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home to washington. >> jimmy carter had bad luck. >> because of the blowback from watergate and vietnam, it is recognized that jimmy carter inherited a situation that was not manageable. >> a few moments ago on air force one i received word officially for the first time that the aircraft carrying the 52 american hostages had cleared iranian airspace on the first leg of a journey home and that every one of the 52 hostages was alive, well and free.
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welcome to our viewers in the u.s., canada and all around the world. ahead on cnn, newsroom. calls for justice and cities across the u.s. after the brutal beating of nichols. the controversial police unit linked to his death has been dismantled. palestinian tensions soaring, now israel's minister is outlining a new plan. new zealand's most populous city begins to recover after devastating and deadly flooding. alive from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with layla. the memphis police department announced the permanent and to a special anticrime unit known as scorpion. the move comes one day after the city released police videos of five officers beating nichols
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on generate 27. police have confirmed all of the officers were with the special unit. some of the images you are about to see maybe disturbing. scorpion was created over a year ago in response to rising homicides and violent crime. why the officers targeted nichols that night is unclear. nichols was unarmed and was compliant. the video showed even while restrained nichols was repeatedly kicked, punched and struck without apparent provocation. steve cohen represents parts of memphis in the congress, he spoke with cnn and said he thinks aggressive police tactics like scorpion are ultimately counterproductive. >> i would like to see a return of the old community policing. where the neighbors no
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policeman. police people are in the communities making friends and helping people and getting tips. we do not do enough of that. they pounced on him when he got out of the car. he wondered if they were hopped up on something. they were out of control and not professional. we need officers that knows the neighborhood and that is a more effective matter of policing. >> for the latest, we are in memphis and some images and report are graphic. >> a significant move by the police department. the police chief announcing they are disbanding the scorpion unit. the unit that the 5 former officers were a part of. their tactics have been called into question. we saw their aggressive moves when they pulled over nichols. it was learned that these five
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officers were part of the scorpion unit. many of the committee members and nichols family came out asking that the police chief disband the unit. what it does is they drive around in unmarked cars aggressively fighting crime and some of the tactics have come into question. because of the concerns raised by the community, the police chief said she met with officers in the unit and they all decided that in the interest of trying to heal the wounds here and try to help some of the work the police department and the community knows they need to do to get back there respect, she is going to disband it. we will see what happens. certainly there is more work to do. as the investigation continues. cnn, memphis. attorney ben who represents
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nichols parents appeared earlier, he says he believes more officers could be charged and nichols death, even if they were not directly involved. here he is. >> we believe there was some other officers there that should have been charged, not just these 5, we think the other officers there, how heartbreaking was it when he was handcuffed on the ground moaning. everybody was walking around nonchalantly as if this is just business as usual. >> nichols family attorney ben appearing saturday on cnn. with us now from los angeles to discuss this is civil rights attorney and legal affairs, tater, good to see you. time has passed now, how do you reflect on what happened? >> i think some of the actions that were taken by the police chief and district attorney were warranted. they acted in a fashion that is quicker than what we typically see in these cases, to fire the
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officers involved, charge them with serious charges, second or degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and assault, but i think there is so much we do not know about the case, i am disturbed by the police chief's refusal to come before a press conference to answer questions. i know she set down with our colleague don to give a interview but we have not seen the police chief. we have not been able to ask her questions. the public is unable to ask critical questions and we are hearing from citizens on the ground that there was problems with the scorpion unit will be for their attack on mister nichols. many citizens came forward and complained about the aggressive tactics and those complaints were ignored. i think there is still accountability to be had and i do not know if this police chief will survive this incident. her leadership is under
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scrutiny. so far what we have seen does not look good. >> do you anticipate more charges might be brought against other officers? >> i agree with ben that there are other officers that should be investigated, we know there were two sheriff's deputies on the scene from the county. we also know there was emt workers on the scene. from the video we saw, the workers were walking around. 15 minutes or more before they started to render aid. they also had a duty to render aid and they failed to do it. so i would like to see the investigation continue. if warranted, additional charges brought. i am encouraged by the u.s. attorney's office and the statement they gave indicating that there is a federal criminal civil rights action that is being investigated and
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i also hope the doj goes into that police department and does a widespread investigation of its practices and policies. it is clear to me, there was no evidence of reckless driving on the part of mister nichols and perhaps he was racially profiled. >> a lawyer for one of the officers charged said that the videos produced as many questions as they have answers. what do you think he is getting at? >> i am not certain, we all saw with our own eyes, the video tells us everything we need to know in terms of the charges filed against his client. the question of whether he was brutalized, whether there was probable cause, whether the officers acted in a way that violated mister nichols constitutional rights, there is
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no question that they did that. they violated his constitutional rights and engaged in criminal conduct that led to his death. those answers have been answered. they were answered by the videotapes and that is why we see the charges that have been filed against the officers. >> the memphis pd has shut down the scorpion unit, should other units be looked at? >> absolutely, some police departments have already taken aggressive steps to eliminate crime-fighting units like the scorpion unit because of similar complaints from residents about the aggressive tactics. we saw in the video, the unprofessional behavior, the escalation of those officers, nothing about what we witnessed suggests that those officers should be conducting business in that way. there was nothing about those actions that said protect and serve.
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to that extent there are other departments across the country engaged in that conduct and they are ticking time bombs. this is a wake-up call for other departments to look internally at any crime- fighting units they have like scorpion. to the extent that officers are out of control. absolutely they should be disband. >> what more can be done to reduce police violence? >> we have to have a much more in-depth conversation about changing the culture of policing in this country. we talked a lot about training, and implicit violence but what we have not been able to do in the country is have a serious conversation about the culture of policing. where else can you work where it is acceptable to use the kind of language where we heard in those videotapes.
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to use the kind of violence we saw. there is not another position in the country. where that kind of conduct would be acceptable. yet that kind of aggressive conduct is embedded in so many police department across the country. we need to talk about the culture of policing that makes that kind of aggression acceptable rather than what we heard the congressman talk about, a community-based policing with the police are there to protect and serve and they are working in a collaborative fashion with citizens and where they respect the rights of individuals that they had been hired to protect. >> thank you very much. across the u.s. peaceful protesters pour into the streets demanding justice for nichols. in cities like atlanta and new york they have made their
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voices heard by chanting slogans against police violence. demonstrators say the marches will continue until their demands are met. >> we are out here to fight and call for justice once again because the work did not stop in 2020, 2021 or 2022. >> in the city where the beating took place, there was a march to honor nichols passion for skateboarding. the wrapper called on supporters to skate to the streets of memphis on saturday. something nichols loved doing since he was 6. israel's prime minister announced proposals to fight what he calls terrorism. benjamin says the measures are in response to a pair of shootings in jerusalem that left 7 dead and 5 wounded over the weekend. we have more on the violence
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that has rattled the area. >> reporter: two shooting attacks rocked jerusalem this weekend 15 hours apart in what officials are calling one of the worst terrorist attacks in recent memory. saturday morning a 13-year-old palestinian boy shot and injured two men before being shot and injured himself. the previous evening, a 21-year- old palestinian from east jerusalem began shooting were servers as they left, killing 7 including a 14-year-old and injuring 3 more. minutes later he was shot and killed by police. >> this is a significant rise in the level of terror we have seen and it marks a heinous attack on the holy sabbath day. >> reporter: the shooting celebrated in parts of the palestinian territories. a unusual daylight raid by the israeli military on thursday in
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the occupied west bank targeting embers of the islamic jihad. they say they were planning a imminent attack. the firefight killing 9 but also a woman in her 60s. >> she opened the window to look over to check what is going on. a bullet hit her here in the neck. the bullet hit the wall and the tv screen. >> the authority calling the rate a massacre announcing they were severing security court nations with israel as a result and then rockets launched by militants towards israel. responding with airstrikes. no injuries were reported on either side. the last few days a major test for the recently installed government, under pressure from his cabinet to respond with force. >> i will bring to the cabinet additional member measures to fight terrorism. this includes spitting up and
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expanding gun licensing for citizens. as we have seen time and time again including this morning, this thing saves lives. >> international condemnations and sympathies poured in including by president joe biden as anthony plans to make a preplanned trip to the region where his meetings under the current leadership are under higher stakes. cnn. let's get more now from jerusalem. elliott? >> good morning. will be heard in the package there, some of the statements from the prime minister benjamin in the week of the shooting friday night by the palestinian gunmen that killed 7. regiment said the cabinet would meet after the end of the jewish sabbath and outline the plans and now we have them. there are 6 points that are the main ones. first he announced the home of the terrorists that carried out
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the attack in jerusalem will be sealed immediately. the police confirmed this morning that the house has been sealed. national insurance rights and additional benefits for the families of terrorists that support terrorism will be revoked. they said there will be legislation on the revocation of israeli identity cards. the families of the attackers that support terrorism. they said firearm licensing that was mentioned in the report will be expedited and expanded. we saw when the 13-year-old boy attacked that group of people on saturday morning that 2 were armed and responded with fire. it was that that prevented the attackers shooting more people. he also said in response to the attacks and the celebrations that were seen in some parts of the west bank the prime minister decided to strengthen settlement. we do not know exactly what that means. note that we will get more details later. finally the reinforcements of military and police units with expanded
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arrests and focused operations to collect legal weapons will be carried out and it will be keen to boost security in jerusalem. ahead of the cabinet meeting at the end of the jewish sabbath, last night, the prime minister outlined in more detail why they were going ahead with some of the plans. >> our response will be strong, swift and precise. whoever tries to harm us, we will harm them and everyone who assists them. we already carried out widespread arrests of those who support, and insight terrorism. we are deploying forces, we are reinforcing units and we are doing this in various sectors. >> i can tell you as well, overnight there was more incidents, the israeli army saying a attacker approached a restaurant in the west bank of the dead sea. his gun apparently malfunctioned
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and the settlement north of the west bank. there was a attempt to infiltrate a settlement and that gunmen was shot and killed by the security people there. we are also hearing from villagers about violent incidents against property, homes and the like. in one village, they were saying that a car was set on fire that then spread to a house that also burned and there have been other reports of violent incidents by palestinians overnight. so the violence we saw in terms of the israeli security forces and gun battles with militants in the west bank on thursday and then the shootings by attackers on friday night and saturday we are seeing a continuation of violence overnight as well. this is all just happening, 24 hours away from the secretary of state, anthony going to
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israel. no doubt this upsurge in violence we are seeing in the sky high tensions between israel and the palestinians will be on the agenda with his discussions. >> thank you. we turn our attention to iran where we are following three major stories. a massive fire at a oil refinery, a explosion at a military plant in the earthquake. the fire happened at a refinery near the city on saturday. just moments ago, we learned the fire has been put out. one firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation. state media says the cause of the fire is under investigation. the defense ministry says a explosion at a military plant in the city was caused by small drones. state media says there was no casualties reported in only minor damage occurred to the roof of the complex. still no clarity yet on what or who was behind the attack.
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in northwestern iran, at least 3 are reported dead and 816 injured after a earthquake hit the city. that is according to state media. saturday's quake was so strong, it was felt across several nearby cities. ukrainian troops are waiting for the arrival of western made battle tanks. still ahead we speak to ukrainian tank crews about why the weapons will be a game changer did. congress has rejected a key demand from protesters, is there a and insight toto the political crisis? ? we have a report right after this break. if the stains aren't t gone, your lasagna is on fininish. ( ♪ ) what's the #1#1 retinol brand used most by dermatologists? it's neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair®
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ukraine is taking russian artillery fire in the east as it works to get more firepower to fight back. a official said on saturday russia unleased artillery attacks on a town, launching close to 300 strikes. ukraine is concerned that town could be ace bring board for future advances if it is captured.
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meanwhile ukraine is in talks with western allies about getting long-range missiles. the attack m system would enable ukraine to hit russia's logistical races behind the front lines but rush washington is reluctant to send it because of concerns ukraine would use it to hit targets inside russia. >> reporter: when you think about the front line you have to remember this is several hundred miles long. when we see these pockets of intense attacks, analysts say it is just to tie up ukraine defense forces to deplete military hard-working abilities so there is concerned that these attacks are going on just to tie them on so other attacks can go on further in the north. fighting on the front line remains intense and the president understands calling
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on allies to send missiles? >> the request for the missiles, as ukraine is anticipating a spring offensive by russia. let's hear what the ukrainian president had to say when requesting these long-range missiles. >> it would be possible to stop the russian terror if we can provide our military with relevant missile power so terrorists do not feel impunity. ukraine needs long-range missiles to remove this option for invaders to destroy ukrainian cities using missile launchers deployed far from the front line. >> you know these long-range missiles have 4 times the capability of any of the missiles ukraine is using now. washington saying they are worried this could allow ukraine to shoot into russian
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territory. ukraine's president said this could be a effective deterrent if they had them in the arsenal. >> thank you. the renewed push for missiles comes after the capital of ukraine secured a pledge for more battle tanks. they are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the new weapons and doing their best with the soviet designs already in their arsenal. we spoke to ukrainian tankers. >> reporter: the crew from the 28th mechanized brigade warm-up there soviet era 264 for battle. >> we have problems with ammunition, we are running low and that is the only problem we have, our commanders work all the time to sustain the tank and repair it. >> reporter: that commander that goes by the callsign david raises the 40-year-old beast to the front line like a steam engine train.
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a lot of ukraine's battle tanks are as old as this one and that is why the military says they urgently need the western made battle tanks. they say 3-400 to turn the tide in this war. the problem is ukraine is running out of soviet era tanks and they are having trouble replacing those lost in battle. the 28th helped liberate areas in the south and then they were sent here. it has been a long war for this unit. ukrainian soldiers at the front are elated that western agents are sending modern battle tanks. german-made leopard tooth and british challenger tanks. ukrainians are masters at using the old soviet tanks they have now to best effect. firing, reloading, taking aim and quickly shooting again. the tank engineer that only
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gave his name as maxine says the soldiers from the 28th can operate these vehicles by blindfolded. >> if we fire from a covered position with this device it is old and analog but proficient and precise. >> reporter: they say the tanks have been important here, taking on the forces of the wagner private military company that use convicts as cannon fire to storm positions with no fire support. the tank commander says they are constantly working to stop their advances here. >> we just fight against them. if we stop they will come closer we will lose our houses and families. we stand here to allow people to peacefully live in their homes. >> reporter: ukraine's army is undergoing pressure as the russians pour more armor into the area. the promised western tanks probably will not arrive fast
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enough to make a difference in this battle but these soldiers hope they will turn the tide of the war. cnn, ukraine. finland's foreign minister says he does not expect progress on his country or sweden's nader ship bid. he believes both nations are on course to eventually join the military alliance according to media. the statement comes days after they called for the postponement of a three-way meeting in february involving turkey, sweden and finland. turkish and swedish relations suffered a blow after stockholm police authorized a protest outside of the turkish embassy were a far right politician burned a copy of the quran. the incident sparked anger in turkey were protesters set fire to the swedish flag. well turkey has decided to reject their bids to nato saying that the neighboring
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welcome back to our viewers in the u.s., canada and all around the world. former president trump has pledged that his campaign will focus on the future. he announced his strategy as he visited supporters in south carolina and unveiled his campaign leadership team. he refrained from repeating his lies that the election was stolen but he did pledge to restore what he called election integrity. >> the 2024 election is our one shot to save the country and we need a leader that is ready to do that on day one. we need a fighter that can stand up to the left, the swamp, the media, the deep
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state, am i allowed to say stand up to the rhinos as well? i think we can say that. stand up to the globalists and china. >> we have more on trumps campaign events this weekend. >> reporter: donald trump making his return to the campaign trail on saturday holding events in new hampshire and south carolina. unveiling two endorsements, one from henry mcmaster and senator lindsey graham. also announcing a campaign hire. chairman steve will join the campaign as a senior advisor. the former president surrounded himself with supporters at both events but there are several republicans that said they are waiting to see how the primary field takes shape. some have mentioned nikki
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haley, the former governor of south carolina. the former president saying on his plane that he encouraged her to run. he said go by her heart and launch a campaign if you want. that could make for a interesting primary in south carolina. cnn. this was the scene on saturday as police and protesters clashed in the streets. one person died bringing the related death toll to 58. meanwhile peru's congress rejected a demand for a new election in december. the demands began last december when the former president was removed. there was regret expressed in
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passing the motion, protesters have been calling for her resignation for weeks. >> reporter: confrontations between demonstrators and the police continue as thousands took to the streets calling for the resignation of the president. early saturday they expressed regret, that a initiative to hold early elections before the end of the year did not receive enough support. lawmakers will discuss the motion again on monday with the hope that going to the polls will broker a truce with demonstrators that have been voicing their demands for two months. the weeks of unrest have inflicted damage on peru's economy.
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particularly where communities are isolated by roadblocks. with fewer products reaching markets, more people are going through other channels to get fed. >> our soup kitchens started from the first days of the strike. now we cook for 500, 3000 people. >> reporter: the protests have already cost 1 billion in losses due to damages in the infrastructure across the nation. the death toll rises in new zealand after heavy rain causes massive flooding. details on the devastation after the break.
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read every after rains caused widespread flooding. the death toll has risen from 3- 4. the airport resumed international flights while the heavy rains have used. more wet weather is expected in the coming days. >> reporter: mud on the floor, waterlogged wars. this is what the floods left behind. this is somebody's house, full of a lifetime of positions. residents say it took minutes before chest deep waters rushed through. no time to save anything. >> i felt quite helpless. i have never been in that situation before. it happened real fast. >> reporter: new zealand's new prime minister inspected the damage by air and on ground and says the cleanup will be
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massive. that is because the amount of rain that fell friday has never reached such recorded levels in such a short amount of time. they had their worst downpour on record, over 230 millimeters falling in a few hours. the heavy rains caused flash floods, plunging neighborhoods underwater. >> when we tried to open that door to swim outside the water was up here. >> reporter: the saturated ground giving weight to landslides in some areas leaving houses dangling from cliffs and backyards sliding down hills. stunned neighborhoods are trying to determine the scale of the damage, using the dry
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conditions to try to find anything salvageable from their homes. >> i have never seen it like this. >> reporter: the brief cleanup that was started may have to be on hold as meteorologists say there is more rain in the forecast. cnn. a urgent search is underway in australia for a small capsule containing a radioactive substance that was lost. the silver capsule measures a quarter of an inch in diameter, it contains a small amount of material, it can cause radiation burns and sickness if touched. it went missing while being sent for repairs. australian officials are warning the public to stay away from it and reported if they see it. >> our concern is that somebody will pick it up not knowing what it is and put it in their
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room or keep it in the car or give it to somebody else not knowing what they are dealing with. our concern is to bring it to the public's attention. it is probably low risk. it may have well have been lost on the side of the road. >> the investigating team is confirming the exact route and stops made during the capsule's journey. the bills player hamlin thinks his supporters weeks after suffering from a cardiac arrest on the field. you will hear directly from him next. sore throat who's boss. mucinex instasooththe. works in secononds, lasts for hours.
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world number one. he is the youngest player to reach the final since novak did in 2011. on the women's side, a new champion was crowned yesterday. arena, a belarusian competing as a neutral athletes. laura wraps up the thrilling contest. >> do you think there is more coming up for her? i think she has a good chance if she continues to play like that. >> previously she had the best results at the u.s. open. those conditions are perfect, why not? she is incredible. this is the monk he off of her back. got the nerves out of the way. the first one is in the back pocket. i think she will do it again.
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>> we have to talk a little bit about elena. a big disappointment for her. she took the title last year at wimbledon. we thought she had the edge. are you disappointed with her performance? would you have liked to see her do better? >> you can tell from her reaction, she knew it was a good match. the fact that she was not really disappointed, she made a lovely speech. the level was high. you can walk off the court with your head held high and say europe and it was to get today. there was things she could have changed. she could have gone more down the line with her forehand. these are small things that ultimately did not matter. she just came across somebody a little bit better today. >> it was a high-class women's final at the australian open today. we were happy to witness it. back to you in the studio. >> > the bills player hamlin is
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speaking publicly for the first time since he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a football game early this month. he thanked each of his doctors by name, his teammates and the fans. here is a bit of what he had to say. >> as i continue to make progress recovering i think it is a good time to share a few things. i think it was important for me to wait and speak publicly because it was a lot to process, mentally, physically and spiritually. i am thankful to everybody. this is just the beginning of the impact i want to have on the world. with god's guidance i will continue to do wonderful and great things. i could not do this without any of the support and love and i cannot wait to continue to take you all on this journey with me. >> hamlin has been out of the hospital since generally 11 and
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doctors say he is making remarkable progress. music seems to be thawing the frosty relations between the u.s. and cuba. patrick shows us thanks to visiting americans and cuban counterparts. it is not the kind of music you here in cuba but this is not a typical group of musicians either. for a week in january 4 college age u.s. musicians and their teachers travel from minneapolis to havana to try their hand at cultural diplomacy. exchanges like this are just restarting after the pandemic closed cuba to the world and the trump administration made it harder for americans to travel to the communist run island. while tourism remains off-
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limits for u.s. citizens, in 2022, the biden administration eased restrictions on americans visiting cuba. these americans brought instruments to donate and they say they are coming away with respect to cuban musicians to overcome adversity. >> there is something inspiring about the lack of the best instrument in the world does not stop anybody from putting out the most beautiful music. >> reporter: four hours each day, musicians from the two countries practiced together, and perform in local schools. their budding collaboration is overseen by a renowned cuban conductor. >> i think the greatest benefit is spiritual, how culture that is so different, can have the same interests in dreams.
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>> reporter: organizers say they are planning on taking the cuban students taking part to the u.s. in the spring so they can show off their skills to a u.s. audience. >> we have the passion and music inside of our blood. >> reporter: at the end of their time in cuba, the american musicians and their cuban counterparts play a show at a house near the u.s. embassy in havana. this exchange is not about solving the long-running problems between the two countries. >> whatever you may think about the respective governments, it is not about the government, it is about the people, getting to know them and connecting with them. >> reporter: when there is that connection, beautiful music is sure to follow. patrick, cnn.
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