and they are the first pictures of merle newman being released. they are not live they are taped picture. we have just received them. he is coming off the plane in beijing and ?riel smiling and ay day after a morchl month in cap. we are talking about kenneth bay who is still being held is there more hope that ke kenneth bay my be released as well. what did kenneth bay do? he was in north korea spreading the word of christia christiani. , ththe question is if he is evr going to be let go. we have the pictures and clearly merle newman is in beijing tonight heading home. >> newman fought in beijing. and i asked the hosts of vit veterinariaveteranradio what th. >> i'm happy he has been released. this is a man that did some great things 60 years ago and i think he deserved a little more respect the than this. >> we are always battling korean politics and we have to be dare full odare -- careful on anythie do. especially people traveling to that country. what sthou should we do. they had their moment san and im happy that he is okay. >>> now to the pass

. >> let's turn to merle newman, 85 years old, a core e a war vet. they pull him off of an airplane while he was leaving. why are they holding him? >> a couple of reasons. the koreans, they are still fighting the korean war. over. he tried to contact some of his comrades, the partisans resisting north korea. plus we have to remember that one of the founding myths of north korea was that it was a tacked by south korea and the united states. this gives the regime a lot of opportunity to replay that story for the north korean people. this is very handy. >> let's talk about what you just said in the context of this confession. >> which really brings back the worst possible memories of the cold war. as we look at him here reading this clearly coerced confession, he basically signed or they say he signed a confession committing hostile acts against north service. he said he was guilt of a long list of crimes during the war when he helped the guerillas, that he killed soldiers and planned to him some of his soldiers connect with an anti-communist organizati

because for one of the things that was so incredible women took the stage and the story goes that merle evers was supposed to take the stage and wasn't able to do so she got stuck in the crowd, what have you, but it was inspiring to see so many women particularly given that women have become such an important voting block in this country and god willing we'll have more women running for office and running this country. >> you mentioned merle evers-williams, she was the first chair of the board of the naacp and she has moved back to mississippi, the place where her first miss medgar evers was murdered. there were so many people who played pivot ol roles in the civil rights movement who didn't get their due at the time and now they are stepping forward in different roles and i think that that's important. the civil rights movement is one where indeed women participated fully. >> and you know wendy -- wendy? liz, it was great to see wendy davis, i feel i have to get in as many plugs for women as i possibly can. the other big thing i mentioned was lgbt rights and the shift in opinion was so

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one big brother was deep into folkways at and sort of country and merle haggard touching it to the folkated me with the folk money -- folk music. my other big brother is in do r&b. here i am four and five and six years old and he is turning my onto the platters and little richard and the doo-wop stuff and all the things that really hit him. so i like to think that i have you create linkages. it does as a little guy, i don't see any difference. it's all just music to me. so i think that's why i can get away with it. tavis: it's the holiday season and we will talk about frosty the snowman in just a second. logginsl encourage mr. to see this and you will see the numbers jump in a couple of days. i want you to google "celebrate me home," one of the greatest songs by nny loggins. look up "celebrate me home" at the grand canyon by kenny loggins. when it comes on the radio, it sounds good all the time. but this live version you did with mark russo on the horn at the grand canyon, i don't know where i was at that point in my life, but i would have done anything to be at that concert just to wat

. >> we'll be right back with merle haggard. >> are you following the health care thing? >> sean, it's a disaster. >> i know. >> i have figured a lot of it out. >> yeah? >> i figured out the bronze plan. >> you did? >> it's what color your fingers will look like after you give yourself a prostate exam. and the gold plan -- >> yeah? >> is when you miss your wedding ring after you had to pay the deductible. the silver plan is what color your hair is after you're done signing up. 60,000 people signed up? >> something like that. >> 60,000? >> more than 6 million got their plans cancelled. >> art linkletter has more twitter followers. i have eaten more girl scout cookies which is the reason why we need health care. >> next question. >> how long can i stare at that? >> you talk about your family, your kids. your grandparents are fans of the show? >> they are. they're doing good. my grandpa, you know, he's an alcoholic. >> you never told me that. >> i said, why do you drink so much? he said, look around, i'm responsible for all this stuff. i need a rim shot or something. >> i'm

what is enlightening about merle newman he was considered an enmy.ey feel that kenneth bay was a greater threat. what was he doing in he was spreading the word of christianity in north korea where the state has a official political religion. the question for kenneth bay is ever going to be released or he is going to serve out his 15 year pri prison sentence. the two sides mai maintained thr positions. the united states wishing for north korea will give up their nuclear program and north korea says they won't unless they can enter into bilateral talks with the united states. why did north korea detain mr. newman in the first place? >> rochelle, that is an excellent question. the things with newman he was a soldier in the korean war. it's a little known fact and quite a number of americans who fought in the korean war have gone back t korea with korea's knowledge. mr. newman was in a part of the military that was military intelligence and he was serious enemy back in the day and that contributed to the north koreans holding him u. >> he will be back wi

a war veteran just home after being held captive for more than a month in north korea. 85-year-old merleewman said he was well fed eating traditional korean food kept in a hotel room not a jail cell. even said he was quote bored during his detention. regarding the video of his apology over alleged criminal acts. obviously that's not my english. >> thousands of fans honoring paul walker at a memorial organized by social media. they said prayers and laid flowers. at one point a parade of sportscars drove past the spot near loss archi angeles where t and your why yous star died. they have shut down production while it condemn plates having to move forward. >>> while you were sleeping the obamacare web site getting a fays lift of sorts this as one of the chief architects goes on the offense. kelly wright is live with the details. good morning, kelly. >> good morning to you as well. the web site for obamacare is still not error free it is running with about a 10 percent error rate. doesn't mean it is totally successful but they have put together a strike team of lawmakers to help sett sell th

. >> when merl newman made the trip to south korea he wouldn't know how difficult it b it wouln out. he is now back in the u.s. beside his wife with a message. >> it was a great homecoming and i'm tired and i'm with my family now. thank you all for the support we got and very much appreciate it. >> newman was a soldier in the korean war and his visit was a long planned vacation down memory lane. he was no orland ordinary soldi. the south koreaians released this statement. for newman the war was a ancient history. but they wanted to fight off american imperialist newman was an enemy of the state. the two countries have never signed a peace treaty and are still technically at war war ans release needed the approval of the leader kim il kim ill jung. we'll have more to say about mr. newman's difficult journey. we ask for you to give us time to to be with his family. we ask that you not forget another american, kenneth bay. >> kekenneth bay is still in prison. he was caught spreading christiachristianity. newman missed thanksgiving and it was not clear when or if he would be let go. happ

i'm talking about hank williams, george jones, merle haggard, conway, loretta, ray price.e're starting to lose a lot of those legends, you know. but i can remember being 4, 5 years old learning those songs. believe it or not, i can also remember when i was about 5 years old when george jones sang a song, i could feel that song, even though i was a little kid. and i hadn't lived those stories yet. i call george the king of country soul, you know. i could just feel that natural tear in his voice. and i know a lot of singers, heard a lot of singers in my life that had that natural tear. one of them was the late merrill street. and believe it or not, ronnie van zandt had a natural tear in his voice. with the leonard skynard band. who died in a plane crash years ago. i just always thought he was a great country singer in a rock and roll band. >> those are legends. you are inspiring a lot of young artists today. >> well, i don't know about that. i hope i've done well enough to make some other young artist feel what i felt and what i got out of music when i was just a little boy,

those two americans are the christian missionary, kenneth bay, being held for more than a year, and merleman. he is the 85-year-old korean war vet who was seized in october at the end of a tour of the country. he was seen on state television this past weekend delivering what appeared to pretty much every expert to be a forced apology. now, clearly neither his case nor that of kenneth bay are likely to be helped best the ongoing political in-fighting in north korea. listen to gordon chang again. >> it's clear that the political sensitivities in pyongyang have been heightened. nobody is going to want to make that decision because that decision can be criticized and and when people are being executed, everybody plays it safe. >> so as long as this fighting go on, the agony is likely to go on for the families. >> and longer term, how do we deal with this dictator? we really don't know him yet. >> the problem is here, simply, the unpredictability. there's political infighting that makes everybody grab for power wherever they can, makes its far more difficult for hour diplomats to know what to

syrian war it could spill further out of control in lebanon, why weather there is abundant combustible merle. >> you say he was not a controversial figure yet he was een route to an alliance meetin. explain what that alliance is and whether this bombing may have been connected to shata's death. >> i think the alliance meeting was one element, and the upcoming trial in the netherlands about the murder of rafik kariri. there are alignments in lebanon. there is the march for alliance. the march 8th alliance that falls down along the sectarian and regional lines that i mention: there has got to be some way to bridge this gap before lebanon ascend into the sectarian killing that we've seen in iraq. >> there has been finger pointing where al hariri has been mentioned. saudi arabia has been mentioned. what are your thoughts? >> in things like this you never know whether the perpetrator is the obvious one. in this case the obvious one is hezbollah, or whether these things are done i in a provocatn by the side who was a victim of it to provoke outrage. there was bombing outside of the iranian embays

. >>> merle streep antagonizes the whole family. she's the venomous may tree yark who lets no good deed go unscolded. it brings a flock of moving target os her home. but her daughters may start firing back. it's rated r. >>> is it safe to say you have fallen and can't get up? >> geriatric boxers, they fought twice in their hay day with each winning once. on the eve of their third bout, he retired. now 30 years later they are getting back in the ring to see who comes out on top if they can survive the training. "grudge match" is rated pg 13. >>> checking in now with meteorologist anthony slaughter. we need some rain around here. what are we going to get some? >> we won't get any before the year rounds out. we may get. a few areas of drizzle. more coming up in about 30 seconds. we look outside. not a lot of traffic. we have clear visibility and even right now as we take a look in san francisco our winds are starting to gust up to about 30 miles per hour. and that's going to be the case at least for the morning hours across the coast.

merle streep antagonizes the whole family. westin family who e lets no good deed go unscolded. when her husband dies, it brings a flock of people to their home. it's rated r. >>> geriatric boxers look to settle the score in "grudge match." they play retired boxing legends fought twice. on eve of their third bout, one retired. now 30 years later they are getting back in the ring to see who comes out on top. it's rated pg 13. that's the box office preview. >>> the lots of good options there. we're going to have the toasty weather out there. >> it's going to be hard to head to a theater today because you're going to want to be outside enjoying the weather. we're expecting temperatures in the inland valleys to be back into the 70s. you can see beautiful conditions in the 30s right now. but eventually later on this afternoon we're talking about 60s in san francisco. about 10 degrees above average. even in the north bay and south bay, expecting low to mid-70s there. really you can't complain. >> if you're celebrating christmas, have

the big concern, the two americans, merle newman and kenneth bae, being held with kim's assent, withgreement. what will it take to get him to agree to send the americans back home? that's the big question on the table. >> barbara starr, thank you so much. >>> is bob dylan a hater? he's been charged in france with inciting hatred. it is all over the comments he made in rolling stone a year ago. he said if you have a slave master in your blood, blacks can sense that. that stuff lingers to this day just like jews can sense nazi blood and the serves can sense croatian blood. they pressed charges but the organization's lawyer told cnn that his client would be willing to drop the charges if dylan publicly apologizes. so is bob dylan in any real legal danger? karen greenburg is the director, of course, americans immediately think freedom of speech but different country, different laws. is bob dylan in any real legal jeopardy in france? >> probably not. i mean, you're right. the united states protects speech including hate speech, which i don't think this is. although the french think otherw

amazon prime air could be ready for use in four or five years and could carry objects to discuss merlesius of a distribution center. when's the worst that could happen? tweet us. we'll get your responses later on in the morning. people had ideas already about worse worst-case scenarios. >> try landing in the streets in manhattan. >> yes. >> the other thing is have you noticed how innocent they look? cute little drones. as time goes on, you can see it's the future. presumably they're armed or they'll -- >> hellfires on there. >> did you see quot blif i don't know" with tom cruise? >> no. it was a part of "homeland." >> i won't give away more. >> thank you very much. they keep innovating and, carl, we have seen apparently they're not the first to think about drones. >> yes. >> i think australia, delivery of textbooks perhaps has taken place for at least been thought about, as well. >> fed-ex who thought it was talked about enough that they had to issue a statement saying they're interested in pushing the envelope coming to technology. >> it's been five years since the financial crisis and

. >> merle new man is a free man and is in beijing. newman was deported for humanitarian reasons. >>> a jump in construction and manufacturing jobs helped bring the unemployment rate down to seven%. seven percent. >> the economy gained 200 new positions last month. >>> the new numbers show problems with the healthcare exchange website are over. the response time on healthcare dohealthcare.gov has improved ad imidnight sunday it was less thn 1%. >>> and in mexico six people are under arrest for stealing a cargo of radioactive material. they are at a hospital being tested for lai raition rai radi. >>> those are the headlines. america tonight is up flex. -- next. you cancel get th can get the ln al jazeera dot couldn't. jazeera.com. i will see you back here on monday night.