some say dennis rodham said he was playing a role in his release, but they dennis rodham nothing to do with this release, meanwhile the plane carrying warmbier is expected to land on u.s. soil. >> he's expected to land in ohio latetonight. his family released a statement today, saying in part, we want the world to know oow hur son have been brutalized by the pariah regime. >> terry, thank you. >>> we turn next here at home, the desperate manhunt the inmates getting away in a stolen vehicle they car jacked. officials now warning they're armed andre's abc's steve osuns. >> reporter: georgia authorities tonight tell us they're stepping it up. >> they nesuo tdeenrr i saw two brutally murdered corrections officers. i have their blood on my shoes. >> reporter: police are desperately searching for these two fugitives -- 43-year-old donne ow rd an 24 year old ricky dubose, both are career criminals who were serving hard time, and police say one of them is a member of the ghost faced gangsters, a >>ite supremacist prison gang. i'm assuming that the shooters have escaped. >> reporter: the bus ri

. >>> and also out of north korea, another visit by former nba player dennis rodham. why he says this visit is different. >>> a university of virginia student was just freed from prison in north korea. he was detained for stealing a propaganda banner and then sentenced to 15 years behind bars. there are some questions about his health. his parents told "the washington post" he has been in a coma for several months. now, this news comes after a former basketball star arrived in north korea. >> dennis rodham just landed this morning. kelly cie there. >> reporter: college student of uva has been released after being held by the regime for 18 months. this comes hours after dennis rodman touched down in pyongyang. >> have you spoken to president trump at all? >> i'm happy of the fact that i'm over here trying to accomplish something that we both need. >> and what are you trying to accomplish, sir? >> a dialogue. open the door. >> reporter: and while rodman has called kim jong-un a friend for life, secretary of defense jim mattis is now calling north korea the most urgent a