north koreanian state media released video of 85-year-old merrill newman reading a handwritten policy. in u.s. and western countries there is misleading information and propaganda about reporter: they say he s guilty of big crimes when he fought for the u.s. in the korean war. and now 60 years later, planning to try to meet up with anti-come myist grill las. but was he coerced into a confession? the two biggest signs were imperfect english and the second sign is all the languages that praises the regime. i think those with dead give aways that it wasn t written by merrill newman. reporter: his case is especially concerning due to his angle and no one is sure what north korea is up to. they seem to have ratcheted
horrific results on railways. human error and/or equipment failures. this stunning video of a passenger train crash in spain last summer becomes even more so when you hear what authorities have found. spanish officials now indicate the train was racing at well over 100 miles an hour, more than twice the posted limit. 79 people died when it flew off the tracks and 170 others were injured. everyone was just covered in their own blood and occasionally the blood of others. it was gruesome, to say the least. reporter: but spanish authorities are also investigating whether the train company should have installed better safety systems to compensate for an engineer running too fast. after all, that same month in canada, at least 42 people were killed when officials say a series of human errors sent a freight train full of oil barreling into a town, where it crashed and exploded.
we are not releasing any of the interview information until all of the interviews have been conducted. is there any reason to believe those brakes might have been tampered with? at this point, there s no reason to believe that there was any sabotage in the brakes or the equipment or the trackage. what are you learning from the surveillance video that you ve obtained showing this crash? well, the surveillance video came from a bridge nearby, but it s a small part of the image, so the video is not very high quality. we ve sent it back to the laboratories in washington, d.c. to see if the images can be enhanced. can you describe, though, in rough terms, what you have seen? i haven t personally seen the video. i ve just had it described to me. no, i can t say that i ve seen it. can you tell us how it was described to you? well, what was described was
information. she s joining us now with details. barbara, what are you learning? reporter: well, wolf, swedish diplomats have visited this elderly veteran to bring him his heart medication, but of course, his family wants him home. killed three innocent reporter: north korean state media released video of detained american tourist, 85-year-old merrill newman reading a handwritten apology. and u.s. and western countries, there is misleading information and propaganda. reporter: newman admits he s guilty of big crimes when he fought for the u.s. in the korean war and now 60 years later, planning to try to meet up with anti-communist guerillas but was he coerced in a confession? the two biggest signs are the imperfect english in the statement as it was read by an american. the second sign is all the language that praises the regime. i think both of these things are
rages on. cnn s fred pleitgen got rare access on the front lines of that battle in the most critical city. reporter: it s a war of snipers in this damascus suburb. .. we re on the front lines with government forces. sources say their mission is to stop rebels from vancil. it s pretty much every day they try to attack our positions, they say. it happens in the morning, the afternoon, the evening at night and when we see them. we shoot. they are in the buildings only a few yards away. this is what it looks like when the army releases it on the other side. soldiers gave us this video, that show us attacking rebels as they try to fortify one of their positions. this area is deeply scarred by the war, and heavy clashes could