Assistant secretary of state Roberta Jacobson. Begin negotiations tomorrow to normalize relations. When what youre doing doesnt work for 50 years, its time to do something else. What were doing with respect to cuba is not a reward for anything. Hoping it will pave the way for secretary of state kerry to come. I look forward to traveling to cuba. Its unlikely the embargo will be lifted any time soon. There is a lot of history to overcome. We are ending policy that was long past its expiration date. What we keep hearing is hope. Weve been waiting for this. Assistant secretary of state Roberta Jacobson arrived in cuba to begin talks tomorrow on normalizing relations with cuba. She will discuss opening a cuba embassy in washington, d. C. And American Embassy in havana as well as banking issues mail service and expanding trail between the two countries. With cuba we are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date. [ applause ] the president , of course does not have the Legal Aut
Good evening. Thanks for joining us. The president believes what he believes. Thats what sean spicer, the White House Press secretary said about the president s claim millions of illegally documented immigrants voted illegally for hillary clinton. Lets be clear before we go further. There is no evidence that happened. If it did, it would be an great voter fraud of our times and extraordinary fraud. If it happened you would think there would be calls for a congressional investigation and Justice Department hearings. If the president really believed it happens you would think he himself would be calling for those investigations. Now, either the president believes something for which there is no evidence and is false or he doesnt really believe it and is just using this as an excuse to explain why he did not win the popular vote. Either way, the president is spreading a falsehood and is the subject of our keeping them honest segment tonight. Jeff zeleny begins it. Reporter the white house
Why is putin now a fault line in u. S. Politics . New terror tactics, a chilling report warns of new isis methods to attack the west, including car bombs and possibly chemical weapons. Are isis operatives standing by to strike . I am wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. President elect donald trump is on the road this hour. He will be heading to des moines, iowa, where hell hold his latest socalled thank you rally later tonight. First a visit to Ohio State University where the president elect has asked to meet with victims of that isisinspired terror attack as well as First Responders. And were learning more right now about new additions to his administration. Trump has picked fastfood ceo Andrew Puzder to be labor secretary. Puzder opposes a higher minimum wage and broader overtime pay. Trump has named Oklahoma Attorney general scott pruitt to head the Environmental Protection agency. Pruitt does not believe in Climate Change and he has sued the epa multiple times over power p
And welcome back. We begin the hour with breaking news. Chicago Police Announcing hate crime and kidnapping charges against four africanamericans accused of tying up a white special needs teenager and torturing him while broadcasting it on Facebook Live. The video youre about to watch is disturbing to say the least and is hard to watch. Grabbing that gee. Damn. The victim is 18 years old. A young man with special needs. President obama calls an the video despicable while talking to a chicago cnn affiliate about that specifically and racial tensions in general. Heres how i think about it. I dont think its actually to say Race Relations have gone the worse. I came to chicago in 85. You were there during the wars. I promise you, Race Relations havent gotten worse. But what is true is that in part because we see visuals of racial tensions, violence, and so forth because of smartphones and the internet and the media, what weve seen is surfacing i think a lot of the problems that have been t
Alleged refusal to comply with a lawful subpoena. The Trump Administration now defending a controversial policy today in the Supreme Court. For the first time on the beat, the attorney general of new york who was in that courtroom, in the Supreme Court, joins me on the beat. So im excited about that later this hour. We begin with what steve and i were just discussing. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi giving her first on camera comments about what to do with the Mueller Report. Do you believe the president s behavior was criminal . That remains to be seen when we see the rest of the report. This is about being totally free from passion, from prejudice, from politics. When we have the facts, well have a better idea of how we go forward. That is pelosi obviously walking the line. According to many legal experts, before you even get to the politics, we do have a lot of the facts. We have they ever. Over 400 pages. Speaker pelosi said that doesnt mean shes ruling anything out. Shes not endorsing