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Group. i think the iranians continue to see weakness on the part of the gulf arabs and the united states. they are testing. they are going to see what's here. bill: you are probably right about that. four out of six won't attend the summit today. i agree with the white house it's not a snub for these four monarchs not to show, it's a slap in the face. it's unprecedented in my experience for the president of the united states asks six friendly countries to come together to talk about key issues of concern the iranian nuclear program isis and syria and yenl and for four of them to say we have be...

In a historic meeting that hasn't happened in 50 years. >> this is obviously a historic meeting. the history between the united states and cuba is obviously complicated and over the years a lot of mistrust has developed, but during the course of the last several months, there have been contacts between the u.s. and the cuban government. >> now, that meeting also not without controversy. kevin cork has more now from panama. >> reporter: a stunning reversal of more than 50 years of a lack of communication between the u.s. and cuba as today the president of the island nation raul castro absolved ...

There, shannon. one final note. european leaders had a summit today on a couple of matters, but they also said that they would help with counterterrorism efforts for tunisia. tunisia not far from southern europe, and in fact they have said according to one official, this is an attack on europe perhaps even beyond that. back to you, shannon. >> all right. greg palcott with the latest. it now appears those gunmen got other training in another hotbed as of late. their neighbor in northern africa, libya. the two countries were part of arab spring, a time when they were toppled in both countries....

Staff. but on a broader scale, it's very difficult. most of the large-scale challenges would require congressional action and i don't think anyone expect it is to happen. what they're going to do is put a push out there hoping to put pressure on some of these companies to take a look at other companies who say, look, when we do these kinds of actions that effect paid sick leave, paid parental leave, job protections. it helps us recruit and helps retention. that is the focus of the summit today, richard. >> chris, at the summit there's policies, as you were talking about, and data that you prov...

Ultimately what i think the vast majority of americans understand is that we can't do it for them, and we certainly can't redeploy tens of thousands of u.s. troops to try to keep a lit on a problem if the people themselves don't want to solve it. >> and that is the question that they don't have an answer to yet. can they bring about political reconciliation and hold off the terrorists and that i.s.i.s. threat at the same time. we'll have much more with the president, also his thoughts on family leave. he says it's not just good policy. it is personal for the president. he's trying to push the ...