upcoming effort to overtake seoul, as well. thousands of iraqi forces are gathering for the fight including both sunni and shia militia fighters. tis tax credit is 160 kill tis tis cite is 1 tikrit is 160 miles from there. ben wedeman now what can you tell us about the preparation for the fight? reporter: the preparations have been going on for quite some time. rather well publicized in the iraqi media, television is full of reports from the front lines, we understand from the television reports that the offensive has begun. that the iraqi forces which aren t just the armi, it includes sunni tribesmen and shia militia, as well are approaching from the north as well as from the south. this is as you said going to be a major test for the iraqi
been held, not only among western countries but talks with russia, nothing has changed that course. so it remains to be seen now what could constitute escalation for additional and more damaging sanctions to be issued and what could be deescalation. we ask that question yesterday. michelle, we re going to jump out. the president has now taken the stage with the prime minister of the netherlands. the two men are addressing the congregated press there. let s listen to what they are saying. i am proud to present our summit communique to you today. building of the progress remains early in washington and seoul. this communique sets the bar even higher. we have taken major steps towards meeting all three main objectives of the nss process. i will say a few words about each. the first objective is to reduce the amount of dangerous nuclear material in the world.
action. ironically some missile launcher, even a nuclear test would be the best the u.s. could hope for. what they really don t want to see is some cross-border action in which south korea then is forced to respond and then things escalate. so after some kind of action by north korea, they re hoping that they could dial it down, get everybody back, cooler heads prevailing and they could eventually get north korea to have some kind of talks. elise, thank you very much. we ll have more when we talk to former adviser to president obama in just about 30 minutes. but first let s take a closer look at what north korea is doing with its missiles and how satellites could be the first weapon of defense for washington and seoul. cnn s tom foreman, and retired general james spider marks tell us about that. all eyes on the eastern coast of north korea where the musudan mobile launchers are. let s bring in the map and
radar platform. south korea is said to be moving its own spy ships into the waters off the korean peninsula to monitor any developments. now it may also be an opportunity for the north koreans to show off their military, their ballistic missile technology. it s precisely this kind of technology that they sell to iran and other countries to earn export income. jim clancy, cnn, seoul. new this morning the death toll rising in a building collapse in and yeah. at least 35 people have been killed. 69 injured. rescuers are still searching through the rubble there. police say the building in a neighborhood near mumbai was under construction. they say the first four floors were illegally occupied. five children were among those pulled to safety after the cave-in. gunfire and bloodshed inside police headquarters in jackson, mississippi. a homicide detective as the murder suspect he was questioning both dead following an apparent altercation. the detective has been identified as eric smith,
washington and seoul. these joint military maneuvers are the focal point of all of this. these always perturb north korea. this is something the u.s. and south korea want to maintain. they want to stand up to north korea and its threats. the north koreans want to send the message that we can come right back, we will do something that we know you don t like, that s launch one of our missiles, or now perhaps two missiles. this is said to be a musudan missile that is not well tested. that s not been confirmed by south korea s defense ministry. tested or not, if it goes into this phase, if they fire it, it will cause everyone else to react. react they did. this is the state department spokeswoman. when you have a country that is making the kinds of bellicose threats they are making and