jong-un if war to break out between the two countries. cnn s brian todd joins us with more. south korea apparently has been practicing for this? reporter: that s right. practicing, drawing up plans. tonight the south koreans are accelerating those plans. tensions are so high on the korean peninsula tonight that both nations now have plans in place to kill each other s leaders if war breaks out. kim jong-un tonight is dealing with a direct potential threat to his own life, a special south korean military brigade whose mission is to kill him. a south korean defense ministry official tells cnn his country is speeding up plans to create what some call a decapitation unit. the official says the team would be activated only if war breaks out and would target north korea s war-time command led by kim. it s hard for me to imagine a commando raid given the enormous killing power and density of the north korean people s army. likely what we saw in the iraq war against saddam s immediate
korean landing sites, a san diego so all of it is disconcerting actions by an erratic regime, and it is all part of the prove gags. we don t know what is going on there with the talks now. the question is if you are not in the room, are they are trying to solve the current issue more expansive and looking at more things to approach? all of this is under consideration as we watch the talks continue under this erratic north korean leader. we want to ask you something that is being reported to cnn that the south korean defense ministry official said that, i m quoting that the joint forces between south e korea and the u.s. are putting the best responses forward to responding to this, referring to the build up. is there a predetermined goal or job for the u.s. if war breaks out? well, listen, christy, this is t the worst time possible for north korea to do these types of
isis had already taken over the north and then they move under to the east. the iraqi security forces in the east decided to withdraw according to this defense ministry official because they did not want to put more civilian lives in jeopardy. they wanted to allow the civilians to move out before they begin engaging isis. this allowed isis to take over major parts of this city. this most certainly, wolf, by all accounts no matter how you look at it a very difficult, bloody and costly battle. presumably it s only going to get worse. as you noted yesterday, 150,000 people have already fled that area. you see lines after lines. tens of thousands of people simply trying to get out with their possessions. more refugees on the way. arwa be careful. one of our courageous journalists, as well. in the next hour by the way, the u.s. defense secretary ash carter will hold his first formal news conference since taking over at the pentagon. he s certain to face serious
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fake. a deadly military shooting in south korea. defense ministry official there confirming that an army private ooped fire on his comrades. killing five soldiers and wounding five others. media reports are that soldier is still now at large and the shooting happened in an outpost near the border with north korea. so far there is no indication if north korea was involved. severe weather hammering the midwest and the northern plains. heavy rain, hail and wind. plaiding is a big problem as well with some states of minnesota. take a look at the water flowing over the banks of the river which could reach a record-level tomorrow. the highest in nearly 50 years in omaha. heavy rain vladded streets last night and knocked power out for about 14,000 homes. meteorologist janice dean standing by in the fox weather extreme weather center. it is extreme right about now.