the dmz and our south korean allies, the first 24 hours would be brutal and that's when their 800,000-man army would with tactical nuclear weapons and other weapons, would go through the dmz like butter and reach the other side and you know, seoul is only 35 miles away. and it is a very developed, brilliant economy here all the way up to the dmz. practically all the way to the dmz, frankly, alex when i first came here in 1984 with ronald reagan, it was barren mountains between the dmz and this city. now it's transformed. this is one of the world's global leading economies. and that is the contrast that kerry is trying to stress. if he can get through to the people of north korea. but of course he can't, they are hermetically sealed. >> andrea, before we let you go, because you're there and because of the grave threat and imminent threat in some ways, to the people of seoul, to the people of south korea, what is the mood on the ground there? we're getting reports in north korea of celebrations in advance of the landmark birthday on