today, the president of kenya, and the ethiopian prime minister, visited cuba. the heads of state have engaged in activity with both parties, and a summit will take place in nairobi tomorrow. they have just departed, and i'm waiting to get the outcome of the meeting. the mission fully supports these intents and ongoing efforts of sudan's neighbors to seek a resolution to the continuing crisis. i've been in president of the political leaders of south sudan and leaders on this very critical process to bring an end to the fighting and the violence that is unfolding as we speak. my second message is that the mission is here to stay and protect. we're maintaining an increasing footprint and presence across the country. we community those that are not critical from any locations. we are increasing our capacity elsewhere. we're improving an increased and rapid redeployment of a mission afterward to the most volatile areas, in particular where they have sought refuge in our camps. we have over 50,000 refugees in our various compounds. and their presence is an eloquent t

i don't hesitate to visit cuba when i want to and i've known his brother fidel, as well. at was the first time i believe that an incumbent american president has shaken hands with a leader of cuba. and i hope it will be an omen for the future. >> want to bring in senior political analyst david gergen to talk more about the significance of this. quickly, what do you make of this, more of a symbolic gesture than something that's a break-through? >> it's an important symbolic gesture. we are moving toward a thawed relationship. many more americans are traveling to cuba. within the hispanic community and the united states. there are some cuban resistance still, but generally speaking you find in the latino community in the united states, there is a sort of -- there's a willingness to try to build relationships. i think that's coming very rapidly and president obama, of course, has been reaching out to a number of people around the world who most recently iran and i think he's trying to change the american foreign policy in that regard whether he'll get completely get there or

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effect because you would see an increase of hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions of americans visiting cubanteracting with ordinary cubans, bringing new ideas, engaging with them in a lot of different ways, including to business and including the informal economy. this will have the effect of making them more independent, and i think that that is corrosive to the communist dictatorship there. and to the extent that we can help promote that is a positive thing. cheryl: interesting. do you think the -- do you expect any change in policy within the near future, and i mean within the next five years, perhaps? >> within the next five years definitely because the casters are going to die at some point. and i think that once fidel castro dies you are going to start to see changes in cuba. no one in cuba, including people at the highest levels of the communist party is happy with ts are. they are interested in improving their conditions, even if that means marginal reforms or some reform along the line of china and vietnam which would be a positive thing. when fidel dies it will be a signal for tho

i don't hesitate to visit cuba when i want to. i've known his brother cadel as well.me i believe an incumbent american president has shaken hands with the leader of cuba. i hope that will be an omen for the future. >> a princeton history professor joins us as well as gloria borger. welcome to both of you. gloria, let me begin with you. just quickly off the top, was the handshake a glimmer of hope, was it just much to do about nothing? >> you know, where you stand depends on where you sit. i mean, we've just gotten word that congresswoman ross lateman in questioning senator john kerry today said that when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like raul castro, it becomes a propaganda coup. >> let me stop you. michael, play it. >> mr. secretary, sometimes a handshake is just a handshake. but when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like raul castro, it becomes a propaganda coup for the tyrant. raul castro uses that hand to sign the orders to repress and jail democracy advocates. >> and let me ju

con cuba, correos inmigración y también canje de preso pero añade que hay que tener en mente que otras aperturas en el pasado no llegaron a nada . >> para detalles del adiós de nelson mandela visite los llevan en autobuses después que impiden la protesta para gritar a favor de la revolución . >> tormenta tiene semi paralizado al noreste del país , las carreteras están peligrosas de nueva york tenemos los estragos del clima en gran parte . >> nieve, lluvia agua nieve y e incoveniente para miles en la costa oeste philadelphia espero 4 pulgadas y problemas para los residentes de virginia a nueva inglaterra 7 pulgads de nieve, y las escuelas para evitar contratiempos . >> los residentes pierden servicio de electricidad por caídas de postes, aquí se ve un accidente en las autopistas cuándo carreteras se ponen resbaladizas aquí no hubo heridos pero no paso lo mismo en este otro accidente, e noche el 70% de la nación tiene enieve . >> el sur estará más calid opodremos tener tormentas más intensas porque entra aire más cálido y se nota que baja aire frío del norte . >> en nueva york amanecen con amenaza de tormenta que no llego a las temidas 6 pulgadas que se anunciaron pero si lidian co

cuba. nine u.s. passengers were booked on the plane for the charter. members of on ecology group visitingical farms in and around cuba. >>> the world ushers in 2014, here is a reminder of some of the key events of the last 12 months. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the war machine is relentless in its ferocity. >> these people are the victims of attacks using chemical weapons. [ explosion ] >> translator: as we were interviewing the leader we could hear migs flying overhead. everybody scrambled. >> 11 year mohammed is the survivor of an air strike. these children are traumatized and scared to go back home. [ shouting ] >> the screams that president morsi leave office are getting louder. >> this election represents a [ inaudible ] to kenya. >> it's a transition almost unheard of in the modern arab world. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear >> people are very pleased that sharif is declaring himself the winner. >> it's an opportunity to remember a day on which a dictator was defied. >> with a farewell bow, the power transfer in china was complete. >> the government has lurched into his big

cuba, alan gross. i know he is a constituent of yours and his wife was recently on our program and you've been really instrumental, to nye understanding trying to get him out including visiting him in cuba. there has been controversy over the last 24 hours about the president shaking hands with raul castro in south africa. i'm wondering in general are your thoughts on that and what efforts are really being done to get this american out of prison in cuba? >> well i'm really glad you've been following this very important story that has been neglected e it is an absolute miscarriage of justice that alan gross is still sitting sitting a cuban jail. we're working very hard and have been for years to try to get him out. i have spoken directly to raul castro saying, if they want to see any evolution in u.s.-curb ban relation which i think would be in our mutual best interests, they have got to release alan gross. look, i hope that conversation will accelerate. i have spoken to the president personally and directly about this issue. president obama. i know that he is working on this issue. so, again, it is outrageous that it has taken as long as it has. let's hope by this time next

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cuba. >> you can't expect us to do much more now unless there's some resolution of some of these human rights issues. >> now, the state department says that u.s. officials visit alan gross monthly. they say the last visit was november 27th. next one that they're asking for is december 26th. and they insist that he remains a top priority and they're working it diplomatically. wolf? >> jill dougherty with that back ground. thanks, jill, very much. joining us is judy gross, the wife of alan gross. judy, thanks very much for coming. >> thanks for having any. >> four years. how emotional is this for you? four years, your husband being held in cuba. >> it's emotional. it's very -- causes me a lot of anger i would have to say right now. i'm angry at the u.s. government. i'm angry at the cuban government. totally frustrated for this lack of action that alan is still in the same situation he was for four years. >> i understand your anger at the cubans. why are you angry at the u.s. government? you just heard john kerry, secretary of state, say they're doing whatever they can to get your husband out of there. >> this is something that i've heard for four years. it hasn

cuba was one of the first countries mandela visited after his release from prison. and tonight, nelson mandela memorial at howard university has been postponed because of the weather. it will be rescheduled after the new year. >>> this afternoon, we are following a developing story out of month of montgomery county. >> in germantown, kristen. >> reporter: that's right, this tutor who lived in that home, he has been teaching and coaching both public and private school high school-aged students in this area for years. this morning, he was arrested and charged with sexually abusing one of those students, but detectives say there's a good chance that there may be more victims. >> his name is daniel. he is 30 years old and he first got on their radar last month after a school official notified police. he was never a school employee. he was a private tutor and coach hired by parents. he lived at this home, but he taught high school students primarily in potomac and bethesda. they only know of one victim, but worried there may be more. >> certainly given the number of year

he was pulled from an airliner after visiting as a tourist. >>> a man in cuba is app feeling to presidenthelp. he was arrested in havana four years ago. gross wrote an open letter to the white house saying he won't be released unless the president intervened. the white house responded saying it is trying to secure his release. >> the president has himself personally engaged foreign leaders to use their influence with cuba to promote mr. gross's release. the state department has kept mr. gross's case at the forefront, and made clear the importance the united states places on his welfare. >> his wife says he has lost a lot of weight and his hopes are fading. >>> a new poll thinks american prestige around the world is declining. for the first time in nearly four decades americans say the u.s. is less powerful than it was a decade ago. but most of those polled believe the u.s. military is the strongest in the world. >>> the u.s. supreme court is considering the case of a minnesota man who sued an airline for terminating his frequent flyer program. the airline said he complained too much. the

some senators have visited alan, written letters in his behalf to both cuba and to the president and,en very comforting to have congress on my side. our side. jenna: you visited alan in the past. what are the conditions like where he is now? >> i've never been able to actually see his cell. they have this very large guard in flak vest and machine guns standing there. so i can't see the cell. so we're in a little anteroom usually an examining room inside, like an infirmary of where he is and, but, from what he describes i know his cell is very, very tiny. he shares it with two others. a lot of times he has no water. the lights are on 24 hours a day. he has had things crawling in his food. it's been quite difficult for him. jenna: we're showing some photos of alan before he left on his trip and now. we can see the weight loss. i know there are some health concerns as well. you mentioned bipartisan support you're getting from congress. what would you like to have done? what do do you need now, judy? >> what we need now is for president obama to get personally involved in alan's case. up

and cuba was one of the first countries that nelson mandela came to visit. and it was the political alliance between the two men and there was a close personal relationship. you see that in the video of the two men talking. nelson mandela insist to fidel castro, when are you going to visit my homeland. fidel did not answer, and mandela continued to insist which shows the close personal ties between the two men. what happens during the battle in angola and the cube cuban-ist troops. >> daniel. the next issue of the new yorker will pay tribute to the former south african president. this image for the magazine's cov is an oil painting artist kadir nelson. >> we turn our attention to the skies. researcher are closer than ever to finding a planet that could support life. we'll talk to scientists in the middle of the search. >>> and the placement for team u.s. is next. world cup football--i'm sorry, soccer draw. >> oh, that was clever. very clever. >> what does it engulf. >> mulligan, mulligan. >> reporter: i think you just had a mulligan from the draw. now the 20

cuba was the only other country that calvin and grace visited during the white house years. this is a particularly fine fan, as you can see, with the mother- of-pearl and gold inlay and the hand-painted screen. one of the gowns in the collection is so heavily beaded that we can never display it in the upright position. whenever we have it out in the display case, it is flat. you can see that it is almost entirely beads and sequins. quite heavy, actually. she had a great impact on the style of the 1920's. this was not the flapper look, by any means, but the gowns very much have the ragged hemlines that was so popular during the 1920's, the heavily beaded features, very typical. you can only imagine what this would have looked like as she came down the stairs in the white house. >> patricia on facebook picks up on this. is it true that president coolidge was very frugal except when it came to his wife's clothing? when did that whole dynamic first start in their relationship? >> i think he was interested in clothing for both of them right from the beginning. he even wrote his f

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visit goxarelto.com. >>> one of the first stories of my network news career was the zero of elian gonzalez who with his mom got in a boat escaping to cubae boat didn't make it and neither did his mom. the american officials brought him ashore and needed to decide what to do. do they send him back to his dad in cuba or give them to his relatives in american? and thus was born and international custody battle that started 14 years ago. the photo most of the you remember, as federal agents stormed into the recommendtives house and made the decision in miami to return him to his dad in cuba. awful picture. but the result, he went home to his dad. cnn caught up with him now 14 years later in he can ka covecu. he is blaming the united states for cuba's economic troubles and saying a who will lot more about us too. rosa flores as the story. >> reporter: this is how the world remembers elian began zaulz. a frightened 6-year-old getting pulled from his home by federal agents and sent to cue with a to live with his father. that was in 2000. this is him today. he's 20. gonzalez says he hasn't suffered any long-lasting psychological trauma from the

visit local farms to ensure quality control. >>> a passionate appeal to president obama from alan gross, a u.s. contractor jailed in cuba for the past four years. in a letter to be delivered to the white house today, gross writes he fears his country has abandoned him and wants the president to personally intervene in his case. gross was sentenced to 15 years for his work with the u.s. program that distributed communications equipment to jewish groups in cuba. the state department called for his immediate release monday. >>> a florida woman recovering this morning after she was attacked by a bear. near her home. the woman told officials she was walking her dog in longwood when the black bear attacked her. the woman got away and was able to run to a neighbor's house and eventually taken to an area hospital. she was treated for serious injuries. >>> online shoppers you spent a record amount of money on cybermonday. sales are expected to hit the $2 billion mark. overall cybermonday sales were up at least 17.5%. that number could actually shift higher. those mobile devices, yes, you were shopping on your cell, accounted for