kim jong-un ordering up a big parade. we ll see it tomorrow, threatening to show off perhaps hundreds of missiles but the north korean regime being very careful in what it shows the world. they are restricting media coverage of it. they say they ll have the only cameras filming it, showing it to the world. so this will be very much an effort to see whether their parade is actually realistic, showing new weapons or showing us old stuff. barbara starr at parade head quarters in the pentagon. thanks for being with us. kim jong-un s olympic delegation to south korea has a surprise member. he sent his sister. this is first time any member of kim s family has ever stepped foot in south korea as far as we know. our senior international correspondent ivan watson, what are you hearing? reporter: that s right, sending his sister. it s a big deal. she is not only the family
table and last week in paris nearly 200 nations forged an historic agreement that was only possible because of american leadership. around the world from reaching the deal to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon to reestablishing diplomatic relations with cuba to concluding a a landmark trade agreement that will make sure that american workers and american businesses are operating on a level playing field and that we rather than china or other countries are setting the rules for global trade, we have shone what is possible when america leads. and after decades of dedicated advocacy, marriage quality became a reality. i just want to point out i said at the beginning of this it year that interesting stuff happens in the fourth quarter and we are only half way through. i do want to thank congress for ending the year on a high note. i got to sign an education bill
move the country, but perhaps because even before he was elected he had worked on capitol hill, i think he is respectful of the process and respectful of how legislation works. so kudos to him as well as all the other leaders and appropriators who were involved in this process. just want to e repeat because sometimes we take for granted what s happened, i said early on in this process that i wasn t going to sign a budget that did not relieve sequester. this artificial austerity making it difficult to invest in education and our military and i said i would not accept a lot of writers that were attached to a big budget deal. and we met our goals.
deal in history that eliminates just about every tariff on american manufacturing goods in countries that up until this point have charged a tax on anything that american workers and american business. s sell in these areas. it brings those taxes down to zero on basically all of american manufactured products. a huge win for agricultural. because now the people of japan will be in a better position to enjoy american beef and american pork, which up until this point even though we re much more efficient producers as have been tagged with a tax that makes our products uncompetitive in japanese markets. this is a big deal and speaker ryan would like to try to get it done. and there are proponents and opponents in. both democratic and republican
at the time, you said it was potentially a turning point for the the world. this is not a legally binding document. you bipartisaned congress completely. are you worried that a republican president who might take over for you in the white house could stop the deal in its tracks entirely and considering that possibility, are are you more interested in campaign iin for a democrat cannic nominee considering that danger? it s fair i was going to be campaign iing for a democratic nominee even. without that danger, and i am very confident that we re going to have a terrific democratic nominee and whose phone is that now? come on, guys. you recognize your ring. don t be. embarrassed. just turn it off. there you go. i think it s off now. i think we will have a strong