>> cbs' bill whittaker. thank you. >>> new mexico governor bill richardson negotiated the release of a prisoner in north korea in 1986. he was under consideration for this mission until north korea requested president bill clinton. good morning. >> good morning. >> you know this regime. they are not known for humanitarian gestures. are we in a position that we owe them something in return? >> no. it's equal right now. the north koreans used the two american journalists as bargaining chips to get an american special envoy of the stature of president clinton. they played this game before. at a time when we have enormous tensions between the two countries, in the past and now, what the north koreans do is pull out a card. in this case, the capture of these journalists in march wasta perfec to send a messa to america through an american envoy. that's what happened. but i think everybody's a winner. we win, america, because we get the journalists out. tensions are lessened. maybe we start a dialogue with north kor

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