clearly he was emotional during parts of that interview. i asked him what his biggest regret was. he acknowledged that he didn t go do his homework. there were a lot of political mine fields in miami he did not anticipate. for his part, his leadership st, but chris, this is part of an unusual turnover across the country. over the last two years, acevedo now becomes the 40th police chief of a major city to depart from the role either through a resignation, retiring, or just leaving the post. so he was known nationally as a reformer. now he s looking for a new job. chris. gabe gutierrez, such a great interview, thank you. and you all can watch the rest of that interview with art acevedo tonight on nbc nightly news. meanwhile, on oh, let s go to the state department, secretary blinken. we lost today colin powell. secretary powell was beloved
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