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So-called cuban five that's a group of cuban spies convicted on espionage charges. they served decades in american jails. three of them will be released back to cuba in exchange for mr. alan gross. let's talk about this. congressman sam farr, democrat from california, is on the phone right now. welcome, congressman. >> thank you. what great news. >> give me more of your reaction to this news. >> well, i visited with alan gross in may and he was in very frail condition. we've been advocating to the president to release alan gross, to get the prisoners released because two of them have already b...

Who covered immigration for "usa today," also knowledgeable about this issue. the reaction -- i was just talking with mark potter about this, in south florida. certainly is going to be a different reaction in south florida than maybe we will see at the white house or even some on capitol hill. >> absolutely. there's going to be all sorts of talk about the high-minded political rhetoric the back and forth. i can tell you, already, i've heard the term "blood on their hands." when referring to the cuban five. two of them have been freed. there's going to be a lot of mixed feelings in the u.s. bec...

Victim of a failed american policy. he was there for the wrong reasons at the wrong time and like the members of the cuban five, trapped in this failed policy that had been going on for more than 50 years. >> caught in the crosshairs. he's now home. thrilled to be home. i think one of the most fascinating pieces of this entire thing, a, the 16, 17, 18-month negotiation between cuba and the u.s. never leaked and part of that came down to the pope. a letter to raul castro and president obama and also canada. your country of canada where you are joining me from today played a vital role. what inv...

Also the release of this second intelligence asset in exchange for the cuban five. >> we couldn't be happier that alan is back home and just in time to celebrate the hanukkah holiday with his family. let's think about what really happened here. we have the cuban government releasing alan gross as humanitarian gesture. what we really exchanged were three cuban spies for one american intelligent asset that we had, that had been in jail for about 20 years in cuba, who had provided information that led to the conviction of those spies. so, it was a -- this was not the traditional spy swap or priso...

The first time since the early 1960s a formal diplomatic relation being restored between the u.s. and cuba. is so there's a lot more to come down the pipeline. but at least for today the headline appears that alan gross will spend his first day outside. he's almost never let outside of the cuban prison cell where he was and the cuban five, the three remaining members of the cuban five, people who are expecting to spend long prison sentences in the united states, one member, the ringleader, was expecting to spend a life sentence in federal u.s. prison will return free men and receive a hero's w...