This is CBS. I am the world. I'm John Bachelor. The news from Moscow is that

Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation, running for re-election may visit

Pyongyang, North Korea, may do the favor of the dictator Kim Jong-un, of taking his photograph walking and talking

in the city of Kim Jong-un's triumph. All of a sudden it appears that North Korea has been promoted

into the axis of resistance. To understand this I welcome Anthony Rigeraro, see former director for the NSC of the North Korea Desk,

senior fellow now at the Foundation

for the Defense of Democracy's Non-Proliferation

and Bio-Defense Program. the Defense program.

Program.

Anthony, a very good evening to you.

We've been discussing North Korea for many years as a beggar as some organization that is failed, the sky pictures from the satellite show darkness in North Korea.

The testing of rockets, a shakedown, give us what we want or will fire more missiles over Japan.

And now this news from Moscow, is it something that you anticipated for years has been, has Kim Jong-un been working on this or is this a surprise even to him?

Good evening to you.

Well, good evening, great to be with you again.

You know, North Korea is always the the subject you know they use

hermit can kingdom all the different ways to explain North Korea but you know

yes that is the plight of the North Korean people right but? But the elites and Kim and his family

in the military, they don't suffer.

They have electricity.

They have the things they need.

You know, even recently, I didn't mention this

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