Korea. The coordination, the negotiation, the facetoface visit, to north korea, from a senior official. Erin mcpike joins us from the white house. This is such great news for the families, for these two men. And also, it looks like a big win for the Obama Administration. Do we have background on this yet . How long officials had been working on this . Reporter we do know. It wasnt all that long. We found out about it out of the blue this morning. Thats what a lot of people are saying, that it happened very quickly. We found out after about 10 00 a. M. Or so this morning. We do know that on wednesday, James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence was supposed to be speaking in new york, at an event. That was canceled due to scheduling conflicts. Now, we know why. The Obama Administration sent him to north korea to secure the release of these two detainees, poppy. I also know that the Obama Administration, very quickly, came out this morning and said, there was no quid pro quo. No