[0:13] ..." for Robin Young it's here now. And that is the sound of North Korea blowing up a sixty foot cooling tower at the sight of its main atomic reactor today. The demolition of the most prominent symbol of its plutonium production is Pyongyang attempt to show that it is serious about abandoning its nuclear weapons program. It comes a day after North Korea delivered documents outlining its nuclear capabilities. Which led the Bush Administration to ease sanctions and remove the country from the list of states that sponsor terror. Skeptics say today's made for TV demolition was little more than showmanship and North Korea has yet to come clean about its nuclear weapons program. For more all of this week turned to Dmitry says the stock reload the Pentagon and intelligence correspondent for the Financial Times he joins us now welcome Dmitry. -- first of all tell us how significant this tower was in terms of North Korea's ability to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons."...

[1:17] ..." and you could so what's up and running fully this is the cooling tower that was very important. But aren't the north Koreans have been dismantling their nuclear facilities are -- which -- plutonium producing nuclear reactor. Over the last six months -- so the -- has become less important sort it was symbolic. And the fact that blew it up. On the other hand it was a big symbol for North Korea to take that step. Shows that they are taking one bigger step forward towards hopefully at some point moving back into international"...

[1:47] ..." Now President Bush of course famously included North Korea as part of the so called axis of evil twenty months ago North Korea approved to the world that it was an atomic power by detonating a nuclear bomb. Now the Bush Administration is easing sanctions that doesn't really believe that that North Korea has changed its ways."...

[2:11] ..." but verify. He took the decision yesterday to move forward towards taking North Korea. Off the list of state sponsors terrorism. But the 45 day notification period he doesn't have to go ahead with that at the end of the day. So North Korea in the intervening 45 days will presumably have to take some steps so that it is further committed to the process that"...

[2:39] ..." have been lining up saying the Bush Administration has gone soft on North Korea I think he was Peter -- the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee that told your paper that Mr. Bush is limping out of office. Providing North Korea with a sweetheart deal is there a lot of back and criticism."...

[3:01] ..." this deal partly because he -- the administration had gone soft on North Korea on the North Korea had -- very poor track record. A living up to it part of the -- What top security administration and rich and these that North Korea would have to account for. The alleged uranium enrichment program that they they have which is another popped nuclear weapon. And also proliferation to Syria and other places the declaration North Korea made yesterday really only deals with plutonium. It doesn't sides declaration in which North Korea acknowledges US concerns about these other issues but actions and own up to them. So Republicans are saying well hold on a second you industries that North Korea would have to account for all these things statements actually happens."...

[3:42] ..." are some other big unanswered questions about this program chief among them North Korea what develops somewhere between. 66 and a 110 pounds of plutonium which is enough to make up to twelve weapons do we know where that plutonium news."...

[3:58] ..." The US notes of some of the plutonium that's what the plutonium rods have been taken from the number of bombs that they made depends on what size of bomb that made I mean"...

[4:33] ..." around for an administration a man and a set of relationships with North Korea moving from characterizing it as part of the axis of evil to actually engaging with."...

[5:08] ..." Pentagon intelligence correspondent for the Financial Times talking to us today about North Korea's attempts to convince the world. That it is getting out of the nuclear weapons business."...