"I went down to L.A. and I said be careful, have a safe trip," said Ling.
"You knew where she was going?"
"Oh yeah, just a very routine assignment to the North Korean-Chinese border to do a story on the refugees."
Both Ling and the other journalist captured, Euna Lee, work for Current TV the online media outlet co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore.
A white house spokesman said Gore has reached out to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for help.
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