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You heard that intelligence is very necessary to thwart these attacks. >> all right, its frightening. its also confusing. the assumption is we are getting better not that the space outpacing our efforts. we will unveil more later in our show. thank you, we appreciate it. two americans are detained in north korea. the white house is demanding their release. one is an 85-year-old korean war vet detained since october a. video released over the weekend shows merrill newman reading an apology for ...

From north korea. what do you make about newman and his apology? >> two things, first of all, technically the war is not over. they are going look at him as an enmy combatant, which is bad news. secondly, in his so-called information he was recontacting networks in north korea, which is propostrouse, really. they are not using him to set up networks in north korea. the north koreans are reaching on this. its an irrational government. who knows what they are going to do next. >> lets turn back to...

Were hearing an emotional appeal for the release of a 85-year-old veteran being held in north korea. merrill newmans wife and son are standing by to share their story. well talk to hem in a moment. theyre growing more and more concerned about mr. newmans health. its been a month since he was mysteriously yanked off a plane and detained by the north koreans. >> reporter: mr. newmans case has brought a lot of concerns. his family has sent medicine, the swedish ambassador to north korea, who handle...