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Gun rights advocates pressed the president on how hes working to make america safer. mr. obama said he is not trying to take guns away from law abiding owners. south korea is now blasting propaganda broadcasts at the dmz directed at north korea. this in response to pyongyangs claim it detonated a hydrogen bomb this week. the south has also increased its military defensive posture. the north has at times reacted to these broadcasts with artillery fire. at least 50 people are dead in a truck b...

Those loud speaker broadcasts that south korea is using to retaliate, those could be taken as an act of war here in pyongyang. we havent receive an official response from the regime yet. the last time south korea turned on their propaganda loud speakers, the north assembled a large amount of troops, more than usual. there are hundreds of thousands of troops along the demilitarized zone. well see how things develop here on the ground. michaela? >> we will. thanks so much for that. >> two iraqi re...

The broadcast began several hours ago. south korea is also increasing its defensive posture along the border. at times the north has viewed these broadcasts as acts of war. the u.s. is preparing to vote on tougher sanctions against north korea, and u.s. secretary of state john kerry says china, north koreas only real ally in the north pacific, failed to fully endorse sanctions. >> china had a particular approach that it wanted to make, and we agreed and respected to give them space to be able to...

Attacks. a man with a meat cleaver and an isis flag symbol shot and killed in paris. plus, a truck bomb exploding in libya, killing dozens of young police officers. also in the middle east, the feud between saudi arabia and iran clearly heating up dramatically right now. iran, now claiming its embassy was targeted during saudi-led air strikes in yemen. were covering all of this as only cnn can with our reporters across the globe from paris to pyongyang and beyond. i want to begin on the korean p...

Nuclear test. get this. it is going to broadcast a blair propaganda across the heavily fortified demilitarized zone from huge banks of loud speakers at north korea. and some of those broadcasts are employi going to include not just news bulletins, which are tightly controlled, but also pop music, k-pop, thats the word for south koreas very popular brand of pop music. so, this is one retaliatory measure. it may not sound like much, but it is something that has infuriated the north koreans in the ...

Border, across the heavily fortified demilitarized zone. they pulled this back in august of 2015 when the two sides were getting along better than they are now. this is something that really irritates the north koreans. we heard defectors say they heard the broadcasts and it helped them desired to escape. pyongyang will not be happy with this. it is likely to raise tensions the peninsula. meantime, there is still the hunt on to find out what kind of nuclear test that happened on wednesday. japan...

The government said it would resume cross-border loudspeaker broadcasts which the north considers an act of war. meanwhile, president obama spoke by phone late last night with the leaders of south korea and japan to discuss an international response. meeting in emergency session, the u.n. security council pledged yesterday to swiftly pursue new sanctions against north korea and its unpredictable leader. u.s. officials say it may take weeks or longer to determine whether north koreas claim is tru...

Resume anti-regime propaganda broadcasts into north korea. lets go into north korea right now to pyongyang. thats where we find cnn correspondent will ripley, the only american tv reporter in that country. will, last august when south korea started these cross border broadcasts, north korea fired shots at the speakers for their heightening tensions on the korea peninsula. whats the mood there now? >> reporter: yeah. north korea, this regime of course tightly controls the propaganda message, so t...

Bomb. the rest of the world is mobilizing a swift response to this. south koreans protesting, burning an effigy of kim jong-un. the government announced it would resume cross-border loud speaker broadcasts which the north considers an act of war. president obama spoke by phone late last night with leaders of south korea and japan, agreeing to work together to forge a united and strong international response and the u.n. security council has pledged to swiftly pursue new sanctions against north k...

Dozens are said to have died. >> this group of radicals took over very abruptly, very suddenly and very quickly islams holiest sites. >> saudi officials rush tanks and troops to mecca surrounding the shrine. eyewitnesses say as many as 10,000 pilgrims are still inside the grand mosque, and sniper fire was heard all day in mecca. >> broadcasts from iran today blame the united states for the assault on the grand mosque in mecca, the muslim holy city in saudi arabia. those broadcasts were heard in ...