not retaliate. greg palkot live in london. last time they retaliated. that s right. i was on the phone part of the night and they re breathing a lot easier now. south korea staging an artillery drill. north korea had threatened a retaliation. well, apparently, they have blinked. it all happened on this island that is just off the coast of north korea. it is near a disputed maritime border and it was, as gretchen noted, the target last month of a deadly fuselage. we were on that island a few days after and they it a lot of damage. at the time, the government in seoul was criticized for not doing enough. this time around they were ready. they said they were going to stage this artillery drill. they had planes ready. missiles, artillery, you name it, even u.s. advisors were on that island. they evacuated citizens. they put folks in bunkers and then they had an hour and a half artillery drill and then they waited. and so far at least, north korea has not reacted. the word we re
sale. good morning, and robin is off this morning. and we are starting with breaking news out of britain. that s right, police swept in on an attempted terror plot arresting 12 men in london and two other cities. the arrest came after al qaeda warning of potential attacks. we ll start our coverage with jim sciutto in london. jim? apparently, jim is not hearing us. we ll go to our chief investigative correspondent brian ross here right now. 12 men arrested. three british cities. as you pointed out, many times this comes out after a lot of clatter suggesting an al qaeda attack in the christmas holidays. exactly. they re tracking several threat schemes. in other words, an electronics source is suggesting a holiday attack is likely. that al qaeda may seek to take advantage of a psychological impact of a christmastime attack, george township. they want to take advantage, even though they re having a hard time getting materials for an attack. what specifically are official
seoul with the very latest. . reporter: good morning. rob and vinita. tensions are high on the border, but politicians and citizens are divided over whether these routine exercises are necessary at this point in time. south korean military having conducted these drills every month for the past 37 years. it says the live-fire drills are defensive in nature. at the center of this dispute is this maritime border. south korea recognizes a northern boundary and thousands of south koreans reside in these small islands. north korea says the border is just to the south of the islands. in fear, residents of the island, victims of last month s attack on the north, are inside underground shelters waiting and earlier they ve been given gas masks just in case. naval ships and missile capabilities and fighter jets are on standby in case the conflict escalates. they hope both sides back down. they rallied outside the south korean defense ministry just before the drills. the drills have en
reporter: president obama and the pentagon will have to inform congress when they have drafted the new rules that will covern the new policy. the white house press secretary was asked if active duty gays and lesbians could come out now. if there is a series of implementing a and legal issues that lawyers in this building, as well as in the department of defense and the department of justice are working through and, obviously, working through a longer and larger implementing a policy process once the president signs the repeal into law. i don t have i don t, i wouldn t not want to be in a position to, at this point, give that legal advice. reporter: opponents have not given up. in virginia, republicans state delegate robert marshal said he will introduce a bill to ban gays and lesbians from serving openly in virginia s national guard. i think what we will probably and immediately see is some lawsuits filed. reporter: tom mcclusky&said much like supporters of the re
were picked up in early morning raids in london. suspected of preparing to set off explosives in multiple locations. it is not clear yet with the alleged plot would be carried out. this morning korea is on edge, a 60-year border war threatens to boil over again. south korean art lil ree bottom bartded test targets for 90 machines during a scheduled military drill on the same disputed island attacked by north korea last month. preeti, good morning to you. good morning, terrell. the drills end ad short while ago with no sign of military action yet from north korea. south korea did launch fighter jets during the lls just in case. residents of south korea s yeonpyeong island took cover in bomb shelters this morning as planned military exercises got under way. seoul carried out the drills despite increasing threats of retaliation from the north. but, so far, there s been no response from pyongyang. last month after similar exercises, north korea bombarded the island with artil