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Country. and opening up cuba for religious and political freedoms. those are the top priorities with regard to the relationship with cuba. >> there were concessions made on behalf of cuba and prisoners set free but we need to continue to push those. that is something we can both sides can agree to. >> well talk more about those warming relations between the u.s. and cuba, at least what weve seen over the past year and a half. thanks so much. appreciate that. >> thank you. >> up next, president-e...

Travel. its easier to invest in the island, people to people initiative. there was a lot of tension because many in washington felt that havana wasnt advancing as fast as it should and that an opportunity could be lost and that could be the scenario now. now well see what happens with president-elect donald trump, but one thing that ive heard from cubans in havana that is very clear, they dont see this process of reestablishing relations with the u.s. as a surrender. they donsee it as a negotiat...

Do you think that warming relations with putin is necessarily a bad idea or how should this relationship be framed out? >> you know, i think we want to have a better relationship with russia. trump is not wrong to exploring the opportunities for that. he has to figure out how hes going to do that. and i think he needs to avoid words like bargain or deals with russia. for a couple of reasons. one, as i mentioned, it creates real unease in central europe and brings back memories of division and st...

Something disturbing about that, and we have seen the problems with the red baiting throughout our history and the idea that because of a view that you have politically and foreign policy or otherwise that you are associated with the enemy. this is obama basically saying that the trump idolizing trump. lets listen. >> if you have made a career of idolizing ronald reagan, where were when you your partys nominee was kissing up to vladimir putin the former kgb offic officer. >> and two piece, and o...

Addressed the u.n. general assembly. he praised the warming relations between cuba and the u.s. and called for a lifting of the economic embargo on his country. chinese president xi jinping says the international community should work together for a green, low carbon, sustainable environment. he says china will share in that responsibility. in taiwan, trying to recover from the second typhoon since august. it made landfall on monday dumping nearly two feet of rain in parts of the island. con...

Serial highway shootings are some of the hardest crimes to investigate. >> you just dont know whether you are looking for one single suspect or multiple suspects. you just dont know whether or not the individuals are shooting from a platform, from a vehicle, much like the beltway sniper. are they shooting from a building? >> in arizona whrk a shooter could be out there lurking, theres no such thing as a peaceful drive down the highway. cnn, dallas. on to cuba now. the nation says that it will ...

Smugglers. a desperate chaotic situation. >> 11 minutes past 8:00 in the room, barbie dadeau. thank you very much. >> u.s. president barack obama wants congress to take cuba off the list of countries that sponsor terrorism. >> the white house has writ in this letter to congress. saying cuba has not supported terrorist activity for six months and havana promised it wont do so in the future. the move allows months of warming relations, should say, follows months of relations between the u.s. and c...

Revelations anytime soon. >> theyve discussed at fbi headquarters about maybe giving out a little bit more information next week or the week after. but they dont want to get in a position that when somebody recklessly says the investigation is faulty that they give up something that helps the adversaries are overseas to know how they did what they did. >> i really want to know what it is though. >> youre not the only one. >> tom, pamela, appreciate it. were also following reaction to a major sur...

People. having them over to the white house, he doesnt have to kiss up to them. he may say i would rather play pool with the devil than deal with the republican leadership, but i can give them grace points, invite the wives to the white house dinners, do things johnson did, say to the congressman pretty far right, you want that dam built in your district, i can get that dam built if you give me support on this bill. president obama has not had good relations with congress. he has a strong argume...

Moscow. >> the polls turned out by the tens of thousands to honor the president today in krakow, many of the worlds leaders were prevented from going to the funeral because of the ash cloud over europe. the nation of poland still seemed in shock today, still burying the dead. today, the president lech kaczynski, his wife maria among 96 that died in a plane crash in russia ironically en route to a memorial for 22,000 polish soldiers murdered by soviet secret police in 1940, up to 80 world leaders...