They wanted to reestablish deep commercial ties between the United States and cuba. As reported tonight, reaching that goal wont be easy and is anything but assured. Reporter a historic handshake as president obama met l castro. Another sign of the thawing relations between the countries. There was also an awkward moment when raul castro was forced to take a question from an american reporter about human rights in cuba. Did you ask if we had Political Prisoners . I wanted to knowwa if you have cuban Political Prisoners and why you dont release them. Give me a list of the Political Prisoners and i will need them immediately. Just mention the list. Reporter the tripped was marked by political events, there was commercial news as well. Starwood hotels will manage three hotels in cuba. One american welcomed them, sort of. American level like service or professionalism to the Hotel Industry here but also im ambivalent about that is youre missing all that. Reporter ceo of Marriott Hotel is p
At least four people in alabama are hurt when a tornado batter is the birmingham area. Survivors say they never saw it coming. Welcome back to earth with a smile and a thumbs up, astronaut scott kelly returned from orbit. What comes next for the man who spent nearly a year in space. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton rolled up decisive super tuesday victories. Both trump and clinton solidified control of their race, if not control of their parties, and began to focus on each other. Trump, battling opponents, and hardening resistance from the republican establishment, won in the deep south and as far north as massachusetts. Major garrett begins our coverage. Reporter donald trump was he nearly got it, after sweeping contests in the south, trump continued to confound the republican establishment on super tuesday and finds himself well on the way to securing the gop n
Political battle, to get ready for a new environment. Well pick up cameras and drop our arms. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. More at rockefellerfoundation. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the end of one era, the beginning of another. President obama held direct talks today with the leader of cuba, in his capital city. And they took que
Some new products but nothing revolutionary. Analysts expect an updated iphone 5 and a midsized ipad. Both moderately priced. The company could use a boost after lagging sales. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 21st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. Were going to start this half hour with president obama in cuba. He has a jam packed schedule today including a meeting, of course, with cuban leader raul castro and a state dinner mr. Obama will meet with cuban dissidents while in havana and take in a baseball game tomorrow behind the Cuban National team and the Tampa Bay Rays. Abcs david muir is in havana. Reporter this moment 88 years in the making once unthinkable. The first family in canada. Air force landing here in havana. A much different arrival from 88 coolidge sailing into havana on a battle ship. It was 1928 clearing crowds welcoming president coolidge. A reporter writing for the New York Times back then saying his fa
Gets back to normal. Eric an accused burglar busted accused of ransacking and stealing from a school earlier thisis week, Surveillance Video showing him in the act. That crook breaking in through the ceiling of the school hes in little havana. Janine and there is new Surveillance Videojumping fences in his community, a neighbor jig him hasdrubal troublemaker pepper were now learning now details about that accused thief. Eric local10 News Reporter Glenna Milberg live with the trouble this man is facing. Glenna this guy is already a convicted f fl op, spent time in jail could cocaine charges last year. Now theyre saying what a new low, stealing from schoolkidc. Twice today he confessed to not only stealing from this school but to another one to police. Here h h stole money, yes, he also stole trust, butut today this school at least got one of those things back. We heard from our principal, she made a big announcement and the kids just went crazy. I thought the buildingas going to fall, s