Honor tonight at a formal state dinner. Abcs arlet saenz is in havana. Good morning. Reporter president obama stepped into the history books becoming the First American president to set foot on cuban soil in nearly nine decades. Air force one landed in havana for the first time carrying the president of the united states. The last president to visit cuba arrived on a battleship. Back in 1928, president coolidge came on a battle ship. It took him three days to get here. It only took me three hours. Reporter president obama strolled through the rainy streets of old havana, prompting cheers from cubans lining the roads. The president s threeday visit comes 15 months after the u. S. Restored diplomatic relations with cuba. The white house is hoping this trip will cement the president s cuba policy. This is a historic visit. And its a historic opportunity. Reporter today the president will meet with cuban president one year after they first met face to face in panama. But theres one famous
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Uhoh. Good monday morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. And im lauren lyster. We begin with president obamas historic trip to cuba. Air force one touching down in havana last yesterday. The first time a u. S. President has visited the nation since 1920s. Sasha and malia, Michelle Obama and her mother, tropical rains as you can see, greeting the group as they walk through old havana. The trip is coming with plenty of controversy. Bazi kanani is live with the details. Reporter president obama and president castro have been working for more than a year to normalize relations between the nations. President obama is pushing for new ties that would be too hard for the next president to reverse. The historic first moments. A u. S. President arooifgs in nearly 90 years. Its wonderful to be here. Reporter president obama and the first lady greet staff at the recently reopened u. S. Embassy. Crowds cheer, as their daughters join them for a tour of old havana, the weather building and the vintage
Who is in and who is out enthe buzzerbeaters from the first weekend of march madness. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Later today, president obama meets with cuban president raul castro in havana. It was a meeting and trip that was unimaginable in the not too distant past. The president and family arrived yesterday, the start of a threeday visit to an old cold war foe. Its the president s latest steps in his steps to normalize relations with cuba. Reporter president obama brought his family to cuba, a big step towards normalizing relations with a cold wear adversary. He is the first u. S. President years. The president greeted u. S. Embassy staff and then toured old havana. For weeks, work crews have been preparing for his arrival. Restoring some roads and repaving others. Fresh coats of paint have also been applied to homes and businesses to areas the president will tour and this poster was pu
An american president meeting with a communist president named castro in havana. 55 years after eight u. S. Aircraft bombed the bay of pigs in an attempt to overthrow the castro dictatorship, air force one flew the last mission of the coal war with russia. Once the world held its breath over cuba. President obama arrived in a country still waiting to exhale. Margaret brennan is in havana. Reporter it was a striking image, president obama in havanas revolution square with a giant outline of communist icon che guevera looking down, a gesture to a troubled past on a the future. This is a new day. Reporter since arriving yesterday, the president has delighted the cuban people by touring old havana and receiving cuban troops, but after their meeting today, mr. Obama said he castro about hubas human rights record. To the extent that we can have a good conversation about that and to actually make progress, that i think will allow us to see the full flowering of a relationship that is possible