These are major obstacles going forward. but interesting the president already laying the groundwork for that fight. placing the cuba policy firmly in the cold war era. it hasn t worked. in his words, we can t be imprisoned by the past and also trying to counteract the republican argument that cuba is still behind on human rights, et cetera, by saying engagement is the best way forward to change those policies. but there s been a lot of engagement with china and russia, you haven t changed those governments much. and iranian regime is no more friendly at home in terms of rights, et cetera. we ll see what happens in the weeks, months to m co. jim sciutto, thanks very much. elise labott, thanks to you. patrick oppmann in havana and alina machado, jim acosta at the white house. other breaking developments we re following here on cnn right now. another african-american church in the south up in flames. i want to go right to john
Chris? michelle, thank you very much. that s the big question who will this benefit. how real will the change be? for the people who matter most, which are the oppressed people in cuba. so let s go there right now. we have patrick oppmann in havana. patrick, it was impressive, you had the leader of cuba, the leader of the united states, giving the same message at the same time about restoring negotiation. reaction here which is going on right now. there was a lot of bitterness, but where you were, there was joy, true? there was joy, there was disbelief. and there was wonderment about what it means for the cuban in the street. we have to point out has to subsist most of them on less than $20 a month. a very tough life, chris, as you can imagine. but you know when cubans did see raoul castro appear on their television screens and talk about the united states in a way that fidel castro, his brother, never did. he talked about his admiration, respect for president obama.
Or seven second delay and two more and then the final one. a bunch of screaming, people running. a tsa agent told us we should get down and we made our way to the back and exited the elevator down. moore left behind a suicide note indicating he was struggling with, quote, a monster inside. for the very first time there s a woman on the fbi s most wanted terrorist list. 65-year-old joann chesimard, also known as assata shakur was convicted in the 1973 murder of a new jersey state trooper. she escaped from prison in 1979 and has been living under political asylum in cuba where the fbi says she has been receiving vip treatment. in our next hour we ll bring you a live update from cnn s patrick oppmann in havana. wall street will be watching very closely, so will christine when the april jobs report is released in just over an hour. economists surveyed by cnn money predict that 140,000 jobs were added in april. they re forecasting the unemployment rate will hold
Here s what his sister teri chung told anderson cooper. we just pray and ask for leaders of both nations to please just see him as one man, caught in between, and just ask that he be allowed to come home. chung says her brother owns a travel agency and was in north korea on business. she claims he visited north korea five times without incident last year before being arrested this time. for the first time ever a woman appears on the fbi s most wanted terrorist list. 65-year-old joann chesimard now known as assata shakur was convicted of murdering a new jersey state trooper in 1973. she escaped from prison in 1979 and has been living under political asylum in cuba since 1984. the fbi says chesimard received vip treatment and regularly attending government functions in cuba. later this morning on starting point, a live update from cnn s patrick oppmann in havana. a mix of old and new with
Now known as assata shakur was accused of murdering new jersey state trooper in 1973. she escaped from prison in 1979 and has been living under political asylum in cuba since 1984. later this morning on starting point a live update from cnn s patrick oppmann in havana. president obama is in mexico city where he will meet with college students before heading off to costa rica. economic issues dominated the agenda earlier when the president met with his mexican counterpart enrique pena nieto. brianna keilar has more. reporter: after landing in mexico city, president obama met with the new president of mexico enrique pen yeto who took office in december. the two leaders emphasized economic ties between their new countries. they promised cooperation on drug related violence even as