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Defected directly from the north to the south this year. including four soldiers. this compared to only five last year. perhaps a sign of more desperate times up in the north, laura. >> laura: you start to wonder if we'll start to see more of this. what can you tell us about the exercises taking place? >> interesting exercises getting reports in the past couple of days about some pretty aggressive ones being conducted last week by u.s. military and south korean military. hundreds of thousands of troops were involved with these in an exercise area, drill area that we have visited not too far so...

Jeff duncan isn't speaking on capitol hill. >> he proceeded to shoot republicans. take that for what it's worth. >> do you think it's the shooter because of the description? >> yeah, the picture that's being shown on tv right now. >> did he have a t-shirt on that had any partisan? >> i didn't see anything in his hands, i didn't see any partisan stuff on his body or clothing. i saw the individual, i know what he asked me, i know how i answered, i know what happened. i'm making the assumption that he was targeting republicans based on what he did. this is an exercise area, there is a ymca there....

It will be against coalition aircraft. all you need is a miscalculation and this thing kicks wide open. gregg: if they become operational does that create a situation where they will wittingly or unwittingly bring down a u.s. aircraft? >> i think the possibility is unwittingly. but the more weapons you have in there -- this is not an exercise area. you have coalition aircraft bombing targets. you have russian aircraft bombing targets. the turks are hyper sensitive about their air space. they sent their ambassador to say you are constantly violating our air space, you have got to knock it off. ...

Them, period, and then to be stuck in shu, in solitary, you know, i guess you call it sensory deprivation. >> 24-hour lights belie the shu's reputation as the darkest hole in pelican bay. inmates are confined to their cells for all but 90 minutes per day, which they are allowed to spend in a concrete exercise area located a few feet from their cells. >> you just got a dog walk they call it, 20-foot walls. very different atmosphere, you know? >> there's no one to talk to out there. you go in the yard strictly by yourself. the sky, that's mainly all you can see, hear all the sounds around you, b...

>> 24-hour lights belie the shu's reputation as the darkest hole in pelican bay. inmates are confined to their cells for all but 90 minutes per day, which they're allowed to spend in a concrete exercise area located a few feet from their cells. >> you just got a dog walk they call it, 20-foot walls. very different atmosphere, you know? >> there's no one to talk to out there. you go in the yard strictly by yourself. the sky, that's mainly all you can see. you hear all the sounds around you, but you don't see anything at all except for four walls and the drain. >> while pelican bay's general pop...