biden said. all of america is waiting to welcome you home. that is what he told newman in that phone conversation, victor. >> all of the people are waiting for newman to come home and kenneth bae. what about the custody battle for bae? >> reporter: exactly. kenneth bae was arrested in november of 2012. he was sentenced in may to 15 years of hard labor. vice president biden said that the north koreans need to release bae immediately. former new mexico governor bill richardson says the same thing. even jeff newman called on the north koreans to do the same thing for bae that they did for his father. >> that effort continues. cnn's athena jones covering the release of 85-year-old veteran merrill newman. thank you. >> great news. this morning, a deadly winter storm is hammering cities across the country. the southwest, rain, sleet and