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Shell development that followed ripe with details. tuesday night officials at the u.s. interest section in havana threw a party for local diplomats and dignitaries and journalists. that was nice. they very much wanted to distract from the events that were just about to break wide open. the white house didnt even tell the pentagon that it was taking an airplane to havana in the wee hours yesterday. thats kind of the thing that the pentagon would want to know about, you would think. instead the of...

>> for 50 years, without that dialogue, its been brutal. >> whos going to sign off on the dialogue part without the rest of the treatment? >> you oversee the state department. the president wants full diplomatic relations. theres cuban interest section here in washington. he wants an embassy, an ambassador. are you with him on that? >> the president did negotiation this through the state department. im just adding another layer of complexity. >> ben rhodes was the kree yeah s for. >> what i have...

Castro be able to do some the same in cuba. i would note app -- ap is reporting president obama will talk today about the beginnings of a diplomatic opening to cuba with the possibility of opening an embassy there. this is clearly part of a larger strategy at the white house to try to begin to normalize relations with cuba after 54 years. >> yeah. thats a big step if that is indeed what the president announces today at noon. we have to remember that there is only been a u.s. interest section in ...

Republican colleague, senator marco rubio, a member of the senate foreign relations committee, that anyone that the president nominates to be the american ambassador to havana, to koocuba, he will vote against and any funding to establish a formal u.s. embassy in havana, he will vote against any funding for a u.s. embassy in havana, what do you say to senator rubio? >> he has strongly held views on this. i respect those views but i strongly disagree. we have a u.s. interest section in cuba. and ...

To start talking about these issues. and theres been no response from the government. >> because the -- when you say the envoy, the u.s. does have a diplomatic interest section in havana, so there are u.s. officials there who are working on behalf of your husband. >> theyre not considered envoys, though. what were talking about is somebody who can really go in and start negotiations with the cubans. >> well, i remember it wasnt that long ago, bill richardson, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n....

The marina. >> this is stellar reporting on your part for tracking down that boat and three members of that family that are now officially fugitives of american justice. have you seen, or is it easy to spot any presence from american representatives? at least somebody from the u.s. interest section in havana approaching th approaching the boat? >> diplomats have certain plates. theres black. you can recognize them. i was looking. i didnt see any of those particular plates and identify officials ...

Im not going to zero game between israel and neighbors, but also have vital national security relationships with the united states lets bring in our panel. steve hayes, juan williams and charles krauthammer. steve? >> i think the quote you read is offensive. its clownish view of what people have been arguing both with respect to protecting national security but the threat that iranian poses to the united states of america. i think one of the areas in which hagel has shown himself to be president...

police suspect her husband, a prominent scientist and he says he was out of town at the time and she doesnt remember. were digging deeper. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com mitt romneys latest campaign ads are full of pledges about what hed do on day one of his presidency, but our reality check shows hed have to wake up extra, extra early on january 20th to start on that to-do list. its a long list. our national political correspond...

ripples of relief spread from europe across the world market. a deal has been reached to tackle the e.u. financial crisis. european leaders have agreed to expand the e.u. bailout fund while private sectors will take a 50% loss on greek bonds. the european agreement translated into a huge day for u.s. stocks. lets go to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. the closing bell just rang. how did stocks finish? we dont know the final number, but we know its very positive. >> it is. t...

but just in right now, new poll numbers painting a very telling picture of the race for the republican presidential nomination. we can now report that mitt romney is the candidate to beat in at least two of the crucial first four voting contests of the 2012 election with herman cain a sometimes close, sometimes distant second. our new cnn "time" orc poll of republican voters just released shows romney on top in iowas january 3rd caucuses, leading herman cain by three points, but thats ...