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
New. Business news live from berlin multiple scenes at a synagogue in the United States a gunman killed eleven as a jewish push him in the city of Pittsburgh Police officers were injured in the shoes a suspect is being held in custody well go live to correspondent. Also in the program a fresh pause to find peace in syria president dumonds
a new constitution for the war torn country hes been hosting his russian french and german contrapositive summit in istanbul the meeting is seeking a political settlement to syrias seven year civil war. Im christine welcome to the Program Officials in the u. S. City of pittsburgh have confirmed that eleven people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a synagogue six people were injured including four Police Offices and the suspect himself he sustained multiple Gunshot Wounds President Donald Trump has condemned the attack saying there must be no tolerance for antisemitism in america. The Scene Of The Crime a synagogue in the neighborhood of school
so, rescue teams are going to continue trying to find anyone who may have survived. president zelensky, in his evening address, has said, look, russia needs to know that these attacks will be met with consequences. this week, we ve seen ukraine launch drone attacks across the border into russia in response to moscow s biggest aerial bombardment of ukraine, so he s appearing more confident in wanting to respond to the constant missile attacks that russia launches against ukraine. 0ur correspondent reporting from kyiv, james waterhouse. the israeli military says it has completed the dismantling of what it calls hamas s military framework in northern gaza after three months of fighting. an israel defense forces spokesman said about 8,000 militants have been killed and tens of thousands of weapons seized. he said israel was now focused on dismantling hamas in the centre and south of gaza. the hamas run health authorities say more
regional partners might want to impose sanctions to force the military to step down, there is going to be an impact on people in the country. so we ve seen also european countries cutting back aid. the world bank is cutting back financial support for the government. all of this is eventually going to impact services and that will affect a lot of people on the ground in niger, which is already one of the world s poorest countries. 0ur correspondent reporting. back to the uk. now football fans of birmingham city here in the uk got a bit of a shock when they woke up this morning. the club shared this video from an american football legend. have a look. so here s the deal. i m officially coming on board at birmingham city football club. and maybe you re asking, what do you know about english football, tom? well, let s just say,
they re quite concerned. china has actually called this decision, extremely irresponsible . decision, extremely irresponsible .- irresponsible . our correspondent - irresponsible . our- correspondent reporting irresponsible . our correspondent reporting from tokyo, thank you very much. former us president donald trump is facing indictments in florda, georgia and new york, yet he remains at the top of the polls for the 2024 republican president nomination. a poll from quinnipiac university released late last month saw the former president receive 49% support among registered republican voters in pennsylvania. florida governor ron desantis came in second, receiving 25% support. in the critical state iowa, voters are also expressing strong support for trump. in the last hour, i spoke to marc caputo, from the messenger. great to have you on the show. so you have written an article about how the indictments against the former president could help him win iowa and the gop nomination. why