K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For July 4th, 2017 – Morning

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - SOUTH KOREA'S MILITARY SAYS IT'S ANALYZING WITH THE UNITED STATES WHETHER NORTH KOREA REALLY HAS TEST-FIRED AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE. THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT SOUTH KOREA'S JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF SAYS SOUTH KOREAN AND U.S. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITIES ARE DETERMINING WHETHER A MISSILE LAUNCHED TUESDAY HAS ICBM CAPABILITY, AS NORTH KOREA CLAIMS.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - IF NORTH KOREA'S CLAIM OF ITS FIRST ICBM TEST-LAUNCH IS TRUE, IT HAS BARRELED OVER A RED LINE THAT THE WORLD HAS LONG CALLED A TRIPWIRE FOR POTENTIAL NUCLEAR DISASTER. AS ALWAYS WITH NORTH KOREA, HOWEVER, THE GULF BETWEEN REALITY AND WHAT THE COUNTRY SAYS COULD BE WIDE.

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS RESPONDING TO THE NEWS OF NORTH KOREA'S LATEST MISSILE TEST BY EXHORTING CHINA TO "PUT A HEAVY MOVE" ON PYONGYANG AND "END THIS NONSENSE ONCE AND FOR ALL." TRUMP'S MESSAGE CAME LATE LAST NIGHT IN A POST ON HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT AFTER NORTH KOREA LAUNCHED A MISSILE TOWARD JAPAN. TRUMP CRITICIZED NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN, ASKING, "DOES THIS GUY HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO WITH HIS LIFE?"

WASHINGTON (AP) - THE PENTAGON HAS TIGHTENED SECURITY ON THE RESULTS OF INSPECTIONS OF ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS OPERATIONS. IT'S A PART OF THE MILITARY WITH A HISTORY OF PERIODIC INSPECTION FAILURES AND BOUTS OF LOW MORALE. OVERALL RESULTS OF ROUTINE INSPECTIONS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE BUT ARE NOW OFF-LIMITS. THE STATED REASON FOR THE CHANGE IS TO PREVENT ADVERSARIES FROM LEARNING TOO MUCH ABOUT U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS VULNERABILITIES.
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THE 90TH MISSILE WING AT WYOMING'S F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE HAS A NEW COMMANDER.

COL. STACY HUSER ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE MISSLE WING AFTER A CEREMONY FRIDAY.

HUSER WAS MOST RECENTLY THE COMMANDER OF THE 91ST OPERATIONS GROUP AT MINOT AIR FORCE BASE IN NORTH DAKOTA.

SHE TAKES OVER FROM COL. STEPHEN KRAVITSKY, WHO ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE 90TH MISSILE WING IN JUNE 2015.

THE MISSILE WING WITH 150 MINUTEMAN III INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES CHANGES COMMANDERS EVERY TWO YEARS.

HUSER NOW OVERSEES THE BASE'S 4,200 PERSONNEL WHO OPERATE, MAINTAIN AND SECURE THE MISSILES DEPLOYED WYOMING, NEBRASKA AND COLORADO.

SHE SAYS SHE WILL TAKE HER FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS IN COMMAND TO LOOK AT STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ON THE BASE.
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THE ALBANY COUNTY FIRE WARDEN AND U.S. FOREST SERVICE ARE CALLING FOR EVACUATIONS DUE TO A WILDFIRE IN THE ROY ROY RESERVOIR AND CAMPGROUND AREA.

THE ALBANY COUNTY EMERGENCY COORDINATOR SAYS AN EVACUATION IS IN PROGRESS FOR THE KEYSTONE AND RAMBLER SUBDIVISIONS. IN ADDITION, ALL CAMPERS SOUTH OF ROB ROY ARE BEING ADVISED TO EVACUATE.

A SHELTER HAS BEEN SET-UP AT HARMONY SCHOOL ON WY HWY 230 SOUTHWEST OF LARAMIE. AN ANIMAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AT THE ALBANY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.

THE FIRE IS CALLED THE "KEYSTONE FIRE" AND IS LOCATED 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROB ROY RESERVOIR, 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE COMMUNITY OF KEYSTONE AND TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE RAMBLER COMMUNITY.

THE SIZE OF THE FIRE IS BEING ESTIMATED AT 60 ACRES AS OF 7PM. IT IS SAID TO HAVE ORIGINATED ABOUT 2 P.M. JULY 3.
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CASPER, WYO. (AP) - WYOMING SECRETARY OF STATE ED MURRAY SAYS HIS OFFICE WON'T TURN OVER PUBLIC VOTER DATA TO A FEDERAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATING THE INTEGRITY OF ELECTIONS.

MURRAY SAYS THE REQUEST BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S COMMISSION INVESTIGATING ALLEGED VOTER FRAUD IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS IS "NOT SITTING WELL WITH ME," SAYING HE'S CONCERNED IT RISKS THE PRIVACY OF WYOMING VOTERS.

THE COMMISSION LAST WEEK ASKED STATES FOR A LIST OF THE NAMES, PARTY AFFILIATIONS, ADDRESSES AND VOTING HISTORIES OF ALL VOTERS, IF STATE LAW ALLOWS IT TO BE PUBLIC. COMMISSIONERS ALSO WANT DATES OF BIRTH, THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF VOTERS' SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND ANY INFORMATION ABOUT FELONY CONVICTIONS AND MILITARY STATUS.

TRUMP LOST THE POPULAR VOTE TO DEMOCRAT HILLARY CLINTON BUT HAS SAID, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, THAT 3 TO 5 MILLION PEOPLE VOTED ILLEGALLY.