Youre reporting a lot of inconsistencies, but overall did this rape even occur . She could be grossly wrong about the facts or making it up or something in between. Have you been able to ascertain from your reporting whether she was assaulted . Thats difficult to tell, of course. Her friends believe something happened to her and they believe something awful and traumatic and horrific. And those based on the evidence that they have seen, thats what they believe. Ive spoken to two people who saw her in the immediate aftermath of the incident and both of them say they absolutely believe something happened, just maybe not exactly what was reported in Rolling Stone. Looking at the facts, one of the things is whether an assault occurred of some sort and the whole idea of putting it in the Public Domain and how well you do your fact checking. The Rolling Stone is getting barbecued by everybody about its reporting. Tell me, what did you determine to be when doing your reporting, what did you l
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
So theres no training behind this. Theres no standard attack in any of this. So, actually, we can see it going any way. But i think the i think the longer it goes on without violence the more likely there wont be any. Welcome back, everybody. Im john vause at the cnn center. Im natalie allen. Thank you for joining us. Weve been here several hours with this breaking news out of australia. And we will continue to bring you the latest now. And wed like to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Wed like to give you the update now. A gunman is Still Holding an unknown number of people at a lindt coffee shop in sydneys Main Business district. Sky News Australia reports that the Hostage Taker, seen here, is calling himself the brother. He has forced hostages to speak with three Media Outlets over the phone. He apparently has two demands. He wants an isis flag. He also wants a conversation with australias Prime Minister. We also have video of five hostages who manag
Donald trump just wrapped up his rally in vegas. Sunlen serfaty is there. Joining me now, donald trump did seize on the investigation but what else . Reporter thats right. He did, fred. It seems as if donald trump is campaigning with a new spring in his step and capitalizing on the email server scandal. Hes been relentless and today is no exception. He almost joked to this crowd, i never thought wed be thanking Anthony Weiner nine days out. Heres what he had to say. Her cell action was willful, deliberate, intentional and purposeful. Hillary set up an illegal server for the obvious purpose of
shielding her criminal conduct from Public Disclosure and exposure. She set up this illegal server knowing full well that her actions put our National Security at risk and put the safety and security of your children at risk. Now, Trump Campaign officials feel this is an opening that theyve been given in this final nine days. Also, Something Else from donald trump, going after obamacare premiums,
Jason carroll, thanks so much. Donald trump did have a new policy proposal. Term limits for members of congress. Hes calling for a constitutional amendment. It would take a constitutional amendment that would restrict members to six years of service, senators, 12 years. On monday, they proposed an ethics on when the executive branch leave office. Cnn has learned new details about Donald Trumps preparation for the final debate. A source tells us that rnc chair Reince Priebus played the moderators with new Jersey Governor Chris Christie playing Hillary Clinton. This is a bit of a change doing mock scenarios. We had been told in the first debate, he did not do this. Did not want to do this, apparently coming in nor prepared. Hillary clinton, shes been off the Campaign Trail for several days, raising money and preparing for tonights debate. In the very first debate she
seemed to be trying to bait trump. At 9 00 p. M. Eastern, she is expected to employ a different strategy, according to cnn