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North korea's claim that botulism led to this coma. his father is speaking out. criticizing the obama administration and thanking the trump state department for quote bringing otto home. >> one of the early medical findings is warmbier is missing parts of his brain tissue. not physically, but not active. it doesn't comport with botulism. >> we don't know what happened to him. >> it seems suggestive of something present over time. we will stay on that. republican senators right now are supposedly working behind closed doors on a new health care bill. you haven't heard much about it because th...

The obama administration holding them partly responsible for his son's condition. heather: otto warmbier is suffering extensive brain tissue loss. this is really heartbreaking. >> reporter: it has been three days since american college student otto warmbier arrived home after being released by north korea, the rogue nation claims he contracted botulism more than a year ago but doctors caring for him say there is no evidence to back that up. his neurological condition described as, quote, a state of unresponsive wakefulness. >> he shows no signs of understanding language, he has not engaged in ...

Let's bring in fox news correspondent, addison barber who is in cincinnati with the latest. ellison? >> the doctors treating otto warmbier say he's in a state of unresponsive wakefulness. they say he has severe loss of brain tissue and has not spoken. >> he has spontaneous eye openings and blinkings. however, he shows no signs of understanding language. responding to verbal commands or awareness of his surroundings. >> the doctors say that these injuries are normally associated with cardio pulmonary arrest. they say right now there's no way to know what led to otto being in this state. warmbie...

Denied him top-notch medical care for so long. >> doctors say warmbier suffered extensive loss of brain tissue. no word on the cause. out of respect for the family, they would not comment on his prognosis or future treatment. >> john: thank you. state department says the u.s. envoy who traveled to north korea to bring otto warmbier home also made contact with three other americans detained. the administration is not commenting on the medical conditions of those prisoners. spokeswoman says that u.s. hopes the other americans will be able to return home. we will go live to nationals park in wash...

No signs of understanding language. responding to verbal commands or awareness of his surroundings. he has not spoken. this pattern of brain injury, however, is usually seen as result of cardio pulmonary arrest where the blood supply to the brain is inadequate for a period of time resulting in the death of brain tissue. >> dr. gupta is with us. he's a neuro surgeon. as you just heard extensive brain damage shows no current signs of botulism, what do you think could have happened? >> when you talk about the degree of brain damage that he had and it's tough to talk about but it was sort of invol...