A record high chance or albion medical announces the nationwide lockdown will be extended into january. But restrictions will be eased over the Christmas Holidays and outgoing u. S. President donald trump pardons his former National Security advisor, Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to a lying to the f. B. I. During its investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 president ial election on the welcome to the show one of the greatest Football Players ever to have graced the pitch as no longer with us argentinian superstar Diego Armando maradona, died on wednesday, after suffering a heart attack at only 60 years of age. He was revered around the world and worshiped and his home country ever since he kept and argentina 2 world cup victory and 986. Lets take a look back at his life. A life of extremes, full of ups and downs. His doctor at his side. This is the last public photo of diego, armando modeled on her after a successful brain operation. Early november. Hed been visibly ill for some time. He was the coach for a top argentinian team, but the 60 year old was having trouble staying on his feet. Marathon i grew up in a pole suburb of warner said is his rise to stardom was meaty. Are his goals spectacular . The striker with the number 10 shirt had his career highlight at the 986 world cup in mexico. He dribbled his way through, confused and helpless. Defensive lines. His hand assisted goal against england will go down in history. Marathoner later, mischievously called it the hand of god. He became a National Hero in argentina. But after the great rise came the fall, he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for years. After his brain surgery, he was going through detox, but marathoner suffered a heart attack. The magical and talented marathoner will now receive a state funeral fitting for one of the greatest footballers. If not the greatest of all time. I just how many lies maradona touched became apparent in the hours immediately after news of his death broke thousands of stunned football fans in argentina, spain and italy poured onto the streets to honor and celebrate their late idol. The argentine government has a clear 3 days of National Mourning and even the pope expressed his sorrow as celebration of life to honor the death of a hero. Sizings of fans gathered at the oval eskin when his aires, in commemoration of the football great, very sad. I have no words to describe such pain. I think he has some love for their set. Got his day at the legend of marriage. Ana is global victorians or paul steiger views, and he was a superstar. He was truly great and he is especially remembered in the cities where he played like barcelona michel when i came to visit him. If you know she was well, you know, since i was born, maradona was always a presence. He was a god for the whole world in a fishbowl or he was the best of the best bar. 6 in naples with the fans and wont forget the 2 italian championships, they won. Gerry maradona time in their city ground 00100 the morning. This is a sign of that we will hold up all over naples. His death has rocked the world to fit ball tributes are flooding in from the sports biggest stars, including one from his compatriot and successor, lionel messi. Even the vatican has expressed condolences. Pope francis, who is also argentinean, and then i didnt love her himself, had met mary donna, on many occasions, we have the former Football Player in his prayers, remembering him with affection. The rest of the world is following suit. Earlier i spoke to journalist James Granger in one of cyrus and asked him what the mood was like in maradonas hometown. Lets have a listen. I mean, as you can expect, one of overwhelming sadness, grief. Theres some celebration in there of course, as well because of his achievements and more he did for the National Team especially. But, you know, its, im talking to, you know, the camera in the background. There are thousands of people, you know, the list, which is one of the landmarks and one of our years. And theyre all, you know, dancing and celebrating his life as much as they are mourning. The government has to create 3 days of National Mourning something unheard of for a Football Player, frankly, but to argentinians, he was much more than just that. Right . Yeah, i mean, marathons personal story obviously pay plays a lot into that. But i think it really what he, what he was was an example of what you can achieve. It was a guy who grew up in of the show shanty town in overwhelming poverty. You know, stated, aim was, he wanted to play in order to buy a house for his model, which obviously he did and then some. And i think really what he did was break through a ceiling back to 64. And the worldwide thing that he achieved, obviously shows that time was appreciated well by and i think really will go into a period now if you will of grief for almost everyone that learns from maradona inspired a whole generation of argentinian Football Players. Messi. Of course, the most prominent among them. Whats his legacy going to be on and off the pitch . Well, i mean, its difficult to say, i mean, murder messes of similar on the pitch in many ways, but the so different in terms of carrots. I think what, you know, president albert to finance today said that, you know, diego was a genuine man and thats very true. Is someone who spoke his mind always, no matter what trouble it got him self in. And i think, you know, in terms of his coaching career, his legacy will not be so strong, but the memories that hes forged, i mean, he took argentina in his chosen sport to as high as they could possibly go. And i think those that kind of, that kind of achievement will never quite be matched on the same level. Given the way that the way that he played in the way that he was an inspiring, i mean everyone wanted to watch James Granger and when osiris thank you very much. Now its my pleasure. You know, some other stories making news around the world. If hell be as Prime Minister, ill be off the lead has asked the International Community not to interfere in the conflict in this countrys take right region. His government has warned the regions leaders to surrender or face an assault on their capital. City. Hundreds have already been killed in the government offensive, and many others displaced. Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the chilean capital santiago to support legislation, allowing them to withdraw up to 10 percent of their pension funds, early opposition. Lawmakers say it would help them to cope with the current economic crisis. Chiles Unemployment Rate has tripled during the pendency. Hundreds of protesters have marched through a colombian capital of bogota on the International Day for the elimination of violence against women. There were similar rallies around the globe to demand justice for gender crimes. Other latin american countries taking part include europe, wide, chile and mexico and peru. It wont be easy, but we will try. Those were chancellor merkels words as she presented an extension of germanys coronavirus restrictions. The measures in place since early november will remain in place until the new year with a temporary relaxation over christmas. Her announcement came on the same day. Germanys daily death toll from cope at 19 surged to a record high new infection rate just still not falling fast enough. Thats why the German Government is tightening restrictions. No. To save christmas, the countrys most important family holiday. We need another big effort, patience, solidarity, and discipline will be put to the taste. Once again. Social contacts will be tightened until december 20th, only 5, people from 2 different households gather privately, recommend dish, and already know its a rule. Children under 14 are exams. The hope is that families to come together over christmas and new year in groups of 10 schools will stay open in december. But holidays will start a few days early this year to allow families to quarantine before festivities begin. The tradition of new years eve will also be limited on fireworks displays in busy streets and squares. The idea is to avoid big parties in crowds. He shouldnt become a risk when we start the new year in january. We want to still be at the level weve achieved with all these precautionary measures, including the states can tighten measures depending on regional and local infection rates. Leaders will meet again, mid december and fiction numbers dont go down. The measures could be extended through january when the us President Donald Trump has pardoned former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn. Trump announced the part in a tweet saying that slim could now have a quote fantastic thanksgiving. Pleaded guilty to lying to the f. B. I. About interactions. He had with fresh as ambassador to the United States. He later withdrew his guilty plea, accusing investigators of and trap it. At the highest profile, pardon granted by truong, since he took office wonders. A reporter Matthew Moore has been following the story and he joins me now. Matthew, take us back here for a 2nd. Who is Michael Flynn and what role did he play . So general Michael Flynn was one of earliest his loudest. His brushes supporters on the campaign trail back in 2016, very high profile baka lending his credibility to trump a time when everybody thought he had no chance of winning the presidency. And for his efforts, he was rewarded in the trumpet ministration with the post of National Security adviser. And he lasted 24 days before he was sacked because you lie to Vice President my pants about conversations he had had with the Russian Ambassador to the United States. He also lied to f. B. I. Investigators who were investigating this to getting story allegations that the trunk campaign had colluded with russian officials are rushing actors to help when the u. S. Election. And that was those lies that he talked to investigators go on in this mess and ultimately led to the muller investigation which went on for years and we know of and he played flynn, pled guilty and core to telling those lies. And he remains today view only white house official to being convicted as part of the russian investigators. And of course tom, just given him a pardon. Now, president s issue pardons all the time, especially when theyre on their way out of the white house. What makes this one in particular so controversial is true because because penalty talking about controversial president ial pardons. This ones special because its unusual in that it involves a crime which the president is embroiled in. So its not completely separate issue. This is about whether or not and the store questions today, but whether or not tom and the campaign have had help or sought help colluded with russian officials and sought because of that. Its got a special meaning and there are still lots and lots and lots of people in the trump sphere who either face charges or where convicted in the last 3 or 4 years. And the questionnaire that people are asking is, how far is trump willing to go . Lets look at the bigger picture. How does trumps pardoning record compared to that of other president s before him . Ok, yes. So president s have used president ial pardon powers judiciously in the past. Bill clinton pardoned over 450 people when he was president , including his own brother. And he was heavily criticized for pardoning a financier who gifted huge amounts of money to the clinton family. So there are, there have been historical precedents for this. And historians will say, look, this is nothing new, this is pretty much in line with toms behavior. But they may also say dont count against trampling something that we havent seen before, of the ha in the next few weeks. Right, in the way, a reporter, Matthew Moore. Thank you so much for your now this youre watching w. News live from berlin up next, a documentary about the u. S. Soon on a war. And there died after being sentenced to 15 years and a north korean labor camp and 2016. I call it anthony howard. Well have more news for you at the top of the hour. Im nichelle fairly for me and the entire news team here in berlin. Thanks for tuning in to parliament. Everyone knows he was despite coming from a poor family, the pop star wants to become president. Challenges and god doesnt know. Good story. Starts december 10th, d. W. And airfields near atlanta emergency doctor mike for the kicker is embarking on a special mission destination. North korea. They said this is a medical evacuation. We need you to go and bring him out a mission to retrieve u. S. Citizen on a warm beer last seen in public 14 months earlier. A prisoner of the regime of north korea warmongering between rivals, kim jong un and donald trump is at its peak. They will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen a silent mission on a difficult route. We elected not to hear south korea, china, or russia to help us plan the mission. Days later on a warm beer is back home, but hes fatally ill. Severe brain damage says the coroner, because unknown was a torture for me as parents become pawns in a game played by president trump, who later announces that the north Korean Leader knew nothing about warm beer. Oh, i can do is shake my head right today. When the state department sends emergency dr. Mike flick, if youre to north korea, his plane of choice is still in africa, the carrier phoenix there often evacuated bola patients. But for this mission, flock together insists on the best plane and the best team. He doesnt even tell his family where hes headed so i didnt tell them exactly where id been a till the mission was over because it was becoming more and more apparent that this was a special mission. I told him i was going to korea to pick up patients. I did not say north korea, phoenix errors headquarters. A 2nd team led by chief operator. Den thompson has to solve a logistical problem. The plane will not be allowed to refuel in pyongyang. Currently there are certain sanctions that are in place between the Us Government and the north korean government. And for us to pay for anything that we would have to get special permits, which we simply did not have time to do. On the morning of june 10th 2017, a saturday, the plane takes off on its mission, is joined by 2 male nurses and 2 u. S. State department representatives. With refueling stops in montana and alaska their flight takes them halfway around the globe to northern japan. And hopefully on to pyongyang, the outskirts of cincinnati, ohio, on a warm beer grew up here in the suburb of wyoming. Im at 1st, his parents dont answer our inquiries. They arent seeking the spotlight. The town has modest and affluent neighborhoods. Auto warm beers father runs a medium sized business. Although the oldest of 3 children is the pride of both his family and his high school graduation, he holds the commencement address. His future is mapped out college in virginia, a scholarship, a planned semester abroad in hong kong, but 1st, a new years adventure, north korea. He books through a chinese travel agency. Its slogan, we take you to destinations, your mother would rather you stay away from he joins an international group. They have a great time. Hes left with an indelible bonhomie. He was such a lovely, lots of people who were on that. So a little ops. Absolutely. Eversley says, every year the agency touts their dazzling travel highlight the alcohol flows freely, the tour guides make sure everyones in a good night ahead. Yeah, i get there all nights are long and pyongyangs only hotel for foreigners and those group has fun too. It isnt clear whether they also took on the challenge of the forbidden 5th floor, but many tourists have done so in the past. And it still it is the staff floor with hallways full of propaganda slogans. You know, the hotel Surveillance Center is also located here. Tourists are usually just admonished to them. They act innocent and run off this new years eve. However, the cameras capture someone taking a poster from the wall. It is 1. 57 am. And it is according to the trial on a warm beer instead of leaving north korea with the others on january 2nd, hes taken into custody on c. R. To simply have the top of the show to guts, to come away with a laugh. And lee said, thats the last well have a sea of you on because we got on so well off also its just me. But of course there was a huge i would be in my way. We thought she didnt know what was going to hop a book that was the last time anyone us the show had 2 months later, north koreas propaganda televises. A staged confession. I entirely begged government of the day for your forgiveness. I didnt make the worst mistake of my whole life, but we think its never should have allowed myself to be a more United States administration to commit a crime in this country. A show trial with obviously coerced statements, perhaps in exchange for a pardon. 16 days later, warm beer discovers that his hopes were in vain. He has publicly sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for subversive activities. His condition from this point on remains uncertain. Just shortly before takeoff, dr. Mike flook eager is given the few details known about warm beers condition. I had one small written note, one paragraph about his condition, saying he was in a coma. That young friendship possible. Thats really all i knew except that he had been hospitalized for 15 months. Was fluking or worried about the threat of war . Not really. He says, i think i have felt that the relationship between north korea and the us had been bad for a while. No, i thought if this door had opened to bring a warm beer back then and there in negotiations to east things a little bit. In fact, north koreas sudden diplomatic efforts surprises. The u. S. Negotiators. Mickey bergman is one of them. Since one beers a rest, he had been trying to gain access to him with the help of u. N. Contacts. Bergman works together with bill richardson, the former governor of new mexico and former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Hardly any other team is as experienced in dealing with pyongyang as they are. In general, the only available the rick channel that we have of the people to represent the united nations. In this case, the individuals of people that know the governor from before they know me from before. So thats of the record channel. But at the end of the day, they are not decision makers. And if you want to get to a deal, when you want to get to an understanding, you have to be there in person. So the 1st priority is ok. How do we get ourselves invited to know if the area to make sure that we can talk to the people who can make decisions about this . It was different in that you knew that auto warm beer by the North Koreans was considered Something Special because he was from the midwest. He was an attractive young man and he was an allamerican. Boy. You knew this one was special because it got a lot of t. V. Coverage from north korea. The trial where the young man was in trauma. He was very upset and he was carried around and you knew that this was a very sensitive time and United States north korea relations. So the North Koreans you knew early on would use them as a bargaining chip to get Something Back from the United States. They always use Political Prisoners as bargaining chips. They want something in return. Would that be typical that u. S. Inmates suffered physical talk show of physical violence . The North Koreans are very tough on interrogations, and their prisons are not ideal. Sometimes they make these Political Prisoners work in the fields. Still. Laborers involved. Do they specifically torture . I dont have any evidence that they do. Did they treat the prisoners . Well . No. I think where the North Koreans fall short has just been International Standards of allowing consular visits. Sometimes they do, sometimes they dont. It depends on the prize of the prisoner that they hope they want to dramatize it as much as they can. Insiders call these contacts between north koreas u. N. Representatives and people like richards, the new york channel. For a long time, its been the only connection between the 2 countries here at the palm restaurant. It is kept alive with steak and lobster over meetings that take place every few weeks. Mickey bergman believes hes close to a breakthrough. Hes told to come to pyongyang. We got the invitation. And when i went there, even on the plane on the way, i did have that fantasy in my mind that im coming back with photo swedish diplomats also pressure pyongyang. There is a meeting of diplomats and all slow, but no progress is made. I was told that look, dont, dont be disparaged. Theres a saying in korea that he takes the files on hacks to bring down the tree. And my response was, i hope i dont need to come back again. You know, however, more times than all to get it happen, but i get the message. The camera getem seems to buy time, keen to use warm beer as an asset. Kim wont negotiate until he feels protected by his new nuclear weapons. In the use of me at the un general assembly, north koreas delegation ignores both the threats and the insults made by the newly elected us president. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission for himself and for his regime. North korea is still studying Donald Trumps behavior waiting for new insights. The Obama Administration and north korean relationship was not good. The policy was strategic patience, more sanctions, more sanctions, the North Koreans. They werent happy with that obviously. And they saw in a new administration, well maybe, you know, we show that were ready to deal and auto warm beer is, is the closest think that to a concession but what was it that convinced beyond yang to allow ailing on a warm beer to be evacuated does the regime believe america will be grateful or is warm beer already so weak that they just dont want him to die as their prisoner asks himself the same questions until his crew suffers the 1st setback. When they reach the porro, that evening, their flight seems doomed. The local Flight Control center doesnt have the information it needs. The plane is grounded. They told me that the japanese air Traffic Control because there was no relationship with north korea, did not want to let us fly directly to north korea. That would, they would have to send us to another route to a country that they did have a relationship with. And that at that point we would fly in and call back up to the u. S. Department of state and got a very high level person on the phone. And i said, heres a situation unless you can intercede and resolve this. This trip is over. After night, time crisis calls with Government Officials, japans Prime Minister eventually gives the go ahead. The next morning, plane receives clearance to fly from sapporo to pyongyang, a flight route that doesnt officially exist. When the plane was probably 100, miles east of the north korean ballenger e. , the japanese air Traffic Controller said were now terminating serve service. North korea is in front of you have a nice day and then turned off the radio. The Pyongyang Airport contacts the plane by radio hours later on the ground team is thats accorded to the building where warm beer has been hospitalized. For months. We were dropped off at the front door of the hospital and the company down a hallway up the stairs. And when we entered the room, there were 2 doctors and 4 nurses. One was the chief of staff of the hospital and one was the doctor who had been charge of ottos care during the time that he had been in the hospital. And so they said you can examine auto. My 1st impression was hes not in a coma. He was awake, he had his eyes open, he was not responsive, purposefully responsive, but he was reactive to noise and touch. So on. And the doctors and nurses confirm that examines warm beer masks the doctors, more questions. It was a standard physical exam. I listened to his heart and lungs checked his eyes, pupils did a neurologic exam as best i could. I had wife elvis, enough time to examine. Thats when i started asking questions, they said, oh lets, lets go out to the finish. Your exam then will go talk. You must have had also on your mind what happened to make him as to a condition, right . Absolutely. But what did you think . Well, the North Koreans had 2 possible explanations. One was botulism poisoning which they cannot test for. They said he had eaten a pork meal as he the day went into prison and could he have had botulism poisoning which can cause you to stop breathing, but it would not happen that quickly in general didnt sound very possible. The other was that they had given him to said it is on the night he went in because he was very agitated and that either he had a bad reaction or they gave him too much that they said that themselves, did you have a feeling in north korea that the doctors were hiding something from you. I certainly was looking for signs of torture. Could. Could this be torture and wat . I concluded from my physical exam was that i could not see any signs of torture. I had the feeling they were, they were forthcoming with their information and didnt seem that they were hiding anything. And we examined all of his skin and found no evidence of any skin breakdown after a hospitalization that winks. Thats pretty remarkable. So that to me, indicated that he got good kerry got attentive care and yeah, thats an indicator that you have in mind the parents waiting. Not knowing that something that you never know in the whole time, the whole time we were there. Since warm beers, parents still wont talk to us, we talk to people, they have been more open with a 2 hours drive from new york, we meet one of them. The warm beers had turned to him for help early on. A former diplomat with korean experience. We discuss what strategic patience means for the families. Should they remain silent to keep from endangering negotiations or not. There. During many, many hours of rather emotional conversations that we had on the phone. I began to hear this argument from them and i pushed back against that. And i gave them evidence that there were efforts being made not just efforts by me and others civilians, but people in the government. But i also made the point to them that something was different about the way that autos case was being handled. And it made the normal diplomatic intervention that you would expect to work with. The North Koreans that made that ineffective the warm beers have even stopped talking to auto school. Month after month goes by with no sign of life from their son. Nobody knows that in far away north korea. He was seen from the outset as a prisoner of war, with no access to diplomats following trumps inauguration. Parents speak out and accuse the Obama Administration of failure. Although they met with his secretary of state john kerry several times. They confide in trumps Favorite Network sox news, easy prey for their hosts, ongoing partisan crusade against obamas democrats. And john kerry was secretary of state at the time to just get to him when that was said and what was the outcome of that nice guy. Nice person, if you in any way, totally exasperated and overwhelmed with north korea. Totally. Did he help you in anyone . No, absolutely not. Did anyone in the state Department Help you in any way . No, absolutely not. The 1st thing, after i got the phone call was to teach you read that state department, log on. No one to write korea before you let him go out and which someone from the state department, so that other words, many owing you, for the kidnapping and imprisonment of your son was your fault. That was the message from the state department that they acted like that we were ignorant. Thanks to clay for letting him go and we feel we should arrange judge to you and blamed you for your sons kidnapping by the north korean government. Like it was your fault, thats what you got when you reset the u. S. Government for help. And they asked us to stay quiet because they said its bad our for everyone involved. You know, better for the bureaucrats because nobody knows how little theyre doing when nobody talks about it to give a message for this new state department for secretary killers. And would you like him to do . You sure. Id like to work with him to bring out how he can make a difference. Here. Hes a do or maybe disrespectful to ask for that president. Trump. I ask you, bring my son. If you can make a difference here. I pray this is rob, thanks a lot for joining us. One thing i know for sure has not been a friend thats lost the kids. And thats something that i was talking to. And cindy wont be or throughout. Is that those things take time . Doesnt mean you need to sit back and trust that the government is doing everything for you because the government has complex texts of interests. But it takes time and on average, north korea, its between a year and a half in 2 years. And in all of the scenarios that ive ever imagined working on this and we worked on it for about 18 months, i always imagine that it does get resolved and does come home. And i had never imagined all this time the scenario of what actually ended up happening. What upset me was that it took them a year to admit that he was in a coma. They never told us that the north korean contacts we had said that they did know either that he was in a coma. Thats possible. He was control the young man auto by the security services, and they dont communicate with each other. This is a country of enormous secrecy, only the top, only the top echelon knows whats going on and they decide who gets the information within their own government. The north korean doctors hand over their c. T. Scans of warm beers brain to dr. Flickinger. He writes a report, but still warm beer is a prisoner. The door opens and here comes the judge in a judges robe. He goes to that same spot. I was in and he conducted a little 10 minute Court Hearing to commute or set. So he was still a prisoner, he had to have an official hearing to release him. And then at that point they brought in all those belongings and they wanted us to go through them piece by piece and check it off. We said, just give us his passport, his wallet, just give us everything. On june 13th, 2017, on a warm beer, finally leaves north korea. The vibration noise of the airplane was, was really difficult for him and it made him stiffen almost as if he were having a convulsion. So we gave small doses of the standard, those sedating drugs and 2 nurses. And i said, talk to each other about how do we want the parents to see him . Do we want him to be fully awake or do we want him to be calm and sedated . And he said it should be calm and sedated. Crew flies home via their planned around until the white house administrations claims of success. Create another mishap. At the president s direction, the department of state has secured the release of auto warm beer from north korea is all his way in route home to be read not reunited with his family. We began to talk with the Ground Handling people at Cincinnati International, and they said the media was showing up truck after truck and it was getting out of control. And we said, look, we highly recommend that we change the arrival airport from Cincinnati International airport to lumpkin Regional Airport one beers parents. And his 2 younger siblings are waiting outside the hangar. The rescue team decides to give them time on board alone with auto we all understood what a terrible situation this was. For them. We escorted them onto the plane 15 minutes out from the airport. We had given him another dose of the sedative, and he was very calm and quiet. The minute parents got up there, started talking to him, he woke up. So as it was my impression of the nurses impression that yeah, he had some level recognize his parents, boys, it was good. I think so. You know, he just merely woke up and it was kind of in that agitated state so hard to watch. Fred warm beer later describes their reunion. I knelt down by his side and i hugged him and i told him i missed him and i was so glad that he made it home. Since the airport doesnt have the necessary equipment, warm beer is carried from the plane. While his mother and father look on this will be the last public photograph of him for a long time. She and i firmly believe that he fought to stay alive through the worst that the North Koreans could put him through in order to return to the family and community he loves. But the hope that he recovers is short lived. He shows no signs of understanding language responding to verbal commands or awareness of his surroundings. A week later, the family gives up. They have all life support systems switched off. Auto warm beer dies, fred and cindy warm beer continue to stay out of the limelight. But when north korea itself claims to be the victim in the case, they make another appearance on fox news. They describe all those return home in stark terms. Otto had a shaved head. He had a feeding tube coming out of his nose. He had he would. He was staring blankly into space, jerking violently, he was inclined he was deaf as we looked at him and tried to comfort him. It looked like someone had taken a pair of pliers and rearranged his bottom. Within 2 days of otto being home, his fever spiked to 104. 00 degrees. He had a large scar on his right foot. North korea is not a victim their terrorist. A todays droid hate. They purposely and intentionally injured ato. With no evidence. d from twitters great interview, on who was tortured beyond belief by north korea before and also with no evidence. A Government Official had told the New York Times that although had been repeatedly beaten however, neither the hospital nor the coroner, we consulted, found any evidence of torture. But what was the cause of death