threatening military action to take out 11 sets of loud speakers which have been broadcasting propaganda from the south. that includes information about life in the south, weather forecasts, even, soap operas, even pop music. pretty innocuous stuff, you d think, but not if you re a paranoid regime, insular like north korea. the talks have raised hope this is crisis can be diffused but in the meantime the militaries on both sides of the world s most fortified border remain on high alert. page? nbc s ian williams in south korea. thank you. presidential candidates are again flocking to the iowa state fair this weekend looking for support. new jersey governor chris christie is giving the soap box speech there today. he ll tour the state fairgrounds later this afternoon and yesterday senator ted cruz was at the fair where he was confronted by actress ellen paige on same-sex marriage. what about the question about lgbt people that you hire for
bomb-proof doors. now, most people along this border are used to the blood curdling rhetoric from across the border. but the exchange of fire this week the most serious crisis in years has made people much more nervous than usual. as an extra precaution, even public observatories have been closed. this one is normally pretty busy at the weekend. it affords a bird s eye view into the north or at least it usually does. with so much extra security in place today, this is about as close as we re going to get to north korea. over there in the distant hills beyond the han river where kim jong-un has his army in a quasi-state of war threatening military action to take out 11 sets of loud speakers which have been broadcasting propaganda from the south. that includes information about life in the south, weather forecasts even, soap operas, even pop music. pretty innocuous stuff, you d
emergency situation briefing. ian williams is with us this morning. this is one of the shelters, a pretty heavy bomb-proof door, now after the exchange of artillery last night, about 60 people in local villages were ordered here around 40 of them staying overnight. some did manage to return home today, but they have been told to come back here with tensions rising this evening across the border area. north korea sits just over the hills behind me. there are lots of reasons why this is a pretty scary border area, but what s most rattled kim jong-un, 11 vast installations of loud speakers which over the last few days have begun broadcasting propaganda into the north. he doesn t like that. he s called that an act of war. now, the reason the south restarted this propaganda operation after a break of 11 years is a mine attack which badly injured two south korean soldiers just a few days ago.
provocations from the north. nbc has more from along the demilitarized zone? this is one of the shelters. it is a pretty heavy bombproof door. now after the exchange of artillery last night, about 60 in local villages were ordered here. around 40 staying overnight. some managed to return home today but they have been told to come back here with tensions rising this evening across the border area. north korea sits just over the hills behind me. there are lots of reasons why this is a pretty scary border area. but what is most rattled kim jong-un, eleven vast installations of loud speakers which over the last few days have begun broadcasting propaganda into the north. he doesn t like that. he s called that an act of war. the reason the south restarted this propaganda operation after a break of 11 years is a mine attack which badly injured two south korean soldiers just a few
the zone in south korea. this is one of the shelters. it s a pretty heavy door. after the exchange of artillery last night about 60 people in local villages were ordered here, around 40 of them staying overnight. some did manage to return home today, but they ve been told to come back here with tensions rising this evening across the border area. north korea sits just over the hills behind me. there are lots of reasons why this is a pretty scary border area, but what s most rattled kim jong-un 11 vast installations of loud speakers, which over the last few days have begun broadcasting propaganda into the north. he doesn t like that. he s called that an act of war. the reason the south restarted this propaganda operation after a break of 11 years is a minor attack which badly injured two south korean soldiers just a few days ago.