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A night-time para trooper jump by the 82nd airborne division over the skies of nevada, practicing dropping into enemy territory. >> operation panther blade. >> reporter: at ft. bragg, north carolina, one of the largest-ever live fire exercises. both are part of the pentagon ensuring troops are ready if there is a war against north korea. for now president trump suggesting it is not likely. >> i think were going to have a long period of peace. i hope we do. >> reporter: but defense secretary jame...

Has gone down four years. graduation rates and test scores gone up. you would assume they had be having parades out in the streets. brian, please take it abe. brian: thanks, abby. 24 minutes after the hour. fox news alert. allies in south korea show of force conducting live fire exercises at sea. this in direct response to north koreas claim that they successfully sted a hydrogen bomb five times more powerful than used in hiroshima ago nagasaki. dr. nicole saphier is a radiologist. she is here t...

>> that was cnns reporters covering this story around the world. ian lee join me in seoul. ian another day another live fire military drill by the south korean military, this time involving the navy, tell us what happened and the intended message here. >> kristy this message is the one weve been seeing since sixth nuclear test. that has a strong force. can retaliate against the north korean regime in the midst of a war. this time were seeing the navy carry out these live fire exercises. now weve...

Time, arent they? >> absolutely, folks, greetings from seoul, south korea where the sense is edgier than we have seen in the past several times that we have been here. especially with comments like the one you just read from a north korean officials. one gift package that might be coming away at least somewhere in the direction of the united states, another icbm. another missile seen according to reports being moved by north korea to the east coast of that country. for possible launch. for the s...

Washington, d.c. after north koreas sixth nuclear test of a hydrogen bomb. president trump said he has given the go ahead for japan and south korea to buy a substantially increased amount of military equipment from the united states as south korean warships conduct live fire exercises at sea today for a second straight day. greg palcott is live from seoul. greg? reporter: hi, harris. welcome to a very edgey seoul, south korea, where the folks are wondering what the north will do next. maybe it w...

The south korean military put on another show of force today with war ships conducting live fire exercises at sea. and theres a new warning today against the use of military force in north korea from russias vladimir putin. putin cautioned it could lead to a global catastrophe, this after some tough talk from americas defense chief and top diplomat at the u.n. >> any threat to the united states or its territories, including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response. a respo...

His nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. >> among north koreas few remaining pain points that could be targeted with sanctions -- oil imports, text time exports, and the regimes other sources of foreign currency. pyongyang slamming the u.s. via state media, bragging it will use its "nuclear strategic weapons" to eradicate the land of the u.s. with no trace left on earth. all of this as south korea says it has spotted continuous signs the north is preparing another icbm test. ian le...

Alaska. this is a missile that could reach well farther into the u.s. mainland, by some estimates possibly as far as cities on the east coast. so the south korean and u.s. military did not waste time in responding to this. they conducted live fire exercises, even firing missiles into the ocean. a show of force clearly intended to send a message to pyongyang to this highly provocative action. president trump saying it would take all steps necessary to protect the u.s. homeland. tillerson also wei...

Military ally in nato. these are live fire exercises. thats why ive got to wear all this extra protective armor. military commanders say theyre trying to show that theyre a force of deter ens and their number one threat, latvias much bigger neighbor to the east. >> orgins are in response to russian activity in 2014. in teenlgic situations changes. >> hes talking about russias annexation of the crimean peninsula. russias land grab figrightens people in latvia, where there are still bitter memorie...

Welcome back. u.s. troops are on a mission to reassure some nervous allies. the baltic states are worried about what russia might do next and uncertainly about how president-elect trump will deal with nato isnt helping. ivan watson has this report for us. >> reporter: war games in the snowy fields of eastern europe as u.s. soldiers train. 25 years ago this was part of the soviet union. today its part of the european union and also a u.s. military ally in nato. these are live fire exercises. that...