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Breaking news tonight, an 85-year-old american tourist detain in north korea for more than three weeks. he had travel arrangements but escorted off the plane. this is the second american held by the north korean government. he was arrested this time last year and sentenced to 15 years hard labor. kenneth is still being held. the newman family is in a similar flight. jeff newman joins me on the phone. thank you for talking with us. i can't imagine how worried you are about your dad. explain what he was doing in north korea. >> he went on a trip with another traveling companion, another resident...

And i, i'm sure would face different issues. but, no. >> colorado is probably most conservative district. it used to be 11th. coney mack's difference back in the day. they renourished it bay all the rest in the middle there it's not going to sit well there. >> no, i think this will follow him obviously for a long time to come. >> lisa, it's nice to see you. >> thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> the north korean government officials may have detained another united states citizen. that's according to a japanese media outlet. remember last november north korean imprisoned this missionary ken...

Will be announced on monday. disturbing new information regarding the death of cleveland kidnapper ariel castro. a new report released thursday states castro may not have committed suicide but rather died from auto erotic asphyxiation. the same report also states castro's prison guards falsified their logs of how many times they actually checked on him. the second american to orbit the earth has died at the age of 88. astronaut scott carpenter was the backup to john glenn and one of the mercury 7. besides being high up in space, carpenter loved exploring down below on the ocean floor. a ...

Into space just months later. he became the second american to orbit the earth in '62 at the helm of aurora 7 capsule. he circled the globe three times, up in space for less than five hours. scott carpenter never flew in space again but never stopped exploring. he lived in the sea lab in the '60s. efts part of our coverage team when john glenn returned to space at the age of 77. >> what do you reckon is going on in there? >> i wish i knew, but i don't. >> john glenn is now the only surviving member of the original mercury 7, a crew of genuine american heroes. john glenn is 92. let's go places....

Jan cisco jose garzon was required to surrender his passport. his license to operate a train has been suspended. today we learned a second american has died as a result of the derailment on thursday. she had been in rome to attend her daughter's wedding and was on her way to a festival with her husband. her death brings a total to 79. the justice department is making a bold move to take legal action in voting rights cases across the nation. this comes after the supreme court struck down a key section of the voting rights act that forced states with a history of discrimination to get approval f...