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From meeting with the president of the united states because of the checkered past. carol? >> we're also learning new information about the u.s. spy that was freed in that spy-for-spy swap. tell us about him. >> well, he's a very interesting character and the united states has tried to not release his name, not release a lot of information about him. his last name is trujillo and he's been in prison, frankly, for 20 years. apparently was taken into custody around 1995 and put on trial for spying for the cia. his name was really never mentioned by the united states as a spy and still has not be...

Mabel. there are even plans afoot to turn derby into an action figure. no, we're not pulling your leg. what do you call them? >> we kind of call them his shoes. put your shoes on. >> reporter: if only other disabled dogs could learn to walk in his shoes. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. checking a few other top stories for you at 59 minutes past. the massive fire that lit up the l.a. skyline has been ruled arson. fire officials say they're looking for to dwo potential witness bus they don't have suspects yet. the fire caused more than $20 million in damage. new york's attorney general is firing b...

Didn't know where it was coming from. however, the nsa and the fbi were able to trace it back to north korea, carol, and it really matched up with hacks that had been seen before that have come from north korea. now, this is obviously become a bigger than just a movie, right? this has become a national security issue and michael mccall, the homeland security secretary addressed this very question to cnn. >> i would say that sony and private movie theaters are free to make any choices they think are necessary that they deem appropriate, however, i do think by pulling the movies they gave the no...

Sanctions and travel restrictions. also not being ruled out, a possible visit from president raul castro to the united states. let's talk about this. let's bring in cnn's senior washington correspondent joe johns at the white house this morning. tell us more. >> hey, carol. well, the white house is considering these as hypothetical questions but josh earnest knows there is a couple ways you can answer a hypothetical, you can either say "i'm just not going to address that until it comes up" or you can try to go down that road. and what josh earnest has essentially said is that the white house i...

Company. can these pr problems bring down the company? >> they could if they continue to get out of control and if there are more of them if the company doesn't address them. so that might turn bad if they're not careful enough. >> reporter: uber has likened its struggles to a political campaign which is why it hired david plouffe, who helped mastermind president obama's election in 2008. part of plouffe's job, to get uber in cities where the powerful taxi industry has been successful in keeping them out. in a recent blog post, uber ceo writes "acknowledging mistakes and learning from them are...