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Korea involved in joint military exercises, north korea demanding an emergency u.n. security council meeting calling that the prelude to an invasion. what more can you tell us about that? >> well this is always a time of heightened tensions here in south korea when the united states and south korean militaries get together for these routine annual joint exercises but always makes north korea quite angry and north korea had been threatening to attack the u.s. mainland over the weekend because of ...

Something the south says it does not intend to stop. the joint military exercises that started on monday and go until next friday, 30,000 u.s. troops working with 50,000 south korean troops. they do this twice a year, and twice a year north korea gets very angry. but something changed on august 4th when the south says north korea placed land mines on the dmz almost killing two south korean soldiers. then south korea began blasting propaganda on those huge loudspeakers, something they havent done...

Shot at a south korean loud speaker. they fired one shot at a south korea loud speaker. and that south korea fired back with 36tillery shells. south korea is making a point of upping its responses lately because of previous shooting incidents in that region, especially along the dmz. also, carol, u.s. official telling barbara starr that u.s. officials believe that north korea deliberately placed the mines along the southern end of the dmz back on august 4th. those mines exploded, almost killing ...

Demilitarized zone. youve got the freedom exercises, annual exercises between the u.s. and south korea. they are massive in scale. 30,000 american troops involved. about 50,000 korsouth korean trs involved. certain to provoke the ire of kim jong un. the land mine explosions really nearly killed two south korean soldiers is what started these tensions and it is escalating this morning. >> can we focus for just a second on these loudspeakers? >> reporter: after the august 4th incident, carol, we w...

Kind of attack right now but they are working on it. now much of this recent tension can be traced back to august 4th when that attack, as wolf mentioned a moment ago, a land mine, blew up on the southern end of the dmz right about there on the southern end. two north korean -- two south korean soldiers were nearly killed in that attack. u.s. and south korean officials say the north koreans deliberatedeliberat deliberately planted those mines. that gives you a sense how tensions have been buildi...

How to col escalation. >> reporter: stress has been building for weeks. u.s. and south korean officials believe the north koreans started it all by planting land mines on the southern side of the dmz. an explosion august 4th nearly killed two south korean soldiers. south korea responded by resuming loud speaker broad casts toward north korean soldiers for the first time in a deck tade. messages telling them kim jong-uns doing a bad job and theres a better life in south korea. and this week a mas...

It and take over the process. now theres a problem. now fox news tonight has announced the results of this criteria that they have imposed on the republican nominating process, and theres a problem with what theyve announced. here is what fox had said before today about how they were going to choose who was in the debate and who was not in the debate. to get into their debate, before today here is what fox had said publicly. they said candidates, quote, must place in the top ten of an average of...

On the republican nominating process, and theres a problem with what theyve announced. here is what fox had said before today about how they were going to choose who was in the debate and who was not in the debate. to get into their debate, before today here is what fox had said publicly. they said candidates, quote, must place in the top ten of an average of the five most recent national polls as recognized by fox news leading up to august 4th, today, at 5:00 p.m. eastern. such polling must be ...

Thanks to walgreens partnership with vitamin angels. when you get vitamins here... you change lives everywhere. good morning. its tuesday, august 4th. im kimberly guilfoyle in for elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. wild weather rip ago cross the country, roads turned to raging rivers in florida. in new hampshire, a day at the circus turns to a deadly nightmare when strong winds cause a tent to collapse. a show down in new hampshire. 14 candidates meet thursday. the one person not there,...

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