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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 suggestion about a peace process. what do enough mind? >> well, ambassador hill fully know it is six-party process produced a document back in september of 2005 and one of the points in that document was that the relevant parties, obviously the united states, south korea, and north korea, but maybe china as well, would begin to establish a peace regime on the korean peninsula. look, until north k

cha, what about the south korea? there was a statement late today that the south korean government and the pentagon and the united states government are in sync. whatever happens, whatever the reaction will be, they'll do it together. does that make sense? so hare how do you think south korea has handled it? >> it does make sense. i mean the u.s. and south korea are allies. they're bound by a mutual defense treaty. it does make sense that they consult closely on how to respond. the south korean response thus far has been very measured. they did respond. they may have more follow-up measures but it has been measured because the south koreans, you know, this attack, they cannot look at this attack simply as an attack. they have to consider the broader consequences. the effect on stock markets. you know, the fact that they had just hosted the g-20 nations only a few days ago and will host nations for the nuclear summit in 2012. there are many other considerations. from a u.s. perspective the idea sticking very close is

south korea scrambled f-16 jets. returns fire almost immediately. 3:55 a.m., president obama is awakened by the national security adviser, tom donilon. 4:33 a.m., they issue a statement saying united states strongly condemns the attack and calls on north korea to halt its belligerent action. 9:15, the director of national intelligence, kames clapper, briefed the president. the u.s. decides not to respond or escalate. urging south korea to show restraint. in seoul, south korea's president meets with his generals and threatens an enormous retaliation if the north attacks again. in fact, this is the second attack from the north in eight months. in march, pyongyang sank a south korean ship killing 46 sailors. is all this a show of strength? as north korea's ailing leader kim jong-il prepares to turn over power to his youngest son, kim jong-un. >> the younger kim is being encouraged to show that he can be strong. that he's a tough guy. and so, this is probably not the last such provocation we're going to see. and these ar

the south korean military and u.s. troops stationed in the country have raised the surveillance level on north korea to the second highest status, mobilizing satellites and reconnaissance planes. earlier on tuesday north korea fired dozens of shells at yeonpyeong island near the maritime border. 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 matt

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but can it keep the lid on between north and south? >>> getting the word out about a problem shared by millio of people that's still difficult to talk about. >>> and seriously funny. remembering the man whose second career changed comedy forever. just don't call him shirley. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. it has happened again. the website wikileaks has gone public with u.s. state secrets, thousands of them. a massive coordinated leak of documents, seemingly designed to hurt the united states, its power, prestige and influence around the world. as a leading german newspaper put it today, never before in history has a superpower lost control of such vast amounts of such sensitive information. while diplomats will find all the blunt language familiar, it's meant to be secret. and now that it's out, it will no doubt hurt the ability of the u.s. to do business around the world. and there's more on the way. we begin our coverage tonight with our chief foreign affairs correspondent,

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, t noth 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 suggestion about a peace process. what do enough mind? >> well, ambassador hill fully know it is six-party process produced a document back in september of 2005 and one of the points in that document was that the relevant parties, obviously the united states, south korea, and north korea, but maybe china as well, would begin to establish a peace regime on the korean peninsula. look, until north kore

the south korea military says one south korean marine has died and others are injured. we will continue to bring you uptes on the situation as they become available. >>> we finally have a verdict in one of washington's murder cases. ingmar guandique was found guilty of killing chandra heavy y. he could face 30 years to life in prison. the 24-year-old intern disappeared in may 2001. her remains were found one year later by a man walking his dog in rock creek park. it wasn't for another seven years that charges were filed. nine and a half years after her disappearance the person charged has been found guilty. jaie benson has more on the day in court. >> reporter: nine and a half years after chandra levy disappeared, a murder conviction. >> i plan to be here and followed up on what happened to my daughtero matter how hard it has been for

artillery onto a south korean island. south korea scrambled fighter jets and fired back. north korea says it will launch more attacks if the south violates their disputed border anymore. >>> it is 6:31. our other top story -- the new security measures facing travelers this holiday season. >> a new survey shows support for the high-tech scanners, but the more in basis pat-downs are still causing concern. pamela brown has reaction from passengers live from reagan national airport. >> good morning to you, scott and alison. this is the busiest travel week, but it is different from years past because of new security measures. but according to a new poll, more americans would sacrifice their comfort for safety. 2/3 of americans say they support the full body scans, but it is up close and personal downs that cause controversy. >> i do not know that they make us any safer. >> tsa says only 700 passengers have complained since the new security measures kick in, out of 40,000 travelers. >> has all of this been done perfectly? no. >

and the south korean has fallen. we will see if they will implement any measures to put a lid on the fall. they will go to the safe havens. >> you are watching bbc world news. still to come images capture the moment an explosion ripped that you a coal mine in new zealand. 29 miners are still missing. >> the israeli parliament passed a bill setting new conditions for any withdrawal from occupied territories. it requires a two-thirds majority before any land in the golan heights or east jerusalem could be creeded to syrians or palestinians. if it fails to get the majority it must be put to a national referendum t. is condemned by the palestinian government. the e.u. envoy to haiti says sunday's elections must go ahead despite the epidemic of cholera. four of 19 candidates appealed for it to be delayed to tackle the disease but the envoy said pose posen it could jeopardize political stability there. a new temple outside india has opened to worshipers in the u.k. it has taken over a decade to finish and is attracting kik

officials said south korea's u.n. ambassador, park in kook met britain's deputy ambassador to the united nations, philip parham, on wednesday morning. britain holds the rotating security council presidency this month. park and parham coordinated views with an eye on the security council taking up tuesday's attack. some diplomats say the south korean government has not yet decided on how to raise the issue at the u.n. the security council is unlikely to deal with the issue until next week. earlier hideshi hara spoke with our reporter hiroki yajima, who covers issues on the korean peninsula. >> what can you tell us about the south korean government's response to north korea's attack? >> president lee myung-bak said on tuesday the strike was an obvious provocation. he said indiscriminate attacks on civilians can't be forgiven. 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-

retaliation by the south. pyongyang has accused the south of firing first. time now for the business news. >> we are looking at the reaction on the markets. let me show you. i don't know what side to stand but you see we must remind ourselves many of these markets were already close to closing when the shelling started. apart from hang seng you can see the impact. all eyes. what we are seeing is investors fleeing from this and going into the safe haven. dollar sun, swiss franc and gold up. they get jittery on something like this. all eyes on the markets when they open tomorrow to see the impact. needless to say it is really the theme of the markets today is, well, a flee from these to the safe haven. that is something i put to james earlier. >> this north korea-south korea story is one to a plethora that are causing the action. you have the ireland bailout and tkpwraoebg extra bailout and f.b.i. looking into hedge funds and banking regulation all pointing to the fact that markets and traders want to get away f

troops are on the south korean side. unresolved territorial disputes are already pretext for flareups. there have been clashes between north and south korea for years, but in recent months, there has been rising tension. in march, a south korean warships sank, killing several sailors. a panel will that it was signed by north korean torpedos, but they denied it. last month, fire was exchanged across the land border, and last week, north korea proudly revealed a new nuclear facility to enrich uranium. >> today in washington, that scientists said it was time for the united states to reevaluate its north korea policy. >> the most important thing is to try to cap the nuclear program, and what i indicated i would like to see is no more bombs, no better bombs, which means no testing, and no export. >> paradoxically, saber rattling by north korea could just be to strengthen its hand with an eye to diplomacy, but second- guessing this regime is always difficult. >> much more, of course, on our website about that crisis in korea.

>> south korea is our ally. it has been since the korean war, and we strongly affirm our commitment to defend south korea as part of that alliance. >> will we perhaps send warships or would you put u.s. troops on alert? >> i'm not going to speculate on military actions at this point. i want to consult with president lee. >> japan's prime minister has called on china to use its influence on north korea to help ease tensions. the bam bard. said to be a horrible act of barbarism. considering how serious the attack is and what options are open to the international community is our world affairs editor. >> any incident like this is pretty dangerous, of course, but north korea is such a weird place that things aren't necessarily what they appear to be. there seems to be a political battle going on inside the north korean leadership and loosing off a few dozen artillery rounds at the south may well be a sign that the battle is hotting up. in the strange outdated atmosphere of the north, armed forces parade like marione

i am the artistic director of the performing arts organization located in the south of market area. also thanks to the san francisco redevelopment agency, we will be opening up a brand-new theatre in the summertime. i am here in support of agnes briones ubalde. i first met agnes back in our college days, san francisco state. dare i say 20 years ago. oh, my gosh, we are getting old. i have always admired her focused work ethic, her integrity, and her talent as a great communicator. i have witnessed firsthand her community organizing, in particular the south of market area, and as a proud filipino american, i have always been proud of her achievements with city hall and her overall talent to lead people and make right decisions, so again, i urge you to support her. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. next speaker please. >> supervisors, my name is

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 to us that there would still be no closure for her or se chandra levyus would never be b

beef in south korean market. months ago the new president ordered trade ministers to intensify negotiations here. the president talked on the telephone last week agreed to try to reach and finalize the agreement at this summit. the ministers left it in their hands to one on one talks and the president conceding they failed to resolve differences and they told the ministers to go back to the drawing board, if you will, to keep moving forward for the free trade agreement and try to resolve knit coming weeks. back to the news conference. i believe we've got the president speaking. >> you'll see a broad-based agreement from all countries including germany that we need to ensure balance and sustainable growth. it's my expectation that the communications will begin to put in place mechanisms that help us track and encourage sustainable growth and and the most important thing is that united states can do for the world economy is to grow. because we continue to be the world's largest market and a huge engine for all othe

twenty summit he met his south korean counterpart and gave a speech at the civil society for latinas and he said no a sporting event is it for us let's cross live to so. peace on the peninsula is among the topics on the agenda sense but all russia and south korea planning to do . to maintain it. well this is a concern not just for south korea and russia but for the whole world really pretty much everyone understands how important peace on the peninsula is not just for the sake of peace but for the economy and for stability in both russia and south korea like i said very much understand that this is a big issue for all we hear so much about iran and president medvedev himself brought up the fact that iran has never declared itself as a nuclear state while north korea very much have so it is a concern for russia once again president medvedev reiterated that moscow is alarmed over north korea's nuclear ambitions but believes the only way to go about solving them is through negotiations. the yury of that requires our special attention is the situation in the region and on the korean peni

korea, and then south korea responded. hundreds of rounds were fired between the two of them over the course of about an hour, hour and a half and i was told that defense secretary robert gates just got back from an overseas trip around midnight. he was briefed on the situation and was scheduled to speak with his counterpart in south korea by the end of this morning. the reason americans are worried or concerned about this is because the war between the two koreas never officially ended. they signed an armistice but the u.s. is still pledged to defend south korea and there are tens of thousands of american troops there. more than 50 u.s. naval vessels there. that's why, obviously, the american people have a stake in what happens over in that area. >> secretary gates is it getting briefed on this. aside from that, has there been an official response to all of this from the pentagon as of yet? >> no. if you're talking about any sort of escalation of force or moving more naval vessels to that area, nothing like that. they're

lots of rain as well to the south. there certainly isn't going to be much in the way of sunshine around unfortunately. let's take the clouds away. you can see all of this across france, the british isles. this is mostly going to be snow. some of that across the alpine region, down towards the northern balkans. it is starting to get a little bit lighter though here towards the mediterranean. you'll continue to see thunderstorms, though, in parts of greece. the southern balkans. and actually pushing into western turkey here as well. also very wet for you in parts of northern africa and southern portugal and spain. temperatures, 3 in london for you. 3 also in paris. and 7 in vienna. we have minus 8 in stockholm, 2 in kiev and 0 in moscow. keeping it warm in athens, though, at 23. here is your extended forecast. >>> japan is a country famous for creating cutting edge robots. so no surprise it has an awards ceremony to honor the best of the best. the 2010 robot of the year award was handed out on friday in tokyo. top prize

obama landed in south korea about an hour ago. right before that, the president returned to indonesia. in 1967, the president's mother remarried an indonesian man he lived there with his mom and step father for about four years. he visited for less than 24 hours. he visited the largest mosque. the president wants to restore relations with the muslim world. the troubled u.s. economy, he talked of strengthening the u.s. economy and military ties. the president will speak to u.s. troops there. >> thank you. 6:33. an islam yik group is concern the the u.s. government is delaying passports. officials seed a package. by the time it was released, the sgrup missed its flight. >> there is nothing suspicious about these people, if there were, we believe the government should have come and talked to the people individually. >> the customs agency bought new tickets for different flights. >> the chandra leavy trial continues. a cell mate says he told him he did kill her. >> a high school student was shot and killed. a classmate with him was sh

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 disappointed where we are right now. i've been told that i voted for a man w

south korean officials say two south korean marines were killed and dozens of others have been hurt. several houses reportedly erupted into flames as residents rush to evacuate. south korean tv showing plumes of smoke rising above the island, home to more than a thousand people. while the latest information indicates the shelling appears to have stopped at this hour, the united states military officials telling nbc news, that the incident forced south korea to scramble its f-16 fighter jets and to go on what it calls crisis alert. just hours ago, south korea's president pledged a stern response, although he also called on officials to make sure that, quote, the situation would not escalate. the squirmish comes amid already increased tensions over north korea's claim that it has a new uranium enrichment facility and against the backdrop you'll remember of the sinking of a south korean warship believed by most experts to have been carried out by north korea. 46 south korean sailors died in that attack back in march. we'll keep you post odd than story. >>> this morning's "new york times

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 supporting south korea. it will watch how the south refers to the council. even after they take issue with the action it will be difficult to issue a change. considering the sinking of the warship in march, the statement adopted by the security council did not blame north korea by name out of consideration for china. >> translator: china bears a huge responsibility to the international community as a permanen

two south korean marines are dead an 16 injured on the small south korean island. the 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, wende

two south korean marines are dead after north korea opened fire on a south korean island near the disputed western border. a the least 16 other people have been hurt that include civilians. about 1200 lifl on the island. south korea responded with artillery fire and scrambled several f-16 fighters. no u.s. personnel were involved in the attack and the white house condemns north korea's actions. north and south korea are technically at war since the 1950 to 1953 korean war ended with a ceasefire and not a peace treaty. also new, officials say 10 suspects are detained in an anti-terror sweep in belgium, the netherlands and germ 18. the suspect are suspected of planning a possible attack in belgium. is some were recruiter for a terror group. >>> a south san jose high school is in mourning after a student's death this morning. that makes two deaths in 12 months. cheerleaderer jordan michelle wt died in a car accident early sunday morning. west and four other teens in the car had been drinking. west's death happened 12 months after michael russell was stabbed to death and n his family's back ya

and south korean ships sail into military exercises. what one senator says about north korea's threats of an attack. >>> crime does make news so does a drop in crime. tonight a dramatic drop in an east bay city that makes note. and make could vick -- makovec. >> reporter: today the lack of gunshots makes the news. >> we have been lucky. >> reporter: the city's 2010 homicide rate has gone down by about 50% over last year. >> i am glad that it's dropping. i'm being invited to funerals every other year is not fun. >> reporter: in 2009, 47 murders record. this year 52 with one month left to go. >> officers are staying in the beats. >> reporter: police say it seems as if people that live in the neighborhoods where crimes are being committed are more willing to step forward and help police solve the crime. >> that is a big part of how we solve the cases. >> we are starting to finally see that partnership evolve. >> >>reporter: they have added ten officers this year and used technology like a shot spotter alerting dispatchers to the exact loca

president obama, meanwhile, is in south korea, day 7 of his asian trip. he had some tough talk for the north on this veterans day, but on the issues of job, trades, and taxes, it was a day of disappointment and confusion. chip reid who is traveling with the president in seoul explains. >> reporter: in south korea, the president saluted veterans of the korean war and the 28,000 u.s. troops who still stand guard here today against a hostile nuclear armed north korea. >> the united states will never waiver in our commitment to the security of the republic of korea. we will not waiver. >> reporter: but that moment of national pride was followed by disappointment, a press conference that was supposed to be a celebration of a free trade agreement with south korea fell flat. the talks continued to drag on. >> we don't want months to pass before we get this done. we want this to be done in a matter of weeks. >> reporter: the sticking point-- cars. last year, south korea exported 476,000 cars to the u.s., but imported only 6,000 american cars. so far, south korea

the training though comes as south korean januaries call for vengeance and north korea says the south is using humans as human shields. >> reporter: north korea is suggesting the u.s. and south korea share some of the blame for this week's conflict and casualties. the north shelled a south korean island tuesday killing four people. two marines and two civilians. while the crews began rebuilding damaged homes, the north declared sowl was part seoul was responsible claiming they used humans and hyped the casualties for propaganda. he also accused the u.s. of willfully orchestrating the conflict by using an aircraft carrier in joint south korea u.s. planned for that sunday in the yellow season. at a funeral for the two marines killed tuesday, one commander promised his troops would take 1,000 fold revenge. as protestors wanted tougher action against north korea. they kept pressing china to restrain the north. chinese envoys met with south korean officials saturday. in a t.v. interview friday president obama stressed the importance of beijing's role. >> china is a country that has influen

to diversify the economic cooperation between russia and south korea we need to do to. we need to make it more high tech we are modernizing russia creating a new economy in our korean friends have experience in this as well as in the commercialization of scientific discovery studies i'm very happy to have signed a memorandum on ration in high technology the president would have also had an open discussion with members from civil societies there they talked a lot about boosting trade between the two countries of course south korea and russia do have strong trade ties but it's nothing compared. to when you look at the present certainly pushing hard to put a lot of effort into deepening ties especially when it comes to trade and the economy. present the civil societies did bring up south korean food in that led to a lot of talk about russian vodka and present business have pointed out that this is a great chance and a great reason to build the cooperation between the two countries on the lowest levels at a civil level so people in korea understand that it's not just of off

the south, the problem to me is that the south, southern, the south had was they had three or four strategies, each one which have been successful, probably would have worked, that each strategy had its very skillful and intelligent proponent. and the result was they didn't really hit upon either one of them. none of them were wrong. if lee had been given the resources passionate lee idea of taking the war to the north and frightening the bejesus out of them and terrorizing them and bringing them, that would've worked if you been given the resource. joseph johnson is greatly underrated, british really thought he was the best confederate general, of course they were the british. anyway -- [laughter] >> the guy who thought that, ian hamilton, was by all accounts the top british general. they thought he was the best person. when you read his writings, he was very dashing he will well produce intelligent. he was educated. he really stood out. he was the general. so there you go. the southern generals, no, they never hit on a strategy. and the point at which lincoln basically surrendered the comma

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 physically weak, old dictator's trying to hand over power to the youngest son to the there's a lot of speculation on how smooth this handover pros and if there are rivalries of clans. that is probably part of this car and escalation. >> thank you for that analysis. the united states has 28,000 soldiers in south korea and has condemned the north korean artillery -- artillery attack. china has called for, urging both nations to do more to contribute to peace. the nato alliance, the european union, and britain have condemn

the further south we go, the more severe it's going to get. that rain is going to be sweeping into the east coast during your tuesday. behinds this it bigelow pressure there is a lot of cold air tucked in behind. that will produce significant snow for the upper midwest and central canada during the overnight hours. for the specific northwest, wet and windy once again. the rockies looking generally calm but that will translate to snow over the higher ground. 9 in vancouver. 8 in seattle. not too bad. staying bitterly cold in winnipeg, minus 8. taking over to europe, cold weather and lots of snow. snot just over the british isles but most of continental europe. we have pictures to show you. the widespread snow affecting many areas and starting off in austria. dangerous driving conditions. poland dealing with lots of snow as well. this proved deadly in poland. two people have reportedly died and 10,000 homes were without power on monday. across the british isles, lots of snow here as well making a -- causing traffic disruptions and lots of flight

south korea military exercises a sure strength. but the south korean leader knows that there is a response to north korea oppose the aggression is not tough enough. >> for failing to protect my people's lives and property, i know well that they are greatly disappointed about the military's response to north korea near the island. i am very sorry and regretful for the death of innocent people. >> and those in the past, the president said, are now seeing its true colors. this is the image that north korea likes to project. strong, united, have defined. now, new interests have emerged to show a very different picture. film that considerable risk by a korean journalist and smuggled out. this girl is 23, an orphan. what do you eat, he asks her. and nothing, she replies. what do you want? this one is an idiot, she says. it is rarely rhythmists -- witnessed. the situation is getting more desperate. >> been number of homeless and vagrant have and increased. >> in seoul, protestors month the north korean media. they are piling on the precio

to diversify the economic cooperation between russia and south korea we need to do. we need to make it more high tech we are modernizing russia creating a new economy in our korean friends have experience in this as well as in the initialization of scientific discovery studies i'm very happy to have signed a memorandum on ration in high technology to the president also had an open discussion with members from civil societies there they talked a lot about boosting trade between the two countries of course south korea and russia do have strong trade ties but it's nothing compared. to when you look at the present certainly pushing to put a lot of effort into deepening ties especially when it comes to trade and the economy on a lighter note one of the members of the civil societies did bring up south korean food and that led to a lot of talk about russian vodka and president medvedev pointed out that this is a great chance and a great reason to build the cooperation between the two countries on the lowest levels at a civil level so people in korea understand that it's no

south korea fired back. south korean military says at least one south korean marine was killed and at least 13 others were wounded. a report from beijing. >> reporter: part of south korea's western island of yeonpyeong are in flames following the latest military clash between north and south korea. witnesses say north korea showered dozens of artillery rounds onto the island, which lies near disputed territory. south korea fired back, and the two sides exchanged fire for almost an hour, while the island's 1200 civilian residents took cover. this is the latest act of aggression by north korea which unveiled a new, modern nuclear facility to an american scientist earlier this month. in march the north is also believed to have launched a missile at a south korean warship, killing 46 on board. seoul now reports it's put its military on the highest possible level of alert and worries of signs of more trouble to come. cbs news, beijing. >> later this morning, dutch officials are expected to release results of test

south korea and russia do have strong trade ties but it's nothing compared to the u.s. and china when you look at those so president medvedev certainly pushing to put a lot of effort into deepening ties especially when it comes to trade and the economy on a lighter note one of the members of the civil societies did bring up south korean food in that mode to a lot of talk about russian vodka and president medvedev pointed out that this is a great chance and a great reason to build the cooperation between the two countries on the lowest levels at a civil level so people in korea understand that it's not just that russian string indeed it's not reporting for us well it's the currency conflict that's brewing which is likely to get leaders fired up at the g. twenty the u.s. and china have been locking horns accusing each other of using their currencies as defensive weapons to protect themselves but the wider issue is whether the world's most powerful nations should be allowed to let their exchange rates dwindle to help prop up their own countries more thoughts on this now fr

south korea fired back and scrambled f-16 fighter jets. the south is on high alert calling an emergency meeting of the security ministers. fire fight broke out at the time sold south korea's military conducting routine military drills in the waters there. we'll go to the pentagon now with chris lawrence joining us with more on this story. so chris, a lot of people asking why now? >> reporter: well, there's been a lot of tension, obviously, in that part of the world recently, kyra. you know, of course, independent american nuclear -- or scientists recently confirmed that north korea's nuclear program is much further along than maybe was previously believed so in fact the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen called them a very dangerous country, saying they were acting in a belligerent bay and now this latest attack obviously comes as north korea had been maneuvering, trying to get the sanctions lifted. the obama administration not lifting those sanctions. some of the folks that i have talked to say it's another example of north

to diversify the economic cooperation between russia and south korea we need to do to. we need to make it more high tech we are modernizing russia creating a new economy in our korean friends have experience in this as well as in the commercialization of scientific discovery studies i'm very happy to have signed a memorandum on ration in high technology because president also had an open discussion with members from civil societies there they talked a lot about boosting trade between the two countries of course south korea and russia do have strong trade ties but it's nothing compared to us and china when you look at the present certainly pushing to put a lot of effort into specially when it comes to trade and the economy on a lighter note one of the members of the civil societies did bring up south korean food in that talk about russian vodka and president medvedev pointed out that this is a great chance and a great reason to build the cooperation between the two countries on the lowest levels at a civil level so people in korea understand that it's not just that russi

it mirror's south korea's experience. do not forget. south korea is a country that emerged rapidly from the ruins of war to build itself up into one of the world's major economies. it has the honor of hosting the summit. it said it wants to use the opportunity to act as a bridge between the developed and developing world. develop an issue is a big part of the discussion here over the next couple days -- the development issue. >> thank you very much for joining me. anger over austerity measures has reached the streets of london. clashes broke out as tens of thousands of students and lecturers protested against plans to increase tuition fees to up to 9,000 pounds per year. some of the demonstrations thefverged where conservative party has its headquarters. -- the police commissioner admitted that they failed to anticipate the violence appeared our correspondent was there -- our correspondent was there. >> the doorstep of the conservative party headquarters. just one week after the government announced its plans for the future of universit