developing story out of north korea. two american journalists behind bars for months appear to be on their way home thanks to a secret mission by former president bill clinton. the two were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor accused of illegally crossing the border. tonight a pardon and what north korea might want in return. tom fitzgerald is following the new developments. reporter: as former president bill clinton stepped off his plane in north korea, the secret trip may have been a surprise to the outside world but the white house was keeping quiet. this was a private mission that we weren t going to comment on while the former president was on the ground in north korea. reporter: clinton met with kim i will i don t think. negotiations were son followed by a media report that the leader had pardoned the americans. laura ling and euna lee some say were pawns to achieve the real goal. die a long with the u.s die a long with the u.s. reporter: the recent actions,
chase and then becomes a hostage situation taking place in leesberg which is where wisdom martins starts us off. reporter: we have been able to confirm that the elderly couple that live inside the home, they are being held hostage by the suspect. and we ve been told that during the negotiation process police have been able to give the suspect a throw phone, that is a phone to negotiate with him during the negotiation process. this started at 11:30 this morning when an armed suspect walked into a jewelry store called the other kind of jewelry store and robd it and then ran away. police chased him into a neighborhood called donna manor. the chase continued and broke into a house and stole a gold jeep cherokee and abandoned that vehicle on 700 street southwest and then abandoned that vehicle where the elderly coup is being held hostage right you no. we ll take you where to you where this started at the jewelry store and you ll hear from the jewelry store owner describe w