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The obama administration is trying to calm the explosive situation in north korea. as we reported, kim jong-un may be gearing up for a new missile launch soon. take a look at how hes ramping up tensions in the region. tensions began to skyrocket in mid february when north korea went ahead with its third nuclear test. a furious u.n. security council imposed punishing new sanctions and the u.s. began planned war games with south korea and the north said it was pulling out of the agreement that end...

Some of north koreas massive artillery can fire up to four mortar rounds a minute. 25 miles away. >> the u.s. forces that are near the front are probably doing to be within range of the artillery. >> reporter: about 10,000 american troops are deployed to paces around camp casey, just 15 miles from the dmz. others are concentrated at osan air base. they flew long-range bombers like the b-2. but the risk to those deployed closer will change. the u.s. will move them to another base south of seoul. ...

Direct threats against america intensified. north korean tv aired a video simulating an attack on the white house and the capital building. in a show of force, the u.s. added nuclear capable b-2 stealth bombers to its military drills with south korea. then, kim jong-un put his forces on standby to strike the u.s. mainland. guam and hawaii. and he declared a state of war with the south. u.s. stealth fighter jets joined those war games in the region. and the threats went nuclear. north korea said ...

Into the region, and several b-2 bombers. each plane are among the most advanced in the world. and the u.s. navy reports it has positioned two destroyers in the vicinity of north korea, and a special missile tracking radar platform. analysts say theyre very concerned the u.s. military buildup could actually provokement kim jong-un to make a move in order to save face of his people. the same people he has starved to death and his father and his grandfather, to pay for all the weapons. to break do...

War. direct threats against america intensified. north korean tv aired a video simulating an attack on the white house and the capital building. in a show of force, the u.s. added nuclear capable b-2 stealth bombers to its military drills with south korea. then, kim jong-un put his forces on standby to strike the u.s. mainland. guam and hawaii. and he declared a state of war with the south. u.s. stealth fighter jets joined those war games in the region. and the threats went nuclear. north korea ...

States is pushing the region to the brink of war. the obama administration now trying to answer with some diplomacy. lets go straight to our white house correspondent working the story and has the latest. what is the latest? >> reporter: wolf, you talk to white house officials and theyll tell you consistently dealing with north korea there is sort of this ultimate desire to be the grownup in the room and they feel forced to do that at times. this does appear to be an effort to give kim jong un a...

So we will continue to take these threats seriously. >> chris: demonstrating just how focused he is on the threats coming from north korea. we being back now with our panel. there are reports today that the obama administration is dialing back some of its measures show of force such as sending b-2 bombers over the korean peninsula. f-22 fighters over the korean peninsula for fear that it may be triggering of a north korean response and miscalculation by the new leader is that a wise move, jonah?...

Korea. for nearly a decade the two nations have jointly operated a factory in north korea, just right across the heavily militarized zone there. its been one of the few rays of hope in an otherwise grim situation. today north korean troops refused to allow the south korean workers access to that facility. keep in mind north korea yesterday announced it is restarting a nuclear reactor, which it claims will produce fuel for more nukes. its the top story at the bottom of the hour. and "the fox repo...

Has gone too far and adding, in his words, nuclear threats are not a game. the words of the secretary general come as the united states is trying to figure out exactly what north korea is up to. the u.s. navy is moving a warship closer to the north korean coastline. its also sending this ocean going radar. the worry, north korea may be planning more ballistic missile test launches. u.s. officials say this missile might be fired in the coming weeks with a 2,500 range, its threatened south korea, ...

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