administration looks to restore diplomatic ties. we are joined with hadly from london. good news from those hoping to get to cuba. the president hope this is will be his legacy. what should we expect in coming months? the answer to that is complicated. we know now the obama administration is making serious effort to allow commercial aircraft to land in cuba as early as december of this year. it comes down to when they re going to lift this trade embargo. it s been in place since 1961. the big question going forward is when that will be lifted. reasons in congress are working on legislation to move in that direction. hillary clinton is on board. she says this has to go. many trade delegations are
welker, nbc news white house correspondent. kristen, a 90-minute conversation there. the white house explaining president obama s pressure on putin, and yet, when you look on the ground, obviously, putin making his own moves. what can you tell us today? reporter: well, it was a tense conversation, there s no doubt about that, with president obama announcing that the u.s. would be suspending its participation in those planning meetings for the g-8 summit, as you mentioned, ari. so the big question on this sunday is what can the united states actually do? what steps can it take to dissuade russia from intervening further in ukraine? the reality is, their options are limited. i ve been talking to foreign policy advisers. also, former members of the obama administration, who acknowledged that the options are limited. they include things like sanctions, canceling meetings with russia s trade delegations, and canceling russia s membership in the g-8. you heard secretary john kerry signal t
foreign policy, given his own lack of experience? should he stick to the economy? foreign policy involves things other than national security. for example, when governor of a state, as governor strickland knows you, lead trade delegations. you entertain trade delegations. the experience that governor romney cited is also important. we need to keep in mind when talking about records, when talking about lying to the american people, you know, governor romney had hit it on the head, that president obama made a bunch of promises, a bunch of speeches where he said he would do something, he wasn t able to fulfill it and now talking about a second term to get those things done and takes a big problem for him. is the governor, former governor of massachusetts, making a mistake trying to go after president obama on foreign policy as opposed to highlighting failures in the economy? i think so. i mean, president obama led the effort to kill osama bin laden. our greatest enemy.