Tension between the United States and North Korea is reaching tipping point.
Pyongyang has confirmed it is examining plans for a pre-emptive strike on the US territory of Guam.
The threat came just hours after US President Donald Trump said that any threat to the US would be met with “fire and fury”.
Al Jazeera’s Pentagon Correspondent Patty Culhane reports from Washington, DC.
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