0 hello again, i m fredricka whitfield. you re in the cnn newsroom. a 25-year-old american diplomat is dead in an attack on a u.s. convoy in southern afghanistan. a civilian and three u.s. service members were also killed. another u.s. service member was killed in a separate attack. we ll have details. north korea could be days away from testing a missile. tensions are so high on the korean peninsula it is creating a ripple effect. a u.s. missile test is being delayed so as not to send conflicting messages to north korea. the new season of mad men starts tonight. straight ahead we ll talk with a cast member who says he never dreamed he d actually work on his favorite television show. to afghanistan now where six americans were killed in two separate attacks yesterday. one of those being remembered is a 25-year-old diplomat named ann smetinghoff. she was in the military convoy delivering books to schools in southern afghanistan. u.s. secretary of state john kerry spoke about h
okay, this is going to sound a little crazy. it may sound crazy but for fans of the hit show mad men the end of the weekend can t come soon enough. because that is when mad men returns for season six. our very don draperesque jake tapper sat down on the set with the show s creative genius matthew weiner. are you alone? it s been a long ten months since we left don draper at the bar. but this sunday millions will return to the offices of sterling, cooper, draper, price for the season six premiere of mad men on amc. the series creator matthew weiner invited us to come early. so this is going to be the second to last season. yes. going well, doesn t seem any compelling reason to end it any time soon. for me, anyway. i feel like, you know, first of all, it s exhausting. i need a break. but, the reality of it is, is that the show has a life span.
message, there s the external message poking an eye at the west. you know there s a lot of room for mistakes. well, there is. and i think there s a variable here. the wild card is that he is so young, he s inexperienced, he may need to prove himself to the military leadership of north korea. you see he s out in photos almost every day with military units. that was unlike his father who was more reclusive. so that s what s different here. that s what has some people on edge. but still i think most people would say the chance of a war here is not likely. still every day a new development. ambassador nicholas burns, thanks so much for being with us. thank you. top of the hour we re going to get more reaction from congressman ed royce. he chairs the foreign affairs committee into the military and economic options available to the u.s. in this. ahead on starting point, mad men returns for its final season this sunday. our jake tapper sat down with show creator matt wiener and as
0 it is friday, friday april 5th, starting point begins right now. and we do begin this morning with breaking news. reuters reporting that north korea has asked russia to consider evacuating its embassy staff from pyongyang. that, as cnn has confirmed that more missiles are on the move in that country. a u.s. official telling cnn that those missiles and their launch components were transferred in the last few days, and with a range of about 2500 miles they could strike south korea, japan, and u.s. bases in guam. this comes along with escalating rhetoric from the north, which accuses the u.s. of pushing the region, quote, to the brink. cnn s jim clancy live for us in seoul this morning. jim, bring us up to speed. all right. we re really witnessing here is north korea s, you said it, they ve been trying to tell the world that the u.s. and south korea are pushing the peninsula to the brink of war. they continue that this morning, dutifully carried, we must say, by the russians to
intelligence officials are calling a treasure trove of information. reporter: last glimpses of osama bin laden, including an unreleased message to the american people, apparently taped last october or november. this new video was seized during the wave that killed the terror chief and released saturday by the pentagon. officials say it is the single largest collection of senior terrorist material ever uncovered. the audio has been removed because u.s. officials don t want to spread bin laden s message. the most striking scenes, bin laden watching himself on television. notice here his beard is gray. that s the way u.s. officials say he looked when his compound was raided. in this practice video, his beard is dyed dark again. an intelligence official also points out the armoire in the background of this video was found in bin laden s compound, hinting that is where this message may have been taped. a last look at bin laden but not the final word. brian mooar, nbc news, washi