and the white house points out that we re more than 330 or 330 of them last year. so he s going to do these executive actions because he says of inaction in congress. what s interesting is that this really is along the margins as far as expanding who is, has to get licensed as gun dealers. if you look at the recent mass shootings, this would not affect any of those. but the white house is saying even incremental process is progress, rather, is progress on this effort. it s obviously personal for the president. he is saying that this is what he wants to move forward with as a legacy item. but as far as the overall impact, there s a lot of question about how far-reaching it would be. jon: we understand that mark barden, who lost his son daniel in the newtown, connecticut, massacre, is the one introducing the president. obviously, the president wants
a wave of simultaneous suicide attacks by islamist extremists killed 64 soldiers in the sinai one day after egypt s president vowed a crackdown on islamist groups. bret? jennifer griffin at the pentagon thank you. president obama says it s time for a new chapter in u.s. relations with cuba. one of his critics calls it another trivial pursuit of a legacy item. correspondent kevin corke at the white house tonight on a move toward reconciliation getting mixed review. reporter: rarely have so few words ushered in so much change. today i can announce that the united states has agreed to formally re-establish diplomatic relations with the republic of cuba. reporter: with that president obama placed a historic bet that more engagement with the communist nation will usher in an era of friendship between countries separated by a mere 90 miles but seemingly worlds apart. that s what this is about, a choice between the future and the past. americans and cubans alike are ready to move
he has a real fight on his hands. he is expecting more support from his own party in this tough fight than he is likely to get. oddly, he has more backing from republican s republicans in the house and senate so far than from democrats. i think he ll win the fight in the end, but it will be a struggle this. was a warning from president obama to elizabeth warren that there is a price to be paid if she continues to oppose the president s legacy item. he s gone on to say that he will campaign vigorously for those candidates who are currently in congress who end up voting for the pact in this trade deal. i want to quick get to the first lady and some comments she made this weekend. a powerful commencement speech yesterday at tuskegee university. she talked about being treated differently because she is the first black first lady. as potentially the first african-american first lady i was also the focus of another set of questions and
operateerator it s unclear what caused that crash. m it s interesting to note this driving course is scheduled to close in june. we re trying to get more informationing from the ride operator trying to figure out if they ll be open today. i m reporting here outside of walt disney world. back to you there in the studio. thanks for that. thanks. did you hear this, president obama over the weekend celebrating the united states renewed relation with communist cuba. president castro s comments earlier this morning, a lot of it points he made referenced actions that took place before i was born. and part of my message here is the cold war is over. another legacy item for the president of the united states. peternson jr. what did you hear the president
cabinet today iranian president charged israel has tainted the mid east with his own nuclear weapons and joined forces with president obama in teeing off benjamin netanyahu s address to congress between the u.s. and iran. reporter: both people of the world and americans are vigilant enough not to accept an advice given language. reporter: while the president said chances of a deal are less than 50/50 republicans charge he is desperate to sign agreement to check off a legacy item. i think the chance of a deal is closer to 100% because i think president obama is determined to get a deal regardless of what that deal looks like. reporter: a new poll shows americans fear disaster if iran gets nuclear weapons and are concerned about the president negotiating with foreign leaders with 59% saying he is weak. 65% of americans favor the u.s.