north korea does the best to exploit such in south korea. in my view, the south korean government should make north korean human rights a priority. and president, as a candidate on the november fifth last year, in her policy platform statement explicitly said she would do her best to address the human rights situation, to reinforce resentment program for north korea coming to south korean. finally pass the human rights act and later. three dates later they gave her a ringing endorsement they came out and partially criticized her for having the -- detect fors and human rights nap indicates that north korea is sensitive to the gross human rights violations. thank you. doctor lee, i was struck by your testimony. we went through a lit of orture from the west and south korea, all of which in a sense were rebuffed. if you look at subsequent north korea behavior in term of military incidents, terrorist incidents and furtherance of nuclear development. is the suggestion or the -- to be drawn from the -- we're wasting time to the orture of the regime

between the republic of korea and north korea. but first, we need to obtain the proper environment to establish this mutual trust. once north korea abandons nuclear program and abandons their provocative and hostile policy towards south and the outside world, then the republic of korea will stand ready to talk about all the measures that will strengthen the inter-korean the sharedp and development. thank you very much. >> thank you. i think today the security council acted in a prompt, unanimous and measured manner and deliver the response to the latest new there tests by the kp rk, which is an appropriate measure and, as far as the russian federation is concerned, it is important that the high- priority that is expressed in the resolution is a need to return to the six party talks. there have been many questions today about threats which were heard from the prk. -- from the dprk. all those things may be taking us away from the need to resume six party talks. even if it may well be that today or tomorrow it would be unrealistic to

north korea. as a result, north korea's ruling elite who have been living large while impoverishing their people will pay a direct test. -- direct price for this nuclear test. this can be found on the u.n. mission web site www.usun.state.gov. these sanctions will bite and bite hard. they increase north korea's isolation and raise the cost to north korea's leaders of defining the international community. the entire world stands united and in our commitment to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and in our demand that north korea complies with its international obligation s. if it does not then the security council committed today in this resolution to take further significant measures if there is another nuclear test or missile launch. we regret that north korea has again chosen the path of prove occasion. -- provocationfar from achieving its stated goal of becoming a strong and prosperous nation, north korea has instead again opted to further impoverished its people and increase its isola

korea. but during that whole period of time that we attempted to engage, we found instead that north korea was perfecting their weapon, was violating those negotiations. so the approach that we have taken has failed. and three nuclear tests later i think we have to be realistic, we have to find a better turn. alternative. a failed approach to north korea doesn't result many just a more dangerous -- in just a more dangerous situation on the korean peninsula. in it, in fact, has resulted in a more dangerous world. we know that north korea helped build the carbon copy of their program in syria on the wangs of the euphrates -- the banks of the euphrates. we also know that iran has directly benefited from north korea's long-range missile technology. we suspect that they have benefited from the nuclear tests. last month ranking member engel and i were in northeast asia, and it is clear from our discussions there that our north korea policy must change. today we will look at the illicit activities

towards north korea.that changed any in recent years? >> i think the south korean perception of north korea has changed in the wake of north korea's two deadly attacks against south korea in 2010, the sinking in march and the shelling of the inhabited island, yongbyon island at the same pentagon and the south koreans have grown rich over the past couple of generations. they do not want to risk losing their wealth and their security, and do not support escalating tensions with north korea. and north korea does its best to exploit such sentiments in south korea. in my view, the south korean government should make north korean human rights a high priority. and madam president, park geun-hye, as a candidate last year, in her foreign policy platform, statement, explicitly said that she would do her best to address the human rights situation, to reinforce we settlement programs for north korean defectors coming to south korea. finally, passed the north korean human rights act and so forth. and three days later

now, north korea persists. north korea persists with their human rights activities and illicit activities, but they know very, very clearly if they want any progress with the united states, certainly with the united states, illicit activities have to go by the wayside. this is causing pain, and i could only, i only -- i concur fully with my colleagues here and with your statement, mr. chairman, these sanctions are biting. they are biting. it's causing north korea not to get access to the funds they need, not to move the money they need. they need to bite even more significantly, and they should even more impact as we move forward with further, if you will, responses to their most recent nuclear tests. and there will be additional sanctions and additional activities. so the message is clear to north korea that two paths, there will be further sanctions and they will become more of a pariah state, and they will find it much more difficult to survive if they continue on the present path. or them cock back to the s

the leader of north korea today saying he was entering, a quote, state of war with south korea and yesterdayssuing a direct threat to the united states, claiming to have its rockets on stand by and ready to strike at any moment. liz bem prann is live for us in washington on the latest developing story. elizabeth. >> along with the threat of war, just this morning, kim jong-un threatened to shut down the caisson industrial complex, a zone of industrial plants from both north and south korea not far from the border. the park which continues to operate normally produce 470 million dollars worth of goods last year alone. south korea says the threat is quote, unhelpful to the country's already unstable relations. and yet, the young leader continues his chest-pounding rhetoric with these photos of an elaborate rocket plan to targeting both military bases, as well as cities in the u.s. it's not believed that north korea has the missile technology to strike the u.s. mainland, but it's capable of targeting neighboring countries and even selected u.s. military bases within those regions. he claims to

north korea is a pretty ugly piece of baggage.h we'd started this long ago, but never too late. >> gregg: do we need to step up our efforts, clan destine efforts for regime change in north korea and do it through the south koreans? >> i would be entirely in favor of that, but south koreans have been nervous about doing anything that could lead to instability in north korea because they, like the chinese, fear massive floods of refugees across the demilitarized zone or in the case of china across the alou river so i think we have to work carefully with china which has a civilian population built from the suburbs of seoul to the dmz and don't want their civilians endangered by chemical or biological weapons. i think that really, south korea should see that a reunified korean peninsula is in its interest, to be blunt, a cheap labor force in the north that would love that employment, as opposed to near starvation and i'm hoping that the new government in south korea, having watched kim jong-un's performance the past several months wil

north korea. this new security council resolution, based on a u.s.- china draft, includes tough new sanctions intended to impede north korea's ability to develop further its illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs. these sanctions include targeting the illicit activities of north korean diplomatic personnel, north korean banking relationships, illicit transfers of bulk cash, and new travel restrictions. i think that these actions are a step in the right direction -- and very much in keeping with the sort of approach that the ranking member, senator corker and i called for in the north korea nonproliferation and accountability act of 2013, which the senate passed on february 25 -- and i congratulate the administration on moving things forward so effectively at the united nations. but i also believe that we need to do more to better determine how the united states can combine effective sanctions and military countermeasures with strong and realistic diplomacy aimed at north korea and at china

south korea has given north korea $10 billion in aid.over the years, the united states has provided food and oil and fuel for north korea. how much have we provided north korea in that type of assistance? >> on the food, the u.s. was the greatest donor nation on humanitarian food aid for an extended amount of time for north korea. on fuel, we provided significant amounts of heavy fuel -- let's are we talking about billions of dollars? >> we are close to that. >> a little over $1 billion. >> into an old? >> yes. >> we have provided over $1 billion of food and oil. i remember several members of congress were vocally opposed to this policy, suggesting that it would be counterproductive and it would be seen as a sign of weakness and when not going around change in north korea. we have been proven correct in those aggressive oppositions to that policy. when you act like idiots, idiots are the people that do favors for other entities. when you act like idiots, you will be expected to be treated like an idiot. that is what is going on in korea.

in north korea, just announcing it has entered a quote, state of war, against south korea. meaning it will deal with every issue with the south in a wartime manner. this follows a string of warnings and threats by north korea against south korea and the u.s. for its routine military drills. nbc's ian williams is in south korea with the very latest on this escalating tension. ian, good morning. >> not only did north korea today declare what it calls a state of war, it said it will now deal with south korea according to wartime regulations. now, it's not exactly clear what that means. since this peninsula has been in a technical state of war for 60 years. there never having been a formal peace treaty after the korean war. officials here in seoul dismissed the latest outburst as more of the same. it followed a massive rally in the northern capital friday, where tens of thousands turned out in support of north korean leader kim jong-un's call to arms. chanting, death to the u.s. imperialists. kim said earlier that the time had come to, quote, settle accounts with the u.s. this

north korea threatens to scrap all non-agression pact with south korea after united nations sanctions. >> dozens had to caracas to their final farewell to hugo chavez. >> on international women's day, we look at an initiative in india to train women cabdrivers. north korea says it is scrapping a non-agression pact with south korea and canceling the armistice agreement between them. >> these threats come after the united nations security council put fresh sanctions on the communist country over its nuclear program. they have called for calm and restraint, saying the situation on the korean peninsula is highly complex and sensitive. >> the german foreign minister has urged china to use its influence on p'yongyang to stop its provocative actions. >> propaganda and north korean style. state tv shows kim jong un visiting units close to the border with south korea. his focus is on a south korean island, a gesture aimed to provoke neighbors and please the north korean people. tensions have heightened since the regime scrap its non- agression pact with south korea and threaten the u.s. with s

the problem is that if north korea launches a provocation, the united states and south korea, unlike in the past, are likely to respond. and north korea is not going to roll over and play dead, contrary to what a number of conservatives are saying sz but do you agree with the professor's conclusion that the countries that's in real jeopardy, not the united states in these threats, but south korea. >> shutly, south korea is in great jeopardy here. and as a close ally of the united states, that's very important to us. and we also have to remember we have 28,000 troops on the peninsula. and are committed to south korea's defense. so if there is another korean war, it's going to involve thousands, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of american troops. rz sz professor, nations around the world have toolboxes, various mixtures of threats, persuasions, inducement, that is part of how diplomacy gets carried on. are the rules different for dealing with north korea than almost any other country on earth? >> well, in the case of north korea, when you consider teaching federal relati

nor korea says they have rockets aimed at the u.s. and south korea as tensions rise.on mandela makes progress in a south african hospital, treated for a lung infection. and some of the oldest war photographs ever taken. these pictures of the americna an civil war. >> welcome to our viewers on public television and america. north korea is ratcheting up tensions with the u.s. kim jong-un has ordered missile units to attack south korea and the u.s. mainland after american bombers flew trianing missions across south korea. >> he is young, untested, and says he wants to settle scores with american imperialists. he rallied his generals to aim the rockets at u.s. bases in hawaii. north korea is on a war footing, with military parades in pyongyang. news broadcasts are full of theater and threats, 20 this far alone. from turning washington to a lake of fire and cutting

the b-52s flying over south korea, that's a message of reassurance to south korea.lly missile defense in the united states, that's sending a message to the u.s. homeland. even though the dmonorth koreae are doing this stuff, we're sending this domestic message. >> thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> this weekend people are recognizing the easter holiday weekend. alexander steele is here. weather is really important. people want their easter egg hunts. at the same time, it's just about being together this weekend. what's in store? >> and the peeps. peeps on two fronts, no pun intended. it's also opening weekend. the boys of summer, you baseball fans, heading to the game tomorrow night at 8:05 in houston. 75 will be the forecast at game time. we could see a 40% chance of showers, but it's a retractable roof. maybe a few showers. no washout. then on monday in the afternoon, 1:05 heading to the bronx to see the yankees, 56 degrees. colder than that because of the strong, gusty winds. keep the cap on because it's going to blow. then also on monday at 4

and south korea. he will put his rockets on standby, the leader is quote ready to settle accounts on the u.s. post midnight meeting with senior generals. his rocket preparation plantar gets military bases in the u.s., including guam, hawaii as well as south korea. you see the large-scale map in the photograph with trajectory plans. this is one day after the u.s. dropped nuclear capable b-2 bombers with military drills with south korea. the state department said the decision to send the bombs was part of a normal exercise but officials are not ignoring the provocative threats. >> when a country says the kinds of things that the dprk is saying you have to take it seriously and you have to take steps.sure when we say in response we can and will defend our own nation. >> obviously in our country we're building additional interceptors. i met with general therm man this morn hog handles our u.s. operations and they're prepared for anything that might take place. >> reporter: now many an -- analysts say the

the republic of korea, south korea, and the u.s. have been united, but china has not always been. >> are they infuriated with north korea -- is china in 38 it -- is china infuriated with north korea? >> they warned them not to conduct the nuclear test. when the north koreans disregarded what china said, that was a loss of face for china. it was not -- and outright repudiation of what the chinese wanted done -- it was an outright repudiation of what the chinese wanted done. china votes for the resolutions, then begins to be much more lenient with the north koreans. the proof will be in the pudding as to how the chinese react in the neck several weeks, not just today. -- the next several weeks, not just today. >> how long until a north korean missile could realistically strike in washington, d.c.? >> they are not there yet. they froze -- pose a real threat to their neighbors. for any state to threaten, in a public statement, a preemptive nuclear war, that tells you a lot about the twisted logic of the leadership in pyongyang and how d

and south korea. and it's doing just the same now, but it's doing them in a much more intensive way. >> jim, finish up with you. of course we had the u.s. announcing the agreement with south korea to firm up plans in case north korea does follow through on its threats. really sort of putting the u.s. in a position of responding even to the smallest action that might take place. a lot of people don't understand the geography there. seoul to the dmz, that ain't far. >> no, it isn't. and the deal is if there was a war, say there was a full blown war, north korea would lose. they would lose even if they simply fought south korea and the u.s. wasn't going to be in it, and the u.s. will be in it. but the problem is they will lose. but in going down those 10,000 artillery pieces near the border will take a piece of seoul with them. they don't want to start a war they're going to lose. and we don't want to start a war that would cause chaos on the peninsula and have our troops in danger. the u.s. mission is t

north korea is extremely isolated.t has been able -- it is an incredible story that it has been able to get this far, given how closely the country is watched. i don't expect to see much of an effect on north korea's behavior or its nuclear program. a lot of north korea watchers are saying this whole strategy of ignoring north korea and then adding new sanctions every time it issues a provocation dust is not working. the obama administration needs to come up with a new diplomatic strategy, whether it's working more closely with china or whether it's coming to the table and talking to north korea and telling the north korean directly what we think of them and what we are prepared to do. host: we are taking your calls this morning on a variety of foreign policy issues we will get into in this segment, from north korea to venezuela to the capture of the son-in-law of osama bin laden. give us a call. staying on north korea for a second, some optimism out there in reports that china might be coming around to help with this

let's talk about korea and north korea's threats, mr. please talk about north korea. >> can north korea attack the united states in retaliation against sanctions and the joint military exercises that are continuing? >> well, they certainly -- we certainly know that they've exploded to some degree a nuclear device. that's what they've well established. not the first one they've done. always the hardest part of a nuclear program and it's always in different components, know t have a missile capable of handling it. we know that they have now an exploded a nuclear device but that last part of weaponizing it, on top of a missile to be discharged is a whole other matter. you don't have to have it on a missile to cause harm. if you can transport that to a place as an example in south korea for a detonation, it would still have a tremendous casualty count and all of the negative impact that would go off -- go on with an explosion of a nuclear device so we should take him at his word. it is clear that this 28-year-old leader is either trying to e

this came after the korea link the operator even that phrase the korea link the celebration in north korea created it was unthinkable just three four years ago it launched a three g. mobile internet service and mislead has not been the only one posting pictures all foreigners are now gaining access to the network services mobile networks in north korea and basically a flurry of face tags check ins coming now from inside one of the world's most close states lets fascinating and i mean i guess that's great for the foreigners but what about the locals i mean do we see local north koreans running around posting tweets and instagram is everywhere now this all these options remain restricted to the local population but at least now. they can send text messages to each other in even make a video course for a country where having curtains and windows has been outlawed simply for the reason that this would indicate you mean you have something to hide you know this is a great breakthrough indeed i didn't actually know that they had that that's pretty crazy i mean you've actually been on the gr

north korea ratcheting up tensions worldwide declaring it's entered a war with south korea and willing to attack the united states without any prior notice. this topping a week of bizarre news and harsh rhetoric. the state controlled media releasing these images of kim jong un and top generals pouring over plans to bomb the united states. they vowed to defend their leaders to the death and today, a new threat to shut down a factory complex seen as the last major symbol of cooperation with south korea. elizabeth pran is following the story. >> reporter: like you said we've seen a stream of threats that continue. statements reaching an all time high. north korea says this is the final warning. >> from this time on the north-south relations will be entering the stay of war and all issues raised between the north and south will be handled accordingly. a state of peace nor war has ended on the korean peninsula. >> reporter: the young leader threatening to close an industrial complex. manufacturing plants from both north and south korea not far from the border. thousands of north koreans wor

-south korea military exercises that start ad week ago and will continue into april. >>> north korea'snnouncement has sparked strong reactions in seoul. south korean defense officials say they are ready to strike back against anything that the north throws at them. >> translator: north korea is conducting military drills with unprecedented intensity. they mobilized submarines, fighter jets, and special forces for the maneuvers. >>> a defense ministry spokesperson has warned south korean force will retaliate against any provocation. he dismissed the threat of preemptive nuclear strike saying such an attack would mark the end of kim jong-un's regime. south korean president park geun-hye issued a stern warning. >> reporter: any country that focuses exclusively on strengthening its military power while people are starving is bound to face self-destruction. >>> china is north korea's biggest ally but it too supports the latest u.n. sanction. james tengan is in beijing covering our series china, change and challenge. james, how is the story on the korean peninsula playing occupant there? >>

north korea is some more proactive party. that does not mean that we should completely abandon talking to north korea. the dennis rodman affair a few weeks from now will come to

but what has north korea done north korea has carried out a nuclear test the third but they're doingit in response to major massive u.s. military exercises that our kids are conducted in a way to stage a mock invasion and bombing of their country a country that was indeed invaded twenty years ago exactly twenty years ago in fact the u.s. strategic command said we're reorienting us hydrogen bombs away from the soviet union this is after the demise of the u.s.s.r. and now targeting north korea and that's when d.p. r. k. withdrew from the nonproliferation treaty and began building with great earnestness its own nuclear capacity and is that nuclear capacity though a threat to the region as well as other parts of the world indeed even the anti missile defense system in eastern europe is being described as defensive action against north korea is it really a threat. well it's not really a threat in the sense that i mean that i said a moment ago the u.s. has such a preponderance of force but the north koreans interestingly in february just a month ago said the lesson of the libyan invasion a

look at what is happening with syria and south korea. i buy all my televisions from south korea, i'm sorry to say. i just ordered 3,000 televisions from south korea. we don't make televisions in this country. so north korea as it does gets frisky then we pay them off and they get less frisky. north korea gets frisky, what do we do -- get out of it? we send them down and stop whatever is going to happen, what do we get out of it? we get nothing. the fact is we're run by either very foolish or very stupid people. what is going on in this country is unbelievable. our country is a total mess. a total and complete mess. what we need is leadership. now, by fixing the economy we're able to solve the problems that we really do need to solve immediately as a nation, medicare, medicaid, social security, they become affordable when we become a wealthy country again.

korea. their announcement follows the u.n. security council's approval of tougher sanctions against the north. council members made the move to punish the reclusive nation for carrying out a nuclear test last month. >> translator: the united states and south korea went as far as adopting a u.n. security council resolution to impose more sanctions on our country while trying to set off a nuclear war. >> a statement by the committee in charge of interkorean dialogue says north korea will scrap non-aggression being pacts with the south starting monday. the same says the country will close the north/south hotline at the demilitarized zone. authorities at pyongyang said they would cancel the 1953 armistice that ended hostilities in the korean war. they justified that decision by saying they were responding to u.s./south korea military exercises that started a week ago and will continue into april. north korea's announcement has sparked strong reactions in seoul. south korean defense officials say

north korea announcing it entered a state of war with south korea. kim jong-un required rockets are ready to be fired at seoul and american bases. they revealed two nuclear capable b-2 stealth bombers. ian is covering the situation from the south. >> reporter: officials in seoul dismissed the latest outburst of more of the same. it followed a massive rally in the northern capital friday where tens and thousands came out in support of kim jong-un's charge, shouting death to the u.s. imperialists. >> escalating military confrontations would lead to further isolation. here's nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. >> he has 8,000 troops poised 40 miles from seoul and the big worry is there could be a mistake. a miscal lags by the north would force the first woman president to retaliate. she has very little flexibility and that would instantly bring the united states into this conflict. >> earlier today north korea threatened to close the industrial complex but that site does remain open. hundreds of south koreans travel there daily

and also as it relates to south korea, 100% with south korea.ur allies and we need to also stand behind them. now kim jung um is a young, immature leader. he is 28 years old. he is now in charge of a government and a country that will not allow his own people to leave the country. they're treated terribly in a bad situation and he's the type of individual that really concerns us. we don't know what he's like. he's immature. he has no experience in rung government. one day his father died and he becomes the leader. we know that north korea for a long period of time, their whole mode of operation basically is threatening. but we also know that they're dangerous. they have nuclear weapons. they have ballistic missiles. and we have to take that very seriously. the secretary of defense hagel took a position that we're going to improve and add more defense to any type of missile that can come on the west coast of the united states, alaska and also california. >> i want to ask you about that. first, the deputy secretary of defense is in seoul today for

south korea does not want reunification at 50 million in south korea, a prosperous country, one of thet abject states of poverty to the north. until we forego a unification we will not get the cooperation we need from china. maybe we should not be provoked by this guy into giving any kind of concessions and reexamine what we really ought to step back from a policy of reunification with 9 hope that north korea misbehaves it will draw the chinese to step in. >>chris: iran? >> the president has mislayed them from the beginning. he had a chance to undermine the regime and he missed it. we get hints the u.s. government has been actively taking steps behind-the-scenes with computer viruses to undermine this but a year to get a nuclear weapon is not a lot of time. there will be a moment when all the materials are brought together in one place to begin to make a weapon and i hope to god the united states and the israelis have the ability to know when that moment is and deal with it. >>chris: i was interested in the president saying we don't want to cut it too close. it seeps we are close. what

also on the program, iran, syria and north korea block a new u.n. create they to regular threat arms trade. why? well, we'll go live to teheran to find out why. the cripryian president tells his people economic turmoil has been contained. and -- i'm in the egyptian style? delta. find out of the why this area, once a football pitch is now ompletely submerged. north korea's leader has orders his army to prepare for a rocket attack on u.s. military bases in the pacific. it scuggetted he approved an order with his late night meeting with his generals. harry force et reports from seoul. >> in the center of pyongyang thousands turned out in a show shouted to him and death to the u.s. imperialists. pyongyang signed off on his long range missiles to attack the mainland and bases in the pacific. in statements attributed to him he said the time has come to settle klts with the u.s. imperialists adding the u.s. hostilities have entered the phase of threats and blackmail and the late-night meeting was seeing the b 2 stealth bombers the blufrpbltest of figures a

and south korea. they are entering the final stage of the all-out showdown with the states. >> the foreign minister statement also said a final decision had been reached to take military action. it sounds like a clear threat, but the conditions for doing so have already been met. at the same time, pyongyang is sending a direct message to the un that could be seen as conciliatory. ertainly -- there are no consequences of the hotline cutoff. the line is usually used to coordinate the travel of south koreans every day. south korea said direct lines to the complex were working. south korea's government talks about more engagement, not less, including the possibility of restarting reunions of families separated by the war. >> the dialogues are available at any time, but if we have a dialogue we firmly hope it will be a since answer one for solving problems. as the separated family issues, i think talks will likely be made at the appropriate time. >> but this can hardly be called an appropriate time. south

kim jong-un has ordered missile units to attack south korea and the u.s. mainland after american bombers flew trianing missions across south korea. >> he is young, untested, and says he wants to settle scores with american imperialists. he rallied his generals to aim the rockets at u.s. bases in hawaii. north korea is on a war footing, with military parades in pyongyang. news broadcasts are full of theater and threats, 20 this far alone. from turning washington to a lake of fire and cutting military hotlines to south korea. it is an effort to eget washington's attention. they say the bellicose record only deepens the isolation in the u.s. and the u.s. remains committed to its allies, and demonstrated it. fromuclear capables flew missouri to the penninsula of korea. china appealed for calm. nobody believes north korea will launch rockets but a small incident could escalate. >> sergei lavrov saiys unilateral actions could mena it could spiral out of control. he may have meant north korea as much as the u.s. >> the war of words is part of the relationship wit

north korea needs to come back. china can bring north korea back to the table. pyongyang. just for the sake of having talks. come back to the table to determine if king jong un, as his father was committed to the six party process and denuclearization and the statement which spoke to denuclearization, kim jong-un has never committed to this. that needs to be determined and if that can be determined then we could make -- all of us could determine do we reconstitute the six-party process and move forward? china can do this and facilitate movement on that side. >> suarez: joseph detrani, victor cha, thank you both. >> thank you. >> woodruff: we'll be back shortly with a look at the new, strict abortion law in arkansas. but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> brown: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we have the story of a pakistani man seeking justice for the murder of his family. jonathan rugman of independent television news repor

new threats from north korea it is a state of war south korea and warning that it will shut down the complex that is the latest major symbol of cooperation. the korean war ended in 1953 with a cease fire and not a peace treaty. a difference, a demilitarized zone separates them. u.s. troops are in the south 28,000 and the white house with reaction that talk of war is not constructive and the white house is taking it serious tensions are increasing since north korea new leader kim jong-un ordered a zeries of nuclear testing. it the third such test . it breached the united nations sanctions. our government condemn would that launch and calling it a provocative move . yesterday kim jong-un signing a order putting the missile units on stand by. his plan naming certain u.s. cities as targets. he said it is in response to the u.s. military flying two stealth bombers. u.s. officials said the test was part of the annual military training exercises that was going on since march 1st and aimed at reassuring the allies we stand ready to protect them. >> north korea said it is the final warning. t

has kickstarted joint military drills with south korea on the border between the two koreas something that can yang has dubbed an open declaration of war and we have to mention that analysts were saying that north korea is actually far from a while from having the technology to be able to set up and aim a nuclear weapon at a specific target but was of the biggest concern here is of course this provocative language that's dangerous in the united nations security council to hopes to achieve is basically for north korea to return to six party negotiations with this latest push of this new resolution from the security council and. new york. the u.s. says it's fully capable of defending itself against any possible north korean missile attack but anti-war activists brian becker from the answer coalition thanks washington could be deliberately provoking pyongyang. north koreans realized that the united states strategy with that right wing government in south korea and pressuring china north korea's traditional ally to go along with the program because i think china fears after the asia pivot

is beefing up protection against north korea. >> the pentagon is acknowledging that north korea is becoming more of a global threat because of the speed at which it is developing its missile program and its nuclear weapon program. how does the military want to respond to this? at the front line, by going to the pacific ocean where the fear is that north korea on its best day might be able to launch a missile that would go all the way out to hit some parts of the united states. what are they going to do about that? first of all, they want more radar support. they want a new base in japan here, to be tracking early on what's happening. they want to beef up missiles in alaska and california and of course they want steady monitoring from ships at sea, from airplanes overhead and from satellites, all watching to see if north korea is going to launch at some point our way. how would that work? if north korea launches a missile, all those early warning

>> north korea always makes threats before the south korea and will united states do the joint drillshey did it this year. but most of the time north korea goes silent and this time the warnings are more dire and intense and that means something is different this year than previous years. we need to have a vigilant posture. >> do you think that the young leader is trying to create an aura among his people that he is in charge and he is not his father? >> i totally agree with that. but the problem is, he may not know where the line s. kim jong-il used murdered effect itchly and murdered a number ever americans and south koreas but hoo got away with it kim jong-un has to make himself appear better than his dad and he may miscal cuate. he don't know about him and we don't know how experienced he's going to be in things like this . this is the reason why it is more dangerous than in the past. >> how do you think that the u.s. is responding so far? >> we are reassuring the south korea with the overflights of b52s and need to reassure the south koreanings. but we need to talk to the chinese

before the isolation of north korea. does this make the nation feel cornered and under pressure to take some sort of action? >> strange as it may sound, i think it is more a sign of weakness than strength, and it illustrates how isolated the leadership is and how much it has to rest on the power of the military class in north korea. >> thank you very much for that analysis. >> frantic diplomatic efforts are under way to secure the efforts of 21 united nations peacekeepers taken hostage by a syrian rebel group. they are being held in golan heights where there were put on a mission to monitor the syrian border area. >> they have been ordered to treat them as enemy prisoners. >> the rebels purportedly posted this video on the internet at the kidnapping the united nations troops. the rebel group calls itself the martyrs of the armored brigade, and they accuse the peacekeepers of working with the syrian government. they say that is the only reason the government has been able to station troops near the golan heights. >> we ar

stealth bombers flew over south korea. the north korean military has staged a massive rally in support of the operation to prepare for a massive attack. >> thousands accounting "death to the u.s. imperialists cornerman after a call to arms against south korea and the united states. over the border in south korea, many are worried p'yongyang might act on its debts. there's been a string of worrying signs, including the latest nuclear test in february. tendons on the peninsula are high. >> i am nervous. i do not want north korea to talk like that, but we cannot control them. i am afraid they target the u.s. if that happens, we could be attacked, too. >> north korea is taking a strong stance, but they do not think they are going to get anywhere with this behavior. i think they have to come to the negotiating table for talks. >> the latest tensions come after u.s. stealth bombers flew over south korea in a joint military exercise. kim jong un's that in response has caused alarm across the region. even his longtime ally china h

plus, north korea enters a state of war against south korea. we will ask our sunday panel have the firey threats reached the danger point? and our power player of the week, 9 untold story of how a doctor saved the life of ronald reagan. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: hello again and happy easter from hannon: andnda ooton arom fox news in washington. after months of debate, the senate is finally ready to vote on new gun control legislation. one of the people at the center of the issue is mark kelly, retired astronaut and navy captain and the husband of former congress woman gabby giffords who was shot two years ago. captain kelly joins us from tucson, arizona. after newtown there was internationalout rage over -- national outrage over the acts of mass violence but that has begun to change. cbs has a new poll just aicaler the massacre 57% supported stricter gun controls and now that is down to 47% and harry reid says the bill he was introduce the week after next won't include a ban on assault we to vons and won't include a limit on

you can see south korea is lit up. there is just a faint glimmer around pyongyang, south korean per cap tau incomes are also about 17 times those of north koreans. >> so what is the end game to the growing tension? could north korea go beyond the threats to actually some action? we will discuss this a little later on in the hour. >>> also we are tracking this, a developing story this hour on a parachuting accident that killed a navy seal. it happened during a regular training exercise in arizona. we are learning about the seal who died. bred david shadel was a member of seal team 6. the elite squad that killed osama bin laden. no word if he actually participated in the raid. another navy seal was injured in thursday's accident. an investigation is underway. this is the third fatal military training accident since february. the other two incidents left 14 marines dead. >>> families and survivors of the fort hood shooting expressing outrage as the defense department is refusing to award purple hearts to those injured. ac

. >> north korea rattles sabers. we've rattled back. >> we are unequivocally commted to an allian with south korea. >> and you might want to think about laundering your money elsewhere than cyprus. >> 10 years ago, the pew research center discovered that 58% of americans were opposed to gay marriage. just one third were in favor of it. today, 49% suprt g marrie. 44% do not. pugh says this is the largest public opinion shift on any issue in the last 10 years. president obama is a recent convert. >> obviously public opinion has shifted dramatically just over the last several years. my hope is we will come to a place where everybody is treated fairly. >> this week, on the same day the supreme court heard oral arguments t federal defense of marriage act, north carolina senator kay hagan became the 49th senator to come out in support of gay marriage despite the fact that voters in her district came out against it. first, mark, i would like to why why you would think -- you think public opinion on this issue has shifted so