running drills with ease. the video released days after it told people it was in a state of war this war. in march of last year, it pledged a, quote, sacred war against south korea. state video showed soldiers unleashing dogs in the snow, attacking an effigy of then south korean president lee myung-bak. a train is shown running over a cutout of the president. and the military using rocket launchers to blow up an effigy of the then president, who they called the leader of the, quote, puppet nation of traitors. but what is unusual about this latest video, this is a rare show of firing on a u.s. target, even if it is just paper. the pentagon says it remains unconcerned about what north korea says. the u.s. cares what it does. we haven t seen any kind of troop movements that would indicate imminent military
usa on the helmet. a live fire drill that aired on state tv vowed to show enemies, united states and south korea it was ready to fight, showing off the military skill with weaponry and physical drills with ease. the kingdom releasing this video just days after it declared it was in a state of war. this is not the first time north korea has aired this sort of military readiness video. in march of last year, it pledged a, quote, sacred war against south korea. state video showed soldiers unleashing dogs in the snow, attacking south korean president lee moon-bak, also showed the military using rocket launchers to blow up then-president they call the leader of the, quote, puppet nation of traitors. what s unusual about the latest
this, france and launching the attack in mali, we knew at the beginning of the week that these al qaeda groups were threatening to launch a terrorist attack in france. those were the headlines i believe as of monday. yeah. here we are with this situation in algeria. for our audience who don t quite understand how we got to this point, backtrack a little bit for us. in march of last year, there was a coupe in mali and broke down the state and with the breaking down of the state and the military, there s an emergence group of al qaeda groups in the north of the country. we have seen the rise of militant groups similar to afghanistan and iraq during the past ten years emerge in the western part of africa. these groups capitalized on a sense of lawlessness, weak states and the experience of the terrain and you have a fertile
and estimated 23,000 people, think about that, 23,000 have been killed since that violence began in march of last year. numbers incomprehensible. in medical news, a new study suggesting mammograms for young women at high risk of breast cancer may do more harm than good. researchers found that women who have a history of chest radiation in their 20s had a 43% higher risk. they say an mri is a safer choice for young women. although mammograms are beneficial for women over 50. i had one, had to have a biopsy, couple years ago, i would rather be on the safe side. amen to that. third visitor to yosemite national park died of hantavirus. eight campers in total have been diagnosed with the rare rodent-borne disease since june. the newest victim was found in a second area of the park, high sierra camp. 16,000 people have stayed in the two affected areas this summer alone. although there is no cure for the disease, it is very rare. a forest fire burning in southern washington state
humans they say, are less likely to be as affected since we re more resilient to radiation exposure. still new hard evidence that the fallout from fukushima will be much worse than what we were originally led to believe. 15,800 people were killed. another 3300 are listed as still missing from that earthquake and tsunami back in march of last year. many of the hundreds of thousands of people, jon, displaced are still without a permanent home. still tough to look at those pictures. jon: unbelievable to watch the video from back then. rick folbaum, pretty disturbing stuff there. thanks, rick. jenna: congress hits a new low in the eyes of voters if that is possible. well it is, because a new poll shows a dismal approval rating of those on capitol hill. we ll ta aut the effects that might have this coming november. also this. two planes smash into each other but there was nobody on either. we ll need jon scott s help on that. jon: what?