okay paula hancocks live for us in seoul. >>> we're now hearing from the family of american aid worker kayla mueller. she died while in captivity by isis. >> reporter: kayla mueller's family breaking their silence for the very first time saying while the white house did try to save kayla mueller, ultimately u.s. policy was put ahead of their daughter's life. 26 year old kayla mueller didn't just want to help the syrians, she needed to be there. her parents, breaking their silence to nbc news just didn't know how far she was willing to go. >> reporter: did you know that she was planning to go to syria? >> no. >> reporter: what do you think you would have thought, had you known? >> well of course as her mother i wouldn't have let her go. you know i would have talked with her. >> how many mistakes have we all made in life that were naÏve and didn't get caught at. kayla was just in a place that was more dangerous than most. >> reporter: once hostage, her capture mirrored others in many ways a civilian grabbed by isis the threat o

paula hancocks live for us in seoul. thank you. >>> the lawyer for 19 year old accused in the road rage murder of a las vegas murder has expressed some concerns about the case. erich nowsch made his court appearance on monday. police interviewed nowsch when he was high on marijuana, and they question whether the road rage encounter even happened. the teen is accused of gunning down tammy meyers after an angry encounter in a school parking lot. the judge will determine if the case should go forward. >>> we'll take a short break. some people with android phones need to watch out for malware. hear how turning off your phone could lead to a virus. coming up. i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. this is called non-24. learn more by calling 844-824-2424. or visit your24info.com. people with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from you

cnn correspondent paula hancocks is outside the courtroom in seoul with more. ula, talk to us about what transpired and how long she is likely to go to prison. >> reporter: rosemary, prosecutors had asked if three years the judges said they were sentencing her to one year in prison. we know they found her guilty of violating aviation rules and safety. they found her guilty of changing the flight path. they said she was guilty of aviation safety jeopardyization because she told the crew to let the plane go back to gate. the judge said even though it only moved 17 meters before going back, that's still deviating from the flight path. that still put security in jeopardy. they also said that she was traveling as a passenger, not in an official capacity. actually had no right to override the crew members and to give any orders. but they said that she did show some remorse during the trial. they said that she had written a number of letters to the judges to show how sorry she was. she did say something, as well after the verdict. saying that she didn't know how she wi

paula hancocks has been following the trial and is live in seoul. has apologized for her behavior and is currently behind bars, but this is being taken very seriously in south korea, and there appears to be pressure to make an example of her. talk to us about the final day of testimony. what was said and what the likely outcome will be. >> reporter: the final day went on far longer than anybody expected. it actually finished at 1:00 in the morning today. the judges basically wanted to make sure that they had all the information they could. they know how high profile this case is. they know the international scrutiny on this particular case as well. we did hear from the chief steward on monday. this is the man who cho forced to leave the plane. she did order the plane back to the gate after it was taxiing and ordered him off. although according to local media, she claims that she didn't know that the plane had already started moving when she ordered the chief steward to get off the plane. the chief steward himself said that heather cho had treated hi

. >> paula hancocks is live from seoul on the latest and north's relationship with china. et's start with that. of course it's very difficult to confirm whether or not china sent an onvictoria as we mentioned -- an envoy as we mentioned. but the cooler relationship between the nations, china once of the great support, great ally of north. but it is cooling that relationship isn't it? >> reporter: that's right. i mean, china still is the main ally of north. it's still effectively keeping it afloat economically with all the they'd it sends in. we've certainly seen the -- the relationship cool since kim jong-un took power just over four years ago. we saw comjong-il -- saw kim jong-il traveling to the country, but until now he hasn't visited beijing. we don't know if he's been invited to beijing. the relations aren't as warm as they once were. one of the reasons is the nuclear tests that were carried in 2013. china had wanted pyongyang to -- ton do this test but pyongyang had gone ahead and done it anyway. china supported sanctions against north which is not something it usuall

paula hancocks live from seoul with details. got a big corporate spat between two rivals and security footage apparently key evidence. what's happening here? >> reporter: that's right, this is just the latest bizarre legal battle going on here in south korea. samsung has accused the head of lg's home appliance department of deliberating vanlizing four of their washing machine in a couple of shops in germany last year in september. that executive has been indicted on charges of property damage and defamation and two other second trifs facing charges at this point. lg says that they didn't deliberately damage the goods. they said they didn't believe they had done that, but they did pay for the machines. but they couldn't resist a little dig, saying in a statement that clearly had more to do with weak hinges than anything else. samsung suing figure defamation as well -- suing for defamation as well. this is an ongoing legal battle between the two. you see the tv footage released by lg on to youtube. they say it's basicallyians show

. >> paula hancocks is live in seoul with the latest. korea seems to love any opportunity to rally its military. what's being made of these annual drills this time around? >> reporter: the kind of reaction we're seeing is really to be expected. in january pyongyang asked the u.s. to stop these drills saying that they wouldn't carry out a nuclear test if they stopped the drills. the u.s. rejected that washington saying that was basically an implicit threat saying they could carry out a nuclear drill. so the drills will go ahead. the u.s. says they are defensive in nature, says they are annual. they are routine. pyongyang never accepts that. the bigger the explosion, the more impressive the fly-by the bigger the smile. north korean leader kim jong-un appears to have a fondness for the military dramatic. a supreme commander of the korean people's army he spent more time visiting military barracks and soldiers last month than any other public appearance. the state ideology of military first is alive and well. >> a dictator managing his dicta

>> cnn's paula hancocks in seoul, south korea.or your reporting. >>> back here in the united states two llamas are back in custody. this time in vancouver, washington after they made a run for freedom. tv news crews did not get there in time to shoot footage of this chase. but another llama palooza got plenty of coverage. >> reporter: when the law closed in there was no shootout, just some fancy footwork. for a couple of hours, the llamas led authorities on a wild llama chase. >> llama palooza 2015 continues. >> reporter: msnbc switched from the strategy of terror to llamas on the run. >> i'm not kidding, this is a pair of llamas on the loose. >> not sure what the strategy is here in trying to get these two llamas. >> reporter: just talking about it induced anchor giggles. >> we'll update the status of this -- white llama. >> reporter: the two llamas were doing therapy work at an assisted living facility in arizona, when something spooked them and they took off. >> they've gotten loose and we've been out here for an hour trying to

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. >> paula hancocks is tracking the story and joins us live from seoul with the latest.hese drills happen every year. pyongyang would have its people believe it's a prelude to war. what's the real story here? >> reporter: experts are pretty split as to whether or not pyongyang does believe what it says when it believes -- when it says that these drills are basically an exercise a practice for invasion as they announced in a north korean newspaper this monday morning. or whether or not they're just using it as an excuse to up the rhetoric to testfire missiles of its own, new technology as you say. of course it is winter so winter military drills would happen in most countries anyway. north north korea would be doing this. of course the announcement is march 2nd next monday circumstance the day the joint drills between the u.s. and south korea start, and publicly at least pyongyang is not happy. the wigger the explosion the more impressive the fly-by the bigger the smile. forecast korean leader kim jong-un appears -- north korean leader kim jong-un appears to have a fascin

earlier we spoke to our paula hancocks who's there in seoul. >> reporter: there's lame to what -- a tloimthat south korea can do. it's coming from the deserts in mongolia northern china. blowing over here. if the winds like today are not particularly high, then it takes some time to clear. this came over the weekend. it's now monday morning local time. it's taken a couple of years to get here. the meteorological agency said it could be later today, even tuesday in areas before it starts to clear. what they need? some hefty wind to try and clear this away. there's really very little that south korea can do locally. this isn't like locally created pollution that they can try and cut down. there's simply nothing they can do. they simple have to warn the citizens to be careful when they're going outside. >> we'll have more that in a moment. but another round of brutal winter weather is hitting more than half the united states from minnesota to massachusetts. arctic wind will make it tough to head outside. and you you can see drivers in colorado already having trouble with the icy roads there.

our paula hancocks reporting there from seoul.ve learned in the nut rage trial there has been a verdict. heather cho found guilty. she will go to prison for one year. many thanks to you, paula. >>> you're watching breaking news as it happens because you're tuned to cnn. more after the break. [door bell rings] ♪ [door bell rings] [phone rings] hello. heh. heh. heh-he-he... t-mobile's is the first national network to give you wi-fi calling. now every wi-fi connection works like a t-mobile tower. it's wi-fi unleashed. my name is daniel i have diabetic nerve pain. the pain felt like my feet were on fire. i had these very burning ... needle-like sensations. i knew i needed to see a doctor. my doctor said "let's try lyrica." lyrica has helped relieve my pain. it's known that... diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda-approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusu