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Cnn, north korea may be planning what they call multiple missile launches in the coming, maybe hours or next few days. what is your assessment? >> well, this is very troublesome. theres a lot of bluster, a lot of bluffing. but when theres movements of toss missiles that can be detected, then that means theyre up to something. so i dont have any concrete information that theyre going to take those tests. but if they do, it basically means this. one, the north korean military, the hardliners of ba...

Test any day. navy admiral reassured congress u.s. forces are at the ready. >> i believe we have the credible ability to defend the homeland, to defend hawaii, defend guam, to defend our deployed forces and allies. >> nbcs jim maceda is in seoul. a lot of bluster over the last couple of weeks and now the south is saying they know who is causing all of these threats. who is he? >> reporter: hi, richard. everyones been speculating about why the level of war like rhetoric spiked in recent weeks, yo...

Him why he wasnt doing his job. you know, the point of congress is to debate and to vote and hes choosing to not do that. i asked him what would have happened if my mom chose not to do her job on december 14th, because things would have turned out a lot different than they did. his response was, pretty much that, yom, the legislation that was proposed isnt going to prevent things like sandy hook from happening and we need to focus more on penalizing criminals and felons and kind of on the afterm...

Its the latest in a string of red flags surrounding north korea and its leader kim jong-un. so why are so many experts dismissing this as nothing but empty bluster? today a deep dive into north kor koreas history of saber rattling as a negotiating tactic. it was ten years ago this month the u.s. says the north admitted for the first time to possessing nuclear weapons. then secretary of state colin powell said north korea suggested it would dismantle the program but wanted something considerable ...

This happens almost on a monthly basis here in seoul. but in the surrounding communities, we actually went to a border city right near the border, 15 miles south of the dmz. and they were actually posting flyers. these flyers have the markings of where you can go if there is some sort of a disaster, whether that be a natural disaster or some sort of impact from the north. so people are preparing for it in a quiet way. but if you talk to people, they dont really want to think about it because the...

You bomb north korea, some of that nuclear stuff blows down to the south, our friend, and china doesnt like when you blow up their ally. so there is a little bit of an issue. there is some layers to north koreas bluff. >>gretchen: because he sold them the weapons, i dont know if hes inside the mind of the new guy in charge, the guy with no experience, kim jong un. is it all bluster? maybe it is. maybe it is, to get the u.s.s attention and the rest of the world and to make his mark. >>brian: hes ...

Happening now, north koreas strongman may have crossed the line with a crucial ally, well talk about the china factor with the former u.s. ambassador to china, jon huntsman. north korea brazenly threatens the united states. action versus bluster? and with a possible missile launch looming in the coming days, north korea finds some shady ways to bankroll its muscle flexing. im wolf blitzer. this is special report "north korean crisis." china taking a tougher line against north korea right now. ...

Been, were blind to north korea. its nobodys fault. its a hermit kingdom. they keep their own council, say whatever you like. but its very difficult to predict what theyre going to do. now were all keeping our fingers crossed this is bluster. but, again, the korean experts i talk to are starting to worry. >> and that, obviously, as you say, is a big shift. that is different. and for the first time, bob, it seems like a majority of americans are perhaps coming to that point of view themselves. we...

Houston, our nbc station, kprc is reporting 14 people have now been hurt. some stabbed a a lone star community college campus in northwest harris county. one suspect is in custody and the campus continues to remain in lockdown. well have more on this as we get information. meanwhile, north koreas threats continue today. now warning tourists to leave south korea because of potential nuclear war. it does sound out of line. but analysts say it is more bluster. but they do warn this is an extremel...

State of alert? >> well, weve -- i assume they have. i dont know that for a fact, but i assume that they have. but weve also taken some other actions. theres been some airplanes that have flown there, flying over south korea, both b-2s, as well as theres f-22s, as well. there are b-52 -- theres a b-52 flight that has gone there. we have ships which have gone there, additional radars in place. so the united states has responded in kind of a firm way. we havent used a hot rhetoric that the north k...