Eastern seaboard for days. Expected to create dangerous storm surge, flooding, as well. Cnn has Hurricane Sandy covered like no other network. Were talking with the delaware governor jack markell, new jersey mayor cory booker, craig fugate will be our guest. Virginia governor Bob Mcdonnell. John berman is live in battery park, Lower Manhattan. Expecting big storm surge there. Rob marciano has the forecast but also is live in asbury park, new jersey. Sandra endo is in ocean city in maryland. Youve seen the deteriorating weather conditions there. George howell in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on the outer banks. Has for hours now. Lets begin with rob marciano for the latest on what sandy is doing right now. When she is expected to make landfall, and how it will be all the way through. Rob . Good morning, again, soledad. The center of sandy is about 380 miles southeast of of new york city. The wind field expanding. Weve got 800 miles of Tropical Storm force winds that will be batterin
Raul castro, the president of cuba will also give a News Conference in his country that will happen at noon eastern time. Of course cnn will continue to follow this breaking news throughout the day. Thank you for joining me today, im carol kos toll low. this hour with berman and michaela starts now. Hello, everyone. Im john berman. And. And im michaela pereira. History is being made at this hour after more than a half century of tension and diplomat diplomatic silence between the u. S. Its releasing alan gross from prison after five years. A series of genuinely breathtaking developments. Cuba is also releasing a u. S. Intelligence asset, a spy, whos been locked up in cuba for more than 20 years. In Return Washington is freeing three cuban spies convicted in 2001 of espionage. That is big in and of itself. It all seems part now of something much, much bigger. President obama will announce major changes in u. S. Policy toward cuba. Officials calling them the most sweeping changes since t
A nationwide debate on illegal immigration. Now were hearing more about the gun an illegal immigrant used to shoot this San Francisco woman. How did he get his hands on it. Plus clinton talks trump. I feel very bad and very disappointed with him and with the Republican Party for not responding immediately and saying, enough, stop it. Hillary clinton takes a stand on immigration and doesnt just take aim at the donald. We break down her exclusive interview with us. Lets talk in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Youve made it to wednesday. Thanks for being here. Im ana kacabrera in for carol kos costello. Clinton speaking out on everything from republicans and immigration to her rivals within the democratic party. Clinton also addressed an issue critical for all of the candidates whether voters trust them enough to be president. We see in our recent poll that nearly six in ten americans say they dont believe that youre honest and trust worthy. Do you understand why they feel that way . Well
Exchange for releasing you . Yeah, i think they want something thats completely unrealistic. Since im not really a prisoner, im a hostage, they took me with the idea of trading me. Reporter the landmark deal involves the release of three cubans convicted in the u. S. Of spying. Part of the socalled cuban five. For more than five decades, the u. S. Has observed a trade embargo on cuba, imposed during cuban revolution and Fidel Castros takeover of the island. In 2011, president obama relaxed some travel restrictions and last year he raised eyebrows in the cuban exile community, telling a fundraiser in miami the embargo doesnt make sense saying we have to be creative and we have to be thoughtful and we have to continue to update our policies. And, carol, the initiatives the president will announce today, im told, including a major relaxing of travel restrictions for americans, were talking about a general license to travel to cuba for practically anything but tourism. A resum slption of b
Auld lang signyne on edition of newsroom. Happy new years eve to you. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me this morning. We begin this hour with the search for answers in the airasia plane crash and the heartbreaking return of its first victims. Heres the haunting image as stark as it is telling. Simple wooden boxing bearing bleak numbers, 001 and 002. The first of 162 people that need to be recovered. Those efforts are now hindered. Just hours ago, bad weather descended on the search area in the java sea. Planes are grounded but progress is still being made. The weather unfortunately is not looking good for the next two or three days and that slowing us down but they did inform me that the ships are looking to operate 24 hours which is very encouraging and they bring all the assets to the two spot which is they think the aircraft could be where the aircraft could be i. Season means Andrew Stevens is in surabaya where the victims will make their final journey home. Hi, a