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GiGi Graciette was just on Fox 11 live from Burbank's Bob Hope Airport, talking to Laura Ling's husband and setting up the arrival of Ling, Euna Lee and former President Bill Clinton. Their plane from North Korea is due in about 4 a.m., according to media and Burbank sources. Ling's husband, Iain Clayton, was at the airport picking up his father-in-law, who lives in the Sacramento area.
* 10:40 update: On Channel 9 news, Ling's mother said Laura called home a couple of weeks ago and delivered the message that the North Koreans wanted Clinton to come over and seal the deal.