, often in disguise. north korea called him "human scum", and that's because he was so central to north korea's diplomatic effort. i'll be talking to him in a moment. he lived in london with his family and the families of two other north korean diplomats in the embassy. 0utwardly a bourgeois suburban house. thae yong—ho escorted kim jong—un's brother to a rock concert in the royal albert hall. he was the voice of north korea to british left—wing groups, singing the praises of socialism. hello. and now, in south korea, where i met him. he won't say how he got here, if the secret services of the united states or britain, or south korea, helped. so how are you getting on in seoul? are you enjoying it? but he did talk about how his family turned him against the regime in pyongyang. me and my family, and my sons and my wife, did not come to that kind of conclusion just on one day. at the first stage, there is a kind of ideological debate inside the family, especially between me and my sons, when my sons entered uk university, the education they received was quite different to what they

yong—ho became one of the highest ranking officials ever to defect from north korea. he had been a diplomat for tongan in london. he has been speaking to our sole correspondent. i'm i' m steve i'm steve evans and this is seoul, one of the most prosperous and bustling cities in asia. it is only 100 miles from pyongyang, but in terms of atmosphere and attitude it is1 million miles away. this is now the home of thae yong—ho, the north korean diplomat who defected from london. he lives here in secret, accompanied by a body guards, often in disguise. north korea called him human scum and that's because he was so human scum and that's because he was so central to north korea's diplomatic effort. i will be talking to him in a moment. he lived in london with his family and the families of two other north korean diplomats in the embassy. 0utwardly a bush while suburban house. thae yong—ho escorted kim jong—un‘s brother to a rock concert in the royal albert hall. —— outwardly a rouge was. he summed the praises of socialism. and now in south korea where i met him. he won't say how

discredit their findings. plus more breaking news. trump threatening north korea tweeting it won't happen after kim jong-un says -- and mariah carey making it a new year's celebration to remember. what caused the epic melt down? let's go outfront. >>> and good evening. outfront the breaking news, finger prints. cnn learning that u.s. intelligence officials have traced the computer hack of u.s. election back to specific keyboards, keyboards that used surillic script which is the alphabet used by russians. that evidence adding to growing confidence that russian operatives are behind the hack. donald trump insists he knows things that other people don't know about the attack. he says he is promising to share more information this week with the american people. sean spicer telling cnn it is too early for trump to make a decision about possible russian involvement saying trump hasn't been briefed on the subject by intelligence officials. >> no. they are coming in later this week to do that. so the idea that you are asking me -- neither has the president of the united states. the report

line to look over into north korea -- there was a group of students on the second story of the building in north korea. i did not know who they were so i asked the colonel who was showing us, who was that? he said they were most likely students who must be fairly well-situated in the area to be there. i could not help but wonder, do those students looking over at us with hate in their hearts? i wonder if we can change that? can they look over to south "wow, maybeink, someday we will be able to thrive as they have been able to thrive." and then the question of what happens here at home if that happens? will the people here understand what happened in the 1950's? will that you understand our commitment to the people? our commitment to the people from so long ago? we noticed in syria that there are different shades of red lines. i think that is a big concern to leaders in south korea, around the world, and certainly to congress. we have to do a better job in congress in sharing with people, the american people, what it means. what is happening in north korea , and to give them the

former defense secretary william perry confronting north korea, talk first and get help later. all of this in response to kim address," new year's we will continue to build up our self-defense capability, the pivot of which is nuclear forces and the capability for preemptive strike as long as the united states and the forces keep a threat in blackmail and as long as they do not stop doorstepe games on our disguising them as annual events we will defend peace and security of our state is all costs -- at all costs and make an contribution to safeguard global peace and stability." your reaction? you are smiling. guest: i am smiling because it is very north korean in town. it's not subtle or sophisticated. it's in your face and a threat. they are using the word preemptive strike, slipping it in there. the fact of the icbm capability, they think it will be a fact in a year or a couple of years, changes the game for them. one of the questions is, is that something that we would not like to see happen? the piece by bill perry at which i haven't read, but the suggestion that he leaves it with

-quality intelligence it has on russia compared to other morriss more e regimes like north korea. >> let's bring in fred pleitgen. he is live from moscow. good to see you. u.s. officials say digital fingerprints indicate russia was behind u.s. election cyberattacks, but donald trump is still skeptical. somehow that being received across russia? >> reporter: well, certainly, if you look at russian official media, you look at the government-run television networks and news agencies, they mirror and echo those doubts by the trump administration saying, look, it seems as though there is somewhat of a discord within u.s. politics, on the one side, the obama administration saying they are certain russia was behind these atax whi tattacks incoming trump administration is casting doubt on that. that is playing very big here in russia. it's interesting to see that source has now told cnn that they are pretty certain that they can trace the hacks back to a cyrillic keyboards, because that is something that would certainly cast a light on at least a source somewhere speaking russian, possibly inside

before inauguration day. gregg: peter doocy live in palm beach, florida thanks. north korea ringing in the new year with an ominous development. north core we rian leader kim jong-un suggesting the regime is in the final stages of testing and icbm. marking a breakthrough in their nuclear weapons program. reporter: north korean leader kim jong-un hinted his country is close to test an interballistic missile and the tests have quote reached the final stage. >> the development has become active in the test fire preparation got to the final stages. reporter: he did not explicitly say whether these tests are imminent. but he has birthday on january 28. in 2016 the communist nation reportedly carried out nuclear tests while conducting 20 ballistic tests setting an annual record. in a statement it says the international community will note tolerate its development of nuclear weapons. ban ki-moon expressed deep concerns as well. >> i'm deeply concerned about that news that north korea is continuing to provoke the international community by testing missiles. the u.n. has taken five sanction mea

recording. >>> missile threat. north korea warns of an imminent new test for a rocket that could threaten the united states. how soon before the kim jong un regime can attach a nuclear warhead to that missile. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we begin with breaking news. the gulf between president-elect donald trump and the u.s. intelligence community on russian election hacking is growing tonight. trump is casting fresh doubt on the conclusion of the intelligence agencies that russia is responsible, and he claims to have inside information about the cyberattacks that he says he'll reveal this week after he meets with intelligence officials. many of those same officials are more confident than ever that moscow was behind the hacks on targets including the democratic party and hillary clinton's campaign chairman. sources tell cnn that so-called digital fingerprints implicate russia. also, concerns about donald trump's potential conflicts of

. bush on north korea. his remarks are followed by a on theiscussion foreign-policy priorities of the trump administration in the 115th congress. this is just over an hour. >> good morning. i am the director of global initiatives here at the bush institute. thank you for taking time to join us for this forum on freedom in north korea, and welcome to the bush institute, where we focus on developing leaders, advancing policy, and taking action to solve today's most pressing challenges. behind me as a satellite image of the korean peninsula. it shows a startling contrast between north and south. while south korea is alive with light, north korea is shrouded in darkness. more than 24 million people live under the tyranny of communism in the cam regime. in recent years, free societies have focused attention on the plight of korean people, but more must be done. since 2014, the bush institute has held consensusbuilding meetings, commissioning additional research and understanding one of the worst human tragedies of our time. the result has been a call for action for governments, the private

sharyl: what are the top national security threats? >> a north korea that is not too far down the path from getting an icbm. sharyl: c.i.a. director john brennan agrees trump's greatest direct challenge is posed by north korea's ruler, kim jong-un. john brennan: the record that he and north korea has, and has this type of capability, i think it presents a direct threat to the united states national security. sharyl: what could a cyber threat lead to? david shedd: it would have a fundamental life-changing impact on our, on our country. lisa fletcher: coal has fueled the economy of southwestern pennsylvania for more than a century. >> for generations, our families have been provided for. lisa: coal country is now trump country. donald trump: we're going to put miners back to work. lisa: do you worry about how are hanging their future on his words though? >> the economy doesn't support what's being said. they're in for just another hit. darrell issa: president obama is not going softly into the night. sharyl: like the post-election retaliation against russia, the obama administration

human rights issues in the world, but also in north korea. don'tat reason, i hope i have to think about this difficult and challenging the professoralso and other experts, i hope by the , i will be at a high school or college level setting teachi -- i would love to and i think i would be happy talking to students. >> how about your goals for the future? while we are adjusting in american culture and the layers of learning, and set of changing our dreams and goals every day, i found out -- i work at the dental office as a certified assistant and every day, i see our doctors performing surgeries and i feel very happy when i see patients come back and show their appreciation to our doctors. i also think about in north korea, we don't have a lot of medical treatments and dental toatments and before i came america, i never thought about dental treatments. tobe this is a good way pursue my goal is a dentist and once north korea and south korea get united or the north korean regime falls, maybe there's a andce to go to north korea help a lot of elders and children to avoid all of that pain. th

. the us president—elect has dismissed north korea's latest claim to be developing a missile capable of delivering a nuclear strike against the united states. in a tweet, donald trump highlighted a boast in the new year message from north korea's leader kim jong—un that preparations for a missile launch had reached the final stage. mr trump's view on that: it's not clear if he's expressing doubts about north korea's nuclear capabilities or is planning preventive action. live now to the bbc‘s steve evans in seoul. according to mrtrump, according to mr trump, north korea will not become a nuclear power. no kids and no buts. what is the thinking they're about what mr trump means? -- ifs. that is a very good question. people don't know what to make of it. it is 140 characters and a way of making policy statement. north korea, this is from the president—elect, north korea to stated it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the us. it won't happen. those three words. mr trump could mean he doesn't think the technological progress will be ma

president. last night richard engel had the word from beijing. tonight we have access inside north korea with the nuclear program that could test president trump early on. bill neely is in pyongyang with north korea's warning to the u.s. tonight. >> reporter: from kim jong-un's defiant and unpredictable regime, a direct challenge tonight to president trump. cancel your military exercises on our doorstep. they are the root cause of tension on the korean peninsula, he says. the joint u.s./south korean exercises are due to begin in weeks. in a rare interview with this secretive regime, the man who deals with u.s. affairs told me america can't stop north korea. we will match american nuclear weapons, he says, with our own. north korea, he warned, is ready to test launch its first long-range missile. is the launch imminent? it'll be carried out at any time, he says. before taking office, president trump tweeted, it won't happen. if it does, it would be another step towards north korea's goal of building a nuclear weapon able to hit the u.s. west coast. a former north korean diplomat who defected t

much. congressman cole, appreciate your time tonight. up next, bracing for north korea's response to donald trump's threat. what's kim jong-un's next move. plus, trump side by side with a new year's guest who goes by the name joey no socks. who is he? and a toddler saves his twin brother after a dresser falls on top of him. [ crowd noise ] whoa. [ gears stopping ] when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. try this. but just one aleve has the strength to stop pain for 12 hours. tylenol and advil can quit after 6. so live your whole day, not part... with 12 hour aleve. >>> the white house is downplaying an attack by pyongyang after donald trump's tweet -- the white house is trying to dispute that claim saying there's no evidence north korea's nuclear capabilities have changed. of course the estimate would still be for them to have a weapon of that sort in a couple years. jim sciutto is with us. a lot of concern tonight about north korea's nuclear capability and how quickly they are moving. >> no question. and no question they're making progress. u.s. intelligence

. >> i believe north korea could fire a missile that could hit the united states today, and i mean at least the west coast of the united states, with a rocket that qualifies as an icbm. north korea probably has not perfected the technology for a reentry vehicle for the warhead and the technology for a guidance system. >> at the state department, officials declined to say whether kim was bluffing about long-range missiles but did assess his progress on warheads. >> we do not believe that he at this point in time has the capability to tip one of these with a nuclear warhead. >> at the pentagon, officials acknowledge that america's own missile defense system designed to shoot down an icbm carrying a nuclear weapon last tested successfully in 2014. >> given the aspects of our broader missile defense system, our layered system, we feel confident in our ability to deter this threat and protect american citizens. >> president-elect trump greeted kim's claims with one of his tweets, writing "north korea just stated it's in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching pa

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? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> rising tensions. north korea says it is able to launch its most advance the missile anytime and blames the u.s. as the reason they're stepping up the threat. >>> an act of terror. israel ramps up security after a deadly attack on its soldiers, the prime minister says isis played a role. >>> plus, a big night for the musical "la, la land." live in atlanta, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. it is 2:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. the newest threat from north korea, it claims to be ready to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile anytime, anywhere. it was the quote. they said they were ready to start testing this long-range missile. let's go to south korea, our paula hancocks is covering this story from seoul this hour. help our viewers to understand the context here. >> reporter: well, george, this is something that we've been hearing for many years, even decades. north korea blaming the united states for their arms development, saying that they need to hav

announcing that north korea is close to testing a missile designed to reach as far as the u.s. >>> plus, 762 homicides. one year, one american city. chicago has more homicides in 2016 than new york and los angeles combined. now president-elect trump is weighing in. >>> welcome to "the lead." and a very happy new year to you. i am jim sciutto, in this week for jake tapper. new year, new you? president-elect donald trump is back to work with his transition team in new york, but on twitter he still appears to be fighting last year's battles over the presidential campaign, quibbling with reporting from november that mr. trump himself was surprised by his victory. more on that story in a moment. >>> the president-elect also promising to share new inside information about russia's hacking during the presidential campaign after another briefing with u.s. intelligence officials midweek. then, today on cnn mr. trump's spokesman walked back the possibility of new information. so which is it? cnn's jessica schneider is outside trump tower. what's the latest? do we expect to hear from the president-elec

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. enemy in the news, donald trump weighing in on north korea. our panel weighs in on that when we come back. image matters. i want some gray...but not too much. only touch of gray uses oxygen to gently blend away some gray, but not all for that perfect salt and pepper look. satisfaction guaranteed. just you and the look you want. just for men touch of gray the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says, "you picked the wrong insurance plan." no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance. >>> the last thing before we go tonight, new tweet this evening from president-elect trump on north korea. "north korea just stated that it is in its final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the u.s. it won't happen." we're back with our panel. robert, ali, eugene. robert costa, no sign that candidate trump is morphing into president trump any time soon, huh? >> nicolle, throughout my time reporting on the 2016 race, observing trump up close, he would

number and difficulty from a nuclear north korea, with ballistic missiles that can tie these weapons to the continental united states. it continues to unravel. >> it once held the world together is dissolving. can it really be put back. >> the glue that held the world is dissolving. the institutions are inadequate. we need institutions now. new arrangements to take into account the reality of globalization, that nothing is local anymore and what goes inside any country has the potential to affect everybody else. we don't have the means to deal with that. the other piece of the glue that's missing is the united states. this world is not self-governing. without the united states thing unravel. we've seen that starkly in the middle east. to some extent we're seeing it in europe and asia. the mere fact that things were said during the campaign and transition, i think the rest of the world is waking up to the fact this is not the united states they knew. this is not quite the united states they could count on. what worries me is we're going to wake up and start to see what i would call a

? yes, yes! live whole. not part. aleve. >>> with respect to north korea today, that's absolutely right. they are anuclear weapons are a serious threat to us if it were threatening to us, yes. >> friends or allies. >> tough talk from defense secretary ash carter. test missile at any time. tensions are rising. >> north korea leader kim jong-un hinted sunday missile could be coming soon. >> mr. trump took aim at foreign government it won't happen it north korea's ability to -- >> he could set off a madman with a tweet like this. >> north korea. >> north korea performed fourth nuclear test they are getting better. >> christopher hill former ambassador, also with us barbara demic la times she author of nothing to envy. how alarm should we be that they are going to test an icbm? >> they are testing program continued preach unapated. it's going on for years. they are testing our politician as they are testing military equipment. so when kim jong-un i think we should take it seriously. when president-elect trump tweets that it won't happen. he better be prepared to back up that statement

with that issue. it's own resolution. whether it's north korea in violations taking place and half hearted efforts taken place by members to push and enforce strongs sanctions. in iran the same issue where an agreement has been reached and yet iran continues to violate especially on ba histic missiles. anti-sematic measures. the permanent five causing less to be -- russia and china. we have a build in issue any of the five members can very toe the action of the rest and keep united nation from deeping with issues it needs to deal with. the gap between kwha twhat the nation was meant to be -- u.s. largest contribute of 22% of the norm normal dues, we pay 29% of the participation we give billions of dollars to other organization that are affiliated. and yet we see in the peace keeping mission violence of sexual exploitation and abuse. it seems no real action. yet i believe the united can and should play an important role i believe it is and can play an important role in conflict area in delivering humanitarian aide. we're at a pivotal point. while our former secretary general to me m

north korea's accelerating drive towards a nuclear weapon and nuclear weapons capability. on top of an intercontinental ballistic missile. as chief washington correspondent james rosen reports, the president-elect is hardly waiting until january 20th to let pyongyang knows where he stands on the issue. >> and his new year's day address on state run tv, north korean dictator kim jong-un delivered the usual broadsides at america. >> we should terminate meddling of the united states and other foreign powers who aim for an asian-pacific invasion by controlling south korea. >> worse was kim's claim to have reached the final stages of testing for an intercontinental ballistic missile. if true, it would mean the stalinist regime in pyongyang which conducted two underground nuclear test last year would soon be able to strike the mainland u.s. with a rocket capable of carrying a miniaturized nuclear warhead. >> i believe north korea could fire a missile that could hit the united states today, and i mean at least the west coast of the united states, with a rocket that qualifies as an icbm. no

construction spending. >>> president-elect trump hitting back at north korea and china in cheats. north korea leader kim jong-un warned preparations for launching an intercontinental ballistic missile were in the final stage. trump tweeting in response saying that north korea has just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the u.s. it won't help. in a second tweet he criticized china saying china has been taking out massive amounts of money and wealth from the u.s. in one-sided trade but won't help with north korea. nice. i think it highlights how asia will be a big priority for the president-elect when he comes in on january 20th to the white house. it will be interesting to see how he handles relations with north korea. he lulz he always had an aggressive stance. if they retaliate, we'll be closely watching. >>> another trump transition news, a couple nominations this week will be key to the business community. trump is expected to select lawyer robert lighthizer as trade representative. he served under president ronald reagan. former

? that's next. >> the obama administration is putting north korea after testing an intercontinental ballistic missile. >> good morning, john. yes, huge concern but important to separate the rhetoric from reality. what do we really know? we know that north korea has nuclear weapons conducting two tests alone in 2016. the fifth and largest under kim jong un's watch in september that resulted in sanctions but that doesn't seem to be stopping him as we heard in his new year's day speech. he believes he has an intercontinental ballistic missile and he's close to testing it. we also know that north korea conducted, laumplged a satellite in february 2016 which a lot of experts say points to the fact that this could be a template for launching a long range missile. an intercontinental ballistic missile has the minimum range of 5,500 kilometers and beyond taking a missile like that way out of just this region alone in terms of the threat it poses. now he is also on a path and time line to complete his nuclear ambitions in 2017 according to a recent defector that spoke out here he said he is

turkey. the new year's party that became a scene of a horrific massacre; and north korea says it's ready to test a missile capable of reaching the united states. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the john and helen glessner family trust-- supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. a massive manhunt is underway in turkey for what government officials say is the lone gunman who shot his way into a popular, upscale istanbul nightclub

slamming china for not being tough enough as he puts it on north korea and also continuing to knock china when it comes to trade. all this part of his twitter tirade overnight. president-elect donald trump airing his diplomatic grievance on twitter yet again. targeting the leaders of north korea and china. trump taunting kim jung un who threatened over the weekend that his reclusive country was close to test launching a missile that could reach the u.s. trump tweeting, woint happen. eastbound though china supported new sanctions against north korea trump continued. china has been taking out massive amounts of money and wealth from the u.s. in totally one-sided trade. but won't help with north korea. nice. this as new video obtained by cnn shows trump from his new year's eve party at mar-a-lago speaking to the crowd of 800 wealthy revelers. >> the ones that i really care about the member, i don't give a [ bleep ] out there -- >> reporter: trump lavishing praise with his dubai business partner. >> hussein and whole family from the most beautiful people, from dubai, are here tonight. >> repo

you about. north korea, over the weekend, its leader kim jong-un said its country is, "finalizing preparations of a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile" which one assumes-- well, would mark an advance in korea's attempt to build a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the united states. are the north koreans as far look as it sounds like they are? how much should the united states, should the incoming president be concerned about it? >> i think the incoming administration needs to be very concerned about north korea. they continue to advance their ballistic missile capability, and as kim jong unsaid, at the intercontinental range. they continue to develop their nuclear program in terms of having nuclear capability that they could marry with a ballistic missile and that would be a threat and is a threat to the regional states as well as the u.s. homeland. obviously, the prajectory that pyongyang has been on the last two decades has not been a good path. and we, the united states, along with our partners and allies around the world-- to include china which has an extra

mean, earlier this evening, he tweeted about north korea and the fact that he will prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon. as you talked about, he talked about, he tweeted about violence in chicago. we didn't see a whole lot of him today. he was sort of huddled indoors here at trump tower. it was a quieter day. i'm told he's going to have more transition-related meetings tomorrow. but, again, chris, bottom line, he did make that statement that he's going to produce more information and certainly the press corps is going to hold him to that and his top officials within his administration, chris. >> we're waiting for that. thank you, kristen welker, for doing this. get out from the rain. standing out if front of that tower. donald trump praised vladimir putin's decision today not to respond to the obama administration's punitive actions announced last week. well trump tweeted the following. "great move on delay by v. putin. i always knew he was very smart." anyway, today trump's incoming press secretary, sean spicer, suggested that president obama's response was politicizing i

washington, thanks so much. >>> north korea's kim jong-un sending a chilling new year's image that a test of an international ballistic missile is imminent. in a new year's day speech, the north korean president said his country is making final preparations to conduct its first test of these long-range missles. it's a bold move raising fears that north korea has strengthened its nuclear capabilities right before donald truch trump's inauguration. >> reporter: kim jong-un chose his new year's day address to talk of a turn in bolstering national defense capacity. now, he talked yet again of a hydrogen bomb test which we simply can't independently verify. and then he said this. >> translator: research and development of the cutting edge are progressing and strengthening our defense capabilities, including last-stage preparation of tests for intercontinental ballistic rocket launch have been continuously succeeding. this will protect the destiny of the motherland. >> now, nobody really knows if at all how close north korea is to test firing an intercontinental ballistic missile. we do know that

the trump administration. a new warning from north korea as the rogue nation develops nuclear weapons at an unprecedented pace. and severe weather causing devastation across the country. the flooding and at least rhymes translating entire communities to be destroyed. it is all "happening now." ♪ spacing we begin with president trump diving into his first full week signing three executive orders as the new press secretary gets ready to face the media again. welcome to the second hour of "happening now," we will expect that press briefing, i am jon scott. >> jenna: i'm jenna lee. sean spicer is such a kick that off about a half hour from now, after the aggressive first encounter with the press this weekend over the size of the crowd at mr. trump's inauguration among other things but president trump is moving along with a very busy schedule including meetings with foreign leaders and executive orders to withdraw from the trans-pacific partnership and a federal hiring freeze. all of this as his cabinet begins to firm up. >> jon: we look at the latest from john roberts, john? >>

. second, a strategic approach to russia and possible russian aggression, iran, north korea, china. those are our principle here and now problems and put together a strategic approach and get us on the path. the other thing is that if you were secretary of defense, your other jobs to make sure that your successor and your successor's successor had what i had, which is the finest fighting force the world has ever known. i have inherited that from decades behind us and i need to pass that on. that is in people. it is in technology. it is making sure we are competitive and ahead of everyone else. those are the two things i have tried to accomplish over the the list two years, and you are right, 35 year involvement with the department of defense. charlie: people look at the world today, 2017, and they use this term. there is a new world order. how has the structure changed? people look at it and say there are three huge powers. russia because of the nuclear weapons it has, certainly china because it is growing, and there is the united states. is the world order changing? who plays what

viewers on public television and around the globe. north korea says they are ready to test a ballistic missile at any time. that was a message from kim, coming just days before donald trump takes over as the president. the current administration made it clear that a missile launched would be shot down. the reiterated they take threat seriously. stephen evans reports. >> they look fearsome, the egg missiles paraded through pyongyang. some experts believe they are more for show. now, the tone has changed. says that his country is in the final stages of an intercontinental ballistic missile able to hit u.s. cities. the message was echoed on the north korean news. the talking is getting tougher. the tweeting, too. won't trump tweeted, "it happen." the outgoing secretary of defense says that a tested icbm may be shot down. >> they are a serious threat to us and we try to stay ahead of that and we are ahead of that with our missile defenses, ,pgrading the number, the type and deploying missile defense in south korea, japan. reporter: it was sports day. workers from different industries compe

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a client state of china, so you want to control north korea, you got to engage china. >> he thinks he has a mandate for change. that's going to have to be the last word. thank you so much. thank you to robert costa. that does it for this edition. ending as i started. stumbling over my words. "hardball with chris matthews" starts right now. >>> the coming of trump. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews. back in washington. well, we're at the start of a very busy month politically, of course. a transformative one for the country. in just 18 days donald trump will be sworn in like it or not, actually, as the 45th president of the united states. get that into your head. today, president obama returned from vacation in hawaii with the obvious goal of trying to protect his legacy which is now an endangered political species. the white house announced the president will deliver his last major address next week from chicago. president-elect trump returned to new york today from his vacation and he continued tweeting today. he suggested there might be a role for the fe

business. >>> this morning, north korea leader kim jong-un is putting the world on notice. claiming pyongyang is close to testing an intercontinental ballistic missile. he has made these claims befor., >> reporter: a huge concern, john. we really need to separate the rhetoric from reality to know where we are heading with the claim. very hard to independently confirm it. we have to rely on north korea watchers and defectors to give us insight into the nuclear capabilities. we know north korea has nuclear weapons. two nuclear tests con duducted 2015. one in september which led to sanctions. that is not stopping kim jong-un. he mentioned in the new year's address. the fear if he has an intercontinental missile and moving toward testing that is the fact that back in february of 2016, they launched a satellite. that means that could be a template to having a long-range missile. the next steps is having a mini nuclear warhead to attach to that. kim jong-un is pushing forward. a few days ago, job, a high level defector, the former deputy ambassador to the embassy in london said in seoul w

strategic approach to russia and iran, possibly russian aggression, iran, north korea, china. those are our principal here and thousand problems. to put together a strategic approach and get us on the path. the other thing is that if you are secretary of defense, you, your other job is to make sure that your successor and your successors successor have what i have which is the finest fietding force the world has ever known. i've inherited that from decades behind us. and i need to pass that on. and that's in people, it's in technology. and it's making sure that we're competitive and that we're ahead of everyone else. those are the two things that i have tried to accomplish over the last two years and you're right, a 35 year old involvement of the depprtment of defense. >> people look at this world today in 2017 and they say use this term. there is a new world order. how has this structure changed. i mean people look at and they say there are three main powers, russia because of the nubbing clear weapons that it has. certainly china because it's growing. and there is a united states.

, north korea, china, congress. president-elect trump firing off on twitter. what's his next target? lots going on to talk about today. 2016 was a bit of a rough year for the high-end housing market. what's ahead for luxury real estate in 2017? all that ahead on "power lunch." >>> movers in today's session, dow rallying. oil and crude was up but now down more than 2%. financials hitting new highs, but giving up their big gains. citizens, jp morgan, keycorp among them. biotech, oil, metals and mining up more than 1%. busy hour ahead. rapid update on the economy. steve liesman is here. >> what better to begin the new year than a rapid update? up above 2% for the fourth quarter, running just below it. q4 tracking 2.1%, average tracker, medium tracker for economists on the street. we'll show you some of thas their numbers in a minute. it is a come down from the stronger 3.5% we ran in the third quarter. put all four quarters together, averaging 2% for the full year. here is where folks are. atlanta fed is at the high side of this, 2.9%. hfe is at 2.3%, goldman sachs at 2.1% and morgan stanley

criticize north korea and china. he was responding to news from north korean leader kim jong showed that his government is completing preparations for a test launch for an intercontinental ballistic missile to reach the united states. north korea just stated it's in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the u.s. it won't happen! trump also blaming beijing for not doing market research nuclear program. china has been taking massive amounts of money and wealth from the u.s. in a one-sided trade that want help with north korea. a state-run chinese newspaper says trump is pandering to your responsible attitudes. nicole: juliana signed sitting down for an interview in london with fox news sham hannity and that will air tonight. sean asked about the source of pack e-mails. >> can you say to the american people unequivocally that he did not get this information about the das the, john podesta's e-mails, can you tell the american people an thousand% you did not get it from russia or anybody associated with russia? the mac we have said repeatedly over the last t

administration. maybe he'll surprise us today. >> let's talk about the tweet on north korea. we are talking about very serious statements from the north korean leader. trump says north korea says it is in the final stages of a nuclear weapons capable of reaches the u.s. it won't happen. then china taking out massive amounts of wealth from the u.s. but won't help with north korea. nice. i have never heard someone, a president-elect, using twitter, social media, to deal with issues like this. >> that's true. it is interesting. to the phrase it won't happen. remember how much trouble barack obama got in over the red line in syria. dangerous to lay down specific claims. it won't happen is -- you have to live up to that once you make those claims. how do you do that? i don't know. >> isn't it what kim jong-un wants? he wants a direct response from the white house. >> it elevates him. it puts him, the two leaders on a personal debate with each other. i don't see how that helps our position. >> ellis, congressional democrats. chuck schumer has a list of eight no, ma'am ee kneminees th delay. how m

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istanbul. we're learning more about the victims who lost their lives on new year's day. >>> north korea said it's very close to test ag long-range ballistic missile. now the u.s. is sending pyongyang a terse response. >>> a notable absence on new year's day as queen elizabeth is too ill to carry on a decades-long tradition. we'll have it all live here on newsroom. i'm natalie allen. thank you for joining us. >>> 39 people in turkey started the new year celebrating, and that turned out to be their last hour. turkey is now promising to find the shooter who killed them at a popular nightclub in istanbul. the gunman has not been identified. this security footage apds pearo show the attacker shooting as he enters the club. in his first statement as the new attorney general, antonio gutierrez declared it despicable. hopes that the organizers and perpetrators of the heinous act will be identified and brought to justice swiftly. cnn's ian lee joins us from istanbul, and with that statement, it's looking more and more like this is pointing to isis. what are you hearing, ian? >> reporter: that's right

warning north korea about its nuclear ambitions. we'll tell you which country he thinks should handle the threat, coming up. >>> also battle lines are being drawn, republican and democratic lawmakers return to washington with opposing agendas, 27 minutes past the hour. we'll be right back with more of cnn l.a. live. with the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels. plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. >>> welcome back, everyone, you're watching "cnn newsroom," live from los angeles. i'm michael holmes, and the headlines this hour. turkey says it has the fingerprints of the shooter who killed 39 people at a popular nightclub in istanbul. police put out this photograph of the suspect. at least eight people have been detained for questioning. isis claiming responsibility. turkey believes the shooting was in retaliation for attacking the terror group in syria. and the free syrian army is suspe