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Response. >> the problem comes if north korea then retaliates in turn and you have a spiral of escalation. there is the possibility, hypothetically, that things could get so serious that we would become involved. >> retired general walter sharp commanded u.s. forces korea when the talks started on this new agreement. >> there's been a lot of work done between the republican of korea and the united states on provocation responses, what should we do if north korea does another kinetic attack? >> sharp says there's been intense planning to the right response to north korea's next provocation. >> ...

Drills. gregg: the north under fire for tuesday's trying against a south korean island in a disputed area, this is new editor videotape of that attack that killed four people and destroyed parts of the tiny island and you can see smoke and flames rising from the artillery strikes, malini wilkes is live and what this is white house saying about the joint drills? >> reporter: the north is warning the joint drills between the u.s. and south korea planned for this weekend, and involving the carrier, the uss george washington will push the korean peninsula to the brink of war and u.s. officials tol...

Preparing forces as pyongyang warns its neighbor to the south to stand down or face the consequences. wendell goler, live at the white house with this story. wendell, everyone has been watching the white house and its reaction closely. what's the latest today? >> reporter: jenna, the president thinks that he's -- says he's getting several updates a day on the korean peninsula where north korea is turning up the heat, telling its own people the long planned u.s. military exercises are pushing the region, quote, closer to the brink of wafr, the north firing artillery shells today near yeonpyeong...

>> what i see here physically, north korea attacked this island, which is a clear violation of the arms agreement. >> sharp says the u.s. and united nations will investigate tuesday's artillery exchange. in the meantime, south korea has beefed up defenses on yeonpyeong island. jenna: is there any chance, any possibility at all that the u.s. will cancel that planned military exercise that they have going on in the next couple of weeks? >> reporter: it seems to be very little chance of that, jenna, and not just because it would amount to rewarding north korea for bad behavior, something every u....