Russian Ship Arrives in Cuba
BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back to our viewers in the United States and around the world. I'm Brianna Keilar, in for Wolf Blitzer today. There is a situation developing off the coast of Cuba. A Russian spy ship has appeared in the harbor outside of Havana. The ship's arrival comes as a U.S. State Department delegation is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. CNN's Patrick Oppmann is in Havana for us. Patrick, this isn't the ship's first visit there to Havana and it isn't exactly hiding, right? You can see it, can't you?</s>PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Not at all hiding. We're just feet away from not only the CNN's Havana bureau but also where many other international media outlets have their offices in Havana. This is usually a terminal used for cruise ships. We're in the heart of old Havana, Havana's tourism district, usually a place where you see tourists walking around. Instead we've got a Russian spy ship. You see satellite dishes, antennas, lots of high-tech equipment that's used to scoop up massive amounts of data, presumably from the United States. We're just 90 miles away from the United States, Brianna. And you could say this is all a coincidence. But coincidences are not that common in Cuba. It seems to be a message that's being sent that the Russians have influence in Cuba as well. Vladimir Putin was just here last year. He signed an intelligence-gathering agreement with the Cuba, presumably allowing the ship to come here, refuel, pick up supplies. It's part of that agreement. And just a day before a U.S. delegation arrives, relations seem to be normalizing between Cuba and the U.S., but the Cold War perhaps isn't over just yet, at least when it comes to Cuba -- Brianna?</s>KEILAR: It isn't over. It's just over your shoulder right there. Patrick Oppmann, thanks so much, in Havana, Cuba, for us. I have breaking news that I want to tell you about. This is on the investigation into flight 8501. We just have new information in. Indonesian media is saying the plane was climbing at a rate of 6,000 feet per minute. That is faster than a fighter jet. The minister also noted the average climbing speed of a commercial aircraft is between 1,000 and 2,000 feet per minute. The plane crashed on December 28th with 162 passengers and crew on board. Both of the plane's black boxes in its tail section have been recovered and part of the fuselage identified on the ocean floor. What started as a letter to Santa ended with an invitation to tonight's State of the Union. You're about to meet one lucky kid, one very special kid who had no idea how many people he would touch with his powerful words. And one freshman congresswoman is polishing up her words, Joni Ernst and the Republican response. I should have said Senator. She's is publishing up her response to the State of the Union, and the risks she takes making it.