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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. >> we'll talk more about those warming relations between the u.s. and cuba, at least what we've seen over the past year and a half. thanks so much. appreciate that. >> thank you. >> up next, president-elect trump will be leaving his palm beach estate soon ready for a slate of at least eight meetings...

Travel. it's easier to invest in the island, people to people initiative. there was a lot of tension because many in washington felt that havana wasn't advancing as fast as it should and that an opportunity could be lost and that could be the scenario now. now we'll see what happens with president-elect donald trump, but one thing that i've heard from cubans in havana that is very clear, they don't see this process of reestablishing relations with the u.s. as a surrender. they donsee it as a negotiation between two countries and they believe they have to be treated as equals and as partners an...

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 he's 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 stimulates the worst onom picy. so avoid language of the deal. reaffirm a commitment to the alliance....

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. let's listen. >> if you have made a career of idolizing ronald reagan, where were when you your party's nominee was kissing up to vladimir putin the former kgb offic officer. >> and two piece, and one on the foreign policy, and barack obama ran with warming relations with iran and cuba and also ...

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. concerns about flooding as well as land slides. two people are reported dead. more than 300 have been h...