anywhere due to the intricacies of european parliamentary politics plus nervousness about their ability to rule. many simply don t like the policies of populist parties or trump, it is changing the political landscape. having an influence on government when you re not in its great folks have learned don t trust the polls, especially in these political times. bret: greg palkot in london. thank you. malaysian police have arrested a woman in the apparent assassination of the estranged half-brother of north korean dictator kim jong-un. as we told you yesterday, poisoning is suspected in the murder of kim jung-nam. he died in an ambulance on the way to a malaysian hospital after collapsing at the airport. he told medical workers he had been attacked with a chemical
claiming it was him at an eric clapton concert about two years ago. kim jong-il and kim jong reportedly timid, did not have much political interest. reporter: just as eneggmatic the young woman reportedly to be kim jong-un s wife, ri sol ju, could she have any influence over there? is it possible she ll say what about the north korean people? maybe, but that s not the environment she grew up in. reporter: that background helps experts try to figure out what kim jong-un s thinking now. what s your best take on his calculations now? the aim is to rattle us and frighten us and also the chinese and the south koreans and distract us from implementing security council sanctions and other pressure on the north, green, who dealt with north korea on the national security council says kim may also be trying to compensate for the fact that he s so young, 29 or 30. analysts say he s got to show strength with the military. he s trying to look as a young man of 30 in a society
been pampered as a young man, sent to boarding school in switzerland, developed an affinity for james bond and the nba hence the recent dennis rodman visit. he spent virtually no time in north korea s army when his father elevated him to a general s rank in 2010. that was one of the first signs kim had leapfrogged his two older brothers. why? on the eldest believed to be about 41. kim jung nam made the mistake of taking his playboy lifestyle abroad and arrested in 2001. and the japanese police spent hours and hours with him, which means the cia and other intelligence services learned a lot about him. reporter: he s a gambler, lives in macaw, speaks to journalists too much for the family s liking. they can t kill him, but they can t let him run the country. he s not a reliable vehicle for the propaganda. reporter: then the mysterious middle brother. local media showed this photo
0 violence. what critics are saying and why some newtown parents say the episode this is cnn newsroom. i m fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. here are some of the top stories for you this hour. north carolina a & t state university has lifted a campus lockdown. there were reports of a man with a weapon. the university website says classes resume at 2:00 eastern time. and then onto galveston, texas. there was a shrimp boat on fire in the houston ship channel. the coast guard reports three people were rescued by a nearby boater. no word though on what caused that blaze. two tragedies in two separate countries sharing disturbingly similar details. in california and canada. two teenage girls hanged themselves after allegedly being raped. photographs of both alleged attacks were shared online. one big difference between the two cases, in california the boys accused of the crime have been charged. dan simon is following that story. he s joining us now from san francisco. dan,