we'll get washington's reaction in a moment, but first to seoul and nbc's jim asada with the latest there. jim? >> reporter: hi, lester. it seems like every day this week, north korea took another step toward war, but today the peninsula was strangely quiet, as if both sides were taking a breather and wondering what to do next. kim jong-un, the man who idolizes michael jordan and collects his sneakers is showing the world he can lead the world to war as well. once again they filled the airways with kim, the supreme

>> jim asada in seoul for us. jim, thanks. the u.s. continues to watch this situation very closely. nbc's peter alexander is at the white house with more from there. peter? >> lester, good evening to you. officials here have repeatedly said the u.s. is taking north korea's threats very seriously. in the words of one, they view them as extremely concerning. the regime is what the white how else describes as provocative. they are increasingly leaning on china and its new president to help diffuse, to ease these tensions, but they want a crackdown on kim jong-un and that area where the government slr in place. the president's national security adviser, tom donlin, says that situation is did evis. >>> the focus of the trip was supposed to be iran, lester, but now kerry's visit will most likely be driven on efforts to avoid any further crisis in north korea. >>> we want to go now to the war in afghanistan where it was a deadly war for americans just as the top u.s. military man arrived there. nbc ron mod is in kabul tonight. ron? >> reporter: at least six service members and civilians, i

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asada spoke with reporters after performing at the isu world team trophy in tokyo. referring to the next olympics in the russian city of sochi, asada said the greatest stage is waiting and she will work hard to give her best performance as the climax of her career. she then suggested she intends to retire from competition after the 2014 olympics. >> the 22-year-old asada is known for hir signature triple axle jump. she has won the world championship twice and a silver medal at the vancouver winter olympics. >>> up next, the world weather forecast. >>> and that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm keikichi haneda. on be456 ever our team, thank you for staying with us.