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north korea is preparing to carry out a new nuclear test. meanwhile, the u.s. chairman of the joint chiefs says the pentagon has bolstered u.s. missile defenses because "he can't take the fact that pyongyang won't soon engage in some military action." nbc's jim maceda is in seoul, south korea. good morning, jim. give us the latest there. >> reporter: hi. well, the latest, betty, is that here the defense ministry has backed off, as you suggested, from that earlier statement. that was coming from another official from another ministry who had said that north korea was preparing for its...

that are yot war crimes. the government has chosen to charge him with conspiracy to aid a terrorist organization. the aid that the government says he provided is the speeches and propaganda and publicizing osama bin laden's effort. so that would not be a crime in a military tribunal but in a civilian court. >> our producer in the courtroom just came out of the courtroom. this proceeding is over. the judge for reasons that our people don't understand didn't set a trial date. >> well, we are a long way from a trial date. i mean, he was just brought before the court for the first tim...

a lot of people are saying, can we get our own house in order before we open the floodgates, melissa? >> the only type of jobs that are available are for highly skilled workers. so yes, it doesn't make sense to bring in a lot of people. charles: it is interesting that melissa mentioned that because i think of all the people coming and come in come at least from what i have seen so far, science and engineering and math jobs. >> that as i come all these applications for high skilled employees, the economy does need those folks. i would caution you are either going to have members of co...

on the u.s. ain libya. abc's nick schifrin has the details. >> reporter: today, friends and family are mourning 25-year-old thigh described as vivacious and loving. anne smedinghoff, described as she worked in afghanistan as a press officer and in venezuela before that. this morning, an outpouring on sympathy on twitter and from her parents in a statement. she was such a wonderful woman -- strong, intelligent and independent and loving. you left us too soon. >> everything we stand for is embodied in what anne stood for. >> reporter: yesterday, anne was driving down this road in south...

disagreement among mothers, too. >> we are the parents. we should have a say in what they do. >> children should be able to go to their parents for these types of decisions, but not all young people have an adult in their life that they can go to. >> reporter: the fda has 30 days to put plan b, a pill that costs about $50 for each dose, on the shelves. the justice department said it is still deciding whether or not to appeal the decision. >> stephanie gosk starting us off tonight. stephanie, thanks. again tonight the situation with north korea gets our attention. they are now warni...