rescuing rafters who were fleeing cuba in search of freedom and they would be eaten by sharks if there was no one out there to try to rescue them. so brothers to the rescue worked in conjunction with the coast guard. they would spot the rafters in the middle of the ocean, get their coordinates and advise the united states coast guard so that they would go rescue them. >> marlene, what do you say to the family of alan gross who say they are obviously overjoyed that he is out of that cuban prison? >> i am so happy for them because i know he has two daughters, and i am so happy that he can spend the holidays with his girls. so that's all i have to say. i'm so happy for them, and i feel so horrible for him that he had to go through what he went through, and i -- i -- we are nothing, but overjoyed that he can be with his family now. >> do you think that the regime