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It was palestinian incitements from mahmoud abbas that sparked the recent round of attacks but secretary kerry saying that all emotional rhetoric on both sides needs to be dialed down to keep the violence from escalating out of control. now, what they're going to be discussing is the status quo agreement. this is the agreement that governs the rules for the disputed site in the old city known as the temple mount or the haram al sharif. it's been disputed for many years now. in 1967 there was an agreement in which jordan would hold custody of the site and very strict rules allowing palestinians...
The reopening of embassies in washington and havana. jim acosta at the white house with more on the big thaw in relations. >> reporter: this has been in the works for months but now the reality of ending decade of cold war tensions with cuba is fast approaching. the president will announce the u.s. and cuba have reached an agreement to reestablish diplomat relations and reopen embassies in both havana and washington. those offices will become full-blown embassies. john kerry is also expected to offer more details on those next steps in that process. in the meantime john kirby told wolf blitzer...
Will become full-blown embassies. the president and secretary of state john kerry will have more to say on this later on this morning. state department spokesman john kirby told cnn that kerry may travel to havana for that embassy opening. here is what he had to say. >> clearly that is something we are entertaining right now, but i don't have anything to talk about in terms of his travel right now. what we are focused on less the travel schedule and more the effort here and achieving the president's objective of restoring diplomatic negotiations with cuba. what that looks like, how that is pro...
Relations for the first time in more than five decades. >> reporter: this has been in the works for months but now the reality of ending decades of cold war tensions with cuba is fast approaching. senior administration official say both the u.s. and cuba will announce later on this morning that they have reached an agreement to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies in havana and washington. for now both governments have only had small intersection official but now the official will become full-blown embassies. the president and secretary of state john kerry will have later to s...