President obama. And Sweet Beginnings from former inmates, finding a way to make a new beginning in a jar of honey. And we begin today with president obamas historic visit to cuba. He is the first u. S. President to set foot on the island in nearly 90 years. Mr. Obama hailed it as a new day in relations. Mike viqueira reports from havana. Reporter this was the moment, president obama and president raul castro, shaking hands for the first time on cuba soil. They talked for two hours behind closed doors, but when they emerged it was the clear that the acrimony, 54 years wouldnt be forgotten. Asked by an american reporter why cuba has Political Prisoners, castro bristles. Translator what political prisoner . Give me a name or names. Or after this is over, you can give me a list, and if we have those Political Prisoners they will be released before this night ends. Reporter arrests and shortterm arrests of dissidents in cuba have risen in the past years. Sunday just hours before mr. Obama
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and natalie morales. Everybody is watching washington this morning. The u. S. Capitol open for business but for how long . A beautiful shot. Its not so beautiful inside. If you could be a fly on the wall. The big vote coming at 2 00 in the senate today. That will kick things off. A Chain Reaction following that. Well get a lot of perspective on this this morning. Including from bill oreilly. Hes here in our studio this morning. He has a new book called killing jesus. Well talk to him about that as well. That is our top story and its hours away now. Peter alexander has the latest on whats unfolding. Peter, good morning to you. Matt, good morning to you. Anything is possible, but it looks to be an almost uncertainty. That the government will shut down b
So we should be careful assuming were car reening toward the end. Well it seems to me this all comes down to who thinks they will get the blame for a shuttown. F shutdown. For 17 years its been that the republicans paid for the shutdown in the 90s but new republicans arent sure thats true. They say healthcare was more unpopular than anything debated in the mid 90s. They think this is a different time t. Way people get their information is different so it wont be just the big, bad Mainstream Media controlling the narrative. Theres a lot of reasons they think things will be different this time but theres one article of faith that i always put my analysis in when you see the show downs. Which party is united and which party isnt . Democrats are united and republicans are fighting so thats why you have to assume at some point boehner is going to blink. Is it today or does he allow the government to shutdown for a few days and then blink. Thank you. Special coverage all this week on air and
Tonight. Democratic and republican aids are predicting that much. The senate wont even begin considering the house bill until late this afternoon in what is as much a partisan crisis as a fiscal crisis the country is barrelling toward its first shutdown in 17 years. Its decision day. Congress has until midnight tonight to avoid a Government Shutdown but no one is getting their hopes up. House republicans are refusing to fund the government unless the president s healthcare law is delayed one year. The American People deserve to have time to see what this will do before its implemented. And the house plan is a nonstarter for Senate Democrats or the president who huddled with advisors insisting republicans agree to fund the government without conditions. Dont shut down the government and fail to pay the governments bill with the debt ceiling. Reporter the democratic controlled senate didnt even meet sunday. The halls silent. Instead, theyll wait until this afternoon to reject the house p
You know, like a good father, you person. Oo captioning sponsored by cbs orhis is the cbs evening news pellescott pelley. Pelley good evening. With the death toll mounting in egypt, so, too, is worldwide condemnation of the brutal esackdown on supporters of inesident mohamed morsi, who was ousted last month in a military weup. There were mass funerals today. Ene military rulers behind the crackdown said 638 have been killed since yesterday, with thousands hurt. But the toll could be much higher, as evidenced by the hundreds of bodies lined up at a cairo mosque. Burnedout buildings speak to th the destruction left by yesterdays battles. Charlie dagata begins our coverage tonight in cairo. Eporter is undorter scott, tonight egypt is under lockdown, not only under a state of emergency but under a nighttime curfew. And today, the interim government announced that police can use lethal force to protect themselves and state institutions. This comes at a time when people are in shock over yes