north korea firing 200 shells at south korean island killing two marines. seoul describes it as a violation of the 1953 armistice. a statement says the south fired first. the u.s. strongly condemned the north korea be attack urging pyongyang it hold its belligerent action. china and russia expressed concern and the japanese prime minister called on his government to prepare for any eventuality. neighbors have expressed concern japan reported to be preparing for any eventuality. china and north korea staunch ally urging talks with the north. live to beijing. how is this being viewed where you are, martin? >> well, you are right in pointing out that beijing has called for calm. that came from a fortune ministry spokesman who spoke as this incident was ongoing. we are yet to have any more official comment from beijing but you are right in pointing out during the news conference china said the six-party talks, the talks designed to end the north korean nuclear weapons program, those talks should restart. however, the u.s. representative who is in the region said

a day later south korean authorities reviewed the north korean artillery attack had killed civilians. south korea's preparing to lay the issue before the u.n. security council. president lee myung-bak has spoken with japanese prime minister naoto kan and u.s. president barack obama about his alliance with their countries. however, the effectiveness of going through the u.n. security council is in question. actually, it took four months for it to adopt a statement about the sinking of a south korean war ship. china was reluctant to back the statement. in the end the security council didn't name -- even though evidence showed it was to blame. now china and russia are concerned about the north artillery attacks, so the south korean government will need to use diplomatic skill to keep the countries on its side. >> and why did north korea attack south korea, and why now? >> well, i think there were two reasons behind this strike. one stems from north korea's domestic situation and the other is based on its relations with south korea and the united states. domestically, kim jong il decided

the north koreans sank that south korean ship, killing south korean sailors, there's a de

a south korean warship was sunk near the sea border leading to the death of 46 sailors. south korea blamed it on a new yorken torpedo. then revelations north korea a's to have taken further steps toward enriching uranium, a potential route to developing a nuclear bomb. concern about the latest development from japan. the prime minister said he was asking people to prepare for all eventualities. china's spokesman expressing concern saying china hopes the relevant parties will contribute their share to peace and stability on the korean peninsula. diplomatic efforts are focusing on how to prevent further escalation. >> we hope to go to seoul now and to our correspondent there. john, what is the latest? we heard there in the report lots of people pretty frightened. what is the reaction now? >> well, there certainly is a great deal of concern here in south korea. the images of plumes of smoke rising from burning buildings in a civilian population is something that many people here would have thought they would never have to see again. there will be a lot of alarm. this will be

with the south koreans. one is to stand thousands of miles away and suggest there needs to be a much firmer response than they're making. and the second is to somehow, you know, advocate that they do less. >> lehrer: do you agree with mr. sigh gel that the only danger here, potential danger, immediate danger, is that the north korea... if the south korean exercise with the u.s. gets too close to south korea... i mean to north korea, they could react and this thing could have another tit for tat. is that possible? >> i agree. yeah, i agree. i think one has to be care informal these exercises. you don't want them to be needlessly provocative. but at the same time, the north koreans are pretty use to us having exercises and i think the worst thing we could do is not have an exercise and suggest that we're somehow intimidated by what is really... has really become a pattern of even more outrageous behavior on the part of the north koreans. >> lehrer: mr. say gal, let's go back to your... sigal, to your suggestio

the south koreans don't retaliate. to be clear, i'm not saying south koreans should retaliate. -- should not retaliate. i think there's a case for them to do something discrete, not unlimited, but discrete to send them the message that they cannot use military force with impunity. they don't want this to escalate. though have a lot to lose as to china. indeed, there will be no winners if this escalates. >> this is all been watching very closely. we're in a korea town neighborhood of los angeles tonight, miguel, good evening. >> brian, good evening. koreatown here in los angeles is home to the largest korean community anywhere in the country. some 200,000 korean-americans live here alone. news of the conflict spread quickly through this area as many have close ties, family and friends, who live in both south and north korea. today's news was shared in coffee shops and at corner markets in this tight knit community, many getting their information not just from the media but from phone calls back home. after the korean co

two south korean soldiers were killed and 15 other servicemen were wounded. three residents were also injured. south korea's foreign minister, kim sung hwan, invited the ambassadors of japan, china, and russia to a briefing on the exchange of fire. kim stressed that the attack was a clear violation of the armistice. >>> u.n. envoys are continuing unofficial discussions on how to address the north's attack on south korea. some are hoping that the security council will take up the issue. japanese ambassador to the u.n.tsuneo nishida said on tuesday that japan strongly condemns the attack and stands by south korea. the british armts, the current president of the council, said no official request had been made for a meeting on matters concerning the korean peninsula. the chinese ambassador told nhk that it's necessary to obtain detailed information from the two koreas. south south korea's calling for international cooperation and is considering taking the issue to the security council. but china and russia, which both have close ties with north korea, are cautious

south korean plan to hold joint military drills in the u.s. sea. they are paying attention to media reports. >> russian foreign minister has called for restraint from north and south korea. to prevent tensions in the region from growing further. at a news conference in moscow on thursday. he denounced tuesday's shelling. he did not announce north korea by name. he said that south korea's partly responsible for the tensions. >> south korea's military drill was conducted with disregard the north's demand for the plan to be cancelled. >> the foreign minister also called for restraint from both countries. >> all necessary means should be used to avoid an escalation of fighting on the korean peninsula. >> japan plans to urge china to support south korea in discussions at the u.n. security council over the shelling by north korea. following tuesday's artillery attack. japan is holding unofficial talks at u.n. headquarters in new york. they plan to raise the issue at the security council. japan a nonpermanent member of the council says it's completely supp

north korea fired mortar rounds at a south korean island. south korea then scrambled fired jets -- fighter jets. a south korean marine was killed. no word on what sparked the incident. >>> a guilty verdict nine years in the making. on the fourth day of deliberations, the jury convicted in march guandique for the murder of chandra levy. courtney robinson has more. >> good morning. the jurors spent three and a half days deliberating in order to be fthorough. he will likely face the rest of his life in prison. chandra levy was killed in may of 2001 in rock creek park. that is when she disappeared. her body was found 13 months later with little or no dna evidence. the prosecution to build their case around the testimony of two women attacked in rock creek park, time of the chandra levy's disappearance. the jurors found that very solid and they believed the testimony of a jailhouse cellmate. e heard from chandra levy's mother yesterday. she was there a true love to the trial. she looked at guandique with a vengeful smile of satisfaction. she said

this is all according to south korean officials. ern neighbor goes way back ever since the two sides fought to a standstill in a 1953 treaty the u.s. agreed to help south korea defend itself against more attacks. if you want to sound smart today tell your friends that united states stations about 25,000 troops in south korea. on veterans day, president obama vowed that america's resolve to stand with south korea will never waiver. he was traveling there on veterans day. >>> enough of the real news. let's huddle around the water cooler to talk about stories of absolutely no consequence whatsoever. season 11 of "dancing with the stars," the it finale is tonight. it's all going to be exciting. you have your jennifer grey, kyle massey of disney fame and bristol palin. can bristol do it? last night she charged us all with a performance right out of "chicago." i don't think this is the "chicago" one. she's doing the jive. spanking, something going on there. bristol, she needs big energy. she needs to convince the american voting public she

dozens of north korean shells fired into a south korean village. the korean war was fought 50 years ago, but memories among those who saw the conflict have been stirred by today's images of burning homes and destruction. south korea moved fast to evacuate over 200 of more than 1000 civilians from the island after its own military have fired back and scrambled fighter jets. >> i was lying down and watching television, and i heard the bang, bang. i thought that i would die when i stepped out of the house. >> fires were everywhere, and it was chaotic. i tried calling my wife at home, but i could just hear, " darlene," and the phone went dead. >> south korea's president in a fortified bunker underneath his office meeting his military chief. since coming to power, he has taken a tougher line with north korea. >> i think it is a duty of the army to respond with action. we can never tolerate unconditional attacks against civilians. >> this evening on the mainland, fire engines and supply being dispatched to reinforce a sudden presence on the island as powe

also on monday, south korean president lee myung-bak announced his determination to resolutely deal with further north korean provocations, but the south has no real power to contain the north's military threat. south korea will send foreign minister to an international conference in kazakhstan on wednesday. he will try to rally support from countries such as the u.s. and russia. north korea's supreme court peoples assembly chairman is expected to be in china on tuesday. he will engage in candid discussions with chinese leaders. >>> japanese space officials say they have found hundreds more particles in a capsule from the unmanned asteroid probe hayabusa. the japan aerospace exploration agency said on monday that it found particles measuring up to about 0.1 millimeter, larger than those found earlier in the container. the agency will analyze them to confirm whether they are minerals from the asteroid itokawa. about 1,500 particles, measuring less than 0.01 millimeters were found in the capsule. the agency determined most of them were from the astroid. they will continue gathering particl

according to south korean media the incident prompted south korea to scramble their fighter jets and the white house issued a statement strongly condemning the north korean attack, urging the north to halt its, quote, belligerent action. >>> back at home as thanksgiving travelers pack their suitcases for this week's travel rush top security officials are largely sticking by airport screening methods. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: with a peak travel day looming wednesday, the tsa says it will pick fewer passengers for pat-downs, hoping travelers do not protest by refusing body scans and demanding time-consuming physical inspections. >> let's not tie up those people who just want to go home and spend time with loved ones. >> reporter: but many travelers are angry. this was atlanta. >> i don't believe tsa has ever found a terrorist. >> reporter: tom saw yer says his agent wouldn't listen. >> totally ignored my three requests to tell him of my condition. condition. >> so the agent pressed too hard on a bag tom wears to collect his urine and the bag leaked. >> this is so emb

the south koreans perhaps run some more military exercises and so forth. but they also have argued against provocations. now, the question is, where's the line. at what point do you indicate to the north koreans that the south and the united states would not put up with these kind of attacks? you know, you really is two kinds of problems here. you have to short-term problem of these kind of artillery attacks which are very disturbing and very visible on t.v. you have the long-term problem of a nuclear program that has, since 2003, really sped forward. the bush administration managed to get an agreement that would close down some of the plutonium production, now there's new uranium production. is and that, of course, always raises the possibility that the north is going to do the one thing that the u.s. worries about the most, which is sell its material. remember, it's the north koreans that tried to buy that reactor. >> rose: and the chinese are saying what? >> the chinese did sort of a place holding statement today. they called for all parties to come back

two south korean marines were killed. it was a stark reminder that north and south korea are still technically at war 57 years after their korean war armistice. we begin our coverage with a report narrated by lindsay hilsum of independent television news. >> reporter: closed circuit tv recorded the moment north korean shells hit yeonpyeong island. south korean television broadcast the images of an incident which demonstrates just how fragile is the truce between the two koreas. the north says the south fired first. the south says its shots were merely part of a scheduled military exercise. and this was a provocation which endangered the civilians who live on the island. >> i thought the south korean military was carrying out a heavy artillery exercise since it had already been announced. when the bomb went off near my house which collapsed i realized it was north korea who had fired. i thought i would die if i left the house so i stayed put. >> reporter: loud speakers sounded across all the islands in the region telling re

two south korean marines are dead an 16 injured on the small south korean island.he idle lies about even with the official armistice line, the 38th parallel. martha: the billowing comes after 90 minutes of shelling from north korea. wendell goler is live at the white house with reaction there. wendell, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, martha, the incident serious enough that president obama was awakened well before dawn, and briefed by his national security advisor, tom donelon, a we're told he phoned south korean president, well before dawn, in fact, press secretary robert gibbs released a statement, saying, quote, the united states strongly condemns this attack and, calls on north korea to halt the belligerent action and fully abide by the terms of the armistice agreement and the statement said the u.s. is fully committed to defend south korea and the island, yeonpyeong is in dispute, south of the 38th parallel, the armistice line divided north and south korea without a formal peace agreement since the war ended in 1953. martha? martha: so, wendell

and south koreans survey the damage as the u.s. promises its support against any possible loss korean attacks. -- any possible north korean attacks. the irish government has unveiled a four-year austerity plan of spending cuts and new taxes required to qualify for a bailout package of some 85 billion euros. ireland called for aid from the european union and international monetary fund to overcome the debt crisis triggered by massive bank losses and a drain on the government funds. the plan was described as a road map for the stone age. >> demonstrators took to the streets of dublin to protest spending cuts in -- and tax hikes. meanwhile, the prime minister held a press conference to outline the government's new strategy for ireland's struggling economy, concerning what many in the country had expected. dublin needs to save 15 billion euros, and plans to achieve that through cutting spending and raising taxes. new levies on property and drinking water are also in the pipeline as well as cuts to social welfare and the minimum- wage.

there are unconfirmed reports that at least one south korean marine was killed and others injured. the latest round of shelling appears to have stopped. the incident prompted south korea to scramble fighter jets. this comes amid already increased intentions over the north's claim that it has a new uranium enrichment facility. >>> here at home as travelers pack their suitcases, tough security officials are largely sticking by airport screening methods. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: with a peak travel day looming wednesday, the tsa said it will pick fewer passengers for pat-downs, hoping travelers do not protest by the refusing body scans and demanding time consuming physical inspections. >> let's not tie up those people who just want to go home and spend time with loved ones. >> but many tavelers are angry. this was atlanta. >> i don't believe tsa has ever found aterrorist. >> tom sawyer says his agent wouldn't listen. >> totally ignored my three requests to tell him of my condition. >> so the agent pressed too hard on a bag tom wears to collect his urine and the bag leagues

one of the south korean marines was killed and 13 others injured. south korea then scrambled five jets and fired back. -- site for jets. the white house is calling on north korea to halt its actions in response to the armistice agreement that ended the korean war. >>> on monday a jury convicted accused killer emaar guandique the murder of chandra levy. >> courtney robinson is outside d.c. superior court. >> good morning. according to susan levy, the rollercoaster is not over. this is not closure, although she is satisfied with the verdict. the jurors are confident in the decision they made. >> we cannot bring back their daughter. >> but the jury of nine women and three men say that they could bring justice to the family nearly 10 years after the murder in rock creek park. >> we felt we had allot of evidence. >> i did not have doubts. >> after three and a half days of deliberating, all 12 believed guandique attacked and killed her or left her to die. it does bring some satisfaction to the family. >> it may be a guilty verdict, but i have a lifetime se

>> i was on a similar island of the south korean coast filming. s normally idyllic and beautiful landscape. but in this case, the island of yeonpyeong has been the center point of tension already for a long time between north and south korea. there have been a number of serious incidents on that island. in 2000 two, two military vessels were opening fire on each other, leaving more than 20 soldiers killed in that last really serious incident. i mentioned people who live there, they already live with a strong military presence. more than 1000 south korean soldiers on this island. and they live with this threat of military escalation. >> why the sudden escalation at this particular time? >> it is actually not a sudden escalation. over the past mths, there have been a lot of disputes and tense movements, gunfire at the so- called the militarized zone. and there is the ongoing issue of p'yongyang's nuclear ambitions. many signs of tension. but you have to look at the internal affairs of north korea. there is a handover of power going on. there are phys

this attack reportedly killed two south korean marines and set dozens of buildings on fire. the south quickly returned fire but the north now warning of even more strikes to come jon. jon: the white house is condemning north korea and watching the situation very closely, the north, not only a nation with serious nuclear ambitions but some 30,000 u.s. troops are just across the border in the south potentially in the line of fire with when -- if this firefight gets any hotter. jennifer griffin, live at the pentagon, how serious an escalation is this? >> reporter: they're taking it very zeroo seriously, talking about it behind closed doors. we understand that the incident itself took place over 90 minutes. there were 200 artillery shells fired, northie -- korea fired first, two south koreans were killed, 20 residents were injured. we understand residents from that island are fleeing the island as we spaoefpblgt this is the most serious escalation since last march when the north koreans sunk the south korean frigot, killing 36 south korean sailors at the time but it's also the fi

according to a public opinion survey, nearly half of south koreans say the government should take military countermeasures. north korea state media reported a planned military drill by the united states and south korea is pushing the korean peninsula to the brink of war. >> an nhk camera crew has been on yeonpyeong island. earlier we spoke with a reporter chloe jung. >> what is the latest there? >> reporter: i am in the island residential area. the damage on the street is not so bad but about 150 meters from here, many houses were directly hit by the artillery. i went to the area where the damage is said to be among the worst. this is part of the island which was the most severely damaged. after being hit by artillery, as you can see, the flames moved into all of these houses and burned down the building. the roof fell down and the windows are burst out. everything inside is remaining ashes. a total of 21 houses on the island were destroyed. on the ground, the shattered glass of windows and the remains of concrete walls. even the houses that are still standing seems to be very unstable. th

super carrier and south korean destroyer took part in joint military exercises in the yellow sea. north korea is threatening another attack in response to the show of military force. meanwhile, koreans in the bay area are expressing strong feelings about the situation. here is abc7's cecilia vega. >> this is something new. >> reporter: korean immigrants say the only thing they can do is monitor the latest headlines and hope for the best. this oakland accountant was born in north korea and em grated to the south. he has a half sister he hasn't seen in a half century. >> it is an immediate flash back of what i had gone through when i was 10 years old. >> as war games play out in the yellow sea, lee is hoping for diplomacy from china and the u.s. but this former south korean marine says war is not the answer. >> there shouldn't be any war. i have gone through that myself, and during the korea war i lost my entire family. >> but at the oaknd la korea united methodist church, many feel differently. >> we will have to spend strong korean region. >> residents have strong words for their n

korean media. they are piling on the precious from the south. it has made in north allot more ha desperate. -- a lot more desperate. >> can these men take on the militants within 20 years of anarchy in somalia? first, a brazilian police and troops are saying that there is a drug trafficker's stronghold. >> one of the most dangerous slums. is that more than 2.5000 in the hunt for dozens of drug traffickers. and the officers in the hillside, overcoming barricades'. this is what they are looking for. weapons and more than 30 tons of marijuana and cocaine packaged for delivery. the operation follows the week in question for suspected drug dealers, a least 46 people having been killed. the police quickly declared victory, and even putting the brazilian flag. >> our slum was an emblematic place for the entire area where we had a very large number together. for the criminals, this was no doubt a moral loss. >> many gathered for prayers. it is one of the biggest in a two-year campaign to drive from the stronghold. desperate to make the city safer, the o

i'm not sure that the south koreans will go along this time. >> meanwhile as tensions are high, the u.s. and south korea are participating in exercises off the peninsula. a u.s. super car i don't remember and destroyer took up a position in the yellow sea. >>> the teenager suspected of plotting a terror attack in portland is due in court tomorrow. he allegedly planned to blow up a van full of explosives at a crowded christmas tree ceremony friday. the fbi secretly was working with the somali born suspect for months. documents reveal he told undercover agents the portland square was the perfect place to attack because it would be packed with families celebrating the holidays. >>> in oregon where the terror suspect would sometimes go to pray was set on fire today. evidence was left at the sale man islamic center leading them to believe that the fire is arson. 80% of the office was burned but the worship areas were untouched. no injuries were reported. no word of any arrests. >>> the flying public had a difficult decision to make this holiday season. you heard about it, a line delaying sea

-south korean naval exercise this weekend that includes the u.s. carrier "george washington" will demonstrate resolve but few believe it will deter north korea from future provocations. some analyst argue that the outside world must understand that the kim jung il regime operates according to its own logic. >> if you're a military first state and the only thing you have that your people can be proud of and support you for is military strength, than it stands to reason you can't make any concessions. >> reporter: flexing north korea's military muscle is one way for kim jong il to win over the country's hard liners as he hands over power to his son, kim jung un. yesterday's attack proves just how far he's willing to go. ceila hatton, cbs news, seoul. >> smith: in london today, thousands of students clashed with police for the second time in two weeks. the students were protesting plans to triple university tuitions. it's just one of a number of draconian steps being taken to balance britain's budget. some tried to force their way into government offi

but this forther south korean marine says war is not the answer. >> no, there shouldn't be any war. i've gone through that myself, and during the korean war, i lo my entire family. >> reporter: but at the oakland korean united methodist church, many differently. >> whave to stand strong against the kim jong-il regime. >> in the korean community, residents have strong words for their native south korean government. ma say it no -- has not done enou to stop north korea. >> someone says south korea has everything to lose but north korea ha nothing to lose. that doesn't mean that southern southern has -- south korea has to be naive or protectiv you know, defensive. i. >> we must stand strong against north korea. we he too many generous to them. >> stand strong, even it results in an all-out war. >> oh, yeah. strongly, must abolish north korea country. >> reporter: in oakland, abc-7 news. >> alan: theeb site wikileaks released hundreds of thousds of state departmt documents revealing a hidden world of back-stage diplomac the saud diz wanted the u.s. to attack iran and its facilities, and

. >> alan: southern southern's -- south korean's president said the north koreans will face repercussions. we have more. >> just something new. >> reporter: korean immigrants say the only thing they can do is monitor the latest headlines and hope for the best. this oakland accountant was born in north korea. he has a half century he hasn't seen in over a half a century. >> a flashback what went through when i was ten. >> reporter: lee is hoping for more diplomacy and military force from the china and the u.s. but this forther south korean marine says war is not the answer. >> no, there shouldn't be any war. i've gone through that myself, and during the korean war, i lost my entire family. >> reporter: but at the oakland korean united methodist church, many feel differently. >> we have to stand strong against the kim jong-il regime. >> in the korean community, residents have strong words for their native south korean government. many say it nose -- has not done enough to stop north korea. >> someone says south korea has everything to lose but north korea has nothing to lose. that doesn't m

this is putting pressure on south korean exports.threatens the global competitiveness. >> the vley of the south korean woyuan has to be controlled. ap's another business depends on foreign sales, so the weakness of the u.s. dollar is a big problem for us. >> as an explanation, prius defending similar interests to germany at the g-20 summit. it is resisting u.s. calls to reduce its ballooning trade program. >> the biggest asian exporter is china, which this year overtook germany as top exporting nation. china stands accused of keeping its currency artificially low in order to keep its products competitive. the u.s. federal reserve has just pump more freshly minted money into the economy, letting the u.s. dollar plunged. such currency moves are vital for small and medium businesses depending on exports. well, we look at a firm in hamburg which produces machine security vals. >> unless it is airtight, a valve is useless. this company is based in hamburg, but two-thirds of its products are sold abroad. each of valve has to understand the

south korean troops are on high alert. the problem is taking a tough line with the regime could yet provoked the shooting. bbc news, on the korean border. >> police and gangs have clashed in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro. at least 10 people reported killed. police say drug traffickers are fighting back against their tends to pacify. it is reported heavily armed men are still stopping cars. this report. >> in this car, one of the latest targets in volatile rio. people have been pulled from their vehicles and then seen them go up in flames. he had his men torched by gunmen -- his van torched. >> they opened the back door of the van to see if there was someone in the back. they saw that there was no one there and torched it. >> it started on sunday night. they have also seen stations shot at. military police have been deployed in more than one dozen slum districts. 1200 officers have been reportedly pulled off a desk duties to patrol the streets. there have been raids and arrests, and weapons have also been seized. the

the business program here on our team with me scholem's farley russia is interested in acting south korean investors speaking in seoul ahead of the g. twenty summit to me very of says south korea is one of the top priority partners for russia in the region russia's president added that trade should diversify away from the rule materials among the first dues of the trip conglomerate and russia's great company will build a transformer production plant worth several million dollars russia is a mosque region but only says it may burden him with a buy in the metal sector rushes metro south korean pasco a metal works at least in the future gas promise to supply no less than ten billion cubic meters of natural gas per year to south korea starting from twenty seventeen a person the company supplies one point five million tons of liquefied natural gas to the country in addition gas problem it's considering building a new gas pipeline between the two countries head of the company alexei miller expects the south korean market to grow by at least fifteen percent by the time gas deliveries begin. our k

he toured the artillery units that attacked the south korean islands. so this is creating a narrative in south korea giving him legitimacy. a 27-year-old kid who basically did nothing before. but it's also a bit dangerous because it's not clear who really is calling the shots. is kim jong il, the current leadering staging this for his son's coming out party? has power started to transition? does the son know how to control the brakes and the gas? it's not clear how these decisions are made internally which makes it quite dangerous, actually, as we try to anticipate their next move. host: we are going to mix in calls, tweets and emails from our audience. here is one from gary dun conwho tweets -- we need to get out of korea. we've been there for 60 years. it's not our problem. we have enough of our own. why does south korea need us? guest: they have a very combrissive military. the u.s. and south cree -- they have a very impressive military. the u.s. and south korea have agreed they will defend each other in event of the war. we have a four-star general i

. >> south korean is strengthening its military forces following tuesday's deadly artillery attack. meanwhile, reports say that north korea has been threatening south korea with additional attacks. there could be second or even third attacks if the south did not stop it called reckless military provocations. we got the latest from the tensions, and i asked our reporter what he thought was behind the escalation. >> i think this is a response, if you like, to some of the criticisms that there has been from the south korean newspapers, who have suggested that the response of south korea was not robust enough. we have had the south korean presidential spokesman making clear that additional ground troops would be deployed on those islands. they are also counseling decisions to withdraw marines from that part of the coast. they have also talked about the rules of engagement, a suggestion in the words that they were too passive, that they had been too focused on preventing military action escalated into something more serious, and so, in response, things are going to be strain -- change. th

a few puffs of smoke, seen on the horizon, was enough to send south korean troops scrambling back intoack on yunpyong island has unsettled many here in the south. north korea's leader, kim jong- il, is certainly enemy number one, but these protestors in seoul are also frustrated with their own political leaders, who are accused of weakness. that view is shared by manyç are accused of weakness. that view is shared by manyç north koreans who have escaped we met one such defector called kim young-il this morning. he's now got a job in seoul, but a few years ago, he didn't have enough to eat. he says north korean leader kim jong-il and his son and likely successor, kim jong-un, are influenced by and dependent on the military. the south koreans must risk an escalation of hostilities and respond more forcefully, he says. >> ( translated ): the south korean president was hesitant and it makes people anxious. it doesn't make any sense, they're letting north korean get away with it again. >> reporter: temporary shrines have been set-up honoring the south korean servicemen who lost their lives

two marines, two south korean marineare dead. 16 are injured following a series of artillery strikes from north korea on south koreain retalation by south kor on north korea. the first strikes came from the north on the highly populated island of yeongpeong. the white house has condemned this attack on the north by the south. the north has attacked the south with artillery shells. 16 injured. two associaten marines are dead. the white house has condemned these attacks. more throughout the news cast. >>> today vice president joe biden will visit an indiana transmission plant in kokomo as part of the white house main street tour. it was saved by the federal bailout. it received more than 400 million in stimulus money. the city also received 600,000 in stimulus funds to renovate downtown sidewalks. chrysler received an emergency $10 billion bailout has not repaid it. >>> one local woman who once told president obama she was exhausted from defending him so much has now lost her job. >>> i'm exhausted of defending you, dending your administration, the change that i voted for and deeply dis