now, you have interviewed dennis rodman. we saw a little bit of that there. it was a memorable exchange. i believe you went out and got a blazer with dollar bills on it afterwards. so, do you think when he claims that he played a role here that's a legit claim? >> no, i mean, you saw that letter he wrote. he wrote it back in january. and to his credit, at least he did say we're not going to go back unless you release prisoners, but this was really north korea taking the initiative deciding this was the time and the president seizing the moment as well willing to deliver that letter to a country that he had isolated in the past. what it will be fascinating to see, if it leads to anything else and the president heading to asia right now with north korea's top patron having meetings with the leaders of china. >> let's talk domestic politics for a second. we're a few days out now from the drubbing that the president took from the midterms. where does this leave things for the 2016 white house race? who's up, who's down? >> wide open. big debate whether it hurts o

north korea for kim jong-un's birthday that played a charity game with a gentleman by the name of dennis rodman so when kenny went, i learned about kenneth bae based on dennis's behavior on the chris cuomo show and i started googling who kenneth bae was. i had no idea who he was. i knew what was going on in north korea but i didn't know who kenneth was. i read about it the following day. i sent an e-mail to terry. her lovely mother offering any help whether it would be raising money, raising political awareness, bringing in celebrities or athletes, so on and so forth. two days later, i met with them in new york city and at that point, i started the bring bae back campaign which -- the initial objective was to raise public awareness of kenneth bae. >> that's interesting because many question dennis rodman, these basketball players going there to north korea and why were they there? and dennis rodman being there got you attached to the story and you heard kenneth bae and so you got to work on this. you mentioned terry so if people are just joining us, i want to read again as we see kenneth bae ge

wait until you hear why dennis rodman wants to take credit for this.ever have too much money. ♪ stuart: just letting american prisoner so much to the delight of dennis rodman. he is demanding some of the credit for release. he asked his friend for life to have some mercy and to show the world his kinder, gentler side. showing more than 80% in favor. they made their way to the polls. anti-independent demonstrators have taken to the streets to voice their concerns anyway. the mariner's museum is hoping to draw visitors by challenging them to spot a forged piece. lyle is the museum's chief curator. what a clever idea. how did you come up with this? looking deep into the pictures. this is an artist that is very detail oriented. this is just an art exhibition. melissa: having them, and take a close look. it is so clever. he is known for detailed portraits. there is an expert forager who has made their career. you have to go out of your way in the museum to not say the name. >> part of this is about stomping out forgery. what is wrong with that if it looks t

dennis rodman wants some credit for getting kennenth bae freed. m-z reports rodman says he begged kim jong un for his release. that came in a letter that he sent in january. rodman says his letter asked the dictator for mercy, in order to show how loving and compassionate he can be. rodman says there's no doubt his visits to north korea played a role. thousands celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall....with quite a party. berliners released eight- thousand lighted white balloons into the sky, marking the path of the berlin wall with a sign of peace. nearly 27 miles of concrete and barbed wire separated east and west berlin, from 1961 to 1989. the wall cut off friends and relatives in the same city, and became an iconic symbol of the cold war. three members of the when international space station are safely back on earth this morning. their space capsule landed kazakhstan. sheon board are american astronaut reid wiseman, german astronaut alexander gerst and their russian commander. it was wiseman and gerst's first mission. t

his family lashing out at basketball star dennis rodman for his high-profile exhibition game with kim jong-un. >> he's a great guy. he is just a great guy. if you sit down and talk to him, you know, perception is perceiving how things -- >> a great guy who puts 200,000 people in prison camps? >> reporter: but this morning, rodman taking credit for bae's freedom posing for tmz with this letter he says was sent to the regime threatening to cancel future trips unless all americans were released. matthew miller, a 25-year-old who reportedly traveled to north korea and then tore up his visa. the north korean government charged him with unruly behavior and held him for more than six months. >> i am now requesting help from the american governments to release me from this situation. >> reporter: on friday they announced the decision to release the men because they were, quote, sincerely repentant. >> north korea decides when they do something they want to do it for a particular purpose and i think right now they decided this was the right time to do this. >> and we do want to mention matthew

obviously, the most miraculous part of their release is that it was not negotiated by dennis rodman.laughter) >> this release was secured by america's top spy, james clapper, the director of national intelligence who carried a personal letter from president obama to north korean leaders. >> stephen: yep, we gave them a dose of the clapper! (laughter) and all it took was a letter from the president. that was a nice personal touch. these days, too many kids just text their pardon requests. (laughter) folks, i've got to say, i don't envy these men. two years of forced labor. that could not have been good. >> i learned a lot. i grew a lot. lost a lot of weight in a good way. >> or maybe it was great. you know what they say -- you can never be too rich or too imprisoned in north korea. (laughter) i mean, we've all tried the zone diet. maybe it's time for the demilitarized zone diet. plus, there's no chance you will give up early, because it's almost as hard to get out of north korea as it is a gym membership. (laughter) anyway, welcome home, gentlemen. i for one am still riding high from

. >>> meantime dennis rodman tells tmz he played a crucial role bringing bae home because he begged for release in a letter. count on nbc 10 and nbc10.com for complete information on the return of the two americans. stay tuned to "nightly news" after our newscast. >>> president obama introduced his choice for attorney general today as an accomplished prosecutor from new york city who will carry on a fierce equipment to equal justice. the president nominated loretta lynch for the job. if approved the 55-year-old will be the first african-american woman to serve the post. republicans have promised tough scrutiny of obama's pick after years of battles with outgoing attorney general eric holder. >> i pledge today to you and to the american people that if i have the honor of being confirmed by the senate, i will wake up every morning with the protection of the american people my first thought. i will work every day to safeguard or citizen, liberties, rights and this great nation. >> white house officials say they will leave it up to senate leaders to work out a time line for confirmation. it

. >> it had dennis rodman written all over it. rodman did it and did it months ago.n is the master of the long joke. rodman will set up a joke six months earlier, and god bless him for that. kim jong-un, if there is one thing he is known for, his family has been known for, his sense of humor. he found the whole thing hilarious. >> first was either kim jong-un himself who does have a great sense of humor. the camera is here and we will take a photo or it was the children in the orphanage. if you notice there are no children in any of these photos. maybe they did it and he is like, i don't know which kid, but i will get rid of all of them. >> that's even sicker than i thought. >> it is what his family has been doing for generations. >> why can't we just go over there and do something? >> that's why i asked the question. >> we were over there trying to do something. >> i don't go back that far. i was born in the 90s. >> you were born with the $6 million man. >> you have a book coming out. joanne, michael moynihan. that does it for me. i'm greg gutfeld. i shall see you n

his family lashing out at dennis rodman for his high profile exhibition game with kimng un. >> he is this morning, rodman taking credit for bae's freedom. posing with letter sent to the regime threatening to cancel future trips unless all americans were released. matthew miller traveled to north korea and tore up his visa. >> i am requesting help from the american government to release me from this situation. >> reporter: on friday they announced the decision to release the men because they were sinly repentant. >> north korea decided they wanted to do it for a particular purpose and they decided this was the right time to do this. >> u.s. war planes have destroyed a convoy of isis in iraq that may have include the the top leader. an attack was carried out near the city of mosul. they received a report that ten armored trucks were carrying the head of isis. islamic state has had no comments on the strikes. >>> a series of bombings in and around the capital of baghdad have killed 43 people. the deadest blast hit the shiite city. >>> president obama is on the way to asia for an 8 day t

his family lashing out at basketball star dennis rodman for his high-profile exhibition game with kim pong young. >> he's a great guy, you know. the perception is deceiving. >> a great guy with 200,000 people in prison camps? >> but this morning he was taking credit for his freedom. he said he sent a letter threatening to cancel future trips unless all americans were released. 25-year-old reportedly traveled to north korea and tore up his visa. they charged him with unruly behavior and held him more than six months. >> i am requesting help from the american government to release me from this situation. >> they announce the the decision to release the men because they were sincerely repentant. >> and i think right now they decided this is the right time do this. >> abc news, new york. >>> a vigil will be held in san francisco this morning for the 43 students missing and presumed dead in mexico. one of them from san jose. 19-year-old is one of 43 students who disappeared last september in mexico. mexican officials said they found the badly burned human remains, including teeth and bone

how a secret mission by the top spy master led to the homecoming of these two men and the role dennis rodmanayed. >>> fireballs in the sky, what are we looking at here, the stunning images and the explanation coming up on "g.m.a." we'll see you soon. >> "good morning america" weekend is next on channel 6. "action news" continues later this morning. here the stories we're working on for you, we'll have the latest on the investigation of a shootout at a south philadelphia nightclub that left a man hospitalized. >> plus, when is it time to get tubes in your child's ears, we'll have that in "healthcheck." >>> chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> now for chris sowers, eva pilgrim and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han. have a great sunday. we'll see you at 9:00. >>> good morning, america. breakingover night, deadly train accident. teens on the track, a train barreling down on them unable to stop in time. >> i just hit kids on a bridge, train emergency on a bridge, over. >> the investigation ramping up right now. >>> joyous reunion, two americans held

-- maybe she should have had kids instead. [ cheers and applause ] speaking of strange birds, dennis rodmanelping to security american kenneth bae's release from north record k korea. rodman said he sent a letter to kim jong-un asking him to release bae who had been in prison since 2012. rodman's done a lot of crazy things, but writing a letter just may top all of them. he said he believes the letter and his trips to north korea helped influence the north korean leader. next, he's going to cleveland to try to rescue lebron james. [ applause ] you know what, i have to say, i was thinking about it today, maybe he's right. maybe he did have an impact. maybe it took a bit of crazy to fight crazy. let's give him some credit. for at least trying. and then, let's send him to the middle east to try his hand with isis, too. couldn't hurt, right? [ cheers and applause ] there was a big event here in los angeles the weekend before last. the first ever hello kitty convention. hello kitty turned 40 this year, which is a long time for a cat to live. hello kitty should be dead by now. some people are obse

[ laughter ] >> is that like a nickname for scotty pippen and dennis rodman?alking about tweety. >> hold on, hold on. mike, mike, i got someone on the other line. can you hold on for a second? >> oh, yeah. >> can you hold on for one second? >> sure. yeah, yeah. >> hey, man, who is this? >> it's shaq, man. what's going on? >> oh shaq, what's up man? i was just talking to mike. i'm pretty sure he's on lsd or something. [ laughter ] so what's good, man? what you call me for, man? >> so i was listening to my album, man, and i got inspired. i got this movie idea, man. >> you got a movie idea. >> that's right. >> what's the movie about, shaq? >> two words, man. rappin' genie. >> nope! [ laughter ] >> hey, mike. >> what's up, man? >> i'm in, baby! >> alright. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm in. >> and we're the lucas bros. thank you! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: the lucas brothers everybody. take a bow. "friends of the people" tuesday nights at 10:00 on trutv. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ newspapers speak out. tom corbett has been something of

. >> dennis rodman tweeted overnight that he had a role in getting his release. rodman, you remember, traveled twice to north korea with basketball players. on his twitter account he had has a photo of him and said the letter dated back in january tells of the backlash he received in u.s. for his trips to north korea and tells the north korea letter he cannot go back or bring his basketball friends with him unless bae is returned to the u.s. >> a vigil will be held in san francisco this morning for the 43 students missing and presumed dead in mexico. one from san jose. 19-year-old israel jacinto, lagardo is one that disappeared in september. mexican officials said they found the badly burned human remains, including teeth and bone fragments, in a river near his school. the remains are so badly burn, they might be difficult to identify. prosecutors say members of a drug gang confessed to the killings. mexican police arrested the town's mayor, his wife, and 72 others. his father, gallardo, said he lost faith in the mexican government and fears for his safety. >> a

since the alternative might have been dennis rodman. >> rodman's claiming some credit here, right? >> of course, of course. look, james clapper, who's the director of national intelligence, did a great tactical move here. he went in. he presented this letter. apparently there was no quid pro quo. he emerged with these two americans. and they're back home. and as the president said, that's a good news story. but strategically, there was nothing in this to show any kind of opening to north korea. and it's interesting that kim jong- jong-un, the north korean leader, unpredictable, missing for the past few months, has taken a number of steps lately that show he certainly is concerned about trying to get some kind of relationship. >> that's what i want to ask about. it appears if the president is not showing any willingness to negotiate in any formal way, going forward, believe, as you note earlier today, that you can more specifically, what's the word i'm looking for, you can just contain, excuse me, north korea. when it comes to the north korean s, they appear to be showing a little b

. >> if you believe dennis rodman then kenneth bay owes him big time, saying he played a key role in bringing him home. rodman said he sent his friend kim jong-un a letter this year begging for bay's release. >> a closing of the temple mount, protests erupted following the shooting. israel is raising its alert level. we'll talk about the situation after the break. >> new images from inside a raging wildfire that killed 19 members of an elite firefighting crew. >> could an entire town go tobacco free? it's one story caught up in other global net this morning. morning. >> welcome to al jazeera america. usually players are injured in pro football, but this time, a cheerleader had to be taken off the field in baltimore during the ravens game. >> elderly victims of secretary of state asked to pay back fema. why the feds say they didn't deserve the storm relief funds they received. >> in our next hour, nasa getting ready for another mission to space after two accidents involving aircraft. we'll look at the crucial test ahead for the orion. >> president obama is in beijing for the apec summ