experts say the new equipment will sharply increase the intelligence gathering abilities of navy vessels. in a meeting earlier this month, u.s. president barack obama expressed appreciation for singapore's cooperation. they are moving ahead with a new strategy. singapore is in a politically important location. it is a symbolic gesture of america's current defense strategy. nhk world, singapore. >>> chinese government officials have accused japan of make trouble over islands in the sea. they refer to territory disputes involving other nations in the asia pacific region. japan is the only country singled out by name. the report says the military must protect china's sovereignty and marine interest. they will develop their ability to carry out mobile operations. chinese warships patrol waters near the senkaku islands on wednesday as part of an exercise. the document is the first defense white paper since president took office last month. he's a security analyst. he gave us his take on where china's military policy is headed. >> it reflects the new leaders idea of course so they change the structure of contents completely. the f

experts say the new equipment will sharply increase the intelligence gathering abilities of navy vessels. in a meeting earlier this month, u.s. president barack obama expressed appreciation for singapore's cooperation. they are moving ahead with a new strategy. singapore is in a politically important location. it is a symbolic gesture of america's current defense strategy. nhk world, singapore. >>> chinese government officials have accused japan of make trouble over islands in the sea. they refer to territory disputes involving other nations in the asia pacific region. japan is the only country singled out by name. the report says the military must protect china's sovereignty and marine interest. they will develop their ability to carry out mobile operations. chinese warships patrol waters near the senkaku islands on wednesday as part of an exercise. the document is the first defense white paper since president took office last month. he's a security analyst. he gave us his take on where china's military policy is headed. >> it reflects the new leaders idea of course so they change the structure of contents completely. the f

secretary of defense and new u.s. secretary of state. -- because you brought up the new president in china, i want to get into your area of expertise. because according to reuters here's something he said recently which felt to me like it's aimed at north korea like within the last 24 hours. no country "should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain." what does that tell you about china's approach to north korea? >> this is a speech that was given in hainon just in the last couple days and rather unprecedented for the party and the president and xi jinping to be saying these words. assi i've watched the ratchetin up, they've probably hit the 212-degree boiling point as it relates to north korea. in the olden days they didn't have anything to protect. today they've got the second largest economy in the world. >> and they border for those who don't have their map out at the moment, they are right there. >> they're right there. you have the economy right across the river and it's a thriving entity.

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u.s. overseas. "nightly news" begins now. aptions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. in just the past few days the u.s. has flown over south korea with stealth bombers. now they have sent stealth fighters and a guided missile destroyer. it's all because no one likes what they are hearing from north korea, the leader there. and no one knows what it means or how serious he is about his threats including the current declaration of a state of war. he's believed to be 28, 29 years old. he's young and untested. just today former u.s. defense secretary leon panetta said the u.s. must be prepared and very concerned because we cannot know kim jong un's motivations and intentions. it's because of that the u.s. is going ahead with a military statement of its own tonight. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has reached seoul, south korea tonight and starts us off from there. >> reporter: good evening, brian. south korea thinks the north is bluffing, but pyongyang is playing a dangerous game of brinksmanship w

good to have you with us now cable news networks in the u.s. are seeing a startling drop in their ratings and that's according to a new study by the pew research center which says some of america's biggest outlets are becoming increasingly opinionated and of the reporting of hard facts with more analysis and commentary is causing viewers to switch off. you can have commentary. shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody that all media are opinionated to a certain extent we all are a study by the pew research center gauges the extent to which the three major us channels are opinionated on m.s.m. b.c. opinion fills a full eighty five percent of the channel's air time according to this study fox forty five percent c.n.n. about the same the study says since two thousand and seven they have all cut back sharply on the amount of actual reporting on their airwaves what filled the void was relatively cheap provocative debate the studies suggest that by becoming more and more opinionated the channels have been losing their viewers this annual state of the me

he talked to abc 7 news. oof u.s. news ranks five engineer california and 36th in the nation among high schools. it's charter was revoked by oakland unified school district last month. >> the founder was awarding business to his own companies. there was forging of attendance skprordz use of public credit cards for personal expenditure autos the found jer no longer affiliated from the school. >> if i stole there is a lot of checks floating around. a lot of money in my accounts which not that much. but no. i did own the building. >> oakland unified says he leased buildings back to the zoom at a higher price than the district would charge but shavis claims the districts didn't have a building big enough to house them. shavis shurd us he charged american indians below the rate. >> we have a new team that has been in place since july, 2012 that is the director just hired a week ago. they're now appealing and hoping to convince the board the school is financially stable. american indian gained national attention for its uniq

. >>> there is growing concern tonight after a new u.s.ntelligence report concludes that north korea does have the nuclear know-how to arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead. president obama urged calm saying he will take the steps he needed to to protect americans. the destroyer capable of shooting down a north korean missile and stealth jets are already in the north korean peninsula. secretary of state john kerry is now scheduled to arrive in seoul tomorrow. in the meantime, celebrations are under way in north korea. it was a year ago today that kim jong-un came to power. >> shot to death. >> advocates for tougher gun laws are reading the names of every gun violence victim since last year's sandy hook shooting in connecticut. the unusual demonstration started yesterday. the activists were upset with the talk that a senate filibuster which threatened to prevent the debate on this issue. and they got what they wanted when senators supporting tougher gun laws defeated the filibuster effort. 16 republicans voted with democrats to con

news conference at 11:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. recent polling shows roughly 90% of the u.s. public sports expanded background checks. our quick programming note for you, tomorrow morning, joe sits down for a roundtable discussion with the vice president on how to reduce gun violence. you can tweet us your questions for the vice president using e the #vponmj. >>> south korean officials say a launch could come any day. north korean officials are warning foreigners in the south to leave the country because of the threat of nuclear war in the region. the white house is dismissing that as unhelpful rhetoric, the pentagon is preparing to intercept any missile that threatens u.s. forces or american allies. >> i believe we have the credible ability to defend the homeland, to defend hawaii, defend guam, defend our deployed forces and defend our allies. >> during his testimony, the admiral was also pressured by several senators to get china more involved to help keep peace encore even peninsula. >>> also as secretary of state john kerry readies to meet with world leer riz in london, h

. >>> breaking news out of north korea. u.s. defense officials telling nbc news the u.s. ssile destroyer "u.s.s. fitzgerald" in the pacific ocean. the fitzgerald is capable of intercepting and destroying a missile should north korea decide to fire one. nbc news reports u.s. defense officials insist there is nothing to indicate north korea is on the verge of another launch. remember, fitzgerald was also moved back in december of last year to be in a position to defend against the impending north korean rocket launch. differentiate rocket from missile. let's take a look at the south korean currency, the yuan. it is just about 4:00 in the morning although currencies trade 24/7. kind of surprising. haven't seen a big move in the yuan. to to wait and see if tomorrow morning's going to bring big moves in big companies like hyundai and samsung. u.s. defense shifting. "u.s.s. fitzgerald" in the pacific ocean. >>> up next, we're going to talk about the big bucks in baseball. i'm going to tell brian shactman why his red sox are going to stink this year. and i will tell you which tea

nbc news confirming she will soon be tapped to be the next u.s. ambassador to japan. >>> new jersey governor chris christie has signed a bill banning children under 17 using tanning beds. that move comes after the now-notorious case of the so-called tan mom who allegedly brought her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. >>> the white house got in on an april fools' joke after what was called a special message from the president. turned out to be a small message. 9-year-old robbie novak known online as kid president returned to make an appearance in the briefing room. >>> in health news for you now, including fish in your diet could lead to a long, healthy life. harvard researchers studied levels of omega 3 fatty acids in the blood of nearly 3,000 older adults and found those with the highest omega 3 levels had a 27% lower risk of death overall. and 35% lower risk of death from heart disease. people who wasn't from zero fish intake to two to three servings per week saw the biggest benefit. >>> "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil. b

okay, the new u.s. economy numbers. on friday the labor department, excuse me, clarence, reported that the economy added 99,000 jobs last month, and that unemployment dropped to 7.6%. question, mort, what do you think about these numbers? >> the 88,000 was much below what most people expected. it's a very, very low, very, very low job creation. we are still living with the problem of job creation. one of the gophers of the federal reserve bank came out and indicated over 25% of the jobs that we are creating are low-wage part-time jobs. so even those numbers are really dismayingly low, particularly in the cop text of a trillion dollar national deficit and a trillion dollar input of money through the federal reserves. so with the most aggressive sometime lie, both monetary and physical this is all we can do. we've got real problems in the economy, and they're not being cured. the policies that are followed have really not helped. >> >> 81,000 new jobs. but before that the experts had predicted 190,000. >> that's right. th

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u.s. attorney handling this case now says new information has come to light. cnn's victor blackwell is live for us this morning in tupelo, mississippi. this man has been exonerated, vindicated? >> that's true. we're waiting for more information from the u.s. attorney, felicia adams, about what this new information is. she has not elaborated. of course we've asked the fbi about their investigation up to this point into the letters sent to the president. senator roger wicker of mississippi, and katie holland, a judge here in tupelo. they're not saying much about that or their investigation into curtis. but curtis himself, paul kevin kurt isz, is speaking. and he's saying that he had no involvement. he loves his country. he had nothing to say specifically about the letters, he says that he loves his country, he respects the president, he would never try to hurt an elected official. he also said, he and his attorney, that he believes that

as the school faces closure, it's also now ranked at number 38 on a new list of best high schools in the country put out by u.s. news and world reports. it's also ranked as the fifth best high school in california. >> i pray it stays home. >> reporter: edward anderson sends his daughter here and has seen her thrive academically. he says closing the school does not make sense. >> i can't believe it. these scores show the school is doing a good job. why would they tear it down -- close it down, then? >> it's just really a shame. this is like a diamond that shines for oakland. >> reporter: a couple of weeks ago, the oakland school board voted to pull the charter. the problem, former director ben chavez is accused of misspending $3.8 million in school funds. while he's stepped down, a district spokesperson toll me today the charter -- told me today the charter school has reduce -- refused to tut ties with them -- to cut ties with them. >> nobody denies the facts. >> reporter: the district gave them a year and a half to clean house and bring in a third party to control the finances. according to the spokesman they

a new u.s. arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear war head. colorado congressman doug lamborne revealing the details there a partially unclassified pentagon report yesterday. all of this as secretary of state john kerry arrives in seoul south korea and denies the report and warns north korea that the u.s. is prepared to take action if necessary. >> we will defend our allies. we will stand with south korea, japan and others against these threats, and we will defend ourselves. and kim jong un need to understand, as i think he probably does, what the outcome of a conflict would be. rick: treasury department officials slapping economic sanctions on businesses accused of having ties to iran's nuclear program. richrd grennell is a former assistant to the last four ambassadors. you think there is a connection here between north korea and iran and maybe we are missing something as we focus so much on what is going on with north korea. >> sadly we've become a just topld to the mainstream media's group th

news. >>> the u.s. coast guard tonight says tug boats are working to corral a disabled cruise ship after it broke away from its moorings during high winds. the carnival cruise ship triumph had been docked. and there is still no sign of a worker believed to have been knocked in the water by the winds. the triumph made national headlines recently. >>> the battle over gay rights has come to a tiny town in arizona. the city council voted 5-2 to recognize same-sex unions. supporters and opponents packed last night's meeting under this legislation. same-sex partners will receive the same rights as married couples within the bisbee boundaries. the attorney general says the city law is unconstitutional and vows to fight it in court. >>> a judge today sentenced a union city man to 125 years in prison for having sex with a seven-year-old girl, and also for possessing child pornography. the 39-year-old was arrested in october of 2010 after the girl told her mother about the sex. he was convicted of sex with a mino

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u.s. diplomacy. it look like kim jong-un very angry about new sanctions as well as the ongoing u.s./south korean war games going on not far from here is undoing any progress made in the past. that said, experts are calling this probably more symbolic than anything else. much of the plant was destroyed and would need to be completely rebuilt. that could take years. meanwhile, we're now three days after kim jong-un effectively declared war on the united states and south korea. we've seen no signs of north korean troop mobilization or imminent attack. most analysts are telling us that a full blown conflict between north and south is extremely unlikely. still, taking no chances, the pentagon confirmed that the u.s.-guided missile destroy has been rerouted from the pacific ocean and is heading this way. the mccain has been here before back in december and is most likely meant to monitor activity from off shore, especially any future missile tests which are expected now to be launched by north koreans. betty, back to you. >> effort of taking no chances. jim maceda in south korea. >>> cour

u.s. foreign policy. download new applications.choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter about what your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. watching on t.v. a quick look now it's other international news north korea is warning foreigners to evacuate from neighboring south korea in case war breaks out the latest escalation of threats from the country japan meanwhile has deployed patriot missiles around tokyo as a precaution against possible north korean ballistic missile tests the u.s. military pride. in the region causing pyongyang to step up its own rhetoric and what's building into one of the worst crises in the area since the korean war in one thousand nine hundred fifty three. elsewhere a sixty year old man has gone on a deadly shooting rampage in a village just south of the serbian capital all of his thirteen victims were neighbors and relatives and one was a young child the suspect then attempted to shoot himself and his wife they ar

new u.s. secretary of state and secretary of defense. any one of them does a slight miscalculation. >> somebody fires a shot by mistake and the other side responds. >> you're in a war within minutes. >> it's a strong war. >> here's why. because first of all the north koreans have nuclear weapons. they don't have the ability to put it on a missile and hit san francisco but they have nuclear weapons. the other thing with we have 30,000 marine troops in south korea sandwiched between north and south korea. they've kept the peace for 50 years. the question is if this leadership in north korea decides to sink a south korean ship and send a missile to south korea, you would have the united states and south korea in a war. >> where a chilly? >> they're mobilized. >> they dictate policy. why don't they say knock it off? >> that may be the key out of that crisis. the chinese have mobilized on the north korean border. >> another strong word. >> but they have, they put their troops on the border. why? in part, solidarity with north korea. they don'

news. ooh letter to a u.s. senator tested positive for a deadly poison.o. >>> this was a heinous and cowardly act. >> searching for a suspect after a terror attack at the bostonmarathon. >> the force of the united states is working hard to locate those responsible. >> and using the explosives to look for clues. >> if this bomb had multiple metallic fragments in them. >>> first, breaking news tonight. the u.s. senate says somebody sent a poisoned envelope to one of its members, roger wicker. it went testing this afternoon at the off site mail facility where it tested positive for the deadly poison ricin. they retested it twice and it came up positive each time. that envelope has been sent to

news. >>> the u.s. senate confirmed president president obama's nominee to head the securities and exchange commission. >>> the number of democrats showing support for same-sex marriage continues to grow today. he was the latest to endorse it. he said his views has revolved. that leaves three to come out in support for gays and lesbians couples to marry. >>> jc penny's board of directors ousted its ceo. he was on the job for 16 mungs. they said it led to -- months. they said it led to massive sales drops. >>> wikileaks released 2 million secret u.s. government documents from the 1970s. they are about henry kissinger when he was secretary of state. no shocking revelations so far but the founder insisted that this latest leak is consistent with his mission. >> our analysis shows the u.s. administration cannot be trusted with its control of the past. >> the justice department is investigating him for the leak of thousands of secret documents. >>> arguments begin for an accused killer, and tickets to see th

u.s. diplomatic cables from the one nine hundred seventy s. party boyko examines what is in the documents which is songe calls the most significant geo political publication ever. they've released a massive new database of u.s. diplomatic cables that date back to the one nine hundred seventy s. so this was a time when henry kissinger was us secretary of secretary of state and a lot of the cables are either two or from him now julian assange says that although the documents are all material what wiki leaks have done is they've made it very user friendly so it's a big database you can actually go in and you can search through these cables you can mix of even made an interactive map that sites how many times each country is mentioned in these cables practically every single country in the world is in there now according to julian assange the us administration can't be trusted with controlling its own history so he's had to come along and do this controls the president controls and he controls the past controls the future and that is because of the vital role that history plays in deciding our interpretation of what is happening in the world the period of the one nine hundred seventy s. in diplo

some breaking news here in the u.s. military says they are being clashes between prisoners and guards amid a hunger strike at guantanamo bay the military chooses detainees of preventing guards from monitoring them during a hunger strike that has dragged on for more than two months officials say when officers try to move prisoners from communal to single cells they resisted with improvised weapons leading guards to lethal rounds no injuries are reported following the incident which happened just hours after red cross representatives left the facility prisons went on hunger strike in february in protest of alleged mistreatment and indefinite detention lawyers claim most of the one hundred sixty six prisoners are taking part in a live report and analysis on this breaking news story next hour here on. the retrial of egypt's deposed president hosni mubarak has opened with a surprising move on the part of the judge who has withdrawn from the case referring it to another court the announcement was met with angry show mubarak w

in economic news, u.s. homebuilders started work on more than a million units in march, the most in nearly five years. and on wall street today, stocks made up a big chunk of yesterday's losses. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 157 points to close well above 14,756. the nasdaq rose 48 points to close at 3264. long time n.f.l. broadcaster pat summerall died today in dallas. he hadbeenospilizedince breaking a hip. he worked as a broadcaster for more than 40 years and played ten seasons in the n.f.l. for 41 of those years he called n.f.l. games with john madden. he worked 16 soup super bowls, 21 u.s. open tennis championships. he retiretired in 2002. pat summerall was 82 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: we return again to the bombings in boston. to help us assess what we know about the attack and explain what investigators are looking for now, we turn to juan zuarte, who was deputy national security viser for rrorism unr president george w. bus

new u.s. intelligence shows that north korea has now likely completed all launch preparations and the missile test could be, quote, imminent. pyongyang is warning foreigners to leave south korea immediately. as again you're standing there seeing how people respond, are they taking the threat seriously? >> reporter: yes, to a certain extent. and here's why. because this sort of threat levied directly at foreign visitors to south korea, this is a little more rare than all of the other threats. that is ratcheting up of a psychological warfare. foreign visitors aren't used to be directly spoken to by the north korean officials. i can tell you that while they're paying attention, they're not alarmed. i did speak with one american visitor who's here on business. she says she took the unusual step of registering with the u.s. embassy. but she says it didn't stop her from traveling here. it won't stop here from doing business here, in part, because the u.s. government is not restricting travel to sout

news networks in the u.s. seeing a slump with new research polls saying audiences are turning out in greater numbers the pew study shows viewers are starting to shy away from cable news networks that devote more air time to opinion and partisan analysis than the hard facts and on the ground reporting are he's guy has more. it shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody that all media or opinionated to a certain extent we all are a study by the pew research center gauges the extent to which the three major us channels are opinionated on m.s.m. b.c. opinion fills a full eighty five percent of the channels air time according to this study fox forty five percent c.n.n. about the same the study says since two thousand and seven they have all sharply on the amount of actual reporting on airwaves what filled the void was relatively cheap provocative debate the studies suggest that by becoming more and more opinionated the channels have been losing their viewers this annual state of the media report says nearly one third o

>> greta: tonight horrifying new u.s. intelligence about north korea. the first time the pentagon concluding north korea is probably capable of making a nuclear warhead, small enough to be delivered by a missile. for the latest on what is happening right now on the korean peninsula we go to jennifer chang live in seoul, south korea. jennifer, what's the latest? >> well, south korean officials say they have intelligence that suggests north korea is ready to fire five intermediate-range missiles, which can range as far as u.s. bases in guam. >> greta: when you say five, is that -- is it hi imminent, firep and ready to go, it could happen at any minute, or sort of they're beginning preparations? >> that means they're ready to be fired, fueled up and ready to go to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birthday of the founder of north korea, the grandfather of the current north korean leader, kim jong-un. the day is next monday. that's a major public holiday in the north. >> greta: are people on edge in south korea? or do they think it's just a test headed

u.s. will continue to dominate news flow this week. y's gdp numbers failed to match expectations, revealing the u.s. economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.5% on the quarter. little is expected in the way of policy change. the latest pmi northbounds are revealed. the forecast is expecting around 150,000 jobs to be added in april. at the same time, the ecb will make its decisions on thursday and friday. there are many who believe now is the week for the banks to cut rates. is it going to happen? mark joins us now. >> what do you think, then? the ecb, are they going to stand and deliver? >> it isn't in the balance until you think germany is hard to get. however, the balance is slightly to favor the rest of europe, finally say, look, we waited a long time for this rate cut. at least give us that. it's already well priced by the market. >> how about sentiment? >> the key thing is it will be helpful. to the economy, it's inconsequential. we've had the german finance minister and others, people pointing out that it will not do anything major

the latest news tonight that u.s.enator has gotten a letter with poison in it, you just touch it and it can get right into the bloodstream until you instantly or it can in extreme cases just melt the skin around it instantly. it is almost always fatal and what's worse quickly fail on the heels of the attack in boston that has a lot of people trying jeff flock analogies. whether they are right or not it did take some of the wind out of the market's sails, at least the futures market worried about something not quite entirely settled in the u.s. avenue. my friend, the former governor of arkansas, mike huckabee. governor, a little unnerving. >> welcome aid is and it does remind us of 9/11. in the days and weeksollowing is when we had the anthrax scare and i remember, you know, we had letters sent to my office at the capitol and barack during that time with powder that turned out to be just some prank, but it was not funny. you never know. the entire arena shutdown because somebody had left a residue of a funnel cake in t

news at 7:00. one bogus teeth sent u.s. stock market into free fall today only to have it bounced back when it became clear that teeth was a hokes. it sent out a message that read breaking, two explosions in the white house and barack obama is injuried. >> i can say the president is fine. i was just with him. >> that bogus message investigationerred a splash crash on wallstreet. >> the machines are so fast that it's kind of infuriating it can happen so quickly. you don't have really a opportunity to digest the information before you can figure out what's going on. >>> the dow industrial gained 152. has dakota was up 35. our coverage continues now live in san francisco where a professional hacker told you there's a need for more levels of security. >> twitter says it doesn't comment on individual accounts because of privacy and security reasons, but the associated press account is still down tonight on twitter. and many say that it's twitter that needs to take a better look at its own security. >> one teeth caused a temporar

brings us more from new york. u.s. president barack obama was delivering some fierce words in the aftermath of tables comments he indicated that washington will conduct its own independent investigation into syria's alleged use of chemical weapons and a separate probe will be conducted in conjunction with the united nations america's leaders said the world can't stand by and permit the use of chemical weapons obama has previously stated that the use of chemical weapons by damascus would be a game changer in the u.s. position on military intervention into serious civil war now according to white house press secretary jay carney yes confirm that military force is one of many options that president obama is hardly considering carney said as a general principle the united states retains the ability to act unilaterally now these revelations come just one day after u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel claimed that the u.s. intel that u.s. intelligence officials believe with some degree of varying confidence that the syrian gov

u.s. soldiers and new animation shooting down u.s. planes. the white house says, so far, all talk and no action. >> despite the harsh rhetoric, we are not seeing changes to the north korean military posture. >> as of this morning, we have stealth fighter jets and bombers overhead and a navy destroyer headed that way. >> you have to let them know that we are around. even if they consider these rhetorical flourishes. >> i don't think we can take anything for granted. the united states, south korea and our other partners in that region have to be very prepared in the event that something could happen here. i think the greater likelihood is miscalculation. >> south korean officials held a security meeting overnight. people on the streets there don't seem worried. >> i really don't think people are thinking that they are going to come and attack us, because america has our back. >> kim jong-un has cut off emergency ties to world leaders and says his missiles are ready but hasn't recalled workers from factories near the south korean border. just th

some other world news in brief and the u.s. lawmakers are wanted more sanctions against north korea a new draft bill is modeled on current iranian restrictions and aimed at chinese companies and banks on young users conduct its business we know north korea says it will soon decide the fate of the detained american accused of trying to overthrow the government and operate of korean descent who was arrested last year in a special exeunt bordering china and russia relations between the us and the balls commented earlier this month with each of writing to attack the other. a bombing in karachi pakistan has left at least nine people dead and schools injured the target was thought to be an office belonging to the one main national party the taliban has claimed to be a tank two weeks ago a suicide bombing against the party's senior leaders in the city of peshawar killed sixteen people violence has increased in the run up to the parliamentary election next month there's more bad news for ukraine former prime minister on top of the seven

u.s. trained over south current turf with both b-2 bombers, as well as-- or b-52 bombers as well as b-52 stealth bombers. former ambassador john bolton tells fox news the u.s. main land should not be as concerned as north korea's neighboring countries such as south korea and japan. he doesn't discredit the possibility of future violence in that region. >> i think these threats, while they're not credible in terms of reaching the united states have nonetheless surpassed what i'll call the normal level of north korean rhetoric. we may not be worried, but i can tell you in south korea and japan, they're concerned that we've gotten to a level now where some even misstep at this point could escalate into something more serious. >> and we're also hearing from the former chairman of the house homeland security committee, peter king says direct discussions would serve no purpose, making fresh demands every day and as recent as today. kim jong-un announcing that have nuclear weapons are not the a bargaining chip. instead the nation's life and will not be traded for billions of dollars. this, as he threatened to close one of the economic life license, t line

william robinson professor of sociology at university of california says this is nothing new when it comes to u.s. tactics in the region. this is not a new tactic on the part of washington another tied to the owner not a new tactic on the part of the new the venezuelan opposition and generally the far right in america which along with washington the idea is you have an all out to stables and this civilization campaign this is simply another tactic within that campaign there's been diplomatic isolation economic sabotage our military activity in the atlantic in two thousand and two massive us financing for the internal opposition including for property values and for the organizations that he represents and so we see this very often when these. election which is very close and when the united states wants to get rid of the government in this case them a doodle chavez with little governments around an election it will launch violence and trying to create chaos and instability and the united states will not recognize the results and this is the ed piece that this is an incredible the proper syrian a