and that is obviously the american kenneth bay and the concerns of his family. the human rights abuses that we all know about and cover, and you do so well. the nuclear option threats that come out of that country. that s what matters. and yes, rodman will drive the energy of the discussion, but it s good to get those issues, the attention that they deserve, even if it comes at the price of dennis going all clever lang on me there. you bring up a good point. the fact that we have an opportunity to talk about kim jong-un, we have an opportunity to talk about human rights abuses and kenneth bay, all of that certainly matters. you look at the players, and you mentioned this a couple times in your interview, you have a great deal of respect for who these men are and what they do. i couldn t help but thinking, looking at their expressions, the thought bubbles and clouds that would be above them during this exchange, what was going on through their minds. when you see this interview, when
sports. all right. we re going to have much more of this exclusive interview. it is provocative, it is controversial, it is amazing. we re going to have more with dennis rodman. it gets even more bizarre, as well, rodman accusing the american missionary, kenneth bay, being held in north korea of wrongdoing. that is straight ahead. plus this as well. imagine being stuck on a train for hours overnight in the freezing cold. that s what happened to passengers on three amtrak trains. one writer said it was like purgatory. up next. [ coughs, sneezes ] i have a big meeting when we land, but i am so stuffed up, i can t rest. [ male announcer ] nyquil cold and flu liquid gels don t unstuff your nose. they don t? alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a decongestant.
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our own chris cuomo pressed rodman in answering those questions from pyongyang. why north korea? why? i love my friend. i love my friend. this is my friend. let me add to this. people have asked why we have come here. we re here because it s about doing great will around the world. and we re experienced at this. we have been to taiwan, to the gau shong village and love to impact families around the world. charles, i m well aware of the good work you have done. the man sitting to your right, robinson, baker, but you have to understand the criticism comes because you are not in taiwan. you are in north korea. that is ruled which bia man who just killed his uncle, holding an american, kenneth bay, hostage, for reasons we don t understand. and is known as one of the bad actors on the globe at this
professor cha, do you think it s possible i mean, it s hard to know. but do you think it s possible that kim jong-un might see this exchange, might be watching these videos, might be dissecting this the way we have and say, you know, i m going to do something really strange and crazy. i think i m going to release kenneth bay. the new normal with north korea and this new leadership is everything is unpredictable. so, who knows. it s entirely possible that he could do something like that. and if he did, all of us would stop criticizing dennis rodman. but i mean, kudos to chris. that must not have been an easy interview to do with rodman. but anything is possible with north korea. so you can t you can t throw out that possibility. all right. professor cha, thank you so much for being with us. we ll see how all of this develops. see what comes out of this trip and basketball game. appreciate it. hardly could imagine it would amount to all of this, but it could be. thank you very