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Responded sternly to the provocation of north korea. yesterday, there was a dramatic escalation there. jim, at this point, how concerned are they? >> reporter: extremely concerned. this is not your typical back and forth and posturing between the north and south. two differences here. one, north korea, more under kim jong-un, weve seen in a whole host of ways. but the south has been tougher under their new leader, the new president there, and theres concern from officials that either side will n...

Military to be on the ready for the demilitarized zone. we have kathy novak with the latest on the situation. >> reporter: christine, south korea is preparing itself for further provocation. north korea state news agency says kim jong-un as ordered military to prepare for surprise attacks and it also set a deadline of tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 p.m. for south korea to stop the campaign of psychological warfare. south korea has been using speakers along the border that separates the countries to ...

Kathy? >> south korea is refusinging to stop the propaganda broadcast and preparing for a further escalation when the deadline hits. that is what the defense ministry is saying, south korea will strongly retaliate if theres provocation from north korea. south korea not backing down. the propaganda speakers are in retaliation for the land mine attacks. two soldiers badly injured. one lost part of both his legs, te other lost a foot. if it seems strange to respond to land mines with speakers, reme...

Korea was targeting those very speakers. south korea is refusing to stop the broadcasts. it is preparing for further provocation tomorrow when that deadline hits. >> kathy, let me ask you about the timing. the u.s. and south korea are having military training together. >> reporter: thats right. it holds these joint military exercises annually, christine. this is when the u.s. and south korea bring their militaries together for exercises. every time they happen, north korea gets angry. it issues ...

Admiral kirby. thank you so much for being on the show. >> glad to be with you. thank you. >> just for our viewers out there, how did this all escalate from some propaganda being broadcast on the border? it seems to have escalated rather quickly that south korea is taking the threats this seriously this time around? >> well, were all taking this threat seriously. as we have to. when you hear rhetoric like that you cant ignore it. were comfortable of course with our posture on the peninsula and o...

The exercises. >> this is the first time i heard the united states suspended for a little time an exercise under the thread of kim jong-un or his father. so i think that that is important. you have to remember that its also important to lower the temperature. and i think that we can do that in ways that dont give incentives to kim jong-un to create the next provocation. the prove here is that this is not about us. its not about the exercises. its about the problems in the regime with all the exe...

People, only 30, 40 miles from the tmz. so well within artillery range. hopefully it wont happen if the tensions escalate. stand by. i want to bring in the chairman of the house foreign affairs committy of california, ed royce who is watching this clearly. how concerning are these escalating tensions for you? >> they are very concerning. north korea has been able to tunnel under south korea. so when you have a million man army up on that border, and you have them doing provocative things, such a...

North korean leader has ordered his frontline military units into a war time state. this follows an exchange of fire with south korea across the demilitarized zone. turning to cnns kathy novak. kathy, tensions running high. >> reporter: absolutely, christine. latest from the state news agency kcna says the country is inching closer to the brink of war. kim jun-un and ordered the surprise operations anytime from around now. south korea says it will respond strongly and retaliate to any further pr...

Right now and hopefully it wont happen but if artillery shells start going back and forth along the dmz, those troops, theyre in major danger right now arent they? >> they certainly are, wolf, and thats part of the unfortunate situation in the koreas right now. but truthfully, those troops are in danger every single day as theyre caughting patrols along the dmz. things are happening daily that most of america doesnt really understand. its just the level of this provocation is significant for thi...

Anger from pyongyang from south korea to place loud speaker tons border to put propaganda into north korea. we have the latest from the dmz. >> reporter: were now close to the southern edge of the demilitarized zone, this sign warning against going any further. now, south korea is used to blood curdling threats from the north. they pretty much take them in their stride. also in the past, when there have been attacks, the south has been reluctant to hit back. but what changed this week is when ro...