cnn's will ripley is there. >>> and the gloves are off. breaking overnight, carly fiorina brushing off a harsh attack by donald trump in a new "rolling stone" profile. trump reacts to the news tv image by fiorina by shouting "look at that face." "would anyone vote for that?" she's a woman and i'm not supposed to say bad thing. come on. are we serious? carly fiorina responded on megyn kelly's news show. >> i think those comments respond for themselves. and the voters helping me climb in the polls. >> what do you take that to mean? "look at that face, would anyone vote for that?" >> i have no idea. honestly, megyn, i will not spend a single cycle wondering what donald trump means. maybe i'm getting under his skin a bit. >> then ben carson running second to trump in many recent polls. at a campaign rally, carson shifted his strategy taking a personal shot at trump questioning the authenticity of his faith. >> by humility and the fear of the lord our riches and honor in life. that's a big part of what i am. i don't get that impression with him

john and christine. >> will ripley, those pictures are amazing. i appreciate it. >>> the white house under pressure to do more with the migrant crisis unfolding in europe. the u.s. is prepared to take in 10,000 refugees in the coming year. no let-up at the hungary/serbia border. the government mobilizing the military now presenting a problem for the migrants trying to make their way west to austria and germany. austria has suspended rail service with hungary. let's go to the serbia/hungary border. let's bring in correspondent arwa damon. arwa, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: good morning. austria is suspending rail service. that does not mean it shut its border down to those trying to make it through. it means they are walking across the border which is something we have been seeing them do in the past. take a look at the situation out here. the rain and weather has turned this holding area into a mud pit. there is still no organized aid. what you see is a lot of volunteers packing up trucks with much-needed warm clothing and boots. these

will ripley, thank you. >> the radiation contained. something we heard before. a lot of concern. >>> europe with new plans to address the worst refugee crisis since world war ii. the head of the eu john paul junker has a plan some european countries clearly are not on board with. in hungary, tensions rising along the border with serbia. frustrated refugees clashing with police claiming they are treated like animals as they make their way west. let's turn to our correspondent arwa damon along the hungary/serbia border. >> reporter: good morning. the weather is not helping adding to the miserable conditions. people here gathered around a small fire as they wait for buses to arrive. if one really wants to look for the silver lining in all of this, because of the rains, the buses that people have been waiting for have been arriving relatively quickly. the number of refugees here we have been seeing over the last few days have significantly diminished this morning. as we were hearing the buses coming with more frequency and the hungarians with a certain degree and ge

eisenhower would be in next ripley that would be inextricably bound together. among the plans formulated during this time was the central strategic determination to make an eventual attack across the english channel the principal ally of defenses. a mural covering the west wall of the eisenhower museum dramatizes the spot for the next sequence involving the nation and the man, whose ability to rise to great responsibilities brought him rapid promotions. because an all-out invasion would be impossible and because the need for offensive action theimmediate in 1942, allies undertook as a combined operation, under the command of general dwight the eisenhower, the invasion of north africa. the minimum objectives was to seize the main port between casablanca and algae are -- and ier.e are -- and alg along the rim of a north african coast, troops encountered resistance ranging for miles. the commanders hope was to push quickly eased along the mediterranean and take the important post. but a number of unfavorable circumstances, including treacherous weather conditions,

will ripley on the phone. thank you. >>> a new investigation launched in the deadly stampede near mec mecca. the death toll now topping 700 people. we are live with details next. ooñóokñ.??????ó >>> the death toll in saudi arabia is rising this morning. more than 700 people killed in a stampede during the hajj. nearly 900 others injured in the crush. king salm salomon demanding new protocol into the mecca. we have cnn's arwa damon with more on the story. >> reporter: good morning. here is what we know, apparently the stampede took place when two smaller roads used by pilgrims meet at intersections. according to eyewitnesses, one group from one direction and the other group from the other direction and pushing and shoving began. this build up of humanity that led to the tragic and horrific stampede. saudi officials trying to figure out exactly why this happened. was it because the people leading the pilgrims took a wrong route? failure on part of the security apparatus? since the last stampede in 2006 that

will ripley is there. a wall of water in eastern japan, leaving many stranded on rooftops, balconies, anywhere above water. japan activating its military. bringing in helicopters, rescue teams, pulling people to safety. searching flooded buildings for anyone trapped inside. japan prone to all kind of natural disasters, but the rapidly rising river took many by surprise thursday. this is the first time this has happened says one long time resident. tens of thousand got evacuation orders many had just minutes. carrying what belongings they could. unsure of what to do next. and the japanese prime minister shinzo abe warning the region scud see more unprecedented heavy rain meaning pro ten seashell more flooding at the waterlogged fukishima power plant. heavy rains overwhelming the drainage systems causing radio active water to leak into the ocean for several hours wednesday. power company tepco says the situation is contained. outside radiation levels normal for now. the full-scale of this disaster unknown. a

was an abolitionist in ripley, ohio. he helped hide slaves in his home and on his property as they escaped from the state of kentucky over the ohio river into the state of ohio. he would then move them farther north, ultimately, on their way to canada. this bible was given by john rankin to his daughter-in-law, ankin, on her wedding day to his son. what is special about bibles have ais is that they lot of family photographs in the back. there is family records written within this. as research through the bible, we hope to discover more about their role in the underground railroad in cincinnati and the family lineage that began with john rankin. the last item i would like to show you is our first edition book of "12 years a slave" by solomon northup. this is an early printing of the first edition. the book was so popular when it was first published a second printing was made. that is what we are looking at here. solomon northup was a free man in the city of new york that was kidnapped and brought into the south several ti

john rankin was an abolitionist in ripley, ohio. he helped hide slaves in his home and on his property as they escaped from the state of kentucky over the ohio river into the state of ohio. he would then move them farther north, ultimately, on their way to canada. this bible was given by john rankin to his daughter-in-law, mary a. rankin, on her wedding day to his son. what is special about bibles like this is that they have a lot of family photographs in the back. there is also family records written within this. as we research through the bible, we hope to discover more about their role in the underground railroad in cincinnati and the family lineage that began with john rankin. the last item i would like to show you is our first edition book of "12 years a slave" by solomon northup. this is an early printing of the first edition. the book was so popular when it was published a second printing was made. that is what we are looking at here. solomon northup was a free man in the city of new york that was kidnapped and brought into t

john rankin was an abolitionist in ripley, ohio. he helped hide slaves in his home and on his property as they escaped from the state of kentucky over the ohio river into the state of ohio. he would then move them farther north, ultimately, on their way to canada. this bible was given by john rankin to his daughter-in-law, mary a. rankin, on her wedding day to his son. what is special about bibles like this is that they have a lot of family photographs in the back. there is family records written within this. as we search through the bible, we hope to discover more about their role in the underground railroad in cincinnati and the family lineage that began with john rankin. the last item i would like to show you is our first edition book of "12 years a slave" by solomon northup. this is an early printing of the first edition. the book was so popular when it was first published a second printing was made. that is what we are looking at here. solomon northup was a free man in the city of new york that was kidnapped and brought into th

will ripley joins us this hour. will, some people are trying to reach the city after the levy collapse. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: what i can tell you is that the situation here, since the sun has been out, and it hasn't been raining, it is improving. we have been talking since yesterday about the fear that as of the rain system moves up to places like osaki, we with see more repeats of what we saw here, which is these tremendously powerful floods that lifted up cars, tossed them here and caused a whole lot of damage. we know that houses of buildings have been flooded. hundreds of them destroyed. others with very serious damage and people with a lot of cleaning up. infrastructure damage. damage to so many different cars. and yes, still people who are missing and unaccounted for. at least 22 people still missing in the floodwaters p. very troubling because you would hope that by now, now that a full 24 hours passed that they would have had some way it call and contact authorities to either let them know

. >>> north korea invited will ripley back to their country. government officials took him to meet a 20-year-old woman who is a shining product of the collective society. orphaned in the famine during the '90s, she's dedicated her life to adopting those who have lost parents and holding down a a full-time job. will ripley has her story. >> reporter: north koreaens born during the great famine are too young to remember when hundreds of thousands died from starvation. she doesn't remember the mother and father she lost. my parents died a long time ago. i was so young, she says. the 20-year-old is part of a generation of orphans now young adults during the 1990s humanitarian crisis north korea called the ard wous march. a family took her in. my adoptive mother was so kind to me, she says. a kindness she's trying to repay by serving the state caring for a a house full of orphans while also working full-time. john gets help from family, friends and neighbors, she began taking in orphans when she was 18, just out of secondary school. now she's caring

will ripley live in beijing. thank you, will. >>> still to come, iran nuclear deal is closer than ever because of one u.s. senator. we'll tell you what she did to protect that agreement in just a moment. >>> barack obama is wrapping up his visit to alaska and says america must lead the way on one of the biggest throats, climate change. diabetes, steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady, clinically proven to help minimize blood sugar spikes. so you stay steady ahead. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number... right now all beds are on sale. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store. time is now for the biggest sale of the year, where all beds are on sale. save 50% on the labor day limited edition bed. know better sleep with sleep number. pwho thrives on the unexpected. andha-ha! box shall we dine? [ chuckle

will ripley is in northern tokyo. he has more for us. hi, will. >> reporter: hi, carol. that two feet of rain this week comes after nearly a month of continuous daily rain here in japan. it's part of the reason why there was so much concern when this typhoon was approaching, and now residents are finding out a very difficult lesson about what it's like to live close to the water when the floodwaters rise up. this is really long-time residents say something that hasn't happened in at least several decades. it was very quick, very frightening for these people. some of them senior citizens who didn't have much time to get out of their homes. in fact, a number of people couldn't even leave their homes. they could only go upstairs to the balcony or even to the rooftops to wait for rescue. the japanese military was called in, they were deployed. they're highly trained to deal with a whole host of natural disasters that we see here in japan. tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and also flooding and serious mudslides which is what we're seeing in this part of the country r

will ripley, pong yong, north korea. >>> an upset at the rugby world cup has japanese fans celebrating in south african fans seeing red. japan's team is ranked 13th in the world and south africa ranked 3rd at least until it pulled off that win in saturday's match. this is japan's first win at the rugby world cup since 1991. my colleague spoke to cnn's patrick snow about the surprise victory. >> what happened? they weren't supposed to be playing in this kind of league and they won? >> jonathan, they've won once in the entire history. what a moment for jach niece rugby. what a desperately poor moment for south african rugby. losing 34 to 32. going over dramatically to shatter the box. we feel like the images breed ever so slightly. the emotions of this victory to players and fans alike. quite incredible. south africa never even before lost their opening game of the tournament. >> they just can't believe what's going on. we've condensed it. in every tournament since 1987. this is only their second world cup win in team history. the last one coming in 1991, would you believe that, almost f

catherine correspondent will ripley joins me on the phone. do we know how many terr missing or injured. >> reporter: the flooding, i high winds, and the sad news that at least one person has died in landslides result of this rain. in fact there's just been a new evacuation advisory for an additional 200,000 people, because it's a risk of landslides. this is something we see in japan, where we have heavy rain in this mountainous nation. there's flooding, and often mudslides and landslides as well. that is why you're seeing these dramatic rescue teams unfolding, very quickly after the water rose, the self-defense force was called in to start rescues people. those rescue operations have been continuing throughout the overnight hours. it is still dark here, so the helicopter rescues, they will resume at daylight. what has been happeningite night long is they've been in boats going from building to building looking for people who may still be stranded in their homes. there is a concern. they still don't know how many people are out there. they now

cnn's will ripley interviewed joo a few months ago. he is following the story closely. >> reporter: good morning, christine. joo won-moon said he traveled illegally into north korea to satisfy his curiosity. he has not had contact with his loved ones. he is uncertain about his future. after several months of the silence, since our interview with him back in early may, a couple of weeks after he was detained here in north korea, now we are getting some information about how he is doing. he says he is doing well. he said i have not had the opportunity of contacting my family, but i hope to be home soon. i would like to tell my family and loved ones i am well and healthy and hope to be home soon. north korea has a national holiday in a couple of weeks. the october 10th foundation day celebration. the anniversary of the party that rules north korea and kim jong-un. north korea has a track record of releasing inmates and detainees. north korea has not said if won-moon will be released. in the past, when people have been put before the camer

. >> the homecoming for chelsea ripley is bittersweet. her house is still standing, most of her neighborhood is gone. >> it is hard to think that a plot of these people aren't going to be here any more. a lot of the town is gone and it is hard to live in a town where there is no one. >> reporter: this is winnie pugh's home saturday night and this is what it looked like today. >> i'm normally a fighter. but i can't fight any more. >> reporter: the so-called valley fire is still burning. billowing toxic smoke and raining ash into the air. thousands of homes are still in harm's way. these are the tough choices firefighters face. at times letting one another. >> you are basically looking out your windshield and making what structures can you save and what ones >> eight firefighters have lost homes here as they battle to save others. among them, robert taylor, who now lives with most of evacuation center. >> it is very real. it happened to me. i feel for all of the people. i feel exactly the same way they do. >> reporter: tonight, much of midd

will ripley joining us from japan. >>> and now to the latest in the migrant crisis. thousands more migrants are flocking into hungary and austria right now. hungarian authorities have been told to expect 40,000 more migrants and refugees by next week. this video shows refugees waiting in grim conditions at the hungarian/serbian border. >> we heard of one woman whose husband had a heart attack five days ago. he was taken to the hospital and shep doesn't know if he's alive or dead. there's a vast situation here at the border. and one of the problems is the hungarian authorities don't want to ask for assistance to treat the people properly. they have no interpretors or doctors. nothing to treat the people in the humane way. >> the migrants are trying to make it to hungary before this fence is finished along the hungarian border. they hope to have the barbed wire fence done by october. it is 4 meters high. >>> it is shaping up to be the most controversial crisis. ahead, new allegations against the ira leading some government officials to resign their posts. >>> plus, jer

we have will ripley joining us from tokyo. these images and live pictures are unbelievable as we watch this rescue operation live on our televisions. >> reporter: and rosemary, i have to tell you there has been concern this may be coming since for the better part of four weeks now in japan we have been inundated with rain on an almost daily basis. the rain of course intensified with that typhoon, tropical storm etau that moved through here yesterday dumping very, very heavy rain here in toke-on-and several hundred kilometers in the north in ibaraki and tochigi prefectures where the biggest danger is right now. given the fact that tokyo is very densely populated and only 170,000 people have received the evacuation orders so far gives you a sense of the geography in this area. it's not as densely populated as the capital. it is a more rural area but still you have a high concentration of residents around the kinugawa river. and the concern is for the elderly folks. and at least three senior citizens have received serious injurie

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will ripley, cnn, pyongyang, north korea. >>> a rugby powerhouse felt the sting of defeat on saturday. south africa's lost to 13th ranked japan in a preliminary match. it was completely unexpected. the final score was 34-32. patrick snell has more about the upset. >> what a moment for japanese rugby. what a desperately poor moment for south african rugby. it lost 34 points to 32. this is a key moment. going over dramatically to shatter the box. we think the images breathe ever so slightly look what it means. the emotions of this victory to players and fans alike. south africa had never before lost an opening game of the tournament. >>> actually at this historic match. i spoke with him a short while ago. >> patrick, i've been privileged to watch a lot of sport, but i tell you what, this is up there with brazil losing 7-1 and all these incredible results we've seen. rugby needed this result. and japan came out firing on all cylinders. motivated by the support in the stadium. the new trals that came in were all supporting japan. they're certainly a well-coached team by amy jones and astu

>> will ripley joining us live from pyongyang with that exclusive report, will. thank you very, very much. >>> coming up, it's like the super bowl of political convention and a presidential inauguration all at the same time. the pope's visit to three u.s. cities comes with unprecedented security. what are the risks? and polls have him well back in the republican pack, but should senator rand paul leave the race to give another candidate a better chance as some of his colleagues are suggesting? i'll ask -- energy. focus. help turn your potential... into reality. start every day with milk's 8 grams of high-quality protein. how will you milk life? misswill turn anan asphalt parking lot into a new neighborhood for san franciscans. a vote for "yes" on "d" is definitely a vote for more parks and open space. a vote on proposition "d" is a vote for jobs. campos: no one is being displaced. it's 40% affordable units near the waterfront for regular people. this is just a win-win for our city. i'm behind it 100%. voting yes on "d" is so helpful to so many families in our cit

let's get the latest from cnn's will ripley from joso city north of the tokyo area. >> reporter: john, you see the temporary buildings that were floating yesterday. the houses picked up off foundations and they were floating down the river as well. as the water goes down, we get a sense of the infrastructure damage. the reason why these neighborhoods may not be hab habitable for some time. you have to drive for a couple of kilometers to see anything other than the headlights on cars. we saw some power crews out here checking the grid and trying to see if they can get the lights back on. it is definitely not clear when the places will be cleared and places liveable. you mentioned three people now dead. 22 now missing. there has been more rain up the japan eastern coast in the city of osaki. there were evacuation orders issued and dozens of people are trapped in flooding that caused damage like this. with more rain forecast in parts of japan and already water logged ground, there is uncertainty over what will happen if it rains again. >>> thank you, will. >> the new york police departme

cnn's will ripley has more. >> reporter: this room could belong to any young girl. full of stuffed animals, figuri figurines. >> she loved snow white obviously. >> reporter: memories most would share on facebook today kept the old fashion way here in north korea, a nation mostly without internet where kids still write letters home. like this one from mun su gyong, telling her parents in pyongyang she was just weeks from coming home. her last letter before she disappeared. i couldn't believe it, her mother says. i wouldn't believe it when i first got the news. because i strongly trusted and still trust her. only the most loyal north koreans are selected to work abroad at state-owned businesses, often for three or four years without coming home. co-workers say mun was kidnapped by regular customers who befriended her, south korean spies who forced her into a car and drove away. cnn can't independently verify the claims which a south korean government official called completely groundless. >> does it ever cross your mind that she may have left wiingly? >> reporter: abs

narrated by oprah winfrey, on some real-life drama that took place of the ohio river in a place called ripley, where escaping enslaved men and women were helped across the ohio river to a safe house. so, you get a sense of how people helps to them, to come into a building like this, and then to find places to hide. such as this cubbyhole under the stairway or this cubbyhole under the or the cubbyhole under the floor. and hide out there until it was safe for them to embark upon another stage of their journey and find their way to a place where they could settle down and finally live as free men and women. is a very, very major dividing line in this region and in the nation. it is essentially the mason dixon line here. sort of the meeting point for those across the river and those on the northern side of the river to really work through because theres, were times when cincinnati was very complicit in the slave , making money off of transporting african-american men and women to the deeper self, ferrying the products produced by slave labor to other parts of the country and then there were times

eventually he comes here to cincinnati and gets involved in the underground railroad and moves onto ripley ohio and he was one of the few people that went across the river and help people escape and rewards in the state of kentucky. you had your man named william casey that would go across the river and bring people back. there are stories of people in the south getting people out and bringing them back in cincinnati. >> what would you like people to walk away reading your book knowing? >> i use it in the context of a multiracial, multiethnic movement to define freedom for everybody. the most powerful people should come away with in a top about this all the time with my class that way you have going on here as ordinary old doing extraordinary things all the time because they choose to do it, because they're just ordinary people. these are not famous people, famous families. these are ordinary people doing extraordinary things all the time because they believe freedom and equality. that echoes for decades and centuries because you don't have to be a powerful big family and i have to do is g

will ripley is in tokyo with the latest on what's happening. what is happening, will? >> reporter: alyson, two feet of rain since monday evening in parts of japan to lead to what is unfolding right now. the dramatic rescues along the river, these are people who had almost no notice to evacuate from their homes as the waters rose so quickly they had to run upstairs to their balconies and rooftops. some people were stuck in their cars or clinging to light poles waiting for the japanese military to come to rescue them. more than 170,000 people received emergency evacuation orders. many are staying in some 100 evacuation centers set up right now, but what is still unknown at this hour, exactly how many people may still be trapped in some of the flooded out buildings. some of those buildings we have seen from aerial photographs washed away by the strength of those rising waters. and in near fukushima prefecture, home of the crippled nuclear plant, there's contaminated radioactive water being stored outside that has been spilling at times during this rain event into the ocea

will ripley, cnn, beijing. >> now to other stories we're following for you. guatemala's president is facing the possibility of prosecution on corruption charges. congress voted unanimously to strip him of immunity. >> he and his close aides are accused of receiving bribes in exchange for lower taxes for companies importing products into the country. the president denies the charges. >>> pope francis has shaken up the catholic world by announcing that priests everywhere will be authorized to forgive women for the sin of having abortions if their confess. >> this policy applies during the church's year of mercy which begins in december. delia gallagher tells us more from rome. >> reporter: the change by pope francis has made it easier for a woman who has had an abortion to return to the church. previously, abortion carried an automatic excommunication a ban only lifted by special permission of a bishop. now the pope says that is no longer necessary and any priest can absolve a woman of the sin in a confession. it is still considered a moral evil and carries the

will ripley, cnn, north korea. >> thank you, will. that's it for me. the news continues next on cnn. >>> you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this monday. let's get to it. backlash after presidential candidate polling pretty high says a a muslim has no business being president of the united states. just a short time ago, the muslim group demanded that dr. ben carson drop out of the race for the white house and comes after he he said this on "meet the press." >> i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. >> today the council on american islamic relations pointed out article vi states there should be no religious test for any public office. >> american muslim cannot be president of the united states. his views are inconsistent with the united states constitution. for that, we really urge politicians, community leaders, presidential candidates to repudiate his views and we ask ben carson to withdraw from the presidential race because he's unfit to lead. >>

i'm here with chelsea ripley, and you are volunteering even though you didn't know, you know, the fate of your home. tell me you were able to get to middletown, tell me what you saw. >> it's devastating out there. it's just bittersweet to see my house there and my neighbors' homes are all gone. it was extremely devastating to see everything out there just the way it was. >> reporter: and you talked about sort of the random path of this fire. you showed me a video that you had and your neighbor across the street, their house is gone and your house is still there. what does it mean for you that your house is still standing? >> it's amazing. it really is. all of our memories, our family lives there, our animals were still in the house, which is what i really cared about. i was able to get my animals out safely. that was what was really important to me. we're going to open up our home to the people that need it, so. >> you told me that you also had an elderly neighbor, and that you guys were able to get her out. is she going to be staying with you? and tell me about what you're going to do

ripley" and all these different roles he's able to shed his skin. someone i've always wanted to work with. >> what do you want to say about working with jessica. >> oh, you don't have to do that. >> i don't think i could do that right here. i see a lot of improvements. oh, are you kidding? one of the best ever. >> so the zero gravity scenes you were talking about, basically done with you on a wire. but your dance skill came into, that right? >> well, you have to, i guess, be aware of what your body is doing. it's like doing the slow motion ballet. >> having said that i felt like my dance really, really helped me. >> yes, yes. >> my ballet. i'm self-taught, but i've put in a lot of time and i think when you put in those kind of hours it doesn't matter that you've -- >> what is your technique. >> my own technique. >> that's why you look so fluid. >> fluid is one word that's been used to describe me and there are others as well. >> based on current escalation, estimated force of 8,600 newtons? what's the abort force. >> 7,500. >> you said you were a fa

let's get to will ripley, live for us. what is the situation? >> fear the mounting for the 22 people, at least, missing from the floods which tore through the area. i'm standing in a spot that was underwater. if you see the damage behind me, you can see what was going on when the floods were racing through the area. people were climbing up on their rooftops, standing on the balconies and grabbing anything they could to stay safe until rescue helicopters could arrive. we saw them out in force yesterday, once again today, rescuing people off a supermarket where they had to spend the night. a shopping center was their only option to stay safe. in another city in eastern japan, the city of osaki, there are more floods today. a levee broke, in the river ran over its banks. the water in the ground is drenched. any rain can trigger more flooding, which means more scenes like this and more people, at least three confirmed dead, 22 missing, chris and uncertainty for those who worry about rain in the forecast. >> thank you. please keep us updated on the n

cnn's international correspondent will ripley is live in pyongyang with the latest for us. will? >> reporter: michaela, just hours ago after months of uncertainty about the status of ju said he wants to come home. i spoke with him earlier this year back in may, weeks after he was detained in north korea. he admitted to traveling to china from the united states, where he was a student at nyu, crossing illegally into north korea and climbing through barbed wire fences and trying to get detained. i asked him why? he said he wanted to create an event. listen to this quote, i've not had the opportunity of contacting my family. i do hope to be back home soon. i am well, healthy and, again, hope to be home soon. the timing of this is interesting. north korea has a major national anniversary, a holiday coming up in about two weeks time. normally around holidays, they use that as an student to grant amnesty to inmates. when detainees are put before the media like it happened in pyongyang today, it usually means they will be released or could go on trial. we'll have to see what happens her

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