Begins now. This is nbc nightly news with Brian Williams reporting from havana. Good evening. Earlier today just 14 hours after the president spoke about in his state of the union, we arrived flew along with Robert Roberta jacobson. When she set foot on cuban soil it changed in its own way a lot of history in just a day. And with the likes of havana harbor in the backdrop for us tonight, its where we begin with our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell covering it all for us. Good evening. Good evening, brian. The cuban people clearly want this to work. But for the president s new opening to become reality, both sides have to overcome decades of mistrust. She is the highest ranking u. S. Diplomat to go to cuba in 38 years, leaving miami for havana this morning. Assistant secretary of state roberta jacobson. Her counterpart, a powerful cuban diplomat josefina duh gal. Took place in a respectful atmosphere. Reporter prompted by the opening president obama celebrated last ni
This is nbc nightly news with Brian Williams reporting tonight from havana. And good evening from havana cuba where earlier today just 14 hours after the president talked about his opening to cuba during his state of the Union Address last night, we arrived here today with the first senior american official to visit this nation in decades. We flew here along with the u. S. Assistant secretary of state Roberta Jacobson on a commercial flight, American Airlines in fact. When she set foot on cuban soil for normalization talks, it changed a lot of history in just a day. And with the lights of havana harbor in the backdrop for us tonight, its where we begin with our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell covering it all with us. Good evening, brian. The cuban people clearly want this to work. But for the president s new opening to become reality, both sides have to overcome decades of mistrust. She is the highest ranking u. S. Diplomat to go to cuba in 38 years, leaving miami f
This is nbc nightly news with Brian Williams reporting from havana. Good evening. Earlier today, just 14 hours after the president spoke about his opening in the state of the union, we arrived here with the first senior american official to visit this nation in decades. We flew here along with secretary of state roberta jacobson. When she set foot on cuban soil, you it changed in its own way a lot of history in just a day. And with the likes of havana harbor in the backdrop for us tonight, its where we begin with our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell covering it all for us. Andrea good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. The cuban people clearly want this to work. But for the president s new opening to become reality, both sides have to overcome decades of mistrust. She is the highest ranking u. S. Diplomat to go to cuba in 38 years, leaving miami for havana this morning. Assistant secretary of state roberta jacobson. Set to begin negotiations tomorrow to normalize