Gross, he was allegedly an aid worker kept in cuban president for five years. There he is reunited with his wife. You saw the picture of alan gross when he landed at Andrews Air Force base. Hes expected to have a News Conference within the half hour from washington. There you can see the official delegation greeting him. You can imagine whats going through his mind. Five years kept in a cuban prison. There he is back on manner soil. Everybody has been citing the role of the vatican in all of this, and i wonder if you can put this in Historical Context for us. The biggest openness of cuba to the world was in january 199 when pope joh Pope John Paul ii went to havana. I was fortunate enough to be there. There was tremendous optimism. There was joy in the streets. People really thought this was the beginning of cuba opening to the world. Unfortunately, i was there a year later to cover another story, and things had changed hd dramatically in the other direction. But it certainly seemed to
Efforts by judy and scott, the partners and associates and staff of gilbert, llp law firm. Thats where we are right now. They made me take the jacket off. I didnt want to take it off. But they said, you got to take it off. Tim reiser of capitol hill, jill zuckman of skc knickerbocker have been inconceivable. Senator Patrick Leahy of vermont has been instrumental in shepherding the arrival of this day. I want to thank all of the members of congress from all sides of the aisle, such as senator flake, representatives Chris Van Holland and barbara lee and numerous others who spoke up or visited me, subjected themselves to my ranting and helped me regain some of my weight. Even in cuba, m ms melt in your mouth, not in your hand. To all of those who tried to visit me but were not were unable to, thank you for trying. Im at your service as soon as i get some new teeth. And i hope theyll be strong and sharp enough to make a difference. To the washington Jewish Community, ron halber in particul
Deal with a brutal dictator and a state sponsor of terror . Not everyone thinks so. Many cubanamericans, president ial hopefuls and others are not celebrating today. The national lead. Thousands of Movie Theaters abandoning sony after hackers threaten to attack moviegoers who just want to check out the new seth rogan flick. Now some in hollywood are saying if you skip that matinee you are letting the terrorists win. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin this afternoon think, with our world lead. An earthquake in American Foreign policy and after 50 years of diplomatic back biting, human rights abuses, espionage and attempted invasion, even a crisis bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war, the United States and cuba may now be moving toward something resembling normal. President obama said today that things in havana will start to look a lot like things in every other capital around the globe. Functional u. S. Embassy and potential influx of am
And economic restrictions on the island nation. The surprise move has set off a Major Political fight on capitol hill. But it extends far beyond. What will it mean and for whom is very much in doubt. Except for one thing, it means alan gross is coming home to the Sony Pictures announcing it United States, a government will not release its new movie, contractor, freed by the castro regime after five years in the interview, following prison. Threats at theaters and now sony this moving image, did you see officials preparing to announce this . Its gross celebrating his that north korea is behind the freedom on a u. S. Government threats and cyberattack on sony. Plane after taking 0 off from this as a defector who once cuba. Watching the news, where else, worked as a computer expert for on cnn, on new day. So weve got this developing north korea tells cnn that pyongyang is running a vast story covered from every angle. Network of hackers who lets begin with the white house, michelle kosins