what was alan gross doing in cuba? and to was he working for? and analysis of funding for the project with us here to the us agency for international elements. headquartered in the nation's capital. usaid is the federal agency that oversees civilian 48 and was the funding agency for the project he worked on the prime contractor. he said both parties. according to your one of your lawsuits you brought up that you had raised concerns over the dangers of the equipment you found >> i was becoming more and more uneasy with each successive trip. because i began to realize that things were not exactly as they appear to be. it is illegal to distribute anything in cuba that is paid us government. >> and you do not know that? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: his confinement continued at one point he only cared about finding a way to see his mother in her last days fighting cancer in a world away. she's a wanted him by her side. it left his wife >> word about his emotional state. he had said to me i don't want you to come back. >> reporter: his supporters w

washington dc to meet with him and his wife and find the story behind the headlines. >> reporter: alan gross as you know is a menu had a front row seat to history. he spent five years in a cuban prison just after his arrest facing allegations in cuba of being an american spy. his release which was part of a swap for five cuban spies is credited by some as a catalyst for a new day in us cuba relations. >> where is your anger like stay? >> is not directed at anywhere. government of cuba did to me. but that is their problem now. i got to leave the island. they are still there. i feel very badly for the people of cuba. i have -- someone asked if i had any bitterness towards the cubans. absolutely not. as far as i'm concerned 11.3 million people are imprisoned on the island. >> reporter: gross says he tries to rebuild his life he hopes there's a new future ahead for the cuban people. join us thursday beginning at 5 pm as he shares his message in particular for south florida cuban-americans unity and hear what he hopes that someday he >>> we are headed to cuba for president barack obama's historic

. >>> part two of our exclusive one-on-one interview with ex- cuban prisoner alan gross. what his wife tells investigator michelle gillen about her fight to get her husband back on us soil. and what he wants to go back to cuba. >>> it's bigger for medical students across south florida. we are there as they take part >>> seton hall might be heading home to new jersey after disappointing loss but one player has made history. >> gary gordon became the first openly gay player to play in the tournament last night. don champion reports. >> reporter: for derek gordon is always been what happens on the court that matters. >> it shouldn't be a story. >> reporter: it's no wonder he's shrugging off the history he made thursday night in denver. the seton hall senior became the first openly gay player to play in the ncaa tournament. before the game he was not seeking notoriety. >> i'm not out to prove anything. i know what i have to do. i know my skill level. i'm going out and doing what i teammates. >> reporter: the 24-year-old can out a 2014 after former nba player jason collins and

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this announcement of those new ties remain after american prisoner alan gross was released in a separate exchange made for the release of the remaining membererof the cuban five. a short time ago alan gross who you see here spoke to the national press club about the president's visit and the one thing that would have made him upset about the trip. meeting with fidel castro, because i would have been really upset if he had met with fidel castro. and the answer was no, he will not be meeting w wh fidel castro. he will meet with president raul castro. >> reporter: gross says he supports allf t t progress between the two countries and he thinks the embargo should be lifted. all of these changes are set to take effect tomorrow. jeff weinsier, local 10 news. >> kristi: we will be there for the historic visit. calvin hughes is leading our news team from havana. look for live reports beginninging later on this week. >> constance: north korean state media is reporting the couny plans to conduct a nuclear war head test in the nearest future. the north korean leader plans to test missiles that are

alan gross' release became the between the united states and cuba. here's part two of our one on one with gross. >> reporter: at 10:00 at night i heard knocking on the door. there were four guys on the other side saying open the door. for alan gross, reality came crashing down with that knock on the door. >> they said collect your stuff, you are coming with us. his wife was awaiting his arrival back in maryland but that call did not come. >> i called the airline, i must have had a desperate tone, they confirmed he was not on the flight. >> they accused me of being a cia agent. >> reporter: why was it laughable. >> i am the most open guy in the world. they asked me a question and i had an interpreter. >> reporter: you spoke spanish? >> i did not. without speaking spanish? >> yes. >> reporter: his arrest lead to a 15 year prison sentence. what was he doing in cuba and who was he working for. an analysis of funding for the project leads us to the usaid office. they are the office that oversees funding for civilian aid. a prime contractor. >> gross sued

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find out what happens next and two japanese are looking for. prisoner alan gross talks about his first year of freedom only with cbs 4. what he told about his time in jail and help he's released paved the way for the new relations between cuba and the us. >>> sea world new direction. more on the future of the theme park company following a decision to end its organ breeding program. >>> with the miami seaquarium is saying about the change. the news at 6 starts now. >> i refuse to be afraid to have coffee in my backyard. >> we begin with a safety alert. horrifying moments for a 91- year-old woman and her daughter . the women were at their deerfield beach home when they were robbed at gunpoint and now there's a new composite sketch of the person who did it. peter dench is live at the home and peter, what is the daughter >> reporter: she has already taken secretly precautions. young garment wrapped her and her mother after opening up the gate to the backyard and walking in. she never thought this would happen and now she's having locks to the gates. >> my reaction is to i start to screami

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the cuban administration's response was to take alan gross hostage. united states response is freer sanctions. beginning in 2009-2010, the murder of high profile opposition activists, beginning with orlando zapata zamaya, and in 2011 with the founding leader of the ladies in white, lara poyan and harold zaparo, nominatenumerous times for the nobel prize and cul killed in wt appears to be a state security operation. we've seen the violence increase post-december 2014. we are carrying for surli avila leon, one of the people who tried to keep a school open and because she got frustrated with official channels went purged from her position in the government and machete attacked in november of 2014. this is a situation that is deteriorating and the administration's nonresponsiveness does not point to a bright future. today marks the 13th anniversary of the cuban black spring. back in 2003 a year after jimmyy carter's visit to cuba, there was a massive crack down on organizers of the varella project, there was an international campaign of solidarity to see

su paÍs y utilizado por el gobierno de cuba, este es parte de su entrevista. ( habla en inglÉs ) alan grossun ojo al tÍo sam. despuÉs, dijeron quizÁs podemos conseguir algo con esta situaciÓn y conseguir traer de vuelta a nuestros agentes de inteligencia y pensaron que podÍan hacer un cambio de inmediato. lamentablemente mi gobierno, lamentablemente yo no era un espÍa, sí hubiese sido un espÍa me cambiaban. pero mi gobierno no podÍan canjear a quien no era un espÍa por tres o cinco espÍas, era manzana contra naranjas y me dijeron algo bastante perturbador. mi ciudadanÍa de estados unidos era menos importante que las vidas de criminales de otro paÍs. eso fue realmente perturbador creÍ que mi gobierno me iba a rescatar, me iba a sacar mÁs pronto. pero no lo hicieron. jorge: la entrevista completa lado podrÁ ver este domingo en al punto aladi de la maÑana en el este, dos de la tarde en el pacÍfico. joaquÍn el chapo guzmÁn pasa sus dÍas en prisiÓn leyendo un libro de autoayuda sobre el sentido de la vida, a casi tres meses del regreso a la cÁrcel del altiplano no tenido visitas conyugales uno d

. >> reporter: 66-year-old alan gross says he recklessly clung to that hope for five years. as he sat for days and nights for nearly a year in total darkness. incarcerated in a cuban jail cell. >> reporter: the first time i heard the clanking of the door >> reporter: within hours of his arrest he was interrogated by cuban police for allegedly being an american spy. what would they say? >> they threaten to hang me. they threatened to pull out my fingernails. this i would never see the light of day. i do not see the light of day for more than 20 minutes the first year. >> reporter: us government contractor he was sought out and hired. he said to set up internet connections in cuba. in what turned out to be a pilot project for the jewish community. >> the project was really straightforward. it was a technical project >> reporter: the goal of getting the equipment into cuba -- what was the goal? >> to bring broadband connectivity to cuba. that was it. >> reporter: at least that's what he says he was led to believe. >> there was information kept from me. it is illegal to distribu

alan gross will talk about his time behind bars in cuba, this is just days before the u.s. is expected to announce that it will ease travel and trade restrictions between the u.s. and cuba. we expect to learn more about those restrictions on thursday. >> something new is going up in ward 8. bright beginnings, a november profit, hopes a new child development center will make a big difference in the lives of homeless families. a ground breaking ceremony will be held today for the new center on 4th street in southeast. the center will offer early childhood education and assistance to those families in need. 32 new jobs will be created when the center opens next year. wizards dough he natured about >>> metro has a new app, a tool that might make it easier for you to catch a bus. bus eta debuts next honesty. you can check it out on their website now. you can see real time bus information that is updated about every 30 seconds. it will show the next three buses at each stop. >>> local celebrity chef expected to pay thousands to settle an over-9/time lawsuit. about $30,000 in tota

ke freed alan gross, who was in cuban prison for five years. at the summit of the americas in panama in the first official leaders of the two nations since 1961. raised cuba from the terrorist list, and in the fall, a flfl was raised, and later, secretety of state john kerry carried the flag-raising in washington/ d.c. >> yes, jackie, there are many out here who sayhat president obama has not made significaca concessions since restoring the relations with the u.s. however, there have been a few notable changes, we'll get to some of those. just yesterday, the cuban government planned to do away with a 10% penalty on converting u.s. dollars. it will make it easier and cheaper for americans to spend time in cuba. they announced the plans regarding the international banking system. but just two days ago you saw this, the service and mail rtored for the first time since 1963. among those taking advantage is president obama who sent the letter to a 76-year-old woman in cuba. she wrote to the president last month asking for a personal meeting with the

today's remarks come on the heels of my visit with alan gross at his -- and his wife in the capital. the company plans on visiting south florida next week while the president is headed to cuba. a critical mission he says the well today he addressed the national press club. experience in cuba was not about me. it was never about me. but i also recognize that at least to some extent i became an unintentional catalyst for a huge change in cuba us relations. now that i am able to enjoy my freedom, i have become an intentional catalyst and i support any progress evolving from newfound constructive engagement. after all, why have the state department or diplomacy if we don't engage? >> one of his many questions in an in depth interview on state department policy and his five- year journey of imprisonment i sat down with the former us contractor once interrogated in cuba for allegedly being a spy. he shared with me his message for the south florida cuban- american community and he tells me why he wants to return to i thought that might surprise some given what he went through there but both

one-on-one with alan gross. he tells us how he inadvertently set the wheels in motion for the historic change in us cuba relations. >>> tragedy in russia. we will have the latest on what might have caused a plane crash there. >>> trump protesters get wild in the streets of new york city corner was there's no one road out there. no one surface... no one speed... no one way of driving on each and every road. but there is one car that can conquer them all. the mercedes-benz c-class. five driving modes let you

ke freed alan gross, who was in cuban prison for five years. at the summit of the americas in panama in the first official leaders of the two nations since 1961.

. >>> alan gross will speak out about his time behind bars in cuba today. gross spent five years behind bars there. this comes just days before the united states is expected to announce that it will ease travel and trade restrictions in cuba. we expect to learn more about those restrictions on thursday. gross will speak at the national press club in northeast. >>> something new is about to go up hopes to build a new child development center. there will be a ground breaking ceremony today for the new center. it's on 4th street in southeast. 32 new jobs will be created at the center which will offer early childhood education and assistance to families in need. john wild of the wizards donated $400,000 for the building of the center. >>> a new app from metro may make it easier for you to catch the bus on time. it's called bus eta and it will eventually replace next bus. bus eta debuts next month. you can see real time bus information updated every 30 seconds. it will show the next three buses at each stop. >>> a local celebrity chef is set to pay thousands to

. >> victor: also alan gross an american contractor held captive five years in a cuban prison and releaued in exchanges for pbs of the have members of the cuban five. he spoke about the president's upcoming trip and also touched on the one thank would have made him upset about his visit. >> i asked if he was going to be meeting with fidid castro because i would have been really upset if he had met with fidel castro. and the answe was no, he will not be meeting with fidel he'll meet with president raul castro. >> victor: gross also said he supports all progress between the two countries me. also called for congress to end the embargo, get that embargo lifted all the changesesent out take effect tomorrow. laurie. >>aurie: a broward court bailiff has been arrested ar police say he stabbed and assaulted a prostitute in miami-dade. 45-year-old kendrick busby is now facing second degree attempted murder and sexual battery charges. busby allegedly picked the woman up at a gas station on signed street west of 95. police say he pulled a knife on her and stabbed her several times in the back and pan

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tomorrow alan gross, former cuban political prisoner will discuss his detainment and the need for cubansfor freely active information. tomorrow as part of the books on sunshine week the press club will host the fifth annual dc open government summit march 18th, we will host naacp national president cornell brooks to discuss criminal justice reform in the 2016 presidential election. on march 24th, the irs commissioner will remind you about tax returns. i would like to present our guest with the national press club mugs. [applause] >> i will hand it to you for the last question. >> are we on the cusp of a new civil rights movement in this country? >> absolutely. >> i think so too. something george will said in our roosevelt series, fdr was arms with the christian faith, history is arising road and things will get better and i believe it was all right, even potentially naÏve as it may be for the president to assume that. the only way to create the world is to dream it and move into it. i think it is possible for these retrograde tendencies to be quelled, fear and anxiety is eating off of yo

alan gross, former u.s. government subcontract your and execute a prisoner. you don't want to miss this interview is a must to stay with us to the top story of the morning. donald trump headed to washington to meet with nearly two dozen top republican leaders and fun registers in an effort to improve relationships with the establishment of comedian is more than 100 delegates are up for grabs in both the arizona primary and utah tomorrow. joining us now is the "washington times" reporter, kelley rebelled. did he see you. thanks for joining us. >> how important are arizona and utah and who has the most to gain here? let's talk about tomorrow's big contest. >> i think your dad cruise with the most to gain in the most to lose here. the willingness to pull off a big dreamy time it to get about the 50% threshold so he gets all the delegates. you could see john kasich been a spoiler. ted cruz is betting his money and utah. you also saw him change his schedule yesterday and take a surprise trip to arizona. what that might mean is our internal polling puts him closer

tomorrow, jobs day and alan krueger in the a's :00 hour and bill gross will join us.th the headline dates at 8:30 a.m. on the american labor economy. herbalife is in search of a did and the bit is now at $53.02. ♪ tom: if you are bored by herbalife, shocking headlines this morning. the stock price shows it. it's down smartly even though we got a last trade of $53.02. the older consolidated financials seem to be ok but there are new doubts about earnings, in particular about unit count. they dramatically adjust their x-chinaunt reporting e and with china and those headlines will come out this morning. there we are. let's go to our news. n ireland, the prime minister is fighting for his political survivor. his coalition was rousted in the election last week. he will leave as leader of the party within four months. he has opened the door for grand alliance with his traditional rival. the islamic state is making millions by speculating and currency markets according to testimony in a british parliament. it is said to make up to $20 million per month by taking dollars loot

an intelligence official, as well as we got the return, not part of the deal, but in addition, alan grossand having been involved in some of those negotiations while i was still secretary of state, you push as hard as you can to get as much as you can. and i support the president's efforts to move the relationship forward. i think it's good for the cuban people. i want them to have democracy and freedom. and i also want human rights respected. and i know that the president will be meeting with some dissidents, and i highly approve of that. and i think we have to continually raise the issues of all of the dissidents. and that's what i hope he does, and i will certainly continue to do that. >> i want to talk about isis. according to a police report obtained by "the new york times," authorities in europe say the paris attackers used encrypted communications devices during the massacre there. if that is accurate, do you believe it proves that major tech companies, most notably apple, should cooperate with the u.s. and other governments on unlocking terrorist phones? >> i really want to see a

on bloomberg radio, we will speak with alan krueger and bill gross. have i did at a: 30.: economists forecast 195 jobs in february -- 195,000 jobs in february. the shanghai composite rounds .ff its best week chinese political leaders gather in beijing. manager atoss, fund janus capital management, joins bloomberg for an exclusive interview. jon: a very warm welcome to "bloomberg ." i am jonathan ferro. with david westin. david: we are delighted to be joined by francine lacqua. jobs day, jobs decker let's rip up the script. even though we have great jobs data, what can janet yellen do? david: stephanie is not with us today.

later on, our fed a meeting with bill gross, among others. alaner, the former vice chairman of the fed. sir howard davies, rbs chairman. stephen roche. ♪ francine: i'm francine lacqua in london; tom keene is in new york. governor kuroda is speaking. we will get janet yellen later. it is fed day, tom. we had a great interview with a former finance minister of greece, yanis varoufakis. he was pretty explosive, as expected.we had just curry of goldman sachs . hoelger, you have a public spat with yanis varoufakis. that is the understatement of the year. you don't agree with anything he says about public finances. >> well, i agree with a lot of what he said about brexit. it was what he said about protectionist risks coming out of populist policy in the u.s. -- i would add that if you want to exhibit a as the damage populism can do, look no further than the greek economy, where the less than right-wing populist government came to d until that ago an it had been a good economic upswing. francine: it's dangerous, but it is ripe. we see it with u.s. politi

have more reaction to the weak' elements in central-bank policy with insights from bill gross and former fed chief alanenspan. coming up, review of the week's biggest company news including valeant's worst day ever. ♪ ♪ alix: welcome back to "bloomberg best." i'm alix steel. shares of valeant pharmaceuticals fell 60%. major investors lost $5 billion. valeant's terrible tuesday. >> the drugmaker cut its forecast lower than what they predicted in december. what have we learned? >> this is one of the craziest things. they put out guidance earlier saying their main measures was going to be 6.2% -- $6.2 billion. then they said, oh, it is actually $6 billion. this is going very badly. mike peterson reassured everybody and in the time he has been on the telephone with analysts, the stocks fell more percentage points. things are getting weird. >> the approaching square coming out, saying the vice chairman is going to be on the board. they still say the underlying business franchises are worth multiples of what the current market price is now. when you hear things like that, how do you interpret that? >> i can

have more reaction to the weak' elements in central-bank policy with insights from bill gross and former fed chief alanenspan. coming up, review of the week's biggest company news including valeant's worst day ever. ♪ ♪ "bloomberg best." welcome back to "bloomberg best." : welcome back to "bloomberg best." i'm alix steel. shares of valeant pharmaceuticals fell 60%. major investors lost $5 billion. let's look back at italian's terrible tuesday. -- at valeant's terrible tuesday. the drugmaker cut its forecast lower than what they predicted in december. what have we learned? >> this is one of the craziest things. they put out guidance earlier measures wasmain going to be 6.2% -- $6.2 billion. then they said, oh, it is actually $6 billion. -- this iss almost going very badly. >> what does that say about mike pearson? when he came back into the company, they do not come out with numbers because he said, we are not ready. here they are, boom, a big mistake yet again. who is checking the spelling over there? >> i am at a loss for words. mike peterson reassured everybody and in the time he has been on the tele

reaction to the weak'-- week's developments in central-bank policy with insights from bill gross and former fed chief alan greenspan. coming up, review of the week's biggest company news including valeant's worst day ever. ♪ alix: welcome back to "bloomberg best." i'm alix steel. we continue our review of the week's top business news with a company that did not have a good week. in fact, in one bad day shares of valeant pharmaceuticals fell 60%. major investors lost $5 billion. let's look back at valeant's terrible tuesday. we have got to bring our attention back to valeant, shares plunging today after the drugmaker cut its 2016 forecast that is lower than what it predicted in december. what have we learned? >> this is one of the craziest things. one of the things that just happened on the call, they put out guidance earlier saying adjusted ebitda and then they put up a slide on the call and said, oh, it is actually $6 billion. they corrected their own release of guidance hours after issuing guidance. the stock is almost -- this is going very badly. stephanie: what does that say about mike pearson? when h

alan krueger will be staying with us. coming up in about 15 minutes, the payrolls report and bill gross will be live on bloomberg radio andtes away. futures positive this morning. ♪ is "bloomberg " in new york city and america like bloomberg in europe because from a global perspective of the u.s.-japan report, had the perspectivenge -- of the u.s. jobs report, the head of foreign exchange is with us. welcome. what are you expecting today? >> they would love the store number because they would love the fed raising rates because they are sitting there trying to work out what they can do. there was a story on bloomberg of what they can do at the ecb without hurting banks. if we cut deeper into negative territory on rates but banks do not cut into negative territory on checking accounts and small deposits, it is going to be they on the banking system, so they would love some help. let's luke standing -- assume they do not raise rates and the steady the course and stay where they are, does that help? >> i don't know if anybody is really thinking there is a likelihood of a rate hike. veryumbers of have to be strong. i think

on someone i like, alan krueger, he did a study looking at what uber drivers make on average and he got the data. he was presumed paid to do it. i don't know. he calculated the gross pay per hour and says we cannot calculate net pay because we don't have mild onidat data dri and i said wait a second, uber has it. he was look at the gross pay. what do they hand to me then i have to pay for gas, and tols and deprecation on the car. that is telling you zero because uber chose not to share the data. there are issues that could be dealt with if you deal with it honestly. the issue of consumer protection, again, we want to make sure consumers have insurance. when you are in the cab you are protected. uber has a policy but it is adequate? might well be. but there needs to be regulations. it might be do this, look it over, that is fine. is it a good driver? i pull out my 84 year old mother for this one. she should not be driving an uber but does have a washington state drivers license. cab drivers have to get special licenses. criminal records? they have to go through fbi checks and maybe that is too much but the point is there should be something. someone should have rea