now, north korea persists. north korea persists with their human rights issues, and they persist with illicit activities, but they know very, very cleary if they want any -- 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 concur fully with my colleagues and with your statement, mr. chairman, these sanctions are biting. they're biting. it's causing north korea not to get access to the funds they need. they need to bite even more significantly, and they should have even more impact as we move forward with further, be you will, responses to the most recent nuclear tests. and there will be additional sanctions and additional activities. so the message is clear to north korea they have two paths, there will be further sanctions, they will become more of a pariah state, and they will find it even much more difficult to survive if they continue down the current path, or they can look to becoming a more

a pragmatic american diplomat i see no choice but to -- cooperation in north north north korea's regime. >> thank you. >> we can count on you, mr. connelly. we pleased to hear from mr. bashar al-assad are a for the thank you for being here. i think each of you commented on this line in the scenario where we draw a line north korea steps over. so there is a policy on the part of the north korea government to provoke -- knowing that and knowing they will continue this policy of provocation, to the past non-proliferation to help the north korea. is there anyone we can work with or compel the chips to work with. >> let many on the comment. i don't know if anyone is sympathetic, per se. i think there are some around kim jong un have been exposed to china and the deng xiaoping. i think that has to be powerful. dr. lee mentioned what is happening in the research korea. that message to be powerful. so yes, i believe there is some around kim jong un who are witnessing this and realize north korea needs to be moving in that direction. >> all right. and -- yeah. so. i'll ask a followup question. k

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

north korea is extremely isolated. it 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 thi

north korea. that is followed by un security council members on policy towards north korea. the senate judiciary committee today passed a bill on gun trafficking largely along party lines. the legislation toughens penalties for those who buy guns for those who cannot legally own them. they also began debate on an assault weapons ban offered by out for new senator diane feinstein. this markup is an hour and 40 minutes. >> good morning. we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine senators. i think, senator grassley, we can get going. first off i want to thank senator paul for having a filibuster which kept everybody still in town so we can have a quorom to talk about guns that may not have been his number one reason for doing it, but we take ancillary benefits wherever they come from. last week we all had the opportunity to talk about legislation before the committee regarding gun violence in america. we gave our speeches. and i hope we could make significant progress. earlier this

he also is the founder and co-editor of 38-north, a website devoted to north korea analysis. and sung-yoon lee is an assistant professor of international politics at tufts university's fletcher school. joel wit, are we closer to war today than we were even just a week ago? a real shooting war in northeast asia? >> i think this is an extremely serious situation. and i would say that we are one step away from a second korean war. and i say that because in this kind of tense situation, the danger of miscalculation or accidental conflict is very high. and so this is a very dangerous situation. and we need to be very careful sz professor lee, do agree? are we really in more jeopardy than we were just a few weeks ago? >> well, we have seen a crescendo of-- barrage. i don't think we are on the brink of war. because we know the north korean regime harbors no suicidal impulses. i don't necessarily warrant to paint the north korean reg only as all knowing brilliant omnipotent brilliant strategist. there is the possibility of miscalculation but we have seen north korea resort to periodi

the north said said it was entering a state of war. >> there are north korean threats like announcing war which hurts of the ceasefire agreement, cutting the military hotline, harming the peace and stability of the korean peninsula. >> stability is important for the people live on the this south korean island near a seaboard declared after the 1950-1953 war that is disputed by the north. p'yongyang shelled the area in 2010 killing four people, two of them civilians. >> heart is beating hard every day wondering to see if this will happen again. i will still live here. however, i am scared there will be another attack. againthe north provokes like it did in 2010, i think there will be all out war. i don't think the north would be that reckless but they are so unpredictable. >> friday, the north korean leader threatened to attack the u.s. he said it was in retaliation for joint u.s.-south korean exercises which included two american stealth bombers, if the u.s. support the south, i do not think war will break out. if it breaks out, it means the north korean regime will fall. how dare the

north korea needs to come back. china can bring north korea back to the table. pyongyang. not 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 r

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

sanctions ever against north korea. it comes in response to north korea's latest nuclear test conducted last month. the ambassador susan rice expressed hope after introducing resolution this week that it would be approved unanimously. north korea says the united states is trying to start a nuclear war. >> the cardinals arrived for another day of meetings today in rome waiting for a last colleague to join them before they decide win to begin the conclave. the cardinal from vietnam is expected to arrive today. the american cardinals in rome have canceled their popular daily briefings out of concern that details of the secret proceedings could be leaked. >> it is 5:51. head in the 6:00 hour, the bay area school district considering firing all of their prescribes -- principals and vice principals. >> and another set back for oscar pistorius. >> and facebook face lift, what to expect from the networking giant as they revamp the page users see when they first >> welcome back, when you log on to facebook, take a good look beca

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

the north koreans understand b52 and b-2. we used the bombers before and after the axe cutting incident and north koreans reacted to that in a matter that everyone found surprising. they are afraid of us and our nuclear power . they know there is no way to win the conventional war. they want to keep the regime in power. >> you bring up china . i want to talk about it russia this week had said itmented what the u.s. and north korea to back away from the table and show restraint. i didn't hear anything publicly from china, where are they on this? >> it is interesting. all . indications that we have recently, north korea's great friend the chinese is getting frustrated with the koreans almost as much as we are. they want stability in the peninsula and don't want a massive flood of fredge fredge refugeeses . by the same token they view themselves as socialist partners and they are trying to do a balancing act to dampen down the level of violence, but at the same time they are deal the same guy kim jong-un . the chinese haven't fi

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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 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 mont

heading towards the north, check out all these lightning strikes just to the north of rockport, and ramsey. napa, a brief shower, and mad moderate rain in santa cruz and scotts valley and glenwood. there's more sitting off the coast. >> ama: new tonight at 5:00. some unidentified good samaritans rescued two men after their pickup crashed into the water near the mare island bridge in vallejo. the chp and vallejo fire arrived to find the truck submerged in five feet of water. both men were safe on the canal bank after people fishing nearby helped them out of the water. the driver was taken to the hospital with internal injuries. his passenger was left shaken and shivering. >> as you can see it became airborne, landed in water so they could have lost consciousness and drowned. so a lot of things to be thankful for today for those two people. >> ama: the truck remained in the canal for hours as salvage crews tried to figure out how to remove the wreckage. >>> hundreds of dental patients were tested today for h.i.v. and hepatitis. after oklahoma dental board investigators found what they called

north korea. the unanimous vote by the 15- member council. the resolution puts new restrictions on north korea. [speaking foreign language] >> the agenda is adopted. under rule 37 of the council's provision of rules of procedure, i invite the representatives of belgium, canada, denmark, italy, japan and the philippines to participate in this meeting. if so desired. -- it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. members of the council also have before them document 2013 stroke 136, the text of a draft resolution submitted by australia, belgium, canada, denmark, italy, france, italy, japan, morocco, the philippines, the republic of korea, rwanda, togo, the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the united states of america. it is my understanding that the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before us. i shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. will those in favor of the draft resolution containe

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

loosened in the aftermath when north korea agrees to do something we learned painfully that north korea never does what it says it is going to do. this is a tough thing to deal with. part self-made. the united states has a policy calling for reunification of both north and south korea. china doesn't want them reunified because it doesn't want a capitalist democracy on its border and the south koreans don't want reunification either. prosperous country. 25 million people in the north and one of the most abject states of poverty one can imagine. until we sort of forego a unification we are not going to necessarily get the cooperation we need from china. maybe what we ought to do is not be provoked into giving any kind of concessions and reexamine whether or not we ought to step back from the polyof reunification with the help that as north korea misbehaves more it will drive china to help and step in. >> chris: and iran? >> the president misplayed this also from the beginning. he had a chance to destablize the regime and missed it. >> chris: during the election in. >> in 2009. we get hint

this comes after declarations by the norths. north korea takes on the world author joins us now. gordon, great to see you. many people are concerned about the latest threat from the north. how serious is it at that point from your perspective? >> it is serious and we should be concerned. these harsh words are coming at a time of disarray in the north korea regime. kim jong-un has been in power less than 16 months and firing officials loyal to his dad the previous ruler and trying to change the nature of the regime itself . at no time had he had a smaller basis of support that kim jong-un today. all of the threats he's backing himself in a corner and doesn't know the consequences of what he's doing and the window for violence is open. >> talk about the timing of the threat. what do you sigh as being significant at this point? >> north korea always makes threats before the south korea and will united states do the joint drills and they 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 diff

the fire is nearly half contained. >>> a new threat from north korea. a south korean official saying the north test fired two short-range missiles into its eastern waters. the pentagon announcing this will spend a billion dollars upgrading the defense system to deal with the north repeated threats. the plan includes increased in japan and intercepters in alaska. the north has recently warned of a preemptive nuclear strike on the united states. i'm harris faulkner. now, back to "justice" with judge jeanine. ♪ >>> no blood when you shot him

>>> pressure on the peninsula, north korean leaders respond to u.n. sanctions prompting north korean commanders to put their forces on high alert. welcome to nhk world "newsline". north korean officials have unilaterally to scrap all non-aggression agreements with south 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 newark war. >> a statement by the committee in charge of interkorean dialogue says north korea will scrap non-aggression pacts with the south starting monday. the statement says the country will close the north-south hotline at the demilitarized zone. authorities at pyongyang said they would cancel the 1953 armistice. they justified that decision by saying they were responding to u.s.-south korea mi

my name is lance carnes, i'm a resident of north beach. i guess i wanted to make a pointed to about taking care of our neighborhoods. you know, we're certainly going to be in a situation of putting up with a lot of construction without any real benefit to the neighborhood, a station or service. i'd like to start off and echo what the previous speaker said and that is we had a meeting in january 22nd which was unfortunately terminated before a lot of people traveled some distance in fact, to get there, were able to ask questions or get answers. and i'd like you to reschedule that as soon as possible. it's nice to come down here and visit you folks at city hall, but little two-minute sound bytes. much better to have a forum where we can ask questions and get answers. last thursday at the planning commission meeting, it what noted that the owner of the pagoda site is to be compensated generously for the delay in his development plans while the extraction project proceeds. there is no mention to compensation to the nearby businesses particular

to the north wintry weather will be moving towards the northeast effecting north western part of moscow. things will turn stormier in moscow. temperatures are looking like this turning zero degrees in vienna. two in moscow and ten degrees in kiev on friday. here is your extended forecast.

here in this case is north korea. kim is north korea's new dictator, kim jong-un. his other hobbies include building rockets to carry weapons in the world and use them on dennis' home -- i'll let the north korean spokesman finish that thought. >> a new phase of the anti-u.s. struggle that has lasted century after century, will target against the u.s. the sworn enemy of the korean people. >> not very friendly, is it. by the way, kim jong-un also maintains a whole network of concentration camps where tens of thousands of people are housed and die of starvation and disease and neglect and execution. kim jong-un is downright vicious to his own people. kim's rise to power since the death of his father, quote, has had no positive impact on the country's dire human rights record. more than 200 north koreans it's estimated including children, living, starving and dying in concentration camps. many spend their entire lives from cradle to grave behind wires. the imposed mass starvation continues to this day. millions died in the '90s, and dissidents tell of smaller famines t

threats from north korea have gone to another level. that country putting its missiles on alert. north korea's leader warning his rockets at the ready to, quote settle accounts with the u.s. tens of thousands of marching in north korea, turning out for a rally in support of its leaders call to arm. that's where we start. good morning. i'm bill hemmer on a friday. welcome to "america's newsroom." welcome back to alis. alisyn: happy friday, good to be with you, i'm alisyn camerota in for martha maccallum. it is believed north korea is years away from developing nuclear missiles that could strike the united states but that is not a reason to ignore them. bill: new defense secretary chuck hagel about how he is taking the latest threats out of pongyang seriously. >> 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. bill: liz about the pran leading our coverage out of

if it does, the north will fall. why would they start a war to kill the same race. >> others say the threats should not be taken at face value. this is kim getting popularity at home. >> it is regime security. this is to bolster the new leader. it comes from the nuclear tests and the u.n. sanctions. >> north korea is known for being unpredictable. seoul is ready for the worst. >> a gunman has gone on a rampage in a pakistani school as the principal was killed and six children wounded. more from karachi. >> wounded school children taking to hospital. after they should have been celebrating -- celebrating a prize ceremony, -- >> two men came in on a motorbike. >> a man ran in firing and we were all engrossed in the magic show but as soon as the firing started there was a stampede. >> panicked relatives crowded around the primary school in a low-income neighborhood. >> as a result -- the school principal has died. >> the principle is reported to be a local member of the national party that represents ethnic groups from

yes, north dakota. rallies were held under the barn, stand up for women, north dakota. rallies in fargo and grand forks and minot and this one in the state capital of bismarck, north dakota, today, where the ap estimates more than 300 people turned out in cold conditions to urge the governor to veto these bills. in a sign that the personhood folks are weirding out at least some in the republican party in north dakota, there were even some republican lawmakers today who were among the pro choice protesters, asking the governor to please put a stop to this nonsense. one republican state representative told "the huffington post," quote, it's to say, hey, this isn't okay. we have stepped over the line. north dakota has not even passed a primary seat belt law, but we have the most invasive attack on women's health anywhere. we are spending an inordinate amount of time on social or personal issues, but we haven't done anything on property tax relief, higher education funding, fixing the roads. there are all kinds of other things we need to be doing besides this. a ah, but thi

yes, north dakota. rallies were held under the banner, stand up for women, north dakota. rallies in fargo and grand forks and minot and this one in the state capital of bismarck, north dakota, today, where the ap estimates more than 300 people turned out in cold conditions to urge the governor to veto these bills. in a sign that the personhood folks are weirding out at least some in the republican party in north dakota, there were even some republican lawmakers today who were among the pro choice protesters, asking the governor to please put a stop to this nonsense. one republican state representative told "the huffington post," quote, it's to say, hey, this isn't okay. we have stepped over the line. north dakota has not even passed a primary seat belt law, but we have the most invasive attack on women's health anywhere. we are spending an inordinate amount of time on social or personal issues, but we haven't done anything on property tax relief, higher education funding, fixing the roads. there are all kinds of other things we need to be doing besides this. ah, but this

to the north. right now a little bit of activity. shifting the maps to the south down toward -- coming closer to san francisco, south emarin, the marine head lands, few light showers, few sprinkles and basically heading across, approaching downtown as well. current temperatures are in the upper 30s to the 40s beginning to warm up a little bit. santa rosa 39 degrees, oakland 48, and san jose currently checking in 44 degrees. here is that area of low pressure. talking about this -- 30 seconds ago. on track to head toward southern california. on its track it's close enough to the bay area to bring in the showers and the chance of a few thunderstorms, cold enough as well. snow levels come down to about 3,000 feet. here is the updated forecast model and at 11:00 rain showers, favoring the western third of the bay area. not a lot of coverage for the inland spots and then the rain showers on the increase toward the latter portions of the morning toward the afternoon and that chance of a thunderstorm, the

korean reactions we have to say of course that north korea has said in a waiting for this resolution to be adopted that it would as a threat for this resolution. basically cancel the existing ceasefire of one nine hundred fifty three which put an end to the korean war this thursday north korean officials threatened with a preemptive nuclear launch if she were to be attacked by another country and this is of course a hint at the united states because this week the u.s. has kickstarted joint military drills with south korea on the border between the two koreas something that pyongyang has dubbed an open declaration of war and we have to mention that analysts of course are saying that north korea is actually far from a while from having the technology to be able to set up and a nuclear weapon a specific target what was the biggest concern here is of course this provocative language that's dangerous in the united nations security council today a point reiterated several times by russia hopes to achieve is basically for north korea to return to six party negotiations with this latest push

i think that's diminished significantly given north korea -- north korea's bad behavior. so my simple answer is china. and without china, in my view it was north korea economy just crumbles. >> dr. lee? >> we do know all specific north korean institutions that engage in proliferation and other illicit activities. there's a long list. executive order 13382, mentions 30 or so north korean entities, including individuals. and the most recent u.n. security council resolution, 2087, adopted in january, lists for north korean individuals by name. a couple of those are associate with north korea's so-called space program, science, technology. the other two are associated with a north korean company, a commercial bank, which is a long history of engaging in illicit activities. there is also in the u.n. security council resolution 2087, a freeze on the assets owned by a north korean bank, eastern land bank. so the problem is not necessarily identifying sufficient number of targets, but implementing those targets. >> dr. asher, i'm going to expand a little bit. let's talk about the

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. you know part of the reason that the republicans and even the democrats they're talking we have to cut, we have to talk because our country isn't doing it. new technology has shown that we have tremendous wealth under our fete in the form of energy. right under our feet. north dakota is a great example. [applause] we're not allowed to go and get it. so we go to opec nations that think we happen to be, they are all friends of mine. they think we're the stupidest people on earth.

government is genuinely annoyed with north korea. with this particularly with the third nuclear test because it's a giving excuse to the united states and japan to deploy theater missile defense which notably threatens north korea of a threat and china and at the same time due to the new much more nationalistic incoming government in japan and an excuse for removing article nine from the constitutions were referendum and i actually remember trying to agree japan where clearly those troops are got to go army and navy and air force and not just for north korea but also are there available with the you know the boundary disputes we have been in the region trying now whatever it thinks of north korea actually prefers north korea rather than the americans are only up on the yellow river. it may be one of the world's most reclusive states but it seems the power of the web is slowly lifting the veil of secrecy on those career instagram and twitter and now in the country and there are even claims that pirate bay was preparing to drop anchor

china needs to stand up against north korea. you know, the united nations, the sanctions that were voted on in the united nations, one of the first times that i've seen china vote against north korea, they -- china has their own issues and they don't want the volatility of war occurring in their region. and north korea is in the southern part of china. so we need to keep working with china. and this is something that's positive that china is now starting to stand up and work with the united states and with the other people in the region to make sure that north korea doesn't continue what they're doing right now. >> let me ask you a little bit more about china since obviously they're so important here. china is now saying that america's decision to bolster its missile defense system on the west coast would only antagonize north korea. gordon chang, the author of "nuclear showdown," he said last week that china has been selling north korea missile launchers for a missile. i wonder if you think china is saying the right thing but b

really be worried about north korea and is trying to pick a fight with washington r.t.t. questions more. it's monday march eighteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching our t.v. starting off this hour tomorrow marks the ten year anniversary of the u.s. aggression in iraq in the decade since the war began a lot has changed in this country here's a rundown of the things that we know the u.s. has engaged in misleading the public check the bush administration said time and again that iraq was dangerous because it possessed weapons of mass destruction it was the very foundation on which the entire war was built today the bush administration and the world knows otherwise lack of transparency check the fact that the government will not disclose concrete numbers of how many iraqi civilians were actually killed during the years of aggression or even the true economic costs of war are testaments to this point numbers of iraqi civilians killed ranged from fifty to. million add another check for violation of international law during the height of aggressi

north korea has said pyongyang into a frenzy over pull off the go. threats north korea has called the those annual training exercises and. open declaration of war so that there is a there is a real concern that further military buildup around north korea could could just contribute to destabilizing the region and could add to to the simmering tension there thanks very much indeed for that live update out is going to come on reporting there from washington. the u.n. is demanding the immediate release of a group of its peacekeepers taken hostage by syrian rebels in the golan heights the militants say they're using the observers as human shields and will hold them until syrian government forces pull back from a nearby village or his middle east correspondent paula sweer has the details or twenty one you impersonal well armed they're all from the philippines and we've heard from the philippines foreign office who has demanded their immediate release the philippines government says that they are being treated well that negotiations are underway to try and

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 work there. they say the threat is unhelpful to the country's unstable relations. state run media releasing a photograph of the middle night meeting with his staff. his rocket plans target military bases and cities in the u.s. you can see the large scale map in the back. it's not sure if they have technology of hitting the mainland but targeting neighboring countries within those regions. it came one day after the u.s. 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 tha

. >> tensions with north korea are rising. the military action taking place, today, in the communist country as it makes new threats against the west. >> first, a major announcement expected from the obama administration and it is likely to impact the price you pay at the butch. a live look at the fog engulfing the golden gate bridge. there is a lost this fog, or maybe you will not see much along the >> good friday morning. with the fog, it is pea soup from the north bay to parts of vallejo. the delta is clear. look at the north bay from petaluma, santa rosa, our beaches and along san francisco the san mateo coast we are looking at very foggy conditions, the san carlos airports at quarter-mile visibility so it will continue to creep to the east and not making it into our inland valleys. we have a beautiful day on the way with temperatures climbing through the 60's and the warm of the day we have seen in quite some time with mid-70's inland and lower 70's around the bay and 60 with sunshine at our coast of the tonight if you ar

the spokesperson told reporters and the north's army and navy to part without the air force and the north appears to be mbining with more military exercises and south korea is on alert for additional provocat n provocations. we referred to the sinking of a south korea patrolship three years ago in the yellow sea and said the south's military is prepared to respond with 10,000 times more force to any further action by the north. military commanders in north korea say they have placed their artillery units on the highest level of alert and they say they include the u.s. mainland. >> the statement said the units are assigned to target bases on the u.s. mainland, hawaii and guam as well as all enemy targets in south korea and its vicinity. experts monitoring north korean media reports say combat duty, posture number one, may mean the highest level of military deployment. they say the term doesn't exist in their monitoring records. >>> a coordated suicidettac on a security compound in afghanistan has left at least five police officers dead. the assault came as u.s. secretary state john kerry w

the best rain is to the north. we have another batch east peninsula coast. do not let your guard down. keep the wet weather gear handy. we are in the mid-to-upper 40's in petaluma and everyone else is in the low-to-mid 50's. it is very mile. temperatures will not warm much with periods of rain best from now to 2:00 keeping up to almost 60 and mid-50's along the coast. the next few days will be breezy and sunny and slightly warmer. >> santa rosa, spree separate accidents cleared at hopper, with the off-ramp blocked but the conditions are improving through 101. to walnut creek, we have an accident with injuries, southbound 680, at olympic boulevard. our live shot shows 680 southbound, jamming up with brake lights moving to highway 24. there was an early accident east 24 at 680 so a rough go through walnut creek this morning. >> thank you, this story is getting so much youtube, a hidden camera caught on video, people abusing the seals in the most shocking way. the camera caught two women harassing pregnant seals at night. the camera also captured people punchin

korea but what has north korea done north korea has carried out a nuclear test the third but they're doing it 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 inv

north korea ratchets up its threats against the u.s. but could it follow through on firing missiles at america? we'll bring you the very latest on this developing story. >>> guns, immigration, the economy, a week of swiftly moving issues as the president tries to tackle them all. what comes first? >>> and the next chapter. will american amanda knox be forced to go back to italy? facing murder charges once again. we have some new answers this morning. >>> and soda fizzle. a new report on changing american habits, that's in our three big money headlines for you. hi, everybody, great to have you with me today. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." i'm thomas roberts, alex has a much-deserved day off. here's what's happening for you now. 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 willia

they increase north korea's isolation and raise the cost to north korea's leaders of defiing the international security. >> to address the nuclear address and to prevent isolation. >> japan's u.n. ambassador urged officials to think hard about what path they should take. it took the security council just over three weeks to pass this resolution. we've been following the story. how did the security council act so unanimously in. >> the key here was the u.s. and china worked together. in the past china has opposed tough sanctions against its long time ally. this time china helped the u.s. draft the resolution. china doesn't want its neighbor north korea to be armed with nuclear weapons. at the same time chinese leaders are concerned sanctions that are too severe could further deteriorate the north korean economy. that could result in a flood of refugees crossing their border. the wording of the resolution underlines that the sanctions apply only to actions related to north korea's nuclear and missile program so that focus may have made the chinese comfortable enough to authorize the resolution.

do so in a sense you've become the older and the north. moment apprised of that use is not feeling too well. but who are trying to help you with our relics ation methods. you. are searching. also while a command you activate the right side of your brain paint listen to music don't strike but also stick to a diet try to eat the food that northern people traditionally eat. it seems that. so-called polar stress is very common to visitors at this time of year when it's as bleak and cold as this on the street it's pretty easy to see why . riding a local trolley bus it was clear that i wasn't the only one who was feeling exhausted i wanted to get better and so was time to take some of my doctor's advice. in the restaurant not only has one of the best views but also serves up some of the best food in moments local businessman has lived here for almost fifty years and has his own theories on how to survive the polar nights. sort of the. forty days you people get tired of it because they don't know what to do. during the polar night you have to mov

it happened yesterday afternoon in north philly. surveillance video here shows one man walking right up to the platform edge. see here? oops. one step too many. the man in the hoodie hops down into the tracks. watch here. he helps the stranger. he said he could tell that man was in pain. >> i just wanted to save him. he -- i wanted to stabilize his back and neck. i can't imagine not helping somebody in that situation. i can't imagine that. >> reporter: the newspaper said he was 99.9% positive he would not get electrocuted, but that third rail does carry a potentially deadly electric charge. how is the victim doing? >> all we know at this point, he's been released from the hospital. they won't give us any more information because of privacy laws, and the guy apparently doesn't want any more attention. we still don't know why he went walking off the edge of that subway platform. it almost looks like he's trying to board train that isn't there. he steps into thin air and just tumbles down. he landed on the track, as you can see, not fa