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Vehicles. well stores in chicago are on alert after a growing number of smash and grab robberies. look at this captured on videotape. a minivan crashes through doors and into the glass doors. several people came out and several others came in from cars waiting outside. and now 20 people ran into the store twice, grabbing thousands of dollars in merchandise in just two and a half minutes. >> incredible. well the historic countdown clock thats been a fixture of the space launch is now retired....

>> other international news were following, an interesting new attraction in havanas harbor, a well-armed communication and surveillance ship complete with missiles. usually arrivals like these are highly publicized in cuba, but this one has been kept very low key. no one is talking about why this russian ship is in cuba right now. north korea flexing its muscles today by firing four, yes, four short-range missiles from a site near the border with south korea. the missiles went into the sea of j...

Exploration technology. they already do cargo shipments up there. you are orbital sciences corps of virginia, they completed a successful test launch recently. >>brian: we paid for most of it. we designed all of it, the space station, the first one with the space shuttle in the 1970s and here we are in 2013 with no way to get up there. and the russians are doing what every other capitalist country should tkofplt they -- do. they are upping the price each and every time we ask. they are a command...

Paying respects. you see a very different image coming from south korea. these south koreans certainly know why they are doing this. they know its a particularly strong insult so thats why were also seeing a strong response from the north. one thing we would like to point out is when you compare this statement, and you read through the entire thing it is a bit dialed down. >> there has been no missile launch, just more threat. yet the south koreans are saying that a test launch could still be im...

Military might on display? >> no, theres no indication of that whatsoever. the rhetoric has been toned down. you know, in fact, the news of the hour is that as we have been waiting for a response to the call from dill log coming from south korea, there was, indeed, a response that came from the committee for peaceful reunification in north korea and the group, well, they did attack, if you will, their counterpart in the south while he did call the offer of dialogue a cunning ploy, they didnt rej...

>> of course we would like aid. i dont think that tis the primary reason. he hasnt consolidated his position. purging the officials loyalty to his dad. those havent gone well. no time since 1949 has a north korean leader had less support than kim jung-un has today. he wants to make sure he is around for the second and third anniversaries of his rule. right now, i suspect that he will. is an uncertain position. >> if there is a test launch and it does not land in the ocean but perhaps makes groun...

And the frightening power of propaganda. how north koreans are brainwashed from birth to worship their leaders. emotions that linger until they die. right now, north korea is expanding its threats of war, warning it may target japan first. and in their words, swallow tokyo in nuclear flames. here in the united states, theres a heated discussion about new intelligence suggesting the regime has made advances in its nuclear weapons program. but the most urgent concern right now, kim jong-uns miss...

Stance with north korea. >> i would suggest if they shoot a medium missile or long range, we should should it down. we need to let them know were watching and we have the capability to do that. >> u.s. actually cancelled plans for an icbm test launch. the official reason is that the officials didnt want it misconstrued as a provocation in this hot time, but seems clearly the administration wanted to turn down the heat, especially with russia and china, calling on north korea to tone it down as w...

Kyung, the tension builds. what is likely to happen, do you think, over the next 24 or 36 hours? >> reporter: well, its very much a guessing game. just like we were guessing yesterday, along with the u.s. government and the south korean government. because when we are talking about the hermit kingdom, it is very much a guessing game and a very unpredictable one, at best. so what we are seeing throughout this region is a high level of readiness, that tension here is the highest it has been, accor...

Stern warning on north korea. american radar and satellites trained on the east coast of the peninsula watching for signs of an impending missile launch. kyung lah is live in south korea. kyung, the tension builds. what is likely to happen, do you think, over the next 24 or 36 hours? >> reporter: well, its very much a guessing game. just like we were guessing yesterday, along with the u.s. government and the south korean government. because when we are talking about the hermit kingdom, it is ver...