any time we want to make a comment about north korea. he has established a chummy relationship with kim jong-un. it s quite unusual. this is his third trip into the her mitt kingdom. he is the highest profile american to have met kim jong-un since he became leader following his father s death two years ago. i m sure dennis rodman doesn t want to do anything to jeopardize the relationship. rodman loves the attention, he loves the headlines, the world at the moment is watching hisser move. i have no doubt that the north korean state broadcaster will be putting out pictures of rodman doing everything and anything during his trip. so i m sure that rodman doesn t want to necessarily jeopardize the close relationship that he has formed so far. anna coren, thanks so much. still to come in the newsroom, usually when airlines tell passengers no people get upset but delta says its latest move is exactly what flyers
back a bit, to 1654. and an execution in the her mitt kingdom, why did north korea s cokim jong-un have his n uncle killed and what does it mean for the world? finally, how well do you know your world? you ll be surprised at what you don t know. but first, here s my take. in the midst of the extraordinary specticle of nelson mandela s funeral in a stadium with some 90,000 mourners, including more than 90 heads of government, a small gesture caught the world s attention, barack obama moved to greet dilma rousef of brazil. on his way he shook hands with the person on her right, the man was raul castro, president of cuba. remember, the united states does not have diplomatic relations
he s making this entire region nervous, people look at kim jong-un, they see a young man rather inexperienced, he s got some great technological break-throughs but at the same time he s not opening up to the rest of the world, not backing down, and many people feel that he s unpredictable. that s what s changing, that s why the threat is greater. yes, alison. jim, what prompted the latest round of threats, this is nothing new at this point. well, it is somewhat new at least in the eyes imagine this, you re in pyongyang, you launch a missile, a rocket, it goes into outer space, it puts a satellite in orbit. that is a great technological achievement for a country of 22 million people that is called the her mitt kingdom. what did they get for it? a slap in the face and slapped with u.n. sanctions. then they responded, that was back in december, then they responded in february with another nuclear test, again,
and he s got his dollar bill jacket on. but but, what did he accomplish? he was there, met the guy, maybe got useful information. it s painful for me to agree with donald trump in a situation like this. i never agree with him. but no one has gotten in there. no one has met with him. he s a 28-year-old. he is taking over for the first time this her mitt kingdom. is there a chance he could reach out to a crazy person like dennis rodman and make a connection with the west that he hasn t made before? i think there s a chance of it. mostly it s a clownish buffoon incident. but if you give the kid a benefit of the doubt, dennis rodman brings back even a tiny piece of information, we shouldn t just dismiss it out of hand. rodman said he could be the west s leading expert on north korea s leader. i don t know if bill richardson has anything to say about that. what do you think? erin, as an athlete, you have to know sometimes when you re being played. he said something very important at