overthrow the north korean government. and he is married. he s a father of three, and the big thing is the family says his health is now deteriorating. wolf, they worry that with no movement, there s no way he s going to last 15 years hard labor. let s hope he gets out and gets out soon. thanks very much. chris lawrence reporting. the basketball game with the north korean national team was a so oh called birthday gift from dennis rodman to the leader, king jong union, who rodman has called his, quote, best friend. rodman paid tribute before the game with this. happy birthday to you happy birthday to you this is not the first time a celebrity has certify natured a dictator last year, jennifer lopez sang to the president of turk men stan whose regime has been described as one of the world s most oppressive. and beyonce performed at a new
potentially on the 2016 election? welcome to around the world. i m suzanne malveaux. bowing to the dictator after blasting cnn. this hour, new pictures of dennis rodman in north korea. his team of former nba players, they actually lost the exhibition basketball game today against the koreans. the game is all a part of a birthday situati birthday celebration, as you know, for the country s leader, kim jong-un, who rodman fiercely defended in an exclusive cnn interview heard around the world. now rodman shocked many people by implying that the american man, kenneth bae, who has been in prison without explanation in north korea, deserved his fate. you don t understand what kenneth bae did. yeah? do you understand what he did? what did he do? you tell me. you tell me, what did he do? no no, no. you tell me! you tell me! why is he held captive? they haven t released any charges. why? they haven t released any reasons.
yesterday. today only down ten points still above 16,000. we ll keep you posted. former nba bad boy dennis rodman is in north korea this morning but he s shrugging off any suggestion of basketball diplomacy with that country s repressive dictator. rodman is there to train a north korean basketball team for an exhibition game next month and says that will be his focus if he meets with the leader kim jong-un, who rodman has called his friend for life. it has nothing to do with me. that has nothing do with me. whatever is done is done, north korea, i have nothing, have no control over that. these things have been going on for years and years and years and you know, whoever is going to be a political insider over there from america or somewhere in the world, come over here and try to, try to get a hold of it, great. but i m just going over there to do a basketball game and have
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