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We have this information into cnn in the past hour or so. police in afghanistan say a u.s. air strike has struck an afghan army outpost killing eight afghan soldiers. >> it was on monday morning local time. a u.s. army colonel says the incident is under investigation. we will bring you more information when we have it. the decades-long relationship between the united states and cuba is entering a new era. >> today the two countries restore full diplomatic relations, each opening embassies in the other's capital. patrick altman has more from havana. >> reporter: for decades when fidel castro ...

captors, aka their parents. those two lost custody of four year old cole and two year old schas after a run in with police in louisiana last june. how they wound up in cuba and what happens next are matters that i put to my cnn colleagues. and victor blackwell who is in tampa. give me exactly what we do know from any cuban officials at this point who may be talking about this case. >> reporter: well, the kublen officials say that three are not aware of this. they have said that the u.s. has not asked them for any assistance. here's what we do know about their cuban connection. the hi...

justice alana kagan is a very new justice, but she had a very important opinion this morning, she had a decision that struck down mandatory life terms for juvenile offenders. there's a law in several states that says on these circumstances, this person must be sentenced to life without parole. and what the court held by 5- 4, justice anthony kennedy joining the fourth liberals said that it is unconstitutional for a law to say a juvenile convicted of murder must automatically serve life without parole. the jury has to make a separate provision about what the individual should serve li...

attorney general, an attorney day for your time, i'm sure you know the country and perhaps the world will be watching as you implement this law going forward. we start the 11:00 hour here on the east coast. several important decisions from the united states supreme court today. this headline, the big health care decision will not come until thursday, that will be the final day of this year's supreme court term, including the charge of the president's signature first term initiative, also called obama care. but a most important verdict in the arizona immigration case, several provisio...

Many people have had to evacuate. there may be no better illustration of a low moving disaster than what you can see from the bough of a tanker coming down the mississippi. our patrick altman is along for the ride. >> reporter: take a ride on the mississippi river and you will see flooding and destruction you won't soon forget. this man has been navigating the waters for over 30 years. but a flooded mississippi means a late start to this trip for him and the crew of the merit jones. >> it's easier in the day time to tell what you're doing than it is at night. the current affects you tremendous...