now, and in all seriousness, you think of otto war warmbier and the lives adversely impacted over the years, as a result of that absence of leadership, the failure to have this kind of a maximum pressure campaign that shows that the military option of the dying principle, diplomacy, military economics. kim jong un knows that the military option is real. this fantastic news, a lot of great developments, however, we have to be cautious, we have to keep that strategy off of maximum pressure. we have to put kim jong un to the test right away to make sure that this continues to stay real. we shouldn t be waiting until meeting three. and the president has a great team. it s only getting better. so hopefully it s successful. abby: sign that engagement and direct talk actually can lead to something positive. your thoughts on mike pompeo. because he is most recently been to north korea, meeting with kim jong un. the question is can he get through confirmation to be the next secretary of state?
bless his heart, otto was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for apparently trying to take a propaganda poster from a hotel. that s not the image that i have of my son in my heart. we were told early on by the past administration that we were urged to keep quiet and we accepted that. we ll be fine as a family as soon as you get home. hang in there, tiger boy. you re coming home. the department of state has secured the release of otto warmbier. we re also thankful to rex tillerson and to president trump. they wanted otto home. otto is not in great shape right now. he has been through a real tough time. he has not engaged in any purposeful movements or behaviors. otto has been terrorized and brutalized for 18 months. a young college student back home to his parents unresponsive and in a coma. i knelt down by his side and i hugged him and i told him i missed him and i was so glad that he made it home. i m able to wear the jacket
them and we re here to tell you north korea is not a victim. they re terrorists. they kidnapped otto, they tortured him. they intentionally injured him. they are not victims. they are terrorists. and we re here to tell the story of what it was like when we met otto at the airport or to share with you what it was like when we met otto at the airport. ainsley: well you said, we just want you home tiger boy and cindy, you said when you are home, we are going to be just fine. they sent him home in a coma and six days later he passes away. what was that like when you saw him for the first time after being gone, separated from him for a year and a half? we thought he was in a coma, but you couldn t call it a coma. when i talked to senator portman that morning, he said oat to otto was on a plane coming home and i asked him
poster. that s it. they contain him for a year and a half, and his parents said they tortured him. tortured him so badly it caused him to die. we interviewed them and they said this is what happened when they saw him for the first time when they when his plan leaned on the tarmac and they went on to the plane to see their son. they said it was time for our family to go to the plane. and otto was on the stretcher across in the plane. and he was jerking violently, making these inhuman sounds. otto had a shaved head. he had a feeding tube coming out of his nose. he had he was staring blankley into space jerking violently. he was blind. he was deaf. as we looked at him and tried to comfort him, it looked like someone had taken a pair of pliers and rearranged his bottom teeth. how can you question what a
that he wore. i just wanted to pass on word that otto warm beer has just passed away. i haven t ever seen him that disturbed or emotional in a very long time. our thoughts and our prayers remain with his wonderful family. ainsley: tough to watch. otto warmbier s parents are heehere. thank you for being here. why did you decide you wanted to tell your story now? thanks for having us, ainsley. it s been three months since otto has died and we buried him. and our family has had time to come together and process this horrible situation, do some healing. but now we see north korea claiming to be a victim and that the world is picking on