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Given some warning that an attack was taking place. but these ballistic missiles travel at thousands of miles per hour. so the warning time would have just been very, very brief. whether or not there was enough time to see these missiles being put up on their launchers and readied for launch, that's going to have to come out after we dissect all of this in the future. >> no doubt. david martin reporting tonight from the pentagon. officials at the pentagon saying that this is a dynamic situation that is ongoing right now in iraq. so that's why we want to turn now to holly williams, who is in ba...

Atlanta. what are we learning now, particular ly about the conditin of the others injured? >> we know there are three others according to a spokesperson there in pensacola who were injured. no details on the exb tent of the injuries. we are expecting in about 30 minutes from now, a joint news conference between the sheriff's office and nas pensacola officials to paint a clearer picture of what happened this morning. the first reports we receive d was in the 8:00 eastern hour that there was an active shooter there at the sprawling base. tens of thousands of military and civilian employees there...

How is it different now than under normal circumstances? >> we're busier now than we've ever been. >> you get calls from family, friends -- >> yeah, especially family back home in the states who are seeing kind of what's going on in the media, they all concerns. but for us really our daily operation, our daily job is just to be ready. >> captain drew taylor of newtown, connecticut, who flies the supersonic f-16 fighter jet would be among the first to respond to an attack. he says he can get from his bunk into the sky in less than five minutes. >> we're constantly training that every single sor...

Last training sortie and we may be going to war after that. >> you feel that? >> we do. >> reporter: occasionally, a break from the intensity. every returning u2 pilot gets a hero welcome after the standard grueling ten hour solo missions. how was it? >> great. >> reporter: our conversation interrupted. the pilot off to a confidential debriefing. while across the sprawling base, practically entering enemy territory, constant readiness for whatever they're called on to do. all right. great reporting there by ron allen. for more on the north korea threat i'm joined by a daily beast columnist a...

One female. they tell us there was no standoff involved, and the campus lockdown was listed right around 2:30 this morning. base chaplains are providing counseling for those who need it here on base and, heather, we know it's been a very devastating week for marines across the country. on monday seven marines were killed in an accident out in nevada, and obviouslythis morning three more dead here at quantico. heather: thank you so much, elizabeth, we appreciate it. bill: those spokespeople talked to us, this is something that really rocks the marine corps. bill gavins, former executive of the ...