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Threats of war. >> 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 considered 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? >...

>> 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 considered one of the most dangerous flash points in the world. and, its getting worse. a lot has changed since i came here back in 2015. more nuclear tests, dozens of missile launches, does it feel more tense now? >> translator: ...

Nato allies were very upset about the fact that he had seemed to question this as a candidate of the and when handed a speech with this language and by the aides had celebrated the day before in the new york city times and other outlets going to say this and trump got to that part of the speech and he did not read it. >> he talked about the construction cost of the new headquarters. >> that said, the smoke signals come from the white house tonight suggest we will get a relatively conventional sp...

Does it feel tense? do you 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 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 considered one of the ...

>> 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 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...

Thousands of it showing up at the university of virginia for a candlelight vigil last night, the crowd then marched through the campus, making for quite a sight to their sec, this is right after the memorial service for heather. organize through word-of-mouth, making an effort to stay off of social media for security concerns. >> bill: also, after saying that he did not think that confederate monuments needed to be removed, he has changed his mind, he is no urging local governments to take them ...

These kind of flash points. the main thing that was happening was that the peaceful demonstrators there were surrounded and being intimidated by armed, vicious people who were clubbing people and beating people. the police were standing back. ultimately, that resulted in this car being p -- ice sbeing- being used. he is the father of a jewish daughter. if he wont defend his own daughter from the kind of vile attacks and things that were said, i think the rest of us have very little hope now, if ...

In march he charged that germany owed vast sums to the united states for nato. it doesnt. no nato member pays the united states and never has. so none is in arrears. in an interview with "the wall street journal" in april, president trump claimed that korea actually used to be part of china. not true. after he arrived in israel from saudi arabia in may, president trump head sedona he had just come from the middle east. did he even look at a map and thats before delving into his demeaning tweets....

The upcoming south korean war games could further inflame the rogue nation. fears grow with the "wall street journal" and offering this grim and offer assessment. history says pyongyang will back down. experts worry this time is different. neither side has any attempt to make the first concession. trace gallagher has more. trace? >> not only do you have a stalemate that could last for weeks, look at the chess board. theres upcoming moves that could serve as flash points. in two weeks, the u.s. a...

Troops with the commitment to afghanistan. these are the big issues, plus the threat of any day now the potential of another icbm launch from north korea. >> andrea, we are living in a very dangerous world. ive never seen this many flash points in the world that could erupt into a larger conflict, whether its in the middle east, whether its syria, isis, whether its iran, north korea, whether its afghanistan, whether its the whole issue of cyber war, whether its russia, china. the president of th...