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It was a strange time in a place nobody had heard of before. and while you know, craig, that foreign land is no longer so foreign to us, isnt it? 38th parallel in the dmx now famous but still remains a place nobody actually knows except for one person. in the crowd today was a u.s. translator who was in that room with armistice was made, a korean-american translating for the u.s. and thats the walking history that was on the grounds today. but its t not only the u.s. remembering 727 as they call...

Pj crowley, are we heading to any kind of nuclear conflict with north korea here? >> i really dont think so. the bottom line is, north korea is crazy but theyre not suicidal. the kim family business, they want that to continue. the kim family reign, they want to continue. so theyll make a lot of noise. but i dont think that theyre going to jump off the cliff. >> were seeing that the u.s. has been sending a missile defense system to guam. clearly some military activity. at what point should the u...

The bottom line is, north korea is crazy but theyre not suicidal. the kim family business, they want that to continue. the kim family reign, they want to continue. so theyll make a lot of noise. but i dont think that theyre going to jump off the cliff. >> were seeing that the u.s. has been sending a missile defense system to guam. clearly some military activity. at what point should the united states consider some kind of military attack, all be it from a defensist standpoint if we cant put up w...

Sectors of the united states, possibly anchorage, alaska, in the north and or san francisco or los angeles. they argue for sure the koreans could hit hawaii or guam possibly in the pacific ocean. advance it one time. we mentioned the b-2 bombers. they took off from a military training exercise from white man airbase in missouri. they flew 6500 miles, dropped inert from and returned home. b-2 bomber is fearsome as a flying force and something pongyang is quite afraid of. they give this machinery ...

Look what the air force has to do. it starts from a air force, whiteman air base in missouri. it will fly 13,000 miles in a round-trip. takes about 48 hours give or take a. 13,000 from the state of missouri the islands on the southwestern coast of south korea and then fly back again. it is one heck of a intimidating piece aircraft. in this area here, the peninsula, north and south korea, advance it one time with the 38th parallel, this is where all the action has been over the last few weeks wit...

What is the u.s. intelligence seeing now that we did not see before? youre at cpac so there an audience behind you. let me show the viewers at home the area here. china, russia, south korea and japan off to the east. just past ten days, advance one time, 1953 and the armistice and the 38th parallel. if it is true, lieutenant, north korea could fire a long-range missile, you look at the animation here and interceptors theoretically to enact the interception 3,000 miles off the west coast of the u...

Credibility to get our attention and thats why i think what we need to focus on is how to solve the problem of this irrational totalitarian regime with its hands on nuclear weapons. thats why i long believed the only real solution is to eliminate north korea, reunify the korean peninsula and put in a representative government. to do that we have to persuade china, no small task, but that is the route we need to go. bill: i will show our viewers the region. china you just mentioned. south korea d...

Around asia. we would like to give south korea the lead and the command. look, we do exercises with the south koreans all the time. we are prepared in the event the north koreans do something foolish. it shows when youre at the mercy of a regime that simply is not rational in our terms it is not an acceptable way to live. bill: is it your view if the u.s. forces were not there in south korea, the north would have done something already, perhaps an invasion? >> it is possible. anything is possibl...

Continuing at the same time are large north korean drills that seoul say involve the army, air force and the navy of the north. the u.s. and the international community monitoring all this very, very closely. martha if. martha: steve, thank you very much. lets look back at some context here. the korean war started in 1950 when 75,000 soldiers from the north korean peoples army poured across the 38th parallel. that was the boundary between the north and the south. it was the first military action...

In 1950. 75,000 soldiers from the north, the peoples army pouring across the 38th parallel. that is the boundary between the north and south. it was the first military action from the cold war. american forces followed alongside south korean troops which was largely considered a war against international communism. the fighting ended three years later. five million lives were lost. the korean peninsula still divided to this day. martha: new comments this morning from secretary of state john kerr...