Street of cuba. As a communist holdout seemingly frozen in time looks to the future. But with a crippling trade embargo still in place, and human rights violations, can two countries separated by just 90 miles finally bridge the divide . U. S. Cuba, a new era. An Al Jazeera America special. Im antonio mora coming to you from havana, in the plaza did san francisco. People of cuba and the people of United States, the u. S. Flag was raised over the American Embassy in havana for the first time in more than 54 years a powerful symbol of the change in the u. S. Cuba relationship thats taken place in lest than a year. Melissa chan, at the ceremony, melissa there were some powerful moments. Absolutely powerful, the flag went up very, very quickly, whoosh and it was done. We heard the crowd outside the embassy, ordinary cubans, clapping and cheering. Ill have to say what a day. It has actually functioned as an embassy for almost a month now since the formal resumption of diplomatic relations o
On the island that still call home. Disturbing revelations that i. S. I. L. May be using chemical weapons against kurdish in iraq. Hitting the soapbox, the iowa state fair as candidates for the white house get up close and personal with voters. Good evening, im libby casey. This is al jazeera america. Antonio mora is on assignment in cuba and well check in with him in a moment. We begin with an historic change in the caribbean island. For the first time in 50 years the American Flag is flying high over the u. S. Embassy in havana. John kerry presided over the ceremony. Hundreds of guests and cuban on lookers were there to watch the ceremony. We get more from melissa sa chan in havana. It has actually functioned as an embassy for almost a month now. But if symbols are important, the fact that the embassy waited for john kerry to raise the stars and stripes is proof that pomp and circumstance matter. My friends we are gathered here because our leaders, president obama and president castr
Nearby. Now investigators are sorting out how and why everything went down. The aftermath of a wild crash in camden county. A truck that allegedly blew by police going 100 Miles Per Hour and slammed into gas pumps. The truck and pumps caught on fire. The driver was critically injured. It could have been worse fit wasnt for the officers who saw the incident go down. They were able to douse the flames and get to the injured driver fatter. Turning to the weather. It cooled down, is that the case or is it going to be a sweaty night. [laughter] reporter its going to get worse as we go into the work workweek. The humidity will start to increase and the temperatures will be high temperature. Trenton, 68. We topped out at 91. We had no humidity out there. Felt nice. Allentown, 65. Reading, 66. Dover, 66 and Sea Isle City, 70 degrees. Heres satellite and radar, you can see the clouds to the south. Winds are shifting out of the of the southwest. That will pump in the humidity as the day wears on
Good morning. Welcome to interamerican dialog. I direct the rule of law program. Almost three years ago president s obama and castro embarked on a historic opening on relations between the United States and cuba. Two days ago the Trump Administration announced a series of regulatory changes designed to partially roll back the Obama Administrations strategy of maximizing engagement with the people of cuba and a few months from now, cuba will undergo a historic leadership transitioning with a morebund economy and demographic challenges and a relationship with the United States rapidly deteriorating as President Trumps attacks on diplomates. And a suspension of Visa Services in havana prevented us from bringing a speaker from cuba to participate in todays discussions. To help us make sense of whats happened in the future months and what it might happen in the future of the United States and cuban relations, were privileged to welcome to the dialog three distinguished friends and colleague
Almost three years ago, president obama and castro embarked on a historic opening in relations between the United States and cuba. The trumpgo, administration announced regulatory changes designed to partially roll back the Obama Administrations strategy of maximizing engagement with the people of cuba. A few months from now, cuba will undergo a historic leadership transition while reckoning with the economy, democratic challenges, and a relationship with the u. S. That is rapidly deteriorating as a result of trumps policy changes and still attacks against u. S. Diplomats. The diplomatic drawdown and have anna had a direct impact on this event as the suspension of Visa Services prevented us from bringing a speaker from cuba to participate in todays discussion. To help us make sense of all that has happened in recent months and assess what the future might bring for people in the u. S. And for u. S. Cuba relations, we are privileged to welcome three distinguished friends and colleagues