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Down and discuss north koreas potential participation in the olympics in pyeongchang, people are looking at this as a promising sign. and these discussions are happening in a very historic place, a place described as one of the most tense and potentially dangerous flash points on earth. the korean demilitarized zone, a place where two worlds collide, dictatorship and democracy staring each other down. the first official talks in two years between north and south korea will be held in panmunjom, ...

Korea to march alongside south korean athletes on a world stage, that is a significant achievement in itself. of course, the hope is that beyond the olympics, that these talks could can lead to more conversations about bigger issue, divided families on the korean peninsula, for one example, and north koreas nuclear program. but we have history as an example that talks in the past have looked promising at the beginning only to break down and tensions to reescalate once again. and the united state...

>> south korean and american soldiers staring down north korean soldiers and vice versa. they call this the demilitarized zone, but its the exact opposite. both sides have masses of soldiers up and down this heavily fortified border, pointing weapons at each other. its considers one of the most dangerous flash points in the world. and its getting worse. a lot as changed since i came here back in 2015. more nuclear tests, dozens of missile launches. does it feel more tense now? >> translator: yes...

Now 100 years after america entered world war i, u.s. military forces are flying a new aircraft expected to continue american air superiority well into theth future. afghanistan, iraq, syria, the middle east in crisis. flash points around the globe. the u.s. military at war for almost 16 years. now a state-of-the-art warplane could help u.s. forces decisively win these and future conflicts. the f-35 stealth fighter. >> we got over 70,000 flight hours on the f-35 a model right now. weve even got ...

U.s. military forces are flying a new aircraft expected to continue american air superiority well into the futur future. afghanistan, iraq, syria, the middle east in crisis. flash points around the globe. the u.s. military at war for almost 16 years. now a state-of-the-art warplane could help u.s. forces decisively win these and future conflicts. the f35 stealth fighter. >> we got over 70,000 flight hours on the f35 model right no now. weve even got f35s deployed today to the united kingdom to r...

An exaggeration to say we are living at the brink of war given that we are constantly receiving threats of war. >> south korean and american soldiers down north korean soldiers and vice versa. they call this the demilitarized zone, but its the exact opposite. both sides have masses of soldiers up and down this heavily fortified border, pointing weapons at each other. its considered one of the most dangerous flash points in the world. and its getting worse. a lot as changed since i came here back...

Feel tense? do you feel like you are on the brink of war? >> i think its not an exaggeration to say we are living at the brink of war given thatty woo are constantly receiving threats of war. >> they are staring down the soldiers and vice-versa. they called it the demilitarized zone, but its the exact opposite. both sides have soldiers up and down this heavily fortified border pointing weapons at each other. it is one of the most dangerous flash points in the world. >> and its getting worse. a l...

Lieutenant colonel huang yong jin. when you actually live here, does it feel tense? does it feel like youre on the brink of a war? >> translator: i think its not an exaggeration to say we are living at the brink of war given that we are constantly receiving threats of war. >> south korean and american soldiers down north korean soldiers and vice versa. they call this the demilitarized zone, but its the exact opposite. both sides have masses of soldiers up and down this heavily-fortified border, ...

With specific messages. so what have you learned from sources? >> what weve learned is one of these ads and again just one of the 3,000 ads that will soon be hand over to congress, one of them was a black lives matter ad that targeted the cities of ferguson, missouri and baltimore. obviously those cities were hot beds of protests and even riots in response to police shootings of african-american men. and what this begins to show us and certainly begins to show investigators on the hill and likel...

They were about showing discord. they were about amplifying the divisions that already exist in american society, in american politics to effectively undermine american democracy in the eyeses of not only americans but of russians and people around the world. and that points to the level of sophistication going on here with the russian ad buyers. understanding cities like ferguson and baltimore, which had seen violent protests after police shootings of african-american men would be flash points....