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He had two life terms, that was his sentence. did he ever think he would get out? >> when i interviewed him two years ago, it looked very bleak that he'd ever have a chance of getting out because of those double life sentences. that was, in fact, linked to the brothers to the rescue shootdown in 1996. those were very powerful statements you had from family members yesterday. but the evidence that linked hernandez to that shootdown was very much in dispute. in fact, one federal judge who reviewed it -- one of the appellate court judges didn't think the evidence was there and voted to overturn h...

There's no question in the eyes of u.s. officials the cubans were holding alan gross to get the release of the cuban 5. this was a national cause in cuba. they are national heroes. the cuban sponsor conferences, publish books, their pictures are all over billboards, all aimed at getting those last three remaining members of the cuban 5 released. so the raul castro government did win a big victory here by getting those three members released. >> you talked to mr. hernandez while he was in prison. what was he doing in the united states? >> well, he actually -- it's interesting. he totally acknow...

On another site out of cameras a u.s. intelligence source held by cuba for 20 years was flown to the u.s. his identity is secret for the information he provided to the u.s. on a shadowy network that spied on cuban-american exiles in u.s. military bases. three of those held for more than a decade were released by the u.s. today and sent back to cuba, part of the so-called cuban five. the nation's top spy agency called the deal, quote, a fitting closure to the cold war tensions between the two countries. >> these 50 years have shown that isolation has not worked. it's time for a new approach. >>...

Cuban prison. he was jailed, this is his crime -- for allegedly trying to bring the internet to cuban dissidents. his release part of a plan to normalize relations after 00 years of tension. for its part the u.s. released three cubans part of a group originally known as the cuban five arrested in miami in 1998 convicted in 2001 of spying for cuba. an unnamed u.s. intelligence agent was also freed by havana. and the u.s. is ready to blame north korea for the massive hacking at the sony picture, the government says it's working to bring the hackers to justice and is now considering a respons...

That that was the complication, that conspiracy murder charge. frankly i, and a lot of other people, were surprised that president obama took this step given that count against him. we'll see what the political blowback is. i wouldn't be surprised if senator rubio and others want to revisit that, maybe bring the fbi agents and federal prosecutors who worked the case to see if they were consulted on this. the bottom line is gerardo hernandez is now free and he's in cuba. >> that is true indeed. michael itzkoff, thanks for your insight. i appreciate it. still to come in the "newsroom." we're n...