that was not matthew miller. he was detained in 2012.ry accused of a christian plot to overthrow the regime. jeffrey fowle was accused of leaving a bible on a tour. he came in as a tourist. leaving the bible was considered a co-earth act. he signed a statement admitting gui guilt. he admitted to tearing up his visa, he said it was something he planned to do ahead of time. tear up his tourist visa and seek asylum. now, he says he needs the help of the american government. he reached out and is frustrated with the slow pace of his case. i asked why he sought asylum? that was the question he didn't want to answer. >> he seemed cryptic. all of them are not really in a position to speak freely. tell us a little bit about, these are people who have all signed admissions of built. >> will, you had pefk things you could and could not ask them. >> that's correct. we were told we had five minutes with each american and we could cover specific topics. the charges they were accused of here in north korea, how they are being treated and a message to

we also spoke with matthew miller and we spoke with jeffrey fowle. ined in april. he admitted to coming here to the airport in pyongyang, tearing up his tourist visa, and seeking asylum in north korea. here's what he had to say when i asked him about his detainment here. >> well, can you tell me about the charges you're facing here in north korea? >> i will not find out until i go to trial. but i will say that i prepared to violate the law of the dprk before coming here. and i deliberately committed my crime. i have already admitted my guilt. and apologized to the governments of the dprk and i have been asking for forgiveness. >> tell me about your conditions here, how you're being treated. >> i am with good health. i've received medical checks and provided with humanitarian treatment. >> and what is your message to your family? >> first, i'll just say my message to my government, i've been requesting help for a long time. and there has been no movement from my government. the american government is known for having a strong policy of protecting its c

next we'll hear from matthew miller who is just 24 years ole. i'll be right back. >>> summer may be winding down, but election season is just getting started. today marks the unofficial kickoff for the midterms, and with control of the senate hanging in the balance, some democrats are turning to a key demo. african-americans. returning to the demo to stave off a furious challenge from the republican rivals. larry sabatow and ron christie is a former special assistant to george w. bush. welcome, gentlemen. >> good morning, carol. >> good morning. >> larry, you wrote this long article for politico talking about the chances of republicans taking over the senate. so tell us, what are the chances as we stand right now? >> well, as we stand right now, they're better than 50/50. the most likely outcome is a gain for the republicans, six or seven seats. they need six to take over. democrats have 55 seats at present. i'll tell you, there is no wave and in fact some of the democrats, the democratic incumbents who were thought to be most vulnerable in stat

matthew todd miller is the youngest of the three. he's in good health, received medical checks and is provided with humanitarian treatment. and jeffrey fowle, age 56, says food's been good, he gets a daily walk with the guides and medical care has been furnished but he add, quote, i'm getting desperate. jim walsh joins me to talk about what north korea could be up to with this access to these detainees. he's an expert in international security and one of only a handful of americans who has traveled to north korea for a talk with officials there about nuclear issues. your first reaction? >> first, they are dramatic. they are new. but they also come on the heels of a month-long set of activities. you know, we hadn't heard anything from these guys in a while. beginning on august 1st, their families started having press conferences. there were visits by our representative in north korea from the swedish embassy to go and visit them. and then, ashleigh, some time around august 20th, just before we had military exercises with the south kor

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matthew miller was arrested for violating his tourist status. he's believed to have torn up his visa and demanded asylum. >> rebel fighters in syria captured several towns. their gains allowed some civilians to get to the ground. rebel sustained a push to take more territory around deraa. there are 6.5 million internally displaced syrians, 3 million others are in camps outside the borders. 600,000 are in jordan. many are out of camps into illegal structures. we report from the town. >> when the jordanian authorities evacuated a number of illegal tented communities, some refugees built homes instead. without obtaining construction licences, or any required permits. the government wants all refugees to live inside official camps, but many say they can't. this man from homs has six children, two of whom were born with brain paralysis. they lived in a tent for months before a jordanian man built them a structure to protect them from extreme weather conditions that they cannot withstand. >> they can't tolerate heat or cold weather. since we moved int

matthew miller was able to call his family yesterday.d them to forward petition letters he wrote to high ranking u.s. officials so he could be released. lisa ling joins me now. i know your sister was held hostage in north korea for a time. i wanted to ask you about matthew miller and what he might be experiencing right now. he's been sentenced to hard labor. i guess he digs holes in fields for eight hours a day and then kept in solitary confinement. >> my sister, fortunately, didn't have to actually go into a labor camp although she was kept for five months. she was treated fairly humanely aside from getting beat up right when she was dragged into the country. the north korean -- i think the reason they're releasing these photos is they want direct talks with the united states. right now when the u.s. and north korea communicate, they have to do so through six-party talks or through other countries. they have been wanting to engage the u.s. directly but the u.s. has not wanted to do so. in many ways i think this is a propaganda tool of t

kenneth bay and now matthew miller, who is 24 years old. and jeffrey fowler, accused of levelling a bible in a nightclub despite reports at a hotel room, who is awaiting trial. >> a search and rescue operation is taking place in the central philippines after a ferry went down off the island. three people are known to have died. we have this report. >> exhausted but alive. survivors say they were tossed about in pitch-black darkness for six hours. clinging for life rafts that didn't inflate, before vessels plucked them from the water. in the light of day, rescue teams are scouring the seas. they don't know how many people were on board the ferry. the captain of the domestic ferry reported problems a few hours into the journey. it was battered by huge waves and winds, whipped up by the outer fringes of typhoon calamaggie before it sank. >> translation: we are looking into the weather conditions from where it left, the route and destination. we saw that it was a local disturbance. >> caught up in the churning seas, many people say they had giv

here is what matthew miller told will. >> what's your message to your family? >> i had the opportunity to phone call them. i've already spoken to them. >> what's the bottom line about your situation here and your message that you want to put out? >> that my situation is very urgent, that very soon i'm going to trial and i would directly be sent to prison. i think this is -- this interview is my final chance to push the american government into helping me. >> the circumstances of matthew miller's arrest are mirk ki. he is accused of tearing up his tourist visa and seeking asylum. so there is not -- we don't know a lot about this guy. what were you able to find out? >> reporter: well, from all indications, anderson, he had a very average upbringing here in bakersville, california. neighbors watched him play with other kids in the street. he comes from a stable home. he has several older brothers. he graduated from bakersfield high school, people that graduated from him barely remember him. he was that quiet. one surprising thing is a neighbor says they don't kno

kenneth bae, jeffrey fowle and matthew miller it the interviews came with restriction, which we'll talk about. but let's start with kenneth bae, he is in the upper right of your screen. north korea claims he was part of a christian plot to overthrow the government. >> i'm serving 15 year-sentence right now. and i've been going back and forth from hospital to the labor camp the last year and a half. and right now i'm serving at the labor camp right now. >> can you tell me about the conditions at the labor camp? >> condition in labor camp is i'm working at hours a day, six days a week and working agricultural work to other hard labor that is required to do every day. >> do you think you're being treated hue manly? >> yes. >> and your message to your family? >> well, i'm sure they're very worried about my health at this time. and even though right now, like, last month and a half, my health has been -- or so, it's been fairly so right now what i can say to my family and friends, to continue to pray for me and also ask them to continue on that for -- in getting me released here. >> your mes

matthew miller is 24 years old, from bakersfield, california.ngest of four sons and a 2008 graduate of bakersfield high school. >> jeffrey fowle, he's from my am isburg, ohio. he told our will ripley i'm good for the time being. >> kenneth bae is serving a 15-year sns. he's been in custody the longest of the three men. >> your message for the american government, the american government, right now, i've been asking the american government to act to getting release here. i do believe special envoy needs to come to resolve the situation i'm in right now. i do ask the u.s. government to send an envoy as soon as possible. otherwise, i think that's the only hope i have right now for me to go home and be reunited with my family. >> kenneth bae is 44 years old. he was born in south korea but came to the u.s. when he was 16 years old. he's married and has three children. >> his sister says she's worried about his health. >> two years of being isolated and working in labor camp. i know it's not easy. so i think you can see that it's taking a toll both ph

american matthew miller admitted to tearing up his visa and seek asylum in north korea. now he wants out. >> what's the bottom line bomb your situation here and your message that you want to put out? >> that my situation is very urgent that will very soon i'm going to trial and i would directly be sent to prison. i think this is -- this interview is my finally chance to to push the american government into helping me. >> jeffrey fowle confessed to leaving' bible behind during a tourist trip, considered a covert act by the north korean government. he was arrested on his daughter's birthday. >> and your message to your family. >> message is i'll come home as soon as i can. my family is the biggest thing on my mind right now. i've got the wife and three school age kids that depend on me for support and my mother-in-law is staying with us, too. there's six in our household. and when i'm gone. >> right now foule is in a hotel but that could quickly change if he's found guilty later this month. >> i'm good for the time being but need to let people know i'm getting desperate fo

we'll talk about the western tourism situation, but first matthew miller. eth bae, and foul were doing there seems more clear, in miller's case not so much. there? >> this is a mystery. i think he was trying to defect. we don't know. all of the statements have been filtered by the north korean government, and he was actually a mysterious character when living in bakersfield. this is a mystery piled on top of another. >> and is what the north koreans want on the other hand more clear. we are seeing - are they basically trying to shore up - is kim jong un trying to shore up his government by using americans as pawns? >> they have always been doing that. they have been doing that for more than a half decade and have been grabbing hostages, and we have been going to try to get them out. in the early part of august, there are reports, which i believe a high level white house delegation went to pyongyang to get the three individuals out of north korea. >> you think there are behind the scenes dealings that we don't hear about. >> i think so. we have done it in the

citizen matthew miller will not be coming home any time soon. why a north korean supreme court wants him to do years of hard labor. we'll talk about it after the break. >>> and crews in california make some headway against wildfires at both ends of the state. we'll update their progress next. >>> this morning, a north korean court sentenced matthew miller to six years of hard labor. he was detained in april for violating his tourist status when he entered the country. north korean officials say he tore up his visa and asked for asylum. they also claimed that he tried to commit an act of espionage. >>> pakistan's army is getting creative in its efforts to stop serious flood waters. they're using explosives. soldiers blasted a levy to redirect the flow of water that's threatening to cause even more damage in the country. recent rains and floods have killed nearly 300 people in pakistan, hundreds more have been injured. flood waters have washed away many villages, affecting more than two million people. there's also flood emergency in croatia where

. >> kenneth bae, matthew miller and jeffrey fowle gave separate interviews to cnn yesterday.urging united states to send an enjoy. -- envoy. that became quite a surprise to cnn reporter will ripley. they were taken to a secret location to conduct these interviews. will has left north korea. he joins us now from beijing, china, where he can speak a little more freely. tell us how this all went down. >> it all came together very quickly, carol. we had made the request a couple of times. one on the first day we arrived in north korea and several days later that we really wanted to speak with detained americans. we were told in both cases, that was impossible. we also asked to speak to a high level official. as we were on this one shoot, we were pulled aside and told that a government official in pyongyang was going to speak with us but we needed to leave right now. i pulled out my cell phone camera and started rolling and here's what i saw. an abrupt detour during a trip to cover pro wrestlers in north korea. one minute we're on a sightseeing tour and next we're told to expect a

and matthew miller who says he sought asylum in the country. here they were. >> i don't have any complaints. the food has been good. a daily walk with the guides. even medical care has been furnished. a couple times. and hotel suite type of room. so i don't have any complaint about the treatment. very good so far and i hope and pray it continues whether i'm here two more days or two more deck raids, whatever the case is. >> reporter: and the message to your family. >> message is, i'll come home as soon as i can. my family is the biggest thing on my mind right now. i've got a wife and three school-age kids that depend on me for support. and my mother-in-law is staying with us too, so there are six of us in our household. if this goes beyond the end of september, then i'm in grave danger of losing my job. just when vacation benefits run out. and i'll be out of a job, out of income. i'm good for the time being. but i need to let people know that i'm getting desperate. >> reporter: did you tear up your visa and seek asylum? is that report accurate?

point it's not clear who is responsible. >>> north korea state news agency says the american matthew millere judged in court on september 14th. miller has been held since april. north korea says he tore up his tourist visa and asked for asylum when he entered the country. >>> a crippling monsoon season is hitting parts of india and south asia with some of the worst flooding in six decades. at least 97 people so far have died in india administered kashmir. dozens of bridges and roads have been completely washed away in the storm. >>> now more on our top story and u.s. efforts to contain the threat of isis in iraq. gohel is the international security director of the asia pacific foundation. he joins us from england. let's first start with this coalition. we know it's forming, but the countries have not yet been announced. could this coalition of nations, could it be bigger than what we saw during the first gulf war? >> potentially, yes, it could. so could the pitfalls as well because in many ways it is a coalition of rivals. you have countries like saudi arabia and iran that have competing in

now, this was the trial this sunday of 24-year-old matthew miller.he was found guilty, according to state-run media, of hostile ac acts to the dprk, while entering the territory under the guise of a tourist last april. it's unclear what happened. what we know at this point is from the north korea an state-run media. they say that miller walks into the country, and as he walks through, he then ripped up his tourist visa and claimed asylum. cnn gained rare access to miller when they were in pyongyang earlier this month and asked him if that was the case. miller said he dealt with that in a previous interview and he was not there to talk about that. bear in mind, there were north korean officials present during the interview and he would have certainly been aware of what he was saying. he did say, though, that he believed that interview was to try to talk to the u.s. government, ask for help. he said he'd called, or at least written to u.s. president barack obama, but had not had a reply. again, we don't know if those were his words or words given to hi

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the country's supreme court says matthew miller of bakers if field, california committed, quote, hostilets. it also claims he tore up his tourist visa and admitted to having wild ambition of experiencing prison life as part of a secret organization. >> meanwhile, a massive and hunt is now underway in the densely wooded countryside of north eastern pennsylvania. police are looking for a shooter or shooters who conducted that horrible ambush, a pair of troopers shot at outside state police bear racks in pennsylvania killing this man. brian is live with the latest. high, brian. >> reporter: good afternoon. we are 36 hours into this man hunt and officials are on high alert looking for the shooter or shooters responsible for killing a state trooper and wounding another on friday night. we don't have a description. we don't know what kind of weapon was used. what we do know is investigators are looking into hundreds of persons of interest and they believe the state police was specifically targeted in this attack. two state troopers were ambushed uds of the blooming groove state police barracks

the 24-year-old matthew miller was sentenced to hard labor this month after being convicted of entering the country ill hellly to commit espionage. he sat down with an associated press reporter to discuss prison life. >> it is eight hours of workaday mostly agriculture digging around in the dirt. other than that, it is isolation, no contact with anyone but i have been in good health and no sickness. >> he has written several letters leading for help from influential americans. >>> you arrive at the airport claim to realize your luggage is missing, fought last, just stolen. images from the busiest airports of people walking in and going directly to baggage claim and taking a bag and leaving. it is not just thieve on the outside but cameras have caught airline workers going law bags for valuable. officials say they have put systems if place to catch thieves. they advise travelers to get to the claiming area before the bags arrive. >> opening of super bowl state-of-the-art terminal for cruise ships much the mayor will be on hand not opening of the cruise terminal at pier 27. it is 7 space.

in a rare move, matthew miller, jooefry bo and kenneth bay spoke. one was detained in june after a bible in a hotel, and miller was asking for asylum. with guards watching, all three said the only solution to their situation is for a u.s. official to come to north korea and ask for their freedom. >>> well, minimum wage is getting a lot of attention this week. another round of strikes by fast food workers seeking $15 an hour is scheduled for thursday in 150 cities. workers in dozens of cities have been trained to peacefully engage in civil disobedience ahead of the protest. in los angeles, they are going to launch the largest anti-poverty program in l.a.'s history. he wants to raise the minimum wage to $13.25 an hour. he's not the only one, president obama said yesterday he is not asking for the moon, he just wants a good deal for american workers. >> there is no denying a simple truth, america deserves a raise. i think eventually congress is going to hear. we'll break those folks down. we'll just stay on them. we'll just keep at it. that's how i got

. >> reporter: matthew millers entire trial lasted 90 minutes, once the court issued the sentence six years of hard labor, he was handcuffed and led off to prison. forth korean authorities arrested millner april at the airport saying he tore up his tourist visa and shouted he was seeking asylum. the u.s. has issued a statement asking that miller and kenneth bay and jeffrey fowler be granted a release. the charges for he and the other u.s. detainedeeses were arrested and in prison would not give arrest or imprisonment in the united states or in many other countries around the world. last month the 24-year-old was seen on state run media issuing this appeal. >> i am now requesting help from the american government, the citizen of america and the world to release me from this situation. >> reporter: it is unclear if he and the others spoke freely or were coerced. >> good treatment, no complaints. >> reporter: the company that booked his trip to north korea advises travelers not to destroy government documents. after today's sentence, a note left at the miller family home in bakersfield,

. >>> matthew miller, the man accused of slashing bensalem officer will go to trial. authorities say he attacked the officer with a knife when he tried to arrest him back in june. police say he then stole the officer's patrol car and was arrested sometime later. he was wanted for escaping from the county jail. >>> a law enforcement sweep ended with suspected drug dealers off the streets of reading. detectives executed warrants this morning and 40 people were taken in in handcuffs. investigators are still looking for 15 more people tonight. >>> police are looking for a gun toting shoe shopper that targeted a payless shoe store last month. this video shows the female suspect, authorities say she picked up a box with shoes and put a demand note inside of it, the clerk found the note and the suspect allegedly flashed the handle of a gun and the suspect walked out with cash. >>> a florence township mother that drove her children into the delaware river is indicted for attempted murder. it was back in april when joanne smith intentionally drove her minivan into the water wi

the country's supreme court saying matthew miller, seen here, from california committed quote, hostile acts, the court claiming he tore up his tourist visa at the pyongyang airport and admitted to having, quote, wild ambition of experiencing prison life as part of a secret investigation. analysts believe north korea is using miller as a bargaining chip in its relations with the u.s. >>> and we are now waiting to hear from hillary clinton who's making her first visit to iowa since he lost the caucuses there during her 2008 presidential bid. she's headlining senator tom harkin's annual steak frying event and her experience is adding fuel to the already substantial buzz about her ambitions for 2016. carl cameron is live there in the middle of all the action. is secretary clinton untying, carl? >> reporter: no, as is typical for presidential candidacies from the clinton family, she's running late. she's on scene here now, and somebody asked the question, are you running? and she just laughed at the question. this is a shot that she made to bill clinton about him not even eating steak. that

. >> a north korean court today quick and sentenced american matthew miller in a trial that took allof 90 minutes. the 24-year-old from bakersfield, california was found guilty of entering the country illegally to commit espionage. >> he was immediately sentenced to six years hard labor, miller is one of three americans currently being held by north korea. >> 20 couples were married at st. peter's basilica today and look who was leading the ceremonies. >> the couples were married by pope francis, some of the couples already lived together before marriage and even had kids, it is part of an effort by the vatican to be more inclusive. >> will scotland leave the united kingdom? that story when the cbs evening news continues. nchypíy >> as we noted earlier scottish voters will decide in four days to break away from the united kingdom and form their own independent nation. mark phillips in ed bro tells us the contest is going right down to the wire. .. >> what was once considered literally a pipe dream is now a real possibility. scotland's independence debate is heating up. >> weekend opi

matthew miller was arrested in april. north korea officials say he destroyed his tourist visa after entering the country. >> despite official claims the u.s. citizens arrested there are not used for political purposes. it is clear the dpk case is using the citizens as pawns for political agenda. >> harf said the behavior would not have gotten him arrested in the u.s. or countries around the world. >>> in recent years, tokyo has seen a surge in the construction of high-rises, but the market for new condos is not looking up as ron madison tells us. >> that's right, james. the number of new condos going on the market in tokyo and neighboring prefectures dropped in august for the seventh straight month year on year. researchers at economic institute say 2100 new condos went on sale last month. the number was down 49%. the largest declines since september of 2008. buyers rushed to ak ficquire un before the rush on taxes. that is making developers cautious. the researchers predict the condo supply will remain low for some time.

matthew miller's show trial sunday, three judges found him guilty of hostile acts as a tourist. it is believed pyongyang is using miller and bae as bargaining chips with the dispute over the nuclear program. >>> president obama making plans to escalate in the international fight of the ebola outbreak. he is expected to announce tomorrow sending more portable hospitals and doctors and supplies to west africa and setting up training for workers in liberia and other nations. he will ask congress for $88 million to fund the efforts. a fourth doctor has died. attempts to get her evacuated to germany for treatment failed. ten senior government officials have been fired by the government for ignoring orders to return on overseas trips and they would not go back to liberia. >>> 38 minutes past the hour. "early start" on your money. stocks lower. u.s. futures are down. stocks closed lower friday. that ended five straight weeks of gains for u.s. investors. all eyes on the federal reserve this week. the central bank released a statement on the monetary policy after the two-day meeting. wall

. >> matthew miller was arrested, allegedly for violating his tourist region. are we clearer to understanding what he is charged with and what punishment he'll face? >> it's not clear what he is charged with. it seems to be the case that he did cross the border, and then immediately applied for asylum seekers in north korea. whether - was it a joke, or whether he really wanted asylum or not. as a matter of fact, if you look at the past, and say a number of the educated people came to the soviet union and stalin in the 1930s, asking for asylum seekers. many were arrested and executed. by definition, they were seen as spies. however, in this case i would not expect any - anything that dramatic. because most likely, most koreans want to remind the western tourists, whose number has about increased slightly that they should behave themselves and should not be eccentric. >> how much is north korea using the case as leverage to try to reopen dialogue with the united states? >> of course they did try to use it. he'll be given a lengthy prison sentence, but not in the

. >>> overseas, matthew miller has been sentenced to six years of hard labor by a north korean court. miller was detained in north korea in april for violating his tourist status when he entered the country. according to north korean officials, after he arrived, he tore up his visa and asked for asylum. >>> britain's prime minister is calling the isis execution of a british humanitarian worker on video an ability of pure evil. you're looking at a still frame from the new video that appears to show the beheading of that worker. prime minister david cameron confirmed the death of david haines, who was abducted in syria last year. his death comes just weeks after isis executed american journalist james foley and steven sotloff. cameron promised to hunt down those responsible for haines's death. >> david haines was a british hero. the fact that an aide worker was taken, held, and brutally murdered at the hands of isil sums up what this organization stands for. >> this morning, secretary of state john kerry is in paris for a global conference that's focusing on how to combat isis and the o

matthew miller was arrested in april for violating his tourist status. it's not known what he was charged with. he was known to have torn up his visa at pyongyang's airport is and demanded asylum. last month he appealed to the u.s. embassy for help. >>> about 200 jews remain in yemen, but they are facing a choice to stay or leave. we have this story from the yemeni capital. >> this man teaches his relatives. they are members of yemen's last jews. they say they lived in yemen for more than 2,000 years, but the numbers have dwindled over the last decade to a few doze ebb. this is the patriarch, the chief rabbi in the northern region of sadder. but in 2006, they were evicted by the shia houthis. his wife says they lost their land and businesses. >> translation: we were very happy in sadder, but now we have lost everything. i'm scared to go back there. the children, go to government schools, they don't feel comfortable revealing their jewishness. the rabbi is confident, yemen is a place for them to live. >> reporter: i want our congreg ace to live with the m

matthew miller was arrested in april for violating his tourist status. he was charged with most il acts against korea. he is believed to have torn up his passport in pyongyang and appealed for asylum. last month he appealed to america for help. miller is expected to be convicted for propaganda purposes. >> it's not clear what he is charged with. is seems to be the case that he crossed the border and applied for asylum in north korea. whether - was it a joke or if he wanted an asylum, we know not. if you look at - have a look at the past, a number of the educated westerners came to the soviet union asking for asylum. many were arrested and executed. by definition, they were seen as spies. in this case, i would not expect anything that dramatic. most likely north koreans want to remind western tours, whose number increased, that they should behave themselves and should not be eccentric. >> how much is north korea using this case as leverage to try and reopen dialogue with the united states? >> of course they try to use it. he'll be given a lengthy prison s

matthew miller was rescued in april. the 24-year-old believed to have torn up his visa and asked for asylum. he appealed to the u.s. government for help to get him released. the case serves as a warning to other tourists. >> you would have thought the man could be used for positive propa gapped after purposes having -- propaganda purposes having sought asylum. nooe ae will -- north korea will say to anyone else that comes in on a tour package, that you have to stick to the line or these are the consequences you face. that is a message to the christian missionaries. that's true in this case where we don't know the motivations. now, we have three prominent detainees, so washington is clearly a big factor here. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its fully journalist imprisoned in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have now been behind bars for 260 days, accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood. charges which are seen by many as politically motivated. they are appealing against their con

ayears of hard labor, accused of entering the country illegally and accused of spying. 24-year-old matthew miller ripped up his tourist visa shortly after landing. he wanted to get arrested and investigate the prison and human rights abuses. >>> turning to the americans tonight. a nation divided by extreme weather. blisters heat out west. record cold in the northeast. rob marciano here now with the latest. >> reporter: in california, a fierce battle tonight. hundreds of firefighters in a massive w50i8d wildfire in close to triple-digit heat. homes threatened. and hundreds without power. >> we are probably going to lose everything in the freezer. >> reporter: temperatures reaching 105 degrees in the coming days. meanwhile, it may still will summer but the big chill early. snow in some spots in the northern rockies a month ahead of schedule. and in chicago, the temperatures didn't get out of the 50s for three days straight. >> it was really cold. yes. we were here yesterday and it was even colder. >> reporter: now it's headed east. meanwhile in the pacific, odile in a major hurricane, a beast of a

kenneth bay, matthew miller and bay were awe loued interviews with foreign reporters. they expect to go on trial in a month and don't know what the specific charges are. bay says his health is deteriorating where he is at the service camp for hard labor when he was trying to spread christianity. >> i do ask u.s. government to send enjoy as soon as possible. >> bay has been held nearly two years. administration officials say this he are working are for release of trio. some say north korea allowed interviews to draw attention away from other world hot spots. >>> a drone aircraft may have captured footage of sharks among swimmers and surfers at a florida beach yesterday not long after a girl was bin nearby. as the drone flew above the beach you can occasionally see dark shadow there's under the water. it's not clear what the shadows are. elsewhere in the county a girl was bitten on the call of while body surfing. it was sixth attack in that county alone. >> temperatures are going up in northern california making a fight against a three week old wildfire harder. this fire

sentenced an american to six years of hard labor for alleged espy onnage activities. 24-year-old matthew miller was arrested in april for violating his tourist status. he is believed to have torn up his visa at ping yong's airport and asked for asylum. he appealed to the u.s. government getting him released. the case serves as a warning to anyone visiting the country. >> reporter: you would have thought that this man could have been used for positive propaganda purposes v as you said, sought asylum as a u.s. citizen, himself. certainly,not north korea will be saying to anybody else who is going to be coming in to north korea on one of their popular tour packages that you have to stay very much between the lines that they set, otherwise, these are the kinds of consequences you can face. >> that's a message to the christian missionaries we have seen in the past, but, also, in this case where we don't really know the true motivations. beyond that, we can't ignore that we have three prominent detainees in north korea there. u.s. citizens and so washington is clearly al big factor here. >> lots more

in a rare move matthew miller, jeffrey foul and kenneth bay spoke to the foreign media on monday. kenneth bay grabbed in 2012. he's accused of trying to overthrow the government. fowl was obtained in june after leaving a bible in a hotel. miller was held in april after asking for asylum. now, with guards watching all three said the only solution here to their swaying is for a u.s. official to come to north korea and ask for their freedom. >>> minimum wage is getting a lot of attention this week. another round of strikes by fast food workers seeking $15 an hour is scheduled for thursday. that's in some 150 cities. one organizer says workers in some cities have been trained to engage in peaceful disobedience during the protest. he launches the largest antipoverty program in l.a.'s history. he wants to raise the minimum wage to $13.25 an hour. he's not the only one looking for higher minimum wage. president obama said yesterday he is not asking for the moon. he just wants a good deal for american workers. >> there is no denying a simple truth, america deserves a raise. i think eventu

matthew miller of bakersfield california was convicted of entering that country illegally to commit espionage. miller is one of three americans being held there. missionary kenneth bae is serving 15 years for allegedly trying to build an underground religious network. and jeffrey fowle is expected to be put on trial soon. he was arrested last may for allegedly leaving a bible in the bathroom at a club. the ebola outbreak in west africa has claimed the life of another doctor, hours after the world health organization said it could not medically evacuate her from sierra leone to germany. more than 300 health workers have become infected with ebola in guinea, liberia and sierra leone and nearly half of them have died. there was a shortage of doctors in those countries even before the ebola outbreak began. so far, only foreign health and aid workers have been medically evacuated from the affected nations. an unusual ceremony at the vatican today. pope francis married 20 couples, including at least one couple who have been living together and have had children. the event is being interpreted as th

a 24-year-old american, matthew miller, who has been detained in north korea since april, will be put on trial next weekend. this, according to north korea state media, which did not specify the charges. two other americans are also being held there. in afghanistan today, seven men were sentenced to death after the robbery and gang rape of four afghan women. an incident that provoked widespread protests. the victims were driving back from a wedding last month when they were stopped and dragged out of their cars by the men, who were armed and dressed as police officers. violence against women is believed to be commonplace in afghanistan. but trials of this sort are very unusual because rape victims often are considered disgraced and typically don't bring charges. in an interview broadcast today, president obama explained his decision to postpone executive action on immigration reform. >> i'm being honest now about the politics of it. this problem with unaccompanied children that we saw a couple weeks ago, where you had, from central america, a surge of kids who were showing up at the b

jeffrey fowl, matthew miller and kenne kenneth bae will allowed to speak to the media yesterday.owl and miller expect to face trial within a month. bae says its health is deteriorating at the labor camp where he's put to work eight hours a day. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" detroit's bankrupt trial opened and "guardians" ruled the summer box office. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange with that and more. >>> good morning, anne-marie. detroit's bankruptcy trial begins this morning. detroit is the largest city in u.s. history to file for bankruptcy. lawyers are going to try to convince a judge that detroit should be allowed to cut $12 billion in debt down to about $5 billion. >>> earlier this morning, revel casino closes in atlantic city, new jersey. revel hotels have already closed $2.4 billion. it's atlantic city's most expensive failure. and one of four casinos to close since last september. that means at least 8,000 jobs. one quarter of the city's workforce. >>> here in washington, the markets reopened after a long holiday weekend. the dow gains 97 points, the nasdaq is up

ripley was allowed to speak with three americans, detainees jeffrey fouled, matthew miller and kennethey all signed statements. he's accused of leaving a bible in a hotel where he was staying. >> i'm good for the time being but i need to let the people know that i'm getting desperate. i'm getting desperate for help. >> my situation is very urgent. very soon, i'm going to trial and i would directly be sent to prison. i think this is -- this interview is my final chance to push the american government into helping me. >> miller won't learn of his charges until he goes to trial. kenneth bae has been in custody the longest. the missionary, now serving a 15-year sentence in a labor camp. the north korean government maintains he was part of a plot to overthrow the regime. i've lost 15 pounds or more. it's difficult to stay in the camp right now. i do ask the u.s. government and people out there to really put effort to send somebody. >> the unplanned, unexpected five-minute interviews. each painted a picture of uncertainty in a country few outsiders see. >> i'm sandoval reporting. >>> bae's f

matthew miller is charged with attempted murder. investigators say he had escaped from a work release program when he was stopped by a police officer. police said that miller was almost handcuffed when he pulled out a naif, lunged at officer michael dukinski and stabbed him in the stomach. the officer's bulletproof vest saved him from injury. >>> police are trying to figure out what caused a deadly crash that happened just before 9:00 last night on folk road in bethel township. police tell us the driver was the only person in the car when it went off the road and slammed into a tree. the victim's name has not been releas released. >>> this morning crews cleaning up after a building partially collapsed. the second floor of the dominion christian fellowship center crashed onto the first floor damaging two cars, the sidewalk on woodland avenue was covered in debris. you see that there. the building was empty and no one was hurt. >>> in france, the death toll is rising after an apartment building partially collapsed. rescue crews pulled

matthew miller of bakersfield reportedly tore up his tourist visa the government says at the airport when he entered the country on april 10th. the court says he intended to quote experience prison life so he could investigate the human rights situation. miller appeared in court this morning and was denied any chance to appeal his case. >>> authorities from two other states have now joined in the man hunt in pennsylvania after a state trooper was ambushed and shot dead friday night. investigators say a shooter or shooters ambushed two troopers at the state police barracks in a remote area. corporal bryan dixon was pronounced dead. trooper jackson was critically injured but is said to be speaking now. >> i've never seen any state troopers at one time in here. >> they're concerned breaking into a house. we have a lot of vacant houses in here where they could go in to hide. >> reporter: a nonprofit group has offered a $50,000 reward for tips leading to an arrest. but police say they have little to go on. they don't have a description. they don't know what type of gun was used and they d

matthew miller attacked the officer during his work release program in june, then stole his carp. the officer was stabbed in the stomach but his bulletproof vest absorbed most of the blows. a judge will decided to if there is enough evidence to put miller on trial. >>> developing right now, the us military takes aim at terrorists in some al y this is file video of the extremist group, affiliated when al died a the pentagon says its targeted the militants with air strike and we could learn more about the bombing today. that comes a day after the terrorists unsuccessfully tried to pull off a prison break. >> president obama heads to europe this afternoon to meet with nato allies, threats from isis and iraq and syria along with pro russian rebels in ukraine will dominate the talks. the president will meet with troops serving in usual. ukee? >> well, a special moment in the phillies tough season phils pitchers cole hamels, jake deet man, kenny giles, pap he will bomb, tossed the 11th combined no hit nerve baseball history. when an outing by phils pitchers, i'm telling you, comb hal el

matthew miller is 24.e entered the country illegally to commit espionage. miller is one of three americans being held there right now. yet another example of pope francis' quest at making the church more opened. he married 20 couples at the vatican. some had already been living together and had children. he called for an end to the church's obsession with things like homosexuality and instead wished for an increased focus on mercy or risk collapsing, quote, like a house of cards. >>> bill murray has a reputation for being just a normal guy. he stopped by a birthday party this weekend. his antics and dancing were all posted on facebook. just coming by. how about that? >>> no shave november is still a couple of months away. some english men are ready to show off their facial hair right now. men groomed themselves for the british beard and mustache championship. the competition included three categories, mustache, partial beard and full beard, worthy beards are evaluated on strength, bounce, growth, design an

north korea supreme court claims that matthew miller tore up his tourist visa in april and intended to experience prison life so he could investigate the human rights situation there. the california resident will now spend six years in a north korea prison. the court has denied him an appeal. >>> protesters continue to call on pakistan's prime minister to resign over allegations of voter fraud. a massive convoy has been parked outside parliament in islamabad since last month. the protesters want the prime minister to step down because of alleged fraud in last year's election. now, protests were peaceful until august 30th. that's when the protesters, some of them, tried to storm the prime minister's residence. three people were killed and hundreds hurt. >>> the navy has identified a fighter pilot presumed dead after two jets crashed over the pacific ocean over the weekend. crews were searching for lieutenant nathan poloski for hours following the midair collision on friday. the other pilot ejected and was rescued from the ocean. poloski was a 2009 graduate of the u.s. naval academy. the