and so, cuba trades with everyone, and cuba is a basketcase, and cuba hasn't changed one iota. the fact is china made significant changes before they became the powerful economic giant that they are today. so i would say to you, china, a country of -- i don't know, what, 2 billion people, cuba, a country of 11 million, the comparisons are just not the same. they are geopolitical important state to us across the world. cuba is in our own backyard. and as i say, they've been fomenting and exporting behavior. i want to go back to the place i was born. >> i understand. >> i yearn for the day when things can be different. >> well, and i think that's what we all hope for down there, more importantly. because, look, they have horrible, horrible political prisoners there, we have allen gross there, so it is important this is not -- that is not lost on us. senator martinez, a pleasure to talk with you. nice to see you. >> thank you. always good to see you, chuck. and i have to tell you, it's time to say go 'noles. >> oh. well, only in one-half of my household. all right, sir. thanks. i

que se nombre un enviado especial para cuba. algunas son medidas que el presidente obama podrÍa tomar por orden ejecutiva. >> podrÍa ser un proceso de tomar parte por parte estas leyes. >> y disminuir el volumen cuando los encuestados escuchan de los abusos de derechos humanos en cuba y que el rÉgimen de castro continÚa en el poder, el apoyo a una normalizaciÓn de relaciones cae al 41%. 51% favorece mantener la polÍtica actual. >> yo quiero mejores relaciones con cuba, no voy a decir que no, pero depende cÓmo uno lo hace. cuando cuba sea libre, cuando tengamos esta libertad de los presos polÍticos. su colega republicano ha viajado a cuba y aboga por levantar el embargo. >> la premisa es que le estamos dando algo a los cubanos, no lo creo. le damos algo que probablemente no quieren, un aumento de influencia de norteamericanos. dice que esto contribuirÍa a la democratizaciÓn en cuba. >> el embargo es una ley del congreso, solamente Éste puede modificarla. en aÑos pasados se ha ido haciendo mÁs estricto. los intentos p

this is the allies of cuba, venezuela, the puppets of cuba. and this is what they do to their own people. water cannons knocking people to the ground. why? because they're protesting the government. let me show you the next slide. here's a demonstrator detained by police. look how they drag him through the streets. this is in caracas, venezuela. let me show you another demonstrator. this is a student -- by the way, these are all students in the street. you see this young man snee -- n here? he was also shot in the head by security forces and pro-government groups in caracas. this happened on february 11. this is what they do in venezuela. this is what the allies of the castro regime does, this is what they export. this is what they teach. this is what they support. and it doesn't stop here. who are cuba's allies in the world? north korea. before he fell, the dictator in libya, the dictator in syria, the tyrant in moscow. this is who they line up with. this is this wonderful paradise? by the way, this in and of itself deserves attention, what's

to a reign of terrorist attacks in cuba some of which the u.s. government supported castro has signed the five men to monitor cuban groups in miami in an effort to prevent future terrorist attacks against the country these men however arrested by u.s. authorities charged with espionage and sentenced to serve life in prison since then there's been an ongoing campaign to free the cuban five but just today cuban five member fernando gonzalez was released from prison in arizona this makes him the second member of the group to be set free so joining me now to talk about the knowledge his release and the fate of the remaining three members of the cuban five hundred one and nicholas sanchez o'donovan from miami what is up next. you do not being marketed as it would be with you thank you so considering how this has been a very contentious issue for quite some time in cuba and the u.s. has there been any statement from the cuban government regarding fernando gonzalez's release. of the firstly i received a small in was from the obama it wasn't though an of

citizens aren't allowed to travel to cuba so what happened well right now he was released on parole for three years down in two thousand and eleven he was allowed to return to cuba only for his father's funeral back in april twenty second of twenty thirteen that was the initial deal after that he was required to return back here to florida a federal judge just ruled that he can stay in cuba as long as he were now and says his u.s. citizenship for fernandez gonzalez the story is completely different i mean he doesn't hold a u.s. passport so he was immediately deported from arizona to love honor and how many years left of the other three men have to serve. all that depends they are first of all we have to say well they are very different sentences no they're much higher. initially for instance and don't you know that i don't and i'm online you know we're looking at life in prison and get out of that and then this had two life sentences now after reduction readily still looking at twenty two years in prison about thirty years and get out of this is still facing life behind bars and honestl

cuba digressed. it was digression and used animals when once they had tractors, they digressed from doctors in the clinic and hospitals to doctors behind the steering wheel and they die ress from a country that -- to a nation now that has been oppressed and under a communist dictatorship since 1959. and the senator from florida also menged that they don't have the freedoms there that even though there was discussion about access to the internet, i can tell you pirnlly, the senator from florida is right, they don't have access to the internet. i was on a trip up to a college up in the mountains in cuba. we rode up there in the back of a russian vehicle and it took an hour, 45 minutes to get up in the hills. and as we were interviewing some of the professors there and some of the students there, i was standing next to a gentleman who was from florida, his parents had escaped from cuba but still held deeds for land that they had never been compensated for. and he was perhaps the best interpretor that i

niños quedaron en las escuelas >>estados unidos ha mantenido serie de politicas restrictivas hacia cuba, nueva encuesta revela que la mayoría de los estadounidenses quiere cambios >>después de cinco décadas de aislamiento , la mayoría del público américano latino y de la florida, favoreceria un nuevo acuerdo con cuba 56% del público aprueba una mejora de relaciones. unos 850 mil cubanos américano viven en miami dade y sur de la florida >>esto demuestra que el tema de cuba ya no trae la misma importancia >>el poder de su voto no es importante a la hora de la normalizacoin >>este legislador dice le ha recomendado a barack obama que actue. también admiten la presión de negociantes en este país >>estamos sentados en el banquillo mientras nuestros sociios europeos entran a cuba e invierte >>seis de diez personas favorecen cambios ,que se nombre enviados especiales para cuba, eliminar al país en la lista de países que favorecen el terrorismo y otras medidas >>una vez que los encuestados entienden que las violaciones de derechos humanos en cuba, el resultado es que ellos entienden

/cuba relations. they want to engage more directly with cuba. 30% of them strongly support that. just over a third of americans are opposed. but in order for real change to happen, there's a lot of history to overcome. during the first half of the 20th century the u.s. played the role of the helpful neighbor to cuba lending military and economic support. that all changed with the cuban revolution in 1959 when fidel castro and a band of fwgu guegu overthrew the government. >> the people of the united states are very nice. >> things went downhill, though, from there. castro declared cuba to be a communist nation. the u.s. launched the ill-fated bay of pigs invasion and the cuban missile crisis put the world on the brink of war. u. u.s./cuban relations have never recovered. in april 1980 with this country facing a struggling economy, castro eased emigration restrictions and more than 125,000 fled under president carter's open arms policy. but castro seemed to slip other folks in that policy. the u.s. tightened its trade embargo and mid it permanent. in the last decade george w. bush

. >> how about the role of cuba? it's a big deal. the opposition is making a big deal saying the cubans are involved at all levels and cuba needs venezuela to be on their side. oil is a significant part of the economy, so the cubans can't afford to lose nicolas maduro as an ally. >> consider this - venezuela is 15% of cuba's gdp. that's for the 100,000 barrels of oil a day. in return cuba sent about 40,000 doctors and trainers and advisors. >> military. >> most of it military spies. a lot of the strategy... >> the government thugs that are violent. >> were based on committees for the defense of the revolution in cuba. they advised the government on how to present its own strategy. they need the life line. cuba has been twisting in the wind. >> is there a danger it may increase the violence. >> i think they'll try to remain there as much as they can. nicolas maduro is their man. there are others within the government but they are less pro-cuban pro-cuban. >> nicolas maduro made noises about meeting with president obama. any chance tha

with so much investment going to cuba, other nations are worried about the potential impact on their economies. aljazeera reports from free port in the bahamas. >> grand bahama doesn't feel like the kind of place where people have to worry about anything. its economy is driven by tourism and the residents do everything they can to keep visitors entertained. >> come on over, baby. come on, come see big mama. >> she's worked at this market for the past 15 years says it's a matter of survival. >> we need our tourists, we really need them. we have to treat them the best of our ability. we have to treat them good so they return. we need our return guests backed up. >> tourism here looks for now safe, but it's the bahamas shipping industry that could be under threat with cuba's new facility that could see foreign investment going there rather than here. >> the state of art port was built, but the european union is looking to strengthen relations with cuba, threatening the monopoly on shipping oaters have enjoyed. it is capable of handling the biggest ships. local business leaders are keepi

for example, in cuba, the castros are going to die and whatever is first into cuba is going to have an enormous opportunity. we better make sure we're the first person into cuba, not the russians and the chinese. >> russia has the ties. >> but objects the astros are gone cube -- the castros are gone, it's an opportunity. >> if you were advise -- >> make friend now. >> if the russians keep bringing more ships. i think they're taunting us. >> it's almost like the kid who is just, going like that, whether it's in the middle east or whether it's in taking snowden or doing something in the eastern european states. trying to see what he will do. will we have a reaction? and they don't think we will because putin thinks president obama is a pushover. >> is this the time for perfectly good and financially justifiable reasons to talk about bringing our troop levels back to what they were before world war ii? >> no. that's one place we really -- we should do a couple of things. one, understand we may have to address a lot in the military budget there are things -- a lot of waste, fraud, and abus

from boat lift to facelift in cuba. more than 30 years after many sailed away for what they believed was a better life, cuba's plans for economic revival. a real-life drama playing itself out at the berlin film festival. no ronaldo no worries as bale maintains the club's push for the title. >> you're watching the al jazeera newshour. the united nations' humanitarian chief says she will keep pushing to deliver help to the syrian people despite an attack on an aid convoy. the driver was injured. trucks trapped for hours in homs on saturday. turkish ri at police confronted protesters after government tightened control of the internet. president recep tayyip erdogan denies censorship saying the internet will be freer and safer. >> people living in southern beirut are taking measures, but unwavering support remains for hezbollah's involvement in syria. >> it used to be one of the busiest suburbs of beirut. they are on a war footing. six car bombs exploded in the hezbollah stronghold. people are trying to do what they can to

the colonel of cuba in november 1938. the american immigration quota was filled. most of these people trying to get into cuba were on the waiting list. if they cut into cuba they could wait their turn under the american quota. they kept the spot under the german quota. so roosevelt could not legally admit them. he had tried once before to stretch the quota. he made an announcement, attend a 15,000 german and austrian jews in america on visitors visas would not be sent back because he could not in good conscience throw them out. he took flak in congress for that move. some senators said it was unconstitutional. so roosevelt in the summer of 1939 was trying to persuade congress to pass an amendment to the neutrality laws, which would enable him -- in case of war with germany. he was not about to behave illegally for 900 passengers and and losing a chance to get the neutrality laws through congress. so what happened? the governmental committee on refugees negotiated. that's the body that was set up as result of the evian con

. >> how about cuba, they are saying that cuba is involved in all levels of the government and cuba needs venezuela to be on their side. the cubans can't afford to lose him as an ally. >> venezuela represents 15% of cuba's gdp. that comes from the hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil per day it gives to cuba. in turn cuba has send doctors, trainers -- >> military. >> military, spies all of that. so even the -- >> the thugs who are violent. >> were very much based on cuba. they need that lifeline. >> is there a danger there that that might increase the violence? in >> i think the cubans are going to try to remain there as long as they can, and prop up this government. and he is their man. he is their guy. >> he has made noises of trying to meet with president obama. any chance that will happen? >> no, no chance. nor should it. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> now let's check in with hermela. >> one of the arguments we hear from people who say the u.s. drinking should be lowered is that it would teach young people to drink responsibly, and often they site europe as an example. but a new repor

wanted to trade with cuba, and we sort of would be good if cuba was more open to u.s. influence and exchange. there was pro-spanish riots in havana, in january, and so teddy roosevelt and others sent the uss maine to havana harbor in february, and the idea was the show the spanish sthorts in cuba that america was intent on at least helping these revolutionaryies overthrow the government. maine was in havana harbor, and then it was in a big explosion. the bugle is poignant because the captain of the maine fikse, was writing a letter to his wife, and he heard back that night, 9:30 at night he heard the bugler sound taps, which in any military outpost you know is a sign of well, there's a peaceful and soothing quality to it. he heard taps and then just after that the maine exploded. most of the men on the maine were killed. over 215 men killed that night in that explosion. he described it as calamitous noise and black smoke and really chaos aboard the maine. the maine went down in havana harbor and we went to war in april of 18898 with spain and won puerto rico philippine

that's what's happening in cuba. it includes targeting family members of the opposition, brutal attacks and even murder as well as keeping in inexorable control over communications in and out of cuba. an american citizen, alan gross, was thrown into prison in 2009 for the crime of handing out cell phones to havana's jewish population. alan gross should be repoliced and the united states should be standing and calling for alan gross' release. in a tip to the information age, heavy internet censorship among the most repressive on the planet blankets the island to preempt the spontaneous organization facilitated by social media. first chavez and now maduro have learned the lessons well under the tutelage of the agents from the cuban intelligence services and their work has been on grim display during the protests that have taken place this month. the death toll is now at 13 and climbing as police bullets have taken the lives not only of activists but also of students, of innocent bystanders and even of a beauty queen. m

and those guys are just getting in. >> with tourism rising in cuba, that too could steal business from the bahamas. >> there will be a day of reconnection with the relationship that our closest neighbor creating to northern part of the caribbean a force that the bigger than the past years. >> the caribbean attracts millions of visitors each year and it is a major shipping hub and little doubt that cuba is making a major player in the region, but for many there is plenty of business to go around. >> still to come, this program, building a toy dynasty. we look at the powering success of lego. >> in sports, why andy murray going local in mexico. >> uk is suffering exiting of the black film makers and coming to the united states because of feeling like they are being held back in their home. we have a report from london. >> not long before the oscars, this film is britain's big hope. >> 12 years of slaves. >> it is already taking two of the main prizes at the brits and the lead actor is british and black and the film's director too. this is the best of the british. it is doing well in the

has had any type of relationship with cuba. the berlin wall has fallen, the communist nation no more, russia is now our ally although some question whether they're really our best friend, butty is cuba such a thorn in the side of the united states? >> it's one of the in escapable facts of geography that cuba is going to be in the shadow of the united states. cuba has enough ability of escaping our shadow as georgia to escape russia's. for the long term, there will have to be some change in cuba and i think that change is coming. the question is will it be sudden, gradual, violent or peaceful. >> the question that has to be asked is whether or not cuba is going to be as welcome to go these changes as people in the west believe. i saw a recent report saying they are selling new cars in cuba and a lot of people are nostalgic for the old days and don't want to see those new autos on the streets. >> we saw that kind of transition in all the other former communist countries in east europe. even several years after the fact, you start

armadas de colombia espiÓ a un grupo de ese paÍs que participa en las conversaciones de paz en la habana, cuba, registra intercambios entre el vocero de las farc y varios periodistas. >> la inteligencia es una obligaciÓn. >> el gobierno de colombia estÁ en guerra con las farc,al mismo tiempo que hablar de la paz con la guerrilla en cuba. muchos se preguntan hasta dÓnde puede llegar la intromisiÓn. >> aquÍ se ha abierto una caja de pandora, y vamos a seguir viendo este patrÓn alrededor del mundo, desgraciadamente. >> la caja de pandora son mÁs de 2600 correos el tema de abusos sexuales de sacerdotes contra menores de edad fue abordado en una encuesta de univision. el pelotero alex rodriguez desistio de su demanda contra las grandes ligas. ♪ ♪ ♪ el astro de los yaquis de nueva york "alex rodriguez" retiro hoy la demanda contra las grandes ligas, el comisionado "bud selig" y el sindicato de jugadores de beisbol.de esta manera, rodrigez acepto la suspension por toda la temporada de 2014, considerada la sancion mas larga en la historia del deporte rodriguez ha reiterado su inocencia y

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louis was denied entry to most of the areas were denied entry to cuba and they were going to cuba because of initiatives taken by the roosevelt administration to encourage latin american countries to take in jews. there were 5000 to 6000 jewish refugees in cuba who came in after a meeting between franklin roosevelt and the kernel in november 1938. the american immigration quota was hit. most of the people trying to get into cuba were in a waiting list. if they got into cuba, they could wait their turn under the american quota. they kept their spot under the german quota. and so roosevelt could not legally admit them. he had tried once before to stretch the quota after kristallnacht and he made an announcement that 10 to 15,000 german and austrian jews in america on visitors visas would not be sent back because he could not in good conscience throw them out. and he took a lot of flak in congress for that move. some said it was unconstitutional. and so in the summer of 1939 roosevelt was trying to persuade congress to the neutrality laws he was not to behave illegally if it meant losing his

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armadas de colombia espiÓ a un grupo de ese paÍs que participa en las conversaciones de paz en la habana, cuba, registra intercambios entre el vocero de las farc y varios periodistas. >> la inteligencia es una obligaciÓn. >> el gobierno de colombia estÁ en guerra con las farc,al mismo tiempo que hablar de la paz con la guerrilla en cuba. muchos se preguntan hasta dÓnde puede llegar la intromisiÓn. >> aquÍ se ha abierto una caja de pandora, y vamos a seguir viendo este patrÓn alrededor del mundo, desgraciadamente. >> la caja de pandora son mÁs de 2600 correos el tema de abusos sexuales de sacerdotes contra menores de edad fue abordado en una encuesta de univision. el pelotero alex rodriguez desistio de su demanda contra las grandes ligas. el astro de los yaquis de nueva york "alex rodriguez" retiro hoy la demanda contra las grandes ligas, el comisionado "bud selig" y el sindicato de jugadores de beisbol.de esta manera, rodrigez acepto la suspension por toda la temporada de 2014, considerada la sancion mas larga en la historia del deporte rodriguez ha reiterado su inocencia y habia presen

cuba and influenced venezuela. it's hard to think of a venezuela that's been such a marxist thorn in the side, a belligerent hugo chavez who called our president the devil from new york city, from the united nations podium, went on with, i'll say a smelly description, that was offensive to anybody on the planet, let alone americans. but hugo chavez drove this marxist agenda in venezuela and

. >>> and a maryland man locked up in cuba. the visit he just got in prison, and why it could be beneficial. >>> and conversation recorded. this morning, the clues that could help determine who tapped a u.s. diplomat's private phone call. >> we're on twitter and facebook. our jim handly is in sochi. we'll be back here in a moment. >>> this morning, we now know a hijacking attempt geared at the olympics opening ceremony was a hoax. cell phone video shows the alleged hijacker on the right wearing a red jersey. passengers say he claims he ha a bomb. he demanded the istanbul bound flight head to sochi. the pilots pretended to comply, instead, landed in turkey, triggering a standoff before police arrested the passenger. police say the 45-year-old was drunk and did not have a bomb after all. >>> a congressional delegation says they met with a potomac man jailed in cuba. vermont senator bernie sanders met with 64-year-old alan gross for about an hour yesterday. he called the visit productive for u.s./cuban relations. cuban police arre

. >> how about the role of cuba. making a big deal. >> cuba needs it as well. >>ships of millions of dollars in oil. without this, they will be in trouble. cubans can't afford to lose maduro. they represent 15% of cuba's gdp. 100,000. $40,000, various trainers of the sort and advisors. military, spies, a lot of that. so a lot of the strategy, even the those that we saw crack down, the government thugs that have been violent? >> were based upon the committees of the defense of the revolution in cuba. they very much advised this government how to do the repressive strategy. cuba has been basically twisting in the wind comically. >> is there a danger there that that might increase the violence? >> i think the cubans are going to try to remain there as long as they can and try to prop up this government. maduro is their man. there are other people within the government. they are less pro-cuban. >> he has made noises about trying to meet with president obama. any chance that will happen? >> time to see what's trend okay al jazeera's website. check back in with lerme

what it would have done to the south" lorna, let alone cuba -- south coast of florida, let alone cuba, it would have turned it into a pile of rubble. one has to recall that the joint chiefs, they came out of world war ii. they remembered fighting hitler, mussolini, the japanese military who fought to the bitter end. their attitude was, bomb them back to the stone age which is what they did in germany and hero shema,, neither psyche -- hiroshima, nagasaki. this was their attitude. they said listen, what is all this concern about nuclear weapons? if at the end of the war with the soviet union there are three americans left and to soviets, we have won. >> what do you make then of bobby kennedy had 11 children. one of his children is named matthew, maxwell, taylor, kennedy -- matthew maxwell taylor kennedy. >> he had a great regard for maxwell taylor. he was a revered military figure and someone who they admired. he had resigned from his military position during the eisenhower presidency because he disagreed with the eisenhower idea of massive retaliation. he was the one who spoke for the

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most of these people trying to get into cuba were on the waiting list. if they got into cuba, they could wait their turn under the american quota. they kept their spot under the german quota. so roosevelt could not legally admit them. he had tried once before to stretch the quotas. he made an announcement that 10-15,000 american jews -- german and austrian jews in america on visitors' visas would not be sent back because he could not in good conscience throw them out. he took flak in congress. for that move. some senators said it was unconstitutional. so roosevelt in the summer of 1939 was trying to persuade congress to pass an amendment to the neutrality laws which would enable him to aid britain in case of a war with germany. he was not about to behave illegally for 900 passengers if it meant losing his chance to get a modification of the neutrality laws through congress. so what happened? the intergovernmental committee on refugees negotiated, that's the body that was set up as a result of the evian conference, the intergovernmental committee on refug

though the eu is seeking closer tights with cuba. it's agree to launch negotiations aimed at boosting trade and investment as well as to ceiling dialogue on human rights on tv in the communist ruled country announced what brussels mistaken if the content to chew it to cuba says it lifted sanctions in two thousand and eight the us ambassador to have honest as authorities that have indicated that everything could be on the table. there is common ground. and we are actually the already exploring that if the government initiatives and its various cooperation programmes leading to certain sectors of human rights again deny that the talk about on human rights. there is of the cuban side of east timor stance on social and collective rights whereas there is more stress. from outside on the individual rights and freedoms the eu also acts cute this market oriented reforms and its scheme to position european friends for any transition to a more open economy the twenty eight mm and the books already cuba's biggest foreign investor and its second

killing americans, blaming it on the cubans is a false light to create a pretext to invade cuba. jack kennedy vetoes this crazy plan although i would argue the murder of kennedy may be the ultimate manifestation of their plan as jonathan goes to great things to bring the cubans. indeed, ambassador william would use a roommate at jfk at princeton has gone and say john kennedy would like to have quiet back channel talks. it's time to start topic. custer was surprised, but he agrees. this is supposed to be kept secret from the cia. but i suspect they know it. as far as khrushchev is concerned, but if you want to kill kennedy? taken to the cleaners the cuban missile crisis. he said in his memoirs mayland kennedy had killed he wept. there is not an iota of evidence so these are cubans are involved in the murder of john f. kennedy. yet two weeks ago our esteemed secretary of state, john kerry says in an interview with cnn, i never thought ocelot act to the loved. i think the russians in the cubans did it completely wrong. another question. >> you mentioned briefly perhaps possible setu

how about a cig ah well hundreds of cigar aficionados from around the world have arrived in cuba for the annual havana cigar festival. the country is the market leader in premium hand rolled cigars except in the united states where a trade embargo that bans imports as our correspondent michael voss reports cuban cigar sales are growing much pasta in the world economy as a whole the cue from abc and the calming his country in the americas but it takes great pride in producing one of the state as symbols of a successful capitalist large and roll cuban cigar. it is sales figures announced that the opening of the annual havana cigar festival soul turnover increased to four hundred and forty seven million dollars an increase of eight percent over the previous year. while we're in a national presence no one hundred and fifty markets is to this he does on the seagulls will like the city re read it for one site in the great agreed to marry white ghost. we can compensate. he sees in one region with the preseason the beach. sales to the number one market spain continued to decline. but these m

venezuela is a country of the left, they are supplying cuba and sustaining cuba's economy and sympathy with cuba, especially in the face of the u.s. embargo and the governments are reluctant to criticize him and there is a strong leftist sector in the latin american countries and the response is moderate and calling for calm and dialogue and support for the government. >> okay, mike, out of washington, d.c., thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you very much. >> every government has a duty of maintaining public order, including the protestor and reframing from violence, and the government's use of force. it is one of the many issues coming up here, and we have another guest in venezuela, natalie, a restaurant owner and increase in crime has her fearing for safety and the future of her business, she's joining us live via skype and thank you for being with us. i want to know what it is like to run a business in venezuela. >> hi, thank you for this space. it is really, really hard from our perspective because the law, it is almost like the law of the government is against people who

>>> cuba. >>> y su nombre. >>> evelyn. >>> de dÓnde. >>> de cuba. >>> linda. >>> de dÓnde? >>> de cuba. >>> que viva cuba. >>> y los caballeros, danny. >>> josÉ luis dominicana. >>> y andy. >>> cuba. >>> viva cuba. >>> vamos a jugar, recuerden, el mariachi toca la canciÓn, el que levante la mano primero, viene aquÍ, vemos quiÉn tiene mÁs puntos. >>> estÁ mas de aquel lado. no seas tramposo. >>> y decimos primera canciÓn. ♪. ♪ archi. ♪. >>> ella, ella, ella. >>> a ver, adelante, adelante. >>> cantala, cantala. >>> no se la sabe. >>> quiÉn se la sabe aquÍ. >>> canta. >>> afuera! estÁ nerviosa. >>> no vale, no vale. >>> mira, pero sigo siendo el rey. >>> ve la voz de este caballero, ve la voz. ♪ yo sÉ bien que estoy afuera♪. ♪ que el dÍa que yo me muera♪. ♪ vas a tener que llorar. ♪ llorar y llorar. (risas) >>> punto para los hombres! lo siento muchachas, quÉ me les pasa. perfecto. >>> no le hagan caso a los nervios, no hay cÁmaras ni 40 millones de personas viendo, no se preocupen, y decimos prÓxima canciÓn. ♪. ♪. ♪. a ver, a ver. como

or $14 billion are in cuba. oversight.cise close the head offices of the national oil company and some banks are now in caracas. venezuela is going to experience whener time like it did the soviet union collapsed, and therefore, controlling venezuela is a question of life and death. the only resident in history is germany with austria. we are talking about a country that has 30 million people being taken over by one that has 10 million people. they are running the government, the intelligence services, and worst of all, they are running the public financial institutions. how they run their own economy, cubans are now doing the same in venezuela. so, we went from 28% of venezuelan people to six percent-a percent. these the districts are not reliable because nothing is reliable anymore in venezuela. include anlopments almost total news blackout from venezuela. but the outcome of what is going on is very clear and reveals where this government is going to go. first of all, whatever you hear of inflation are, they'r

part of their plan was to drop a nuclear weapon on cuba. he thought this was crazy. they said, the collateral damage could be contained. what it would have done to the south coast of florida, let alone cuba, it would have turned it into a pile of rubble. so you thought they were kind of mad. giving them their due, one has to recall that the joint chiefs, they came out of world war ii. they remembered fighting hitler, mussolini, the japanese military who fought to the bitter end. their attitude was, bomb them back to the stone age which is what they did in germany and japan, tokyo, hero shema -- hiroshima, nagasaki. this was their attitude. they said listen, what is all this concern about nuclear weapons? if at the end of the war with the soviet union there are three americans left and to soviets, -- and 2 soviets we have won. . we have won. >> what do you make then of bobby kennedy had 11 children. one of his children is named matthew, maxwell, taylor kennedy -- matthew maxwell taylor kennedy. >> he had a great regard for maxwell taylor. he was a revered military fig

years down in two thousand and eleven he was allowed to return to cuba only for his father's funeral back in april twenty second of twenty thirteen that was the initial deal after that he was required to return back here. florida a federal judge he just ruled that he can stay in cuba as long as he were now and says his u.s. citizenship for fernandez gonzalez the story is completely different i mean he doesn't hold a u.s. passport so he was immediately deported from arizona. and how many years left of the other three men have to serve. that depends they are first of all we have to say well they are very different sentences no they're much initially for instance and don't know that they don't and i'm online you know we're looking at life in prison and we head out of that and then this had two life sentences now after reduction get readily still looking at twenty two years in prison about thirty years and get out of this is still facing life behind bars and honestly i can't imagine that this point in time they're going to get any further reduction the only way that this could happen is

let alone cuba which would have turned into a pile of rubble. and so he thought they were kind of mad. their know, giving them due, one historian called the joint chiefs. they came out of world war ii and they remember fighting history, mussolini, the japanese military who fought until the bitter end. and their attitude was bomb them back to the stone adge which is what they did in germany and japan and tokyo, the fire bombings of tokyo, the hiro shima nagasaki bombs. this was their attitude who wasn't the -- thomas powell said, listen, what's all this concern about nuclear weapons which there are three americans left and two soviets. we've won, see? it was kind of -- >> it's a small thing. but what do you make of bobby kennedy -- one of his children maxwell matthew, taylor kennedy. > bobby had great regard for taylor. he had resigned from his military position during the eisenhower presidency because he disagreed with the eisenhower of massive retaliation. and he was the one who spoke for the idea of building up ground forces to combat work or

one of the chants is we don't want to become cuba. cuba is clearly involved in assisting with personnel and training and equipment to carry out the repressive activities including the ability to shut down twitter and social media. i think it is a broughter part of the agenda. we saw a u.n. report found cuba helped korea. >> you tweeted on february 23 havana's puppet can attack me but the world sees what he is doing. >> he is a puppett of castro as chavez was. and i think within venezuela and the government and the population it's created a tremendous amount of resentment. >> you see targeted sanctions as one option. any indication the administration is ready to do that? >> there is no indication the administration is thinking about venezuela. that is unfortunate. i think this is part of a broader issue with foreign policy in this administration. they largely view these things as challenges to be manages rather than causes to be advanced. the interest of the administration seems to be stability at all costs as opposed to furthering nat

citizens aren't allowed to travel to cuba so what happened well rene was released on parole for three years down in two thousand and eleven he was allowed to return to cuba only for his father's funeral back in april twenty second of twenty thirteen that was the initial deal after that. it's a florida a federal judge just ruled that he can stay in cuba as long as he were announced is his u.s. citizenship for fernandez gonzalez the story is completely different i mean he doesn't hold a u.s. passport so he was immediately deported from arizona. and how many years left of the other three men have to serve. all that depends they are first of all we have to say well they are very different sentences no they're much initially for instance and don't know that i don't and i'm online you know we're looking at life in prison and get out of that and then this had two life sentences now after reduction get readily still looking at twenty two years in prison thirty years and get out of there is still facing life behind bars and honestly i can't imagine that at this point in time they're going to g

military court in guantanamo bay cuba today. he is charged with planning the deadly attack on the uss coal. natasha ghoneim nat reports. >>> this is one of al-qaeda's most skilled leaders. he allegedly handled a branch of al-qaeda. al-nashiri is charged with planning the attack on the uss cole 13 years ago. >> it is infamous. >> reporter: in october 2000, a small boat pulled up alongside the navy destroyer and ripped a 40-foot hole in the uss cole. 17 sailors decided. he is facing the death penalty. christina frohock reaches about guantanamo bay at the university of miami. she says the government's admission that he was water boarded for yours might ultimate save his life. >> the defense counsel has requested information about the treatment of mr. al-nashiri, because they want to introduce circumstances of torture to primari primarily stave off an execution. >> if the judge wants to exclude hearsay statements, the evidence is going to whittle down to very little. if the judge allows in those statements that will be very importan

cuba as a young man to pick sugarcane for cuba. he totally change the demographics of los angeles. the immigrants flooded in. comrades is the speaker of the california house. he was the man that put the dream act through. that gave illegals a whole bunch of rights in california. key comradesf the currentlypalazzo, head of the california labor movement. the massive labor union registration drives and get out the vote efforts that have turned california completely blue. all on the backs of illegal immigrants. this wasn't an accident because every one of those people were marxists and they had a plan. they look at your electoral that they they know can get control of the electoral college and that gives them the power to pick your president. once ak at california, reddish purple state. now it is solidly blue. even orange county, the most conservative region in your country wants, is now purple. all done deliberately by marxist using illegal immigrants, using voter registration drives that makes the latino community a plan. now, the head of the immigration reform movement in this count

mandarle regreso a cuba. >>> y la noticia cono mosÓ a todos. >>> bueno jimmy ryce ha dejado un gran legado despuÉs de su muerte las autoridades comenzaron a implementar nuevas formas para encontrar a niÑo desaparecidos mÁs rapido y tambiÉn se creÓ un centro en su nombre y pasÓ una ley en el 98 para evitar que los agresores sexuales algo salga a un de la cÁrcel si todavÍa son un peligro para la sociedad. >>> marÍa celeste. >>> gracias vanesa. >>> y bien tal como lo habÍa prometido el presidente barack obama firmÓ hoy una orden ejecutiva para aumentar el mÍnimo a contratistas federales, y hispanos en el Área de la construcciÓn y jardinerÍa a parte del primero de enero, y ganarÁn diez dÓlares con diez centavos de la hora al firmar la orden el presidente instÓ al congreso a aumentar tambiÉn el salario mÍnimo para todos en el paÍs. >>> y tomografÍas no ayudan a prevenir muertos por americano cerdo seno segÚn un estudio publicado que analizÓ la incidencia de cÁncer y mortalidad de 90 mujeres a travÉs de un cuarto de siglo y que la tasa de muerte entre mujeres que se rea

in cuba, david, everybody signed up for health care, but that's one of the worst health systems in the world. theottom line for obamacare, david, is th it's financed through higher tags taxes and government ationing, pushing a lot of people in medicd, for example. if you go to see a cancer specialist your initial visit for an hour and 15 minutes that doctor gets paid $6.50 an hour. what type of doctors do you think you're going t get to treat kansas whir they were paid 1/10 of what a good plumber gets paid? >> that's point. as bad as the enrolling numbers are,n cuba, everybody has health care, and they haveve awl health care. we don't want that kind of a system. >> reminds me of an old saying in the former soviet union. the health care is free but you can't get any. they pretoned pay us and we pretend to work. so again the panel is absolutely right. the government can make proses but it means rationing, and you end up getting -- less for more. >> the utopian benefits no one can afford while uninsuring the insures t s the. medicaid, $265 biion a year, more system coming into the system

. >> por su parte cuba y bolivia calificaron los hechos como un intento golpista. >> cuba condena los intento en desarrollo de golpe de estado. >> les informÓ mario. >> mÁs adelante en noticia univisiÓn 14. >> hoy saliÓ el video musical de chiquis le diremos que dijo doÑa rosa del vestido de jenni rivera. >> el turco mohamed buscara ganar por primera vez en su carrera, pero antes tuvo que contestar porque amÉrica no juega bien ni da espectÁculo los detalles en breve en "acciÓn deportiva" úp california podrÍa ser el estado mÁs grandes del paÍs en prohibir las venta de cosmÉticos que contienen micro perla estÁs son un exfoliante pero estÁn hechas de plÁstico. >> los refrescos y bebidas con azÚcar que se vendan en california podrÍan tener etiquetas sobre advertencia , el requisito es un proyecto de ley presentado hoy en sacramento la medida es impulsada por varios grupos defensores de la salud pÚblica los productos ya tienen etiquetas sobre el daÑo que causan a la salud. >> faltan 46 dÍas para que se venezolana el plazo para evitar las multas por no inscribirse en lo

cuba, david, everybody signe up for health re, but that's one of the worst health systems in the world. the bottom line for obamacare, david, is that it's financed through higher tags taxes and government rationing, pushing a lot of people in medicd, for example. if you go to see cancer specialist your initial visit for an hour and 15 minutes that doctor gets paid $6.50 an hour. what type of doctors do you think you're going to get to treat kansas whir they were paid 1/10 of what a good plumber gets paid? >> that's point. as bad as th enrolling numbers are, in cuba, everybody has health care, and they have awful health care. we don't want that kind of a system. >> reminds me of an old saying in the former soviet union. the health care is free but you can't get any. they pretoned pay us a we pretend to work. so again the panel is absolutely right. the government can makeromises but it means rationing, and you en up getting -- less for more. >> the utopian benefits no one can afford while uninsuring the insures t s the. medicaid, $265 billion a year, more system coming into the system vi

in cuba, david, everybody signed up for health care, but that's one of the worst health systems in the world. the bottom line for obamacare, david, is that it's financed through higher tags taxes and government rationing, pushing a lot of people in medicaid, for example. if you go to see a cancer specialist your initial visit for an hour and 15 minutes that doctor gets paid $6.50 an hour. what type of doctors do you think you're going to get to treat kansas whir they were paid 1/10 of what a good plumber gets paid? >> that's point. as bad as the enrolling numbers are, in cuba, everybody has health care, and they have awful health care. we don't want that kind of a system. >> reminds me of an old saying in the former soviet union. the health care is free but you can't get any. they pretoned pay us and we pretend to work. so again the panel is absolutely right. the government can make promises but it means rationing, and you end up getting -- less for more. >> the utopian benefits no one can afford while uninsuring the insures t s the. medicaid, $265 billion a year, more system coming in

these are some of the best cigars cuba has to offer. just under 18 centimeters long it would be a shame to waste any. many fell out early on in the contest. >> i wasn't really planning on doing anything. but i thought, okay, this will be fun. i'll just see what i can do. and i ended up getting down pretty far. it ended up being an intense competition. >> judges measure how much is left and smoked. as the atmosphere thickens, only a handful were left. you can do it, this man is saying. >> translator: i like to participate. i like it. that's why i did it. >>reporter: it will be hard to top this. the winner will be announced when the festival ends late on friday. >> great stuff. i've got something a bit clearer for you. clear skies across the uk has given spectacular views of the aurora borealis, the northern lights. it is usually restricted to the higher latitudes but certainly not this. i want to show you really spectacular pictures. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could an

number one, a brawl in cuba. ken, what does this remind you of? >> johnny roseboro and dodgers giants. >> that is right. i mean, that would have been much worse if the guy had made contact. juan and john as ken astutely points out in the most famous brawl involving a baseball bat. but nobody was hurt as you saw. freddy alvarez ducked a shot. >> i think in the case of the dodgers, roseboro was hurt. >> that one was much worse than the one you saw in cuba. 20 minute delay. we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, olympic gold medalist kaitl farrington ((halfpipe)) our next newscast is tomorr morning at 4-3 >> letterman is next. >> all right. like us on facebook. ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from the heart of broadway, broadcasting across the nation and around the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman. tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm alan kalter. and now, bunny slope ski patroller, david letterman! captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs