here for instant updates and look for live reports on america this morning and good morning america. visit abcnews.com for instant updates. more than 100 people remain aboard a crippled ferry. it s drifting between greece and italy. a fire broke out on the car deck early sunday forcing travellers to endure thick smoke and chilly temperatures. hamish macdonald has more. reporter: this is the nail-biting moment a mother and her child are pulled to safety. they are being rescued from a burning ship. but it s a race against time. that ship is still burning and hundreds are still stranded. the norman atlantic carrying almost 500 people had left the greek port of patras sailing towards ancona in italy. fire broke out on the car deck and hundreds are now cornered on the upper decks waiting for rescue. there were hundreds of
moisture levels in your wood. for a cleaner burn, make sure there s space between the pieces. finally, a no brainer, don t burn garbage or cardboard. for over two years american pastor abidini has been unjustly held in an iranian jail. through all his hardship he kept his christian faith and he just sent his family an inspiring christmas letter. joining us to share his christmas message is his wife mrs. abedini. good morning. incredibly he s been in jail for two years, in prison because he was meeting with christians in a private home which really isn t against the law in iran. tell us about the letter you received. can you read to us a piece of it. share it with all of america this morning, please. exactly. this will be our third
miami gathered outside a popular restaurant, slamming him as a comrade of the castro brothers. they say the cuban government doesn t deserve to have a normal relationship with the united states and republican senator marco rubio agreed. the cuban people aren t any more free today than they were yesterday. many of the younger people in the crowd are welcoming the president s announcement. they say any change at this point would be good. stay with abc news as we cover the far-reaching impact of the accord with cuba. more reaction coming up on america this morning and good morning america. and there s angry reaction after sony decided to cancel the release of this movie, the interview. the studio is responding to threats made by hackers by what some believe is north korea, but some believe sony gave in to those anonymous threats, like rob lowe who tweeted the hackers won. here s abc s marci gonzalez. reporter: federal investigators say they have enough evidence to connect no
deal after more than a year of secret talks. and personal involvement by pope francis. in an exclusive interview with abc s david muir, president obama calling the pope the real deal. the assistance, not only of him and his office in providing a moral authority to the issue, but also his practical facilities in the vatican, i think was very important. will you visit cuba in your final two years as president? i don t have any current plans to visit cuba. not ruling it out? let s see how things evolve. a lot of fanfare in havana as the three cuban prisoners stepped off a plane yesterday greeted by president raul castro. they were arrested in 1998 and later convicted of spying on anti-castro groups in miami. you can stay with abc news as we cover the impact of this accord with cuba. more reaction coming up on america this morning and good morning america. now to the fallout over sony s decision to shelve a movie because of threats from hackers linked to north korea. so
him and his office in providing a moral authority to the issue, but also his practical facilities in the vatican, i think was very important. will you visit cuba in your final two years as president? i don t have any current plans to visit cuba. not ruling it out? let s see how things evolve. a lot of fanfare in havana as the three cuban prisoners stepped off a plane yesterday greeted by president raul castro. the men were arrested in 1998 and later convicted of spying on anti-castro groups in miami. you can stay with abc news as we cover the impact of this accord with cuba. more reaction coming up on america this morning and good morning america. now to the fallout over sony s decision to shelve a movie because of threats from hackers linked to north korea. some estimates say the studio could lose $100 million by not releasing the interview, a comedy that included a gruesome scene depicting the assassination of north korea s leader. a group calling itself the