I have instructed secretary kerry to immediately begin discussions with cuba to reestablish diplomatic relations that have been severed since january of 1961. Going forward, the United States will reestablish an embassy in havana and high ranking officials will visit cuba. Where we can advance shared interests, we will. President obama also insisting that american citizen alan gross, who was released from a cuban prison for humanitarian reasons and not in another controversial prisoner swap like the taliban deal. President obama made the claim despite his decision to release three cuban spies who were convicted of espionage on american soil on this, the very same day. The cuban government did acknowledge the release of a cuban born american spy as well. Mr. Gross was surrounded by politicians instead of doctors as he arrived at Andrews Air Force base and he sounded very much like a man who has been isolated for five years in a communist prison cell. In my last letter to president obama
And morally treasonous, heavyweight aaron sorkin weighs in live today, tuesday, december 16th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Were starting to get details from pakistan and an attack out there. And the details are shocking. It is our top story. Unthinkable attack of the taliban on school. Students and teachers shot one by one as gunmen went through classrooms. Nbcs katy tur has the latest on this. Good morning to you. Good morning, matt. 126 killed, mostly children. Were told the gunmen went in, wearing suicide vests and, as you said, shot some kids one by one. There are also more than 150 injured. These numbers keep going up as the attacks are still ongoing. They are going through each room of the school to make sure. This made only more complicated by reports of booby traps. Ambulances and police rush to a military school as at least six ta
Is being beatco by 4g they now have toni cos0 te agait people who dont have tonr playy the same rules. ni woodruff plus, house of cards star and oscarwinning Actor Kevin Spacey shifts focus from his own career in hollywood to cultivate a new generation of talent. You know, if you have been successful in the business you wanted to be successful in, its your obligation to spend a good portion of your time sending the elevator back down. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the leader of hong kongs government defied calls that he step down today and he put protesters on notice to stay back from key sites. But, the prodemocracy crowds showed no sign that theyd be cowed. Lucy watson of ind
They now have toni cos0 te agait people who dont have tonr playy the same rules. ni woodruff plus, house of cards star and oscarwinning Actor Kevin Spacey shifts focus from his own career in hollywood to cultivate a new generation of talent. You know, if you have been successful in the business you wanted to be successful in, its your obligation to spend a good portion of your time sending the elevator back down. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the leader of hong kongs government defied calls that he step down today and he put protesters on notice to stay back from key sites. But, the prodemocracy crowds showed no sign that theyd be cowed. Lucy watson of independent television sp
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. There is as much as 3 feet of snow in parts of new england tonight. Lunenburg, massachusetts, for one. Boston is digging out out of two feet but there is also ice and flooding. Hard hit is marshfield, massachusetts where we find anna werner. Homes along the massachusetts coast set covered in ice heavy frozen layers that brought down poweres. Crews worked all day to restore service, while plows cleared debris from snowy streets. The storm packing top winds of 60 miles an hour broke through concrete seawalls in the seaside towns of marshfield and scituate. This is where this part of the seawall blew out correct . Thats right. Reporter joe rossi chairs a local Citizens Coalition and says the sea walls are vulnerable, 85 at least 50 years old. Its a ticking tame bomb. This is only a sample what if what could be widespread coastal infrastructure failure going forward. Broken bones. Reporter tim