Mitchell Reports   |  February 20, 2013

Sen. Leahy wraps up three day Cuba trip

Sen. Patrick Leahy led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Cuba where he met with American contractor Alan Gross. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports.

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>>> patrick leahy is wrapping up a trip to cuba. on tuesday, the lawmakers met with cuba's president, raul castro . he also visited with allen gross, who has been jailed since 2009 for bringing illegal satellite technology to the island, according to the cubans. there had been hopes of negotiating mr. gross's release, but there was no breakthrough.

>> i was glad we had the meeting. i was glad we had the trip, and i'm anxious to talk with president obama when i get back about what we saw.

>> reporter: did you see mr. gross?

>> i had a long talk with mr. gross and i'll tell the president about that talk also.

>> senator leahy and the delegation are now heading to haiti.