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Japan. he arrived in tokyo earlier today. his visit comes amid a growing dispute between japan and china over china's recent claim of a large swathe of air space in the region. anna coren has details on the dispute and the vice president's mission to asia. >> u.s. vice president joe biden arrives in japan as part of a week-long trip to asia, amid new tensions here in the asia-pacific region. as far as china's announcement of an air defense identification zone over disputed territory between china and japan. well, last week, the united states got involved flying unarmed b-52 bombers over the ar...

For pyongyang to set free merrill newman pictured on the right and kenneth bay. new man was snatched from a plane just minutes before he was to leave in october. for bae, he was arrested a year ago in november. the sister spoke to cnn's new day earlier delling us her family is now worried about his health. >> he's been in the hospital since august 5th. he's had some medical conditions pre-existent prior to north korea. he had diabetes. he had enlarged heart. hypertension and my understanding is while he was in labor camp, some of his injuries from before he had some back injuries and a radiati...

Following north korea's usual pattern of releasing americans after getting a purported confession. >> so this is baffling. but this is a new regime of the new leader. and i suspect he's sending different signals but nobody knows what those signals are. >> richardson has some of the best contacts in this country with north korean leaders. so the fact that they're not responding is of some concern. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> still to come here on "around the world," a group of wounded veterans trekking across antarctica and they've got a british royal in tow. we'll check in on them and...

>> some are wondering if perhaps it's a case of life imitating art. walker, of course, starred for years with vin diesel in the drag racing speed chasing blockbuster series. now, an investigator says the porsha he was riding in on saturday night crashed into a light pole and burst into the flames. >> it killed walker and his racing team partner. about 30 miles north of hollywood. a video posted on youtube shows the fire just moments after that horrific crash. >> cnn's alan duke was at the scene of the crash saturday night. joins us now. alan, new details seem to be coming out hourly almost on ...

Welcome back, everyone. we've got an update now on sunday's fatal commuter train crash in the bronx. investigators say the second of two data recorders has now arrived in washington. >> the ntsb is hoping it will explain why the cars left the tracks, killing four people. a spokeswoman for the rail line says the train didn't have video cameras on board and the crews are not allowed to use cell phones. she also says the track pass the a recent inspection. >> the united states no safer from terror today than it was two years ago. that's what the leaders of the house and senate intelligence commit...