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The united states? he was a naturalized citizen. what his exact motive could have been. aouplt i m very disturbing uma: very disturbing story. casey thank you with the update. tensions are rising ahead of tomorrow s military exercises, china is getting involved and an american aircraft carrier is steaming towards that region. the north is accuse south korea of putting civilians in harm s way during this week east artillery barrage. reporter: north korea is now saying the u.s. and south korea share some of the blame for in week s conflict and casualties. tuesday s strike by north korea killed four people. today crews built shelter on the island for fishermen who had lost their homes. the north declared that south koreans are partly responsible claiming use to use civilians ....
The korean war. could this escalate to a major all-out battle? well the war has never ended it is a 60 year truce. today is the 60 year anniversary of the battle of the chosen reservoir, which started today when american forces engaged chinese forces in the province of north korea, above the 38 parallel. there was a huge fight between u.s. marines and soldiers. china is the 800 pound gorilla in the room. when you think about north korea being a buffer between u.s. forces and south korean forces and china. let s face it, north korea has the 4th largest army in the world. they have 4,000 tanks, 18,000 artillery pieces, nearly 2,000 jets that are five minute fighter jet flight from seoul, south korea. tensions are high on the peninsula and in the department of defense as you alluded to. we ve got 50,000 troops in ....
And shields and hide casualties for propaganda. pyongyang accuses the u.s. of orchestrating the conflict to send a aircraft carrier to the region. in sole, protesters demanded tougher action against north korea. washington and south korea have pressed china, to restrain the north. so far china has only called on all sides to show restrain. chinese officials did meet with south korea s foreign minister in seoul to discuss ways to ease tension. last night president obama weighed in on china s role. the president: china is a country that has influence on north korea, one of the few. i ve communicated before and will huge kate again to china that it is important and will communicate again to china that it is important they stand firm and make clear to north korea that there are a set of international rules ....
Of plotting to deliberately organize a complex to justify sending a nuclear powered aircraft carrier to the region. the u.s. and south korea have previously planned these joint war exercises in the yellow sea that are scheduled for tomorrow. there were sharp words, too, from the south today. at a funeral for the two marines killed, the south korean commander promised his trip would take a thousand-fold revenge and the main ally, so car china has only called on all sides to show restraint and china doesn t want the war maneuvers off his coast and diplomates say canceling would show the wrong message. and not back down and give concessions to north korea. look, the honest reality is north korea doesn t want to start world war 3 and neefr do we. they discuss to ease the tensions, jamie. ....
Head off a refugee crisis at its borders? absolutely, they don t the refugees flooding in. but also china is crafty, they can use korea to keep pressure on us and to bring us to the negotiating take. north korea has we are has nuclear weapons, think about what that would do to the world economy if a conflict broke out in those two vital economic engines for the world. china is leveraging north korea against the united states. really what is high stakes diplomacy going on. brinksmanship, frankly. uma: the stakes are very high, general, thank you for joining us. we ll keep a close watch. always great to be with you. uma: after years of delay iran appears to be one step closer to cranking up its first nuclear power plan. nuclear chief sestaks have finished loading fuel into the ....