we're on our way to meet a couple from north korea who've left the country after kim jong un came to er. the husband apparently has just arrived to south korea. neither of them have spoken to the media before. kim jong un has tightened border security. and less north koreans have managed to defect in recent years. we've been asked not to reveal their identities or where they live because even though they have left the country, they are still afraid. we are changing their names and distorting their voices at their request. kim min-su ("kim min soo") and ahn su-bin (on soo bin") escaped separately across the river to china. >> did you ever feel in danger? >> su-bin told us she had wanted to leave north korea ever since her father was swept up in a purge when she was 14. >> she said after her father disappeared, her family was exiled from pyongyang. >> the government only allowed us to speak to people that were approved by them. of the people you know, what is the general feeling among the population? >> in 2013, the united nations released a groundbreaking report on human rights abuses

it's hard to conceive sitting here in new york city thinking that over there that kim jong-un is so upsetoudspeakers denouncing his regime and because of that he wants to go to war. >> yeah, i think it's not so much about the loudspeakers as it is about kim jong-un really feuding with everybody in yeonpyeong and this is causing so many problems which have rippled out across the peninsula. i think that they will come to some minor agreement. they will step back. and that's what his other says. but kim jong-un and his father and grandfather have a history of making everybody look bad when it comes to predictions. so i'm cautiously optimistic. but this is just a fragile situation. >> you hit the nail on the head. it's so hard to predict his kind of behavior given the fact that it seems to be something in the dna in that family where they think amis scht as and they act inappropriately for any kind of world leader and we're hard pressed to find out how we can contain this. >> kim jong-un comes from a family that has used violence to upset status quos that he finds unacceptable. but unlike his

-- executed by kim jong un. the vice mayor was killed after expressing discomfort with a forestation policy, a north korean defence minister was executed for showing disloyalty to the leader this year. >> kim jong un ordered the execution of 15 officials by april this year. >> the head of the central african republic u.n. has esigned. peacekeepers came under criticism, accused of using excessive force and abusing residents. the security force is holding a meeting to decide how to in responds. ban ki-moon promised offenders would be brought to justice. >> coming up, the result of a huge experiment in education, new orleans turned public schools into charter schools. 10 years later, it's controversial. >> why los angeles dropped 96 million black balls into the largest water source. source. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage, all of taylor swift's music videos, interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. >>> this month marks 10 years s

this is a major border professor negotiation under the rules of the relatively new young leader kim jong-un. is that this what's gone on? in the past his father was more predictable in these situations. >> yeah, i hate to refer to kim jong-il as more predictable or sensible but certainly compared to kim jong-un you could track your way out of this. but this is tough. first of all, the south koreans have had it with this and certainly that august 10 incident in which a young sken soldier lost his legs to a north korean land mine is considered outrageous by the south korean people. i think we are into a crisis moment right now, i'm not sure there's a way to deescalate this. we have to keep our seat belts on. >> let's not forget, general hertling, that are that there are almost 30,000 u.s. troops not far away from this tension along the demilitarized zone. almost a a million south korean troops. the stakes are enormous. how concerned should we be right now. >> this is typical of this time of year, wolf. it seems to be ratcheted up when compared to past times. and the reason i say it's typical

zones in the united states he wants to go after, it's a whole different ball game. >> reporter: kim jong-unoes have seasoned militariedy ed ad telling kim what he wants to hear. if he goes against him, he'll execute them. he's gone through four or five defense ministers, including one he had executed with an anti-aircraft gun. >> u.s. officials, though, correct me if i'm wrong, they have some 13r5separate worries south korea's response. >> one of the things they're watching is south korea's pattern and policy of this overwhelming response to north korea's actions. this week, the south koreans responded with 36 artillery shells across the border. the u.s. does not want south korea and its forces to overreact, but they may not be able to control that, wolf. >> very dangerous situation. thank you very much. >>> i want to go to kyung lah on the ground in south korea, very close to the demilitarized zone. what are you learning over there? >> reporter: wolf, the deadline that brian was just talking about being 5:00 p.m. local time here in korea today, it appears to be getting a little muddy, beca

kim jong-un deadline to the south expired.is ultimate stop blasting anti-pyongyang propaganda on the border or face military consequences. cnn is covering the story from all angles and starting with kathy novak there on the demilitarized zone on the mzd. kathy, what have you heard about this meeting? who is there and was is on the table? >> it's a last-minute high level meeting on going right now. two representatives prosecute both sides, including from the south crean side and also known to be very close to the leader kim jong-un. as these people get toged if they can come to an arrangement to stop the buildup of tension has been going on the past couple of days, past weeks now. a lot of on hope they are able to get together and also a small sign of hope coming out of the way the state news agencies kcna even reported it. in its report, it referred to south korea as the republic of korea and usually refers to them as the puppet of the state. first time they referred to it and you have to go back a few years to find the refere

the disappearance comes during a bloody campaign purchases by kim jong-un. ntelligence and official says he has executed 70 top officials since taking power in 2011. >> i think the inner circle is a tense place to be under kim jong-un. the leaders and there are only a handful of them are looking over their shoulder, look at kim jong-un to define what he wants. >> kim reportedly had his defense minister executed with an anti-aircraft gun apparently for pushing back on kim's orders and nodding off at meetings. there are reports that the architect of the new airport was executed because kim didn't like the design. executions are kim's way of solidifying his position, a way of sending a bone-chilling signal to those closest to him. >> don't mess with me. i'm the boss and if you know what is good for you will stay loyal to me. >> kim famously had his powerful uncle executed. analysts say it signalled a departure from the way kim's father and grandfather operated in they ran the most totalian system that's ever been operated by human beings. but during their tenure

kim jong-un ordered the army to be ready to launch attacks. this as the united states and south korea is in training missions here. what is happening is this is coming with the combination of the fact that south korea for the first team in more than a decade relaunched the program of psychological warfare. it has been broadcasting messages along the border. on the weekend, pyongyang was threatening to blow up the speakers and threatening indiscriminate strikes on south korea if it did not stop the campaign of psychological warfare. tensions ramped up on the border. north korea was targeting the speakers and pyongyang has issued an ultimatum. if south korea does not stop broadcasting by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, it will launch military action. no sign of south korea stopping. >> kathy, thank you for that. keep us posted of developments. >>> to politics. jeb bush switching politics. now aiming at donald trump. both men on the campaign trail today. tens of thousands set to hear trump at a football stadium in alabama. bush speaking at an event in ohio t

kim jong-un has issued threats in the past, so why is this such a big deal now? >> it's true, pamela, he has issued threats in the past and it has come at around this time of year. that's when the annual exercises take place between the united states and south korea when they hold joint military drills. we know that makes kim jong-un very angry and we saw threats coming out of pyongyang over the weekend to attack the u.s. mainland because of the drills. what seems to be different this time is it's happening tame as another thing that is angering kim jong-un and that's the presumption of psychological warfare for the first time in ten years from south korea. as you mentioned, associatisouts using large loud speakers along the border with north korea to broadcast anti-regime messages. remember, this is north korea. kim jong-un likes to control all the messages that go into the ears of his own citizens. it's a place where saying anything bad about the leader is tantamount to treason. they see the resumption of the psychological warfare as an act of war. it has given

jong-un knows how to play it skillfully. his father played it skillfully. his grandfather did. i'm not sure kim jong-un know what is he is doing. >> how do they handle it? >> normally, we get on the phone to beijing and say bring in your allies. kim jong-un in 2013 started a process of cutting his ties with china. he killed his uncle who was responsible for relations with beijing. he executed one of the four-star generals i talked about because that general refused to cut ties with beijing. so, basically, what we have is a situation where north korea is on its own. we really don't have any pull with the chinese and the chinese don't have pull with north korea. >> what are the u.s. options? >> the u.s. options are to convince the north koreans we will destroy them if they engage in a full scale mobilization and war across the dmz. it's deterrence at that point. we don't have any other options. >> just couldn't be more dire sounding. gor dan, we appreciate what you have give us. >> thank you. >>> let's shift to the 2016 race. forget the, it's too early part. it is not too early for a strategy shi

this deadline that kim jong-un has set at 4:00 a.m.ve a hard deadline like this. but south korea's new policy of nonproportional response. in other words, they will respond to a greater degree than any north korean attack. that sets the ground work for escalation. these annual exercises between north and south korea -- or the south korea and u.s. are very important. the fact that the u.s. has suspended them shows how concerned they are. >> jim sciutto, thank you very much. i want to talk about the escalating tensions with cnn's tom foreman who is in our virtual room. tom, i want to start with you. as jim was saying, the u.s. is watching the situation pretty closely.160 miles long and divides the peninsula. seoul is about 80 miles north of it. and there are very strong military forces on both sides. have been for about 60 years now. always ready for a possible invasion from the other side. how big are those forces? they have about 1 million active forces in the north, 600,000 in the south. they've always been ready. this is the area rig

kim jong-un firing of his generals who are arranged around him. north korean state television ramped up the rhetoric. gangsters,rean insane to find provocation against us, fabricated the instance of north korea firing towards the south on the afternoon of august 20. often a: there is ritual of threats and shots being fired by both sides. but this time it is heavy weaponry. each says the other fired first. a landmine explosion two weeks ago triggered the tension. two south korean soldiers were injured. south korea said the north place the mines. far, it is all seen as remote from ordinary people. seoul does not feel like a city about to go to war. it is relaxed. that is because this kind of ritual has happened too often in the past. troops are now on the highest alert. it south koreas does not stop blasting by saturdayt it afternoon he will take more military action. seoul. evans, bbc news, anchor: for more on these rising tensions, i spoke a brief time ago with christopher hill of the former u.s. ambassador to south korea who joins us from denver,

kim jong-un's right-hand man, one of his most senior people in the kim jong-un circle, and then the top security adviser for the president of south korea. they shook hands. they sat down. and they are still in the room. they are still negotiating. and these types of talks, with this level of management from both sides, with what we assume at this point will be far-reaching negotiations, this type of negotiation hasn't happened since 2007 and more significantly this is the very first time that kim jong-un has sent an envoy of this level into south korea to make this sort of negotiation happen. so very significant. but as you point out, the posture, the military posture, all of that has not changed on either country as of yet. >> but it would seem that after all this time, nine hours? i mean, it can't be for naught. you would think that something good, some kind of agreement has to come if they're both at it this long. >> reporter: absolutely. i mean, there has to -- if they're still talking, they're still talking, there's got to be some hope. we're going to find out we hope after these m

it followed as you said earlier a similar meeting which happened on thursday night, headed by kim jong unm jong un ordered troops in a quasi state and surprise attacks against the south. >> translator: the general staff of the korean people's army sent ultimatum to the defense ministry saying they would launch action if they do not stop broadcasting to the north within 48 hours. >> reporter: the speaker is the source of that so called war fair and started the propaganda two weeks ago for the first time in 11 years, it was in response to what happened earlier this month on the other side of the de-military zone and forces planted land mines and maimed two of its soldiers. >> translator: land mine explosions and shelling by north korea are illegal and grave provocations and urged them to stop the reckless and hasty acts. >> reporter: it's the closest civilian area where the north core korean projectile was fired on thursday and hundreds of people were told to leave their homes near the border and only here is the advisory still in place. >> translator: north korea's provocation is likely to

♪ south korea warns the north to stop making provocations as kim jong un puts his troops on a war footing♪ i'm in doha and also ahead macedonia police fire tear gas to stop thousands of refugees crossing border from greece. the ruling party splinters in greece following the resignation of prime minister alexis tsipras. >> the terror, the confusion, it was something unbearable. >> reporter: it's two years since chemical attacks in syria killed hundreds, we speak to survivors still waiting for justice. ♪ we start on the korean peninsula where the south korean defense ministry is now urging the north to stop its provocations, tensions increased between north and south between exchange of fire on thursday and both countries say they put their military on high alert and support leader kim jong un had a meeting late on thursday and according to state media there he told the army's front line troops to be fully ready for operations and said to take action first and to report it later and harry faucet reports. >> reporter: south korean president visited a military post on friday with the national

kim jong un ordered front line areas. and commanders to be ready to launch attacks against the south. >> translation: the general staff of the cory an people's army sent an ultimatum, saying the korean people's army would launch strong reaction unless south korea stops broadcasting towards the north in 48 hours. >>> the loud speaker at the border is the source of that warfare. south korea restarted broadcasts of propaganda two weeks ago. for the first time in 11 years. >> it was in response for what happened on the southern side of the demilitarized zone. forces planted land mines maiming two soldiers. >> landmine explosions and shelling by north korea are illegal and there are grave provocations. we urge north korea to stop its hasty acts. >> this is the closest civilian area to where south korea says the first north korean projectile was fired on thursday. hundreds were told to leave the homes near the border. only here is the advisory in place. >> north korea's provocation is likely to continue. we are advising residen

kim jong-un has stepped up the mobilization of his forces.he truce on the peninsula has been strained by the exchange of artillery fire and accusations. the start of the trading day, what are we seeing? 2.5% is the damage right now for the regional benchmarks. that is how asia looks for you. the biggest loser, just about every single sector has been down. , 2.7%.r goods how is china looking? seng down 3.5%. shanghai is following suit, 3.8%. board, risk aversion, everybody is getting out of equities. the japanese yen. , 2.03ields, u.s. 10-year basis points. levels of us back to april. japan, 10-year yield, we are seeing red. the shanghai composite, 3500 is the line in the sand and we are clearly below that. the racing are gains -- erasing are gains for the year. -- erasing our gains for the year. market, aening in the lot of risk aversion. not good, that is the best way we can describe it. turmoil, falling currencies, slowing economies. the current chaos is starting to feel like 1994 all over again. now formlin joins us more on this. what are

command is trying to do is send a message to kim jong-un, try it and you'll lose.her side of the globe for a minute and you talk about the proxies that iran uses, and now israel is saying once again, here we go. syria is launching things into us in israel, and it's all being directed by iran, agree? >> absolutely right, and think what another 150 billion will do for that, tom. the iranians have been using surrogates for many years and yemen and hezbollah and lebanon, obviously the shia militia fighters in iraq, and building almost like something akin to a terrorist hedgeemmon in the middle east. the go to guys for conventional weapons, chemical weapons, all out of the terrorist factories in iran. and by the way, this is the very nation we're trusting to do the right thing on the nuclear deal. it's not a good story. tom: they have proxies all over the place. pakistan, the fact they're really increasing their manufacturing into the nuke warheads and nuclear capability. they've had nuke capability for a long time. please bring us up to speed because i thought their be

over the judgment and temperament of a 32-year-old dictator. >> the pattern clearly shows that kim jong-unis quite brutal father and grandfather, uses violence. >> including a pattern of violence in his own inner circle, which makes this escalation even more concerning tonight. kim jong-un recently executed his defense minister, a vice premier from north korea has been missing for eight months. he executed his own uncle. that plus the fact that he was willing to launch his first external attack, planting those land mines on the eve of major military exercises by his enemies, is making officials in washington and seoul very nervous tonight, wolf. >> let's not forget there are 30,000 u.s. military personnel along that dmz, that border between north and south korea. i understand also, brian that kim jong-un has just given another ultimatum. what's going on? >> kim's regime has warned the south koreans to stop blaring those propaganda messages at the border, saying those messages have to stop by saturday or they're going to take military action. we'll have to see if this de-escalates from this

kim jong un has his troops braced for war. he held an emergency meeting with military leaders and ordered front line troops to ramp up to a wartime state. south korea, home to some 2,000, u.s. troops is rolling out barricades and going on high alert. emotions also running high. this is a rally in south korea's capital condemning this latest saber rattling from their hostile neighbor and worrying that this time the threats are more ominous. let's begin with you and the situation from your vantage point. >> reporter: south korea's defense ministry is saying it is prepared for anything now from north korea. it says that it will not stop the propaganda broadcasts that north korea has demanded that it cease. now, because of that, it's saying that there's the high probability that north korea will attack speakers along the border tomorrow. south korea has been using these speakers to broadcast anti-north korean messages into north korea. this is something that makes the regime of kim jong un extremely angry. he likes to control of t

we often hear threats coming out of the regime of kim jong-un on the weekend.was threatening to attack the u.s. mainland because of the joint strikes. but the campaign of psychological warfare is something that hasn't happened in a decade and tension s have been rising. so reaction as been caution. there were evacuations. residents where the exchange of fire was going on were evacuated from their homes and brought toe vacuation centers and we're told a few dozen remain in those centers. >> the north koreans are demanding u.s. security council meet over these exercises. we will have to wait and see what happens with that. we will stay in touch with you there, thank you so much. >>> thai authorities are trying to find a woman they say may have been involved in monday's deadly bangkok bombing. police say two men seen on video turned themselves in on thursday but it does not appear they are linked to the attack. police say at least ten suspects were involved but thai officials say it is unlikely the attack is linked to international terrorism. thailand's government

how do you think kim jong-un will respond? >> hopefully another reason that kim jong-un does this is to ramp things up and then when nothing happens he takes credit and says, well, you know, i'm a peaceful person. i want dialogue. let's cool things down. so, you know, these leaders manufacture crisis with some kind of end game. but my worry is, what if he doesn't have an end game and the south koreans respond and then this gets out of control. i mean, what you don't want is this tinder box to explode. >> and that's been your opinion, the inexperiences with crisises? >> that's right. he's unsure of his own leadership. he's exterminated some of his own people. he's moves his generals around. he's unsure whether he has real support within the north korean leadership. so you don't want him to use a case like this to demonstrate to the world that he needs an assurance. now, another reason could be that he wants to say to the united states, to china, to the world, hey, you've got to deal with us in north korea. it's not just iran and

scarlet: does this show frustration on kim jong-un's part? : sure, they are frustrated with the u.s. military ordination. kim jong-un has houston about 60% of his senior military. as a result he is probably trying to look strong. scarlet: what is the pattern of escalation you would be expecting here? guest: hopefully we won't see much more of it. that would be a good thing. started small in terms of the tragedy august 4, with the landmines, it escalated. koreannately with the peninsula, things can escalate, especially if there is a missile test around the anniversary in october. anrlet: has there ever been instance where south korea is the clear instigator? guest: no, that is not the case since the korean war when north korea instigated hostilities. young, untested leader. there may be pockets of resentment. i can make for an unstable north korea in a region with a lot of economic instability. we certainly do not want that kind of political instability. brought i am glad you that out. china's slowdown has freed up a lot of questions around the

you're seeing images of kim jong-un being burned in epigy. what they are comparing it to is being looking at the recent past but right now this has not led to any sort of casualties. what we have been hearing, though, is a ratcheting up of rhetoric. people are paying attention but generally the population -- if you walk around the streets of seoul, you're not getting a sense of mass panic. people are trying to go on about their lives. these two countries have been in a state of war for so long, a lot of people have grown numb. >> understandably so. kyung lah, thank you very much. let's turn now to jim walsh, an international security analyst who visited south korea last in 2005 and has met with north korea leaders countless of times. good to have you here. >> good to be with you, poppy. >> why is this different than 2010? and really is there a chance of war? >> i think you're right to invoke 2010. that's when they had the island shelling and back then the korean government used similar language to the land wage they are using today. but i've

as the two sides meet, seoul said kim jong-un stepped up the mobilization of his forces.on has hit a four-year low. stocks in seoul are retreating for a sixth straight day. let's get the latest on what we're calling carnage in the market. david ingles is standing by. it is quite that. we are seeing a sort of carnage or damage. all of these micro-investments, the earnings get thrown out the window. we are seeing declines just about across the board. indiscriminate in some cases. volumes are quite heavy. we are likely to see europe and the u.s. open up with sharp losses. there is a little bit of rotation back into the bond markets. is at around 2% this year. let's bring it back to asia. closing in on about $1 trillion of market cap that disappeared this morning. do not be surprised if we do cross the trillion dollar threshold when india opens up and asked to the damage we are seeing right now. china, what do we have? lunch break. the shanghai composite has erased all of its gains this year. we are down 4.5%. despite some of these rules that limited shortselling. things didn

and commanding it all is this man, someone described as brutal and worshipped kim jong-un. pondent has more on the man north koreaen call their leader, just like his father. >> reporter: north korea's famous for creating a personality around the leaders of the country. and kim jong-un is no exception. he was the youngest son of the previous leader of north korea and his favorite wife. now as a child, he was sent to a prestigious r boarding school where he registered under an assumed name and claimed to be the son of a korean diplomat. he then attended a military academy was and promoted up the military ranks. . in 2011 kim jong-un was transitioned into power with support from the country's ru ruling elite. describe the status orphan the international stage, kim jong-un is creating a god-like nj image for himself at home. wherever he goes he's met with devotion. men wade waist deep just to get a look at him. it's hard to know how much of this devotion is real, but the north korean regime is doing a pretty good job of keeping the cult alive. he's been seen with this woman, his

congressman peter king, kim jong-un apparently showed diplomacy in reaching this tentative deal. is this a promising step? >> i think it's hard to say anything is promising when it comes to kim jong-un. again, war was averted and a crisis has been toned down. why he did it i think we've got to have a psychiatrist try to figure that out. let's just be hopeful and say maybe he's doing the right thing. my own belief is i don't know if he ever intended to really go to war or fire any shots. i think often he does these things to justify the existence of a wartime regime to his people. the danger is once these things start, even if it's a phoney crisis once they start they can get out of control. that's why the u.s. military was 1,000% right in doing what they did. one, it reassures the south koreans. secondly it lets the north koreans know we're serious about defending south korea. and also it basically is a strong show of strength to all our allies in asia that the u.s. is serious about i know you're privy to the best analysis that the u.s. intelligence community have. is it the sens

kim jong-un doesn't like it.hat's what led to the firing of shells into the south yesterday to which the south replied. we're now close to the southern edge of the demilitarized zone, this sign warning against going any further. now, south korea is used to blood curdling threats from the north. they pretty much take them in their stride. also in the past when there have been attacks the south has been reluctant to hit back. but what changed this week is when rockets came from the north thursday, seoul hit back forcefully with a big barrage of its own. and they've made clear that this weekend, if there is any provocation from the north, they will again hit back and they will hit back hard. >> that was nbc's ian williams from south korea. >>> right now there's a category 2 hurricane barreling toward the caribbean with sustained winds of more than 100 miles an hour. there is some encouraging news this afternoon, though. forecasters are predicting hurricane danny should lose strength over the next 48 hours. by the ti

. >> north korea's reader kim jong-un announced it will be on a war footing.t has until saturday afternoon to halt the actions or face military action. >> south korea's president visited the military post flanked by national security advisers. the message being von kayed her personal command of the situation as north and south korea engaged in one of thei their sporadic face offs. >> i want you to take action first and then report later. >> they followed a late night meeting central military commission in which kim jong-un ordered front line areas into quasi war state and commanders to launch surprise attacks against the south. >> the general staff of the korean people's army sent an ultimatum to the public defense ministry saying that the military would launch a strong military action unless they stop broadcasting towards the north within 48 hours. >> these loud speakers at the border are the source of that war far. south korea began broadcasts of propaganda nearly two weeks ago for the first time in 11 years. it's in response to what happened earlier this mo

north korean leader kim jong un ordered 40 units to be ready for law. south korea said it was responding to rockets and attacks. greeks head to the polls again in as little as four weeks. in a televised drays, the representative to the country had courage against creditors, and a mandate to leave had expired. the leader of brazil's lower house charged in a corrupt scandal in state oil companies. supporters and a government have been holding rival marriages >>> in yemen, four have been killed in a bomb attack targetting temporary headquarters in aden, it's the first attack since pro-government forces took control of forces. >> we have this report. >> this is the governor of aden, who survived an assassination attempt. he was the commander of forces that pushed it out of the seaport city of aden. a member of the party, runs a divided city. the secessionists want aden to become the breakaway of the republic. forces loyal to the president want the seaport city to become the financial capital over yemen. the reform one of yemen's organised political party sa

the down fall of all of this it is that kim jong-un is a sociopath. >> well said. south korea was using loud speakers and saying we'll fire a rocket if you keep it up and it was a single rocket. and let me ask you this, was that a warning shot or did they only fire one because the north is watch withing the joint exercises with the south korea military together with the u.s. military. >> very important, very important. yes, this is an operation called "old chief freedom guard" and they conduct it every year and the north goes ballistic over it. when i was in korea they will use the loud speakers and it drives the north koreans nuts. what i respect about the whole engagement, the south fired back immediately. they executed the counter fire program and put 36 rounds in the north. this is different. and this is in the south past instances backed up and away from immediate response to the north. they changed their tune now, gregg. >> let me ask you this, we have had 28 or 30000 u.s. military protecting the south for i don't know since the armistice back in the early 19

kim jong-un, the ruler of north korea has probably killed 3 or 400 junior officials. a lot of disunity at the top of the regime and kim jong-un has problems with the military and most of this instability is caused by him trying to take back power and money from the military. you put all of that together and that's why we're seeing this exchange of fire at this particular time. >> south korea's relatively new president said to be ready for stern response to today's events. how likely is she going to allow this to escalate? >> right now there's a 2013 plan of counter provocation, which means that the south korean military, at a very low level, has the authority to fire back at north korea which is the reason that we saw the 36 shells being fired at the north. this really changes the dynamic. it doesn't really matter what president park or president obama says. there's going to be an automatic response. the reason we have this, there was no response in 2010 when the north koreans killed the 46 in the south korean frigate in march of 2010. that's why we'll see a different

taking power in late 2011. >> i think the inner circle is a very tense place to be right now under kim jong-unhat inner circle, and there are only a handful of them, are both looking over their shoulder, looking at kim jong-un, trying to define what he wants. >> reporter: kim reportedly had his defense minister executed with an antiaircraft gun apparently for pushing back on kim's orders and nodding off at meetings. there are published reports that the architect of pyongyang's new airport was executed because kim didn't like the design. u.s. officials tell cnn executions are kim's way of solidifying his position, a way of sending a bone chilling signal to those closest to him. >> don't mess with me. i'm the boss. and if you know what's good for you, you'll stay absolutely loyal to me. >> reporter: kim famously had his very powerful uncle executed. analysts say that signaled a departure from the way kim's father and grandfather operated. >> they ran the most totalitarian system, of course, that's ever been operated by human beings. but during their tenure, the royals always stayed safe. that wa

are they telling others who are reporting to kim jong-un that you're not paying attention? t in synch with his vision. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell cnn executions are kim's way of solidifying his position, one official calling them a crude mechanism for internal control, brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> you're watching "cnn newsroom." photos of sand and rocks? or something more on mars. what nasa is saying about these theories that are out there that we're seeing signs of life, as newsroom continues. if you struggle you're certainly not alone. fortunately, many have found a different kind of medicine that lowers blood sugar. imagine what it would be like to love your numbers. discover once-daily invokana®. it's the #1 prescribed in the newest class of medicines that work with the kidneys to lower a1c. invokana® is used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. it's a once-daily pill that works around the clock. here's how: the kidneys allow sugar to be absorbed back into the body. invokana® reduces the amount of sugar

north korea's leader kim jong-un ordered his front line troops to be on a war footing as the south refused to top propaganda broadcasts. it has until saturday afternoon to stop or face military action. harry fossett reports. >> reporter: south korea's president visited the command post on friday flanked by her supervisors and senior military commands. the message conveyed, her personal chanted of situation as north and south korea engage in sporadic military face-offs. >> reporter: the military should be alert for further provocations if the situation occurs, i want you to take action first and then report later. >> reporter: it followed a late night meeting of the north korean ruling party in which kim jong-un orted front line areas into a so-called quasi-war state and be ready for attacks against the south. >> translator: the general staff of the army sent an ultimatum saying that the korean people's arm wants strong military action unless korea stops broadcasting towards the north. >> these loud speakers at the border are a source of the warfare. they restarted broadcasting and propogan

a move certain to infuriate kim jong-un. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> time for a quick break.a mississippi couple accused of using their honeymoon as a cover up for an attempt top join isis. >>> and the u.s. tries to find new ways to pressure isis from the ground and the air. stay with us. ♪"once there was a hushpuppy" by dan romis man kind?eitlin ♪ are we good? go see. go look through their windows so you can understand their views. go find out just how kind the hes and shes of this mankind are. ♪ ♪ ♪ can save you up to 50% on ink, so print all you want and never run out. right now, buy an eligible printer, and get three months of free ink with hp instant ink. available at participating retailers. the most affordable way to print. hp instant ink. fedid you know it may be coming? from being on your feet all day? dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts are uniquely designed to provide immediate all day relief from lower back pain. what it means to be a golfer. quicken loans is doing the same for mortgages. quicken loans. home buy. refi. power. official mortgage sponsor of the

clearly kim jong-un is not happy with what they've done. >> reporter: analysts say kim could have beeng his generals' performances in the crisis almost in realtime. top generals in north korea, they say, are more heavily surveilled than any other officials there. they're wiretapped, always watched. if you're a senior general in north korea, who's got eyes on you? >> the people around you, are they reporting on you, are they telling others who are reporting to kim jong-un that you're not paying attention, that you're not in sync with his vision? >> that may have been the case with kim's last defense minister, reportedly executed with an anti-aircraft gun apparently for pushing back on kim easily orders and for nodding off at meetings. >> kim's gone through a few defense chiefs already, right? >> that's right. chol is at least the fourth defense minister kim's gone through. he's been in power three and a half years. kim's campaign of purges and executions remains a top concern among u.s. officials. one official telling us executions are kim's way of solidifying his position. this officia

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certain to provoke the ire of kim jong un.and mine explosions really nearly killed two south korean soldiers is what started these tensions and it is escalating this morning. >> can we focus for just a second on these loudspeakers? >> reporter: after the august 4th incident, carol, we were told the south koreans would resume those loudspeaker propaganda messages which they actually ceased for about a decade. they blare these messages toward north korean soldiers across the border that their leader kim jong un is doing a bad job and that life on the other side of the border in the south is much better than what they're facing in the north. these messages are always a point of tension between north and south korea. that was certain to provoke the ire of kim jong un and it seems to have done that. now we're getting word that both u.s. officials, south korean officials are looking to see what happens next. u.s. officials certainly hoping for a de-escalation at this point given the presence of tens of thousands of u.s. and south ko

kim untojong-un too power. with his father and uncle, it was generally thought that their leaders knew where to stop. but kim jong-un is young, impetuous, been purmging a lot of key officials in his regime. so nobody really knew how far he would be prepared to take it. and at the same time south koreans have made it clear they are prepared to respond more forcibly than in the past. so the danger was that you would get a cycle of escalation. but at the last minute, the north suggested talks and this is also something we've seen in previous episodes of tension now after tension gets to a very high level, the two sides suddenly talk and things get diffused for the time being although we don't know where these talks will lead yet. >> so we're in hour six now of these talks. and it seems that this would fall in the fashion of the two previous generations of leaders there in north korea, making the threat but then pulling back at the last hospital. what could -- or what do you think would north korea be willing to give up or to relinquish in order to end this? i mean they also have to win something. what's on the table

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all but certain to infuriate kim jong-un.ast, north korea has threatened to destroy loud speakers that the south koreans have set up. we know he is more couple bustible than his father and grandfather so he could very well respond. ? coming up, ferguson on edge. now heavily armed civilians are adding to the tension. who do they claim to be protecting? and we're standing by for donald trump. a chance to try something different. this summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. ♪ the 2015 cadillac srx. lease this from around $339 per month, or purchase with 0% apr financing. we danced in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen.man. when i first got on ancestry i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tree. i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. the big surprise was we're not german at all. 52% of my dna comes from scotland and ireland. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. ancestry has many paths to discovering your story. get started for free at

kim jong-un orders the north korean army to be ready for war after a change of fire from the south. m seoul after the break. ♪ manus: the north korean leader kim jong-un has ordered his army to war after an exchange of fire over the demilitarized zone. let's get to davis was on the ground in soul. what is the latest in terms of the exchange of fire? tensions are mounting. the north has given the south this deadline to stop the propaganda broadcasts across the demilitarized zone. a deadline of tomorrow evening's old -- of tomorrow evening soul time. used to these threats. you're not seeing signs of anyone worrying on the streets of seoul. the military is on high alert. an unpredictable regime. people are waiting to see if they can find a way to ratchet down the tensions. this is probably his most serious strike in 3.5 years. that is what our copy is saying. andrew: in terms of an exchange of fire, they did conduct the third nuclear test and has launched long and medium range missiles in violation of u.n. sanctions. it is all in terms of how you gauge seriousness. in terms of firing on

>> i think kim jong-un, the ruler of north korea has got to do something.blocked himself into a very small corner. you know he's got a lot of problems with his generals. he's executed two four-star generals in the last several months and there is a real problem now between him and the military. he doesn't have that much room for maneuver. he's said he is going to do something. it is going to be military. i have to take him at his word. >> we heard the reason behind this is a loud speaker. that may be strange for some of us here to hear that is a reason or provocation of war. but how serious is this? is that really at the heart of the issue here? >> i think at the heart of the issue are the problems in pyongyang. he has not consolidated control after he took over from his dad in september 2011. nonetheless the loud speakers have always irritated the kim regime. especially now because you have north korean soldiers defecting across the dmz. that is why may placed the mines there which incidentally injured the south korean soldiers. i think they were placed th

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