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We have this information into cnn in the past hour or so. police in afghanistan say a u.s. air strike has struck an afghan army outpost killing eight afghan soldiers. >> it was on monday morning local time. a u.s. army colonel says the incident is under investigation. we will bring you more information when we have it. the decades-long relationship between the united states and cuba is entering a new era. >> today the two countries restore full diplomatic relations, each opening embassies in t...

Ties with cuba today and in washington the building formerly known as the cuban interest section is now an american embassy. [shouting] >> it is the cuban embassy in america, obviously. cuban officials flew the countrys flag there for their first time since 1961. the new era started after midnight. u.s. officials say the american flag will not fly outside the american embassy in havana until secretary of state john kerry hosts a flag-raising ceremony next month. cubas flag went up at the state d...

>> jose good morning. well, certainly a more muted response here in havana than what luke was describing in washington. in some ways its business as usual. theres still the hundreds of people that line up here outside the u.s. interest section every day, applying for visas. today, its very, very different. this had been a u.s. intersection for decades. a step below an embassy, but today its a u.s. embassy for the first time in 54 years. and heres something you wouldnt see five ten years ago, fra...

Well cuba has an interest section in d.c. that has served for years. that building will probably be the new embassy when we get a new embassy again. over the last few weeks that building has had a freshly paved driveway. they repainted the fence and "the new york times" reports they have erected a huge new flagpole in the front lawn probably to get ready for the time coming when theyll raise the cuban flag in washington, d.c. so this is all underway. it is happening. the next big question is the...

Is. soon there after there was a prisoner swap. the easing of restrictions and people sending money home to their families and they eased up on banking restrictions and travel restrictions. the president called on congress to debate lifting the embargo that we have imposed on cuba all this time. the president cant do it on his own. those have been a really, really big deal. today the reopening of the embassies after 54 years of being closed. president obama said today the secretary of state john...

That we have imposed on cuba all this time. the president cant do it on his own. those have been a really, really big deal. today the reopening of the embassies after 54 years of being closed. president obama said today the secretary of state john kerry will travel to havana this summer to raise the american flag over our embassy there. as for the cuban embassy here, well, cuba has an interest section in d.c. that has served for years. that building will probably be the new embassy when we get a...

Hearing in just a few moments. here in the rose garden, president obama announcing that the u.s. and cuba are reopening their embassies, located of course in washington and havana. located in their existing offices of the u.s. special interest section in havana and the cuban interest section here in washington. the cubans, as a matter of fact, recently installed a flagpole, that theyll be raising the cuban flag at. and we understand theres no timetable set for when the u.s. embassy will open up ...

U.s. official he is a u.s. diplomat. he doesnt have an ambassadorial rank. there will be a full embassy in halve -- full ambassador in havana and a full ambassador here in washington. some oppose the development and expansion of that building which will be a formal u.s. embassy as opposed to a diplomatic interest section technically under control of the swiss government. there will be opposition once the president formally nominates someone, that person has to be confirmed by the u.s. congress. ...

Negotiations with cuba. what that looks like how, thats processed, how we do that overtime. >> reporter: and the white house has not ruled out a presidential trip to cuba before president obama leaves office. that would be astounding. it was usen the current head of the u.s. interest section in that vanhavana. you could almost see the white house from the interest section building. >> thank you so much for all of that. >> you bet. >> usa, usa, usa. the american women are headed to the world cup ...

>> marco rubio -- >> both. >> theyve been two of the -- the thing is congress has to approve the money. so we need $6.5 million to fix up what is now our interest section down there. i got to get the money. if they dont, i dont know what they are going to do. got to fight about everything. >> right. president obama admits cuba has long way to go to giving its people freedom. rights like free speech and political opposition they dont have those. the president says u.s. will speak up whenever cu...