on the story i'm joined by steve sound professor of contemporary chinese studies at the university of nottingham in england thanks for joining us now south korea threatens to shoot down the north korean rocket japan readies its anti-missile defense systems and the u.s. plans to punish spelling young for bad behavior that's i mean is that threat really that huge. well it's a very important symbolic matter for the americans and for the south koreans which is why they're responding so strongly it is a difficult issue for both countries because they really cannot afford to be seen as. we walked back behavior on the part of him gone. china has announced great steps in response to the planned satellite launch as was done by south korea japan and the u.s. what is beijing stance on all this well what beijing really doesn't like what's going on at the moment i think beijing worth much for. you don't you north koreans reach through. forward on beijing's perspective. into parts playing a role that was seen by the americans as constructive and helpful and mormons are being seen as not doing enough true way

nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> some of you will recall the serial sniper john allen muhammad was also stationed at fort lewis. he was executed in 2009 for killing 10 people. >> the university of maryland college park avoids what could have been a tragic day on campus after a student there threatens a mass shooting, that student is now in custody. andrea fujii has the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: campus police arrested 19-year-old alexander song of howard county after he wrote on line i will be on a shooting rampage tomorrow on campus. hopefully i kill enough people to make it to national news. stay away from the mall tomorrow at 1:30. university of maryland department of public safety arrested song on sunday and he was taken to an area hospital for a mental evaluation. campus police worked through the night alerting students of the threat. the police chief released a statement saying the incident was taken extremely seriously and all efforts were put forth to bring a speedy and save resolution, the website describes song as a member of a campus research program and scheduled to graduate in 2014. >> andrea thank you. >>> school officials say song has so far on

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