and the protests in south korea. >> ifill: we continue our regular look at the intersection of politics and social media. we're joinedded by two journalists from the web site daily download. lauren ashburn is the editor-in-chief. howard kurtz is "newsweek's" bureau chief and host of cnn's "reliable sources." the last time you were here we talked about how

they could crush north korea. >> north korea gets 90% of their oil from china. if china cutoff the oil it would be in a different situation. but that's their best ally in the region. >> and china doesn't want north korea to end and the minute these people are going to move they are going to china and they don't want anything to do with themment. >> you will have this population that is so depressed they are moving to south korea and china. >> it will be like east-west germany, but with less scat porn. >> it is mostly my fault because it was in the 90s i dated kim-jong-il and it put him in a strange function. >> cash -- strange funk. >> that is the name of his next album. >> he is the sexiest man alive. >> we are missing the big story. in north korea they must have a large supply of ed schulz shows. >> i feel bad for that woman. now that she is international she is going to kim gung u.n's. >>> what are the perks of being pretty? first, if you have invisible camo, i wish we had this in namo. >>> are you disgusting. would we have a deal because they are more gentee

the north koreans who escaped are really the only good news story about north korea. a few people are getting out and educating the world about what ordinary life in north korea is like. about the concentration camps there and the oh lit cal prisons where three generations of a family can be imprisoned for so called political crimes and how the regime uses food as a weapon for ordinary people just to keep them in line and control them. >> greta: how do they know it is even better outside north korea to even go there? that is what i never understood. they are there and don't know figure. how do they know to go anyplace? >> this is something else that s happening thanks to the people who have escaped. think about it. if you are an immigrant to any country the first thing you want to do is let your family and friends know that how you are doing in your new home and what things are like there and so, too, the few north koreas who have gotten out are finding ways to get information back to north korea. you can't send a letter. you can't make an ordinary phone call. you can

north korea's relations with the outside world are at a standstill. last february the united states agreed to provide food aid in exchange for a freeze on ballistic missile tests. but the deal was broken after the north tested a missile in april. north korea's leadership has been trying to hold direct talks with the united states, but officials in washington said they are not ready to accept. china is also applying pressure on its neighbor. arguing that the missile launch would violate u.n. resolutions. >>> several japanese ships have headed to southwestern japan to get ready for the launch. they're carrying intercepter missiles. a maritime self-defense force vessel arrived at ishiyaki equipped with surface to air missiles. the flight path could take it over those waters. sdf personnel are employing the system in the event they need to shoot down any debris. personnel will take similar precautions around neighboring miyako island. they'll send destroyers to the area. the ships are equipped with the aegis missile defense system. personnel can use the t

jon: new information out of north korea concerning its controversial missile launch. that rogue nation now extending the window by one week to december 29th to get that missile off the ground. the north claims the launch is part of a peaceful bid to advance its space program but the united nations says it's a cover to test technology for long range ballistic missiles capable of hitting the u.s. talk about it with david albright, president of institute for science and international security. he is also a former weapons inspector and one of a handful of americans who has actually visited north korea. david, you say that north korea wants to be able to threaten the united states. why? >> well i think they see the united states as an enemy. so i would say that this, the launch does happen it is not to celebrate the anniversary of, or to mourn, whatever you want to say the death of kim jong-il last december. that they are doing this test to further their own national security interests

koreans and your korea's nuclear facilities but we have to remember that north korea is one of many times but its territorial integrity so i think will happen is if south korean drones for example penetrate through airspace this could potentially start a huge conflict and if we look at the results of the latest offering elections the president will lead or kim k. she can model of. reaching. into the relations with north korea and we will get easier in pyongyang but i think what this shows is that purchasing these rooms or having the n.p.t. at least the ruling party doesn't really have any plans to change its foreign policy trajectory in any meaningful way and you say that if the drones actually cross over into north korean territory this could potentially provoke conflict do you feel that the sale in itself could perhaps make north korea more reluctant to enter into dialogue with the international community. absolutely i mean they're going to use it as a justification to continue to be a no i don't think north korea to be attacking this in the book first and if we look at the boards

security council resolutions against north korea. it is important china did come out and condemn this. north korea probably listens to china more than anybody else, but i do think the international community needs to make good on the consequences. >> what's the concern now, they have a nuclear test, they have a real delivery system? >> it's still many years to get, or at least some years, to get a ballistics capability to threaten us, but these things tend to come in cycles, and so it's not a good sign that they are starting down the provocation road again. >> given how heavily sanctioned they are, why are they doing this? >> this is really about shoring up the son's transmission, his ability to control the military to exert power, to have influence. this is really for domestic consumption more than anything else at this point. >> should we put a lot of pressure on china? we have a new chinese leader. that relationship is so important to us, but is this more important, should we really be pressing the chinese to take a tough line? >>

in april, north korea attempted to lauren this rocket and it failed. six months later, they are good. it's fair to be suspicious that iran helped them. now that they have the ability to do the long-range missile, what can they reach and what point do they miniaturize a warhead and they are working with iran. it is not a good picture. >> they have been working with iran for 15 years. they both started with the same soviet-era scud missile and they both have the same objective. this has nothing do todo with launching or weather communications satellites, which what both north korea and iran are saying. >> greta: nbc report, i thought was interesting. the object that north korea sent into space appears to be, quote, tumbling out of control. so whatever they sent is tumbling out of control. when tell tumble -- >> it could be an inflated beach ball. we don't know what they put into orbit. the purpose is not to put something in orbit. it is to put it on target somewhere around the world. you know, you would have to look at the shape of the orbit to worry abo

of course north korea has claimed success in the face of failure before. we need to wait for official confirmation. we understand that the united states and south korean officials are working closely to try to figure out whether it is a success. as far as the north koreans are concerned, they say it was. obviously often they do announce things for domestic audience. we have had confirmation here from the south korean side the blue house which is the equivalent of the white house, presidential compound saying they condemn this launch saying it is a clear violation of u.n. sanctions. it's a challenge and threat to peace and stability not only of northeast asia but of the world. the blue house has also pointed out the money spent on the rocket launch would be better looking after the people of north korea. a few days ago we had a figure given from with one of the ministry who said the rocket launch, building the space station could have cost $1.3 billion and apparently according to the unification ministry that could affect the people of north korea for four

north korea said it will launch the rocket between december 6th and the 22nd. the international maritime organization, and the international telecommunication union said they were told of the extension on monday. the maritime and aviation bodies use it for flight trajection. they have not provided information about a satellite's frequency or orbit. the international community should take serious action against north korea if it goes ahead with the law firm. north korea domestic media have not reported the plan to launch a rocket. >>> hillary clinton wants to persuade leaders to take a different path. she's appealing to china for help. state department spokesperson said clinton spoke by phone with foreign minister. >> the question was what influence china could bring to bear on the dprk to see reason and focus on the develop of their country and feeding of their people rather than on ballistic launches. >> deputy secretary of state william burns is scheduled to meet tuesday in washington. >>> a search for active earthquake faults near japan's nuclear power plant

korea sanctions of that applied for decades north korea had enough time to find ways around those sanctions there are humanitarian concerns of the allies to try to so i think sanctions have more or less the symbolical function but they will have very little actual effect so they'll probably get better as a rocket or a missile is definitely a question of interpretation from a political perspective because technically both devices live you say is the difference is that the pay a little bit you put a cell out on top it's a rocket you put a nuclear warhead on top it's a missile basically it's the same thing to go to the u.n. to see a resolution there already is it's at the station and i'm no legal expert but i don't at all so if he doesn't believe judges resolution is enough to prohibit missile or rocket launchers for peaceful purposes frankly speaking i do not really believe that north korea tends at all to tack on its neighbors this program including nuclear program house purely defensive and in terms of purposes it's it knows no sides are interested in how the war because the gulf war in kor

both korea selection is off for a lot as long as the regime is stable in north korea and that's actually the key pressure there is no immediate danger of a war breaking up. teetering on the brink of a triple dip recession that britain looks to have been given a break in the form of an unexpected drop in unemployment but response to the news has been lukewarm some analysts warn that celebrations could be premature suggesting the statistics are being spun first reports. well some unexpected seasonal kid this week with official statistics showing the u.k.'s unemployment rate has fallen by eighty thousand people between august and october well the government might have been acting like christmas is coming early but the cold hard reality is that all of course there are going to be a huge number of people right now he simply don't recognize the pictures that they statistics the painting and that's one person is back to work you need to separate out this month's figures from kind of the medium to long term direction of the economy on the right market so we're still getting some of the tail end

melissa: north korea achieving a chilling milestone. it is now successfully launched its first long-range missile and iran couldn't have been happier. it is congratulating the rogue state with firms reported to be in attendance for the launch. is the iranian regime preparing to buy this dangerous technology from the north koreans? for insight we turn to gordon chang, author of the book nuclear takedown. well come to the show. >> thank you. melissa: what is significant about this. a lot of people were watching. they have didn't necessarily expect success they point to a clean separation between the second and third stages. what does it mean? why is that important? >> they hadn't done that before. in 1998 the first test of the long-range missile and up to today the most successful one they had trouble separating the second and third stages. melissa: what that mean? >> it is three-stage rocket. they have to separate cleanly. they were able to do that at this time to put the satellite in orbit which is astounding. all the indications last c

park argued south korea needs to do more to build trust with north korea. her father was president too so she understands some of the difficulties she'll face. we have more on that. >> reporter: this victory is thanks to the enthusiasm of people who want to raise their living standard. the name recognition helped her win a neck and neck race with moon of the opposition democratic united party. a key pointed issue in the election was narrowing the countries grueling growth divide. they are getting the benefit of the country's economic growth. >> translator: i hope miss park will fulfill her campaign pledge. i want her to raise that class up from the bottom. >> reporter: park has promised voters she will work to narrow the gap between the rich and poor. another major issue on her plate is north korea. a long range missile was test launched last week despite protests. park said shes p's prepared for bilateral summit. >> translator: my north korea policy is to build up national security first and then rebuild the relationship based on trust. peace maintained by

north korea leaders have provided a boost for kim jong-un. officials say they have succeeded in carrying out their latest launch and put a satellite in to space. they fired off a long range missile. the broadcaster was showing the footage continuously throughout the day on wednesday. the red characters on the white missile fuselage read the milky way in korean. the footage shows what north korea says is the control room of the tongchang-ri launch site in the northwest of the country where images of the launch are being screened. >> translator: even countries with developed satellite technology have had many failed launches. but we learned from the failure in april. we launched today's rocket with the conviction to succeed. >> the first stage fell into the yellow sea, west of the korean peninsula. then the nose cover fell a short distance beyond that. the second stage dropped into the pacific ocean east of the philippines. it's in an orbit used by intelligence and observation satellites. the object seems to be orbiting south north at an altitu

if, in fact,economic sanction espiallwereto force north korea to give in, north korea would have given in many times over. so so economic sanctions will not bring the desired consequence. so the -- we're talking about sanctions. what other sanctions are there? we have exhausted all sanctions. but north korea is not -- this time around no one is talking about possible demise collapse of the system. and when the grandfather died and the father diednd all tas abou it, about the possibility of the arab rising and then system collapse. but that is not going to happen. >> warner: professor park, thank you so much and david wright. thanks. >> thank you. >> woodruff: online you can see photographs of the celebrations in north korea and the protests in south korea. >> ifill: we continue our regular look at the intersection of politics and social media. we're joinedded by two journalists from the web site daily download. lauren ashburn is the editor-in-chief. howard kurtz is "newsweek's" bureau chief and host of cnn's "reliable sources." the last time you were here we talked about how the white

--northcom rihanna's rocket north. 's rocket. it rose to -- north korea's rocket. it rose in defiance. the north hailed this as a great achievement. this is a country where many go hungry for lack of food, but today they've had a street party to celebrate. from its launch pad, the rocket shot past stock. and japan. both countries worry they could be -- shot past south korea and japan. both countries worry they could be targets. we were invited to visit. taken past empty fields, the first attempt at firing a rocket. the one we saw exploded minutes after takeoff. it was an embarrassing failure for the new leader, kim jong un. not yet 30 years old, he is the third generation of his family to rule. some hoped he would been our reformer. he is acquiring missiles and nuclear bombs. not feeding his people but trying to make them feel proud of their nation is strong with weapons powerful enough to deter any enemy. >> the united kingdom condemns this launch. it is a breach of resolutions, because it involves the use of ballistic missile technology, so we are summoning the n

north korea has unicorn technology. (laughter) they said i was crazy when i called far glitter defense shield armed with ballistic sparkley stickers. (laughter) folks, this brings me to threat number two, commie unicorns. (laughter) this is a huge boon to north korea. and not just because someone there has finally found a source of protein. to make this earth-shattering discovery, north korean archaeologists had to travel 200 meters from a temple in the capital city pyongyang and then look down to see a rectangular rock carved with the words "unicorn lair." (laughter) it makes sense it's labeled, how else would the mailman know where to deliver the rainbows? (laughter) folks, listen to me here this has dangerous geopolitical ramifications because it gives historical legitimacy to the regime of kim jong-un by linking him to an ancient ruler who according to korea's history books road a unicorn and, as a key qlan, he road it gangnam style. (cheers and applause) one second, i just want to write down the last time i am lega

and it's money north korea north korea doesn't have. how is the country paying for it? well, north koreans have asked to kick in $150 each to pay for the memorials. they don't have the money. and north korea north korea is going to borrow some of it from countries like russia at rates as high as 40%. that's a lot of money for any country, especially one like north korea north korea. a u.n. report estimates two-thirds of north koreans suffer from chronic food shortage. $100 million, the money spent on the memorials, it-f it was spent on food would have brought enough corn to wipe out north korea's 500 ton food shortfall. most of our talk is about north korea's missiles but tonight's story struck a chord with us showing the greatest wrong done in north korea, aided by other countries, is to north koreans. piers morgan tonight starts now. [ male announcer ] introducing... a new way to save on your prescriptions. it's the aarp medicarerx saver plus plan from unitedhealthcare. with this plan, you can get copays as low as a dollar through a preferred network pharmacy like wal

north korea is banned from such tests by u.n. resolutions the security council condemned the north saying it will consider an appropriate response when the e.u. is threatened more sanctions and antiwar campaign eric surat kim says talks are the only solution to the on going impasse. these are causes to have more talks not less talks and the north koreans have been willing to attend talks other nations have certainly russia has another nations are that if it involved in the six party talks and doubtless read are such as japan south korea the united states are less. willing to engage in talks when these things happen but what the u.n. said was not only don't use ballistic missile technology it said we must have a commitment to a peaceful diplomatic and political solution to the situation there and that's what is really crying out and i think russia and other countries must finally say now wait a why does the. well i'm afraid that the united states is going to step back talk less isolate more of the military base that the united sta

north korea said it will launch the rocket between december 6th and the 22nd. the international maritime organization, and the international telecommunication union said they were told of the extension on monday. the maritime and aviation bodies use it for flight trajection. they have not provided information about a satellite's frequency or orbit. the international community should take serious action against north korea if it goes ahead with the law firm. north korea domestic media have not reported the plan to launch a rocket. >>> hillary clinton wants to persuade leaders to take a different path. she's appealing to china for help. ate departnt spokespson said clinton spoke by phone with foreign minister. >> the question was what influence china could bring to bear on the dprk to see reason and focus on the develop of their country and feeding of their people rather than on ballistic launches. >> deputy secretary of state william burns is scheduled to meet tuesday in washington. >>> a search for active earthquake faults near japan's nuclear power plant may l

video out of north korea, thumbing its nose at the world, a very defiant north korean government, releasing new images of the successful long-range rocket launch. we have the latest from tokyo. >> yes, here in east asia, clearly, it has bruised people, governments across the region here, south korea and japan, and in recent days, reportedly pressing for an increase in the u.n. security council sanctions to the level currently imposed on iran. we don't know if they will get there, but tension is on the u.n. right now. china has a veto power there. china's patience was taxed with this launch, the foreign ministry spokesman expressing regret, which is a strong word from beijing. but it is unclear what measures china would accept as means of punishment of north korea. greta? >> greta: do you know why the window was extended for this launch and then they launched it? is there any explaining for that, yet? >> it could have been a measure by thome confuse and throw everything off the track. yesterday, local time, local media said that the rocket was being dismantled -- sorry, two days ago, saying

of defiance north korea. despite global condemnation saying it. was. broadcasting live from new studios this is. a welcome to the program rights groups in egypt are calling for saturday's first stage of a constitutional referendum to be held again after claiming widespread violations i mean while unofficial tallies released by the islamist show a narrow majority backing the charter of the opposition which has been urging a no vote to what it calls a discriminatory draft also accepted their opponents word leading with a slim advantage while following the vote for us in cairo isabel true. it's been a tense night here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution we've got preliminary results of course the official ones will come out of the second round which indicates that it was a yes vote the muslim brotherhood together with media outlets numbers and mounting up there saying approximately fifty six point five percent voted yes forty three point five percent voting no this would seem to b

koreans and north korea's nuclear facilities however we have to remember that north korea is one of many times but its territorial integrity so i think will happen is if south korean drones for example penetrate north korean airspace this could potentially start a huge conflict and if you look at the results of that latest offering elections the president will let him hey she campaigned on a model of. reaching. into relations with north korea and going will get easier but i think what this shows is that by purchasing these drones or having the intention to at least the ruling party doesn't really have any plans to change its foreign policy trajectory in any move for i don't think north korea will attack anyone this is for both first and if we look at reports coming out of south korea or south korea and the scientists at work that the satellite is for you orbit around a small function and reports say that the machine bore down on the galaxy three missile that they watched was for food so i think what the real danger is and it is in north korea pursuing these tests and was staking you

koreans north korea's nuclear facilities however we have to remember that north korea is one of many times but its territorial integrity so i think will happen is if south korean drones for example penetrate north korean airspace this could potentially start a huge conflict and if you look at the results of the latest offering elections the president will let him hey she campaigned on a model of preaching. into the relations with north korea and no one will get easier in pyongyang but i think what this shows is that my purchasing these drones are having the intention to at least the ruling party doesn't really have any plans to change its foreign policy trajectory in any need for i don't think north korea will attack anyone on the list it's provoked first and if we look at reports coming out of stuff korea or south korea and the scientists that looked at the satellite this morning in orbit around a small function and reports say that the machine were down on the galaxy three missile that they watched was very crude so i think what the real danger is and it is in north korea pursuing

this makes north korea a real threat. to put this into perspective, secretary gates in 2001 said that north korea, within five years would have a missile that would be able to start the continental united states. this is not just a regional issue. this is an issue that affects us. jenna: well put. gordon, thank you for coming on the show. according to the calendar, the window for this test would be in the next week or so starting next week. we will have you back as we continue to watch the story. thank you so much. jon: let's hope that that rocket fizzles. new numbers out showing some big improvement for the auto industry. how hurricane sandy might've helped the car business. that's coming up next. and that new information on a murder suspect found dead in an alaska jail cell. why police say this man, who once tried to escape from courtroom, may be linked to a least seven other killings. [inaudible] but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [