Chads former president habre is defiant as he faces a Senegalese Court charged with crimes against humanity. Well have the latest in golfs open championship as Jordan Spieth misses out on a third major. Fifa announces a date of their next president ial election. Withness glrk hello there hello there welcome to the newshour. Each country reestablished embassies in the others capital and a short time ago the cube annal flag was raiseover cubas new embassy in washington d. C. Deteriorating relations between the utle and the thencuban leader Fidel Castro Castro culminated into the cutting off of ties. While in washington, d. C we are waiting for aNews Conference between the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry and the Cuban Foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez, that is about to start, well cross to it live, while were waiting for that to happen, well speak to al jazeeras tom ackerman. What hurdles actually remain to formalize be be be relations between the two countries . While secretary of sta
Kosecki, jezz will conference washington, d. C. , the Nations Capital. The chaplain let us pray. In the book of proverbs chapter 10, we are taught, he who gathers in summer is a sun who acts wisely this wise pursuit to the wisdom of solomon has built our nation. Of this season, the africanamerican poet from dayton ohio, Paul Lawrence dunbar writes, oh summer has clothed the earth in a cloak from the loom of the sun. And a mantle, too, of the skys soft blue and the belt where the river run. Oh ye who toil in town and ye who moil in the mart, hear the artless song and your faith made strong shall renew your joy of heart. The fruits of the earth from the bounty of our land are all your gift and we praise you this day o god, for all who labor for our sustenance and those who govern our nation. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands appro
Change. You mentioned the engagement a number of times today. With the outreach to iran and the outreach to cuba, are we looking at a burgeoning doctrine engagement drama or doctrine of engagement with other leaders and other regimes for the last year and a half of his presidency . Well, the president i think has drawn a pretty clear line between the relationship between the u. S. And cuba and the relationship between the United States and iran. United states continues to have significant concerns with iranian behavior including irans support of terrorism irans continued menacing of israel irans support for proxies that engage in destablizing activity throughout the middle east. So the approach the president has taken to iran is very different than the president s approach to our relations with cuba. I do think as the president mentioned in his address to the nation on tuesday, that the one common principle that i think might be here is that the United States, he quoted president kenne
Sure to take time but will benefit the people in both cuba and the United States. This shared result to look ahead is what drove our conversation today and what has brought us to this moment. We touched on a wide range of issues of module concern, and mutual concern including counter narcotics, telecommunications, the internet them a environmental issues, human rights, including trafficking and in persons and we discussed the opening of our embassies. We want to make sure that those embassies are able to function fully and i am confident the diplomats from both countries will have the freedom to travel and to converse with citizens from all walks of life. To help lead that effort, i am encouraged that we have a first rate embassy team in cuba led by our ambassador who is one of our widest and most experienced public servants. I congratulate foreign minister rodriguez on his this mornings opening of the embassy in washington. I look forward to making my first trip to cuba and holding a
Distinguished news man. He was kind of embarrassed by this. He was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. Today, you would not have a moderator jumping in every 30 seconds. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari met with president obama to talk about the boko haram and violence in nigeria. Later, president buhari spoke in an event hosted by the u. S. Chamber of commerce. [applause] Muhammadu Buhari please sit down, ladies and gentlemen. When we read our speeches in the other room, the audience was so small. In fact, i wondered why some of the governors turned down our invitation only for me to find in here. I, too will reread my speech. [laughter and applause] the governors here. The governor of river state, b orno state, the central ground of boko haram. The governor of ibo state. The governors of other states, and the rest of my team. Ambassador adefuye. And corporate sponsors and captains of ind