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

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