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The south korean military put on another show of force today with war ships conducting live fire exercises at sea. and there's a new warning today against the use of military force in north korea from russia's vladimir putin. putin cautioned it could lead to a global catastrophe, this after some tough talk from america's defense chief and top diplomat at the u.n. >> any threat to the united states or its territories, including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response. a response both effective and overwhelming. we are not looking to the total annihilation of a country. n...

His nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. >> among north korea's few remaining pain points that could be targeted with sanctions -- oil imports, text time exports, and the regime's other sources of foreign currency. pyongyang slamming the u.s. via state media, bragging it will use its "nuclear strategic weapons" to eradicate the land of the u.s. with no trace left on earth. all of this as south korea says it has spotted continuous signs the north is preparing another icbm test. ian lee live from south korea where the country is conducting exercises off the east coast of the korean...

Alaska. this is a missile that could reach well farther into the u.s. mainland, by some estimates possibly as far as cities on the east coast. so the south korean and u.s. military did not waste time in responding to this. they conducted live fire exercises, even firing missiles into the ocean. a show of force clearly intended to send a message to pyongyang to this highly provocative action. president trump saying it would take all steps necessary to protect the u.s. homeland. tillerson also weighing in singling out russia and china calling them the principal economic enablers. he went on to s...

Military ally in nato. these are live fire exercises. that's why i've got to wear all this extra protective armor. military commanders say they're trying to show that they're a force of deter ens and their number one threat, latvia's much bigger neighbor to the east. >> orgins are in response to russian activity in 2014. in teenlgic situations changes. >> he's talking about russia's annexation of the crimean peninsula. russia's land grab figrightens people in latvia, where there are still bitter memories after a half century of soviet occupation. >> our main aim is to protect our sovereignty a...

Welcome back. u.s. troops are on a mission to reassure some nervous allies. the baltic states are worried about what russia might do next and uncertainly about how president-elect trump will deal with nato isn't helping. ivan watson has this report for us. >> reporter: war games in the snowy fields of eastern europe as u.s. soldiers train. 25 years ago this was part of the soviet union. today it's part of the european union and also a u.s. military ally in nato. these are live fire exercises. that's why i've got to wear all of this extra protective armor. military commanders say they're trying...