korea is vowing a firm response ar north korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery on to south korea's yong pa wyoeonpyeong is. eruptions in flames and residents rush teed evacuate. plumes of smoke rose above the island, home to over 3,000 people. two south korean marine was killed and at least 17 soldiers and 3 civilians have been hurt. according to south korean media, the incident prompted south korea to scramble they're fighter jets. without elaborating, the north later claimed that the south began firing first. >>> the white house ish issued a statement strongly condemning the attacks urging the north to halt mts "belligerent action." >>> and here at home, packing suitcases for this week's traffic rush. security officials are largely sticking by controversial airport screening methods. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: with the peak travel day looming wednesday, tsa said it will pick fewer passengers for pat-downs, hoping traveler dos not protest. by refusing body scans and demanding time-consuming physical inspections. >> let's not tie up those peep who just want to go home

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you were at the same location, at yong byon. tell us what you've seen. >> this looked like almost a scene from 1950, 1960, with these old gauges. but now these are completely modern. these are ones that are a much more effective, almost like they were just created in 2010. and so when those three experts of north korea nuclear issues actually arrived there, they had never seen anything like this. it was absolutely shocking to them. >> you could see it in their faces, when they talked about it, how shocked they were. does anybody have any sense where this came from this newly sophisticated technology? >> that is exactly the question they're asking tonight, diane. there's some speculation that pakistan helped. iran helped. they really want to get to the bottom of this. but it was a surprise. secretary of defense robert gates actually said, i hadn't known about this specific facility before but the fact they wanted their own enrichment capability is not a surprise. >> it's always an unending drama with the north koreans. thank you,

>> yongs. i was worried about it this morning.about getting off at dupont circle, thought i would take a chance. >> shocking to me. but i mean, metro needs repair. we all know that. just hope they can get on it really. >> you feel safe ride tg daily? >> i do. i feel safe. they still -- i never had a problem riding it all these years, even with the problems, it comes with the business. >> reporter: we now know that this was not specifically metro's fault. these falling pieces of concrete were caused by construction taking place here on connecticut avenue just above farragut north platform. so that was the cause. still, metro comes under fire this morning for response time. took them about over an hour to contact d.c. fire and police about the incident. so that is what we are hoping to get answers to today. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. according to metro, farragut north is the fourth busiest station in the system. in 2009 on average weekday, more than 25,000 people entered and exited that station. only union stati

two south korean marines are dead after north korea launched an artillery strike on the island of yonge chong. th've threatened more strikes if they cross the nation's disputed border. >>> a train got stuck on the track near burke this morning. there were about 1,500 passengers stuck on the train. they're now being tan by cab and bus to the franconia station. one man talks to news 4 about his nearly 4 1/2-hour ordeal just to try to get to work. >> reporter: you left when? >> i left my house at 6:30, dropped my kids off after day care, and here it is, i'll still standing out here. >> reporter: how long did you sit on the track? >> we sat for nearly two hours, and after that we sat at the train station for nearly 1 hour and 15 minutes. >>> earlier reports say they suffered mechanical problems but they have yet to release an official statement. >>> well, royal wedding bells will ring in the spring. prince william and kate middleton will wed at westminster anally in london on friday, ril 29th. it will be the sond biggest wedding in history. >> you might no be surprised to hear princeilliam

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