is real money president obama announced moves to normalize relations with cuba s communist government that were broken off in 1961. back then president eisenhower broke with fidel castro s government over its blooming alliance with the soviet union. the changes will include an exchange much ambassadors for the first time in more than half a century. some restrictions on u.s. companies that do business in cuba will be eased. the white house says american businesses will be able to open accounts at cuban banks and travellers permitted to use u.s. credit and debit cards in cuba. what the policy change doesn t do is lift the u.s. embargo on trade. that takes an act of congress, and both houses were blasted and pledged to keep sanctions in place. for more on the turbulent history, we need to travel in time to the late 1950s. and our story begins with an image of what used to be the havana. to understand why the u.s. and cuba had a strained relationship, you need to go back to
authorities are nervous as intelligence suggests protests could disrupt the opening match. welcome again to worldwide exchange. now, on today s show, the world awaits as brazil is set to open football s biggest event. if you ve not got a ticket, where can you cheer on your country? well, we ve got a website to help you with that. if football isn t your thing and if all you crave is a good cup of coffee, we ll take a look at starbucks latest initiative top help charge your batteries, literally. will lululemon s q1 results leave people feeling sour? and goes to the movies. we speak to the man behind the monster madness sweeping europe. all that and much more coming up in the next two hours. it s the first time i ve seen that. brazil is celebrating the first day of the world cup tournament by lighting up one of the most recognizable landmarks. lit with the team colors of all of the countries competing in the competition. people in some parts of the country took to the s
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. brown: good evening. scott is off tonight. i m james brown. every day in this country, millions of parents let their sons and daughters play the school sports they love but worry about what will happen if they get seriously hurt. today, the ncaa, under the pressure of a lawsuit, addressed the issue of head injuries for athletes who play, have played or will play college sports. it agreed to a proposed $70 million settlement of the class action suit. the money will pay for neurological testing but not treatment, and the ncaa will have a new policy for returnings injured players to the game. reporter: from 2004-2009, nearly 30,000 college athletes suffered concussions, more than half of them playing football. lawyer steve berman represents injured former players who sued the ncaa. players are being returned to the game too early, because of bad concussion management. and if you go to the game too early, you are at risk fai
headlines. samsung says the money apple wants for patent infringement is 57 times to much. in san jose federal court, a professor testified if they have to pay anything, it should be $.35 a phone because of the five patents at the center of that case are of marginal value. apple is demanding $40 per phone, or $4.2 billion. the new york attorney general, eric schneiderman ellis says more than 50% of the air bmb rentals appear to be legal under state law. iss comes as the site fighting to cough up names of users tomorrow. multiple reports say air bmb raised 450 ilion dollars in funding, giving it $450 million in funding, giving it a valuation of $10 billion. air bmb takes aim at google fiber. the phone giant lands to expand its high-speed internet to 100 communities, including 21 major cities. at&t wants to deliver the internet at speeds 100 times faster than standard web access. first, to our lead story of the day. it will soon cost more than $7.99 a month for netflix subscr
we will get to that in a moment, and also using 3-d and virtual reality to make her movies. find out why interactive is one of the big trend at the tribeca film festival. first, a check of your top tech headlines. samsung says the money apple wants for patent infringement is 57 times to much. in san jose federal court, a professor testified if they have to pay anything, it should be $.35 a phone because of the five patents at the center of that case are of marginal value. apple is demanding $40 per phone, or $4.2 billion. the new york attorney general, eric schneiderman ellis says more than 50% of the air bmb rentals appear to be illegal under state law. this comes as the site is fighting to cough up names of users tomorrow. multiple reports say airbnb raised $450 million in funding, giving it a valuation of $10 billion. airbnb takes aim at google fiber. the phone giant lands to expand its high-speed internet to 100 communities, including 21 major cities. at&t wants to delive