and south korea have been practicing exercises over there. ey're saying that the escalation is all squarely because of north korea. but i think they are a little bit concerned. >> it certainly is posturing from a lot of different angles here. emily i want to play for everybody what defense secretary chuck hagel had to say on thursday. take a listen. >> you only need to be wrong once. and i don't know what president or what chairman or what secretary of defense wants to be wrong once when it comes to nuclear threats. >> so, emily, what should we be reading into those comments made by defense secretary hagel? >> well, i think you're hearing a guy who hasn't been on the job all that long and it's already concerned about his legacy and how history will remember him. putting himself in the context of other secretaries of states and presidents, too. but i think what he's saying is pretty much at face value, which is, you know, we don't want to dismiss these threats, as more blustering. you have to take them seriously in some way, and i think that's

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 strikes. south koreans are responding with a mix of concern and defiance. the south korean president attended a military swearing in ceremony and praised soldiers for their work. the ministry of defence did not mince words. >> if north korea really were to attack us with a nuclear strike, i can promise one thing -- kim jong un's regime would disappear off the face of the earth. >> the united nations security council voted on thursday to impose tougher sanctions. germany says it is the regular people who suffer. >> international isolation is increasing poverty among ordinary people, and that is why the policies pursued by the north korean leadership are focused against its own people. >> china, which has always defended the country, is also on board with the sanc

and there's talk in south korea and japan about getting nuclear weapons, talks that increase if uniteds reduces unilaterally its nuclear capability. so i think we have to appeal to chinese reason. if they really don't want north korea with nuclear weapons they should help us eliminate the regime and that will solve the problem. younger chinese leaders understand. north korea is a pretty ugly piece of baggage. i wish 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 r

it is a message to south korea and japan that we stand by our agreements. those sorties were not live. but at the same time -- north korea engages in negtivative rhedoric and there needs to be a response. what we need is china, instead of saying let's be peaceful, china should get the north koreans to calm down. >> governor richardson, thank you for joining us. let's take a look at other news. several shi'a mosques were hit in bagdhad and kirkuk. in recent months, sunni militants of al-qaeda increased attacks. chinese state reports that a landslide trapped miners in tibet, over 4 kilometers. the missing miners were working for a state-owned gold company. the u.n. security council called for a force to carry out democratic offenses in z-- they voted in favor of the congolese brigade. nelson mandela spends his second full day in hospital for a recurring lung infections. south africans follow it with baited breath. jacob zuma says mr. mandela is in good spirits and is making progress. our report from johanessburg. >> no sense of alarm here. but nelson mandela's

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.

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

conducted joint military drills with south korea. state department officials to send the b-2 bombers were part of normal exercises but officials say they are not ignoring the provocative threats. >> when a country says the kinds of things that dpq is saying that we when we say and we will defend our allies that that is credible. >> reporter: keep in mind north and south korea have technically been at war since 1953, korean war ended in a truce and not a peace treaty. >> gregg: elizabeth, thanks. >>> with north korea's dangerous rhetoric moving into uncharted territory, where is it head had had? christian whiten will be joining us just ahead. >> heather: military now identifying the navy seal killed in a training accident in arizona. 31-year-old special warfare operator chief brett shadle died during a parachutein midair. training in a town outside of tucson. he is from pennsylvania and highly decorated member of seal team six. that is the elite unit that killed osama bin laden. there is no word on whether he participated in the raid

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

is the last remaining example of cooperation between north korea and south korea. of incoment source for north korea, they threatened to shut it. latest in a series of escalating threats. it comes just shortly after they said they would enter a state of war with south korea. a pattern the desert familiar to south korea. no peace agreements signed since the end of the fighting in 1950. generations have lived with the threat of war. whoses also a country relationship with the u.s. has created a more confident facility. >> if they fire one missile, we should fire back two. talking and warning of the war is only raising tensions, but it is north korea who is afraid. previousrth had made declarations of war in the past. in 1993 and 2009. they stopped short of starting one. they knew too well. but he was young and they tested his leadership. analysts say that he may want to prove himself to the powerful military. strong deterrents like the ones that the u.s. and south korean governments have displayed to make sure that kim jong un does not make reckless miscalculations. >

we said the north appears to be preparing for more combined military exercises, he says south korea is on alert for additional provocations. we also refer to the sinking of a south korean patrol ship three years ago. they're prepared to we respond with 10,000 times more forth from any action from the north. >>> government officials from japan, china, and south korea have begun their first round of free trade talks in seoul. the talks will last three days until thursday, attendees include japan's deputy foreign minister, and representatives from china and south korea. discussions will be held in separate groups to cover different issues, including tariffs, investment rules, and liberalization of service industries. the stakes are large. china is japan's biggest trading partner while south korea is third. if combined the gross domestic product of the three countries would account for about 20% of the world economy. japanese officials say they open an fta will expand trade and investment and one factor shadowing the talks is continued territorial attention affecting japan and other member

military experts doubt it has the capability to do that, but bases in south korea are certainly within range. >> for more on the story, we spoke with a correspondent in tokyo who is closely following the latest developments for us. we asked if north korea is justified in feeling provoked after the u.s. practice bombing runs over the korean peninsula. >> he answers provocations' with even stronger provocations. from his point of view, conflict with south korea or the u.s. could help him to gain an even stronger position. a limited attack with conventional weapons is indeed a risks, but from my point of view, a nuclear attack is quite unlikely. >> what can be done to calm the situation. >> it is difficult to tell. even a small scale conflict could also lead to new talks. it has happened many times in the past. confrontation, but then again very quickly cooperation. china is an important player. much depends on how much the chinese are willing to influence the north koreans. >> other news now -- former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has insisted that a grand coalition between hi

the b-52s flying over south korea, that's a message of reassurance to south korea. ly 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:

you have you have a new leader in south korea. pongyang acts like this, you say there's a history because they get away with it. explain. >> there is. just as recently as 2010 north korea sank a south korean naval ship, paid no consequence and also, north korea shelled a south korean island in 2010. again, no, real retaliation at all from south korea. so, you know you have just recently not only a new north korean leader but a new leader in south korea, a woman named park, the first woman president of south korea probably being tested to an extent. unfortunately because of past instances where north korea gotten away scott-free, there is big chance, not a big chance but reasonable chance that north korea may be underestimating the resolve of south korea and the united states. bill: that is an interesting point but you say the real threat here is not that north korea would attack south korea or try and launch a missile toward japan or beyond there. what is the real threat? >> i think the real threat posed by north korea, if you loo

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

-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? >>

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 not to make the threats again the united states, and not to make the threats against south koreakim risk alienating the country that literally, talk about biting the hand that feeds you, that literally feeds his people? >> china has never been willing to stop providing other aid to north korea and they is gotten away with it in the past and have been unwilling to risk undermining or allowing the regime to do this. they want to preserve, they don't want the east european model of communist regimes falling on their border. we spent 1.5 percent of our against budget on missile against but it has been restored just a couple of weeks ago and said we are going ahead on this under both parties but especially under the democrats there has been a haphazard follow through that maybe we should try to defend ourselves from nuclear weapons and not just accept this. in post-cold war, we don't know, they could have many more missiles and nuclear munitions and maybe we should really invest in serious against for ourselves and our neighbors? >>chris: the president has flipped on missile defense.

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 relatio

and south korea. throughout the entire history of the cold war to the present day, north korea will strategically provoke in a controlled limited way occasionally launching deadly attacks against south korea and the united states but in a controlled limited way. north korea is not suicidal. so this patent of provocation will continue. whether we are nice to north korea or we affirm on principle. if we were to tighten down sanctions and put more pressure on receipt sheem, it's possible perhaps even likely north korea will react in a negative way perhaps launch an attack around the korean peninsula. they are part of a north korea's long-term strait strategy. they will happen. we had two navel skirmishes during the policy years despite south korea's policy. we had a missile test in july, july 4th, not so subsequently in 2006. and then later that year north korea's first nuclear test thus raising the stake dramatically. it will continue. to shy away from a principled poach i don't think would be more effec

the young leader has declared his nation is in a state of war with south korea. this comes as north korea threatens american cities. here's more on the threats and how the white house is responding. >> a steady steam of threats that escalate as menacing statements reach all-time high. the young leder kim jong-un that the korean peninsula is in a state of the war. >> from this time on, north/south relations are entering into a state of war and all issues will be handled accordingly. a state of the neither peace nor woor. >> and they released a photograph of the middle of the night meeting with his staff. targeting the military bases. the large scale map with trajectory planned. it is not believed that they have the missile technology to strike the u.s. man land but capable of tarketing military bases. this meeting comes a day after the u.s. conducted joint military drills with south korea. the decision to send the b-2 bombers was par normal exercises but they are not ignoring the provocative threats. >> when a country said the kinds of things that the dprk is sayin

bomber flights over south korea. it's an annual military exercise but pyongyang is seething. >> translator: the u.s. should not forget that there is an air force base on guam where jets

korea. has that changed any in recent years? >> i think the southan 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 north korea gave her a ringing endorsement that they north

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

the obama administration have condemned north korean leaders for cutting a military hotline with south korea. a spokesperson for the state department says breaking off communications won't help. >> north korea's bellicose rhetoric and threats follows a pattern to raise tension and intimidate others and we think the latest threats to cut off links with the rhetoric is not constructive to ensuring peace and stability on the peninsula. >> the two koreas do not have diplomatic relations. military liaison officers could connect through telephone and fax lines. but on wednesday, north korean officials cut them. they say now they have no channels of communications with south korea or the u.s. ventrell said u.s. diplomats still have a way to communicate. though he did not specify what that was. he said the north koreans must adhere to the international obligations and refrain from provocative actions. >>> a pro-china business scrapped a plan to buy a taiwanese newspaper. it sparked concern over influence over media in taiwan. the apple daily is one of four major newspapers and is known for publishin

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

and south korea. south korea denied it and the u.s. military didn't comment. shep?hepard: molly henneberg in d.c. the number of kids diagnosed with autism has jumped and a lot. that's according to the government survey which found one in 50 school children has the disorder. that's up from a previous estimate of 1 in 88. federal health officials say the new number does not mean that autism is occurring more frequently but that doctors are apparently diagnosing it more often or somewhere in the middle. especially in kids with milder forms of the disorder. also worth noting here the new statistics comes from a phone survey. those surveys are not always as accurate as others. if this one is, it would mean that at least 1 million children have some form of you autism. such numbers do influence how officials spend limited public health dollars. privacy advocates are crying foul tonight after one of the nation's biggest pharmacies announced that all of its workers on company healthcare must tell what they weigh. or pay a penalty. the policy from cvs care chargy don't repor

and south korea, the north is saying it entered into a quote state of war against south korea. explain the white house and how its approach to this and taking these threats very seriously, especially when we consider we have a new defense secretary in chuck hagel. >> reporter: white house officials taking this latest provocation very seriously. they are concerned and chuck hagel expressing his concern. at the same time they are trying to reassure their allies in the region. caitlin hayden releasing this statement. we've seen reports of a new and unconstructive statement from north korea. we take these threats seriously and remain in close contact with our south korean allies but would also note north korea has a long history of bellicose rhetoric and threats and this follows that familiar pattern. trying to reassure the allies in the region. the latest provocation comes on the heels of a number of provocations, including a number of nuclear tests from north korea. they fired a rocket last december and of course called an end to the 1953 armistice with south korea. chuck hagel a

south korea is lit up, as you can he see. t there is just a faint little around pyongyang in north korea, south korea per capita incomes are about 17 times those of north koreans. >> that's a fascinating image. >> jamie:. >> it is. a parachuting accident that killed a navy seal. investigators say it happened during a regular training exercise in arizona. we're also learning that the seal who died was a member of seal team six, that's the elite squad who killed usama bin laden. no word whether he participated in that. and this by the way is the third fatal military training accident since february. the other two incidents left 14 marines dead. >> a special obama clin-- special dental clinic is looking at filthy conditions at a dental office. is this woman's eight-year-old daughter among them? >> it's just wrong. if you can't trust a doctor and a dentist, and the people that are supposed to do right by you, who can you trust? >> our david lee miller has been following the story and joins us now with more story. it's disturbing f

but the united states still stands behind south korea, even with nuclear-capable bombers. >> a judge in south africa has granted oscar pistorius permission to leave the country while awaiting trial. the bail conditions had stopped him from traveling abroad. pistorius is facing first-degree murder charges after his girl friend was shot dead last month. one of theperts say biggest online attacks ever has affected download speeds for millions of people. we all have received spam at one time or another, but it is those annoying inboxes that slow -- e-mails that slow our inboxes. the worst offenders have been targeted. it is nothing new. it is called a denial-of-service attack, where a server is swamped for so many requests for information it cannot respond to legitimate crap -- it cannot respond to legitimate traffic. it was more than six times the amount previously used. it slowed down the surfing for millions of people on related sites. a company which says it will host anything but child porn and terrorism is thought to be behind the attack. it claims it has been unfairly targeted by s

bases in guam, south korea, and hawaii. north koreaen is common every spring when the united states and south korea engage in military exercises. but u.s. officials concede there is no way of knowing exactly what kim will do or when. >> the best theory is that north korea wants to scare the united states, china, or russia into lowering sanctions. >>> nobody really thinks that north korea could hit the united states. the biggest threat is to south korea and japan. and u.s. bases there. >>> here's a live look at downtown oakland where the temperature hit nearly 80 degrees today. paul says big changes are coming for this easter weekend. paul. >> i'll tell you what, we will see a big dip in temperatures coming in over the weekend. down to the 60s and then we're going to look at radar. already the evening, kpix5 is tracking some showers, just skirting the coastline. you may get a shower or two, but these showers will be moving inland. the same catalyst for the very warm and humid weather today. that's off to our west. will be th

north korea after the isolated nuclear armed nation announced it is now in a state of war with south korea, and warning that provocations could result in nuclear war. the latest in a series of threatening statements coming from north korea and its young leader, kim jong-un, directed at both the southern neighbor and the united states. there are close to 30,000 american troops in south korea, and tonight there are fears one misstep by either side could ignite a powder keg. nbc's ian williams is in south korea tonight with reaction. >> reporter: lester, north korea has continued to ratchet up the pressure, today declaring what it described as a state of war on the korean peninsula. the announcement came on state television, adding that south korea would now be dealt with according to wartime regulations. students were shown marching to wartime songs. it's not clear what exactly the latest threat means. technically, there's been a state of war on the peninsula for 60 years. there hadn't been a peace treaty at the end of the korean war. a spokesman for the south korean

and south korea are holding joint military exercises. ow likely are these to inflame tensions further? >> these are annual drills, but the timing is obviously very interesting to say the least. north korea obviously hates it. they have announced their own drills. they have announced no fly zones on the east and west coast of the country, their territory. this does -- it is ratcheting up tensions for sure. it is not a helpful time to have it. it would be too much to back away from. >> what about the issue of sanctions and china's involvement? is beijing's position on the north finally shifting? >> it looks that way. this is a more than 60-year alliance. but supporting the sanctions, you get a lot of chinese media, state-run chinese media saying it is time to move on from north korea, time to punish north korea for their actions. there is a change. the question is, how far is china going to go? how far will they implement the sanctions? we will have to see. >> thank you for talking to al jazeera. mexico's president marks his 100th day in of

of threats, especially toward the new, more conservative, less concession-minded government in south koreaact. as they have now for 20 years since the nuclear issue began. >> chris: one of the concerns here, and, that does seem to be different, bill, north korea seems to be ignoring the warnings from its main, far and away biggest sponsor, china, which warned the regime and kim jong-un not to make the threats against the united states and not to make these threats against south korea and yet proceeded with them. why would kim risk alienating the country that literally, you know, talk about biting the hand that feeds you, that literally feeds its people. >> china never seemed willing to pull the trigger and stop feeding his people or stop providing other kinds of aid to north korea and they've gotten away with it in the past and the chinese have been unwilling to risk undermining the north korean regime to be undermined and, fall, and, it is dangerous to them, and why, i don't know, but, they will not invade china but they don't want communist regimes falling on their border. and, we spent

south korea's army raised its alert level after a suspect it cyber attack from north korea. three major tv stations and two banks affected. the president of cyprus is holding an emergency meeting after mp's rejected a tax on people's savings. organization is investigating reports that chemical warfare in northern syria -- of that chemical warfare and northern syria. both sides are accusing the other of launching a chemical attack. but some observers say it is all just propaganda. tv show casualties from a rocket attack filling the emergency room at the aleppo university hospital. >> powder came out of the rocket. any of those who came to inhale the powder had fallen to the ground. >> we believe it was phosphoresce and toxic materials. it symptoms of vomiting and cases of suffocation. >> the government says the initial -- the missile was launched by opposition forces and called the strike an act of genocide. >> the price for this weapon re, those who brought these weapons and to syria, they should bear the legal and avarice bonds ability and must be punished. >> to the opposi

. >>> american forces in south korea held a large military drill on thursday. this follows north korea's threat on tuesday to scrap the 1953 armistice agreement that ended the korean war. the drill took place at a u.s. base in the northern part of south korea. about 250 american and south korean soldiers participated in the maneuver. they practiced coming down ropes to the ground from three transport helicopters hovering at 20 meters. the american forces say this is their first major landing drill in south korea involving a special airborne unit from the u.s. mainland. >> we are able to strengthen our bonds and relationships by working hand-in-hand on this training and these exercises and just building those bonds of relationships and keeping the peace and stability. >> the top u.s. military commander in south korea says the armistice agreement has ensured peace and stability on the korean peninsula for 60 years and that america is ready to defend its ally. >>> japan's central bank policymakers have upgraded their assessment of the economy saying the decline has

the communist north saying it is in a state of war with south korea and american allice. decades of war and new concerns that it will slip to battle and there are nuclear weapons on that peninsula. fox reports and the white house is now responding. also thousands of people potentially expose forced to get tested for deadly diseases all bye because one man, their dentist was reportedly dirty . in minutes waiting to learn the fate of their health. you talking to me? >> you talking to me? >> they are not talking. they are fighting. i am harris faulkner. 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

and south korea in order to defer provocative threats from north korea. what are you learning today? >> here comes the latest escalation and it's one pentagon officials are telling us they are taking very seriously. their worry that this could lead to the kind of provocations that could, quote, take us to a place that neither side wants to go. north korea declared itself combat ready. pyongyang went beyond threats and put its rocket in long-range artillery forces at their highest combat alert. >> we will achieve nothing by these threats of provocations. >> reporter: north korea's military alert comes at a sensitive time. the three-year anniversary of the sinking. they say the north torpedoed its ship and killed 46 sailors. north korea directly threatened u.s. military bases in hawaii, the mainland, and guam. it doesn't have the capability to hit the u.s. but tens of thousands of american troops are in range deployed to bases in south korea, japan, the philippines, and guam. >> the u.s. is fully capable of defending itself and our allies against the dprk a

north korea is threatening to down one of the last remaining signs of cooperation with the south. e industrial region is near the border and used by companies from both countries. let's get more. how significant is this latest move from north korea? >> down one of theit is signify are talking about it. they are saying they will close this joint industrial park in south korea continues to consult the integrity of north korea. this threat was issued not by the top echelon of the leadership but by the bureau in charge of such joint projects with the south. the fact that they are talking about this is significant anause caisong has long been area of cooperation between north and south korea. the military hot line was cut off this week which is used to facilitate travel to and from the park back to the south. the park continued operating because they found another way to allow hundreds of people across the border. in 2010, when a warship was fired after north korea fired on it, 50 south koreans were killed by caisong continued to operate. if tensions deteriorated, caisong being shut dow

those joint military drills are happening on the korean peninsula between the united states and south korea. washington has urged north korea to take any action, not take any provocative action. south korea, they're saying they are very much on guard ready for any attack, brianna. >> it's so interesting. i almost think a lot of people kind of hear just noise sometimes because they hear so much from north korea, they don't really want to chalk it up to much. it sounds like this is something definitely worth watching. back here at home, police here in florida are he can suhhing an arrest warrant for jennifer cap pri at at this. jennifer is accused of stalking an ex-boyfriend. her reps call the accusations over exaggerations. we'll have more on this story coming up with attorney paul callan. >>> in colorado, a winter storm drops more than a foot of snow. it made driving perilous. it canceled more than 400 flights in denver. along the continental divide crews shot artillery shells into the side of a mountain. they were trying to start a controlled avalanche to prevent a natural one. >>> demo la

people in south korea's presidential office have also taken action. a spokesperson says president park assigned her officials to quickly restore the country's affected computer networks to their normal status and find out what caused the outages. government officials in seoul have dealt with several cyber attacks in the past. they overloaded websites with mass iive amounts of data in ju 2009. they confirmed for the first time a cyber attack by north korea. in march 2011 hackers blocked access to the website of the office of the south korean president and other government agencies. they traced the take to a north korean government agency in china. two months later another agency halted atm services at a south korean bank. professor kim jong un says the latest cyber attack is different from those in the past. >> translator: many private firms use shared servers. workers for these companies use the same programs in the same computer systems to send out emails and access data. if hackers infect such a shared server with a computer virus, all the firms usi

and neighboring south korea. today the u.s. answered with a symbolic show of force that really represented quite a dramatic effort and late tonight north korea volleyed back by saying they are putting rocket units on stand-by to fire at u.s. military bases. nbc's ian williams reports from the south korean capital, seoul. >> reporter: the two stealth bombers dropped munitions on a range, part of joint military drills scheduled to run through april. they were deployed from missouri, a distance of more than 6,000 miles. a show of force coming at a time of escalating tensions on the korean peninsula. >> we will unequivocally defend and we are unequivocally committed to that alliance with south korea as well as our other allies in that region of the world. >> reporter: angered by the military drills, north korea's young and untested leader kim jong un has issued almost daily threats including the threat of nuclear strikes on the u.s. and seoul. the north threatened u.s. bases in the pacific following tough u.s.-led sanctions imposed

and south korea.t had concluded so the fact this was put on after that is an indication that u.s. commanders and their south korean court -- counterparts take that's serious. >> shepard: there's a lot of noise here. is there more danger simply as a result of the noise? >> i think south korea -- north korea's primary threat is threw proliferation. in comparison to the other alternative which is a direct nuclear strike on japan, south korea, the u.s. korea has proven itself capable of picking fights inch 2010 they shelled a south korean island and sang a ship and paid no consequence for doing that. >> shepard: i wanted to ask you about the political will in south korea. they seem to be telegraphing it wasn't very high. >> right. and this is -- there's a new government in south korea, a woman neighborhood park. the first woman president of the country. and so they're testing her. it tested the previous government. but not a very firm response. no consequence at all. and this is a problem, where democraci

north korea's announcement has sparked strong reactions in seoul. south korean defense officials say they're ready to strike back against anything 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 forces 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. to pyongyang. >> translator: any country that focuses exclusively on strengthening its military power while people are starving is bound to face self-destruction. >>> chinese leaders have long supported their counterparts in north korea. still, they back the latest u.n. security council sanctions. the world's most populous nation is in the middle of a leadership transition. nhk world's james tengan reports from beijing on china's reaction to

south korea controls islands that japan claims. a merchants group with an estimated 6 million members launched the campaign. representatives say they're protesting against japan's recent action regarding the disputed islands. a senior government official went to an event last week. people there marked the anniversary of the day in 1905 japan incorporated the territory which they call takishima. that angered south koreans. 200 protesters in seoul threw eggs at japanese products such as cigarettes and cosmetics and handed out leaflets urging people to join the boycott. >> translator: it's a very good thing. i don't go to convenient stores that sell those products anymore. >> translator: i don't think this will have a great impact in solving this issue. i think it can only be solved diplomatically. >> south korean media have called for restraint. they say emotional behavior is ill advised. japan's trade minister is monitoring developments. >> translator: i hope the movement won't affect the bilateral economic relationships. >>> a dele

has a military alliance with south korea. you think that could be tested soon? >> it is always tested in a way. deter north korea or, if necessary, to seek any kind of incursion. the u.s. has pledged it will extend all necessary means, including the nuclear umbrella to deter or, if necessary, defend south korea. >> what exactly does the youthful leader want at this point? >> he is just continuing the policies of his predecessors. then he had hoped because he studied for a few years that he might be different. he might be more willing to implement economic reform or moderate his fathers and grandfathers foreign-policy. that has not been the case. if anything, we have seen the belligerence and aggression has increased. he oversaw three acts of violence of the un security council resolutions last year. only gottenhave worse. he wants to maintain the regime in power. he wants recognition of north korea as a nuclear weapon states. it's not a return in negotiations to its own terms, receiving benefits. >> do you think the latest sanctions passed last week will make any

washington of pushing to start a nuclear war against pyongyang by staging military drills with south korea. this comes just hours before the un security council is due to vote on a new set of sanctions against north korea. northeast asia project director at the international crisis group is joining us by skype from seoul. good to see you there. take us through how serious you think this threat is. north korea does not have a nuclear missile, as such, but it does have access to new year material. -- nuclear material. , are you hearing us? it is al jazeera here. >> yes, you sound great. >> tell me, just how serious do you think this threat is? it does not have the ability to launch a nuclear missile, does it? >> well, that isup -- is up to debate, what types of missiles and what kind of rib -- what kind of reliability they might have. they probably have some unorthodox, unconventional delivery method, submarine or something like that. but as far as having a robust second strike capability, i don't think they have that. particularly anything long- range. >> this is a clear ramping up of the r