There is curiously little information aboutKeneth Bae online, just this Facebook page started by his friends campaigningfor his release from the secretive regime. He has been jailed for 15 years hardlabor for quote his criminals and aimed to topple whole North Korea. Officialsnews agency claiming quote his criminals were proved by evidence possiblereference to material to material reportedly found on a hard drive. One ofBae's friends suggesting it may have been as innocuous as photos of or phansbegging. Whatever he has done or hasn't done, experts say he is now abargaining chip for new leader Kim Jong-un.

 

I think North Korea kind of looks as any U.S. citizens, in or round North Korea as a mere asset, a commodity that can betraded in the open market, and so Kenneth Bae was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

And Bae is not the first. Scenes like this are becoming all too familiar, cue emotional captive reunited with their families accompanied by a high profile politician. These was 2009, journalistsLaura Ling and Euna Lee celebrate freedom. Former president Bill Clinton takes the credit. A year later, it's a different former president Jimmy Carter withanother relieved American Aijalon Gomes. Kenenth Bae is the sixth American in the wrong place at the wrong time and North Korean may once again be holdingout for a high profile visitor before they gave him out.

 

What North Korea wants above all out is theentire one-on-one talks with the United States to gain concessions and get anend to punitive sanctions. They may see Kenneth Bae as the perfect way toachieve that aim.

 

With the announcement of their thirdsuccessful nuclear test in February, the states couldn't be higher. North Korea even threatened a preemptive nuclear strike during South Korea and U.S. wargames last month. Those maneuvers are over but it seems the brink ship is not.

 

From North Korea, we are coming back toNorth America. Our first stop is in Mexico. President Obama arrived there yesterday. He went to meet with Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto and talkabout some of the issues that affect both their countries that includes security and immigration. Some people in Mexico City greeted President Obama's arrivalwith protest. Their angry about U.S. immigration policies. The latest estimates show that more than 11 million Mexicans live in the United States that includesan estimate 6 million who were in the U.S. illegally. U.S. and Mexico share a border. They do a lot of businesses with each other. We are talking about 500billion dollars worth of business last year. Mexico is the United States third biggest trade partner. The U.S. is Mexico's top trade partner. So businesses in these countries economy were likely to be big subjects of discussion yesterday.Just like they were when President Obama met with Pena Nie to at the White House last year.

 

Our next story takes us to SouthernCalifornia where hundreds of fire fighters are dealing with at least two wildfires. And an acre, for reference, is about the same size as a football field.As of yesterday, these fires had burnt across more than 60,000 acres. Some crews are working from the air, they are using helicopters to drop water and chemicals on the flames, trying to get these things under control. Part of the problem is that southern California has only gotten a couple inches of rain this year. It doesn’t get a lot to start with, but it’s gotten less than usual.That’s left the area dry, and officials say that plus strong winds and warm weather can create extreme fire behavior.