knowing this is pretty much picking a fight with them. as the ferry steams to the peninsula, the elderly neighbors reflect on their homeland and the cost of a war that never truly ended. reporter: it s okay says 83-year-old lee chung neyo, the responsibility of the soldiers to evacuate them. the ferry back on the mainland, family awaits. take care, says lee. take care. as we told you, this military exercise is set to get underway between north and south korea, really has people up in arm there s and frightened because they believe this is designed to, quote, start a war. let s go to the u.n. and cnn s richard roth who is standing by at an emergency meeting there. richard, can the security council keep up like this, keep this from happening? reporter: i doubt it.
military says she can find cover. she wonders why it s this way. if we carry out the drills, she said, north korea has said it will retaliate more strongly. going ahead with the drills knowing this is pretty much picking fight with them. as the ferry steams to the korean peninsula, these elderly neighbors reflect on the divided homeland and the cost of a war that never truly ended. it s okay, says this 83-year-old woman, on the damage to her community and the pain of evacuating. the soldiers need to do them, right? the ferry now back, the islanders on the mainland. family awaits. take care, she says, take care. cnn in south korea. we ve re-established our connection with tony clark, the president of the national association of regulatory utility commissioners. tony, i kind of introduced you
cover. she wonders why it has to be this way. if we carry out tdrills, north korea will come out strongly. as ferry steams through the korean peninsula, they reflect on their divided homeland and cost of a war that never ended. it s okay says this 83 year old. the damage to her community and the pain of evacuating. soldiers need to do them, right? the ferry now back. the islanders on the mainland. family awaits. take care says, lee. take care. we ll continue to follow the korean situation through the afternoon. back in washington, the senate trying to wrap up work on several critical legislative