he's died less than a week after his release boy pyongyang. his family -- release by pyongyang. his family believes he was torched while in captivity for 17 months. his passing quickly sparking anger in washington. senator john mccain, a former prisoner himself, making his anger very clear. he says, "let us state the facts plainly -- otto warmbier, an american citizen, was murdered by the kim jong-un regime." >> high-level talks between the u.s. and china begin tomorrow in washington. there's growing pressure on president trump to take a harder line with beijing to help rein in north korea. listen to the president's reaction to warmbier's death. >> otto warmbier has just passed away. he spent a year in north korea. a lot of bad things happened. at least we got him home to be with his parents where they were so happy to see him even though he was in very tough condition. he just passed away a little while ago.