Electronic devices, we will be using microphones for tonights q a after the presentation. Cspan is recording so it would be excellent if everyone could use the microphone to question so we could have the audience track and if you purchase a copy of tonights book we have plenty on to and on hand. Tonights speaker is chung min lee, author of the hermit king the dangerous game of kim jong un. In this comprehensive study of north korea, chung min lee puts kim jong un illuminates how the family is record brutal control shape the current leaders elevations, goals and choices. Drawing on three decades of experience, kim jong un chung min lee, chairman of the International Advisory council of the International Institution of strategic studies shows how kims aggressive stand up with world powers put him at a crossroads. With north korea create a viable Nuclear Arsenal or not, the increasing vulnerability to famine and humanitarian crisis in the region, please join me in giving doctor lee a warm
Purchased. All right. Tonights guest speaker is chunging min lee author of the her met king. In this comprehensive study of north korea, he puts kim jong un in her spect i by tracing the rise of the ming dynasty and how the current leaders motivations, goals and choices have been shaped. Drawing on more than three decades of experience in asia affairs, lee a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and the International Institute of strategic studies shows how kims aggressive standoffs with world powers has put him at crossroads. The countrys increasing vulnerability to famine and crisis in the region. Now, please join me in giving dr. Lee a warm welcome. Ms. [applause] thank you very much. Its a real pleasure to be here, and i know that without my friends, i think, i would have had a very different audience. Its a real pleasure to be here at politics and prose. And i think the people who are most responsible for making me write this book, two of them are sitting in the audience. My ver
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Thousands of people have taken to the streets of venezuela as part of two rival demonstrations. At his rally, president Nicolas Maduro thanked the army for staying loyal, saying they had defeated an opposition coup attempt. Meanwhile, Police Clashed with supporters of Opposition Leader juan guaido at the other rally in caracas. Electricity is gradually being restored across the country after the longest blackout in a decade. Will grant reports from caracas. It is venezuelas longest power cut in living memory. Whole swathes of the country, including large parts of caracas, remain in darkness, more than 48 hours after the lights first went out. Millions of families have been struggling without electricity, already coping with little to cook, now with nothing to cook it on. For those with Serious Health conditions like this woman, their lives are at risk. Without electricity, i cant use my respirator, she explained. Shes growing desperate for the power to come back. In fact, power is at t
Stuck on the tracks. Look at this. The terrifying moments for a driver, her car trapped when the crossing gates went down. The escape just in the nick of time. And royal feminist. The duchess of sussex talking female empowerment on International Womens day. What she wants for her baby. Boy or girl, whatever it is, we hope that thats the case. Plus, how she handles being a social media target. Good morning, everyone. Lets get right to the breaking news overnight. A fatal crash involving a bus filled with middle schoolers. You can see the charred bus right there after it collided with a car on a highway in oklahoma. One student killed. Many others rushed to the hospital. Now for the latest on this crash and the investigation into what went wrong here, lets go to abcs Stephanie Ramos who is in our washington bureau. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter guys, good morning. Such a tragic scene overnight. That middle School Softball team was returning from a game when the crash happened last ni