we ask that north korea release them so they can return home. the u.s. government is asking the north koreans to release a third american they re holding, kenneth bai were held for more than a year and a half serving hard labor for allege e edly trying to bring down the ra veem through religious activities. they think of them as leverage. as an american there you can be considered a very high value target if you re detained by their government. what does the volatile young leader want? he s acted erratically since december. his regime announced the trials after test firing two bra two b missiles. they re trying to get us to agree to nuclear arms control to accept them as a nuclear weapon state, which we can t do. if they can t get the nuclear concession ors a high level dick