adamantly opposed to a military response to north korea. the scenarios for a military strike and retaliation by the north koreans, they are catastrophic implication scenarios because there are tens of millions of people in south korea who live in the target zone within range of north korea s conventional weapons which line the border to the north. i m in seoul which is 50 miles from the border. a delicate situation here, the tension ratcheting up as north korea apparently exploded a nuclear divide underground this morning. the north koreans have been doing these ballistic test missiles in february, march, more in april and may. they ve all been ballistic missiles and air missiles. but this is potentially an underground explosion. why the difference and how often have they been going off in north korea?
down? well, hopefully they are. hopefully they will be. if yesterday s tough talk by the chinese government is any indicati indication, they are getting pretty much fed up with their nephew to the south. we re anticipating for the first time, really, as secretary kerry comes in here on friday a joint, if you will, diplomatic push. i think it s rare, you know better than i do, chuck, to see china and the united states on the same page, on any issue. but it looks like this time they are. and they may well say to themselves, well, we need to work together now to try, somehow, to try this diplomatic path forward since nothing else has worked. i would like to come back to where i am, chuck. i m in seoul and the usouth koreans are going about their
atmosphere even a minor incident could trigger a conflict. that seems to be the main fear now. a miscalculation could lead to war. many south koreans do seem to seem to see kim jong-un as the young boy that cried wolf. they lived through this before. threats, rhetoric, many times before during joint military maneuvers that are going on today only to see them dialed back. still, this is korea and there s always a chance that this time could be very different. betty? let s hope it is rhetoric. jim in seoul. thank you. it is one of the most gruesome injuries ever seen. the fans, players were shaken. kevin ware s right leg snapped in the ncaa tournament.