this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: few americans thought they would live to see this day. an american president meeting with a communist president named castro in havana. 55 years after eight u.s. aircraft bombed the bay of pigs in an attempt to overthrow the castro dictatorship, air force one flew the last mission of the coal war with russia. once the world held its breath over cuba. president obama arrived in a country still waiting to exhale. margaret brennan is in havana. reporter: it was a striking image, president obama in havana s revolution square with a giant outline of communist icon che guevera looking down, a gesture to a troubled past on a day president obama focused on the future. this is a new day. reporter: since arriving yesterday, the president has touring old havana and receiving cuban troops, but after their meeting today, mr. obama said he had a frank discussion with rauu l castro about huba s human rights record. to the
margaret brennan is in havana. reporter: it was a striking image, president obama in havana s revolution square with a giant outline of communist icon che guevera looking down, a gesture to a troubled past on a day president obama focused on the future. this is a new day. reporter: since arriving yesterday, the president has delighted the cuban people by touring old havana and receiving cuban troops, but after their meeting today, mr. obama said he had a frank discussion with rauul castro about huba s human rights record. to the extent that we can have a good conversation about that and to actually make progress, that i think will allow us to see the full flowering of a relationship that is possible. in the absence of that, i think it will continue to be a very powerful irritant. reporter: castro got taste of america s freedom of the cuban political prisoners. clearly frustrated, he denied there were any. what political prisoners, he said. but just yesterday the r
be waiting here for them to come take her. pelley: and the untold story behind one of the most famous stories of all time. this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: few americans thought they would live to see this day. an american president meeting with a communist president named castro in havana. 55 years after eight u.s. aircraft bombed the bay of pigs in an attempt to overthrow the castro dictatorship, air force one flew the last mission of the coal war with russia. once the world held its breath over cuba. president obama arrived in a country still waiting to exhale. margaret brennan is in havana. reporter: it was a striking image, president obama in havana s revolution square with a giant outline of communist icon che guevera looking down, a day president obama focused on the future. this is a new day. reporter: since arriving yesterday, the president has delighted the cuban people by touring old havana and receiving cuban troops, but after
news with scott pelley. pelley: few americans thought they would live to see this day. an american president meeting with a communist president named castro in havana. 55 years after eight u.s. aircraft bombed the bay of pigs in an attempt to overthrow the castro dictatorship, air force one flew the last mission of the coal war with russia. once the world held its breath over cuba. president obama arrived in a country still waiting to exhale. margaret brennan is in havana. reporter: it was a striking image, president obama in havana s revolution square with a giant outline of communist icon che guevera looking down, a gesture to a troubled past on a the future. this is a new day. reporter: since arriving yesterday, the president has delighted the cuban people by cuban troops, but after their meeting today, mr. obama said he had a frank discussion with rauu l castro about huba s human rights record. to the extent that we can have a good conversation about that and t
castro in havana. 55 years after eight u.s. aircraft bombed the bay of pigs in an attempt to overthrow the castro dictatorship, air force one flew the last mission of the coal war with russia. once the world held its breath over cuba. president obama arrived in a country still waiting to exhale. margaret brennan is in havana. reporter: it was a striking image, president obama in havana s revolution square with a giant outline of communist icon che guevera looking down, a gesture to a troubled past on a day president obama focused on the future. this is a new day. reporter: since arriving yesterday, the president has delighted the cuban people by touring old havana and receiving cuban troops, but after their meeting today, mr. obama said he had a frank discussion with raúl castro about huba s human rights record. te have a good conversation about that and to actually make progress, that i think will allow us to see the full flowering of a relationship that is possible