in other words, garcia was the prosecutor and eckerd the judge. process for the 2018 and 2022 cups awarded to russia and qatar, eckerd published a summary and exonerated russia and qatar of any wrongdoing and did nothing to apiece fifa's ethics. a day after that appeal was ruled inadmissible garcia has quit. in his e-mail he wrote "no independent governance committee, investigator or ash station panel can change the culture of an organization. it's the lack of leadership on this issues within fifa to lead me to conclude my role is at an end." words that hang over the committee meeting this weekend and next year's fifa presidential elections. alex thomas, cnn, london. >> stunning stuff there. now, former u.s. president jimmy carter tried to lift the economic embargo against cuba in the 1970s, coming up we'll hear what he thinks of the latest efforts to normalize relations between the two countries. stay with us on cnn. get ready for some german engineered holiday excitement. at the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. right now, for practically just y