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I'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. zoraida is off this week. it is thursday, april 4th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east and we're going to start with the military situation. it seems ever more perilous this morning. warships launching, new missile defense systems deployed and the language getting flat-out dangerous. the korean peninsula might be the world's number one hotspot right now, the north threatening to block workers from the south from entering a shared industrial complex, even vowing to shut the facility down. pyongyang also promising attacks on the u.s. with a smaller, lighter an...

North korean missile system to come at some point. that's why they moved a couple of missile destroyers as well as that radar platform off the coast of the korean peninsula, to monitor that very, very closely. and the move on guam, yes, it's reflected there, but it's not thought that even today that north korea has missiles that would be capable of hitting guam with any kind of accuracy. the range is that far but not an accurate range. christine? >> so, what's the significance, jim, of north korea's actions and threats regarding this industrial complex? i mean, i know that it's seen as one of ...

Our "starting point," a new nuclear attack threat from north korea. pyongyang warning that the moment of explosion is approaching fast. >> the north vowing to block workers from the south from entering this shared industrial complex, warning they'll shut the whole thing down and pyongyang promising attacks with a smaller lighter and diversified nuclear force and the pentagon announcing it is moving a ballistic missile defense system to its us bassed in guam two years ahead of schedule. that move coming after south korea reported the north has moved its missile to the eastern part of the countr...

>> reporter: well, they're saying he's 37-year-old, as you indicated. if he has a prior record, they're t not telling us. his father tells our cnn affiliate wsaz that his son suffer fred mental problems, but not saying exactly what that was all about and he also added that he might have done more. there's going to be a vigil tonight here at this courthouse to memorialize sheriff eugene crum. >> susan candiotti in west virginia. 16 minutes past the hour. let's get you up to date. the tough talk continues for north korea with the communist nation now threatening to block workers from the south...

Coal mining town of about 40,000 people or so, christine. >> what do we know about the suspect? any indication of a motive right now? i know you say that authorities say he gave some indications after his arrest, but what do we know about him? >> reporter: well, we don't know all that much. we don't know, for example, whether he has a prior record, because authorities won't share that information. in the state they don't have a public records law. however, the father told one of our affiliates, wsaz, that his son suffered from mental problems and that he had been involved in an industrial acci...