use basketball as a bridge for cultural change. we accomplished that mission. we were in north korea with tourists, with other americans and our documentary film crew. all of us agree the trip was simply incredible. >> smith was at rodman's side and seemingly tried to calm him down as rodman spoke out about kenneth bae. smith says the visit was not about politics. it was about interacting with the north korean people. >> well, charles smith joins us now live from beijing. first, thanks for being on. you say you want to set the record straight, charles. what needs straightening? you have the floor. what have people misunderstood? >> well, i think everyone knows that the trip was based on sp t