in cuba. >> i never did business in cuba. i would tell you very openly if i did. >> the check was cut in february of 1999. >> we have laws in our country. >> believe me, i beltuilt a gre great company. >> he is the monster republicans built. >> bernie sold out to the devil. >> look, he can say whatever he wants to say as we well know, we have seen it. >> jobs, jobjobs, jobs, hands, choice, choice, big word. >> he's a frankenstein monster. they own him. >> you know you're going too far when the fox news staff is cringing at your treatment of women. >> mayou're not supposed to gai 60 pounds. >> can someone tell me what year we're in here? >> we'll never back down. >> they say she used a secret weapon to boost her debate performance and we have a picture of it right here. >> this is the last word on 2016. >> usa today has released an article about not supporting a candidate. it says trump is unfit for presidency. from the day he declared his candidacy, trump has demonstrated repeatedly that he la

though cuba pays for the trains, the doctors don't actually stay in cuba. how many of you are from the united states? almost all of you. how many of you had ever visited cuba before coming to medical school here? just two of you. how many of you plan on going back to the united states after finishing your school? all of you. all right. i spent some time just now with many students from the united states. they don't pay to come to school here. and when they're done, they're going to go back to the united states. what is cuba getting out of that relationship? >> translator: this university was founded in 1999 because of several problems that occurred in central america related to hurricanes mitch and george. but sending cuba medical teams could be the definite solution. >> the idea of medical diplomacy has been a running theme in fidel castro's cuba. cuban doctors often go on medical missions to other countries and cuba sent hundreds of health care workers to west africa to fight ebola. they have also exported doctors to other latin american countries in exch

of cuba. it goes to -- [ applause ] he's a murderer. he's a bad guy. never respect. and frankly, the embargo against cuba must stand if for no other reason that if it does stand, he goes down. >> according to what he said in 1999, every penny of that $68,000 that he spent goes straight into the pocket of feddal castro. >> he has this desire to fly close to the flame. he's standing up there saying you spend money in cuba, you're giving it to a murderer. and he's got to know, i just spent money in cuba, i just gave money to fidel castro. he went down and lied to cuban americans. flat-out lied. and now he's doing it again. >> kurt eichenwald, thank you very much for your invaluable reporting here. this is really amazing stuff. really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> coming up, we have breaking news from david fahrenthold about violation of new york state law by the trump foundation. and later, the trump campaign's many, many problems with many, many women. ing runny nose. better take

. >> i never went to cuba, i never did business with cuba. well, there's nothing else to say. i never did business in cuba. i would tell you very openly if i did. i was never involved in doing business in cuba. >> after donald trump made those comments to wmur in new hampshire tonight, kirk eichenwald responded on twitter by saying, and i quote, proof time. here's the full tweet. trump just denied his company paid for cuba trip during embargo. proof time. then he says, names not in story removed, which is explaining what's the redactions in this thing that he posted. to that tweet, kirk eichenwald appended an image from a consultant company called seven arrows investment and development corporation. it's addressed to an executive at trump's company at the time. dear mr. burke closed please find expenses that were incurd on behalf of trump hotels and casino resorts during calendar 1998. number two is expenses incurred prior to and including a trip to cuba on behalf of trump hotels and casino resorts. $68,551.88. there's then a follow-up note u

been, that he'll undo obama's efforts to open up relationships with cuba. in this posts tomorrow and it is what we think it is, if it is borne out that trump and his businesses knowingly did business with cuba in the '90s, that will have implications for the prospects of his run for the presidency this year. so that's that. that's scoop number one. scoop number two is a new poll that we've got exclusively tonight. this is new and different than other post debate polls you may have seen come out today. the first one was the reuters daily tracking poll. they found by a 30 point margin that americans think that hillary clinton beat donald trump in the debate by a 56-26 margin. reuters thought that clinton won the debate. you may have seen the new nbc survey monkey poll came out, they found similar result. the reuters poll again was clinton winning the debate by a 30-point margin. 52% of americans thought that she won, 21% of americans thought that trump won. the internals on that poll were particularly bad for donald trump on the issue of temperment. a majorit

we resumed commercial flights to cuba. we'll explain what that means for florida and take a closer >>>back in march we spent a week in havana for a turning point in history. we showed you how our relationship with cuba is changing and how it will drif more change in florida. with that we have yet another big step. for the first time in five decade, a passenger flight took off from america to cuba and phil shows us what that means. >> history in the making as jet blue flight 387 touching down into cuban city of santa clara around 11:00 a.m. local time wednesday. making it the first commercial flight between the united states and cuba in more than 50 years. >> good morning jet blue customers. [clapping] >> the plane departing from the hollywood international airport in florida with transportation secretary anthony fox on board. air bus off with a ribbon cutting ceremony. >> cuba was always this mysterious island so close to us yet could have been mars. we couldn't go. and we couldn't visit and see the beauty of that island.

you are not allowed to spend a dime in cuba, and they violated the american embargo against cuba. it is flatout a crime. >> all right. but i have to play this because his campaign manager, kellyanne conway, is pushing back. listen to this. >>> read the entire story. it starts out with a screaming headlines as it usually does, that he did business in cuba and it turns out that he didn't -- he decided not to invest there. if you read the entire story. >> are you denying that his company spent any money in cuba? >> i think they paid money, as i understand from the story, they paid money in 1998. so the question is did he spend money. he is very critical of cuba, very critical of castro and he critically gave a speech to the cuban american national foundation in miami, critical of those who want to do business with castro. he has talked about the cuba embargo even on this show. again, we are talking about did his hotel invest money in 1998 in cuba. no. >>> what is your reaction, curt? >> that's like listening to a lawyer stand up in court and say, my client is guilty. she just confess

you're not allowed to spend a time in cuba and they violated the american embargo against cuba. it's flat-out crime. >> but i have to play this because his campaign manager, kellyanne conway is pushing back. >> read the entire story it. starts out with the screaming headlines, he did business in cuba, and he decided not to invest there. >> are you denying that his company spent any money in cuba? >> do you think they paid money as i understand from the story in they paid money in 1998, and did he spend money? he's very critical of could you be a and the way he gave a speech the very next year to the cuban foundation in miami, critical of those who want to do business with castro and he's talked about the cuban embargo even on this, but he's talking about did his hotel invest money in 1998 in cuba? no. >> what's your reaction, curt and. >> that's like listening to a lawyer stand up and say my client is guilty? >> she just confessed. when she said they spent money in 1998, that's the issue, it's not whether they built a hotel, it's not whether they had a casino. it's whether they

the first commercial flight from south florida to cuba. >> cuba was this mysterious island so close to us yet could have been mars because we couldn't go. we couldn't visit and see the beauty of that island. >> now southwest is planning commercial flights from tampa to cuba. but ou government just admits there flights yet. contradicting a prior statement from the tsa. the administration has not finalized an air security deal with cuba. they agreed to a plan but the cuban government has not signed. rubio said that could make the flights to cuba a target for terrorist and he's furious. >> today lied. they told us these flights would not begin until they reached an agreement to have air marshals and other measures in place. happening. >> so what does this mean? well, rubio does not have the power to suspend flights on his own and congress is gridlocked and can't do much of anything. but this will put more pressure on the u.s. to finalize this deal. if not, it could at least slow expansion and demand for commercial air travel to cuba. now onto the race. we have big changes tonight in a new

the start of services to cuba marks a milestone in you -- in u.s.-cuba relations. jetblue highlighted how the world has changed since then and the aviation industry. >> we are delighted to be making history. we are a young airline. the last time there were scheduled flights to cuba, if you wanted to buy a ticket, you had to go to a ticket office. pan am, braniff, not around anymore. where did these airlines go? and you would fly to cuba on a propeller plane. it just shows how in 55 years things have changed. reporter: but some things have remained the same. while the countries have been rebuilding diplomatic ties, the trade embargo has not been lifted and americans cannot officially visit cuba as tourists. exceptions are made for education and cultural travel. christoph: for some more inside, let's bring in our financial correspondent in new york. as this in cuba are hoping for more customers. what about companies in the u.s.? what do they expect? guest: if you think about cuba, is caribbean and there is tourism, you have a couple of big hotel change and -- hotel c

cuba is building up its infrastructure. they have plans over the next four or five years to add just advise people to plan ahead." >> reporter:tourism will likely continue booming. soon it will be much easier for americans to fly to the island. >>"up until now, the only way that americans could come to cuba was via third countries or on expensive, inefficiently run charter services. that's all changing, now that direct flight service is being restored between the us and cuba after more than 50 years." >> reporter:the first direct flight will land here in santa clara, cuba where revolutionary icon che guevara is buried. even though he was tracked down and killed with help from the c-i-a, cuban officials say guevara would have agreed with the opening to the u-s. >>"so i would say that he was not different from us. thinking that even with the kind of differences that we have, it's beneficial for cuba and the united states to have normal relations." >> reporter:benefits that can be seen on havana streets already packed with u-s

from cuba. but again, that agreement was never signed by cuba. rubio took to senate floor wednesday to highlight the potential risk. have air marshals on flights. because of the experience of 9/11. but we just commemorated anniversary of on sunday. you know have flights 90 miles from the shores that could theoretically xhan deered and repeat of that. particularly in south florida which is just minutes away from the airport in havana. this is just unacceptable. >>> it's unacceptable and quite honestly it's quite scary. as of right now in indication cuba would question this morning by lawmakers and lot of folks that want to travel to cuba why haven't they signed an agreement allowing air marshals on commercial flights. i just wand to remind folks a commercial flight and charter flights. air marshals are allowed on chaert flights. whatever reason cuba has not signed the agreement for commercial flights. who knows why, maybe they will sign it here in the next couple of days once the obama administra

to cuba resumed for the first time since 1961. transportation correspondent kris van cleave was aboard the first flight. >> santa clara seems an unlikely spot for that historic first flight. 250,000 call cuba's fifth largest city home. a tourist attraction, it is the burial site of revolutionary che gueverra and not much else. but soon, 10 flights a day from the u.s. will land here as many as 110 daily at airports across the island. that could be a tall order in satisfy the -- stant clara taxis are drawn by horses or these motor bikes. mass transit is limited, as are hotel rooms. wednesday, yara erosa was on the first flight and it's already an emotional first visit. this is the moment she met her uncle for the first time. her aunt she's met just once before. >> it felt like i had her my entire life. i felt like i had her for every event, every birthday. it's like all that time capsules together in one shot, given by this flight today. >> with intense competition ahead, jetblue made a point of being first to cuba, offering fares a

donald trump said i never went to cuba. i've never been to cuba. i never did business with cuba. and he kind of left it at that, in a sentence that went on and cuban americans, with something like this. especially the older cubans there. >> absolutely. if you look at the 2012 demographic breakdown in florida, obama won cuban americans in 2012. so this is a right of population for hillary clinton to target in 2016 and you look at other demographics booming. puerto rican population and ohio maybe going away from hillary clinton and towards donald trump's category. i think florida is going the opposite direction because of this explosive hispanic growth but also, this turning cuban tide that used to be mainstays for republicans. they could count on the cuban vote in south florida. that's no longer the case. >> let me play what donald trump said in 1999 on companies that would invest illegally in cuba and get corinne's thoughts on it. >> investing money in cuba right now doesn't go to the people of cuba. it goes into the pockets. he's a murderer. he's a bad guy. and frankly, the emba

to cuba? >> those hijackings in 1961 and 69. rubio has filed a bill cuba until an adequate security plan is in place. if that doesn't happen, he says these are flights that are vulnerable. news channel 8. >> southwest airlines has approved daily flights between tampa and havana. we checked with the airline today. and while the first flight still has not been scheduled, southwest anticipates booking flights be for the end of the year. >> and those flights to cuba will be directly influenced by a recent grant by the u.s. department of transporta the airport is getting $5.3 million. and those new infrastructure dollars will also bring new modern buses. this is in addition to announce $4 million at d.o.t. grant for heart for modern buses to help neighbors in our region get to and from work. >>> also at tampa international, 17 different agencies got some pretty intense training with a full- scale mass casualty exercise. members inside of the airport. so emergency response agent can get a taste of w

ties between the u-s and cuba really taking off. passengers are able to take a commercial flight from florida to the island nation for the first time in decades. phil keating has more from the sunshine state. history in the making as those wheels hit the runway. jet blue flight 387 touching down in the cuban city of santa clara around 11 a-m local time, wednesday... making it the first commercial flight between the united states and cuba in more than fifty years. nats - ((nats- "good morning jetblue customers flying on flight 387 with service to santa clara, cuba")) the plane departing from the fort lauderdale- hollywood international airport in florida... with transportation secretary anthony foxx on board. officials sending the 150-seat airbus off with a ribbon cutting ceremony ritter says: "..cuba was always this mysterious island that was so close to us, yet could have been mars go and we couldn't visit and see the beauty of that island." the u-s and cuba announcing back in december 20-14 they would begin restoring ties after de

cuba but again, that agreement was never signed by cuba. rubio took to the senate floor potential terror threat. this could have here on the u.s. listen in. >> this is a startling admission from the administration. it's a startling administration by the t.s.a. and the american people. they lied. they told us these flights would not begin until they had reached an agreement with the cuban government to have air marshals and other security measures in place and today, only because they were asked, only because they were asked, did they admit >>reporter: as of right now, there's no indication that cuba would reject the agreement but the question this morning by a lot of lawmakers and folks at home is why haven't they signed the agreement as of yet? keep in mind, there are commercial flights and there are charter flights. the charter flights have air marshals. they signed that part of the agreement but in terms of the commercial flights, they have not signed that part as of yet. that's why rubio wants to s so it will be very interesting to see

cuba but again, that appears that agreement was never signed by cuba. rubio took to the senate floor on wednesday to highlight the potential of terrorists to hijack flights and attack the u.s. he called for the suspension of flights, quote, at least until adequate security measures are in place. here is an outright lie. last month the great fanfare, the administration announced the agreement had been reached, there was going to be air marshals on the commercial flights and today, they confirm that they weren't telling the truth. here's a question for you this morning... what do you do with your old, leftover prescription medications? leave it in the medicine cabinet? trash it? we have the right option. ?colonel chad chronister from the hillsborough county sheriff's office is with us to talk about drug drop boxes. permanently as opposed to your er events where people can drop prescription drugs. >> you're right. unlike our once a year pill roundup we do, these are permanently installed boxes and each of the patrol districts around the county that people

business people don't put money into cuba. donald trump did that and his manager just confessed. >> news week editor, kur kurt echeinwald. thank you very much. >>> lets go back to the train crash now in hoboken, new jersey, one person is dead and 100 others injured and some of them are critical. officials are investigating on why the train did not stop. new york governor, andrew cromwell has planned to travel to israel for shimon peres' funeral. the governor cancelled that trip and i am happy to say that the governor is joining us right now. thank you for being with us on a busy day. >> appreciate it. >> my pleasure, it is nice to be with you. tell us what you know of the investigation of how this could have happened. >> we know what happened, we don't know why it happened. um, the train now came into the station at a much too higher rate of speed. there is something called a bumpy platform. at the end of the track it went through that last extension and onto the platform and over the platform just stopped of the wall of the s

i was on the first flight to cuba. visiting cuba without special permission from the u-s government were heavily fined and prosecuted. since then the number of us visitors, has went up to 93% percent from last year. ((kirsten joyce)) >>> more than two-thousand two-thousand "star wars"-related videos are posted to you-tube every day. ((brian loftus)) >> coming up on good day see how lucas films is giving star wars fans an extra incentive to post those videos! ((demetria obilor)) toys for "rogue one: a star wars story" toys with a video, showing them off... mission log 12-16-16. the empire has misplaced valuable information regarding their latest construction project." ((demetria obilor)) >> on september 30 fans can share their stories and skits, set in a galaxy far far away, at star-wars dot-com slash go-rogue... and the winners invited to lucasfilm in san francisco to see "rogue one" -- and thr sherry how's the ((sherry swensk)) we'll see sunshine and more clouds today... as a chance of thunderstorms forms over the mou

but again, that agreement was never signed by cuba. so many rubio talked about it on the senate floor on wednesday. listen in. >> so basically was we have here last month the great fan fares administration announced the agreement had been reached that there was going to air marshals to flight on commercial flights and today, they confirmed that they weren't telling the truth. there was no agreement finalized on most if not all flights there are no air marshals. and this is endangering u.s. passengers. >> you know, it's a red flag for lot of lawmakers as well. you know, it's been clear senator opposed to travel to cuba for a variety of reasons. but he made it clear on senate floor that his opinion on the stance on cuba on a variety of issues has nothing to do with the security threat that he is talking about today. so it will be very interesting to see how the obama administration approaches this in the next couple of days. assuming they are going to put some pressure on cuba to sign that agreement to allow u.s. marshals on commercial f

. >> cuba libre. hillary clinton courting florida voters amid a new report that donald trump's companies may have violated the embargo against cuba in the 1990s. >> he has consistently misled people in responding to questions about whether he was attempting to do business in cuba. >> and the peacemaker. leaders from across the globe including palestinian leader mahmoud abbas join hands to bid farewell to former israeli president and prime minister shimon peres. >> he lived 93 years in a state of constant wonder. over the unbelievable potential of all the rest of us. to rise above our wounds, our resentments, our fears. >> shimon let us choose live as he always did. let us make his work our own. may god bless his memory. may god bless this country and this world that he loved so dearly. ♪ >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. donald trump apparently was either update or up early or both. tweeting at 3:20 a.m. and 5:14 a.m. in fact, a twitterstorm all day, all morning about alicia

cuba is seeking abe's advice. abe met can castro on thursday. abe is the first japanese prime minister to visit the nation. abe said north korea's repeated nuclear tests have created an unprecedented the threat and he asked cuba to intervene. cuba has diplomatic relations with the north but japan does not. abe also addressed china's increased maritime activities. he expressed grave concern about attempts to unilaterally change the status quo in the east and south china seas. castro said that all international conflicts should be resolved peacefully. abe also asked to -- for help in promoting japanese business investment in cuba. after the meeting, the two leaders witnessed the signing of an agreement to help cuba improve medical treatments including a cancer treatment. japan will provide grants. earlier in the day abe met with fidel castro at his home. the elder brother of the president led the cuban revolution that toppled the pro-u.s. government. >>> the president of the philippines is planning to visit japanese next month. philippine governme

embargo against cuba in 1998. citing documents, including this bill for more than $68,000, paid to drum up future business in havana. only months before trump promised cuban americans he'd never spent a dime in cuba while fidel castro is in charge. every respect. >> reporter: trump responding to the report thursday. >> no, i never did anything in cuba. i never did a deal in cuba. >> reporter: but just spending money to explore a business deal was illegal at the time. >> you can't go to cuba and buy a bottle of soda. you have to get a license. >> reporter: clinton also responding to her own shortcomings, criticism that she's not authentic, appearing with mary j. blige. >> maybe i'm not enough what i care about and what i do. >> reporter: writing a small post debate pump tonight, clinton is improving in those battleground states, including florida, where a new poll has her up by four points and any suggestion that trump violated that cuban embargo, could cost him votes, especially with older cuban americans. lester?

destination, santa clara, cuba. the last regularly scheduled direct service to the communist island, 1961. among the 150 paen 16-year-old sophia compton from chicago. >> i think of it as school. i think it's really historical. >> reporter: the flight today is really remarkable, you think back to 1962. right now, we're over the same waters where the tense relations between the united states and cuba led to a u.s. naval blockade of the communist island. making the landing at 11:57 a.m. today, that much more momentous. in the coming weeks, at least eight u.s. airlines will be flying across the u.s. to various cities here displacing the go to cuba and know it will be the equivalent of camping out. >> reporter: the cuban american martinez family traveled to cuba today to get married. >> we'll come again, maybe once a year. >> reporter: the cuban government hopes more americans will follow. kerry sanders, nbc news. santa clara, cuba. >>> still ahead, nightmare flight. it happened yet again, a plane forced to make an emerg

to cuba. >> the scheduled flights are going from the u.s. to cuba. this one had a special passenger on board. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: from a live band performing to the ceremonial ribbon cutting, and countless cameras flashing with the crowd cheering, the atmosphere was euphoric, and for some of these passengers, making this trip wasn't all about just being a part of history. >> it's emotional. very emotional to be able to go back home, than the home i don't know of. >> i'm coming back after eight years without seeing my family. first to check in eager to visit his family. now as a proud u.s. citizen. >> i want to get to venture out. i feel like christopher columbus. >> reporter: and it culminated with this, a water cannon salute. a reporter was on board. >> we're told of the 150 passengers, 65 are regular travelers. the others are media. and the entire crew is of cuban dissent. >> reporter: making this touch down that much more significant for cuban americans. before this flight, it was nearly i

to cuba in more than 50 years. it's a new chapter in the thawing relikes between our two -- thawing relations between our two countries after ties were restored last year. nbc's kerry sanders take us aboard. >> reporter: jetblue flight 387 made history today. a celebrated takeoff in fort lauderdale. destination, santa clara, cuba. the last regularly scheduled direct service to the communist island, 1961. among the 150 passengers on this inaugural flight, 16-year-old sophia compton from chicago. >> i think of it as school. i think it's really historical. >> reporter: the flight today is really remarkable, you think back to 1962. right now, we're over the same waters where the tense relations between the united states and cuba led to a u.s. naval blockade of the communist island. making the landing at 11:57 a.m. today, that much more momentous. in the coming weeks, at least eight u.s. airlines will be flying across the u.s. to various cities here displacing the expensive and complicated charter flights. >> you have t

cuba. we know that jet blue just flew to cuba about two weeks ago from fort lauderdale. other carriers are hoping to do the same as well. including southwest airlines here at tampa international airport. they are hoping to add a flight, at least once a day come the the air especially with what senator marco rubio is proposing. he signed a bill last week that would end all commercial flights to and from cuba immediately until adequate security is in place. rubio is warning flights from cuba could be used to carry out a terrorist attack. at homeland security subcommittee hearing yesterday, tsa officials confirm, that an agreement sent to cuba has not been signed in return to the u.s. statement stating u.s. and cuba reached an agreement allowing air marshals to travel undercover on certain flights to and from cuba. but again, that agreement was never signed by cuba. according to a marco rubio. he took senate floor on wednesday to highlight the potential risk. listen in. this is a startling adm

manufactured manufacturing in cuba since the revolution. of attention from other countries. >>> -- >> in listening to the cuban people we have made a product that has international appeal we are currently talking to multiple countries about the tractor. >> the tractor is designed specifically for small farm production and cost about $10,000. >>> senior commendable columbia's revolutionary armed rebels says he should have enough support to ratify peace treaty with the government. ending more than 50 years of violence he made the statement during the conference this weekend as the rebels group attempted to transition to a political movement it much of the discussion this week and focused on political strategy instead of battlefield tactics. the group is also attempting to cover for the name. >>> premier we tomorrow gotham and lucifer are back here on fox and we take you behind the scenes in the stars from both shows and a glimpse into what verbally week kicks off tomorrow and fox 50 season three of gotham desonide started followed by lucifer.

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our crew members wanted to be first in cuba. jet blue ceo, robin hayes. >> this is going to make travel not only easier, but much more affordable, that's going to encourage even more people to travel. >> reporter: airlines were given 90 days to launch the new service. like jetblue american airlines has been rushing to prepare crews on the ground in cuba, shipping boxes of equipment. making sure everything works. >> bottom line is this has been a rushed process. >> after years of tense relations, travel security is a concern for republican mike mccall, the chair of the house homeland security committee. >> we don't know what their vetting process is for the employees. it just takes one person -- either corrupted or radicalized to put a bomb on an airplane. >> reporter: u.s. air marshals will be on some flights. and tsa is confident in security protocols at eight island airlines so far. >> we will ensure they meet all of the requirements that we put in place at last points of departure. >> reporter: pure tourism to cuba is prohibi

forget how you feel about cuba. they have lied to the american people and congress and they were caught today because they were specifically asked about the status of this. this puts us in incredible danger. it is important for everyone to remember years ago there were no metal detectors even at airports. up know why they started putting metal detectors at airports 35, 30 years ago? because of hijackings to cuba. there's a reason. and so now here you have this situation where theoretically some terrorists can travel from any country in the world into cuba and then try to come into the united states, commandeer an aircraft and i don't need to tell you what can happen next. this is an incredibly dangerous situation. i think we need to unite across the aisle and basically say no matter how you feel about cuba policy, we all agree that travel to cuba should be safe, no less safe than travel to the baptize, no less -- travel to the bahamas or dominican republican. why are we allowing the cuban government to conduct fligh

and cuba. as of today, six aerials will soon be flying to cuba. that includes southwest. in all you can fly to ten cuban dest nations. 20 of the daily flights will go directly to havana eventually. >> santa lara cuba is where one of the flights landed today. flights will land in assistant eye go in cue -- santiago in cuba. >> swh someones comes up and said -- when someone comes up and says, what is it like? >> if you're going down there, this is add vanture va caution. not -- adventure vacation. they are complete unprepared for this. the infrastructure is in bad shape. the roads aren't that good. public transportation isn't that great expect in havana. in many places, it's third world to say the least. it town called cardennis. primary transportation is the horse drawn cart. or a bicycle or walking. it's a completely different experience. the other problem is, why there are hotels around cuba, there aren't nearly the number they'll need to support the people that will come from theiant. a lot of people go down there expecting a terrific caribbean vacation will find themse

had a full fledged ambassador to cuba. was back in 1960. today obama named career diplomat as the nominee for the job. he has been a key figure in the ongoing restoration of relations wi and helped establish the new embassy on the island. the senate will have to approve the new appointment. but. the move has been met with opposition. cuban american senators sr-pb critical of the u.s. new stance towards cuba and accused the communist state of continuing to violate basic human rights. they previously vowed to block any cuba ambassador appointment. >> . meanwhile. opening travel to cubans to cuba process. frontier will offer flights from denver to havana. trump saying this morning what he'll to differently. next debate. >> . trump complaining about his podium microphone. >> . this can be debate was the mostd in u.s. history. more than 80 million people tuning in on their tv. and millions more online. >> . but for con. that's still far less than the average super-bowl. >> . certainly was interesting. in colorado, we stand together, but congress

cuba, now that we got through cuba, the cuban missile crisis and we are not facing that kind of situation, was not a threat. it was a highly contentious political issue in the united states but it was not a threat to basic us interests. that is my impression. what happened in belize potentially was. a lot of people thought there was a nuclear threat involved and the whole stability of the middle east which is viewed in the united rates as central strategic importance, the same can be said about asia. the whole reason for the pivot was because there was a sense which some people don't agree with, that the us had not engaged efficiently in the region whether it is economic, diplomatic and security interests were deeply engaged and were going to be for the foreseeable future as far as you wanted to look. >> the perception of many people is what china did in terms of creating artificial islands was in fact to raise potential security threat to us interests and so there was the island building, construction on the islands and the question of militarization or not. as you look at the question o

law by trying to do business with cuba. newsweek magazine reports trump hotel executives visited cuba in 1998 for business meetings. trip. may not have obtained the necessary u.s. treasury license to spend money in cuba. because of the u.s. trade embargo with cuba, american citizens can't spend any funds on the island. that's changing now. but trump's campaign manager denied the allegation saying trump's hotel business never i vested any money in cuba during that trip. >>> well, it's on track to be the most expensive senate race in nevada history. at last check, been spent on the contest between catherine cortez and joe heck. much of that spending goes to advertising and we all see the spots here on tv, on the radio, on the internet. the overwhelming amount of money being spent comes from outside groups. for the republicans, the biggest contributor is run by the koch brothers. $7 million. >> i would say about a dozen organizations spending more than a million dollars to tip the race to one side or the other, and that is for