. >> we've got another dramatic example of road rage coming to us from korea. mercedes stopped there a white van pull up and quite aggressive,nd a guy com oand ste left hand window while the other guy goes through the other door. punches, punches. tries to open the door, trying to get the guy outside the car. wait, what's going on here? there's fighting on the left-hand side. there's another guy comes out with a knife. then he's stabbing, no, he's not being hurt, he's helping cut vegetables. >> my gosh, this is awesome! >> who took the time to make this video? >> i'm glad they did because you really think it's going to be a showdown. it's actually a show. shows you what a joke all of this road rage stuff really is. >>> da, da, da, da, da, da. >> john riggs has been holding on to the special box of 25-year-old batman cereal. >> i remember that. i think i had a box of that back in the day. >> yeah. the michael keaton batman and it came out and you ate it. and it was good. >> yeah. >> this guy says his favorite of all time. but this boxes a special box. he decides

background as your correspondent mentioned. >> okay, robert, thank you, robert kelly joining us from south koreas. air strikes have hit a gathering of fighters from thize lamb i can state of iraq and the lolevants a u.s. military spokesman says the strikes hit a convoy of 10 vehicles thought to be carrying senior members of isil near the border crossing between iraq and syria. officials say they can't confirm if the isil leader was part of the convoy. he made a rare public appearance in july which he gave a sermon in mosul. now a leaked report from pakistan says that isil has recruited thousands of fighters from right across the country. take a look at these pictures showing the group's name on buildings. in the provincial capital where they are said to have been recruiting the most. and the report from the regional government there says isil plans to attack military inning at that layingses and official buildings and also target members of the minority shia community. >>> al jazerra continues to demand the immediate lease of eights journalists who have now been detained in egypt for three somet

cnn's paula hancock has more for us from seoul, south korea. >> reporter: a top secret mission in theead of night. the top spy chief for the united states arrives in pyongyang, carrying a letter from the u.s. president. he leaves one day letter with two former prisoners. no conditions and no strings attached according to the u.s. so why this sudden humanitarian gesture from north korea? >> clearly they crave having this high level attention so, obviously, they are pleased that general clapper came. >> reporter: another suggestion kim jong-un wants to show he's still in charge. other experts believe pyongyang's recent charm offensive including a high-profile visit to seoul, technically enemy territory is a pr exercise to improve its image. the trigger, the united nations inquiry on human abuses titled the report of crimes against humanity. >> it showed a lighter side to the international community because although there could be legal sanctions or criminal proceedings against north korea, north korea is very much conscious of its reputation. >> reporter: the release of kenneth bae and

korea's long denied any human rights abuses. let's bring in paula hancocks. this afternoon she joins us folklife seoul, south korea -- joins us froms hard to believe a simple denial of this in the wake of mounting evidence year on year, but they're denying this. they're, in fact, pushing back a bit. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right, errol. really since we've had this united nations commission of inquiry which of released earlier this year, pyongyang has been consistently denying the fact that they have these political camp that exist even though that report and many defectors show that they have significant evidence to prove that. human rights groups saying that there are human rights abuses. so of course the united states saying there are crimes against humanity in pyongyang. this is what they found. the draft resolution you talked about is going to be voted on later tuesday. if that passes, it will then go to the general assembly to be voted on. of course, there is an amendment that has to be voted on first by one of the very few allies that north korea has, cuba. they're trying to make sure that north korea and t

korea hope to achieve? cnn's paula hancocks joins us live from seoul, south korea. good morning, paula.per securing their release. why now? >> reporter: that's the question that everyone is still asking. it is a good pr exercise for pyongyang. this is a decision that could only have been made from the top by kim jong-un, the leader himself. the humanitarian gesture according to pyongyang would make him look good. there was no quid pro quo for releasing the two men. we heard recently from the u.s. preside president obama in beijing describe what happened. >> we had an indication there was a possibility of a release of these two hostages or prisoners and we pursued it. it did not touch on some of the broader issues that have been the source of primary concern when it comes to north korea. it's in particular its development of nuclear tests. >> reporter: obama says this is a gesture. he said there is a broader fundamental conflict with washington and pyongyang. the fact that pyongyang is refusing to denuclearize. a statement that obama actually apologized. given an earnest apology for what

korea and where we go from here. pam. >> anna cabrera live in seattle for us. thank you so much for that report, ann wra. >>> while the release of bae and miller is good news, the timing is raising eyebrows. will north korea's kim jung-un want something in return? >> a top secret mission in the dead of night. the top spy chief in the united states arrives in pyongyang carrying a letter from the u.s. president. why this sudden gesture from north korea? >> clearly they crave having this kind of high level attention. is he back in the spotlight. limping but without the cane. some believe pyongyang's offensive including a high profile visit to seoul, technically enemy territory, is a p.r. exercise to improve its image. the trigger, the united nations inquiry of human rights abuses in north korea, abuses the report terms crimes against humanity. >> it had to basically show a lighter side, a more humane side to the international community because although there could be legal sanctions or even the national criminal court proceedings against north korea, north korea is

korea. she covers the north korean situation dilemma, et cetera, quite often. she joins us now. your thoughts as we heard from kenneth bae and what he had to say about his time in north korea and in being back. >> reporter: well, natalie, i think one of the interesting things i heard was the fact that he thanked the government. dprk so the government of north korea saying thank you to them for releasing him. he also said that he wanted people to remember those that are still in north korea, the north korean people. this is something that he told his sister, terry chung. she relayed it to the waiting media saying that he was free but his -- he did actually say to her that his heart was still with the north korean people. this is something that we've heard all along. this is something his mother told him a year ago the fact that he's been to north korea more than 18 times she believed. he was a tour guide operator. he loved the country she says. he loved the people. certainly that he had nothing whatsoever against the country itself so i hthink it's very interesting within this very short press conference we he

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us from kabul in afghanistan. >>> two american citizens released by north korea have arrived back in the united states, kenneth bat matthew todd miller were freed after someone from the intelligence exact is a flu for contact. miller was serbing a six-year jail term for espionage, victoria reports. >> reporter: back home on american soil. kenneth da even steps off a plate at a military base in washington state to be reunited with his family, he's joined soon after on the tar back by matthew todd miller. the two men had been held in prison camped in north korea miller was jailed for six years in april on espionage charges, buy a christian activist had been jailed two years ago. he had been trying to convert north koreans he had been serving a 15 year term. >> thank you for all of your support and prayer and love. it's been encouraging for me and others in the same shoes. thank you. god bless you. >> reporter: news of the men's release have been welcomed earlier by president obama. >> reporter: director clapper is james clapper, the u.s.' director of national intelligence. he was the highest ranking american to visi

from this fiery scene. >> and, back on us soil, two americans who spent month in prison in north korea return to their families. we'll hear from one of them coming up. plus this: >> attorney in new york is nominated by president obama to be the highest prosecutor in the nation. i'm wendy gillette in brooklyn, new york, her story coming up. >>> today is sunday november 9th, good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us, it is 6:00 right now, let's get a check on the forecast, it has been kind of blustery couple of days, carol, what are we in for today? you. >> remember last weekends weeks winds well over 40 miles an hour, last weekend, and this weekend, really has decided to behave itself. i think you might like the weather you did today, couple degrees warmer, looks mikes out there so farment it is dark, little hard to see just how nice, but we'll finds that once the sun comes up. 39 degrees in reading, definite warm up from where we were yesterday at this time point. storm scan3, few clouds overhead, one of the reasons we stayed warmer overnight, we have those clouds out there, we will be looking for day

korea or its leader, kim jong-un, to the icc. the country has repeatedly denied any human rights abuses. >>> cnn's david mckenzie joins us live fromjing with the latest. david, how likely is it that this will ever get as far as the international criminal court given north korea's ally, china, will likely use its veto power in the u.n. security council to prevent it from being hauled before the icc? >> reporter: well, it's a very good point, i'd say the odd at this point are still a long shot that those pushing this, and there are several countries backing this resolution, that they'll actually make it to the security council with the provisions intact and that it gets passed because the key to this is accountability. they're trying to get accountability for what they say are gross human rights violations, possible war crimes that kim jong-un and his regime are conducting to keep themselves in power. you know, the report is pretty breathtaking. and a lot of it is based on the testimony of north koreans who have fled that country. and to get out, they take a perilous journey. it's rare to actually speak to them before they reach sou

used such nets for gathering coral. >>> a meeting of business leaders from japan and south korea has highlighted the strained state of relations. they ended their annual meeting without making a joint stam. they hadn't been able to agree on a call for freedom of the press. japanese and cooperation committees began their gathering in hopes of progress. >> translator: i believe this meeting will be a good opportunity to explore our role in helping achieve regional peace and prosperity. >> i hope we'll proceed in the next 50 years with a high degree of trust and respect. >> they discussed politics, security and economic affairs and they were due to adopt a joint statement, but the japanese say the south koreans rejected their proposal to include a call for freedom of the press. they made that proposal after prosecuto prosecutors indicted the former bureau chief. he accused the man of defaming president park. they say park's staff turned them away. all of japan's 48 nuclear plants are offline. the assembly is likely to follow suit and the governor of the prefecture is also expected to give his approval. the power company

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in suburban -- from suburban maryland, reporters received word that americans being held in north korea are free. greg miller writes this morning for "the washington post." pat is joining usrom upstate new york. our line for independence and welcome to the program. caller: good morning. that thented to say people of this country are getting wiser. they're starting to understand that old parties do not deliver. my idea is that it is time to come up with a new idea of how to place our leaders in office, since we pride ourselves on being a capitalistic country. rather than just elect somebody into congress or into the office , maybeong period of time we should contract their debt -- jobs the way we do any other service. basically setould milestones and a contract and if they do not meet it, they are out of office without benefits or anything else. host: thank you for the call. let's go on the republican line from cedar rapids, iowa. ralph on the phone. good morning. i' wanted to bring up the --t that amazon just moved up. the big tax thing is working so well in illinois, why are these big companies relocating up to wisconsin, where we have lowered corporate taxes and the tax

as he gave tours he was able to connect people from the outside world to the beauty of north korea. to us north korea seems like a strange place. don't allow that to forget the people of the country. tonight he said i am so happy to be here, but my heartaches for the people in north korea. as we celebrate tonight, as we are together, we know that there are many people in north korea locked up like kenneth was and remain apart from their families tonight. please do not forth them. we will not. these pray for them and advocate for those who continue to suffer in north korea and elsewhere. that being said, we are thankful for the mercy of leaders in north korea who relented and allowed the return of kenneth bae and matthew todd miller it's hard to believe this day is finally here. for two years unbelievable agony, and unsfeekable. we are thankful for president obama, and secretary kerry for not forgetting kenneth. he pledged their commitment to fwri him home and here he is. we want to thank james clapper. thank you for leading the envoy. we have to thank the stweedish embassy in pyongyang fo

the coordination, the negotiation, the face-to-face visit, to north korea, from a senior official. erin mcpike joins us from the white house. this is such great news for the families, for these two men. and also, it looks like a big win for the obama administration. do we have background on this yet? how long officials had been working on this? >> reporter: we do know. it wasn't all that long. we found out about it out of the blue this morning. that's what a lot of people are saying, that it happened very quickly. we found out after about 10:00 a.m. or so this morning. we do know that on wednesday, james clapper, the director of national intelligence was supposed to be speaking in new york, at an event. that was canceled due to scheduling conflicts. now, we know why. the obama administration sent him to north korea to secure the release of these two detainees, poppy. >> i also know that the obama administration, very quickly, came out this morning and said, there was no quid pro quo. nothing was given to the north koreans, in exchange for these detainees, right? >> that's right. we heard that from the

from north korea. is north korea trying to send us a message? if so, what? ambassador john bolton is here next. ve to see to believe. a woman comes back from thec dead. shocking team of doctors and her observe family. that's coming up. and a reminder subscribe to greta talk. it's a brand new launching on both itunes on your phone. and it'sj> it's a wonderful day for them and their families. >> an emotional homecoming for matthew todd miller along with kenneth bea. >> thank you for all yourjufÑ party and p

from a pn north korea. cbs news correspondent jericka duncan tells us about the politics surrounding their release. >> reporter46 year old kenneth bae and 24 year old matthew miller reunited with their families and their country at a time a military base near tacoma, washington 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 receiv

this morning, released from a north korea prison after intelligence chief james clapper secretly visited the country to personally bring them back. joining us now, someone who has visited north korea i in the pat from mit. jim, good morning to you. thanks for being with us. the apec conference starts this week. what do you make of the timing of the release? >> i think the release itself is not a surprise. why north korea does what it does, that's often conjecture. it could very well be timed to the apec meeting, because certainly president obama will be talking about north korea among other issues. others speculated it has something to do with the economy or with a recent north korean charm offensive. i think the bottom line is none of these theories are very good, but the important thing is that they did release the two detainees. i expected that's where this was headed and that's certainly good news for the families. >> what do you make of the significance of james clammer himself going and delivering a letter and bringing these guys back? >> in some ways, it was if you were writing a novel, that's the way you'd write it, because the dire

us this morning. their release big step in diplomatic relation was north korea. cbs news correspondent chris van cleve has the latest. >> reporter: kenneth bae and matthew miller back on us soil after release from korean prisons saturday. >> just amazing blessing to see so many people being involved, getting released the last three years. >> james klapper, other. s officials, flew to negotiate their release, he accompanied the pair back to the states on military jet to a base in washington state. >> officials say there was nothing given to north korea in exchange for the men's release. bes a missionary from washington state, arrested two years ago, and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what the nor koreans said were crimes against the state. miller, of bakersfield, california, has been in custody since april, sentenced to six years of hard labor charged with spying. both said in a interview with western journalists in september that they were being treated humanly, miller and bae's release comes less than three weeks after north korea freed fellow american 56 year old jeffrey pal of ohio after six months in cap it will at this. fall taken into custody after leaving a bible at sailor's clu

used to be a couldn't they have built in syria, a plutonium production reactor identical to their plutonium reactor in north korea. i used to be concerned about the transfer of materials from one country to another and my critics would say that you've been reading so many spy novels, watching too many movies. that's not going to happen. we would catch him. insane that we would catch the transfer on the amount of material that would fit in that coffee cup if it were plutonium for nominal nuclear vision weapon. insane that we would catch that. we did not catch the transfer of that plutonium production reactor to syria. the israelis did. they live closer. they did. and they told us. and the israelis pursued their version of a non-proliferation and flattened it. otherwise, there would be a plutonium reactor there. so this is a situation, the nuclear when -- nuclear weapon situation that's evolved today. it's quite different. this is a country that is threatening our extended deterrence its credibility. we have a country that is transferring the material in a production capability to make nuclear weapons and we have a country that within a matter of months to years, can put a n

us from baghdad. >>> there has been an interesting change in north korea's government with a woman now taking a more prominent role in the country's leadership. but it's not just any woman. in the secretive hermit kingdom, she may be the only person more mysterious and enigmatic than her older brother. but today just weeks after kim jong un resurfaced from a months-long disappearance, it appears kim's little sister is taking a leading role in her family's iron-fisted regime. overnight in an unexpected twist, north korea's official news agency began referring to her as a vice department director of the country's governing party. aside from the new title, experts say they know very little about the move or even about her. >> all we know is she's a younger sister, went to school in switzerland, in her mid 20s. she started showing up publicly from earlier this year at a cup of party functions. >> reporter: analysts say she is the youngest of seven children that her father kim jong il had with four different women. while he was still alive, experts say she took on important responsibilities for her fathe

us live from seoul. i wonder what the reaction is on the ground from south korea to this unexpected move by their neighbor> reporter: well, poppy, i think a lot of people will be surprised as they wake up to this news. it's early sunday morning here, and this happened overnight so many people will be finding out about this now. we did have a response from the foreign ministry overnight. they welcomed the move and also said they hope this could be a sign that one south korean missionary still being held in pyongyang could be released as well. certainly, i think the overwhelming feeling is surprise. many experts and analysts i spoke to over really the past two years said that kenneth bae's case in particular was particularly tricky. they thought his negotiations would be very difficult, and he would likely be the last to be released. so the fact that both matthew todd miller and kenneth bae have been released at the same time is something that will surprise many people. and now experts, of course, have suggested that north korea is using u.s. citizens in detention as bargaining chips. but to let both go at

us. "state of the union" with candy crowley starts right now. >>> two americans home from north korea. heads to asia. a whole bunch of republicans are coming to the nation's capital. >>> today, riding the ship of state or rearranging the deck chairs. from across the senate aisle republican john thune and democrats tell what it means. >> now it's up to people like me to regain the trust and confidence of the american people. >> three first generation americans, two veterans of the iraq war one the son of a janitor and crossing guard the other only jewish republican

korea earlier this year. thanks for joining us. so what is the significance of the story from the bodyguard? his is another dehe forgetter from north korea. there are lots of defectors. sometimes they're high-up people like this. there have been even higher level people who have defected. and every time we learn just a little bit more about this cult of personality around the kim family and basically the way it works in north korea is there's a small percentage of people who get everything of what little there is and there's everybody else who get nothing and many of whom are starving. so when somebody from the elite deflects, that reflects badly and certainly could weaken the kim regime. they're certainly very firmly entrenched. >> and the united nations is talking about crimes against humanity, north korea being charged with that. >> so earlier this year, in february there was a special commission on human rights in north korea. the kirby commission. they submitted their report to the general assembly saying that the crimes against humanity -- they compared it to the nazis. hundreds of thou

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he is also the author of "nuclear showdown," north korea takes on the world. he is joining us live from toronto. let's begin by taking a look and listen to new sound that has come from kenneth bay. >> i also want to thank president obama and all the people at the state department for working tirelessly hard to get me relaeased as well. i want to thank the north korean government that allowed me to come home and be united with our family and for our loved people. it's been amazing two years. i learned a lot. i grew a lot. i lost a lot of weight. in a good way. but i stood strong because of you. and thank you for being there in such a time as this. >> so gordon, obviously, it's so good to see a happy and healthy and even making a couple of jokes here and there. but i don't think it was missed on anybody that he took the time to thank the united states and the north korean government as well after this ordeal. what do you make of that? >> i think that he wanted to do that because he really was happy that they let him go. and he realized that it was important in the long scheme of things to

from synchrony bank. visit myoptimizerplus.com to open an account. service. security. savings. synchrony bank engage with us. >> schieffer: who puts going to goat korea on their bucket list. america's top spy. that is one of the things we found on friday when james clapper, the director of national intelligence, invited us to his office to talk about his top secret trip there to bring home two american prisoners. kenneth bae and matthew miller. why do you suppose they chose the top spy in the united states? >> that's a great question. for one, they wanted someone who is currently in the government who was part the national security council. i think i followed the korean peninsula as i served there as director of intelligence in the mid '80s. >> schieffer: had you ever been to north korea? >> this is the first time i flew over north korea with permission. when i served in korea in december 1985 straight in to north korea obviously without their permission, they shot at us. we made it back to the south. my line first time i went in with permission. >> schieffer: let me talk about when united states aircraft, transport plane, set down in the north korea

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from captivity in north korea. you may be surprised when you hear who one of the men is thanking for his release. >>> we have a pleasant fall day ahead of uses will be a little bit warmer today than yesterday, but changes are coming. >>> good morning, i'm rosemary conners. this is "nbc 10 news today." it's 9:00 on this sunday. meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the conditions outside. michelle, we're finally starting

from the tissue, the korean scientists want to get its hands on the cells. >> it's the koreans who want to do this? >> yes, a group in south korea wants to clone the mammoth using type of animal, synthetic asian elephant that might look like an elephant. but to be an asian elephant with a few little tweaks. >> what would that mean, to have a wooly mammoth or any derivative thereof to be walking on the earth with us humans? >> that's the big question, isn't it? it's a question that all of us have to ask ourselves. it's moving from a situation where it was an impossible thought to maybe something which we have to consider more seriously and start asking ourselves the question, is this something we should be doing, do we actually want it? what could the legacy be? my personal feeling is that at the moment, there doesn't seem to be a way of doing this without involving asian elephants and i can't see that we can justify experimenting on those. >> we've got to run but this is so fascinating. the program is "how to call a woolly mammoth." >>> next, most unforgettable moments of the week. you're watching "cbs this morning." you're watching "cbs this morning." ,,,,,, f

us. he wants to see kim jong-un hauled in front of the international criminal court, a recommendation from the united nations commission of inquiry which finds north korea and its leadership committed crimes against humanitarian. a copy of the report was sent to kim jong-un himself. >> he is not able to claim ignorance of these massive violations. and therefore, he is now technically already complicit in these crimes. >> reporter: pyongyang categorically denies any human rights violations. he says he survived to tell the truth about north korea. what they expect is that the committee will be voting to decide whether or not to send it to the general assembly. it only needs a majority. but also what they have to contend with as well is an amendment that's being sent by one of north korea's very few allies, cuba, who's trying to ensure that north korea and kim jong-un are not referred to the icc. >> paula hancocks live for us there in seoul. >>> we're going back to jerusalem. images coming in from the scene outside that synagogue where we are now told by police that four israelis are confirmed dead in an early morning attack at a synagogue during early mor

from both the pope and the u.s. government. >> the death penalty in south korea, especially during the military dictatorship before 1987, has been abused -- has been usednd abused to get rid of political opponents. >> reporter: amnesty has launched many campaigns over the years calling for the death penalty to be abolished, saying it is a violation of the right to life. the justice ministry rejected our repeated requests for interview saying simply, there are no plans to review the policy. a policy in sharp focus as the captain and 14 members of the crew of the doomed ferry wait to hear their fate in court tuesday. they escaped the sinking ship on april 16th. more than 300 did not. the crew had announced they should stay where they were. many of the victims were high school students. prosecutors are demanding the death penalty for the captain. a sentence which may not mean loss of life in this country but effectively means life imprisonment without the chance of parole. >>> what's left of a pacific typhoon is causing some bone-chilling weather across the u.s. are you ready for that? >> i am not. >> it's going to get cold. it's already starting to snow

korea's ambassador blasted a vote as political provocation. >> the outrageous and unreasonable human rights campaign staged by the united states is compelling us not to refrain any further froming nuclear tests. >> reporter: today, north korea's state media said pyongyang's military deterrence would be beefed up limitlessly. >> this is only going to further isolate them from the international community. >> reporter: kim jong-un's regime stunned after allegations of murder, slavery, sexual violation and mass starvation. not the outcome north korea wanted after releasing three american detainees. and a month's long charm offensive to sway local opinion. >> we support that final report and especially support its calls for accountability. >> reporter: new satellite images of the main nuclear facility suggest the regime is taking steps towards testing. the u.s. military believes north korea is advancing its nuclear program but the skills to miniaturize a launcher to deliver it. the brinkmanship, perhaps a way to force them to talk. pyongyang is ready to jump-start negotiations. >> they want to sit or stand toe to toe with the united states and be treated as a nuclear weapons stat

stay with us here and online at cnn.com because we are waiting for that joyous return of two americans free now from their detention in north koreathe plane lands at midnight eastern time here in the united states. 9:00 p.m. pacific. we, of course, will cover that for you, as soon as it happens. now, don't miss cnn heroes, stars and stripes unite. ♪ >>> veterans day. it's a day to honor and thank military personnel who served the united states. since 2007, cnn heroes has honored many everyday citizens who devoted their lives to supporting the men and women of the armed forces. among those who are giving back are some familiar faces, as well. >> people did recognize me from forrest gump. >> reporter: celebrities who step away from the limelight to honor, support, entertain and even humor the troops. >> my official name in afghanistan was general foxy lady. >> tonight, we take a look at some of our famous friends. big names who are helping u.s. veterans in g

us and reporting live too from beijing. many thanks. john? >>> there is anger in south korea after a ferry captain avoided the death penalty for his role in a deadly accident back in april. more than 300 people died when the "sewol" ferry capsized. most of them were school children. the captain was sentenced to 36 years in prison. paula hancocks is in seoul. she joins us live with more reaction on this. and paula, do we know why the court decided the captain was guilty of negligence, not homicide? >> reporter: well, john, it was really up to the prosecutors to prove there was willful intention to murder on the part of the captain that would have allowed the judges and the court to agree he was guilty of murder. but according to the three judges, it seems as though the prosecutors failed to show that there was intent to murder. we heard from the captain himself. he said for my crimes i do deserve to die, but i did not intend to murder anybody. we also understand that he said he did give the evacuation order. it just wasn't given to the passengers. and it appears as though the

company mainly serves iranian oil sites and plans to use the aircraft for both training and police patrols. jon: more sabre-rattling now from north korea as the government in pyongyang vows to beef up its quote, war capability and conduct a fourth nuclear test, all in response to what it calls u.s. hostility that led to a u.n. resolution urging the security council to refer north korea's human rights violations to the international criminal court. shannon: another security scare at the white house. one man's bizarre reason for being there and how the secret service responded this time. >>> a terrifying shooting at florida state university library early this morning. packed with students studying for exams ahead of thanksgiving break. >> we heard a gunshot. and -- >> you got a text message saying there is a shooting and we started hearing sire recognize. >> then we like, we had some friend in there. we went to go see if everyone's okay. every day i say, "i'm gonna quit smoking." then i stop for gas, a coffee and there they are. cigarettes. it's like going on autopilot. right? well, i'm no robot. starting now, i'm stopping one less cigar

from a leg problem. central television broadcast a program on tuesday that shows kim visiting various places in north korea in september and october. he used a cane as he inspects newly built housing at a construction site. on thursday last week the station aired a video of kim attending a meeting of the korean people's army. he walks without a cane in this video. the state-run media had not reported on kim's activities in more than a month. the national intelligence service said they believe kim had ankle surgery. >>> the man at the center of one of the worst maritime disasters in south korea's history may spend years behind bars. he was captain of the ferry that sank with almost 480 people onboard. more than 300 of them are dead or missing. judges spared him the death penalty but sentenced him to 36 years in prison. here's more. >> reporter: people in south korea were stun ned about the 25 people lost their lives when the ferry went down off the southern coast of south korea in april. many of them were high school students. nine people are still missing. investigators say the ferry was carrying too much cargo, and they say crew members d

list of sweatshops, that list would be hong kong, taiwan, south korea all in the generations took us 100 years in the united states is grow fromreindustrial to something looks like post sweatshop standard of living. an advocacy health watch said there's plenty of child abuse in america they made a video about it. >> early in the morning, children board a school bus. they're going to work. they're among the thousands of kids that work on tobacco farms in the united states each year. samuel is nine years old. he goes along with his family to the fields and usually sells sodas to workers. >> there's nobody to babysit me while my mom, my brother, my sister are working. >> joe wrote the report. how many samuels are in american fields. >> in the united states there are hundreds of thousands of children who are working for hire in agriculture. john: and it's legal in agriculture in america. >> it is we have a double standard in us child labor laws. you have to be 14 years old to work at burger king and mcdonald's and can only work limited hours in a day, but if you're 12 you can work 50 or 60 hours a week in the fields and it's perfe

us. >>> we'll get a weather update next here on al jazeera. and out of this world. pictures from a comet, but how long will the battery last. >>> we're in south koreahere students are preparing to take the biggest exam of their lives. >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. ♪ >>> hello again any top stories here on al jazeera. israel east prime minister has arrived in jordan to meet jordan's king and the u.s. secretary of state. talks are aimed at easing tension between israel and jordan as well as palestinians over restrictions imposed on the al-aqsa mosque come pound. >>> a new audio recording has been posted on the islamic state case official within. the 17-message comes after a

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. two americans held captive in north korea have been set free and are on their way home. kenneth bae of washington state had been held since the fall of 2012. last year, he was sentenced to 15 years hard labor for what north korea described as a christian plot to overthrow the government. matthew todd miller of california was taken into custody last spring and reportedly had been sentenced to six years of hard labor. both men were accompanied home by james clapper, the u.s. director of national intelligence. days ago, north korea reportedly secretly asked the obama administration to send an envoy to pyongyang to discuss the captives' release. secretary of state john kerry insisted today that any possible cooperation between iran and the united states in the fight against isis would not influence negotiations to curb iran's nuclear program. >> there is no linkage whatsoever of the nuclear discussions with any other issue, and i want to make that absolutely clear. the nuclear negotiations are on their own. they are standing sepa

us. "state of the union" with candy crowley starts right now. >>> two americans home from north korea. president obama heads to asia. a whole bunch of republicans are coming to the nation's capital. >>> today, riding the ship of state or rearranging the deck chairs. from across the senate aisle republican john thune and democrats tell what it means. >> now it's up to people like me to regain the trust and confidence of the american people. >> three first generation americans, two veterans of the iraq war one the son of a janitor and crossing guard the other only jewish republican on capitol hill. the newbies speak. >> change meets a rock and a hard place. >> let's repeal this failure. >> the latest gimmick in the latest game. >> delaware senator, congressman scott israel and michele back to you. -- back minnesota sit down. >> and two americans are safely back in the u.s. >> i want to thank president obama. i would like to thank the north korean government as well. >> what does pyongyang want? we'll ask nick burns. this is "state of the union". >>> good morning from washington i'm candy

korea advice cran chiefs has the latest. >> back on us soil following the release from north korean prison saturday. >> it has been just amazing, blessing, to see so many people being involved, getting me released the last three years. >> director of national intelligence, james klapper, and others, flew to negotiate the release. accompanied the pair back to the u.s. on military jet. >>> nothing given to north korea in exchange for the men's release. bae is missionary from washington state. he was arrested two years ago, sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, for what the north korean said were crimes against the state. miller of bakersfield california has been in custody since april. he was sentenced to six years of hard labor charged with spying. both said in a interview with western journalist in september that they were being treated hum annually, mill ocean bae release comes less than three weeks after north korea freed fellow american, jeffrey philadelphia al of ohio after six months in captive at this. fall was taken into custody after leaving a bible at a sailor's club, traveling as a tour ills. >> well, british police s