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
Jusy been made. President obama touching down, landing in havana, the first president to visit cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. While were here, we will have an exclusive interview with president obama, and he will meet privately with the cuban president , and speak directly to the cuban people first. The first family is here. Them with open arms. As many ask back home, how far will be president go with what he says, about a communist government and human rights . And about the freedoms of ordinary cubans . President obama landing here in cuba late today making history. Just 90 miles from the u. S. He is the first president to visit cuba in 88 years. It comes a little more than a year after the president announced the u. S. Would begin normalizing relations with cuba, a thaw decades after the cold war ended. President the first time we asked him if this day was coming. Will you visit cuba in your final two years as president . You know, i dont have any current plans to visit cuba. R
Youll see the superstars who sang and celebrated the big event in the skinny on this monday, march 21st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good monday morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. Im Lauren Lyster. We begin with the big news. President obama in cuba. Upon his arrival in havana he was greet bid top cuban officials. Cuban president raul castro was not among them. Mr. Obama and castro will he meet today, however and the obamas will be the guests of 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 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 rai
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