james hagerty. he was press secretary to president eisenhower in 1961 when the u.s. broke off diplomatic ties with cuba. they said they hoped and expected the american embassy in havana would only be closed for a short time. that it would reopen in the not too distant future. that was 54 years ago. 1961 at the height of the cold war. this island incredibly close to the united states. lots of economic ties and tourism ties and ties through binational families. it was huge news in 1961 when the embassy closed. when diplomatic relations were cut off. even then though, with it being a blaring front page story throughout the country and the world, still, nobody thought that those diplomatic ties that were cut that day in 1961 would stay cut for 54 freaking years. it took until today. more than 54 years ago, at the height of the cold war, the united states closed its embassy
going to deliver letter to press the sense of urgency about our father s health and to appeal for the fact amir has been there going on four years. he s now the longest held american citizen imprisoned there, and he back in 2012 was actually sentenced to death for charges of spying. and those actually were dropped. now his charge is called cooperating a hostile country and so that is confusing to us and we asked for answers on how they ve obtained that charge. we haven t had any explanation. the only thing we can speculate is that they re holding retroactively against him that he served the u.s. military. as a family we have a respect for iran and our message is clear, that we have no political background no political affiliation, and our hope is that in this month of mercy, ramadan, where iranians celebrate, that they release amir home to his family. this is a big concern for us is that he s been there a long time. his case was stalled internally and we d like to have the executive
obviously for us as a family we re struggling. and we ve gone through four years of ambiguity. we ve had very little communication, if any, from iranian officials. we ve written letters appealing that amir is innocent and this is a mistake. and we hope that this gets to the ears of the officials that are here that can go back and help us. time is not on our side. my father was diagnosed with cancer while my brother was in prison, and amir had no knowledge of this and now he has suffered two strokes. the doctors actually wrote an appeal for the officials here as well, which we delivered through the state department while we were in vienna. but we shouldn t have to come to vienna to have our voice heard. but, you know, sadly because we ve been struggling with no answers we really want answers and we need this to be resolved. what is the state department telling you? . they re reassuring us they re
joining me is steven hadley one of the former official who is signed a letter last week criticizing the proposed deal because it did not address their concerns about iran s other behaviors, regional behavior. thank you very much for being with us. from what you know of what is being negotiated here is this a good thing or a bad thing? well, one of the messages we sent in that letter was that there s no rush here, that we think there is more pressure on the iranians actually because they want to get out of sanctions and the administration ought to stay at the table until they get an agreement that meets the objective that president obama has set, which is a good agreement and one of the things we tried to do in our letter was set some of the four or five key elements of what we thought a good agreement in order for something to qualify as arguably good agreement you had to at least meet these four or five things we set out in our paper. of the administration has been if you can deal w
years ago, peter, they lost in a way that was just gut wrenching, the u.s. did, because they were up twice against japan four years ago. japan comes back and then wins it on penalty kicks, and that s something as a player in talking to these guys the last four years, it just eats as you and burns at you. i think even though that s the harder matchup for the united states, i this i they absolutely want japan in the final on sunday. we want japan. your best memory is there one that 16 years later is still sered in your mind from that day? oh gosh. i can t even remember yesterday, peter. 16 years ago. i think just standing on top of that podium with the confetti coming down 90,000 people in the rose bowl and really all the hard work you put in paying off and doing it alongside some of your best friends in the world who are still my dear friends and will always be. they re stuck with me. it s the beauty of having teammates. no doubt. great shots of the 28-year-old