welcome back to "the lead." we've seen russian president vladimir putin doing a lot of, lets say, unpredictable things. riding a horse shirtless. hunting shirtless. fighting children and judo people, and annexing crimea from ukraine and an amazzing troops at the border for a possible invasion. i thought he couldn't do anything at this point that would surprise me but then today, you showed up in cuba to hang out with the castro brothers. has he found new camaraderies? patrick oppmann joins us from havana. what is putin doing in cuba, at least the official version? >> reporter: you know, vladimir putin's message couldn't be clearer.