we finally hear from kenneth bae. two years being held by north korea and you could hear the joy of his sister, terry chung and all of the people she lifted who worked on his release and kenneth is talking briefly about his health. he was said to be in poor health in north korea. ana cabrera back with this. you're there in the room where he spoke. we know that as you said, he spent eight hours in a field and was kept in isolation. it will be interesting to see what more he has to say about his ordeal and what more we learn about his health. >> reporter: it was a happy moment there. he had a big smile on his face as he, of course, stepped in front of that microphone to say a lot of thanks. thank the people in this room. the media for supporting him. the community here in washington state. his home state for standing by him. he went onto even thank the north korean government for allowing him to leave. of course he thanked the u.s. state department. all of the many officials from the u.s. who had worked so tirelessly to

kenneth bae is coming home. words cannot adequately express our relief and gratitude, that kenneth is coming home. we have been waiting for and praying for this day for two years. this ordeal has been excruciating for the family. but we are filled with joy right now. and why now, poppy? that's the good question. it does seem as if north korea wanted to, you know, send a message that they're looking for better relations with the international community. they let jeffrey fowle go a few weeks ago. and you know, a lot of people have talked about whether this had to do with this human rights report from the gianunited nati that came out the other day. widespread human rights abuses. starvation, torture, execution, long periods of sleep deprivati deprivation. really awful things. north korea has been on a charm offensive, trying to present a more reasonable face of the regime. we really don't know. >> and i wonder, on that point, elise, what you think this signals, in the broad picture for u.s./north korea relations.

i mean, kenneth bae has been in fail health for some time.from washington's point of view, it was a humanitarian gesture. we'll have to see if there is anything downstream. certainly kim jong-un has shown very little if any interest in denuclearization and that has been a huge problem for the obama administration in going forward. >> yeah, no question about it. thank you so much for joining us this evening, sir. i appreciate it very much. >>> coming up next, president obama picks loretta lynch to serve as the next attorney general. will her confirmation turn into another battle between republicans and democrats? eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise >>> now to some other top stories this evening. another teen shot during last month's high school attack in washington state has died. 15-year-old andrew fryberg had been hospitalized since october 24th when he was shot. he was a cousin and close friend of the shooter. his death brings the number of fatalities from that shooting to five, including the gun

to kenneth bae.for this man who spent two years in north korea, much of that time doing hard labor in a prison camp. if not there, being shuttled back and forth to the hospital due to failing health. here he is just a short time ago, when he arrived at joint base lewis mcchord near tacoma, washington after his ordeal getting some hugs there, and a big fight by his sister who we just heard from, who fought hard to keep the pressure on officials here in the u.s. to secure his release. terry chung thanks president obama. earlier today, at his press conference announcing loretta lynch as attorney general he spoke about this issue of the two detainees being released saying it's a wonderful day for them and their families we're very grateful for their safe return. and i appreciate director clapper doing a great job on what was obviously a difficult mission. james clapper went on a secret mission and was able to negotiate a release of kenneth bae, as well as matthew miller also released after his detention

kenneth bae is crea korean american. how much support does he have in seattle. >> a tremendous amount of support. i would say more so, just everyone in the state of twarkt has been center forward about doing everything they could to push forward. i want to lisp in briefly. we are hearing that kenneth bae's sister will be making a short statement. in a few minutes, we are told. i was saying we have an official of the state department briefing the press. he is saying that the families are together right now sharing their time. but in just a couple of minutes kenneth bae's sister will approach the podium with a statement. it's not believed we will be able to ask questions. hopefully we will get stwers on that in a short amount of time. >> what do we know about his time in north korea as a missionary and his 15 year sentence for alleged anti-government ac tufts. he was detained in 202 while leading a tour group. is there any more that we know about that? >> we really don't know a twhoel lot about what led to the arrest. stru

they are overjoyed that kenneth bae is returning home. as for matthew todd miller, here's what we know about his time in north korea. 24 years old. he traveled to north korea as a tourist as a u.s.-based travel company. he was arrested on april 10th of this year. north korea state-run media claimed he ripped up his tourist visa and shouted his desire to seek asylum there. and he was charged to six years hard labor for acts hostile to north korea. we've not heard from his family. >>> bae and miller were not the only ones being held hostage overseas at least 12 u.s. citizens are either being held captive by extremist groups or sitting in jails in countries hostile to american. among them robert levinson, his captors sent pictures to his family. also 72-year-old warren weinstein he was working as a government contractor in pakistan during the summer of 2011 when he was grabbed from his home. he's been held hostage by al qaeda ever since. also allen gross a u.s. government contractor in jail in cuba. several u.s. officials including former pr

kenneth bayh and matthew todd miller are on their way home as we speak. just a short time ago, kennethbae's family released a statement. she was speaking on behalf of the family. she said, the day we have been waiting for has finally arrived. and many others are reacting in similar ways, especially on social media. cnn's nick valencia is here with that. >> so many people weighing in. government agencies, elected officials, all talking about the release of these two americans, kenneth bae and matthew miller. many elected officials from the state of washington and california are weighing in, that's where kenneth bae and matthew miller call home. senator patty murray tweeting, i'm thrilled kenneth bae is finally back home. his amazing family never lost faith. representative adam smith, also there in washington, saying great news that kenneth bae is free and headed home. thanks to the state department and the bae family for their tremendous work to get kenneth home. adam schiff, he tweets, good news, americans kenneth bae and matthew todd miller are finally c

kenneth is on the verge.rge of doing something either really horrible in his life and taking him away from you forever or he's on the verge of maybe being able to turn the corner. maybe if we hold his hand and help him turn that corner he'll be able to do that. today, i'm going to make him a ward of a court in order that he placed appropriately. i will set his matter for review in three months in any event. and as it relates to kentrell, i think this is a young man that probably the juvenile court system was designed for in some respects. i couldn't let him walk away from us without trying to get him to a point where he's at least literate and can function in some type of a job. today the court is going to make him a ward of the court in order that he be placed at idtc, the indiana developmental training center in indianapolis. all right, then this hearing is adjourned. thank you. >> man, they don't care about us, man. that is [ bleep ]. this is [ bleep ]. i can't do it, man. >> i really, truly feel that this

kenneth bea is finally coming home. kept pressure on for two years and has never lost faith. she sign pd wit patty murray. that's how you know it's officially from her. moving on to david reichert, another congressman from the eighth congressional district in washington state, saying all of washington celebrates the release of kenneth bae from north korea. and ted cruz, the senator from the state of texas, he's weighed in as well a short time ago. excellent news, he says, two americans imprisoned by north korea, kenneth bae and matthew miller are on their way back to the united states. in fact, kenneth bae released almost two years to the day that he was officially taken captive in north korea. lots of good news. many more people weighing in. we'll get to those tweets and updates in the next hour. >> and the situation growing increasingly dire for kenneth bae, considering he was in poor health. and earlier today, i spoke with another man previously imprisoned in north korea. jeffrey fowle spent five months behind bars b

it is with great joy and thankfulness to god to see kenneth released. our family could not have been sustained without the knowledge that kenneth was in god's care when it seemed we were helpless to do anything". >>> and coming up, we'll take a look at what this move could mean for u.s. relations with north korea going forward. >>> and the pentagon confirming another round of air strikes in iran, this time targeting what was believed to be a gathering of isis leaders near mosul. it comes as president only authorizes the deployment of 1500 more troops to iraq raising the total number of american troops in the war-torn nation to 3100. molly hibner is live with more. >> isis has gained so much territory in iraq and syria that the president has decided to send in more u.s. troops to train and advise iraqi forces. here's how the pentagon arrived at the number of about 1500 additional troops. >> you want to get 12 brigades trained. there's going to be different skills and capabilities among them. how many we're going to have to train and what the quality of t

kenneth bae, seen here, had been held for more than two years. matthew todd miller had been detained since april. they were freed after u.s. director of national intelligence james clapper flew to pyongyang the capital at the north's invitation. clapper carried with him a letter from u.s. president barack obama for north korean leader kim jong un. kenneth bae expressed his gratitude at a news conference shortly after he landed in the u.s. >> i just want to say thank you all for supporting me and standing by me during this time. and it's been just amazing to see so many people involved getting me released for the last two years, and not to mention the thousands of people that have been praying for me as well. so i just want to say thank you all for supporting me, lifting me up and not forgetting me. at the same time not forgetting the people of north korea. and thank you for supporting my family as well during this this difficult time for my family. standing strong during this time. >> we also heard from bae's sister, who said their family's hopes

you're looking at the first pictures here of kenneth bay and matthew todd miller as they finally come home. stepping foot on u.s. soil with family there on the tarmac. they are greeted to hir arms and their hugs. and it's a really wonderful thing to be able to wake up to. this is what was happening as you were sleeping. >> absolutely. put away the politics. now it's all about a family -- two families reuniting. a and what a thanksgiving they will face. >> we know that miller and bay are waking up as free men for first time in many months, seven months for miller and two years for kenneth bay. it was interesting to hear what bay said when he thanked not just the u.s. for getting him home and state department and the president specifically, but thanking north korea. >> that was a surprise. it sound as if they touchdown in washington state last night. let's listen to some of that. >> i just want to say thank you all for supporting me and standing by me in this time. and it's been just amazing blessing to see so many people being involved getting me released the last two years. and not to

of course, kenneth bae was held for two years this past week. it was november 3rd, 2012, when he was detained. matthew miller was held for eight months sense april. both men had been sentenced and convicted of crimes against the government, "hostile acts against the government of north korea." they both had been sentenced to hard labor. bae had already been serving that sentence. talked about working in a field for eight hours a day, six days a week. >> they got a call at 2:00 a.m. yesterday morning, and when kenneth bae ask his sister spoke to the media last night, they were so elated. we want to play a little bit of that sound for you. >> thank you all for supporting me and standing by me during this time, and it's been just amazing blessing to see so many people being involved getting me released for the last two years. not to mention -- not only mentioning for the thousands of people that have been praying for me as well. i just want to say thank you all for supporting me and lifting me up and not forgetting me. >> we're hearing from people

of course kenneth bae and matthew miller was so serve a six year sentence.e just begun their sentence when they mysteriously were released. everybody is grateful that they are now home. i want you to listen to what kenneth bae had to say last night. >> thank you all for supporting me and standing by me during this time. and it's been just amazing blessing to see so many people being involved, getting me released from the last two years not to mention, only mentioning for thousands of people that have been praying for me as well. i want to say thank you all for supporting me and lifting me up and not forgetting me. it's been amazing two years. i learned a lot. i grew a lot. lost a lot of weight. good weight. i stand strong because of you. >> reporter: it was just so great to hear his strong words, his spirit and he even cracked a little joke there about losing weight in a good way. we heard from ken neneth bae's sister as really the family spokesperson on behalf of her brother, work sewing hard and tirelessly to secure his release. here what she had to say. >

kenneth bae has. what is he saying since being released. >> he addressed the press and the public late last night. south of seattle, he said he was of course relieved to be home, thanked the north korean government, the u.s. government, and amazingly he spoke about his two years of imprisonment in north korea. listen to kenneth bae talking about that experience in terms of personal growth. >> it's been amazing two years. i grew a lot. lost a lot of weight - in a good way. but i'm standing strong because of you. >> as mentioned michael todd miller said nothing. he was met on the tarmac by family members, but there has been no public statement. an emotional scene at the air force and army base >>> what is interesting is last month another american held in north korea was released. is there any idea why kenneth bae and miller was released now, instead of last month with him. timing is interesting. jeffery fowle came out about a month ago and said at the time that he thought that kenneth bae and michael t

kenneth bae and his mother live north of seattle. and his sister who kept his plight alive in the eyes of the press, and a thorn in the side of the u.s. government, trying to get them to step up efforts to get kenneth bae free, posted a notice online thanking the u.s. government for its work, the north korean government and the swedish government. sweden is the one that has diplomatic footprint in north korea that we don't have, and does a lot of our work for us. she thanked all of those people, god, and said having kenneth bae back means it will be an extra special thanksgiving. >> i want to read that statement well. we mentioned u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon among leaders who were: do we know anything more about the men's health? >> you know, we don't really at this point, what their health is right now. as far as we know, matt miller has been in fair physical condition during his captivity. kenneth bae, according to his family, had problems. he was put into the hospital. he suffered diabetes, back problems, was seen by an env

kenneth bae, and michael todd miller were freed after the u.s. director of national intelligence flew to pyongyang for talks. they had been sentenced to 15 years for anti-government activities. victoria gaetan by reports. >> reporter: back home on american soil. kenneth bae steps off a military plane in washington state to be reunited with his family. he's joined on the tarmac by michael todd miller. the two men held in prison camps in north korea. miller gaoled for six years in april. kenneth bae, a christian missionary convicted nearly two years ago for alleged anti-government activities. he had been trying to convert north koreans, and had been serving a 15 year term. >> thank you for support, prayer and love. that has been encouraging for me and others who are in the same shoes in the area as well. thank you. god bless you. >> news of the men's release have been welcomed by president obama. >> okay. it's a wonderful day for them, their families. we are thankful for their safe return: >> reporter: director clapper is james clapper the director

kenneth bae spent more than two years in prison. he spoke shortly after arriving in the u.s. >> i just want to say thank you all for supporting me and standing by me during this time. and it's been just amazing blessing to see so many people being involved, getting me released the last two years, not to mention -- not only mentioning for the thousands of people that have been praying for me as well. >> and that was kenneth bae there. matthew todd miller had been detained since april. he spent a lot less time in north korea. he was also at that press conference. he didn't make a statement, however, and was reunited with his family. >>> well, back to today's events in berlin. the german chancellor angela merkel is live at the berlin wall. very emotional part of berlin. this is where so many east berliners lost their lives, killed by border guards in many cases trying to cross from east to west. events are underway on this very special day. pretty soon we're expecting the lighting of candles at the national memorial for the victims of

that is where "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live, kenneth? >> reporter: shirleen, federal agents told us tonight that they sat on the us peck's reek will in a parking lot for 20 to 30 minutes, before they moved in. they say that carlesha freeland gaither was so upset they immediately got her to this hospital. "action news" was the only local station in maryland as suspect delven barnes ford taurus was towed away and baltimore field division atf agents who spotted the vehicle, moved in and rescued carlesha freeland gaither. >> the woman was relieved that law enforcement was on the scene. once she had the time to process what had occurred you could tell she was very emotionally distraught. >> reporter: agent timothy jones says four men and one woman got a tip and discovered car in the parking lot of the shopping center just off of i-95. the plastic was covering that window gaither kick out during her abduction but those agents were still able to get on the man and woman inside. agents say at first both were sitting on the passenger side and the

kenneth bae steps off a plane in military washington state. he's joined on the tarmac by michael todd miller. the two men were held in prison examples in north korea. michael todd miller was gaoled for six years, kenneth bae, a christian missionary convicted two years ago for alleged anti-government activities. he'd been trying to convert north koreans. he'd been serving a 15 year term. >> thank you for all your support and prayer and love. that has been encouraging for me, and for others. thank you. god bless you >>> news of the men's release had been welcomed earlier by president obama. >> reporter: director clapper is james clapper, the director of national intelligence. he was the highest ranking american to visit pyongyang in a decade. it's not clear why filip chlapik was brought in to negotiate or whether he had a second reason for meeting with officials in pyongyang. the north koreans prefer to negotiate with former president or high profile documents on the fate of u.s. citizens. there's a speculation that by releasing the men kim jong

kenneth bae and michael todd miller were freed by north korea yesterday. allen schauffler has the story from washington state. >> reporter: carrying his own bags kenneth bae gets a hug from his mother, greets family members and takes a long walk on u.s. soil, a walk to freedom on the tarmac at choint joins lewis mccard. cord. he and -- mccord. he and michael todd miller home again. kenneth bae's family worked tirelessly. >> we are finally here, my brother is home. all our hopes and prayers for the moment have come true. >> it's app amazing blessing to -- an amazing blessing to see so many people involved, getting me released. not to mention the thousands praying for me as well. i want to say thank you for supporting me, lifting me up. >> reporter: national intelligence director james clapper made the trip, acting as a patient envoy of president barack obama to bring the men home. it was the culmination of back-channel negotiations. north korea says it received an apology from the president, and kenneth bae and michael todd miller behaved in prison and were

"action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at shuttered revel tonight, kenneth, this one was one that few people, if any, saw coming. >> reporter: yes, jim, people around here thought it was a done deal but sources say it fell apart because of an annual and fixed contract this power plant had with revel. it is one and only customer. both sides were negotiating over the price and just could not come to terms. >> what do we want. >> contract. >> what do we want now. >> reporter: hundreds of unionized casino workers are rally withing a begins looming december 12th closure of trump taj mahal when the news broke, the revel deal was in more. >> i didn't hear that. i'm very upset. that was the hope for atlantic city, supposedly. >> reporter: brookfield asset management out of toronto abandoned its plan to buy revel for $110 million because of disagreements with the bondholders of the building's 160 million power plant. it is south jersey parent company ac r energy llc is owed millions, and it is still providing minimum power to the building. revel drop the ball from the get go. i mean, all w

of course, kenneth bae has been held in north korea for two years.the hostages held there. he was sentenced to hard labor, and has already been serving that sentence. it was 15 years he was going to have to do hard labor. matthew miller was arrested about seven months ago in april, also just very recently sentenced to hard labor. both men convicted of hostile acts against the north korean government. so a lot of questions still, but most important here, poppy, they get to come home, and everybody is excited for their return. >> yeah. absolutely. it is great news and we're waiting to see if we do hear from the miller family. we earlier received that statement from kenneth bae's family. ana cabrera, live for us. thank you. >>> bae and miller are not the only being held hostage overseas. at least 12 are sitting in jail in countries that are hostile to america. among them, robert levinson who disappeared in iran seven years ago. his captors sent pictures to his family. 72-year-old warn weinstein, he was working as a government contractor in pakistan duri

"action news" reporter kenneth moton is live in maryland and annie mccormack is in germantown the sceneion and sharrie williams is live at north west detective headquarters in logan. sharrie, it was unusual to see a police news conference like we did earlier tonight where police were smiling with such satisfaction. >> reporter: unusual, jim, because we have covered so many of these stories and often times, they end in heart break. very rarely, is there a happy ending. it took a lot of manpower and a lot of man hours and it crossed state lines, tonight, philadelphia police commissioner calling the suspect kidnapper a thug. >> we are so thankful. i'm so happy. thank you for all of the prayers, all of the care and love. >> reporter: family relieved and counting its blessings tonight their loved one carlesha free land gaither ace live and well. >> you hope, you hope, you hope, but you don't know until you are able to get her, and make sure that she's okay. >> reporter: sunday the 22-year old was aggressively dragged down colter street in philadelphia's germantown section, placedded in a car

6 action news," walter. >> thank you, kenneth.ing story a philadelphia police officer is recovering after a fiery hit-and-run crash that occurred a few hours ago. this happened a bit after 5:00, 28th and tasker right there in grays ferrych the officer collided with another vehicle and that's when the police cruiser caught firech the driver of the car then took off. the officer and the passenger of the other car apparently bailed out of the vehicle and were taken to the hospital of the university of pennsylvania for treatment. >>> a long-standing business in burlington county was destroyed during an early morning fire just before 4 a.m. when fire broke out south jersey mowers in mapleshade. the owner of the business lived in the rear of the building and was rushed to the hospital. it took firefighters three hours to get this under control. no word tonight how it started. >> a charter school in philadelphia is in middle of major cleanup efforts after three people ludeed and vandalized classrooms. those vandals were caught on camera

." >> thank you, kenneth. biggest air travel headaches seem to be in denver today where heavy fog socked in the airport. many flights were delayed or diverted to other airports. in colorado springs, planes were lined up on tarmac waiting to take off again. >> so the holiday weekend is all but over and you're driving home tonight get ready for work tomorrow. look at the bright side. it's not snowing. in fact it's relatively warm out. there meteorologist melissa magee is live at the big board with more on the wild weather or mild weather headed our way. >> you can say both. >> covering my bases. >> it's mild this week first week of december we're up and down. we'll talk about that in a moment. if you travel back home after enjoying thanksgiving holiday no issues across the eastern half of the u.s. because conditions on the road will be dry due to the weather. but as you look at the travel weather forecast if you travel by air we get the green light from philadelphia, boston logan and chicago o'hare and new jerse

kenneth bae and matthew miller. the miller's family have chosen to make this a private family matter and does not want to speak to the media. he did speak to a u.s. official about what's next. he basically said it's up to them because they're truly free. >> he seems like he is in remarkably good spirits after what he went through. anna cabrera, live for us in seattle. thanks so much. >>> right now president obama on his way to asia for an eight-day journey there. he left washington earlier today and heads to china first for the apex summit, and theb he goes to myanmar before heading to the g20 summit in ahs rail wra. they'll stop off in hawaii before making his way back to the white house, which is where we find our aaron mcpike. erin, seems like a lot on his plate for this trip. >> pamela, he does have a lot on his plate. he may get the hands to talk to russian president vladimir putinen. the two don't have any sort of bilateral meetings scheduled at this point. advisors have said that they may get together and tal

and there had been real concerns about kenneth bae's health, and the u.s. had been pushing for a very long time to get him realized because of his deteriorating health. we suspect that he will be seen by u.s. personnel while flying back to the u.s. and we should get more information later on saturday if not on sunday about the conditions surrounding this release. >> roslind, thank you. now the annual olive harvest is underway across the west bank, but olive pickers say they're being attacked by israeli settlers. >> it's a palestinian song of hope sung in what are uncertain times. this family has been as a result kateing olives for generations, but they are suffering, yields have shrunk by around a quarter this year and frequent attacks by israeli settlers targeting palestinian-owned farms are partially to blame. >> we wait 15 years for the olive tree to bear fruit. when the settlers attack us we're held back 15 years. >> according to u.n. figures settlers destroyed 11,000 olive trees and saplings owned by palestinian farmers. they were either cut down by ch

kenneth bae was accused of spreading christian material. his sentence, 15 years at hard labour, the last two americans known to be held by kim jong un's government. after two years in captivity, and serious health issues that hospitalized him for a time, kenneth bae says simply he is recovering. >> it's been amazing two years. i learnt a lot. i grew a lot. lost a lot of weight, in a good way. but i'm standing strong because of you >>> once again, that was shouf reporting from washington -- allen schauffler reporting from washington state >>> time is running out on a deal to limit iran's nuclear programme. secretary of state john kerry spent the day in iran negotiating. the talks are up against a deadline of november 24th. if a deal is reached, it will have to pass muster with a republican controlled senate. >> reporter: as diplomatic negotiations go, these have been a marathon. in some shape or form there has been talks with iran on its nuclear programme for over a decade. now they could be in the final straight international negotiators, t

it's a good story. >> anna cabrera is live in seattle near kenneth bae's family home.g to you. >> reporter: good morning randi. it's been a little over 24 hours that these men have been back here in the united states. it was an emotional reunion with both their families when they arrived late saturday night. while matthew todd miller's family has asked for privacy, we have been in touch with the family of kenneth bae from the greater seattle area. they tell us he is enjoying time home, eating pizza, sharing stories and laughing with family and friends. they say their prayers for the past two years have finally be answered. after months and years of detention, two americans held prisoner in north korea are back in the united states. first off the plane kenneth bae who had been held for two years and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for hostile acts against the government claiming he was part of a christian plot to overthrow the regime. >> i just want to say thank you all for supporting me and and standing by me during this time. it's been just amazing blessing to see

kenneth moton is live in manayunk with much more, kenneth. >> reporter: walter, it was an emotional scene here at canal right parkas so many played and held vigil for this missing college student. even kildare's that last place shane montgomery was seen was closed out of respect for his family and friends. it was an out search for the ground and waters around manayunk as a community looked for 21 year-old shane montgomery. this morning hundreds pack saint john the baptist catholic church, and got their search areas and then went to work. >> people actually care that much about somebody that they came out and in the the cold, it is overwhelming. absolutely overwhelming. >> reporter: karen montgomery's son disappeared 1:45 a.m. on thanksgiving after he left kildare's irish pub on main street. west chester university student on break and back home in roxborough left on foot. so cameras are still being checked to try to figure out which direction he walk. >> would i ask that anybody that lives in the neighborhood, if they can hear anything or see anything, go out in their yard and look, and,

"action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at the scene, kenneth, what do we know about this. >> reporter: well, jim that septa bus driver is fighting for his life tonight and he is in chris will california condition at thomas jefferson university hospital after the shooting on this street. right now, police are trying to find more than one gunman and a motive. >> in the middle of the south philadelphia neighborhood, nearly 30 shots were fired from this intersection by at least two gunman. >> this was senseless, all of these shell casings, i mean my mother lives on this block. >> she said eric, it sound like a war zone out here. >> reporter: philadelphia police say around 82:00 men were shot on the six hup block of winton street, a 35 year-old man, intended target was hit in the head and killed but it was a 56 user old off-duty septa bus driver whom investigators say was truck in the chest by a stray bullet, an innocent bystander. >> he is an outstanding citizen, a pillar of the community, ever since i was a kid, he has always been a nice individual. >> reporter: neighbors told us that th

"action news" reporter kenneth moton is gathering details at the the scene and kenneth, what is the latest. >> reporter: shirleen and brian we have just confirmed minutes ago one of the victims was an off-duty septa bus driver. take a a look at this active scene behind me here in south philadelphia. police just gave us an update. they say there were at least two gunman shooting down this block at whether it even street. they are all out of evidence markers because investigators say nearly 30 shots were fired. call came in around 8:00 in south philadelphia, two men were hit but it appears only one was the intended target a 35 year-old man was shot in the head. he was rushed to thomas jefferson university hospital where he was pronounced dead. second person a 56 year-old man that off-duty september bus driver was struck in the chest, by a stray bullet. investigators say it appears he was an innocent bystander, neighbors told us he has lived in this area for several years and he was on this block checking on the vacant property of his elderly mother. >> what do we know about the motive at thi

he says he's elated for kenneth bae and matthew miller.ack got him arrested in north korea was leaving behind that bible him i asked fowle, would he do it again? >> i would say if i had to do it over again, knowing what i know now, god had a different plan, but i wouldn't rem it to other people either. that's not to say i think it was a wrong thing to do. i don't make that decisionlet his i'm standing before christ in the after life. if he says it's a bad idea, i will concede it was a bad idea. i wouldn't recommend it for anyone else and i wouldn't do it again. >> interesting insight, right? >> it's got to be conflicting for them. because there was a lot of motivation, when you deal with kenneth bae and fowle, they're motivated by their faith. it's a really strong motivation. you look at the predicament. they don't want to see anybody else put in the position by anybody else. >> he could express his way given the hardship they have endured. >> the hardship placed on their families, especially with fowle, a single income family. his wife wo

. >> americans matthew girl and kenneth bae set food or u.s. soil hours after regaining freedom from north korea. bae is speaking out. bae and miller were the last americans detained in north korea. >> reporter: miller and bae touching down on u.s. soil saturday night. thank you all for supporting me and lifting me up and not forgetting me. >> we're very grateful and i appreciate director clapper doing a great job on what was obviously a challenging mission. >> reporter: that mission to bring home kenneth bae and matthew miller after being held in north korea. bae for two years and miller for 7 morts. bae's sister said i am thrilled to hug my brother soon he will not have to spend another day at a labor camp.ther soon he will he >>> they follow the release of an ohio resident who was detained for 6 months accused of leaving a bible in a nightclub. he spoke back in august. >> i apologize to the people of the united states for causing a headache. >> reporter: bae from a seattle washington suburb was detained in 2012 while leading a tour group to

kenneth moton, "action news" at 10 on phl17. >> thank you, kenneth. 18 people were out of their homes on this chilly night after a large fire in chester city. it started in the twin home on east 23 street at about 7:30 and quickly wentz to extra alarms. crews spent an hour getsing this under control. nobody was injured. but the red cross is responding to offer shelter for anyone who needed it. >>> all right. time for a check of the accuweather forecast. meteorologist melissa magee joins us for the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> walt ter was not a bad start to the weekend. definitely cooler than average. all queue eight cross the region. as we look at wind chills ais ro the delaware and lehigh valleys. temperatures currently in the middle and upper 40s and when you factor in the wind chill it feels much colder, 42. and in philadelphia feeling like 3 in trenton and 44 current wind chill in beach haven. as you look at the wind chill in dover it feels like 36. here's satellite 6 and action radar you can see we have mainly quiet conditions and a the lo of clouds moving on in a

and kenneth moton has the reaction today. beginning with sharrie williams more than a million worshipers are expected to gather in september? hi sharrie. >>reporter:you are right. we are 10 months away. the pope has hinted all along that he wants to be here for the world meeting of families. we found out that city and saint leaders were holding it a secret until now. in his own words pope francis announced to the world that he is coming to philadelphia. the pontiff confirmed that he will attend the world meeting of families september 2015. the organizers got the word in the middle of the night. >> i had many adrenaline rush nothing like this morning between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m. he will attend the festival of families. the stage will be turned into an altar for an outdoor mass. they expect a million people to pack the parkway for both events. >> it's once in a generation for philadelphia the commonwealth of pennsylvania to shine on the stage. >>reporter:the local catholic leaders lobbied for his visit. charles chaput was in rome

"action news" reporter kenneth moton is live in ac with the big story. kenneth? >> reporter: shirleen and brian, sources close to this revel deal say it fell a apart because of an annual and contract this power plant, had with revel. it is one and only customer. both sides were negotiating over those costs, and just could not come to terms. >> what do we want. >> contract. >> when do we want it. >> now. >> reporter: hundreds of unionized casino workers were rallying against looming december 12th closure of the taj had man hall when the news broke when revel deal was in more. >> i didn't hear that. i'm very upset. >> that was the hope for atlantic city. >> reporter: brookfield asset management out of toronto bandon its plan to buy revel for 110 million-dollar because of disagreements with the one holders of the building's 160 million-dollar power plant. it is south jersey's parent company ac r energy llc is owed millions, and it is still providing minimum power to the building. >> revel dropped the ball from the get go. all we want to does come up a and show up to

kenneth. >> reporter: what's a campaign event without campaign music. in one hour president obama will take the stage at temple university. the president trying to rally more support in the democratic stronghold of philadelphia while tom corbett is in the suburbs hosting republicans for the battle on tuesday. two more days for the two candidates for pennsylvania governor. tom wolf and tom corbett are getting help from two political stars, president obama and possible presidential contender, chris christie will work to energize the base for tuesday which is expected a low turnout. >> i think it's great to support tom wolf. it's an incredible students to meet the president. >> reporter: while supporters were filing into the liacouras i can't center, those trying to get corbett elected were busy in bluebell. the headliner with jersey governor will happen in ivyland bucks county. the two will push that the york county millionaire and businessman will raise taxes for what he promised. >> we believe in governor corbett and his accomplishment also for the last

they kept mr kenneth bae close two years. he's frail, ill, if he got more frail or very ill, or god forbid to die on their watch, the world would definitely be eyeing north korea with more than a horrible look. and matthew miller is so young. to lock him up for six years, what is the point. on the one hand it's an opportunity for the north koreans to settle this hostage taking situation and try to move beyond it. i think what it can gain is immediately it's trying to lobby for a better image so that the european, the jap neerks the united nations -- japanese, the united nations, the americans, will not press for the north korean leadership, kim jong un, to be brought to the international criminal court. >> a lot of questions about its human right record. >> right. >> president obama praised the effort of james clapper, the director of national intelligence. does his actions raise eyebrows back at home? >> i had to admit when i read and watched the news, it's an unusual choice on the part of the united states. i am sure there

. >> americans kenneth bae and michael todd miller are back in the u.s.er being freed unexpectedly by north korea. both were held in captivity and sentenced to hard labour. the release was arranged via a secret mission. >> carrying his own bags, kenneth bae gets a hug from his mother, greets other family members and takes a long walk on u.s. soil, a walk to freedom on the tarmac at joint base louis mcchord. he and matthew miller home after imprisonment in north korea. kenneth bae's family worked tirelessly to keep his case alive, and in the public eye. >> we are finally here. my brother is home. all of our hopes and prayers for this moment have finally come through. we are so thankful. >> it's been amazing blessing to see so many involved, getting released in the last two years, and now mentioning for the thousands praying as well. i want to say thank you for supporting me, lifting me up. >> national intelligence director james clapper made the secret trip, acting as a personal envoy for president obama, to bring the men home. it was the culmination of ba

thank you, kenneth. breaking news from kensington where a police officer was struck by a vehicle driven by a suspect fleeing scene of a shooting. this happened just a short time ago 2300 block of north fairhill street. "action news" reporter annie mccormick joins us live with from the scene with the latest, annie. >> walter, at this hour we know that police officer that was hit by that vehicle is in stable condition at hahnemann hospital and place say the man responsible for hitting him with the car is in custody. well, take a look at this video. this is video of the scene shortly after the officer was hit. police did come the area. recovering this hand gun. this all unfolded after 5 p.m. in the 2300 block of north fairfax hill street. police responded to a call of a man shot, found on the roadway, shot multiple times, a 25-year-old. we're told that shooting victim is at temple in critical and stable condition. when police arrived and stride to stop a suspect fleeing the scene in a vehicle the police off

kenneth bae and matthew miller are now on their way home. miller was serving six-years for charge of espionage. >> there is going to be a lot of speculation while north korean authorities decided now was the time to realize kenneth bay and matthew miller, who u.s. citizens who had been held by the government for at least two years in mr. bae's case and seven months in mr. miller's case. the two men had been in the country one allegedly for proslytizing and the other pore being a tourist and trying to defect. they had been held in a situation why the u.s. authorities had almost no opportunity to actually check on their welfare. that was left to sweden, which has diplomatic relations with north korea. the big question now is not only why did the two men decide to realizgovernment decided to release the two men now, but how was it that james clapper was the one able to escort the two men to the united states. that government has usually wanted a high profile american or peace activist to escort the citizens. now there are questions if there cou

you were kept separate from kenneth bae and matthew miller. i understand you're realizing you may have been in close proximity to one another not that long ago. can you tell us about that? >> right. i had no contact with them at all there. information in general was hard to come by like an information vacuum for the most part. just yesterday i realized that during interviews on september 1st i think it was that three of us may have been in the same building together. i had no indication at the time. >> were they ever mentioned to you? i'm sorry -- >> go ahead. >> were they ever mentioned to you by any of north koreans or did you ask about them? >> i did. i had known of kenneth's story before i came there. he had been sentenced a 15 years before i left. while i was on a trip, the tour portion of my trip, i heard them talking about another gentleman being detained. they didn't know his name. they knew he lifted his visa. i didn't realize he had been sent to prison so quickly. he was already in prison while i was there. >> i'm sure the three of y

was in urgent need of release. >> kenneth bae was not in good physical condition.he had diabetes and high blood pressure. and so clearly a 15-year term at hard labor was not going to help him. indeed, he was actually taken out of hard labor into a hospital recently because of his condition. >> reporter: accompanying bae and miller is the director of national intelligence, james clapper. president obama dispatched him as envoy to secure the release of the pair. clearly been an ordeal for both. but miller, who is 22, and from here in california, really has some explaining to do on his return. his arrest in april came after alarming news that he landed at at -- and requested asylum. securing their release would have started months ago and claim via new york and also with the help of sweden, who has been the u.s.'s protective power in pyongyang. it's questionable how much of a strategic gain this is for the obama administration. >> north korea has been a accustomed to win almost every time at the negotiating table, winning big concessions, economic aid, humanitarian ai

and kenneth moton is covering all the late developments live from northwest detectives, kenneth, you have the full story. >>reporter:they say that even though they have leads and person of interest tonight they are sorting through the high-priority case. >>reporter:it's a person of interest of the abduction of carlesha freeland-gaither. it was captured inside a convenience store. he used the woman's debit card. they were on the move searching for this video and others. we see the first moments on sunday night when gaither came in contact with a large man. he reaches out. gaither backs away. >> we don't know if he said anything to her. >>reporter:look closely. the man lunged for the woman and pulling her down west colter street. >> he used a lot of force. he was brutal in how he took her down the street. they moved from maryland a few years ago. they don't recognize the man. >> i want her home. we don't want anything to do with you. let her come home. >>reporter:the family told us thathat she left behind a boyfrd in maryland. she was special. >> she was there for anybody and everybody

and kenneth moton is joining us live. the protestors are reacting here.ms on what the grand jury said and didn't say sharrie. >>reporter:the nation is on edge awaiting the decision. it came down to 12 jurors. nine of who were white. three were black. they had five different charges to consider against darren wilson including murder. they met in 25 different sessions and heard from more than 6 60 witnesses. the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction. they did not see enough evidence to indict officer wilson. here is robert mccullough. >> it does not change. physical evidence does not look away as the events unfold. nor does it blackout or add to mem. it's constan-- memory. >> tonight president obama spoke to the nation encouraging common peace after the decision. >>president barack obama:we are a nation built on the rule of law. so we need if accept that this decision was the grand jury's to make. there are americans that agree with it and there are americans that are deeply disappointed, even angry. but i join michael's parents that asks anyone that