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    North Korea Releases 3 Americans As Pompeo's Visit Concludes

    The former captives, believed to be three Americans of Korean descent, are traveling with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and will arrive back in the U.S. early Thursday.
    by Bill Chappell May 09, 2018 3 minutes

    Updated at 12:49 p.m. ET

    North Korea has released three Americans it had been holding captive, in a deal that was announced as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ended his visit to the isolated country. They left the country with Pompeo and will arrive back in the U.S. early Thursday, with an expected arrival between 2 and 3 a.m. ET at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. President Trump says he will meet them when they land.

    "President Trump appreciates leader Kim Jong Un's

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