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
cnbc s mary thompson, thank you. also developing right now. tensions between north and south korea could be at its highest point in years. kim jong-un placed his army in what s being called a quasi-state of war, ordering them to prepare for battle and also moved medium range missiles in place for possible launches. all of this follows shelling across the korean demilitarized zone and deadline by the north to remove loud speakers along the border that have been broadcasting antinorth propaganda. last hour luke russert spoke to rear admiral john kirby about the noise threat. this is a regime we have very little information about. very closed society. this is an individual obviously who is difficult to predict. again, that s why we take threats like this so seriously. but it s very hard to know exactly where he thinks he s going in the end game. nbc s ian williams is along
other film companies, massive companies and the movie theaters themselves. and also seemed to suggest that maybe a little letdown by the white house. the president said he should have called me. michael lynton said we were in communication with the white house. yeah, i was surprised by that and by the president, frankly, making light of this. this is very simple. a quasi state in north korea and they have won. i think the president should focus on that point and what the united states government is going to do in response. that s the crucial issue. not whether the movie is funny and whether the president likes seth rogan. there were claims in that interview. michael lynton saying we can t find anyone just now and getting it out digitally. it s not simple as everyone seems to say. is that the case? about playstation?
can see a commercial aircraft. it looks like a commercial aircraft. it squawks it squawks a commercial aircraft. so something is absolutely appalling that s gone on here. richard, hang on one second. colonel, hang on one second. i want to go straightaway to jim sciutto, our chief national security correspondent in washington. i believe you have new information. yes, john, i ve been in touch with officials in ukraine as well as other contacts on the ground there. the first thing i would just get across is that ukrainian officials are scrambling right now for a reaction to this. they are very concerned, i m told, about the circumstances under which this plane went down. that s the first thing. but second, i m told by contacts on the ground in ukraine that around the same time that this plane, mh17, disappeared, that the defense minister of the self-proclaimed donetsk people s republican, the russian pro-russian separatist group i should say that established a sort of quasi-state
no people to live in them. essentially, china has a two-speed property market. one is booming and the other is languishing. they don t have the kind of mortgage and credit card problems that americans had in 2007. it was our debt that caused the problem. and the chinese national government is suddenly doing fine. the consumer is doing fine. but there are those who say china actually has a huge hidden debt problem. according to morgan stanley, china s total public and private debt has soared to more than 200% of gdp, the highest level in the developing world. points specifically to private debt, a category that includes all kinds of quasi state if you look at private debt, china s levels are at dangerous highs. they are higher than the peaks