you're looking live near tacoma, washington.s are arriving as we speak, also on the plane the u.s. director of national intelligence, james clapper, ben yej bey is a korean american missionary, arrested while leading a tour group and charged with antigovernment activities, and sentenced to 15 years in prison. and 24-year-old matthew miller of bakersfield sentenced to six years hard labor for espionage. their release came after the national intelligence director james clapper made a secret visit to north korea. looks like we're looking at kenneth bae right now. clapper is the highest ranking american to visit in ten years. the report of abuses could result in charges against kim in the international criminal court. a former cia analyst is quoted as saying that prospect, quote, startled the regime, leading to frantic attempts to derail that process we're looking at one of the two detainees, kenneth bae getting a hug from a loved one there. this is a special moment for bae. he was in a failing health. his sister pushed hard for rel

we know that his plane is going to land about midnight eastern time, 9:00 pacific tonight there in tacoma, washington. his family is going to greet him on the ground there, although they're not going to make statements. what have they told you through the day today. they issued this long, emotional statement. i know they also want their privacy. >> yeah, they want the privacy. they're extremely excited. i'm going to be with them on friday. so this coming friday. i'm going to go out and see them and actually meet this guy -- >> because you've never met kenneth bae. >> i've never met him and i've been championing this cause with congressman rangel and jesse jackson and a bunch of other people that i happen to have met here. and no, i've never met him. and it's really exciting. >> what do you make of the fact that this happened the way it did? are you hopeful that this will mean an opening of relations -- diplomatic relations between the u.s. and north korea? >> i personally, yes. i mean, i have to say on the record, my relationships with the north koreans, so the counselor and ambassador ha

this is what captain evans had promised his men at seattle-tacoma. this is where going in harms way entailed. bob hagan is checking his guns. the crew, all stations testing. that comes the reports. gun one, aye. gun two, aye. gun number after four -- finally calls from a different station to ask. he has n lost power and asked permission to fire under local control. hagan approves the request. it seems, meanwhile, that is torpedoes cruising north -- at or two of them -- find their mark. and the bright flash long form of an elegant out of the ip he's water. it links along at half speed. the johnston scored. the way, admiral sprague has ordered to spring into attack. b roberts pulls out of his aircraft position enhanced was the japanese. the johnson h, south, returning to rendezvous. and they are stunned at how badly she is hit. and buckled and torn. by any measures, the ship is call it a day, but evans is under a different understanding of his duty. other crews watch dumbstruck. evans takes his limping ship, falls into the stern, and goes in to lend gu

. >> the line youp of trucks at the port of tacoma is well over a mile long.commerce at this deep port and others along the west coast have slowed to a crawl. manufacturers blame the union longshoremen who have been working without a contract for over three months. >> these slowdown tactics are simply done to influence negotiations, to try to extract concessions during these talks. >> some ports are moving about half as many containers as normal. union leaders deny a slowdown instead pointing to a shortage of truck chasis. >> those jobs use to be on the docks, they used to be good paying jobs, paying $25 to $35 an hour, and now those companies are looking for cheaper ways to get that work done. >> reporter: caught in the middle are small businesses and their customers. apple crops are getting less valuable by the day and washington state christmas tree farmers are taking a huge hit. 2,200 of their biggest and most valuable trees are sitting in shipping containers at the port of tacoma. they were supposed to leave for hong kong three weeks ago. >> i don't care

within the hour, south of tacoma in a military base. the president expressed his relief. . >> we are happy for their safe return and congratulations for a great job on a challenging mission. >> the president is on his way to asia for a tour and for the beijing summit. 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

they spoke to reporters shortly after their arrival at the military base here near tacoma washington. >> and i just want to say thank you all for supporting me and lifting me up. and for getting me that it has been an amazing two years. i have learned a lot. i grew a lot. and that it is a good way. >> kenneth bae was detained in north korea while leading a tour group there. the 46-year-old korean american had been held alone in the labor camp. the 24-year-old went to north korea last april with the u.s.- based tour company. they say that miller threw out his visa and wanted to experience the prison life in north korea. >>> today marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. tens of thousands of people from across the globe gathered at the gate to mark the occasion. you might recall the thousands of germans that began to tear down the wall by hand that separated east and west berlin. and for angela, who is leading today's celebration that she grew up in east germany and told the crowd that removing the wall is proof that dreams can come true. >>> coming up on wusa9 this s

frederick, tacoma park, silver spring all coming in with half an inch of rain. 55 at the airport this hour. winds out of the northwest at five. get ready. we have windy conditions on the way for the day tomorrow and even for day on saturday. we're talking a little bit about wind-chill factor. here we are in d.c. all the action moves off toward the east moving into garrett and allegany counties. we should be dry for the rush hour commute early tomorrow morning. hat is the best news of all. maybe grab a windbreaker wbal-tv 11 news we'll see gusts 25-40 miles per hour. our zone forecast shows the daytime high tomorrow that will make it into the middle to upper 50's. arlington just around 59 degrees. gaithersburg talking about 57. the further west you go, it will become a little bit cooler out there. temperatures that are generally going hold in the upper 50's across martinsburg and charlestown. a good deal of sunshine later in the afternoon hours. the cold front continues to move off toward the east. take a look at our futurecast. a lot going on with college football games and high schoo

the delay was a couple of hours at the port of tacoma last week as the line stretched two miles. truckers say revenue has been cut in halve and many are getting out of to the container business. some businesses are struggling to get their goods to market, especially agricultural products. a christmas tree farmer here in washington state has 2200 of his mose valuable trees stuck in containers at the port of tacoma. they were supposed to be in hong kong by now, and be decorating shopping malls. this one order makes up 20% of the farmer's annual revenue. >> real people out here. we work our tails off to try to supply good products and find good markets for and it we can't ship them out. >> the international longshoremen and warehouse union has been working without a contract for three months. leadership knows they're a congestion problem but denies the workers are deliberately slowing down. they plame the pacific maritime association for a shortage of chassises and drug drivers. >> workers are frustrated and fed up and they're wondering what kind of companies can't get problems solv

the delay was a couple of hours at the port of tacoma as the line stretched over 2 miles. truckers say their revenue has been cut in half. many are getting out of the container hauling business altogether. businesses on both sides of the pacific ocean are struggling to get their goods to market. a christmas tree farmer in washington state has 2200 of his most valuable trees stuck in containers at the port of tacoma. they were supposed to be in hong kong by now and decorating shopping malls there. this one order makes 20 percent of this farmers annual revenue. >> we're real people out here who work our tails off to try to supply good mulc product and find good markets for it and we can't ship them out. >> the international longshore and warehouse union has been working out a contract for three months. the leadership knows there's a congestion problem, but denies workers are deliberately slowing down. they blame the maritime association. >> i think workers are frustrated. and i think they are fed up. and i think they're wondering what kind of companies can't get problems sol

our ana cabrera is in tacoma, washington, where they will be landing.ushing up there. i am wondering what you know about when they may land on u.s. soil. >> reporter: poppy, it's great to be able to cover a happy story for once. we just arrived at the air force base, where these two men are supposed to be touching down sometime in the next few hours. sometime this evening. we have been asked not to show the air field. but i can tell you, we're just on the edge here. and, of course, the families are extremely excited for this moment. something that they have been waiting for for months, even years in the case of kenneth bae. i can tell you when the plane touches down on board, we're expecting both men, kenneth bae and matthew miller, along with james clapper, director of national intelligence and additional delegates also in north korea at the time of this release. bae is from washington, so when he lands hire in the u.s., he will be home-home. we know miller is from bakersfield, california. both families joyous today. we heard from kenneth bae's sister,

kenith bay and matthew miller were reunited with their families and country at a military base near tacoma, washington saturday night. >> i just want to say thank you for supporting me and lifting me up and not forgetting me. >> reporter: bay is a missionary from washington with health issues. north korea detained him in 2012 and sentenced him to 15 years of hard labor for alleged antigovernment activities. bay was leading a tour group when he was arrested. >> i have been -- it has been an amazing two years, i learned a lot, grew a lot and lost a lot of weight. >> reporter: miller, from bakersfield, california was arrested in april after tearing up his u.s. passport and demanding asylum. north korea accused him of spying and sentenced him to six years hard labor. the director of intelligence were with the men back to the state. the u.s. officials say his role was only to gain the prisoner's release, north korea and dictator received nothing in return. >> we are looking for attention, they want a big international press coverage of this event. releasing 56-year-old sefry from ohio that was

no line at los angeles, long beach, but congestion's been building at west coast ports including tacoma where gary snyder says hundreds of his perishable christmas trees are stuck on the dock. he expects to lose $50,000 this season since his shipments probably won't make it to asia in time for the holidays. >> we had to cancel half a dozen containers going to singapore. it's because we can't get them into the dock. and if we did, it's going to sit there. >> reporter: it's not just goods headed out, it's merchandise coming in at risk of going nowhere. like rob feldman's glass jars from china used to package his gourmet popcorn. >> glass jars set us apart so that would be a huge blow to our company. >> reporter: so why the port paralysis? management is accusing the longshoreman's union of staging an orchestrated slowdown at some point shortage of truck drivers, rail cars and a surge in cargo volume. is there a slowdown on the part of the union? >> there's absolutely no slowdown. we're doing double shifts. we've got guys working around the clock. >> reporter: a coalition of retailers has a

kenneth bae and matthew todd miller touched down at a military base in tacoma washington and freed aftertions by the u.s. director of national intelligence. >>> well, a comment made by mexico's attorney general has fueled anger among protesters after the apparent killing of 43 missing students. the crypt's top prosecutor end a news conference by telling reporters, enough, i am tired. the southwestern state of guerrero protesters set fire to weeks vehicles and attacked several government buildings and they have been chanting enough, i am tired with corruption. the government says the gang members have admitted killing the students after they were handed over by local police. here is adam raney from mexico city with the latest. >> reporter: protests in mexico on saturday turned violent in the state of guerrero as students and angry protesters torched vehicles and state government houses in that pour western state, where the students went missing. meanwhile, in the capital here in mexico city, we have protests converge on the main plaza. where we had hundreds if not thousands of people prot

kenneth bae and matthew todd miller have touches down in tacoma, washington.in mexico's guerrero state have torched vehicles and a tacked a government building. it's where 43 students went missing in september. >>> the new i can't me new yemet will be sworn but but houthi members will reject it telling members of the parties to the make roles in the cabinets. earlier this dismissed the current president from its leadership accusing him of soliciting u.n. sanctions against sadder. a report from sanaa. >> reporter: this is yemen's former president when he was handing overpower to his successor president in 2012. he has now sacked his long-time ally from the leadership of the general people's congress. a party he formed in the 1980s. and remains one of the biggest political factions in yemen. the deposed president has all rejected the new government. a move that is likely to deepen yemen's political divide. he other excuses him of orchestrating the united nations sanction that ban the deposed president from travel ago broad and freeze his assets. yemenis are divi

ken he had bae and matthew todd miller have touched down at a military base in tacoma washington and negotiations by the u.s. director of national intelligence. >>> yemen's new government has just been sworn in. it's been created as part of a u.n. brokered peace deal after shia houthi rebels captured the capital in september. but the houthis and the ruling general people's congress are rejecting the new administration. >>> the commander of nato troops in afghanistan has told al jazerra that al qaeda is still hiding in the country. nato's mission in to thousand one was to irradicate the group. and 13 years later, its troops are pulling out and afghan soldiers aren't sure if their air force is strong enough to support them on the battlefield. sue has more from kabul. >> reporter: on board an afghan army patrol, six-kilometers from the pakistan border, an area still hotly contested by the taliban. the local people here don't believe in borders, it's where afghanistan and pakistan merge in to one an easy place for al qauda to still operate. and as nato forces pull out of this conflict, i

old matthew miller reunited with their families and their country at a time a military base near tacomawashington saturday night. >> i just want to say thank you all for supporting people. lifting me up and not forgetting me. >> reporter: be is a missionary from linwood washington with health issues. north korea detained him in 2012 and sentenced him to 15 years of hard labor for alleged anti government activities. bae was leading a tour group when he was arrested. >> it's been amazing two years. i learn a lot. i grew a lot. lost a weight in a good way. miller of bakersfield, california was arrested in april after allegedly tearing up his us passport and demanding asyl asylum. north korea accused him of spying and sentenced gnome six years of hard labor. national director of intelligence james clapper accompanied the men back to the states. us officials say clapper's role was only to gain the prisoner release release north korea and dictator received nothing in return. >> they're looking for attenti attention. they obviously wanted to have a big international press coverage of this even

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both men arriving late saturday night embraced by their loved ones at mcchord field in tacoma, washington. ken bae have been held captive for over two years. for matthew miller, it has been nine months. both families relieved and expressing gratitude to have those boys back. we talked to ken bae's sister a bit about what those first 24 hours back on american soil has been like. listen to what she shared. >> we had a late night eating pizza. he is a story teller to begin with. that's what he does. he holds court. he regales people with funny stories. that is who he is with a person to begin with. you could tell he was so hungry for that. >> reporter: she said she is seeing glimpses of her brother she remember as. she said realistically it will be time for him to readjust with life in the u.s. we reached out to the family of matthew todd miller who is choosing not to speak right now to the media. they are asking for their privacy at this time as their family reunites. john, christine. >> the release of ken bae and matthew miller surrounded in mystery. why is it that the u.s. sent the direct

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we've seen the press releases from the pacific maritime where they talked about ports from seattle-tacoma to long beach. crisis level congestion at the ports for a multitude of reasons, we can't get to address all of the congestion. cheryl: i was looking at data coming out of the global port, the monitor for the ports and it looks like we're seeing a volume slowdown. were the retailers prepared for this? >> they were prepared. right now you're at the lull in the peak shipping season. our members have been looking at this for months, well in advance when the negotiation started in mid-may. they put cost contingency plans in place to make sure they have product on shelves for the busy holiday season. cheryl: these are the ports, i want to drive this home, we thank you for your time. from california up to the border with canada, l.a., long beach, seattle, this is a business coming in from asia. we'll follow the story. jonathan gold, thank you, sir very much. >> thank you, cheryl. cheryl: keep us posted. closing bell going to ring, we've got about 39 minutes to go. here's a question for all o

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we're overrepresented in tacoma park here today. but that's okay. thank you for having me. you know, over the summer, something remarkable happened around new england. thousands of employers of the regional supermarket chain market basket walked off the job to protest the firing of their ceo, arthur t.demullesu. they held rallies and picketed throughout the summer. eight managers who spearheaded the first rally, some who had been with the company for 40 years, were fired. loyal customers held their own rally in support of arthur t. merchandise sales started to dwindle. sales lagged. vendors began to cut their ties with the company. and the governors of two states stepped in to try and broker a deal. in the end, a deal was reached. and arthur t. took back control of the company. and just in time for labor day, the market basket employees went to work. now, the company employs -- they have 71 full-service supermarkets across new england. they employ roughly 25,000 people. these employees had one simple demand, they were calling for the return of their ceo. upon his return, ar

workers not only at these ports, but all the way up and down this western seaboard all the way up from tacoma the port of seattle all the way down past here. the problem is that they don't have a contract. they've been working without one since july 1st. it's a lot of the guys that run these cranes up here. you talk about a slowdown, reports are that the union is not sending enough workers to operate these big overhead cranes to offload and onload this cargo. the international long shore and warehouse union. union says it's not slowing anything down, but they're very frustrated by the lack of a contract, and so maybe some of its workers are, in fact, moving a little slower. at any rate, it couldn't come at a worse time. these ships are getting bigger all the time, so there's more cargo coming through here and, of course, now it's christmas time, and that is the time that it's peak season. gerri: right. >> reporter: and right now -- one more thing i want to show you, there's a picture just offshore here. typically, these ships come right in, not a problem. take a look at what's happening right

i'm tacoma kpix 5. >>> one of the most high- profile election battles in california this year is over proposition 46. it includes several elements aimed at protecting medical patients. it would increase compensation for people harmed by careless or reckless healthcare providers. the campaign for 46 has been funded by lawyers. doctors and insurance companies say 46 would increase malpractice costs which consumers would ultimately pay. >>> the entire election might be a surprise to a lot of voters. today's turnout could be the lowest ever in state history for a general election. the current record was set in 2002 when just 50.5% of voters voted. just 25% turned out for this year's june primary. and remember, kpix 5 is your home for election results on tv and also online. be sure to bookmark kpix.com. you can find your polling place and realtime results there. >>> san francisco is going after drivers that block busy intersections. the city just wrapped up a three-month pilot program studying in the south of market area. during the pilot program clogged streets went down by 82%. citations

let's tacoma a look at the big board -- let's take a look at the big board.n 70 nasdaq down 13, s&p off 6. shares in williams- sonoma up 9% on its earnings news. also restoration hardware up 5% in sympathy with that. michelle and frank, back to you. >> thank you jason brooks from kcbs news. >>> new this morning, bay area ports workers are off the job for 24 hours now after a worker had an asthma attack and died in benicia. the shutdown could delay holiday shipments already in jeopardy because of an ongoing labor dispute with west coast port workers. kpix 5's ryan takeo shows us the impact on the port days before the start of the busy shopping season. >> at the port of oakland we had problems with the longshoremen who simply walked off the job. >> reporter: port of oakland workers walked off the job three straight shifts earlier this month. they complained of defective equipment. the pacific maritime association alleges there have been other slowdowns up and down the west coast this month. >> when it happens, you know, a week and a half ahead of black friday,

i'm tacoma kpix 5. -- i'm ryan takeo, kpix 5. >>> minimum wage hikes are on the ballot today in san francisco and oakland. proposition j would raise san francisco's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018 matching seattle for the highest in the nation. it could affect nearly a quarter of the city's workforce. and in oakland, measure ff would raise the minimum to $12.25 starting in march of next year. >>> prop 45 is riling up some voters giving the insurance commissioner the power to veto health insurance rates he thinks are too high. in the last field poll, support for prop 45 had dropped to 30%. the no votes had jumped to 42% with 28% still undecided. well, compare that to the summer when support was at 69%, no votes 16%, and undecided 15%. >>> nationally control of the senate up for grabs today. kentucky republican senator mitch mcconnell is in quite a heated battle in his state to keep his seat. he is up against democratic candidate alison grimes, who, like other democrats, have been distancing themselves from the president. >> he spend $53 million trying to put barack obama on the ballot! >>

. >>> i'm tacoma tack live in walnut creek where 18,000 kaiser nurse are striking across the state.are nurses who work at the walnut creek hospital. the rally and strike starts at 7 a.m. it's a two-day strike. the nurses union focus is on ebola preparedness. but there's more to it than that. the union is working without a contract. the issue of money hasn't come up yet in contract talks. the stalemate off three months of bargaining, operational issues. one big one, the union wants kaiser to fill 2,000 open nursing spots from the past couple of years. the nurses rallying today will focus on what they say are poor training procedures, specifically for biebs. the california hospital association says that's a pr stunt and the nurses are being selfish. >> frankly irresponsible from our perspective. >> kaiser earning $12 million a day in profits and we want them to put that money back into patient care. >> reporter: kaiser has nearly 3,000 temporary nurses to fill the gap and all locations are staying open. ryan takeo, kpix 5. >>> no big accidents around the bay area. but if you are ridin

who've been held by the north koreans were released and they have just landed back at this air base in tacoma, washington. kenneth bae was just reunited with his family there on the tarmac, and we're waiting for matthew todd miller, who's been held by north korea since april to step off this airplane next. they will move inside to a hangar area or building and we'll wait and see if there are any statements made, anything for a news conference. i think the second gentleman coming off there could be matthew miller. i guess so because he's getting a hug. that must be perhaps his parents. let's just give it a moment. yes, that's him. ana, as we watch this, you mentioned will ripley's interview with this man matthew miller. he looked quite stowic and quite serious in that interview. of course he's probably under duress. wary of what to say. but he was allowed to give an interview. and that's unusual. >> reporter: all three men who were being detained at that moment were provided -- put before will ripley for this interview, and he was given a very short amount of time, and we were aware that the n

so i had the privilege in two thousand nine tacoma for the congress and argue for the first time in history the administration think you have o have a change. ultimately the law was changed not one to one but the disparity was to increase did not agree -- was decreased dramatically. when i testified there was an extraordinary scene of mainly african-american women lining up wanting to hug me and congratulate me but frankly i did nothing. it was the attorney general and the president. that is the kind of leadership encourage you have to have. frankly, the man who testify next to me is one of the great judges in d.c., an african-american judge who had been the deputy czar for narcotics back when the law was created. he was the one who said at the time he thought it was great but we revisited it and some changes needed to be made. i was lucky enough to be in washington to do it. the next thing the attorney general did is he created the attorney general sentencing correction working group. essentially what the attorney general was saying to the men and women to my left and right, let's rethink

now kenneth bae is actually from washington which is only about an hour north of where we are in tacomap in his own bed last night. matthew miller's family close to spend this moment very privately. they did not speak last night. they're from california. it's unclear exactly what their plans are today. as one u.s. official told us last night, what these men choose to do moving forward is up to them and they are truly free. >> good point. >> wonderful news for their families. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> we're now joined by cnn's will rippley. he's in tokyo. it was recently in north korea where he was speaking to both men. >> such a unique opportunity. so we're anxious, will, to get your thoughts on hearing that, you know, hearing bae and what he said when he was back here in the u.s. >> you can tell just by looking at him, seeing smiling that a true weight has been lifted. whether we saw him there at pyongyang, he was very tired. he talked about his weight loss. and also some of the other health problems. his health was deteriorating. seem as if he was quite energetic whether

they arrived on a military base near tacoma, washington. 25-year-old miller had been in north korea sevenard labor for unspecified hostile acts. this morning they thank the government and supporters for making his homecoming possible. >> i 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. thank you for supporting my family as well. it has been a tremendously difficult time for my family, and there are so many people that have been supporting them to stand strong during this time. >> bae and miller were accompanied by the director of national intelligence, james cl clapper. he is the highest ranking official to visit in more than a decade. stay with msnbc for more on this story throughout the day. now we turn to social media for the story that captured us for the last 48 hours. >>> from right here in my distant new york city studio, i urge everyone to get out and vote. while some of us were just analyzing and emphasizing. community organizers were canvassing encouraging people to get out and vote. t

john blackstone is at joint base lewis-mccrd near tacoma washington, where the captives arrived saturday. >> this is where bae and miller first stepped on to american soil, again, saturday night. their release is being applauded across the country. but u.s. officials remain tight-lipped about exactly why north korea's communist regime finally decided to release them. kenneth bae celebrated his first full day back on american soil with his family. >> i just want to say thank you, all, for supporting me lifting me up and not forgetting me. >> we thought about all of our favorite korean restaurants. he said i don't want korean food, that's all i've been eating for the last two years. he said, i want a burger or pizza. >> reporter: for the past two years, bae was held captive in a north korean hard labor camp. bae, a missionary, convicted of being part a christian plot to overthrow the regime. the release was a surprise to many until bae himself. >> i don't think he knew they told him to get on the plane. >> bae was followed off the plane by matthew miller another american held captive since

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tacoma, washington. i'm screaming, jumping up and down. nothing was mentioned by reporters or the prosecuting attorney about the talks green of the victim as well as the officer who shot him. there is something missing there screen of the victim as well as the officer who shot him. there is something missing there. fergusonyou think that will come up around the thanks giving table? caller: yes,. unfortunately, i will not be there. host: please member to always turn your television down. caller: next up. caller:i think immigration is a big topic -- next up. caller: i think immigration is a big topic. also ferguson commandment people don't know that the officer had just say the life of a black baby just before the incident. he was saving a life in one case , but people don't talk about it. i wonder how many people know about that. here is a story in the "washington post" this morning. that a balance a little glints -- glimpse of speakinglinton career. do you plan to talk politics? will go to chicago, independent color. tell me your name. ses