Obama Pushing For Improved Human Rights
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: need to still meet strict requirements including those related to human rights.</s>MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: It's interesting to hear President Obama pay heed to human rights, but he said that human rights was not tied to the lifting of this embargo. He did say that the U.S. would keep pushing for free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly in a country day where just a day ago the BBC was ordered by the government to stop reporting and where human rights says -- a Human Rights Watch says that the state of human rights here is dire in all areas -- Chris.</s>CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Michelle Kosinski, thank you very much for the reporting. Appreciate it. President Obama confirming overnight the leader of the Afghan-Taliban is dead. Speaking in Vietnam, the president called the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansour, quote, "An important milestone in our longstanding effort to bring peace and prosperity to Afghanistan." He was killed on the Pakistan side of the border with Afghanistan in a drone strike. CNN has learned the Taliban leadership has already met in Pakistan to choose a successor.</s>ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: The Iraqi prime minister saying his country is, quote, "approaching a moment of great victory." In a televised address this morning, Haider al-Abadi says Iraqi security forces are launching an effort to reclaim the city of Falluja from ISIS. The city has been under ISIS control for nearly two and a half years. Leaflets were dropped over the weekend advising residents of Falluja to flee ahead of this military campaign.</s>CUOMO: Up next, exclusive unprecedented access inside Syria. The big question is can the U.S. train rebels to successfully take on ISIS? See for yourself. And hear from a top U.S. commander on his secret mission to the region. It's a report you will not see anywhere else.