addressing global issues. 195 countries signed on to this climate accord and they certainly see this as a global issue. the issue of climate change. so we will have to wait and see whether the white house has any more to say about their stance on this in the coming days. back to you. thank you so much. president trump will address world leaders at the united nations this week. it s the first time he ll address the u.n. since blasting the body as, quote, an underperformer. richard roth has more of what to expect this time around. reporter: the flags are up. time for another united nations general assembly global get-together. as always, the united states is the host country. a host with an edge from the very start of the year. for those that don t have our back, we are taking names. reporter: much of the world s big names will attend. none bigger than president trump, himself, whose name has been just up the street from the u.n. for years. at the trump world tower building.
the north korean delegation seated here in the front row 20 feet away from where president trump speaks to the general assembly. there have been some memorable speeches inside the general assembly. libya s moammar gadhafi tore a page of the charter and fidel castro warned that george w. bush had been in the chamber. still smells of sulfur today. reporter: they are more measured in tone. i think you ll have the president who did the bombing on v syria on the chemicals and gone at syria and iraq at record place. reporter: then the member from france. the first new general assembly for antonio. the most dangerous crisis we face is the nuclear risk in relation to the democratic people of korea. reporter: donald trump has
the big question is will trump insult the u.n. or will he try to make friends with the u.n.? reporter: trump, a new york state real estate mogul. has not embraced the u.n. nearly 12 years ago he tweeted the following. no one asked! despite years of renovation at the u.n. after his election trump said the u.n. is a club where people like to talk. trump was more conciliatory when members of the u.n. security council visited the white house in april. i have long felt that the united nations is an underperformer, but has tremendous potential. reporter: president trump will speak to the entire world for the first time from here at the general assembly the leader who vowed fire and fury of kim jong-un closer to the north koreans than nis life.