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reality that the return of matthew miller and kenneth bae does not resist. bae and miller were the last americans known to be held in north korea. part of the state department, clapper s visit came after north korea contacted the u.s. government unexpectedly about two weeks ago. he delivered a letter addressed to kim jong-un. u.s. leaders credit china for securing the release in beijing where he is attending a sum, president obama talked about the successful mission. obviously, i m incredibly thankful to jim clapper for the efforts that he made and i couldn t be happier for the families as we enter the holidays to let them know their loved ones are back. they say the release did not fall on north korean relation, saying that could only happen as they abandoned their nuclear weapons program. some believed a report documenting the human rights abuses may have prompted the release. that i are concerned kim jong-un could face an zooimt dime by international criminal cou ....
arabia and we ll speak to one man volunteering to receive 100 lashes on behalf of a saudi blogger found guilty of insulting islam. but first, snow is still falling in new england and the impact of this storm will be felt for days to come. yes, it will. the massachusetts coastline got the brunt of the storm. hurricane force wind gusts and a storm surge caused flooding and property damage as well. power is back on for some people on nantucket island. that s good news. but thousands more remain in the dark and in the cold. the flooding was more intense and a lot higher than predicted, and it wasn t until late last night that we realized although it was 35 degrees, it was going to continue to snow. that s when we really started realizing that we had a bigger problem than what we originally anticipated. but we were prepared, but i don t know how anybody can be prepared entirely when you lose all your communications and electricity electricity. the blizzard dumped up to ....
a japanese hostage. and a smashing success. apple posts the largest profit in corps history, massive sales of the iphone 6 and surging demand in china. thanks for joining us everyone. it is 4:00 p.m. in tokyo. japanese prime minister shinzo abe says his government is working together to win the release of isis hostage kenji goto. isis released a new public of new picture of goto holing a picture of the jordanian pilot captured last month. the message says isis will kill both men in 24 hours unless jordan release a female prisoner convicted in a series of bombings in 2005. we want to bring in will ripley now who is following developments from tokyo. it is a race again time now for japan to convince jordan to cooperate and consider releasing a convicted terrorist in exchange for the two hostages. what progress has likely been made at this snow shower. reporter: we know that all of those discussions continue to happen feverishly behind the scenes. you mentioned ....
all right. let s bring in will ripley who is following developments from tokyo. hill this is a critical negotiation. we know that the japanese envoy is there in jordan talking with representative of the jordanian government. the clock is ticking. there s only hours left. what is the situation? what are we learning? what is the latest on this? reporter: eight hours until the apparent isis deadline. we ve heard strong words from the prime minister shinzo abe himself calling the actions of isis despicable but stressing the japanese government is doing everything possible to work with the jordanian government to secure the release of kenji goto. of course goto s life threatened in this video along with the jordanian pilot captured last month. of course he s a key a key interest to the jordanian government. by isis threatening his life they re upping the stakes. on the streets in tokyo, we are hearing mixed opinions from people about how exactly both governments should ....
iphone 6 and surging demand in china. a lot happening this hour from an attack on a luxury hotel in libya to president obama s trip to saudi arabia. we begin on the blizzard that s impacted more than 50 million americans in the northeast. the worst seems to be over. but it s still being felt in parts of new england. for new york city the storm wasn t near live as bad as people feared. these are pictures from nantucket island along the massachusetts coast. the winds and storm surge knocked out pow tore the island. the island s police chief says the storm was far worse there than expected. two things were unexpected. the flooding was more intense and a lot higher than predicted. and i think it was almost a foot higher than predicted. we were looking at a steady progression of weather forecasts that kind of indicated that last night they would turn over the heavy rain, as a matter of fact, and that never happened. heavy surf pounded eastern new england and eastern ....