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Happens, but what might have happened? >> its not really clear. we believe the japanese took her and held her there. whether she died in captivity, had an illness -- >> they have been asked, right? >> the japanese have been asked, they say they have no records. they have been asked for years and they said they didnt have any information. a lot of records were destroyed after the war. anyone that would have been involveme involved is not alive. >> people refute your claim because they say she did...

Our interlocuteur of things international, that has been fascinating always. it is also sometimes been terrifying, like him walking us through the five harrowing days he spent in captivity in syria after he and his group got kidnapped. so because of all that, i am psyched to tell you richard engel has a new special that hes doing here, right here, this network, this hour, tomorrow night. its the first of a new series called richard engel on assignment. it premieres tomorrow night here. and tonig...

Sent otto warmbier back to this country in a coma that he had been in virtually the entire 17 months he had been there, held in captivity, that shows the kind of brutality that regime is capability of. and she says they upped it yesterday with the missile test. we bring in a senior fellow at the foundation for defensive democracy. it describes itself as a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy institute focusing on foreign policy and national security. what changed in the world yesterday, anthony, with t...

U.s. may not have wanted to compromise him by revealing the photograph. and, by the way, allegedly that spy was, in fact, later executed by the japanese. but there is something else here, craig. a navy intelligence file on emilia earhart is missing, and they talk about her being in captivity. so was that file purge? if so, why, and when? the hope is somebody out there watching in america will have some information and come forward with it. >> my goodness. the plot has thickened. tom costello, th...

That job. he liked the sound of chief but not of staff. >> i am not the president. i am not taking charge of anything. ronald reagan is in charge of this country, and like a good caddie, i tee up the ball for him to take a good smack at. >> reagan needed good advisers. he doesnt have the same quality of people surrounding him. it has huge political effects. >> from nbc news, this is "today." >> good morning. former hostage david jacobsen is a step closer to u.s. soil at this hour. jacobsen was f...

I want you to stay encouraged. i want you to keep your head up. >> i am keeping my head up. i want you to know i had nothing to do with this. so im trying to keep my head up the best i can. >> yeah. yeah, i know. >> being in here sucks, you know? >> i know. i know. i know. its like being in captivity. i know it sucks. its just a modern form of slavery. carltons had a little past, and everything is based upon the past. but i see this with many of our minority kids. theyll be locked up. theyll be ...

>> i am keeping my head up. i want you to know i had nothing to do with this. so im trying to keep my head up the best i can. >> yeah. yeah, i know. >> being in here sucks, you know? >> i know. i know. i know. its like being in captivity. i know it suck. its just a -- carltons had a little past, and everything is based upon the past. but i see this with many of our minority kids. theyll be locked up, theyll be searched 15, 20, 30 times. but if a cajun kid, ive never seen searched 15, 20, 30 time...

Were damaged after that storm. ♪ >> the threat is much more immediate now. so its clear that we cant repeat the same approach, failed approach of the past. >> shannon: national security advisor h.r. mcmaster addressing the threat posed by north korea. later today, president trump is set to meet with the president of south korea at the white house. the meeting, likely to focus on the threat posed by the north. it all comes in the wake of that heart breaking death of otto warmbier, the college s...

South korea remains on earth including thousands of u.s. troops at bases in south korea. the prime minister had a message today. [speaking in native tongue] >> north korea should come on the path towards denuclearization. north korea should respect human rights. the community was outraged over the u.s. citizens. north korea should release our old and u.s. citizens come to the country. >> north korea took no responsibility for the treatment of otto warmbier are saying it is the greatest existence...

North korea. the media there saying that president trump is a psychopath. claiming that hes the one they could start a nuclear war. some claim. john. >> john: thank you. as greg reported, otto warmbier was laid to rest today. about 2,000 people were in the cincinnati high school to pay respects to the 22-year-old. among them, congressman rob portman. he called otto warmbier an amazing young man. he was jailed 17 months ago for taking a poster from a hotel. he was severely beaten while in captivi...