economy. they were talking about north korean history with pride. the issue at the mayday stadium where the screen from the summit in april where appeared moon jae-in and kim jong-un and the crowd erupted in applause. now people are not talking about nuclear weapons, but talking about the leader kim jong-un s move to grow the economy. it is like the weapons don t exist. there is no other country where a leader could snap his fingers from one day to the next and everything changes. it is remarkable and a lot of people will take this over the extreme tension we saw a matter of months ago. will ripley, thank you.
ago when i watched intercontinental ballistic missile rolling through the square here in pyongyang. president trump was tweeting threats of fire and fury. this reporting out by bob woodward in the book claiming that president trump drafted a tweet about pulling out the 20,000 u.s. troops on the korean peninsula, but the u.s. got a back channel that north korea would have viewed that as a threat. we have come here to this parade over the weekend to no intercontinental ballistic missiles, but the theme is about international diplomacy and friendship. they held the first games in five years at the mayday stadium here. north korea uses students to send the propaganda message. they showed moon jae-in hugging kim jong-un. the audience erupted in applause.
watch this. welcome back, let s get right to it, the big story and quick question mark lying over the divided korean peninsula. who is in charge now that kim jong-il is dead? who s happening today with the nearly 30,000 american troops stationed just below the dmz? and does this mark the beginning of a brighter era for 25 million of the world s most tightly controlled people? all answers right here, tile to play reporter roulette. first to seoul we go. cnn s anna coren is there. reaction is still raw, emotional. anna i imagine concern is high. reporter: yeah, definitely, brooke. there is deep concern here in seoul, but i want to bring you something new what s come to us in the past hour. we have received reports from the u.s. state department they were set to announce plans to give north korea food aid in exchange for north korea saying that it would suspend its uranium enrichment program for nuclear weapon hes and allow international inspectors in to north korea. now, that
a handful of people who s been into north korea and very familiar with the region. i am and i have to say quite a shock. he had been sick since 2008 officially. had suffer add stroke there, but i think it came to a shock to a lot of people including south korea and we do begin with this breaking news thinking morning. some hope, some fear and lots of uncertainty. people are reacting worldwide to the death of north korean dictator kim jong-il. his 17-year reign of power is over. this came late last night on north korea television. delivered by a weak tv anchor having trouble keeping it together. take a look. [ speaking in foreign language ] now, this, what you re looking at, is the last known image of kim jong-il released by state media, north korea said he dysart of a heart attack. he was on a train when he suffered. only 69 years old. the country announced what it calls a great successor to the so-called dear leader. his son, third son, kim jong un, who is said to be
usually shrouded in secrecy, north korea has briefly pulled look the iron curtain to show off its new leader. we got a rare invitation to witness the event and take you behind the scenes. reporter: the most reclusive dictator in the world opens his arms and his doors to the world. an unofficial and elaborate coming-out party for kim jong-un, the son of kim jong-il, who one day will becommikcommie leaders. he was named a four-star general last month. just after touching down, we re whisked to pyongyang s mayday stadium for the first event. the mass games. there are 100,000 people performing in a massive display of coordinated song, dance, and