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To secure his release. president obama will address the developments today at noon. cuban leader castro also speaking today at noon. all this could signal a dramatic change in u.s. cuban relations. nbc learned that president obama will ask secretary of state john kerry to review cuba's terror designation and other aspects of the relationship. i want to bring in kristin welker. >> good morning. we expect president obama when he speaks at noon to praise the release of alan gross and he'll also announce a shift in u.s. cuban relations. the question is how large will the shift be? first, what we...

Ultimately play out. >> the bottom line, if you look at the polls and you don't have to dig that far into the past, can you look into february. february of this year and the polls are saying, the american people are ready for this. they're ready for something like this. the question that was asked this this poll back in february is, do you want a normalize relations with cuba or just sort of increase relations with cuba? do you want a more direct relationship with them? overall, 56% of the country said, yes, we want that. only 35% said say they opposed it. here's the more interesting thing. le...

Lot of problems. the idea that cuba will suddenly become a vibrant capitalist style, democratic style, capitalist economy, that's probably doubtful. but there is a strong belief, a voice now by president obama notably, that if we start to thaw relations, it will improve things in cuba and improve things in the united states. there are a lot of people in south florida, miami and key west, who would stand to make a fair amount of money from this because there -- if you do have increased travel, you're certainly going to have an increased amount of money flowing both ways. >> we heard from chris ...

Looking for one of these? yoplait. smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. we're following breaking news out of cuba on "the rundown." a potentially major shift in u.s. cuban relations. alan gross 65-year-old american citizens who had been prison in cuba for more than five years is on his way home. he's on a plane right now with his wife and senator pat leahy who had been involved in trying

The u.s. and cuba. something that has not happened since january of 1961. president obama will call on secretary of state john kerry to review cuba's terror designation but there's only so much the president can do. he can certainly change things in the treasury department which is in charge of monitoring the relations, the commercial relations between american companies and the cuban government. treasury and the state department -- state department as far as travel to and from cuba cuba. let's bring in kelly o'donnell on capitol hill where there's going to be mixed reaction to what the presid...