south korean and american soldiers staring down north korean soldiers and vice versa. they call this the demilitarized zone, but it s the exact opposite. both sides have masses of soldiers up and down this heavily fortified border, pointing weapons at each other. it s considers one of the most dangerous flash points in the world. and it s getting worse. a lot as changed since i came here back in 2015. more nuclear tests, dozens of missile launches. does it feel more tense now? translator: yes. we can say the state of affairs is more tense, but it s rather the united states continued hostile policy against north korea reaching its peak. if you got the order right now, what would the military do? translator: as soon as we receive the order from our supreme commander, we will liberate south korea, and we will tn e u. mainland into a sea of fire. maybet s ti to chge the subject. the lieutenant colonel and i are
many times, turn seoul into, quote, a sea of fire. of course, one of the big questions, if you bomb north korea s weapons program, how fast can they turn around and start rebuilding it? jake? barbara starr, thank you so much. i m joined by david stanger. you said sanctions won t work, so now what? we ll get your answers when we come back from this quick break.
cnn s jim spellman is seeing its power firsthand. he s now in the bahamas. we ll try to get jim spellman. we don t have him quite yet because the wind is blowing really, really hard in the bahamas at this moment. let s head into atlanta and check in with jack can jeras. can you tell us the track of the storm? we can, carol. we ve seen more changes and it bridges it closer to hugging the coast of the united states, potentially from north carolina all the way on up northward. i do want to tell people, this is just in. normally we get this 20 minutes before the top of the hour and it literally just came in. bear with me. the hurricane watches you ve been talking about, this is the north carolina coast, from north of surfacy to the north carolina/virginia border. tropical storm watches in addition for that north of modesto beach to surfacy. basically what that means is hurricane conditions are expected in about 48 hours, but tropical storm watch means tropical storm conditions
is that true or false? true. the official state news agency of kim jong il responded to military drills by south korea by putting up this statement from the north s minister of armed forces. our revolutionary forces are making preparations to begin a sacred war at any moment necessary based on nuclear deterrent. sacred war. hard to believe coming from any country, particularly hard to believe coming from a country that is officially atheist. north korea in 2003 threatened to turn the sea of japan into a sea of fire. and last year, threatened a nuclear shower. and last year, threatened to wipe out the united states you once and for all.
north korea is threatening to start a holy war. is that true or false? true. the official state news agency of kim jong il responded to military drills by south korea by putting up this statement from the north s minister of armed forces. our revolutionary forces are making preparations to begin a sacred war at any moment necessary based on nuclear deterrent. sacred war. hard to believe coming from any country, particularly hard to believe coming from a country that is officially atheist. north korea in 2003 threatened to turn the sea of japan into a sea of fire. and last year, threatened a nuclear shower. and last year, threatened to wipe out the united states you once and for all cue evil laughter.