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Havana to pick up gross. on the airplane back as we finally crossed into u.s. airspace. you saw him give a big hoorah, put his arms up and he was clearly glad to be home. some tweeted photos of gross on a joyful reunion. from secretary of state john kerry, a hug on arrival. gross' humanitarian release was accompanied by a spy swap. on another plane, out of sight from cameras, a highly important 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 and u...

Years is a fitting closure to this cold war chapter of u.s.-cuban relations. so who did this cuban spy turn up here in the u.s.? one, a former defense intelligence agency or dia analyst anabellen montes giving up the name of four u.s. spies and a secret u.s. army camp in el salvador. she was sentenced to 25 years. second, a former department of state official walter meyers and his wife gwendolyn meyers and they were accused of spying for cuba for three decades and the members of the so-called wasp network and cuban intelligence agents known as the cuban five convicted of spying known as the br...

Implications, it's also a significant diplomatic moment. bill richardson, former ambassador to the united nations and new mexico governor, thank you for joining us ambassador. >> thank you ronan. >> so what is reestablishing relations look like in practical and diplomatic terms? what happens next in this relationship? >> well what happens next, the key is the release of alan gross opens up a lot of possibilities. i tried in 2007 to get him out, but the cubans wanted the cuban five then, and they weren't ready to do it. i think the administration deserves credit for this. what happens next? i t...

President envision a visit to havana? >> there's nothing on the schedule right now. the president did hint that there will be senior government officials who will carry out the kind of work that's indicative of two nations seeking to normalize their relations. so, i certainly wouldn't rule out a presidential visit but i don't have anything to announce at this point. >> reporter: but he would like to go, though? he would like to go? >> i assume, like many americans, he has -- he has seen that the -- that cuba is a place where they have a beautiful climate and a lot of fun things to do, so there...

Invasion of the united states after the fall of the soviet union. for the assay essays to keep itd and that as long as the castro brothers were pressing people, relations would not be normalized. this would be an enormous change of u.s. politics. martha: they said numerous times they would not normalized relations with the castro regime and release of the remaining three of the so-called cuban five was not on the table, that would not be used in negotiations and now it appears it is. what is the motivation here? >> part of it is entering this honey boo-boo face when he does whatever he wants. ...