Havana, behind me the museum of the revolution. Just a few hours ago this communist nation welcomed president obama who is stepping on to cuban soil under a falling rain became the First American president to visit here in 88 years. As part of histwoday trip, the president will meet with cuban leader raul castro and make an address to the cuban people hoping to further nudge open doors of travel and commerce eight months after the two nations reestablished diplomatic ties. There are years of mistrust to unravel and an American Economic embar go in place. Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell joins me with more on today. Good evening, lester. What a day it has been. President obama has been working towards date for years, an historic president ial visit he hopes will make his opening to cuba a major part of his legacy. Reporter in driving rain, president obama touched down in havana, hoping to cement his highstakes cuba diplomacy with bringing the entire first family. Mich
Forward to meeting and hearing from the cuban people. Cuba has b bn painting, primping, repaving roads for weeks. Security is intense. On this palm sunday the president is viting the cathedral in old havana, thanking the countrys Cardinal Ortega with pope francis brokered secret talks bre tween president obama and raul cass troechlt also coming here, ceoo to sign deals for hotels, banking and internet service. Boost biz not the president lifted restrictions so americans can travel here easily. To reach millions of cuban tv fans he retaped a routine with cubas biggest comedy star. This is president obama. Reporter times are changing since a Young Fidel Castro launched his revolution. The u. S. Retaliated with an economic boycott. More than a half century of suspicion dies slowly. Against rat sheem was disrupted by counterprotesters. Arrests on both sides. The u. S. And scuba still disagree over free elections and free speech. Some cubans have moved to canada but now see business opportu
Cooler after a record high yesterday of 86. We cooled back to 40s this morning. That is impressive. 43 albemarle. 54 charlotte. 30s in the mountains to begin the day. But nothing in the way of the morning drive on this st. Patricks day. We warm back up into the mid 50s by 9 00. Still in the mid70s but that is about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. We have begun the step down process. Its slow for now. We will show you how it will pick up with even cooler weather into the weekend straight ahead. I am in the breaking news center right now continuing to follow a developing story. Channel 9 is the only crew at this scene where state police are investigating a deputy involved shooting. Lets go to the live look from boat landing road between wadesboro and rockingham. All you can see is this sheriff squad car blocking they are keeping us off the road away investigators tell us around 11 00 last night a deputy shot a suspect. That person was flown to Carolinas Medical Center in charlotte. We
One womans letter from havana gets a response from president obama. Now, she hopes he will stop by for a thank you and a coffee. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from havana. Good evening from a rainy havana, behind me the museum of the revolution. Just a few hours ago this communist nation welcomed president obama who is stepping on to cuban soil under a falling rain became the First American president to visit here in 88 years. As part of his twoday trip, the president will meet with cuban leader raul castro and make an address to the cuban people hoping to further nudge open doors of travel and commerce eight months after the two nations reestablished diplomatic ties. There are years of mistrust to unravel and an American Economic chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell joins me with more on today. Good evening, lester. What a day it has been. President obama has been working towards date for years, an h
Nancy reagans funeral being held in california today. The former first lady said to be remembered by friends from washington to hollywood, as shes laid to rest next to her beloved husband. O canada. A starstudded affair at the white house honoring the canadian Prime Minister. The most talked about guests, the first daughters, malia and sasha, making their state dinner debut. Friday, march 11th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Im matt lauer with tamron hall filling in for savannah. Do you like basketball . I love it. And i love the plaza. This is a great crowd today. Got the tournament over in tournament at Madison Square garden. They came to play, literally and figuratively. Well get out there later in the show. Lets start this friday morning with the president ial race and the surprising display of civility at the republicans final debate before next tuesdays high stakes primaries. It was a st