bae visited a special economic zone in rason last november as a tourist. they arrested him and accused him of what they call hostile acts. the supreme court sentenced him last month to 15 years of hard labor. north korean legal academic told the associated press that bae called his family and the u.s. last week. bae reportedly said he couldn't appeal his sentence and asked his family to urge the obama administration to demand his amnesty. analysts say leaders are using bae to win diplomatic concessions from washington. pyongyang has released several u.s. citizens in the past after visits from influential americans. >>> executives at the associated press blame the u.s. government for blatantly violating their constitutional rights. they say federal investigators secretly obtained phone records of ap journalists. >> on friday we got a notice from the justice department that they had seized the records of 20 of our telephone lines, work and personal lines, belonging to ap journalists and connecting to ap bureaus in several locations. >> the records were from

so kenneth bae was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> and bae's not the first.s like this are becoming all too familiar. cue emotional captives reunited with their families accompanied by a high profile politician. this was 2009 journalist laura ling celebrate freedom, former president bill clinton takes the credit. a year later it's a different former president, jimmy carter, with another relieved american. kenneth bae is the sixth american in the wrong place at the wrong time. and the north koreans may once again be holding out for a high profile visitor before they give him up. what north korea wants above all else is to enter one-on-one talks with the united states to gain concessions and get an end to punitive sanctions. they may see kenneth bae as the perfect way to achieve that aim. with the announcement of their third successful nuclear test in february, the stakes couldn't be higher. north korea even threatened a preemptive nuclear strike during south korean and u.s. war games last month. those maneuvers are over, but it seems the brinkmanship is not. w

time. >> reporter: and bae is not the first.like this are becoming all too family. cue emotional captives reunited with their families, accompanied by high-profile politician this was 2009. journalist laura ling and euna lee. former president bill clinton takes the president. a year later, jimmy carter with another relieved american. kenneth bae is the sixth american at the wrong place at the wrong time and the north corey ykoreans may be holding oa high-profile visitor before giving him up. they want to enter one-on-one talks with the united states to gain concessions and get an end to punitive sanctions. they may see kenneth bae as the perfect way to achieve that aim. with the announcement of their third successful nuclear test in february, the stakes couldn't be higher. north korea even threatened a preemptive nuclear strike during south korean/u.s. war games last month. those maneuvers are over, but it seems the brinksmanship is not. >> well, the u.s. hasn't got any diplomatic presence inside north korea, of course. swedish

is still trying to learn the facts of bae's case.one from the swedish embassy in pyongyang, which ndles consular matters in north korea for the u.s. was at the legal proceeding today. the number of deaths from the collapse of a garment factory in bangladesh rose to 433 today. relatives of the missing searched for the remains of their loved ones as bodies were laid out for identification. police reported 149 people still are missing. it's the worst disaster in bangladesh's garment industry worth an estimated $20 billion a year. a wildfire threatened homes and a university campus in southern california today. it erupted this morning near camarillo 50 miles west of los angeles. gusty santa ana winds made the fire hard to control as it raced along the u.s. 101 freeway. 500 firefighters were battling the blaze but it remained uncontained. the u.n.'s annual climate report shows last year was the ninth hottest since records started in 1850. and that was in spite of the cooling effect of the weather pattern la nina. 2012 also marked the 27th

his sister spoke to our anderson cooper and we also heard from someone who has been in kenneth bae's situation. arrested in north korea and facing a great unknown. take a listen. >> there's a lot of just -- a lot of months of waiting. really just at the mercy of north korea and their legal proceedings and whatever procedures that have or were taking place. so, yes, there have been just endless months of waiting. >> might also be that much more difficult when, you know, there have been the recent tensions with north korea and the kind of bellicose rhetoric from north korea. do you worry that your brother's imprisonment will be used as a bargaining chip, that he becomes sort of a pawn in all this? >> well, you know, we can't not worry about that every time there's a headline about the strange and tense relationship between the two nations. you know, we just worry about my brother getting caught in between in just the political nature of this process. we just pray and ask for leaders of both nations to please see him as one man caught in between. and we just ask that he be allowed to co

kenneth bae was arrested in november and has been accused of hostile acts against the government. now more details from the south korean capital. >> kenneth bae or pae jun-ho is a south korean-born american naturalized citizen, 44 years old, the head of a tourist group organization that's been to north korea number of times before. he traveled to northeastern city, the special economic zone of rason on november 3 with a number of other tourists in his group and was picked up shortly afterwards. the north koreans accused him of hostile acts against the government, of plotting to overthrow the government. when they announced they had in custody at the end of december, they said he admitted to such crimes in questioning. the announcement on saturday that came from pyeongchang suggested this case would be heard in the supreme court and that he faced the death penalty. we now hear the case was heard on tuesday april 30. this sentence is 15 years hard labor. we have no further information as to the specific nature of the alleged crime. there has been some reporting in south korea and el

friends and colleagues say bae is a devout christian. he frequently travelled to north korea to feed orphans. he is the sixth american de ed since 2009. >> george: up next in america, an abortionist on trial for murder. see why prosecutors called his clinic a house >> george: welcome back back to the show. here in america, witnesses in a shocking trial testified to gruesome practices at a pennsylvania abortion clinic. former clinic workers told the court that dr. kermit gosnell and his staff killed babies that had been born alive. >> wendy: despite the horrific nature of the trial, it didn't get much coverage from the major media. john jessup has the story from philadelphia. >> reporter: it may be all smiles for these teens dancing in downtown philadelphia, but just steps away, in this courthouse, the trial of 72-year-old late-term abortion doctor, kermit gosnell, has driven many to anger and tears. >> it is really the first time that an african-american abortionist in an african-american neighborhood was preying on hhis own people for p

what do we know about the case against kenneth bae?er: you know, we really know very little about what he is alleged to have done. a few snip its from the official news agency in north korea saying hostile acts. we don't actually know what the crimes were. now one of his friends in south korea has speculated that perhaps he was taking photos of something as innocuous as orphans begging on the streets and that may have been misinterpreted as something he was going to use against the regime when he went back into china. he is in and out of north korea a lot. he runs tours here. never had any problem before. now suddenly he is facing 15 years hard labor in a north ck r korean prison. that is not something you want to do. >> absolutely not. >> what actions is the united states taking to get bae out? >> well, there's not -- no sort of official word as what they're doing. this is all rightly to be done on back channels here. we understand that bill richardson, the former governor of new mexico may be involved with trying to get him out. he w

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citizen kenneth bae.ears hard labor for what he calls -- or for what the north calls hostile acts. rodman, who visited north korea in february and calls kim a friend for life tweeted this. i'm calling on the supreme leader of north korea, or as i call him, kim, to do me a solid and cut kenneth bae loose. again, that from dennis rodman. >>> 39 minutes after the hour. you won't have those loops on your money after all. thanks to a new look for treasury secretary's jack lew's signature. recent documents show that lew's handwriting has changed from the loopy set of unrecognizable scribbling on the right to the more legible signature on the left. now, it does seem that lew was changing his signature a little bit to get ready for putting the mark on all u.s. currency. which is about to be printed here in the u.s. also, president obama made fun of him mercilessly for the signature. former treasury secretary timothy geithner had a similar change in his signature before currency went out with his name on it. >>> c

kenneth bae was found guilty of hostile acts against the state.ow what he did to upset their government but he was arrested in november after arriving as a tourist. bringing chinese businessman to an economic zone in the north. for the u.s. government is present new challenges. what you do to try -- >> these are the worst headaches for presidents. you have to protect our people. on the other hand why any american is going into north korea is a terrible judgment mistake. it puts us in a bad spot. the most important thing for this administration is to work back channels, when former officials to get him out do not negotiate with north korea. this is what the obama administration has learned. negotiating never lead to anything good for the west or for america. >> on the hostage or in general? >> in general. on the hostage, work the back channels. >> all they do is light and get rewarded for it. >> we talked about get low, and we have four of the first foreign-policy is the first bush administration did was torpedoed the sunshine policy and then all o

after bae was arrested, u.s.otestant religious movement. that, too, could infuriate the north. on his eight trips to north korea, former new mexico governor bill richardson has been a go-between. in january, on a trip with google executive eric schmidt, he took a letter to kenneth bae from his family and asked to see him. >> the north koreans were saying he had committed a crime. but they also said they were very mad at the united states for additional sanctions that we've put on by the uae after their underground blast. i said, this is a man on a humanitarian mission. let him go. >> reporter: now he's sentenced to 15 years in a labor camp. >> this is what the north koreans do. they sentence somebody, and the last four or five, then they extract a price. a visit by high-profile person. >> reporter: that's what happened in 20009 when the north free freed two to president clinton. kenneth bae's friends have started a website. he likes helping people, they say, and now they say it looks like that got him in trouble.

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has called for bae's release. amnesty international has criticized his lack of access to a lawyer. denies rumors it's using bae to get diplomatic concessions over the nuclear program. >>> a man charged with murder after a child disappearance will learn today if there's enough evidence to try him. pedro hernandez is awaiting a ruling in the case involving 6- year-old etan patz. he was last seen walking to school in manhattan. he became one of the first missing children to appear on a milk carton. >>> it's not easy being a health inspector in san francisco. one inspector says he was slapped by the owner of an eatery allegro romano after he cited the owner for renovation violations at another business he is opening nearby. police cited the restaurant owner for battery. >>> negotiations resume today in the contract dispute at at&t park in san francisco. concession workers have voted to authorize a strike. issues involve job security, pay and health care. the contractor for the concession wants to keep pay at levels that have already been negotiated. >>> looks like california picked a g

the government has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, originally detained in november, kenneth baetour operator from washington state could face the death penalty. >>> it's hard to believe that something this cute is real. four newborn white tigers made their debut at a japan zoo yesterday. born in march the rare cubs are among a mere 250 that exist worldwide. in the zoos and parks. visitors said the little ones were full of energy and adorable. and that will change as they get a little bit older, i think. >> yeah, they always want to squish them in a little ball right now. >> they are kind of unreal at that age. >>> time for a look ahead. president obama travels to mexico. issues will be immigration and trade. >>> country singer george jones will be laid to rest today. the public funeral for jones who died last week at the age of 81 will be held at grand ole opry. in nashville. former first lady laura bush will speak there along with country stars barbara mandrel and kenny chesney. he was one of the good ones. >>> here's what's coming up later today on the "today" show. a brand-ne

that story at >>> a big controversial bae arthur, the topless portrait sold for $2 million. the company pulled a plug on dozens of accounts claiming they violated facebook terms. the social media site does not allow nude photos but after contacting facebook and pointing out it's just a painting accounts were unlocked. >> $2 mil gin? >> san francisco officials taking no prisoners in the bid to rid a pond of killer frogs thchl is what the problem amphibians look like. they've eaten all of the native turtles fish and now, they're eating each other. city officials have been forced to drain the pond, fence it off and put a giant tarp over that thing. they hope that kills at gressive frog autos hundreds of palm trees along the water front under danger of deadly disease. the trees are planted on embarcadero after 1989 earthquake. but about two dozens of them now have brown leaves and wilted branches. three dozen others sow signs of being infected. >> when we use our pruning tools we make sure we use a new saw blade for every tree. and this is to keep them strong and healthy. >> cos

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they tried to get the north koreans to release kenneth bae. they are not allowed to see him. a british man who made millions of dollars selling bomb detectors is going to prison for 10 years because the bomb detectors were fakes didn't work at all. police say they that didn't stop him from selling about 7,000 of them for up to $42,000 each. most of those devices went to iraq. of the remaining thousand or so went to many countries predominantly in the middle east and asia. >> shepard: customers included the united nations. devices were based on $20 novelty machine for finding lost golf balls. somebody has now claimed the body of the accused houston bomber. somebody. don't know. who don't know the remains for the remains. do you bury him in the boston area? that's coming up. plus, hackers getting access to everything in your life. from all your computer pass words to what happens inside your bedroom. it's happening. and you will get the details from the journalists of fox news on this thursday fox report. or good decisions? ones i've made. ones we've all made. about marriage. c

kenth bae is a 44 north korean man living in the pacific. he was arrested in north korea in november. he was arrested after taking pictures of starving north korean kids. the official statement of his sentence earlier today was quite brief. said only he had committed crimes against the state. according to published reports, bae would be at least the sixth american to be detained in north korea since 2009. all of the others have subsequently been released or were deported this would not be the first time that american would be used as sort of that high-level bargaining chip. remember in 2009 president clinton traveled -- former president clinton traveled to pyongyang to negotiate the release of euna lee and laraling. they had snuck in from china and sentenced to 12 years hard labor. this among the back drop of ever-increasing tensions on the korean peninsula. kim jong-un threatened all-out nuclear war against america and south korea. that followed of course the stepped-up u.n. sanctions and the joint military exercises that were being held in

she's kenneth bae's younger sister.ing out for the first time in this program. >> have you or any other members of your family been able to have contact with kenneth? >> you know, we've had one phone call from him in the last six months. and that phone call came last week. so we heard from him once. >> how is he doing? he sounded incredibly calm under the circumstances. his main goal was to try to reassure us and comfort us and make sure he was okay. and he was worried for my parents' health. >> i know he has a wife and kids. how are they dealing with this? i can't imagine. >> yes, they live in china and he has three children who are in the united states, jonathan, sophia, and natalie. and as you can imagine, everybody's just devastated by the turn of events. 15 years in a labor camp in north korea and just the thought of my brother ending up there is just unbearable. >> there have been conflicting reports about what your brother was doing in north korea. do you have any idea what he was doing there? >> well, you know,

he says, no, we have joan bae z available, we want you to go out and do concerts and fund-raisers, soay. >> the reason for the movement. as a young teenager, i use d to play with farm workers in small rallies. this was in the '70s. we use d to play when he would come up in a station wagon, get out. >> the young generation was ready to go, especially after the movement came out, everybody got all gung ho about doing something for our people. ♪ >> pretty soon, all these bands were involved and playing these concerts. they called it the farm worker's benefits. a lot of great bands. us, malo, cold blood, bob scags, taj mahal. >> i think the times affected the music and the music affected the times. >> we were looking for some identity and that music was something we could call our own. have 15,000 people in the stadium, you have cesar speaking to them. >> i wouldn't have wanted to be part of any movement that didn't have -- >> his dream, his hopes, his desire. his work. we live as long as we are who are alive keep it alive. >> courage and awareness, but mainly he was -- >> the world shoul

kenneth bae was arrested when he arrived as ace tourist. pyongyang said he carried out hostile acts against kim jong-un's regime. >>> the russians say they caught a cia spy. this is video of ambassador michael mcfowl leaving the embassy early this morning. russia's federal security service detained the employee who allegedly was carrying technical equipment, disguises and a large sum of money. the employee has already been handed over to u.s. embassy officials. >>> four weeks after that massive and deadly explosion at a texas fertilizer plant, we'll be finally getting a few answers. federal and state agents expected to release some of their findings sometime tomorrow. they still have not said what caused this fire leading to the blast that killed 14 people. investigators not sure that the firefighters were fully aware of the danger they're getting to. >> president obama will be in washington to honor the law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year. the president will speak at the annual peace officer's memorial service on

this time to try and win the freedom of imprisoned american kenneth bae. he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for hostile acts against the north. >>> pope francis broke a record on sunday naming more than 800 new saints during his first canonization ceremony. they include hundreds of 15th century martyrs killed after refusing to convert to islam. >>> listen to this, a florida school bus driver is facing serious charges after police say she staged a fight. patrice sanders is looking at multiple the counts of child abuse and neglect and has since been fired. >>> ground control to major musician. objection, yeah, this commander ended his current mission by making the first music in outer space. it's pretty cool. he recorded his own version of "space oddity" from the international space station. that is the real deal. >>> now for our monday business report. we turn to cnbc's jackie deangelis. good morning. >> good morning. well, jamie dimon saying he may leave jpmorgan if shareholders vote to split his duties. now, jpmorgan has come under fire from a mas

kenneth bae was arrested in november. north korea provided no details of his alleged crimes in the country. friends say he was working in the country as a tour operator. >>> governor brown and the state corrections department face a deadline today. they have to file plans on how to deal with a court order to further reduce overcrowding in state prison. the state's prison population has to be reduced by 10,000 by the end of the year. the governor has been threatened with contempt of court if he does not comply. he has indicated he will appeal to the u.s. supreme court. >>> for the first time in decades, federal court houses in san francisco, oakland and san jose will close for a day each month. this is fallout from washington's budget stalemate. san francisco and san jose courts will close the first friday of each month until september. the oakland branch will close the first monday of the month starting next week. >>> 4:48 now. facebook has its mobile ads to thank for a boost in revenue in the first quarter. it announced

today, rodman said a tweet calling on his friend to " do me a solid and cut kenneth bae loose ".week to 15 years of hard labor for on specified how style acts. he is at least the six americans detained in north korea since 2009. the others eventually were deported or released after some trips to p'yongyang by prominent americans. >> kron4 is jackie sissel is on treasure island with the latest. >> about a month ago, caltrans rebuild about a third of 96 bolts had failed when they started to tighten. since then, there has been more questions than answers. this morning, 8930 meeting we are hoping to get more answers to questions about both bolts. about a month ago, caltrans revealed that 32 of 96 bolts, some as long as there have not been really answers to any of the questions of how they are going to fix them. the oversight meeting committee is charged with overseeing this and is expected to give a public statement about those. a little bit of good news came out yesterday and that is more of these bolts were put in back in 2010. those bolts have been tested and according to caltrans

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bae is from washington state.or carrying out serious crimes but did not say what those crimes were. friends and colleagues of bae say he is a devout christian and traveled regularly. get a visit from a prominent american seeking his relief. >>> boeing is turning focus from problems from a dream liner to selling jet. taking the next step to launch the 777 x. now discussing price, schedule and other details with potential customers. the jet can carry as many as 400 passengers and airline already says it's interested in buying some. >>> and frontier airlines is changing how much it charges some of its passengers. starting this summer travelers who do not use frontier's web site -- the fee goes up to $100. flyers who book through the airline web site will pay $20 for first checked bag. elite class frequent flyers will not pay a baggage fee. >> 8:18. he was a young rap music star in the 90s. now he has died. we're getting new information about the death of singer chris kelly of the group kris kross. >> ♪ >> tmz is repo

the country's supreme court says that pae jun ho, known as kenneth bae by u.s.horities, committed hostile acts against south korea. he is caribbean-american. he was arrested back in november after visiting as the taurus at a port in north korea. officials and south korea are not providing details about the hostile acts that he is accused of doing. nonetheless, the case could get caught in the tensions nonetheless, the case could get caught in the tensions betwe[ male announcer ] you think you know me. i'm just red carpets and big spectacles. but that's only the beginning. i have more than one red carpet. i like all sorts of spectacles. from the grandiose to the impromptu... to the completely unexpected. and the most epic thrill ride this city has ever faced. transformers the ride 3d. los angeles. endlessly entertaining. start exploring at discoverlosangeles.com los angeles. endlessly entertaining. real big deals of the week. or how to get great prices on things you need. we know you look around for the best deals. that's why we give you real big club card deals

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as a political bargaining chip or at least that's what north korea is saying about the man, kenneth baehe u.s. wants him released. bepyongyang says he confessed to committing hostile acts against the government. in prior instances, north korea has released a person in its custody after a visit by a u.s. dignitary. they say they will not do that this time. >>> a big night out before a wedding turns into a tragedy. this is in california. a woman and her friends just four minutes away from the bachelorette party when this limo caught fire. the driver, four of her girlfriends, escaped, but the woman and four others did not escape and actually dialed. investigators say the fire might have started in the trunk of the limo but they're not sure what started that fire. >> what a horrible story. terrible. >>> all right. another fiery disaster under investigation. this one happened near madrid in spain. >> air show spectators absolutely shocked and then terrified when they watched a vintage plane crash into the hang hangar, explode in a fireball. the pilot actually died in that crash. want to get

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kenneth bae was arrested back in november when he arrive ready as a tourist to northeastern north korea. pyongyang said he carried out, quote, hostile acts against kim jong-un's regime. >>> and the u.s. ambassador to russia now dealing with the fallout after the russians say they caught a cia spy. this is video of ambassador michael mcfall leaving the russian foreign ministry early this morning after meeting with the russian officials. just yesterday, russia's federal security service detained a u.s. embassy employee who was allegedly carrying technique equipment, disguise and a large sum of money. the employee has been handed over to u.s. embassy officials. >>> four weeks after the massive and deadly explosion at a texas fertilizer plant we may finally get answers. some state and federal agents are expected to release some of the findings tomorrow. they still have not said what caused the fire leading to the blast that killed 14 people. investigators are not sure if the volunteer firefighters who responded to that initial fire were fully aware of the danger they were in. >>> right now

according to published reports, bae would be at least the sixth american in north korea since 2009. all of the others have been subsequently released or were deported. this would not be the first time that americans would be used as saturday of that high-level bargaining chip. you remember back in 2009 when president clinton traveled -- former president clinton traveled to pyongyang to successfully negotiate the release of the two american journalists. they had snuck in from china and had been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. all of this, of course, comes amid the bapdrop of ever increasing tensions and the leader kim jong-un threatened all out nuclear war against america and south korea. that followed, of course, those stepped up u.n. sanctions and also those joint military exercises that were being held in south korea between south korean and american troops. >> all right. seth doane. thank you. >>> and it is moving day at the vatican but not for the current head of the catholic church. pope benedict is returning more than two months after retiring and allen pizzey is in vatic

the country's supreme court says pae jun ho , known as kenneth bae by u.s.uthorities, committed hostile acts against south korea. he is a korean- american. he was arrested back in november after visiting as a tourist at a port in north. officials and south korea are not providing details about the hostile acts he accused of. nonetheless, the case to get caught up in the tensions between washington and pyongyang over north nuclear threats. >> president obama flights to mexico today stop immigration with the country's new president in every day pena nietao. aides to president obamas and mexico's cooperation is crucial to bring the ongoing problem of illegal border crossings. mr. obamas . obamasnieto is willing to help him secure the border. the president also expected to promote mexico's economic success and its place as the second-largest export market for u.s. goods and services. >> in seattle, at least 18 people were arrested yesterday after violence broke out during a may day march. protesters threw rocks and bottles at police and news crews. they also flu

so far, north korea hasn't budged, and state-run media there says kenneth bae's case is not a politicalg chip. they say he confessed to various crimes aimed at state subversion. >>> a baptist church near dallas had a different kind of message saturday. it offered a concealed handgun class in the sanctuary. the class was free for anyone who met state eligibility requirements, and the texas house passed a bunch of gun bills over the weekend. one of them could put arm eed martials in public schools. >>> the rolling stones back on the road banging out one song after another on the 50th anniversary tour. they kicked off the north american leg in los angeles. gwen stefani and others made guest appearances. by the way, mick jagger turns 70 this summer. >>> oscar-winning actress reese witherspoon is tipping her hat to the atlanta police department. she was cited wearing a cap with the police logo in l.a. over the weekend. do you have the picture? quite a change considering this run-in with the department. >> i'm a u.s. citizen. i'm allowed to stand on american ground and ask any question i want

north korea's state news agency says kenneth bae is guilty of hostile acts against the pyongyang regg each. his sister terri chung says her brother shouldn't be used as a political pawn. >> we just prayed and asked for leaders of both nations to please just see him as one man, caught in between and just ask that he be allowed to come home. >> chung says her brother owns a travel agency. he was in north korea on business. she claims he visited north korea five times without incident last year before he was arrested in november . >>> we're learning more about a man who opened fire near a ticket counter at houston's bush intercontinental airport. he's been ideaed as 29-year-old carnell moore. officials say he fired shots into the air yesterday sending everyone ducking for cover before a federal agent confronted him. the agent then reportedly shot moore at the very same time the suspect was shooting himself in the head. >> there was two shots about six or seven second delay and two more and then the final one. a bunch of screaming, people running. >> a tsa agent told us we should get down

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kenneth bae of washington was arrested while leading a tour of chinese businessmen in hostile acts. his fate could be a new bargaining chip for north korea in its diplomatic standoff with the u.s. >>> and his hit song began an anthem throughout the '90s. this morning the world is remembering chris kelly. ♪ jump jump daddy mac will make you jump jump ♪ >> mac daddy, as he was known, half of the duo kris kross whose megahit "jump" spent eight weeks atop the charts discovered singing in a mall when they were just 13 years old. kelly died in atlanta of an apparent drug overdose. he was 34 years old. >>> and it is one of the cathedrals in sports but could wrigley field soon be without its beloved cubs? while showing off plans for a half-billion dollar renovation of wrigley field, the cubs owner wednesday threatened to take the team elsewhere. he is demanding big new video screens with ads to help generate revenue. those poor cubs. he says if his plans are voted down, he may just pack up the team and leave. >> that sounds a little bit like i'm going to take my ball and go home. >> yeah. y

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i'm calling on the supreme leader of north korea as i call him, kim, to do me a solid and cut kenneth baeveland for the unbelievable story there. hey, z. >> good morning, john. one burning question in this community this morning. what is inside this house of horrors on seymour avenue? three women made a dramatic escape from captivity after being held a decade. they have been going through every corner of the house, since the women managed to break out on monday. but they are not shedding light yet on what those women might have endured inside of that house. later, the kidnapping suspects, pedro, onil, questioned by federal agents, ariel as well. the brothers could be formally charged, we understand, by the end of the day. so right now, brand new information from cleveland police on the investigation into the kidnapping of these three women. martin savidge live outside the county justice center where the castro brothers are being held. what is the new information, martin? >> well, zoraida, authorities have put out basically a statement. updating the investigation of where things stand as o

martha: let's talk about kenneth bae. he is said to be a christian, a tour operator.working in china. occasionally crossing over the border into north korea. word he was feeding orphans in north korea according to one the reports that is out there. now in custody and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. how does all of this figure into this equation and what do you think the united states government might be willing to do about it? >> well, first of all, i think this is yet another example of the north koreans grandstanding, saying, basically, you meddle in our affairs at your peril. and although this gentleman is half south korean and half-american, the fact that he has got some kind of an american citizenship is basically, something that the north koreans can play with. and i think the americans are in a very difficult position with this one because the bigger picture is far more important than this poor guy that has been given hard labor for 15 years. but it is almost like a hostage crisis situation. they're basically saying we've got him and this is what happens to p

what kenneth bae is charged with and what it might take to set him free.clashing with protesters on the streets of a major american city. why were these people out there on the street and what happened? [bleep]. [shouting] martha: it is a showdown between a benghazi whistle-blower and the white house and we have breaking news on it this hour. welcome, everybody, to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. we want to get right to it. press secretary jay carney denying allegations that the state department is trying to silence anyone, trying to silence any whistle-blowers by blocking security clearances for their attorneys claiming the administration has not received a single request from any lawyer. here's jay carney. >> what you have is an attorney saying she represents somebody, claiming that she's not getting this security clearance and yet the agencies involved have no information about that at all. martha: well the attorney who mr. carney is speaking about joins us live now on the phone, victoria toensing.

north korea state news agency says kenneth bae is guilty of hostile acts against north korea.cts are. here's what his sister teri chung told anderson cooper. >> we just pray and ask for leaders of both nations to please just see him as one man, caught in between, and just ask that he be allowed to come home. >> chung says her brother owns a travel agency and was in north korea on business. she claims he visited north korea five times without incident last year before being arrested this time. >>> for the first time ever a woman appears on the fbi's most wanted terrorist list. 65-year-old joann chesimard now known as assata shakur was convicted of murdering a new jersey state trooper in 1973. she escaped from prison in 1979 and has been living under political asylum in cuba since 1984. the fbi says chesimard received vip treatment and regularly attending government functions in cuba. later this morning on "starting point," a live update from cnn's patrick oppmann in havana. >>> a mix of old and new with this year's kentucky derby. of course there will be horses, big hats and mi

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