for cuba, and not what cuba is doing for itself. we have seen reforms in the last ten years. they have created a massive private sector, now 10% of cuba's economy is private. but still, it's an economy at a sub sis tant level. and they don't seem to be too interested in allowing the private sector to exist. we have seen in the last 15 years, whenever you have a ccessful business, the cuban authorities move in to try to this rather it. so we have to be cautiously optimistic about the chances for cuba, and the changes, and the needing for reforms. >> we're talking about the changes in the future, and the changes over the next several months. it could be that next month, come january, we have a different party in the white house, and what's your calculation as to what happens to this opening? what happens to the kind of thaw that we have seen in that relationship? >> there's no question that there's a risk that it gets completely shut down, certainly those on the right have mostly, with the exception of candidate trump, have said this

to cuba. accustomed to these protests. tourists apparently aren't. this woman is visiting from switzerland. >> i thought the cubans accepted it and like it that obama is coming over to cubaa to open the door. americans can go over there without any problem and the cubans to america. >> reporter: almost everybody here shares in their disdain for the castros and obama expectcept for this woman. >> obama is going to help to open cuba. then we have to help ourselves. >> > porter: while anti-castro rallies happen regularly outside of the versailles restaurant, today protesters stepped up their game. calling president obama a coward with president raul castro. nobody was hurt out here and no arrests were made. you can bet these protesters will be back outside this restaurant making their point even after president obama leaves cuba. so jackie and jawan, a spirited day here in little havana. let's send it back over to you guys in havana, cuba. >>> a very awkward moment happening today at that joint p

it's not whether americans are ready to head to cuba, it's whether cuba is ready for them. those accustomed to five star hotels may find current accommodat a bones, crumbling infrastructure and critical shortages. >> we bring our own toilet charmin. from the us. >> while u.s. visitors will be able to use credit cards and debit cards, cuba is mostly a cash-only society. >> it will take a while for american tourists in volume. >> still, more trade with the world's largest economy have some here in havana hopeful that this new u.s. policy is actually just the beginning. >> no more embargo, i tell you, no more embargo, everybody is going to be the americans going to be welcome here. >> reporter: in the meantime, tour guides in havana will have their hands full with more and more americans descending on the island. >> and that's our show for today. i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. >> al jazeera america - proud to tell your stories... of desperate journeys. a global crisis. >> it was a disaster in the making. the camp is over-congested. >> there is no humanity in this wo

socialism in cuba has wrecked lives are for 55 years when the president criticized cuba castro pushed back and said americans suffer because we don't enjoy the benefits of socialism and president obama kind of agreed. >> in his view making sure everybody is getting a decent education or health care has basic security in old age and those are human rights as well. i first of all do not disagree with him. john: so socialism is good? listening to some democrats planned for america, free education, it's clear that many are quite comfortable as socialist people who have lived under socialism or communism rarely feel that way. cuban exiles, americans property was stolen by castro are the most vehement in their hatred of socialism and they are furious that obama even went to cuba. >> we feel disgusted. we feel betrayed. it's the end it's the liberal press. john: this woman in florida got upset when she saw these family pictures of obama and rob castro. >> he is a murderer. i feel awful. john: i understand how she feels but i don't fully understand the opposition to lifting the embargo. we ha

socialism in cuba has wrecked lives are for 55 years when the president criticized cuba castro pushed back and said americans suffer because we don't enjoy the benefits of socialism and president obama kind of agreed. >> in his view making sure everybody is getting a decent education or health care has basic security in old age and those are human rights as well. i first of all do not disagree with him. john: so socialism is good? listening to some democrats planned for america, free education, it's clear that many are quite comfortable as socialist people who have lived under socialism or communism rarely feel that way. cuban exiles, americans property was stolen by castro are the most vehement in their hatred of socialism and they are furious that obama even went to cuba. >> we feel disgusted. we feel betrayed. it's the end it's the liberal press. john: this woman in florida got upset when she saw these family pictures of obama and rob castro. >> he is a murderer. i feel awful. john: i understand how she feels but i don't fully understand the opposition to lifting the embargo. we ha

the people of cuba. cubans cannot tell this to america. >> you think about what it represents to all the people in that regime. it was a very tough regime to live under. not tolerant of a lot. when you look at this and you say, okay, all right, this is good. there is some downside in this, too. how do you come out on president obama side saying that this is actually a good day. >> i lived several years in miami florida. their family escaped under the regime. first of all, i do believe that he finally succumbs to death at some point. that will change going forward. this is the very early stages of the relationship. if we just look at how it can be to the united states, tapping into any kind of business. we need to change that in cuba. it could be a game changer. >> the telecom industry will have a field day there. what could it represent economically? and is that really what it took to get through all of this? >> there is plenty of countries that we can do well in. it does not mean that we have to engage.

cuba 51000, we heard that self-employment in cuba is growing. the number of self employed workers in cuba has actually decreased. the cuban government today is licensing 10000 fewer self-employed workers than it did in 2014. in contrast, castro's military monopolies are expanding at record pace. even the limited spaces in which self-employed workers previously operated are fi being squeezed as the cuban military expands its control of the islands travel, retail and financial sectors of the economy. >> now will speaking recently in washington and the nation's capital, president, presidentch obama argued how this new policy is creating the environment in which a generational change in t transition will take place in cuba. the key question is, a generational change in transition towards what, and by whom? cuban democracy leader has concisely expresses concern he said legitimizing the castro regime is a path contrary to a transition. b cnn has revealed that the cuban delegation and the secret talks that began in mid-2013 with u.s. officials in ottaw

. [ applause ] >> it should be easier to open a business here in cuba. a worker should be able to get a job directly with companies who invest here in cuba. two currencies shouldn't separate the type of salaries cubans can earn. the internet should be available across the island so that cubans can correct to the wider world and to one of the greatest engines of growth in human history. [ applause ] >> there's no limitation from the united states on the ability of cuba to take these steps. it's up to you. and i can tell you as a friend that sustainable prosperity in the 21st century, depends on education, healthcare and environmental protection, but it also depends on the free and open exchange of ideas. if you can't access information online, if you cannot be exposed to different points of view, you will not reach your full potential, and overtime, the youth will lose hope. i know these issues are sensitive, especially coming from an american president. before 1959 some americans saw cuba as something to exploit, ignored poverty, enabled corruption, and

i was born in cuba. i was in one of cuba's most prominent schools when i made a joke about president fidel castro. i was a teenager. the kid that slept on the bunk bed on top of me recorded our conversation and i was expelled from school. my mom said the only choice is for us to leave cuba. i'm a businessman. i've lived in miami 35 years. it's my home base. i come back and forth to cuba. i've been coming to cuba for over 20 years. cuba is a communist country in economic transition. >> fidel castro allowed cubans to establish more businesses, there are people that are making money, there are people that have created a tremendous amount of wealth. >> people with family connections to the states, people tied to the exploding tourist industry, small businessowners, taxi drivers, people operating in ever-changing gray areas of what is permissible. how's it work right now? if you're cuban, you can sell your property to -- >> another cuban from cuba. that's what's happening right now. a lot of cuban-americans,

and cuba. for generations, cuba was told this would never happen. is this raining? yes. the air was thick with anticipation then the clouds opened up. an old man told me in the square that fidel brought the rain, the tears of the revolution. so there are going to be different takes on this. but there are absolutes. president barack obama who made this moment possible with the first lady, his daughters, and mother-in-law, when he touched down on cube an soil, you're right, you are right with the context with president cooliage in 1928. but that was a different cuba. they were taught different things about america. imperialists, oppressor. that ends today. what it means going forward, that's different and what we are here to talk about. i didn't for get poppy's question, patrick, saying what about raul not being here? he was here for the pope. we all saw it. it was big. i'm told sources close to planning this trip say there is no reason it make the biggest moment the first. by the way, it wouldn'

a cuba are like two brothers have been estranged for years. calvin, there was just that relatable sense and the president did a very good job by sharing his personal story, including his racial struggles to relate to the cuban people. >> i think, you kw, we here were really interested in hearing touch on the issuing of human rights and how he was going to have the delicate dance of talking about democracy. and i think he struck the right tone of not sounding -- but explaining that it is okay that certain inalienable rights are given to americans that are not given to cubans here. he talked about, look, i can't force you to do this, but, he says, every person is still under the law in america. that theshould have food on their table, that they should be able to speak their minds without fear, that they should be able to criticize their governnent, that the rule of law should not be in a place where if you practice your faith that you are going to be thrown behind bars. you should have -- >> calvin, i think we have lost our connection. come back

to cuba. all of our jobs have gone to the communists now. we have to make ties with cuba and help those people out there who make $20 a month or something like that. thank you for letting me talk. host: should the united states demand that human rights and those poor people you talk about, that human rights improve before they engage economically? caller: what did we do about china? did their rights get stronger after we engaged with them? it is going to come natural or they will hate our guts. look at how we bullied them for years and years. it is the leaders holding these people down. a little nervous and shaky. host: thank you for the call. with go to lorraine in michigan on the line for those who oppose the efforts to engage with cuba. caller: good morning. i think it is a bad idea, because we have more americans and ited money over here seems like we are spending in overseas and we have a deficit that nobody wants to seem to address. i don't understand how we could ship jobs over there. i

he said he will visit cuba when cuba is free. >> for decades, leftists and hollywood liberals have made the pilgrimage to cuba to pay homage to fidel castro and raul castro. leftists celebrate vicious >> reporter: senator cruz not the oly one blasting president obama for this trip. >> reporter: donald trump tweeting out, wow, president obama just landed in cuba. big deal. raul castro wasn't even there to eet him. he greeted the pope and others. no respect. speaking of president obama, many cuban americans as well as cubans here on the island believe the president won't see the other side of cuba that so many people talk about. we spoke with a family who showed us their day-to-day struggles. driving through cuba, you say paved roads and what looks like clean streets of f well kept neighborhoods. maybe a different image of what the cuban government wanted to present to the president obama on the island. but this is the other side. a wake-up call to reality. cubans living the deplorable living in rotted wood homes and bathrooms. he welcomed us into his home and introduced us to his family.

socialism in cuba has wrecked lives are for 55 years when the president criticized cuba castro pushed back and said americans suffer because we don't enjoy the benefits of socialism and president obama kind of agreed. >> in his view making sure everybody is getting a decent education or health care has basic security in old age and those are human rights as well. i first of all do not disagree with him. john: so socialism is good? listening to some democrats planned for america, free education, it's clear that many are quite comfortable as socialist people who have lived under socialism or communism rarely feel that way. cuban exiles, americans property was stolen by castro are the most vehement in their hatred of socialism and they are furious that obama even went to cuba. >> we feel disgusted. we feel betrayed. it's the end it's the liberal press. john: this woman in florida got upset when she saw these family pictures of obama and rob castro. >> he is a murderer. i feel awful. john: i understand how she feels but i don't fully understand the opposition to lifting the embargo. we ha

cuba need to be free. i think that the main point here in cuba right now is the topic of the human rigigs and the promotion of democracy. if we don't have frereom. you cannot talk about anything. even now it is worse than before. >> how? >> because there is more violence. and our dreams is freedom. >> what do you hope his visit accomplishes? >> to@ open a way for the freedom of cubans. >> all right, that is antonio-- one of the dissidents who may be meeting with president obama. heheave us a list of other folks he thinks may be there as well. but the question remains will all these dissidents be able to make i ito that meeting on tuesday. >> we also heard from a top government official from cuba as well yesterday. >> thiss all ahead of the president''s arrival which we want to remind you just hours away at this point. let's listen here now. >> we can speak frankly and openly about the differences of conceptions that we have. but not with the pretension that we will change you or you will change us. because

corporations are going to achieve in cuba. if you allow u.s. corporations to act or interact on the same way other international corporation does, they will fail and lose their money. so that if nothing else helps shine a light on the deficiencies in the cuba's own economic model and that i think also gets to the point i made before. this is about again, having the united states not be the only actor that is attempting to sort of are bring the hammer down. let's get ourselves out of the game, let's interact in the same way that everyone else does in the world and when cuba has the same set of economic problems the focus of the conversation no longer going to be on u.s. aggression, it is thek that has to happen within cuba. >> ambassador, is this a longer game? are we sometimes looking for quick turn arounds when we didn't expect them in china after many years of cold war lack of relations, we didn't expect them in vietnam in the two decades where we reopened relations after nearly two he decades of lack of contact. >> oh absolutely. this is a l

but they wanted to come to cuba because they understood and we wanted to show them the beauty of cuba and it's people. we were moved by the cubans who received us yesterday, smiling and waving as we drove in from the airport. we were grateful for opportunity to experience old havana. and some excellent cuban food. our visit to the cathedral was a reminder of the values that we share, the deep faith that sustains so many cubans and americans and it also gave me an opportunity to express my gratitude to cardinal ortega, who along with his holiness pope francis did so much to be pay honor, and this morning i was able to pay tribute to jose marti, not only in his role in cuban independence but the profound words he spoke in support of liberty and freedom everywhere. i bring with me the greetings and friendship of the american people. in fact i'm joined on this trip by 40 members of congress, it indicates the excitement and interest of america about the process that we've undertaken. these members of congress threak ourecognize that the new interet of the american people is of interest to

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cuba. here when he landed. >> it's been nearly 90 years since the u.s. president stepped foot in cuba. it is wonderful to be here. >> this is day two of the president's three-day visit. the culmination of a diplomatic thaw. the president and his cuban current part raul castro. we join melissa chan in havana. >> the biggest event is going to be president obama's bilateral meeting. it is important to mention that he's not going to be meeting with fidel castro. the two are going to assess the progress of normalization, their new bilateral relationship and they have re-established diplomatic ties. now for the goal of president obama very much on this trip it is symbolism to a certain extent misbecause he's thinking about his legacy, but he's considering the possibility that the next president might not move the process forward enough. his trip exceptionally makes it very difficult, irversible, in terms of the changes we have seen in the u.s.-cuba relationship over the past 14-15 months. now on

and cuba in business and commerce. we have a live picture as president obama is meeting with some business leaders right now. some companies are wasting no time getting in on the president's loosening of relations. google announced a joint venture to provide internet and smartphone technology for the people. lowest rates of internet penetration in the world. google's head of cuban operations spoke about the joint venture. here's what he had to say. >> i think thenergy and the feedback that we're getting from our counterparts in cuba is there is a lot of excitement. >> reporter: travel also a hot topic in the warming of relations with cuba. we're expecting news from carnival any minute now. we'll have those details coming up in our next half hour of news. as of just a few minutes ago, when we checked, there have been no disdents detained today. that was a different story yesterday. the ladies in whitehas a peaceful protest yesterday and many of them were detained as well. another dissident i spoke to was detained for th

jon with us in cuba tonight. and jon, you heard kals troe say, give me the list, i'll release them. >> reporter: david, the simple fact is, cuba does hold political prisoners. in fact, just yesterday, only a few miles from this spot, 50 people, most of them women, were arrested as they tried to hold a silent protest. the three dissidents who i met with earlier today on the outskirts of havana know something about this. the three of them have spent a combined 27 years in cuban jails. and david, they told me today that the human rights situation here in cuba has actually gotten worse over the past year. >> jon karl with me here in cuba. jon, thank you. and much more from cuba later in the broadcast, including, when will americans be able to come here simply as tourists, not as part of an exchange? and the american hotels tonight, already announcing their new plans. we take you on a tour of havana tonight. >>> but from the political headlines here to the race for the white house back home. tomorrow, voters head to t

because isolating cuba doesn't do much more cuba as well. they need the tourism dollars with the venezuelan oil drying up p. there is fear from the older generation. but the younger generation is leaving in droves. we hear about doctors making $20, engineers making $20 a month. no one can survive on that salary. majority of the people are surviving on money coming from miami. who thought miami would fund the revolution. $4 billion a year comes in, that's the life blood of this economy. so it is very, very complicated. younger generation though, you know, if you're getting on a raft, you don't have much ending any more and much would change their lives. >> and members of congress are coming with the president. longest longest list i've seen. ceo of mariott. paypal. all of these companies that want to come in and establish. and there's a flip side to this as well. the wlo white house is making it clear, and the president will talk about human rights here in cuba. a sitting u.s. president will talk to fidel castro and talk about human rights an

in cuba, we're looking live in havana cuba right now. esident obama spending his first full day in the island beginning at the plaza of la revolution, where fidel castro delivered a lot of speeches denouncing the united states and a lot of other countries. >> you saw video in our newsroom minutes ago, the commander in chief getting swarmed by reporters moments after a wreath-laying ceremony. unprecedented right there. >> unprecedented that reporters this. that's not something that has happened on any dignitiaries ooer visits to that nation. not everyone is praising the historic step. you are looking at video here taken in the last 15 minutes. a small group of protesters is what you are looking at. they have gathered for a second traight day in little havana. >> thanks for joining us and nbc 6 is everywhere. ckie nespral and jawann strayeder. what can you tell us about what the sentiment is at this point? >>le with, there's definitely a divide that is going on here, whether it's on the island or in south florida wh the cuba exile communit

hubo momentos tensos y de enfrentamiento verbal entre ambos grupos. ♪ ♪ >> viva cuba! viva cuba! >> si el presidente obama se pronuncia con firmeza y dice que no puede haber mÁs represiÓn contra los activistas de los derechos vamos y contra las damas , si Él se pronuncia con firmeza puede que tambiÉn algo. reportera: el martes el presidente se reunirÁ con los opositores al gobierno, aunque la lista de quienes serÁn no es conocida todavÍa. >> dicen que esto nunca formÓ parte de los planes, ambos gobiernos harÁn los discursos oficiales y de bienvenida maÑana lunes. conductora: continuar otra cobertura con una entrevista exclusiva en otro colega con alex castro, uno de los hijos del ex mandatario fidel. va a participar en varios de los eventos con el presidente obama. >> fotÓgrafo de profesión, pero sobre todo hijo de fidel castro. >> como estÁ el? >> cÓmo se puede ser amigo de estados unidos siendo revolucionario? >> durante mucho tiempo estuvimos siendo amigos de ellos. pero, y digo pero, nosotros somos amigos del pueblo estadounidense. nosotros hemos sufrido durante

i spent a lot of time in cuba, i wrote a book about cuba. so that this day would come that a sitting american president would come is just amazing. i think the two leaders are about to speak. >> eugene, it's the only reason i would interrupt you. here now are the two leaders from the president. >> translator: mr. president, barack obama. we are pleased to welcome you on this, the first visit of a president of the united states of america to our country in 88 years. we have observed that 15 minutes has passed since the decision was made to establish our diplomatic relations. we have obtained concrete results. we were able to resume postal exchanges, we signed the agreement to resume commercial flights. we have signed two memorandums of understanding on the protection of the environment of mey maritime areas and the other to support seaside navigation and the other to retain culture. another set of bilateral instruments are being legislated to cooperate in such areas as narcoti narcotics, the safety of comers and travelers and health. about th

from cuba. more than just a handshake and a smile, the presidents of cuba and the united states make history here in havana. after decades of cold war tensions. cuban exiles in miami protest to the president's trip. others think it is time to bridge the water between the two nations. with all this activity in cuba, you would imagine it would be hard to find a hotel room. one american company is looking to cash in. ♪ welcome to our viewers on public television in america. this special edition of world news america live from havana. the presidents of the united states and cuba held face-to-face meetings at the city's palace of the revolution. just one highlight of an extraordinary day. sites and sounds of many thought unimaginable. john: somewhere under this canopy of umbrellas is the president of the united states the first lady and their two daughters. this was meant to be a walkabout to meet the puddles. they entered the national cathedral. he spoke to an american network. president obama: th

me pregunto quÉ es lo que hace cuba? alex: muchas personas quieren que cuba haya un cambio en nuestro sistema. no queremos ver en nuestro paÍs, muchas de las cosas que se ven, en otros paÍses. la misma violencia, que es un problema de muchas ciudades. nosotros en cuba no lo tenemos. >> se va a reunir obama con tu padre? alex: eso no lo sÉ. >> has hablado con tu padre de la visita de barack obama? alex: si hemos hablado. ha tenido sus opiniones. >> a favor? alex: si. lo que he hablado con Él, soya a temas privados o familiares. >> tu nunca has tenido aspiraciones polÍticas, que va a pasar cuando tu tÍo, que parece que termina en 2018. alex: chona utilizarÍa la palabra, dijo que va a estar por 10 aÑos. ya han pasado los 10 aÑos, estÁn pasando. entonces yo creo que va a concluir su mandato. nosotros aquÍ en cuba no tenemos dinastÍa. por tanto, el poder no va a pasar a la familia. el poder va a pasar otra persona que estÉ preparado, para recibir ese poder. >> alex va a estar en alguno de los eventos que estÁn p

that is not correct. >> reporter: castro says if change is to come to cuba, it's for cuba alone to decide. president obama agrees, but on tuesday he'll meet primately with a small group of dissents. >> i have met with people who have been subject to arbitrary detention, and that's something i have to speak out on, because i hear from them directly and i know what it means for them. >> reporter: castro again called for an end to the embargo. it is a view shared by president obama. >> one of the best ways to help the cuban people succeed and improve their lives would be for the u.s. congress to lift the embargo once and for all. >> reporter: inviting american business along for the trip is designed to make it difficult for republicans to resist the opening to cuba. and the white house is providing images and photo ops along the way. even at the end of the sometimes tense press conference, the two leaders were all smiles. and in an interview with an american network after that press conference. president obama was asked whether he gave a list to raul castro of political prisoners here in cub

and these companies want to get back to cuba. i mean it's a great transshipment area, for the caribbean, for europe, for latin america. a number of companies, home depoa, i don't knohomedepot, i e on the trip, they all had facilities expropriated. all these companies are looking to position themselves for the future. the problem for them conservatism and the problem for obama, is the cuban government is very, very slow on this. we have as your commentator michael mentioned, we have very little internet access, companies donate their proceeds for a whole year and the cuban government takes a very, very long time to approve any joint investments. and the united states so far, except for communication and perhaps a few other areas, only louse u.slouis u.s.onlyallows p. and tbowm i obama if he wants to stick, will have to allow u.s. companies investment with cuba. >> ambassador vicky huddleston stay close, we will calm on you again. >> thank you richelle. >> the two leers are i leaders n meetings and we'll cover that live after the b

in cuba. a lot of families want to come visit, not as a one to one exchange, but to smoke a cigar, go to the beach. when do you see that happening? happening very soon. the changes we made allow individuals now to come here for educational purposes. we now have an agreement where cruise lines can travel from the united states directly to havana. we have now direct u.s. flights to cuba. which will make it much easier to travel. but inevitably, it's going to happen, and when you think about the proximity, it took me no longer to goat havana than it does for me to get to miami, have from washington, d.c. >> calvin coolidge took a battleship to get here. back home, it is spring break season. a lot of children are back home with their parents. you brought the first daughters with you. >> yeah. >> i'm curious what you have told them about the history their witnesses. their generation will not see cuba in the same way the rest of us do. >> it's really interesting. you know, last night at dinner, we t

my first trip to cuba was in 2001. at that time something that television journalists do a lot is go out on the streets, approach people and do interviews, arriving what their opinion is about an issue, what we call man on the street interviews, at that time it was difficult. cubans were friendly, but noncommittal about their opinions. the big change i sensed when i came last summer with the u.n. official opening. u.s. embassy was how open and relaxed cuban were. you could go up and ask them questions about what they thought about castro, the government. i felt the sense of speaking openly definitely changed over the past decade, for sure, and let's not talk about the change month on month. from my trip in august, to this trip. you are getting a lot more american tourists, interactions twine americans and cubans, and a sense of hope when cubans are talking about each other. >> is there any way to assess, aside from attitudinal observations that my colleague made, whether the opening with the u.s. had a concrete change

cuba is changing. cuba is changing and its own terms. you cannot expect cuba to follow a foreign script about the changes that are going to happen in cuba. as the foreign minister said the other day, it is very important cuban foreign minister -- said, listen, cuba is a country and permanent transition, and permanent change. the changes started in 1959 but right now we're more interested in having an appreciative economy. at the end he said, we're having the congress and we're working at expanding civil and political rights for cuba. so obviously, the agenda is big for the cuban government but something the cuban government will do, and i suppose most cubans agree with that, we don't discuss the problems of our change with foreign partners back come on the position of imposing. we want to hear president obama and security things, ask some advice is something we should consider in our process, but not as an imposition from the outside world. that is what the u.s. used to do before 1959, and that is what is not going to happen after 2018.

one that is being provided by the cuba -- cuba state run television. we hope to be able to take this picture here. >> there he is. >> right now we understand the president is on television right now live across the island. this is on could you bevision. the president arrrred here and let's listen in for a moment if we can. because the president is going to be laying a wreath at the jose marti memorial. >> usually what you get here on cuban television is you get a they're narraratoto giving you a step by step description of the process. >> t ts is all protocol. when i was here last time for the when the pope meet with the patriarch, the same thing happened. he walked around, after lying a wreath at the memorial, he went inside the monument, because inside the monument you will see there is a whole sort of museum that explains to you the life and times of jose marti and his meaning to this country. you can see there the president being told probably what he expects to do as he walks up to the monument. >> we saw a picture there of the beast. the presiden

/cuba direct stamp in the corner. the president writing back, "hopefully, i will have time to enjoy a cup of cuban coffee." the hope of this visit on so many faces today. even on a playground, aware of the history. we have not forgotten the children here. the soccer game beyond the fence. robin, telling me, it will be great. we are going to have a better economic situation. and i asked them if diplomatic ties with the u.s. is a good idea. [ speaking foreign language ] >> si. >> reporter: the children, raising their hands to the future. and that's "world news tonight" from cuba. thank you for watching. much more of our coverage of this historic visit tomorrow morning on "good morning america" and right here on "world news tonight." our exclusive interview with the president, tomorrow night. for tom llamas back in new york i'm david muir here in havana, cuba. good night. [content sigh] ah, excuse me? mr. jones? hi. already? you booked an appointment. i just started cookin. we at time warner cable need to apologize to yo

and cuba. mountain view based google will help set up wi-fi and broadband in cuba. and san jose's paypal will offer its money transfer service, zoom, in cuba. >>> san francisco board of supervisors committee today showed unanimous support for legislation that would prohibit evictions of school employees, childcare givers and families during the school year. currently families with children under 18 are protected from owner move-in evictions during the school year. if the proposal must still win approval from the full board of supervisors. >>> 90 new affordable housing units meantime opened at the mcarthur b.a.r.t. station in oakland today. the recently completed mural building as it's called is the first in a plan to build three or four new housing units. that plan has been in the works for 20 years. all of the units are for residents making 50% or less of the median area income. that comes to $46,000 a year for a family of four. >>> all right. showers with us. just enough to keep us on our toes really. >> and drive carefulr rcarefull dan and kristen? it's slippery

ambassador to cuba. but the president is here in order to solidify his moves, to create this public permission, thpublicperception,ists time toe page in the white house view, randall. >> mike viqueria in havana, thank you very much. >>> raul castro was not at the airport today to greet president obama. be be officials consider tomorrow to be the official event. lucia newman on how to mend fences with the president. >> raul castro could not be different than the brother he replaced as president of communist cuba. raul and fidel castro fought to overflow the dictatorship but fidel set the course. punctuated by fiery anti-american speeches, so long they broke the guinness book of records. >> fidel had a vision and he didn't want anything to affect that vision. he placed a lot of importance in the ideologic reason, in the ideologic content of the revolution. >> but for years, raul's brother was the supreme leader of the revolution, creaks o creation ow man and blamed united states for its shortcoming. it was

"outfront" live from cuba. i'm erin burnett in cuba on this historic day. president obama the first president in nearly 90 years to visit this island nation. donald trump delivering a major speech to the largest pro-israel lobbying group in the nation, aipac. trump calling himself israel's strongest supporter, promising to dismantle what he called iran's terror network. getting his greatest applause for this. >> when i become president, the days of treating israel like a second-class citizen will end on day one. [ cheering and applause ] i will meet with prime minister netanyahu immediately. i have known him for many years, and we'll be able to work closely together to help bring stability and peace to israel and to the entire region. >> donald trump's comments continuing as he said he would not treat israel like a second-class citizen, something he alleges president obama is doing right now. donald trump speaking just moments ago. ted cruz going to be giving his crucial foreign policy speech in just a few mome

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polly toward cuba. she joined us on this morning's "washington journal." >> democrat cathy castro of florida joins us now. last month led a bipartisan delegation of six members of congress on a trip to cuba. what was on the agenda during that visit and who did you meet with? >> well, this was a fact finding mission. mainly to meet with the young entrepreneurs on the island. cuba is changing. they have made reforms in their economic system. used to be everyone would work for the government. the communist government. but after raul castro came in following fidel, he began to embark on economic reforms so a lot of folks that used to work for the government now own small businesses. for example, i met one young woman who used to work for the government inserting medicine bottles into a card board package. think about doing that every day all day. now she has the room to make baby clothes. she started a new business. scoured her neighborhood for sewing machines. and has now hired people to work for her. goes