one thing we learned from this, sort of cautious in a north korean sort of way. second thing we learned is is that the north koreans apparently felt it was more important to sort of press the u.s., test the u.s. in a modest way and not really worry about what impact that would have on south korea's election. so that tells me they're more worried about the u.s. and south korea, and i agree with you, anytime you have, you know, leadership up for grabs, it is sort of a dicey moment. but i think that the south koreans aren't looking to start a war here. i think they're going to go through their own domestic political process, they'll select -- they'll get some -- there will be an end to this nightmare they have, and then everyone is going to sit down and try to figure out, what happens now? we're in this brave new world, new leadership in the u.s., new leadership in south korea, and relatively young leadership in a provocative north korea. that's when the game will really begin. >> let's push on with your description of set theater. we talked about all the important

this is particularly the modus operandi of north korean agents and there's a history of north korean agents using these weapons to eliminate targets. what is the motive to have the half brother of kim jong—un killed? what is the motive to have the half brother of kim jong—un killed ?m what is the motive to have the half brother of kim jong-un killed? it is clearly personal. kim jong—un seems to have some sort of a complex when it comes to his legitimacy for his power in north korea. kimjong—nam is the youngest of three sons of the former leader of north korea, kim jong il, kim jong—nam former leader of north korea, kim jong il, kimjong—nam happens to be the oldest son. the eldest son has the oldest son. the eldest son has the legitimacy conservative elements in north korea so there's a bit of a family conflict going on here. what do you make of the alleged involvement of a vietnamese woman in the death of kim jong—nam? could there be any other reason for his death if not a north korean angle? allowed the air, there could be something like that involved. -- yeah. we don'

korean is, presumably it was the north koreans who took out, would have done it right now. did they see an imminent threat, or was this something that was planned for a few yea rs ? something that was planned for a few years? it is all very mysterious. you know, coming on the heels of a missile test, you know, it shows how provocative this young north korean leader really is. so how would you assess, harbrow, the claims of the that north korean agents are behind the assassination of kim jong—nam? well, i don't know that they have any, you know, secret knowledge on this, but one can't imagine who else would have taken out kim jong—nam, the north koreans had all the motivation to do it, and this was com pletely motivation to do it, and this was completely their ammo. this was exactly the way they would do it. they are very bold, they have used poison needles in the past —— m0. it just seems obvious that as it is. so what this mean for kim jong—un now, that his half brother is dead? they didn't really know each other. they had different mothers. but it would mean tha

police in malaysia have named four north korean suspects in the killing of the half—brother of the north korean leader. sinkholes, mudslides and deadly winds. the biggest storm to hit california for several years has left at least four people dead and around 150,000 homes without power. and the magic of the fa cup continues for lincoln city, but who will they play next? they're the first non—league club to make it an fa cup quarterfinal for over a hundred years. the draw for the next round is at 6.30 tonight. and coming up at 10.30... inside out. they go undercover at britain's biggest supermarket tesco, where a special offer might not be all it's cracked up to be. good morning and welcome to bbc news. thousands of prison officers in london and south—east england are getting an immediate pay increase of between three and five thousand pounds. ministers have made the decision to try to boost recruitment and retain staff numbers in the face of increasing violence. but the prison officers association says it's a divisive quick fix and specialist and more experienced staff won't benefit.

these north korean missiles. so there is a combination of ground base interceptors, sea based interceptors off the aegis type cruisers in the u.s. navy, and this missile that could potentially protect. it depends on how that missile leaves north korea, what direction it's flying in, how far it's going, the accuracy of its payload, what it's carrying. all those things determine whether or not you have a successful missile launch. in this case, if the north koreans launched a missile that went 500 kilometers, that's not very far. it's something they've already done many times in the past. this is no advancement. it's just another launch. >> what do you think is the reaction he's trying to solicit from the president of the united states, gordon chang? >> well, donald trump tweeted that north korea would not launch a ballistic missile. kim jong un in his new year's message said this was something that was going to happen soon. trump said it wasn't going to happen. so kim jong un did what donald trump said could not o

just a few meters away, one of those tables, for north korean -- four north korean men were sitting watching. all four are wanted by the malaysian authorities. one is reported to be a north korean security agent. after the attack was over, they got up and headed for departure. a few minutes later, they boarded a flight to jakarta and then they went to dubai. what about the two young women accused of carrying out the attack? one is from vietnam, the other indonesia. a woman was working in the hotel behind me and a massage parlor on the second floor. in malaysia, massage parlors are often a front for the sex industry. it is clear that both of these women were living a precarious existence. the woman told police that she had been approached by a man calling himself james. he offered her a chance to take part in a tv reality show. turns out his name is not james, but he is a north korean. the final piece is thought to be in this building behind me. the second secretary of the north korean embassy. what his alleged role is we do not know and we will probably never find out. he has diplomatic immu

the south koreans when it comes the north korea's missile tests. and even european allies who are within range of the missile came bilts. the president will have to re-evaluate the comments he's made. they have at some point felt alien participated japan should carry more of its weight. was perhaps milking the u.s., a lot bloorn the u.s. was getting out of it. >> re-evaluating is correct but always nice way to say it. our allies don't know what they can rely on for the u.s. anymore them don't know what our interests are. they don't who know will back up. he made very strong statements during the campaign that seemed to be based on his feelings. what he read that morning. it is very unclear. they really reverberated around the world. especially when you throw in these other aspects of immigration, of economics and trade. all these things are interplaying. he seems to be throwing out statements that are not tied at all. now that nation have to rely on, when he is given the possibility the come out and react in a quick way and he doesn't even acknowle

and. -- north korean leader kim jong un. malaysia says it wants to question a top official at the north korean embassy and a staffer at north korean airlines . a stunning new allegation. malaysian police say a senior north korean diplomat is wanted for questioning over kim jong un's half-brother's killing. >> we have written to the embassy, we have requested the embassy, the north korean , to allow us to interview both of them. >> police are also seeking five other north koreans. all but one of them have left malaysia. am died almost two weeks ago after being attacked by two women at what a lump or -- att -- go on a lump or the airport. kim was killed in a poison attack. the police chief said the attackers wiped kim's face with a toxin, thinking they were part of a tv prank. something,not shooting movies or a plaything. no. >> and north korean national has been arrested. sinceons have soured ofhorities voiced suspicion .orth korea's involvement >> in the first round of the presidential election is just weeks away now. the tw

the north korean diplomat wanted for questioning is yet to come forward. we can speak now to michael madden, a north korea expert. thank you for being with us. finger is clearly being pointed at north korea. from what you've seen and heard, what do you think?m korea. from what you've seen and heard, what do you think? it is no accident that you have north korean operatives in the airport at the same time as the attack occurred and they left the country on a very complicated flight itinerary and went back to the dprk after that. there might be some other evidence that they have, the malaysian authorities are not making this up, considering they have very good diplomatic relations with north korea. with the order have come from the top? there's a very good possibility that it came from the top. we will have to look at that. it appears the organisation involved in the attack against kim jong—nam is the garda command. it reports only to kim jong—un than, but they might have planned this operation and carried out the attack by giving him some level of plaus

police have also detained one north korean man. one of the female suspects claims she thought they were caught up in a prank for a tv program. police say they don't believe the story. they say the women were trained to wipe toxins on kim's face and wash their hands after. police also revealed they have asked pyongyang to hand over four other north korean suspects they have been searching for. >> we strongly believe all of them has left the country, and we strongly believe that they have arrived in pyongyang. and we would request the north korean authorities to assist us in tracing them and hand them over to us. >> the north korean embassy has said the three people already detained should be immediately released. it issued a statement on wednesday saying that the three, the vietnamese woman, the indonesian woman, and the north korean man, have been arrested unreasonably. >>> the police believe one of the north korean suspects prepared for the attack in indonesia. they say o joong gil was in indonesia prior to the killing. he's one o

if we use nuclear weapons in response to a north korean provocation, it would likely trigger a north korean nuclear retaliation. they are well aware of the overwhelmings' capacity to deal with them militarily in alliance with their south korean and japanese allies. host: jerry from north carolina, democrats line, good morning. not going to be a slamdunk. [indiscernible] we don't know what this guy is talking about. [indiscernible] guest: i'm not quite sure i understand the question. do we have any responsibility or are we to blame for any of this? recognize thatto on the korean peninsula, there is still a condition of war. concerned about american aggression, our hostile behavior they call it. in order to find a way to reduce tensions on the korean peninsula, we need to assure the north that we are not going to preemptively attack but that will require significant steps by north korea to stop their production andl ballistic missile testing and further nuclear testing and ize.s to de-nuclear host: iran as part of the agreement that president obama signed an there is lot of controversy

at the end of the day, the chinese and support the north koreans, not because the north koreans are friendly and helpful to the chinese, it's because the north koreans do things that are in the long term strategic interest of china, which is basically keeping office off-balance. >> jenna: interesting. we have talked about north korea for years now, it's something that has plagued our affairs in north korea, plagued a variety of different administrations. it president bush, and 2002, had this to say about north korea. i want to play a little bit of that for our viewers. >> north korea, as a regime armed with missiles and weapons of mass destruction while starving its citizens. estates like these and their terrorist allies constitutes evil. harming to threaten the peace of the world by seeking weapons of mass destruction. these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. they can provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. to protect our allies, or attempt to blackmail the united states. in any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic. >>

the half brother of the north korean leader. north korea is such a secretive and a p pa re ntly north korea is such a secretive and apparently repressive place. this would be taking offence to a new level if in fact the half—brother of the leader has been poisoned? level if in fact the half—brother of the leader has been poisoned7m the leader has been poisoned? it is a secretive and oppressive place and they have done things like this before and carried out tracks in south korea. —— attacks. we also see the north koreans have tried to assassinate kim jong—nam in 2012. that is some evidence to suggest this has happened before. kim jong—nam it has been strange from the leadership north korea and his half—brother so that would lead you to suspect that there were there are reasons behind this. there's no indication yet who did this and why they do that. even if it is indeed kimjong—nam. the latest unemployment figures show another drop in the number of people out of work. the statistics are taken from the three month

south korean defense officials say north korea has fired a missile into its eastern sea the south korean news agency says it was in fact a ballistic missile that was launched in that direction. joining me is our panel. with us also is colonel jack jacobs. ben, let me first begin with you. breaking news story right now coming out of the korean peninsula that north korea tested this ballistic missile. it is the first time north korea has launched such a ballistic missile during the trump presidency. we know he's meeting with the japanese prime minister this evening far working differential gave us sense twhaung president is currently discussing with his japanese counterpart. >> they have to be discussing a response right now. this is the first real foreign policy test that is not something that the president has created for himself in this very young administration. it's perhaps fortune that this happened while he was with one of our closest alliance, the leader of one of our closest alliance in east asia. but this is is something he's going to have to be talking leaders in japan and in so

he wouldn't say whether the suspects were north korean. >> it would look like north koreans but we don't know. we don't know other than ship it somewhere else other than possibly cremate and it destroy it. >> it is another bizarre twist in a case that is boiling with intrigue. malaysian police interviewing, she thought she was participating in a tv stunt when she rubbed something in his face was not true. >> these two ladies were training to swipe the deceased face to -- the four suspects would give, put the liquid on their hands. they're supposed to wipe it over his face. th then. >> the prosecutors say kim jong-un ordered the hit. experts say the north koreans have used this tactic before. >> the mean of delivering might differ but north korean agents are known for having used poison, liquid poison to assassinate defectors, and christian missionaries. in 2011, north korean spies were assassinated when they tried to help in seoul. it was a side a ball point pen. now in kuala lumpur, they say they want to question two additional north korean suspects who they say are in malaysia. the ass

don't engage in bellicose rhetoric with the north koreans. in some ways that's what they want, it validates their view of the world. stay calm. the big risk here is that belligerent rhetoric on both sides could escalate into belligerent actions, particularly as we get to the end of the month and south korea and the united states are engaged in large scale military exercises that always provoke the north koreans. so this is a time for calm rhetoric. fortunately, the test, which may lead to a long range missile in the future, is not that long range missile now. they do not have a missile that can attack the united states, they do not have a nuclear warhead that can be put on a missile to attack the united states. but they are working towards that technology. you let them keep doing this, and they will be able to threaten the united states. that's why it's urgent that the president do what he said he would do during the campaign and talk to kim jong un. >> i would love for both of you, gordon and joe, to help us understand the state of north kor

the third is a north korean man. their where abouts unknown. >> approached an officer at the malaysian airport. informing her that to unidentified women had swept or swiped his face with a liquid and that he was feeling dizzy. >> reporter: under the keen eyes of the world's media, police gave details on the murder investigation in a packed press conference. >> the cause of death is still unknown. we are waiting for the toxicolo toxicology tests. >> reporter: malaysian police officials say they'll stick to procedure and won't release the body without formal identification by a next of kin or a dna test. well, that's being met by the ire of the north korean. the north korean ambassador to malaysia condemning malaysian authorities handling of the case saying they won't accept the results of the post mortem examination. in the meantime, four suspects already under arrest remain in custody. one of them an indonesian woman apparently thought she was taking part in a prank tv show. and feels duped in taking part in the atta

police in malaysia have named four north korean suspects in the killing of the half brother of the north korean leader. sinkholes, mudslides and deadly winds. the biggest storm to hit california for several years has left at least four people dead and around 150 thousand homes without power. and the magic of the fa cup continues for lincoln city — but who will they play next? their 1—0 over burnley yesterday, makes them the first non—league club to make it an fa cup quarterfinal for over a hundred years. the draw for the next round is at 6:30 tonight. and in half an hour on dateline london. gavin esler discusses president trump and the middle east peace process — that's at 11:30 on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. thousands of prison officers in london and south east england are getting an immediate pay increase of between three and five thousand pounds. ministers have made the decision to try to boost recruitment and retain staff numbers in the face of increasing violence. but the prison officers association says it's a divisive quick fix and specialist and more e

police in malaysia have named four north korean suspects in the killing of the half—brother of the north korean leader and the magic of the fa cup continues for lincoln city — but who will they play next? their 1—0 victory over burnley makes them the first non—league club to make it an fa cup quarterfinal for over 100 years. the draw for the next round is at 6:30 tonight. and later on bbc news, a chance to see the vast ancient ruins of sudan. that's in the travel show, coming up at 13:30. good afternoon. thousands of prison officers atjails in london and south—east england are to get a pay increase of between £3,000 and £5,000. ministers have made the offer to try to boost recruitment and keep workers at prisons under pressure from violence and staff shortages. but there'll be no extra pay for senior officers. here's our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. they're the front line in ourjails, but there aren't enough of them. the shortage of staff is seen as one of the key causes of the problems in prisons. in somejails, officers are struggling on a daily basis simply to main

police in malaysia have named four north korean suspects in the killing of the half brother of the north korean leader, and also in the next hour... we'll have the papers. joining me will be martin lipton of the sun and rachel shabi, the journalist and author. that's coming up at 9.30. in across goal... i thought it was m, in across goal... i thought it was in, it is in! and after non—league lincoln city's win over premier league burnley yesterday — who will they play in the quarters finals? the draw is later today. good morning and welcome to bbc news. thousands of prison officers in london and south—east england are getting an immediate pay increase of between three and five thousand pounds. ministers have made the decision to try to boost recruitment and retain staff numbers in the face of increasing violence. but the prison officers association says it's a divisive quick fix and specialist and more experienced staff won't benefit. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. they are on the front line of the troubled prison service. their numbers have been falling in rec

it wasn't long before north korean soldiers took an interest in all the activity. so we went inside a negotiation hut that straddles the border. >> right behind the door, from there on, this is north korea. once you go out, that's it. we have no jurisdiction from that side of the door. >> so if i were to walk out that door -- >> that's it. >> i'm in the hands of north korea. >> that's true. >> let's stay on this side. >>> to watch bill whitaker's full report, go to cbsnews.com and click on "60 minutes." we'll be right back. >>> secret messaging apps are reportedly being used in washington to leak information to journalists. vladimir duthiers shows us how one of them works. >> reporter: messages sent are automatically deleted leaving no paper trail. that makes it very appealing at at a time when people are afraid of being hacked and being swept up in president trump's promised crackdown on leakers. >> i just received a new message. which is end-to-end encrypted. >> reporter: john didn't set out to make a leaking app, but apparently many people use confide for that p

koreans in the best places for north koreans in southeast asia. however, that said, that the row with china is also accelerating. so china is very disturbed because kim jong—nam was under its protection. the north koreans seem to violate that. —— seem to. so that in the missal test mean that china has pulled back in terms of that coal exports for the year. —— seemed. they had cancelled out for the remainder of the future. that is one step that has been taken in ourtwo that is one step that has been taken in our two diplomatic rows between malaysia and north korea and china and north korea. this is newsday on the bbc. could we be less than a decade away from a human colony on the moon? we'll hear from the team trying to make it possible. a great view — but a grim future: sydney puts the squeeze on social housing. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside th

the north korean problem i think would probably be number one. i suspect there will be some discussion of whether or how to -- how we can better engage china in this. japan obviously has its tremendous frustrations and tensions with china. but japan has will had -- they've tried to improve things with south korea. that's a work in progress, especially as the south korean president over this lengthy corruption scandal looks like she may well be finally convicted of her impeachment, and they'll have a new government very soon. so they have a lot to talk about. >> when you said that nothing seems to have broken through with this new young leader, kim jong un, what would you do? >> well, i think the key, frankly, you know, we need to get those antiballistic missile systems we're talking about, we need to get those fielded. they're expected to be so during this year. we need to do whatever we can to support our allies, south korea and japan. so we need to really step up that kind of cooperation. that's one. two, we really need to kind of sit down with

government, trump administration and the north korean administration. it would be government officials coming to the united states to meet with former u.s. officials in an attempt to try to rustle or addressed the long list of issues between the united states and north korea. this is according to "the washington post" which points out it would be the first type of meeting like this in the last basically five years. the u.s. and north korea have a host of problems, of course, the united states wants north korea and much of the rest of the world also to curb its nuclear program, curb its ballistic missile program, the north koreans are under global economic sanctions as a result of his actions. state department spokesperson points out that americans in north koreans routinely meet around the world to discuss positions and what would make us unique as they would come to the united states and it would be north korean government officials according to that report. we asked the state department any releases have been approved for north korean government offic

we are getting reports that the brother of the north korean leader may have been murdered i north korean agents. are we talking about fratricide? are we talking about a brother having his half brother killed? guest: this is only speculation. dealmaking we know is that his half brother is dead in malaysia. they both announced the result of it. until then, we don't know what happened. even in case he was murdered, poisoned, or whatever. brent: poisoned, yeah. guest: rather strangely, on the way through the security at airport -- at the airport. by two ladies from the backside. had you not realize two ladies are behind you and sticking you with needles? and even in case it would be a murderer, why should kim jong un , the leader of north korea, let him be murdered? he was a colorful figure. brent: from what we know about kim yong no -- guest: he was a colorful figure. he was stopped at the japanese airport in tokyo with a false passport. the reason why he wanted to go to japan is that he wanted to visit disneyland. brent: disneyland? guest: disneyland in japan. this was a figure that nobody

this is a typical m0, modus operandi, of north korean agents and there's a history of north korean agency using these weapons to eliminate their targets. what do you think, doctor go, was the motive to have the half brother of kim jong—un killed? kim jong—un seems to have some sort of a complex when it comes to his legitimacy for his power in north korea. kim jong—un happens to be the youngest of three sons that his father, formerly the leader of north korea, kimjong il, kimjong—nam happens to be the eldest son. the eldest son has the most legitimacy so i think there's a bit of an inferiority comlex going on here. president trump has lost another cabinet nominee just days after his security adviser michael flynn resigned. his choice for the post of labour secretary, andrew puzder, says he no longer wishes to be considered for the role. there's been opposition to mr puzder from within mr trump's own party since he acknowledged that he'd employed a housekeeper who wasn't permitted to work in the us. mr trump has reignited his feud with the us intelligence community and the media, by

north korean officials showing up at the mortuary, demanding the body, why would the north koreans do that unless they had a hand in the murder of kim jong-nam. clearly, north korea is involved. there have been 140 officials killed by kim jong-un since he took over in 2011. you add in the junior officials that have died in the camps. you may have a death toll approaching 500. this is a bloody regime. and when you start killing people, it creates instability, because blood demands blood. and what we have right now is really macbeth with nukes. >> and we've seen the missile tests, does all of that suggest a ratcheting up of the north koreans, that's going to in time trouble the new president? >> i think so. and the reason is that killing this half brother is a serious event. that means that kim jong-un's risk threshold is very low. you know, we always assume that kim jong-un's not going to do things like launch a missile, because that would invite an overwhelming response. but we don't know how much risk kim jong-un is willing to take. if he thinks he's going to die anyway, he may do wh

one of them is a north korean man. on wednesday they held a news conference and pointed to more leaks in the murder investigation. they demanded north korea hand over four other suspects they say left malaysia right after the killing. they also said they want to question three more north korean including an embassy official and employee of a state owned airline. police don't know the occupation of the third man. the investigators haven't said why they want to question them but the embassy official and airline worker were identified on airport security footage. one report said the diplomat was seen sending off the four north korean suspects. south korea is urging the government to relocate a statue causing a diplomatic rile with japan. it symbolizes people referred to as comfort women. it was placed in front of the japanese conciliate in december by a civic group. officials say they received a document last week from south korea's foreign minister. they say it's undesirable from the viewpoint of international relations

south korean media immediately claimed north korean agents had assassinated kim on the orders of his own younger brother, kim jong—un. north korea's young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. what's so sensitive? last year i saw for myself how strange north korea can be. i was detained and expelled for insulting the kim leadership. much more telling is what he did to his own uncle, seen here on the left. jang sung—taek was hauled away from a party meeting, accused of treachery, and executed. has he now also eliminated his brother? kim jong—nam was once his father's favourite, being groomed to one day take over as north korea's supreme leader. but his downfall began here in tokyo, when he was caught sneaking into japan on a fake passport. these pictures of his humiliating deportation from japan are said to have deeply angered his father, north korea's late dictator kim jong—il. his place at his father's side was taken instead by his younger brother kim jong—un. kim jong—nam then went into exile in macau. in interviews, he

south korean media immediately claimed north korean agents had assassinated kim on the orders of his own younger brother, kim jong—un. north korea's young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. what's so sensitive? last year i saw for myself how strange north korea can be. i was detained and expelled for insulting the kim leadership. much more telling is what he did to his own uncle, seen here on the left. jang sung—taek was hauled away from a party meeting, accused of treachery, and executed. has he now also eliminated his brother? kim jong—nam was once his father's favourite, being groomed to one day take over as north korea's supreme leader. but his downfall began here in tokyo, when he was caught sneaking into japan on a fake passport. these pictures of his humiliating deportation from japan are said to have deeply angered his father, north korea's late dictator kim jong—il. his place at his father's side was taken instead by his younger brother kim jong—un. kim jong—nam then went into exile in macau. in interviews, he

kim jong—nam, the half brother of the north korean leader. police identified the four suspects, all men between the ages of 33 and 57, but say they have already left malaysia. police on saturday arrested a north korean man over the killing of mrjong—nam. he died shortly after being sprayed with a chemical at kuala lumpur airport last week. 0ur correspondent kevin kim says this is another twist in the murder investigation. according to police, the four suspects all had north korean passports and boarded flights out of malaysia on monday. that was immediately after the killing took place. authorities say they are still waiting for the toxicology report that will confirm whether mr kim was poisoned. kim jong—nam was waiting at the check—in counter of the main airport in malaysia when two women approached him and sprayed him with the chemical. he sought medical help but fell unconscious and died hours later. the two women who were arrested told authorities that they were paid to take part in what they believed was a prank for a tv show. a 4

to be north korean agents. this is a very interesting family tree. this is in the "guardian." he was kim jong un's brother from another mother, essentially. according to the south korean media, he had been living in self-imposed exile since his brother had been anointed to succeed their father. korean paper points out this is not the first time there has been a purge within the family. kim jong un had his uncle executed in public in 2013. you can see their analysis, saying that these purges clearly isw that north korea unstable as a regime and wonders if there could be some serious unrest in north korea. genie: let's come back to french politics. the conservative presidential candidate franÇois fillon seems to have defied all odds and is managing to quell this growing revolt against him. florence: he had a tough meeting yesterday with some mps from his own party. lots of empty's facing -- mps facing tough questions from their constituents wondering why fillon is still running for president. mpserday, he met wi

it wasn't long before north korean soldiers took an interest in all the activity. so we went inside a negotiation hut that straddles the border. >> right behind the door, from there on, this is north korea. once you go out, that's it. we have no jurisdiction from that side of the door. >> so if i were to walk out that door -- >> that's it. >> i'm in the hands of north korea. >> that's true. >> let's stay on this side. >>> to watch bill whitaker's full report, go to cbsnews.com and click on "60 minutes." we'll be right back. >>> secret messaging apps are reportedly being used in washington to leak information to journalists. vladimir duthiers shows us how one of them works. >> reporter: messages sent are automatically deleted leaving no paper trail. that makes it very appealing at a time when peel are afraid of being hacked and being swept up in president trump's promised crackdown on leakers. >> i just received a new message. >> reporter: john didn't set out to make a leaking app, but apparently many people use confide for that purpose. >> you unveil the message by

stopped short of saying the north korean state is behind it. that is right. one presumes they are simply saying what they think they know. in other words, you can make the inn for all that this substance is not the kind of material that is easily obtained. it is manufactured. it is not created in nature and needs sophisticated laboratories to make it. north korea has been suspected of having this material in the past and having technological links with syria, for example, with this kind of material. malaysian authorities arejust of material. malaysian authorities are just saying this is the evidence, we see links with north koreans, but we haven't got the hard evidence that links to the state itself. but if you have got this kind of material, you do not make it u nless kind of material, you do not make it unless you have really got a state—run apparatus behind it. so, thatis state—run apparatus behind it. so, that is the clear in the rural from the events. —— inferral. what is intriguing is what were the roles of the two women on cctv?

the secondary point is that the north korean -- the advantage with the north koreans, to some degree you don't have with isis, is that the north korean regime is not vested in theology, but they can be deterred through the potential of their own annihilation. they perceived that threat from united states. >> bret: mara, finally, going back to the first story. when you have this have this uncertainty about the future of, the foreign policy hot spots don't stop. they keep coming. that trust and that person, the national security advisor, is pretty key, especially right now. >> as we know, foreign policy and national security is something of the president has almost all to himself. he is in charge of this, congress will not rescue him or take over his duties. it is important that you have a stable national security council structure and a national security advisor who is not under a cloud. >> bret: tom, i know where you are. mara, does wednesday or grow? >> right now, it looks like you will have a tough time staying. >> bret: charlie? >> looking at the trajectory of today, looks like it

he wouldn't say if this was north korean. >> it looks like north korean. >> what would they want to do with the body. >> that's a good question. maybe ship it somewhere else and cremate and destroy it and argue the evidence isn't true. >> reporter: it's another bizarre twist in a case boiling over with intrigue. the female suspect saying she thought she was participating in a reality stunt is not true. >> these two ladies were trained to swab this -- to before that the four suspects will give them the liquid, would put the liquid on their hands. they're supposed to rub it over the deceased face, and after that they went -- they were instructing to clean their hands, and they know it was toxic. >> reporter: south korean officials say kim jong-un's regime ordered the hit. the north korea government denied it calling it defamation. but experts say they used this tactic before. >> the method may differ, but they're known to use poison against defectors. >> reporter: in 2011 north korean spies were that ward r warted when they tried to kill a known defector in seoul. a poison needle inside

this facility is among the first to detect north korean missile launches. you're, like, on a war footing all the time. >> slife: that's right. this is truly one of those places where the best way to prevent a war is being ready for a war. >> whitaker: the north's latest missile test used a new type of solid fuel engine and was fired from a mobile launcher, making it quick to deploy and difficult for u.s. satellites to detect in real-time. >> slife: with the development of ballistic missiles, with the development of nuclear weapons, things here have a tension that you can feel in the air as you move around places like this. >> whitaker: we wanted to talk to the general who leads u.s. forces in korea and would command korean troops in the event of a war. he asked to meet us at guard post four. it's a citadel on critical high- ground at the end of a road lined with land mines. we were the first american news crew allowed in. this was no cold war theme park. body armor was required and artillery was on standby in the event we came under fire. general vincent br

the secondary point is that the north korean -- the advantage with the north koreans, to some degree you don't have with isis, is that the north korean regime is not vested in theology, but they can be deterred through the potential of their own annihilation. they perceived that threat from united states. >> bret: mara, finally, going back to the first story. when you have this have this uncertainty about the future of the national security advisor, the foreign policy hot spots don't stop. they keep coming. that trust and that person, the national security advisor, is pretty key, especially right now. >> as we know, foreign policy and national security is something of the president has almost all to himself. he is in charge of this, congress will not rescue him or take over his duties. it is important that you have a stable national security council structure and a national security advisor who is not under a cloud. >> bret: tom, i know where you are. mara, does wednesday or grow? >> right now, it looks like you will have a tough time staying. >> bret: charlie? >> looking at the traj

and clearly there's a north korean link. they've already detained one north korean so obviously north korea is involved. they were half brothers by different mistresses. to their father. but the older brother, of course, is the first born and there is legitimacy. some said if they got rid of kim jong-un, kim jong-nam would be there. what does it mean that he is now dead? >> it means china feels it has been disrespected by the north koreans. >> they've been protecting him. >> he lived in macao. he was unprotected. the north koreans knew they couldn't hit him there. >> thank you very much. next, president trump refers to an immigrant crime wave in sweden. the swedes say it is not true. we'll give you the facts. and jeanie moos. >> unfortunately, the intellectual capacity of the president is protozoan. >>> president trump firing back against the media tweeting, give public a break. they are trying to say that large scale immigration from sweden is working out just beautifully. not! it come after trump was accused of making up a

our top story this hour south korean media have reported that the half-brother of north korean leader was assassinated in malaysia. local police have only announced that a 46-year-old north korean man has died. they're trying to find out if it is kim jong-un's brother. we have this update. now reports say north korean agents may have been responsible. the south korean government is trying to verify the reports through diplomatic channels. the japanese government has also been gathering information. government officials say kim jong-nam was not directly involved in north korean politics. they say that if the reports of his death are true, they'll try the assess if there is a connection with the domestic situation in the north. kim jong-nam was the oldest son of former north korean leader kim jong-il. he was in his mid-40s. he lived outside north korea, reportedly staying in beijing, macau and singapore. he was once believed to be a possible successor to kim jong-il. japanese immigration officials took him into custody at narita airport in 2001. they said he tried to enter japan with hi

one thick we learned from this, sort of cautious in a north korean sort of way. second thing is the north koreans apparently felt it was more important torn sort of press the u.s., test the u.s. in a modest way and not really worry where what impact that would have on south korea's election. so that tells me they're more worried about the u.s. and south korea. and you know, i agree with you. anytime you have leadership that's up for grabs, that's sort of a dicey moment. but i think the south koreans aren't looking to start a war here. i think they'll go through their own domestic political process. there will abend to this nightmare they have. and then everyone's going to sit down and try to figure out, what happens now because we're in this brave new world, new leadership in the u.s., new leadership in south korea and relatively young leadership in a provocative north korea. that's when the game will really begin. >> that was jim walsh of m.i.t. jim, we thank you for being with us. paula, it was not a cbm. at the same time, the u.s. president's first activity on

a couple days after that the chinese government announced it would not buy anymore north korean coal, a big hit to the country's economy. we'll wait to see if this is another informal conversation as the problems with north korea, united states and much of the rest of the world continue. ashley? ashley: interesting stuff. rich edson of the state department, rich, thank you very much. >> sure. ashley: turning to u.s. diplomacy in the middle east, u.s. secretary of defense general james mattis this morning in baghdad to meet with iraqi political leadership and u.s. partners. mattis is making the trip, quote because i need to get current on the political situation, the enemy situation and the friendly situation. now his visit comes as iraqi forces launch an offensive to reclaim western mosul from isis. general mattis said the u.s. was in the country for the right reasons. >> i think all of us here in this room, all of us in america, generally paid for our gas and oil all along and i'm sure we will continue to do so in the future. we're not in iraq to seize anybody's oil. ashley: well, jo

one, a high level diplomat at the north korean embassy there. the other, an employee for north korea state owned airline. malaysian authorities have asked north korea to cooperate in their investigation, but so far they haven't complied. meanwhile, kim jong-nam's body is under tighter security this morning after someone attempted to break into the morgue. no next of kin has come forward yet to claim the body, but authorities have asked north korea for dna samples from family members, including from kim jong-un, to identify the body. the female suspects were supposed to be released today, but a judge granted an extension. even though they haven't been charged. as for the investigation, it is continuing to grow, and the north koreans say the females are innocent and should be freed immediately. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. makewith instant moisture utes from k-y ultragel. >>> a video shows a dangerous close call for actor harrison ford while he was flying a small plane. ordinarily, he narrowly missed a passenger jet carrying mo

that's how far the north korean missile capabilities actually stands. four and five, now, those are the ranges of missiles that north korea is trying to acquire. they're understood to be in development and, in fact, there is some dispute within experts on this topic as to how far their current missiles can currently fire. i would remind our viewers that the current north korean leader, kim jong-un in his new year's address warned the world and the u.s., put the u.s. on notice, saying that he was in a position, he was able to fire tan intercontinental ballistic missile that could hit the u.s. at any time of his choosing. now, so far, that capability is not proven. they've never demonstrated that they are able to do that. let's bring in former u.s. ambassador to south korea and iraq, christopher hill. he's one of the people who knows the most about this topic. you were part of six-party topics. obviously, the diplomatic efforts that ran for years to try and get north korea to de-nuclearize. those failed. my question to you, mr. hill is, what can donald tr

korean spy agencies —— the north korean spy agencies —— the north korean spy agencies may have been trying to reach him for some time. most north koreans may not know this because it isa koreans may not know this because it is a taboo subject inside their country, but kim jong—il, is a taboo subject inside their country, but kimjong—il, the is a taboo subject inside their country, but kim jong—il, the father of the current leader, had married several times and had many children from different spouses. ever since kimjong—ildied, from different spouses. ever since kim jong—il died, five years ago, his eldest son, kim jong—nam, kim jong—il died, five years ago, his eldest son, kimjong—nam, has spent most of his time overseas, mostly in asia. many believe this was not by choice but from an enforced exile, based on rivalry with his younger half brother, kim jong—nam, the leader of north korea. -- kim jong—nam, the leader of north korea. —— kimjong—iland jong—nam, the leader of north korea. —— kimjong—il and —— jong—nam, the leader of north korea. â

north korean men were sitting watching. all four are now wanted by the malaysian authorities. one is reported to be a known north korean security agent. after the attack was over, they got up after the attack was over, they got up and headed for departures. a few minutes later they boarded a flight to jakarta and then onto dubai. what about the two young women accused of carrying out the attack? one is from vietnam's, the other indonesian. one of them was working in this hotel behind me here in a massage parlour on the second floor. in malaysian massage pa rlours are on the second floor. in malaysian massage parlours are often a front for the sex industry. it's fairly clear that both these women were living a precarious existence. one of them told the police she was approached by a man calling himself james. he offered her a chance to ta ke james. he offered her a chance to take part in a tv reality show. it turns out that james used the force name and he is a north korean. the second secretary of the north korean embassy i

she vomited. >> the third suspect is a north korean man. police have reportedly raided a condominium near his home in kuala lumpur. local media say investigators have seized chemicals from the condo along with other evidence. police say they've demanded north korea hand over four other men who they say left malaysia right after the killing. they also want to question more north koreans who are still in malaysia. they include an embassy official, and an employee of the state-owned airline. an expert on chemical weapons says the vx nerve agent used to kill kim jong nam was probably brought to malaysia from north korea. mass aki iwaki is a chemical weapons specialist. he said the nerve gas was like will chosen because of its high toxicity and ability to penetrate the skin. >> translator: vx would be a likely choice due to its accessibility. and it allows you to attack a target selectively. if you can get vx into someone's eyes, the effect is very rapid. it also increases the likelihood that the target will be killed. >> iwaki says nations that