should take much solace about his new statement about his a new letter about russian investments. and two things, lawrence. the first thing is even his representations are very limited, he doesn t have investments in russia, that doesn t mean russia doesn t have big investments in him. so he parsed his words very carefully. and finally, if the president wants to take him seriously on this, he should stop sending letters. he should send a fed ex package with his tax returns. his tax returns is what is going to put this issue to rest. david frum, ron klain, thank you both for joining us tonight. i really appreciate it. thanks, lawrence. coming up, harvard law professor laurence tribe will join us. we ll get his reaction to the loyalty oath that president trump demanded of james comey. and later, the president attacked james comey today in his lester holt interview. but in the same interview, the president defended michael flynn. why that worries white house lawyers.
shook hands at nelson mandela s memorial service last december. but one key sticking point remained. the imprisonment of alan gross in cuba. a major obstacle stood in our way. the wrongful imprisonment in cuba of a u.s. citizen and u.s. aid subcontractor alan gross for five years. reporter: last march the president found a pivotal player to help broker the deal, pope francis. they discussed cuba at the vatican, something mr. obama did not disclose when asked by cnn. what were his concerns? in terms of the meeting with his holiness, pope francis, we had a wide-ranging discussion. reporter: this year the pope kept the conversation going sending letters to president obama and raul castro. in october the vatican welcomed to push the talks forward. i want to thank and recognize the support of the vatican. the pope, who celebrated his 78th birthday today with a mass
in cuba. a major obstacle stood in our way, the wrongful imprisonment of a u.s. subcontractor for five years. reporter: last march he found a pivotal player to help broker the deal, pope francis. they discussed cuba at the vatican, something mr. obama did not disclose when asked by cnn. in terms of the meeting with his holiness pope francis, we had a wide-ranging discussion. reporter: earlier the pope kept the conversation going sending letters to president obama and raul castro and in october they welcomed officials to push the talks forward. translator: i want to thank and support the support of the vat ran. reporter: chris holland flew to cuba to bring him home. they re fiercely opposed to the
had a wide-ranging discussion. earlier this year the pope kept the conversation going sending letters to president obama and raul castro. then in october, the vatican welcomed officials from the u.s. and cuba to push the talks forward. translator: i want to thank and recognize the support of the vatican. the president had the bipartisan support of senators patrick leahy and jeff blake and congressman chris van hollen who flew to cuba to bring gross home. they are fiercely opposed to the white house deal from the outgoing chairman bob menendez to marco rubio to backers of the u.s. embargo on cuba. this policy contradiction is absurd and it is disgraceful for a president who claims to treasure human rights and human freedom. this president is the single worst negotiator we ve had in the white house in my lifetime. reporter: mr. obama has changed his position on the embargo over the years from his
over the weekend, an eighth set of data were leaked including unkind e-mails about leonardo dicaprio, will smith s family, and an early version of the screenplay for the new james bond film. sony attorneys have been sending letters, warning media organizations not to use any of the stolen information. the hackers call themselves guardians of peace have promised a christmas gift to come. [coughing] dave, i m sorry to interrupt. i gotta take a sick day tomorrow.