there s no excuse for the way the north koreaps treated our son. and no excuse for the way they have treated so many others. i call on them to release the other americans being held. no other family should have to endure what the warmbiers have. emotional to say the least ron mitt in cincinnati this afternoon. first of all, do we have an update at all on otto s condition? not at this hour, craig. the hospital is holding a news conference here at 3:00 eastern time. the medical team that is caring otto is going to update the public and we ll get details about whether these professionals believe that his coma was caused by the bot chew his m sleeping pill explanation given by the north koreans. you mentioned his father fred holding a news conference this morning. his wife cindy was at the hospital with otto. he he was very matter of fact throughout the conference but got emotional towards the end of
otto. just last question to you, fred. he s not the only detainee from the u.s. in north korea. there have been others recently. are you concerned that perhaps your son and those other detainees could be used by north korea or looked upon as possible bargaining chips to gain leverage when it comes to escalating tensions with the united states? certainly, but cindy and i have made the decision not to engage in politics or diplomacy here, so we want to our administration has big problems to focus on concerning north korea, and and we feel that they can manage two things at once if they choose to do so. one is focus on the big picture of the north korea/u.s. relations, and in addition to that we hope and pray that they focus on otto and the other detainees and they do two things at once, so we we re hopeful
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