>> el ex gobernador de nuevo méxico, volvió de cuba frustrado por no lograr la excarcelación de alan grosse resultado, porque el gobierno de cuba me invitó para discutir el caso de alan gross, inmediatamente me dijeron que no podía visitarlo y menos llevármelo a estados unidos . >>> el ex gobernador dijo que esto podría ser una señal que el gobierno de cuba no quiere mejorar sus relaciones con estados unidos, el gobierno de la habana pareció responder a este comentario. >>> aunque se ha querido presentar de otra forma, la autorización de unas categorías de viajes, el permiso de aeropuertos de vuelos charter para cuba, son insuficientes. >>> mientras continúan los torpedazos verbales a ambos lados, alan gross sigue en la cárcel, su defensa dice que sus acusaciones son falsas y que solamente quería llevar equipos satelitales a una comunidad judía para que se conectara a internet . >>> el gobierno de cuba logró paralizar todos los programas pro democracia que habían en estados unidos, para cuba, no quieren que ciudadanos estadounidenses vayan a cuba . >>> pero por qué el gobierno de cuba invi

it's about how we can get alan gross out.alize that if they don't release him soon there's going to be a deep freeze and i don't blame the obama administration for being cautious because it seemed that every time that an improvement can happen, the cubans shut the door. and it could be that some hard line elements in that government, basically, are pushing raul castro, the president, saying this is not the time to do it let's not do it, they're not going to help us. and so i came back empty handed. but these efforts to free alan gross should continue. >> i don't understand if they knew they were, a, not going to let you meet with alan gross, let alone with raul astroor bring him out of there, they weren't going to let you you do anything, why did they tell you to come? >> i believe there was a struggle right before i came, a policy debate, and they didn't decide until the last minute when i was there, and somehow the hard line elements -- and i think foreign secretary rodriguez is skeptical of improving ties with the u.s. --

says it wants alan gross out. we're now getting a statement from the gross family. me read it to our viewers. we are pleased that the cuban government invited governor richardson to havana. we welcome any dialogue that will result in alan's release. we are grateful for his continued efforts. we hope that the governor and cuban authorities are able to find common ground that will allow us to be reunited as a family before the jewish holidays. they come up at the end of september. he was there trying to help the jewish community get better internet access. the cuban government accused him of -- that that was not authorized and they arrested him, sentenced him to 15 years. state department says it hopes that governor richardson can succeed in getting his release. we'll have more on this story here in the situation room when it comes up. in the meantime, we're getting reaction to bill richardson's mission to cuba. he's done this before in syria, iraq, and libya, other countries. let's see if he can come out with alan gross on this occasion. >>> meanwhile, a new danger in

very moral, very ethical. >> reporter: alan gross loves music. >> one string. >> reporter: so these areeded? >> some of them, not all of them. >> reporter: and there were times early on when judy gross had hope music would help him through his ordeal. when he was in prison, he actually played instruments with his guards? >> once or twice, i think it was the warden of the prison who i think was a musician gave him an instrument. >> reporter: in early august, the cuban court turned down her husband's last appeal. she's asking president raul castro and the cuban government to release him on humanitarian grounds. >> one of my biggest fears is i'm going to get a call from my attorney one day saying alan had a heart attack or something happened to him. i don't know if i'll ever see him again. i don't know if he'll set foot on u.s. soil. >> reporter: and ellen -- alan gross' imprisonment is affecting not only his family but u.s.-cuban relations which up to this point were improving. the state department is telling us that this is a major impediment to continuing that improvement. wolf? >> and

government contractor who was jailed and have vanished his name is alan gross and richardson over the weekend was quoted saying he'll stay until he gets to meet with them now this was reported on by the mainstream media the mainstream media has covered richardson's trip to try to save they would report alan gross now in this reporting you may not have heard mention of some other people who are imprisoned the cuban five they're imprisoned in the u.s. they're cubans who claim to be in the u.s. monitoring terrorist groups and you claim they had an unfair trial and of the victims of miscarriages of justice but they are being there they've been there for thirteen years this marks an anniversary of their incarceration in prisons across the u.s. if you haven't heard about them ever it may be because you don't see much about them on the mainstream media ever despite calls that this trial was a miscarriage of justice now former presidential candidate gloria is one who has made that call she joins us to talk about it. being i know you've got a lot on this we've heard about richardson's trip to

government contractor who's jailed in havana his name is alan gross everything richard said over the weekend was quoted saying he'll stay there in cuba until he gets to meet ross now while mainstream media has covered the trip to save alan gross as they've build it there is no mention of the cuban five cubans who are imprisoned in the u.s. who claims to be in the u.s. monitoring terrorist groups now they're marking thirteen years of incarceration in prisons across the u.s. government heard about them it's needed because the mainstream media doesn't tie.

the blockade it's the us that holds the cuban prison it's the united states that sent men like alan gross into cuba to bring surveillance equipment espionage equipment against the country continues to finance openly financed by the millions of dollars organizations in so puberty this country it's a one way trip on behalf of the united states and the u.s. navy often says well if cuba doesn't make this move then the relations will continue bad bill richardson visit to cuba was unannounced he i think has portrayed it in a way that's not quite reflecting reality so you don't think because he says they have and have and invited him you don't that's not the case i don't know that that's true but i do know that alan gross was receiving good treatment in cuba he was allowed to see his wife for five days. on the beach they released him from prison to see his wife for five days and yet two wives of the cuban have been denied visas to visit their husbands on a regular basis they've been denied the warmth and comfort of their husbands so you're saying that it's a double standard when it comes to trea

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very moral, very ethical. >> reporter: alan gross loves music. >> it's one string. >> reporter: theseof them. not all of them. >> reporter: there were times early on when judy gross had hoped music would help him through his ordeal. when he was in prison, he actually played instruments with his guards? joshgs once or twice, i think it was the warden of the prison i think was a musician, gave him an instrument. >> reporter: in early august, the cuban court turned down her husband's last appeal. she is asking president raul castro and the cuban government to release him on humanitarian grounds. >> one of my biggest fears is i'm going to get a call from my attorney one day saying alan had a heart attack or something happened to him. i don't know if i'll ever see him again. i don't know if he'll set foot on u.s. soil. >> jill is here with me now. i know it's not her biggest concern, but is there a concern about u.s./cuba relations now? >> yeah. absolutely. this morning i was talking with the state department to get an update. the problem is up until now, up until this case, relations were

he arrived yesterday on this surprise visit, and, remember, he's here to secure the release of alan grossorting communications equipment, satellite communications equipment illegal in cuba supposedly with the aim of trying to connect dissidents to the internet. now, we don't have any details about these negotiations so far, but i did chat briefly with richardson, and he says he doesn't want to comment about his mission or say how long he'll be in cuba but that he might have comments for us at the end of the visit. we also talked briefly with the head of the national assembly here, and he said that he doesn't know why richardson is here and he's not a for tune teller so he doesn't know who he'll go home w.but the reason that there's hope here, that people are optimistic is because of the timing. as you mentioned, the legal proceeding is out of the way, so a lot of people think that now there's actually some room for president raoul castro to perhaps allow alan gross to leaf on humanitarian grounds. this is richardson's second visit. he was here last year when he met with officials. after h

mexico bill richardson en cuba, para tratar de lograr la liberacion del contratista estadounidense alan grossras nos lleva a conocerla. >> estas Últimas semanas han sido intensas para laura reyes, una mujer indÍgena maya quien como candidata a la vice presidencia se ha dado a la tarea de salir a la calle para que la gente la conozca y vote por ella en prÓximas ediciones presidenciales. >> una batalla que comenzÓ dentro de su propio partido. >> fue proclamada como candidata a la vice presidencia de la repÚblica, porque las bases del partido asÍ lo pidieron, esta asamblea es la representaciÓn de todo el paÍs, donde vienen los delegados de todo el paÍs. y en esta asamblea ella se resultÓ electa. >> viene de una familia muy humilde su padre era albaÑil y su madre vendÍa tortillas y naciÓ sin la parte del brazo izquierdo. >> pero no le llevÓ a estudiar derecho. >> quien entonces era rector de la universidad y le dio la oportunidad de terminar sus estudios. >> mÁs tarde la convirtiÓ en su mÁs cercana colaboradora. >> y ella es un diamante en bruto desde que la conocÍ, es una mujer altamente intelig

alan gross. you know, if there's an opportunity, we'll get back in there.o american hikers. that was good news that they're home. >> stay in touch with us on that. bill richardson joining us. >>> i was among a handful of reporters, maybe a dozen, invited by president ahmadinejad to this news briefing that he had q&a. i pressed him on controversial comments that he's made. i want you to listen to this exchange. you remember a few years ago when you spoke at columbia university? you caused a lot of uproar, buzz, ridicule i should say, when you suggested that there were no homosexuals in iran. could you tell us, are there homosexuals in iran? >> translator: my position hasn't changed. in iran homosexuality is looked down upon as an ugly deed. perhaps there are those who engage in such activities and you may be in contact with them and more aware of them, but in iranian societyi such activitie, thoughts and behaviors are shameful. therefore, these are not known elements within the iranian society. rest assured this is one of the ugliest behaviors in our society

. >> my name is that doctor alan gross. i am the director of economic affairs.pleasure to welcome you to the first conversation since the series. it is sounded in the her lifelong friendship of two leaders from opposite sides of the aisle. alan simpson and republican who served for many years and norman mineta from california who served as the secretary of commerce and the clintons administration and is he secretary for transportation in the bushes ministration. they met during world war ii when the simpson's boy scout troop is it did in wyoming antelope -- at the center were the secretary's family was interned with other japanese- americans. despite their eventual political differences, their friendship and their commitment to leadership and service in toward. here in the series ends to create a forum in which students from around the world can engage with leaders and explore issues of public concern. we also hope it will be a meaningful supplement to the leadership development effort of the students in the academic internship program. to introduce today a's ev

journalist has a previously undetected act of gross negligence or malice and in violation of a signed security agreement with the guardian's editor in chief alan rusbridger disclose top secret decryption passwords to the entire unredacted wiki leaks cable gate archives now we've already spoken to the state department and commenced litigation action we will issue a formal statement formal statement in due course so the u.s. state department is confirmed and they did get a heads up from the organization but they said they have no plans to cooperate with them so could be negligence on the part of wiki leaks could be negligence on the part of the guardian or who knows who else but the mainstream media has been quick to jump on this story so the drama to put julian a son into the spotlight again and i'm fortunate result of this coverage is what's being overlooked but the cables actually reveal a recently made public state department cable provides evidence that u.s. troops executed at least ten iraqi civilians and then call that an airstrike to destroy the evidence among the dead are four women and five children and autopsies performed in the iraqi

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