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Matthew miller it the interviews came with restriction, which well talk about. But lets start with kenneth bae, he is in the upper right of your screen. North korea claims he was part of a christian plot to overthrow the government. Im serving 15 yearsentence right now. And ive been going back and forth from hospital to the labor camp the last year and a half. And right now im serving at the labor camp right now. Can you tell me about the conditions at the labor camp . Condition in labor camp is im working at hours a day, six days a week and working agricultural work to other hard labor that is required to do every day. Do you think youre being treated hue manly . Yes. And your message to your family . Well, im sure theyre very worried about my health at this time. And even though right now, like, last month and a half, my health has been or so, its been fairly so right now what i can say to my family and friends, to continue to pray for me and also ask them to continue on that for in ....
Sentenced to hard labor for quote, unquote, serious crimes. And Matthew Miller who says he sought asylum in the country. Here they were. I dont have any complaints. The food has been good. A daily walk with the guides. Even medical care has been furnished. A couple times. And hotel suite type of room. So i dont have any complaint about the treatment. Very good so far and i hope and pray it continues whether im here two more days or two more deck raids, whatever the case is. Reporter and the message to your family. Message is, ill come home as soon as i can. My family is the biggest thing on my mind right now. Ive got a wife and three schoolage kids that depend on me for support. And my motherinlaw is staying with us too, so there are six of us in our household. If this goes beyond the end of september, then im in grave danger of losing my job. Just when vacation benefits run out. And ill be out of a job, out of income. Im good for ....
Throughout the morning. you have a lot going on this morning. thank you, jennifer. welcome. 33 minutes after the hour, the sister of a u.s. citizen who s been sentenced to 15 years in a north korean labor camp is defending her brother. north korea state news agency says kenneth bay is guilty of hostile acts against the regime. his sister kerry chung tells anderson cooper that her brother should not be used as a political pawn. we just prayed and asked for leaders of both nations to please, just see him as one man, caught in between, and we just ask that he be allowed to come home. chung says her brother owns a travel agency and was in north korea on business. she claims he visited north korea five times without any problems last year before he was arrested all of a sudden in november. and for the first time ever, a woman is on the fbi s most wanted terrorist list. 65-year-old joanne chesimard, ....
and i m john berman. it is friday, may 3rd. 5:00 a.m. in the east. we have some major developments in the boston marathon terror investigation. a law enforcement source tells cnn that the bombs allegedly detonated by the tsarnaev brothers were built in tamerlan tsarnaev s apartment. also, the boston marathon was not their original target. tamerlan tsarnaev s body finally claimed by his family and we could find out as early this morning the actual cause of his death. his parents are demanding an independent autopsy. our jason carroll is in cambridge, massachusetts. good morning, jason. good morning to you. and we are out by the tsarnaev apartment building, and as you say, this, in some ways, is where it all began. this is where the bombs were made. but this the boston marathon was not the initial target, and, in fact, a law enforcement source tells us that the initial target was not the boston marathon, but it was going to be on the fourth of july. a u.s. law enfor ....