hi everyone. this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. [ cheers ] >> a new era. >> so it's an historic day, a day for removing barriers. >> the embassies are open the u.s. and cuba restore diplomatic ties coming together but still worlds apart. our reports from washington and havana. hard sell -- >> today you have awarded a great prize to the most dangerous country in the world.

>> the u.n. approves the nuclear deals with iran. pot bust, illegal growers draining the water from tribal land. the crackdown and the consequences. plus christine ebbersol the actor, singer and comedian talks about our singular career from the small screen to broadway's big stage. ♪ tonight the cuban flag flies above the country's embassy in washington, d.c. for the first time since 1961. diplomatic relations between the two countries were fully restored overnight, but there are a host of questions still unanswered about the u.s. trade

embargo, about cuba's human's right record and whether they can become true allies. mike viqueira is at the cuban embassy tonight in washington. mike? >> reporter: john 1959 fidel castro came to power in havana and things quickly went downhill after that in terms of the relationship of the united states. 1961 is the last time a flag flew there. today as of 10:30 this morning, there it flies. have been celebrations here all day on 16th street in washington but political and economic ties john are still strained. it was a ceremony to mark a new era. for the first time in 54 years, the cuban flag is raised in washington over what has of monday is havana's official embassy to the united states.

♪ cubans sang their national anthem, and spirits were high but the most visible sign yet of normal diplomatic relations. but mistrust still linger. the cuban foreign minister warned the united states against medaling. >> translator: we reaffirm cuba's willingness to move towards the normalize of relations with the united states, but without any prejudice whatsoever to our independent or the interference in our affairs. >> reporter: but opening cuban society is an explicit goal of president obama's new policy. >> that is part of the strategy for seeking to engage the cuban people more effectively and bring about the kind of change we would like to see inside of cuba. >> reporter: later meeting with john kerry he had a lifting of

demands. >> the return of the illegally occupied area of guantanamo as well as full respect for the cuban people and compensation for human and economic damages. >> reporter: the blockade is the long-standing u.s. trade embargo against cuba. republican leaders have vowed to keep it in place. in miami monday. >> if anyone thinks the sanctions are going away that the embargo is going to go away they have not been paying attention to the attitude of congress congress unlike president obama understoods that the castro regime are the oppressors. >> reporter: anti-castro senators vowed to block legislation. >> freedom of speech freedom of

religion freedom of the press, we -- it's clear that cuba has significant progress to make in all of those areas. >> reporter: you saw john kerry receive the foreign minister of cuba bruno rodriguez at the statement department earlier today. after the ceremony. john kerry himself plans to go to havana to open the american embassy and raise the flag there >> thank you. the restoration of diplomatic ties paves the way for many cubans. but on the streets of havana hope comes with a good deal of caution. melissa chan has more. melissa? >> reporter: well, john there's a lot less pomp and circumstance here in havana, with all of the action essentially in washington, d.c. on monday. but cubans are overwhelmingly in

favor of normalizing relations. 97% of cubans are in sup pore of normalization, but they understand that today with the opening of both embassies, it's more symbolic than sup stantive. havana on monday will look and feel just like any other day on the island nation. ♪ >> reporter: for those americans worried or concerned about missing out on retro cuba time is on your side. yes, change is coming to the crib ban island naigs, but it will not happen overnight. it could take years. the relationship between washington and havana is difficult, and the opening of an embassy is not expected to change that dynamic, but a poll taken earlier this year showed 97% of cubans supporting normalizing ties with the u.s. when it comes to the cubans and

their thoughts on normalization, there is happiness and relief but also a sense of cautious optimism. >> translator: of course the opening of the embassy won't solve all of the problems. this is just like a door opening, represents a possibility, but beyond that it is necessary to continue normalization efforts. >> reporter: these two teach at the university of havana. academia has been one of the few places where americans and cubans have had limited exchanges, and one of the first places that might see a more immediate impact from normalization. >> translator: for me the core of the issue is with the reestablishment of diplomatic ties, some processes will speed up, such as the granting of visas, especially for professors and students going both ways. >> reporter: a number of american universities already having a agreements with campuses in cuba including

brown, columbia and johns hopkins. >> translator: americans want to visit cuba to learn more about this island beyond it just being a caricature of a supposed terrible communist island. as eager as they feel about the change however, their excitement is curved by reality. this student says they all lack the most basic resources. >> translator: from the point of view of helping us eventually getting a good job, students need better resources, internet access is very important for us and for our study. >> reporter: this man grew up in a run-down neighborhood on the out skirts of havana. he adds it's difficult to imagine how cubans living here for example, might benefit from normalization. >> translator: it is going to

have an impact on the economy, and especially in toushism, but in neighborhoods like this the impact will not be immediate, though it is go toofkt people here in the long unrun, because the relationship between our countries have been renewed, but it's going to be a process. >> reporter: most painfully felt and presented here the u.s. embargo. cubans know it will require congressional consent to lift what they call the blockade. so while things have change somewhat most things will yet stay the same. john it always does go to that embargo, and the cubans feel that until the lifting of the embargo, you won't see change on this island. >> do we know if there are any signs of change at the u.s. embassy in havana today?

>> reporter: well, john it was almost business as usual, again, with all of the ceremony taking place in washington, d.c. but of course there were a few people walking around waving american and cuban flags. people understand that today is symbolic. they look forward to what changes will come that are more substantive in the coming years, they are expecting change not in increments of months but years, john. at the united nations today the iran nuclear deal cleared a major hurdle the security council unanimously agreed to the agreement. >> reporter: this was the moment the iran deal was ratified the u.n. security council. it will make it binding international law. it starts the clock on the program for the implementation of the deal. sanctions imposed in six

previous u.n. resolutions will be lifted once the nuclear agency the iaea confirmed that iran has scaled back its nuclear program. >> 90 days from today when our respective capitols and legislatures have had a chance to review the conditions this should take effect. sanctions relief will only begin when iran verifies that its nuclear program is in line with the deal. >> reporter: the deal could have positive repercussions way beyond his country's nuclear program. >> we honestly hope that it helps turn the feeling in the region enabling countries to fight against extremism, and to move more towards cooperation to address the threats that our

region and the world face. >> reporter: israel's ambassador to the u.n. was not invited to speak, but he made sure he briefed reporters the moment meeting ended. >> today you have awarded a great prize to the most dangerous country in the world. >> reporter: there has also been angry reaction to the vote on capitol hill. the u.s. congress has 60 days to review the deal with iran a u.s. diplomats had hoped that the u.n. security council vote would take place after the end of that review period but in the tough negotiations in vienna, the timing of the vote itself was one of the concessions that needed to be made. president obama has promised a veto of any congressional rejection of the accord and he said today security council vote shows the international community supports the deal. >> i think it will send a clear message that the overwhelming number of countries who not only

participated in the deal, the p5-plus-1, but who have observed what has happened recognized that this is by far our strongest approach to ensuring that iran does not get a nuclear weapon. there is still a lot of uncertainty about the agreement especially among iran's neighbors. ash carter is in the region hoping to ease those concerns. israel is just his first stop. >> reporter: shortly after the u.n. security council voted unanimously to support this agreement reached between world powers and iran over its nuclear program, the u.s. secretary of defense here in israel had giant media briefing with his israeli counterpart. they of course spoke very glowingly and endearingly about the relationship the two countries have had for a very

long time. however, they did also discuss how they didn't agree on the issue of iran. let's hear now from the u.s. secretary of defense, ash carter. >> friends can disagree about whether it will work and we'll be watching iran very closely to see. but there is no disagreement that we cannot have iran have a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: we'll also be meeting with benjamin netenyahu. mr. netenyahu of course has been the most fierce vocal and public critic of any kind of deal with iran describing it as a mistake of historic proportions. however, in saying that he's not alone in the criticism of this deal reached between iran and global powers. mr. carter is also visiting countries like jordan and saudi arabia with the same message; that this is a good deal and it is a deal that will lend to the

security of the region but as we have been saying nations like israel and indeed other countries here in the middle east, very suspicious about this agreement, this agreement that has now been passed unanimously by the u.n. security council. now to greece which met two debt payments today to the international monetary fund. it used an emergency loan from creditors to meet the deadline. also today, banks reopened for the first time in three weeks. strict limits on crash withdrawals remain in place, and citizens have a new concern, higher taxes on basic necessities. in turkey officials suspect isil is behind an explosion that left 30 people dead. it happened near the border with syria. if isil is responsible, it could represent major escalation of the group's campaign against turkey.

our correspondent reports. >> reporter: the explosion happened in the garden of the cultural center in this turkish town. most of the victims were volunteers, due to travel to the kurdish town of kobani across the border in syria, to carry out relief work. it's not yet known what caused the blast. turkey's president says it was a terrorist attack by a suicide bomber. minutes after explosion, there was also a blast in kobani. isil first laid siege to the town in september last year prompting tens of thousands of people to escape to turkey. by generating a combination of air strikes the peshmerga and turkish fighters defeated isil in kobani. many turkish people blame the government for not doing enough to protect kurds who have fled the war in syria. >> many turkish kurds accuse the government of taking a proactive

stance in favor of isil particularly at the time of the siege of kobani. they seemed to have the attitude that the enemy of my enemy was my friend and therefore, they really sat on their hands. >> reporter: here families are mourning their dead after escaping the war in syria, many hoped they are be safe here. this explosion has proved them wrong. from there we go to afghanistan where the u.s. military is investigating what it calls a tragic mistake. an american air strike killed seven afghan soldiers in one of the worst cases of friendly fire in years. officials say the intended target was the taliban. in that group has stepped up attacks, despite efforts to restart the peace process. coming up next on this broadcast, new details on the african american woman who died in jail after being pulled over for a traffic violation.

plus swat teams and national guardsmen move in to dismantle huge marijuana plantations.

texas officials say they are treating dhaet of a woman in police custody like a murder investigation. she was found dead in her cell three days after a traffic stop. and her death ruled a suicide. tonight there is new video and more questions about the case. ashar qureshi is in helpstead, texas. >> that's right. just in the last few hours the waller county sheriff's department held a joint news conference with the district attorney as well. they released some surveillance video from inside the holding area inside the waller county

jail. there is no video from inside the cell where she was being held, but the video inside the holding area at one point you see a gurney going into her cell and a few moments later it comes out without anyone on it presumably because they realized she was dead. we're hearing about how she was discovered about a week ago in the morning. they say jailers checked on her multiple times in the morning, and at 8:55, they say a jailer found her hanging in her cell they say as they used a trash liner and attached to a dieding wall. they say the medical examiners report has come back saying this was self inflicted after fif accusation, but we also heard from the district attorney who talked about the investigation and the fact that they have not as of yet ruled this as a

suicide. they are waiting for evidence that is being gathered. this is what he had to say this afternoon. >> this investigation is still being treated just as it would be a murder investigation. there are many questions being raised here in waller county the state of texas, the country, and around the world about this case. it needs a thorough and exhaustive review. >> reporter: and john we have been talking to family members, friends over the course of the week who have talked about sandra bland and how outspoken she was about police abuse. and they say this was unfathomable that she would take her life in this manner. i spoke to a sorority sister who said there is no way she would have done this. do you believe she was murdered? >> i believe she was murdered.

even if she committed suicide, there is a possible she was cooers aredd -- coerced or forced somehow >> operator: john we were told we'll see the dash cam video released tomorrow. but again, there are a number of videos that people are looking at. there's the cell phone video. we're also being told that the hard drives of the video from inside the jail have been handed over to the fbi and the district attorney saying they are working on downloading any texts or video that may have been going from sandra bland's own phone during that traffic stop. john? >> usher thank you very much. more controversy surrounding donald trump. he took a swipe at senator john mccain's war record. >> he is not a war hero.

>> he is a war hero. >> he is a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. he was held captain for more than five years in north vietnam. he was tortured. mccain said he does not need an apology from donald trump but other prisoners of war and their families do. >> in the case of many of our veterans when mr. trump said he prefers to be with people who are not captured the great honor of my life was to serve in the company of heros. i'm not a hero. those are the people i think he owes an apology for. >> trump had four student and one medical deferent from vietnam. hundreds of migrants are being held in the united states in legal limbo.

the two sides say that they are at an 'em pass. roxana saberi has more. >> reporter: shrouded in darkness to protect our identity. she is like thousands of others migrants who fled south america. for her leaving her home was a life or death situation. >> translator: i left after my sister's death because gang members were persecuting me threatening me with death. i have to decide to save my life. >> reporter: she is still afraid of those gangs, which is why she is hiding her face and calling herself christina. she made the dangerous trip with her 12 year old son, but left her 10 year old son behind and still misses him. she hoped for a better safer life for her and her son here in the united states but when they were caught at the texas border

they were bussed to a detention center. they tied my feet hands and waist, and my son asked me mommy what is happening? i didn't know how to answer him. >> reporter: they were living in a place she calls a prison. the u.s. government calls them family residential centers. >> we have to put in place a number of deterrent factors. increased housing to detain parents, adults who come to this country with this children expedited removals. if on eye adult is app pree henneded at the border and brought their children with them, they are a priority for removal, and we are building additional space to hold them so they can be returned quickly. >> reporter: but legal challenge may shut down detention centers like this one. the judge put the case on hold to allow time for the sides to reach a compromise.

that was in april. but a status report filed last week noted the parties agree that at this stage further discussions would not be fruitful. in that april ruling the judge might have tipped her hand as to how she'll rule. back then she said the parents and children must be released if they are not a flight or safety risk. coming up next after the chattanooga attacks, the question of whether service members at military recruiting stations should be armed. and posting secrets on line hackers threaten to expose personal data from a website that helps married people cheat on their spouses.

hi everyone this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. chattanooga shootings, five u.s. service members killed on

american soil. how the attack is sparking new debate over security at military recruiting sites. adrift -- >> we're simply asking for fair treatment, and they should ask themselves why is puerto rico is in shape. >> some say washington is the problem. drugs and drought, a crackdown on illegal marijuana in california. how the crops are hurting native tribes and the environment. plus stage and screen. >> it was just kind of like wanting to live other lives, and then i guess when i got older, then i realized that oh i could do that by acting. >> my conversation with tony award winner christine ebbersol. we're learning more tonight about the 24 year old who shot to death five u.s. servicemen in tennessee. today his family said he battled depression and drug and alcohol

abuse, and that his trip to jordan in 2014 was part of an effort to get sober. his motive remains unclear. and in the wake of the attacks the u.s. military is increasing security at recruiting centers. alan schauffler is in chattanooga tonight. there was a little bit of bipartisan action around this issue at the kinds of facilities were attacked. both congressmen of tennessee combining to introduce legislation today that will make it much more easy for members of the armed forces to actually be armed when they are at these places. meanwhile for the many people that work at those recruiting centers, men and women, it's monday, time to get back to work. at the strip mall where he launched his first attack the crime scene is now open giving

people a chance to greet military personnel, shake hands, say thank you. the restaurant next door is finally open again. >> whatever caused this we're not going to let that eye dee, you know take us apart, and make us quite doing our jobs and support families. >> reporter: the army recruiting office is open for business too. a soldier tells us they are talking to recruits by appointment only. around tennessee and across the country, the constant business of recruit goings on. we're just north of chattanooga, ten or 12 miles from the site of the first shooting at the recruiting center. there's an army career center here. this is the first time we have seen it open since the shooting on thursday. we're going to see if they will talk to us see if they have any special precautions. the soldiers inside politely

refer me to a spokesperson who tells us new security plans are in place for office like this but no detail will be made public. in congress several efforts are underway to remove restrictions on soldiers carrying weapons at these places. these two say they understand the rules, but they think putting guns in the hands of some recruiters could help stop attacks like these. >> just like overseas where you have rules of engagement there are friendlies and foes and you can't target indiscriminately. >> that would be the first step. and they say that's militarizing the community. it's not. it's protecting the community. they don't get to have it both

ways, which is how they want it. >> reporter: a debate that will continue. and we'll be hearing a lot more on this subject in the coming weeks and months. the legislation that was introduced today by the two tennessee congressmen refers tonight pistols as the kinds of weapons that could be carried at facilities like this. now to puerto rico now in fear of losing key healthcare funding. a coalition of advocates, launching an ad campaign to highlight that issue. members met with federal health officials today. they are trying to convince lawmakers not to go ahead with tens of millions of dollars of cuts to medicare and medicaid. ort puerto rico has said it will likely not be able to pay back $72 million in debt. many islanders point to the u.s. government saying it is at least

partly to blame for the dire situation. >> reporter: john as a u.s. territory puerto rico is home to 3.5 million u.s. citizens and while the government there admits it needs to learn to live within its means, it argues that puerto rico is not the only one responsible for its economic woes. out of sight of its beautiful beaches and tourist attractions, puerto rico is hurting. unemployment is 12%. services have been cut. taxes raised. there's no question that years of overspending by the government is partly to blame, but many see another culprit. how much is congress to blame? >> very much so. >> reporter: pedro is puerto rico's delegate to congress. he does not get a vote but he is making his voice heard. he says the island gets shortchanged on everything from benefits to money for roads. there are some members on the

hill who say until puerto rico cleans up its own financial mess, we're not going to give them more money. >> easy for them to say. we're simply asking for fair treatment. and they should ask themselves why is puerto rico in this shape? a lot as to do with what congress has been doing with puerto rico for ages now. >> reporter: it became a u.s. territory in 1898 and since then congress has given and taken away. in the 70s, the government helped attract business to puerto rico. in that lead to a booming sector, particularly pharmaceutical pharmaceuticals. 20 years later, congress began phasing out the tax breaks. >> once they started to do that manufacturing really diminished. >> reporter: at its peak the island was home to 89 drug manufacturing plants.

now there are 40. then there's the jones act, dating to 1920, it requires products from one u.s. port to another to be carried by u.s. ships, by u.s. crews. that drives up prices. >> from congress's perspective that benefits the ship industry which has parts in every district across the u.s. they would love to help out puerto rico, but they have a strong lobby in the shipping industry to counter that. >> reporter: congress decided bonds from puerto rico would be triple tax exempt those who buy them don't have to buy federal, state, or local taxes on the bonds. >> they were extremely attractive in the marketplace, and puerto rico actually got addicted, i would say to it so it was a lot easier to just go borrow, as opposed to making tough decisions. >> reporter: so the government

kept borrowing, and investors kept investing, and now the debt service $1.5 billion a year. if puerto rico were a state, it's public corporations could declare bankruptcy and restructure, not so with this territory. this representative introduced a bill in the house to extend the bankruptcy law to puerto rico and he has supporters in the senate. >> here is the sad irony, the tools to fix this problem are sitting in the toolbox. the problem is puerto rico isn't allowed to use them. >> reporter: just another example of how residents of puerto rico, all u.s. citizens, have second class status. >> you don't need to know much about politics or democracy to know that is not right. >> reporter: some believe that will only change if puerto rico becomes the 51st state, but few believe that is in the cards any

time soon. john? >> lisa stark, thank you. computer hackers say they have stolen the personal information of millions of users of dating website for cheating spouses. they are threatening to release the information of more than 37 million users of the site ashley madison. ashley madison says it has secured its website, and is working with a top security firm on the breach. brett larson is an analyst who is back in our studio. who do you believe the hackers or the company? >> this is a tough one. the company says everything is secure, but the hackers say, well, we have some pretty personal information about more than 35 million people that we're going to release. >> so it seems every time you come back down here we're

talking about a new hack. >> yes. >> and i guess the question many have is is there any information that is safe online? >> i say time and again, especially in light of these repeated hacks, no. once your information is in the digital domain it's out there. you don't know where it is. >> what responsibility -- i mean let's take the companies first. what responsibility do they have? >> they should have the highest priority put on securing your personal information. i'm sure if you read through thair terms of service -- >> what does that mean? >> that means they need to do everything that they can possibly do to keep your data safe. but the -- the problem is -- is that it's not just your data sitting on one computer. it's sitting on two or three, or maybe a half a dozen or a dozen computers spread out all over the world. and are they locked down? or is a facility in one state

more secure than the other? who gets in and out of these places. >> should there be some regulations -- i know everyone in the online community says no way. >> yes, but there has to be some legislation about this. the hackers have the upper hand here. they know what they are doing. they are very good at what they are doing and they are showing, time and again, when it comes to this exciting world of technology, they have the upper hand. >> they are holding 37 million people hostage. it is mass blackmail? >> it would considered that in any other respect. if you walk into a bank and say i want all of the information of every single customer in this bank you would be considered to be robbing the bank. so i think it has been such a gray area of these hacks. who is responsible for this? are they backed by another country or foreign government?

or is this just somebody who has a beef at this website, that wants to be able to brag at a bar with their friends? hey, i'm the guy who took down ashley madison but the law has to koch up with what is happening. >> thank you very much. now to california where the national guard and police are cracking down on illegal marijuana plantations. rachel levin has this exclusive report. >> reporter: the huge clearing in this remote area is a dead give away to these experienced drug enforcement police officers cracking down on illegal commercial marijuana grows. we are following 70 federal and state law enforcement officers including the california national guard as they swarm in on dozens of private properties to destroy tens of thousands of marijuana plants but this is no

ordinary pot bust these are sacred tribal lands. >> we are helpless. we go up on a hill and fight with them and we're going to get killed or you know -- what can we do? we needed help. >> reporter: for generations this tribal leader and his family have lived here. now illegal commercial marijuana growers are pal looting the rivers, the lifeline for his people. >> they are destroying our environment, our hills, where we used to hunt and fish. >> and so then we see huge piles. there's a radiator and that has coolants in it. >> reporter: the environmental damage is staggering. marijuana plants require vast amounts of water. during california's growing season outdoor grows consume nearly 60 million gallons of water a day. that's a huge strain on any

environment, but especially here where they are in the fourth year of a crippling drought. >> everything here is a tribal and on the outside are properties that are in the watershed. >> reporter: over the past month this lieutenant has worked closely with the tribe to issue 21 search warrants in the tribal area but the new partnership between the sheriff's office and the tribe wasn't an easy one to strike. the tribal police chief says like most tribes they distrust the u.s. government who they believe were stealing their land and decimating their people. now the tribe and federal officers are working together to battle a common enemy. the chief called the governor's office for help when the number of illegal grows tripled this year overwhelming his ten-person police force. >> it's an easy target.

plenty of water, not a lot of enforcement. we don't get half of the grows that are up here. we it will a majority of them but there are a lot that get away with it. >> reporter: environmental experts from the tribe found several illegal water tanks being filled by streams that the growers used to feed their plants. they test the water for toxic runoff. and we find evidence that these growers are armed. have you found other weapons on the premise? >> not weapons but we found the casings. >> reporter: evidence of hazardous whim calls and waste is everywhere. this is actually pretty toxic to the environment. >> it's very toxic. we get between 60 and 80 inches of rain so as this breaks

down -- >> reporter: it just seeps into the ground. >> which is only 40 inches. it hits bedrock and you see the slope -- any of those slopes around here it's like 30, 80 degree slopes so it just goes straight into all of the tributaries that feed downward. >> reporter: and eventually into the river where endangered salmon breed. these days this man is catching fewer and fewer because of the sediment and chemical runoff from the pot farms is poisoning the salmon grounds. >> we don't own the river. we're caretakers of the river. we don't own the land. we're caretakers of the land. the land owns us you know? we're going back to that land. and it's our job right now -- is to take care of seven generations down the road where or they are going to come here

and say, hey, my forefathers left us something, something to live for. >> reporter: rachel levin, al jazeera america. andrew huen is a spokesperson for the california department of wildlife. he is in sacramento tonight. andrew how big of problem is this -- this problem of growing illegally and damaging the environment? >> well, good evening, john. it's a huge problem. we estimate there are between 50 and 60,000 individual grow sites in the state, most are illegal, and virtually all of those are take water, the most pressure resource in the state illegally and diverting it. >> why is it so easy to get the water? >> there's water everywhere, if you look.

even a tiney stream that is running 1 cubic feet per second but if you run that 24/7 that will fill up a reservoir or tank pretty quickly and completely dry the stream out. >> how do you know it is affecting the fish population and other wildlife there? >> we test the water, and you can see the damage that it does. if you look into a stream where these chemicals that are very concentrated that are put into these marijuana grows completely decimate the stream bed. you can see it but then you analyze it and it's just so far above a level that can support life? >> so how do you shut this down? >> well ultimately you don't, really. it's such a part of the culture, especially up in northern

california. we could deploy the national guard completely and probably get 5% of the gardens. it's an ongoing problem, and there's no solution that is any kind of reasonable. >> if the state were to legalize recreational american could you then control it or not? >> well if you -- if there was a blanket okay marijuana is legal to grow we would be okay with that but there would still be the water diversion, and we're in our fourth year of drought, and that's our issue. that's what we care about. we're not a drug enforcement agency what we care about is water diversion. so until this water is over and the water trabl completely replenishes itself, this is going to be arguably one of the most challenging areas of enforcement for the state. >> andrew thank you. coming up next my

conversation with christine ebersol. >> that's the trick with hollywood, you are never rich enough you are never pretty enough, you are never young much.

an important meeting at the white house today .

>> the nigerian president came to meet with president obama today. >> we're going with a wish list a shopping list i will present to the american president to help nigeria battle insurgency. it should not be in the area of deploying troops but intelligence equipment. president obama offered to help nigeria confront corruption in the seventh most populous country in the world. we'll focus on the relationship between the two countries tonight coming up in our next hour. >> thanks very much antonio. a british comedian interrupted a fifa press conference in switzerland.

he showered sepp blatter with fake cash. blatter is stepping down after a group of fifa officials were indicted on corruption charges in the united states. now to christine ebersole she has done it all. winning tonys, appearing in hit films, and was even feature cast member on "saturday night live," but there was a time when she thought it was all over because of her age. i talked to her recently and asked her about her passion for acting and where it started. >> one of my earliest memories was i think i was four years old, and i sat in the kitchen the entire day because i wanted to know what it felt like to be a cripple. >> ah. >> and my mother was very patient. she would just work around me

not really questioning what i was doing, and when i had to go to the bathroom i crawled on my arms to feel what it was like. and when i got older, i realized, oh i can do that by acting and get money. >> right. ♪ i'm just a girl who paints you know i'm in a terrible fix ♪ >> so theater, television, standing-up, you were in movies -- ♪ >> christine ebber sol. christine. >> hi, brian. >> "saturday night live" you were chosen in -- >> 1981. >> how tough was it for women on "saturday night live"? >> i think maybe tina fey changed that course. when i was there in 1981 '82, it was really kind of a man's world, you know. so i think really the way i had the most confidence was through the singing.

i got to do singing segments. ♪ i'm so miserable without him, it's like having him around ♪ >> then there was a time when you were worried that your career might be over. >> i was over the hill. [ laughter ] >> at what age? >> i think it was after 35. [ laughter ] >> so what is that like? >> i did have an agent say to me listen if you don't make it by 35. it's over. i don't have that agent anymore. [ laughter ] >> i got rid of that agent. >> when somebody tells you that what is your reaction? >> well, there is a part of you that believes it. i did have a different agent like ten years later say -- when i was wondering why i wasn't getting any calls -- he wasn't calling me and he's like well hah hah, you are 45. [ laughter ] >> so there is a part of you that believes that. but i think the highest part of

myself was like i'll show them. >> and you went to new york and you showed them. [ applause ] >> back to the theater, back to the stage and you win a tony for 42nd street. >> uh-huh. >> and a tony for gray garden. >> right. ♪ >> it's kind of -- you're own sort of spiritual -- at spiritual -- at -- atonement, which means that you just sort of tuned back into who you are, and it can't be measured by anything outside of you. and i think that's the -- that's the trick of hollywood; is that you kind of -- you feel like you are never thin enough you are never rich enough you are never pretty enough you are never young enough. it's always these external factors that you feel you are being judged and you are consequently judging yourself by that. having that moment of clarity, when i was told that i was -- it

was over that there was a part of me that -- that a spark of me that knew that god had given me these gifts, and the gifts that i was given was not going to change was not going to end, by my getting older, as a matter of fact, it would probably get better. ♪ i simply did not see ♪ >> you have brought us a lot of wonderful entertainment, and it is a real pleasure meeting you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> christine is currently performing in a cabaret act in many cities across the united states. that's our program. thank you for watching. i'm john siegenthaler. the news continues next with antonio mora. i'll see you back here tomorrow night. ♪

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