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Raul castro, the president of cuba will also give a News Conference in his country that will happen at noon eastern time. Of course cnn will continue to follow this breaking news throughout the day. Thank you for joining me today, im carol kos toll low. this hour with berman and michaela starts now. Hello, everyone. Im john berman. And. And im michaela pereira. History is being made at this hour after more than a half century of tension and diplomat diplomatic silence between the u. S. Its releasing alan gross from prison after five years. A series of genuinely breathtaking developments. Cuba ...

More normal relations with cuba. it shows the bipartisan support but there was also bipartisan opposition to this. we are waiting to get our first look at alan gross. he's 65 years old. he's been in prison for five years. he lost a tremendous amount of weight and as mikhail la was saying, over time he's been angry not just at cubans but there were period of times where he was not happy with the united states for the efforts to get him back. >> on board the plane was his wife and i can't imagine what that conversation would have been like. consider that for a moment. the man thought he was goin...

The courthouse behind me here today. we'll bring that information to you live. martha? martha: you had an opportunity to talk to one much these sheeting victims who hopes to be there when this plays out in the courtroom today, right? >> reporter: absolutely, yes i did. her name is mikhail la hicks. she and her friend laurie were actually in theater 8. this was the theater next to theater nine, the one where the shooting actually took place. mikhail la was one of those people shot through the theater wall. she has a bullet lodged in her chin. doctors say it is safer there right now. she wanted ...

That was played for jurors, he describes closing the doors to the bedrooms of 17-year-old hayley and 11-year-old mikhail la, where they were tied up to both bide time before his accomplice allegedly ignited inferno that took their lives. when asked by police he didn't untie them first, komisarjevsky was heard saying he didn't think to do that. a neuropsychologist is expected to testify this afternoon about komisarjevsky alleged cognitive difficulties. during opening statements the defense portrayed their client someone panicked and indecisive, unable to make a quick decision in a stressful sit...