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Access to the companys computers. were covering all angles of this fast-moving story this hour with our correspondents and guests, including the state department deputy spokeswoman marie hearth. but lets begin with the breaking news. evan, tell our viewers in the united states and around the world what your sources are now telling you. >> reporter: wolf, were learning from our sources that u.s. investigators have found evidence that the hackers who broke into sonys systems were able to get in by...

Crimea and eastern ukraine. now, so wolf, some of our viewers might be imagining what about a retaliatory cyberattack against north korea, give them a taste of their own medicine, thats something that the u.s. is extremely wary about whether its with china or north korea. the last thing they want to do is start up a cycle of cyberaback that could escalate. with north korea unpredictable, the worry that it escalates into a military action and there is concern about north korea perhaps launching a...

Choreographed. obviously kept under tight wraps for a long time. but it looks like this was something that was in the works for at least weeks, if not months. >> reporter: wolf, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters on a background call within the last hour, this has been going on since june of 2013. and to put all this in perspective, youll recall when the president went to nelson mandelas memorial service last september and he had that handshake with raul castro, ...

Wolf is going to cover the presidents speech when it takes place just after noon. i wonder if you can put this in context, wolf. the historical impact of this in this country and in cuba and what this means? >> its an historic moment. this is a most significant development in u.s./cuban relations going back to the revolution and cuba back in 1961. its been clear to me from the very start of the obama administration this is precisely what the president wanted to do. he wanted to normalize relatio...

By president obama deserves the respect and recognition by all people. >> reporter: wolf, officials are telling me that this is not a reward for the castro regime. this is a recognition as president obama said that the embargo was not working and if the u.s. wants further changes in cuba, its going to have to engage 234089 just the cuban people, but the cuban government. they said theyre not going to let up on human rights, and kubel cuba has agreed to release 53 cuban political prisoners and ag...

That the u.s. specifically requested be released from cuban prisons. and our understanding is if theyve not already been released, they will be released immediately. while the speech was going on, wolf, we started to hear bells in churches all around us in old havana ringing. there was no reason for them to ring other than the fact of this announcement, it was history in the making, after long last, the u.s. and cuba are moving closer together. ive never seen anything like it where church bells ...

Our chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto, is getting some new information on this u.s. intelligence asset that has been freed, 20 years in captivity for spying on behalf of the united states inside cuba. what are you learning, jim? >> reporter: thats right. until now we just knew it was an intelligence asset. but coming from the director of national intelligence, were learning the united states secured the release of a cuban individual from a cuban prison who the director of nation...

Described as a 45-minute or one-hour phone conversation, the most significant conversation, the most detailed conversation that an american president has had with a cuban leader in more than 50 years. once again, going back to the cuban revolution in 1961. cnn espanols correspondent has been covering this relationship for a long time. juan carlos, how is this going to be received throughout the hemisphere? i think the united states was really the only country, correct me if im wrong, that did no...

To carry out the depth level of the investigation that needs to be done. >> reporter: now the fbi is reviewing the circumstances surrounding lennons death. >> thats all ive asked for, what is due rightfully to me and my family, justice, prove to me what happened to my child. >> victor blackwell filed that report. the local police department who initially investigated lennon lacys death has only 11 members. it called in north carolina state bureau of investigation to help out. that agency did con...

Its still raise hazy, but it may be about to be cleared up if i authorities. i insist you that you consider staying with wolf blitzer who is up right after this short break. hell update you on the hostage situation and the police will have the live news conference at the top of the hour. thanks for watching, everyone. wolf after this quick break. will that be all, sir?