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Flew b2 bombers on a training run, and it could lead to unintended consequences. >> china is viewing this as an alarming escalation, and the second is the north koreans almost received a validation in terms of the their development program. >> and there was intensity bait over whether to send the b2s up to the white house in senior levels of the national security council. the full range of options were considered with some suggesting the u.s. do more than just fly the b2, and others suggesting t...

While they may not like north korea and bellicose behavior, their greatest fear from a national security point of view is a unified north korea. >> what about a possibility of a localized conflict escalating. >> theres always a chance of that. these provocations can obviously lead to miscalculation at any time and you could see an exchange over the korean peninsula. i would think that at this point we are trying to contain this, were trying to ratchet down the pressure, we set the b-2 bombers to...

Rhetoric from the peoples repuck biblical of north korea two b-2 bombers capable of dropping conventional and nuclear bombs flew all the way from white man air force base. and dropped dummy munitions on a nearby island. >> when a country says the kind of things that the dprk is saying. you have to take it seriously and you have to take steps to ensure that when we say in response we can and will defend our own nation and we can and win l. defend our allies that that is credible in moscow, russia...

>> the cyber attacks have been going on for quite a long time now from the north into the south. and so we can expect more of those as the north koreans ramp up their ability. the other thing, they can do other things like for instance they can set off bombs in south korea. they can have more provocations in the west sea, what we call the yellow sea. thats probable because every spring the north korean navy goes out there crabbing to support itself and go crabbing in south korea an waters. its b...

The things i like, i understand what they are doing. they are trying to reassure south korea. our friend, we have your back. thats normally good foreign policy. we are caught in a cycle here where it is provocation sanction, pro co location -- provocation, sanction. this is clearly not working. something else is going on here. i would -- and i dont know if if -- i get the b52s. they brought in b52s and the b-2 nuclear weapons and nuclear systems to fly them over. >> i told them they would do tha...

Occurs every spring and it is quite often that the u.s. will bring in marines and bombers and other forces to participate in that exercise. 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...

Kim said earlier that the time had come to, quote, settle accounts with the u.s. this was in response to a u.s. show of force, b-2 bombers in exercises over south korea. kim has also ordered his missiles on standby to strike the u.s., south korea, guam, even hawaii. experts doubt he has the ability to hit u.s. targets, and think it would be pretty suicidal to try. they believe a full-scale conflict is unlikely, but do worry about a more localized provocation, perhaps around disputed waters in ...

A miscalculation by the north, and that would force the newly elected south korean leader, its first woman president, to retaliate. experts say she has very little flexibility, and that would instantly bring the united states into this conflict. so thats why you saw the u.s. try to scare, or deter north korea, i should say, by sending those b-2 stealth bombers in their first nonstop round trip practice run this week from the united states. its a signal to north korea, and also very strong signal...

First response by all accounts is going to come from south korea. they have the most assets in that area. they are ready 24/7/365. but that new agreement that south korea and the u.s. recently signed, just last week, basically brings the u.s. in the loop very early. so even a small attack, like north korea shells one of those islands, the u.s. would be right in the middle of those discussions, helping to formulate some sort of response. the goal is to keep that response forceful yet not do somet...

>> let me ask you this question. people have been talking about this. nancy lanza, if she were alive right now, would she be considered a conspirator just because she hadnt taken care -- is this something she could have prevented? >> a very tough question. i dont think anyone would take it to that extreme. it doesnt go there typically when parents are struggling with difficult kids. it really doesnt go there. in fact, it goes to -- heres where it goes, it goes to the doctors and physicians and t...