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Happy holiday season to all of you. today is the first day of hanukkah, and i guess so far it's the best hanukkah that i'll be celebrating for a long time. what a blessing it is to be a citizen of this country and thank you, president obama, for everything that you have done today and leading up to today. i want to acknowledge the extraordinary determined efforts of my wife, judy. 44 1/2 years we've been married. i know you're not 44 1/2 anymore and my lawyer and personal moses, scott gilbert. and their efforts to restore my freedom. they have my endless gratitude, love and respect. the relent...

Attorney scott gilbert and as well three u.s. congressman senator jeff flake from arizona, patrick leahy from vermont and congressman van holland from alan gross's home district in maryland. these are three congressmen who have been very much involved in winning his release. then they take off after 8:00 a.m. and we're told at 8:45, the pilot gets on the intercom to tell alan gross that they are now out of cuban airspace. alan gross stands up and is i'm told unable to talk he's so overwhelmed by emotion then he calls his daughters and his first words to his daughters are "i'm free." you can on...

Policies and i was very happy to hear what the president had to say today. it was particularly cool to be setting next to the secretary of state as he was hearing about his job description for the next couple of months. in all seriousness, this is game changer. which i fully support. in the meantime, i ask that you respect my wishes for complete and total privacy. a lesson i learned from this 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 ...

Continued hope. and alan hopes that the united states government will spend the time that it takes to get involved. we'll prioritize this issue sufficiently, that it gets the attention from the white house, that it and he and this issue deserve. >> scott gilbert, thanks to you. our regards. i know you're going to be seeing alan gross again, and of course, to judy gross and the gross family. thank you very much. >> thank you, andrea. and talk about must-see tv. this is a live broadcast from nasa today. two american astronauts performing a space walk outside the international space station. th...

well, dave. and good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we begin today in georgia where governor nathan deal is about to sign a bill into law that would drastically change where people can carry their firearms? gabe gutierrez is live in georgia. gabe, this goes beyond anything we've seen anywhere else in the country. >> reporter: hi there, andrea. many gun control advocates are calling this the most extreme gun bill in america. putting georgia with among the most lenient gun laws in the country. as you mentioned, governor nathan deal is about to start that signing ce...