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The state department's man in havana was at the cuban foreign ministry this morning taking care of the paperwork. it's the end of a long process. this is scott gilbert, attorney for alan gross. you were involved over the months of the secret negotiations, one of the best-kept secrets in havana and in washington, eventually led to the freeing of your client. i know alan gross was informed of the decision today. how he's he doing and what's his reaction to the news that we will once again re-establish relations with cuba? >> this is a magnificent day for the people of both countries. alan is ext...

For the first time in about 50 years there was a major phone conversation between president obama and raul castro, the president of cuba. >> reporter: yes, that's absolutely unprecedented. the two leaders would not only speak but talk for 45 minutes and hammer out the last details of this exchange of prisoners. we're told this morning that alan gross was picked up by u.s. government plane carrying u.s. congressmen, his wife, judy, his attorney, scott gilbert. alan gross was only told yesterday that he was going to be freed. after his attorney told him by phone the news that he was going to be ...

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...

Arrangement is is coming into playwright now. we want to go live to patrick oppman in havana, cnn is the only u.s. network with presence in cuba. patrick, a wul castro, the president, the leader of cuba is expected to speak in just a little while. what is he expected to say? >> we'll probably hear more details about this historic agreement came through. just came through in the last 24 hours. i understand from a pr company that works for alan gross's attorney, some of the ticktock of what happened here. alan gross was only in formed yesterday that he would be freed and i'm told that he didn't ...

Voters, as we have seen election after election in florida. >> kevin and annette, thank you for being here. and coming up, more heat reaction from capitol hill as lawmakers split over president obama's move to normalize diplomatic relations with cuba. >> a judicious lesson i've learned from this experience is that freedom is not free. and as personified by scott and our entire team, we must never forget the two pillars of moses' covenant, freedom and responsibility. i'm incredibly blessed, finally, to have the freedom to resume a positive and constructive life. [ male announcer ] are you so ...