others using a number of weapons. the attackers shot and then injured and taken away. but what s got everybody concerned here is the brutal nature of the attack. eyewitnesses claiming that the victim was attacked and hacked to death using knives and machetes and while the victim was left lying on the streets, the attackers pronounced an islamic slogan god is great, a sky news source saying it s believed the attack could be politically motivated. what s gotten everybody equally concerned is that this attack happened near a british military barracks here in london. the defense ministry is looking urgently into was a soldier who. it has said according to eyewitnesses that the man wore a t-shirt for a military charity. again, on that brutal video the attackers say that it was a soldier. again, that is the purported video of the aftermath of the scene. an emergency security meeting of the uk government was convened late today. they are beefing up security both at that barracks and at all
injured, taken away, now under arrest. there s been an emergency security meeting of the uk government tonight, and they they are beefing up security, both at the barracks in name and also in other barracks all around london. the security levels here regarding terrorism are substantial. uk prime minister david cameron was on an unofficial visit to france. he said, and i quote, we will never buckle in the face of terrorism, no matter what that i homegrown, deadly. something we know about, too. back to you, bret. greta: greg, thank you. another bizarre turn in the boston marathon bombing case. a long way from boston. it involves a friend of the suspect, the fbi, and an apparent interview that went terribly wrong. phil keating picks up the story. ibragim todashev shot dead after pulling a knife during an fbi interrogation was a russian national living in orlando, florida, as a legal resident. according to a friend of his, he
for some perspective, that s about 2/3 the size of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. news of this test immediately sent u.s. and south korea forces in the region on high alert. here in japan, the prime minister convened an emergency security meeting. the key question, how big was the bomb detonated and did they use plutonium. or highly enriched you main rum? north koreans claim it was a lighter atomic bomb, meaning a greater chance for this bomb to be weaponized. analysts say if north koreans were successful in build thing bomb out of highly enriched uranium, it would speed up pyongyang s ability to extend its arsenal in a relatively short amount of time. rob and diana? akiko, you mentioned that the u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting on all of this in the morning. so what exactly could they do? i assume it could be more
2009. for some perspective, that s about 2/3 the size of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. news of this test immediately sent u.s. and south korea forces in the region on high alert. here in japan, the prime minister convened an emergency security meeting. the key question, how big was the bomb detonated and did they use plutonium. or highly enriched you main rum? north koreans claim it was a lighter atomic bomb, meaning a greater chance for this bomb to be weaponized. analysts say if north korea were successful in build thing bomb out of highly enriched uranium, it would speed up pyongyang s ability to extend its arsenal in a relatively short amount of time. rob and diana? akiko, you mentioned that the u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting on all of this in the morning. so what exactly could they do? i assume it could be more sanctions? reporter: we could certainly expect more sanctions. here in japan, we ve heard from
a handful of people who s been into north korea and very familiar with the region. i am and i have to say quite a shock. he had been sick since 2008 officially. had suffer add stroke there, but i think it came to a shock to a lot of people including south korea and we do begin with this breaking news thinking morning. some hope, some fear and lots of uncertainty. people are reacting worldwide to the death of north korean dictator kim jong-il. his 17-year reign of power is over. this came late last night on north korea television. delivered by a weak tv anchor having trouble keeping it together. take a look. [ speaking in foreign language ] now, this, what you re looking at, is the last known image of kim jong-il released by state media, north korea said he dysart of a heart attack. he was on a train when he suffered. only 69 years old. the country announced what it calls a great successor to the so-called dear leader. his son, third son, kim jong un, who is said to be