china has bill faced tough questioning during her senate confirmation hearing because of her role running a covert detention site where waterboarding was used senior republican senator john mccain has urged his colleagues to reject her. three americans held prisoner by north korea are back in the united states after a world wind diplomatic mission by washington they flew home with secretary of state mark pompei o who traveled to p.r. ahead of the upcoming summit between the two countries leaders president gul trump who went to the airport to personally welcome the men sounded a note of optimism saying that the captives release was a positive sign. it was nearly three in the morning but the u.s. president and the first lady were on hand to greet the freed captives. this is a big step forward in the rapidly warming relations between the two longtime adversaries it s also a major p.r.