Cuba, where the aging revolutionary, former cuban leader fidel castro, is emerging evidently from seclusion. today he is making his first major public appearance in years on cuban tv. that s when we are hearing. this follows the government s announce many of its largest release of cuban political prisoners in more than one decade. all right. let s get the latest in terms of what s happening there in hav a havana. joining us live from there is cnn s david ariosto. when we look at this, this is quite something. after so many years, so many questions about his health and where he is, to hear that he could be emerging today on television, what are you hear g hearing? reporter: that s right. media reported that this morning that after years away from live cameras, fidel castro, former cuban president will again appear on live television here on cuban state television this evening. 6:30 tonight. this comes on the heels of the first set of public known photographs taken of the former
Sea. we have some of those routers, as you can see, on screen at the moment and we will continue to give you updates. as we understand whether or not we will be able to see some success today as they try to put on this latest ceiling cap. you can watch along with us here and keep you updated in terms of what we are hearing and all of your producers that are watching this story. the aged revolutionary, former cuban president, fidel castro, stepping out of seclusion to appear on cuban television. we are going globe trekking to atlanta. we will take you there next.
Seclusion. he s expected to make his first public appearance in years on cuban tv. joining us now, we ll go live to havana where our reporter is there. many people here, david, wondered if he s alive. now we hear reports that he has concerns about iran and the united states in a nuclear war. what do we expect to hear from him? reporter: that is the million-dollar question right now. fidel castro over the weekend had written in a column of his that he s predicting or is warning against a potential war between iran and the united states over activities, nuclear activities within that country. this is not uncommon for former cuban president fidel castro. since leaving power in 2006 due to intestinal surgery and ceding
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Cuban leader over the weekend. cuba has grown accustomed to seeing images and still photos of the former leader. this would represent one of the first live appearances by their former leader since at least 2007. the significance of this is difficult to tell. it comes on the heels, like you said, of 52 political prisoners set to be released. that s the largest release of political prisoners sent to visit in 1998 by pope john paul ii. so what we have had here, we have this leader and a seemingly shift in policy towards the way cuba treats the political prisoners. the significance of all of this, i m sure, is not lost in terms of cuba s internal politician. but it is going to be interesting to see what he has to say. he s indicated in previous columns, particularly over the weekend, of a poe ten hal for a war between the united states and iran. these type it is commonplace
Where the capital there is what we re going to focus on. explosions ripping through some venues where people were watching the final world cup match over the weekend. what we re understanding, the latest information is 74 people are now confirmed dead. that number was growing this morning. dozens are also wounded. a somali islamic militant group with claims to al qaeda has claimed responsibility for this. the u.s. embassy says at least one u.s. citizen was among those killed. several other u.s. citizens were wounded. the american worked for invisible children that helps child soldiers. a possible motive for the attack, ugandan soldiers are in somalia right now. let s go over to cuba. fidel castro emerging from
With fidel. since then he has been writing columns, making predictions, and basically appearing on the world stations to show he is aware of timely event. david, i guess what we are seeing is anything could happen. there s a myriad number of subjects that he can talk on, including what he s calling a potential nuclear war between iran and the united states to host of other issues. we are going to stop by and speak with you in the next hour to get more on that. so many people will be watching if he actually does show up on television today. not only in this country but around the world. thank you so much. accused serial killer is now behind bars thanks to a very new dna testing technique. it is also controversial. it might have all come down to just pizza when they used this process. we will have that for you. no it s a sale. nothing beats a sale!
A group of those prisoners will be sent to spain sometime tomorrow afternoon. and this represents a difference. we re looking at a cuba that is hard to decipher at this point. fidel coming out with his column, a public appearance on tv this evening. and the backdrop, the context really is we ve seen decades of fidel castro. he s been called the ultimate brinksman, the ultimate negotiator and certainly a very good marketer. what he does today, if he does come on tv, everybody will be watching. but within that context, we understand this is not necessarily out of character for him. thank you so much for the latest from havana, cuba. . a young man traveling across the u.s. on roller blades to rebuild schools in haiti. we ve got his inspiring story next on mission possible. i m a random windstorm.