***HEADS UP*** Freed Journalists and Bill Clinton Return Home

[jefferson_dem]

:applause:

Al Gore is supposed to speak also.

LIVE VIDEO HERE - http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1&iref=lb100

[Eric68601]

1. Just woke up

I'm watching the live stream, have they landed already, or is there an ETA for when the plane is supposed to come in?

[Ilsa]

2. I just switched from Moanin Joe to CNN. This is going to be

interesting. The Swedish connection.

[Eric68601]

3. Nevermind, I had the wrong stream.

[jefferson_dem]

4. Starting now...

I think.

Plane pulling into hangar.

[missTheBigDog]

5. It almost feels like he's president again..

Especially when he steps off that plane!

<sniff> <sniff>

[bigjohn16]

6. Very moving. nt

[Dappleganger]

7. It's bringing tears to my eyes.

Diplomacy is the best way to bring families back together!

[Hutzpa]

8. Only Democrats can achieve something of this magnitude

:applause: :applause:

[missTheBigDog]

9. No doubt...

I agree completely.

[Sultana]

11. True Dat!

[goclark]

16. We are the party with a heart and the world knows it nt

[jefferson_dem]

10. "President Obama has been deeply involved in this humanitarian effort,"

- Al Gore on homecoming of Euna Lee and Laura Ling

[Cha]

19. Thanks Al Gore for

that fyi!

[JayMusgrove]

12. Today's list of hero's

Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama....

and the thousands of people who have jobs in the, White House, the State Department and Secret Service, etc etc who made this happen.


This is a wonderful day for the Democratic Administration...

Now let's hear the Republicans praise this, too!

[jefferson_dem]

13. Repugs have already acted like the typical soul-less assholes they are.

Seems this hugely successful humanitarian effort that resulted in breathtaking family reunions is akin to "negotiating with terrorists"...

:eyes:

[JayMusgrove]

17. Poor John Bolton... he's so always WRONG about

everything he ever says.

[Vicar In A Tutu]

18. I wonder what Bolton & co make of Ireland...

...as one who was born and raised (bored and braised) in the overwhelmingly drab UK, that conflict was rarely off of the news during my formative years. Both sides would consider the other guilty of terrorism, both had their point and as far as I can tell the shit only stopped hitting the fan when they - wait for it - negotiated with eachother. It's not an ideal, it's a compromise, but - and this is a point people of a particular political viewpoint will never, ever 'get' - it was the only thing to do in order to make a lot of lives less precarious.

Had a certain pig-headed Arizona Republican scaremongered his way into the White House those girls would, at best, be living in squalour in a North Korean prison cell for the next 12 years and global tension would be on the rise with every passing day.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

14. What a great day

for the U.S. of A. And while North Korea waaaay overstepped in arresting and imprisoning these young ladies, kudos to them for doing the right thing today. Very, very moving - 140 days of hell now over.

[Clio the Leo]

15. Thank you President Clinton, President Obama and PRESIDENT GORE!!!!!

(If Joe Biden can call him "President Gore" so can I! I encourage you to do the same!)

[road2000]

20. He will always be President Gore! n/t