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♪ after more than half a century of hostilities, the united states and cuba take a symbolic step towards reconciliation and a killing caught on camera in the u.s. state of south carolina. what authorities are now learning in a police shooting. plus, cleaning up after a massive tornado tears through the midwestern united states. i'm paula newton, and this is cnn newsroom. both presidents of cuba and the united states are expected to meet later on today after a brief hello friday night in panama city, panama.
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they came face-to-face at the summit of america's dinner it was the first since agreeing to renew diplomatic relations after more than 50 years, u.s. president barack obama greeted cuba at the opening of the summit. >> i am proud to be with you at this first ever official gathering of the civil leaders of the summit of the americas. i'm pleased to have cuba represented at the summit with us for the very first time. >> historic words there. this is the first time in decades cuba has been invited to attend the summit. the u.s. has always blocked cuba's invitation among the western hemisphere leaders. >> they rejected our agenda in the days in which our agenda in this hemisphere so often presumed that the united states
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could meddle with impunity. >> this was since 1959, vice president richard nicken mitt with then prime minister fidel castro in washington. that was just four months after castro's revolutionary forces overthrow the cuban government. not everyone is happy about the relations. >> the white house is wanting the story line to be up, but venezuela may have other plans, thank for the past several weeks, the president of venezuela has been engaged in trying to come up with 6 to 10 million signatures that denounces the obama administration for limited sanctions that were announced in early march. it's quite possible that he, the president of venezuela, will use the summit to present this petition to president obama. it's very much in line with what his mentor hugo chavez did in
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summer of 2009 presenting a book to president obama. and it's very common for him to try to steal the show. he may do that again. >> now relations with the u.s. has put cuba in an awkward spot its new friend is the enemy of its closest ally. melissa flo melissa flores has more. >> reporter: it's supposed to be all about the united states and cuba but insert venezuela and it turns into a triangle of tension. let's start with the falling of more than 50 years of cold war rivalry between the united states and cuba which started december of 2014 when both countries announced that under the cloak of the vatican, and with the help of canada, they were friends again which puts all eyes on the summit of the america, here in panama city,
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panama. because it's the first time since the about-face that president obama and president castro are face-to-face under one roof. and the historic moment would steal all the headlines if it wasn't for cuba's strongest ally venezuela. most recently nicolas maduro accusing the united states of trying to tackle his government all allegedly in cahoots with caracas' mayor which let me tell you something he was charged with the counts and sitting in a jail cell. the u.s. saying it was baseless and false and later issuing an executive order sanctioning seven venezuelan officials for human rights violations. enough to infuriate president maduro, he went to "the new york times" taking out an ad for an
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appeal. maduro has been rallying latin american presidents and officials on his side, a posse of sorts, and so far, ecuador, bolivia, nicaragua and cuba are siding with maduro. if that list keeps growing from president obama, the summit of americas can go from mi casas es su casa. >> while they were meeting inside, violent demonstrations were going on outside. chanting words like mercenary and freedom, throw castro and dissident protesters clashed. and new developments in last weekend's fatal police shooting in the u.s. state of south carolina. police questioned the passenger who was in the car with the victim walter scott.
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the man was released without any charges. his name was not issued in the official police report. but the scott family said he is a co-worker and friend. walter scott will be laid to rest today, the officer who shot scott michael slaying isser has been fired from the police force and charged with murder. if convicted, he faces life in prison and possibly the death penalty. now on thursday, police released dash cam video. and a new witness to the shooting came forward. investigators are also analyzing the cell phone video which captures the moment officer slager fired eight times at mr. scott. some of the video is graphic. >> reporter: walter scott's loved ones and supporters coming together for a wake this evening as his family prepares for his funeral tomorrow. this as investigators at the south carolina law enforcement division or sled continue to
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gather evidence. they were called to the scene minutes after officer michael slager shot scott following a traffic stop. slager's dash cam shows scott making a run for it. amateur cell phone video capturing the shooting moments later. even before the video emerged, s.l.e.d. investigators saying they noticed inconsistencies appearing what appeared to be gunshot wounds mr. scott's back. s.l.e.d. investigators have interviewed a passenger in mr. scott's car. a spokeswoman for the law firm saying despite having made requests he has not received the cooperation from law enforcement that the media has. and he has yet to receive any investigative documents, audio or videotapes. todd rutherford watched the video unable to believe his eyes
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remembering another shooting of an un-americaned african-american by a member of south carolina law enforcement. >> when i first saw it, i couldn't believe it. here again, for the second time in less than a year, we had a situation in south carolina where an officer took it upon himself to execute justice. >> reporter: and it wassean groubert after being pulled over last year. the officer's dash cam captured what happened? why did you shoot me? well, you dove head first into the car. i'm sorry. >> reporter: he pleaded not guilty. his criminal case still under way. jones filed a civil suit against the officer which was settled. the details confidential. scott's family plans to file a civil suit as well. but rutherford said state law caps judgments in cases like this at $300,000 and he warns that scott's family like jones
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could be capped as well. >> one of the things i would encourage, the state of south carolina, the city of north charleston, through the mayor or whoever it is, to tell this family, tell the world right now, where do you value will scott's life? >> reporter: jason carroll, cnn, south carolina. >> the bystander who witnessed the scott killing turned on his cell phone camera and kept it rolling as officer slager fired those deadly shots. it's another example how technology empowers bystanders, randi kaye has more. >> reporter: remember when scenes like this were shocking? that's rodney king being beaten by police in los angeles followed a high-speed chase. it was 1991 when videotaping police action was rare. fast forward about 25 years and is this now the norm. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: eric garner, a father of six in a choke hold on a brooklyn street.
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accused of illegally selling cigarettes in december. the bystander's cell phone even picks up gardner gasping for air. garner was pronounced dead at the hospital. officer panta leao with his arm around garner's neck is how on assignment awaiting investigation. and later, cell phone video captured an officer shooting dead a 25-year-old holding a knife. that case is under review. michael brown's case in august wasn't caught on cell phone camera but his body on the street was. so were protests. >> what's your name, sir? >> reporter: some officers acted negatively once they realized
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they were being recorded. >> take your hands away from my camera, please. >> hey, hey, hey, you can't do that. it's the law. >> reporter: in new jersey after a police canine attacked a fact on the ground. police tried this. i need your investigation, i'm going to take your phone. police have no right to take your phone. one lawyer told us recording anything in public say first amendment right. and any officer who says turn off the camera violating that federal right which may explain why more police officers now favor wearing a body camera. an officer was wearing whun he and his partner shot and killed a mentally ill man carrying a screwdriv screwdriver. >> drop that. >> dave! dave! >> reporter: the officers say the man lunged and shot him five
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times. this body cam video shows the officer's side of the story, instead of a stranger's cell phone which may not capture an event from the very beginning. even dash cam video would not have been enough to prove the officers acted appropriately since their cars were parked in the street. the officers are still working awaiting word from the dallas district attorney. so next time a police officer is caught on video doing something like this -- >> are you going to open the door? >> not when the police -- >> oh! >> reporter: -- he may also be recording you recording him. randi kaye, cnn, new york. now, to yemen where there is chaos and fear in the aftermath of an air strike. >> reporter: you could hear the
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earth like smell and the gun, but nobody's on the streets. >> what you're hearing is eyewitness testimony from someone in the capital. now saudi warplanes dropped two missiles on this residential neighborhoods on the capital, in its campaign to drive out houthi rebels, that's according to reuters. the saudi-led coalition also attacked the airport on friday and u.s. headquarters. and to the south in aiden forces loyalty to yemen's self-exiled president now control more than half. city. but food, water and medical supplies are running out. as you can see, thousands of houthi sympathizers marched in sanaa friday in support of the rebels. the groups are desperately trying to deliver medical supplies. two aid flights each carrying 16 tons of medical equipment landed
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friday. but experts say street fighting and road blocks are prevents rescuers from reaching many of those wounded. in just about 20 minutes we'll take you live to sanaa for that story. meantime, the presidential election is a year and a half. i want to tell you, 18 months, still that far away. but a familiar face now is expected on the campaign trail for 2016. a source tells cnn hillary clinton plans to release a message on sunday to announce her bid. then the former secretary of state and first lady will head to two key early voting states to begin campaigning. brianna keilar has more. >> don't you some day want to see a woman president of the united states? >> reporter: sweep ago side months, even years of speculation, cnn has learned hillary clinton will announce her presidential campaign this sunday. like her 2007 announcement -- >> i announce today that i'm
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forming a presidential exploratory committee. >> reporter: it will come in a video a message she's already filmed to be released on social media. that is where clinton advisers are hoping the attempt to the failed attempt will end. clinton lice out the candidacy that the birth of her granddaughter charlotte pushed her to run and will fuel a message of equal opportunity for all. unfortunately she writes too few of the children born in the united states and around the world today will grow up with the same opportunities as charlotte. clinton says becoming a grandmother, rather than wanting me to slow down it has spurred me to speed up. she has followed her announcement sunday with a trip to the early caucus state of iowa. >> i'm back! >> reporter: in 2008, the first place finish there signaled the beginning of the end of her
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campaign. a new quinnipiac poll showed her admission that he used a private e-mail account to conduct her business as secretary of state may have affected her candidacy there. and she will have other challenges, distinguishing herself from a rather unpopular president obama. handling the most controversial part of obama's record, foreign policy. she served as his secretary of state an was in charge during the benghazi attack in 2012. and questions about her age. if elected she would be 69 when she took office, making her the second oldest president in history. and there's also the bill factor. how will the campaign manage the sometimes unpredictable former president. >> this whole thing is the biggest fairy tale i've ever seen. >> reporter: questions clinton's new staff working out of office space already leased in new york hope to be better poised to
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answer when the campaign becomes official. now clinton will join republican senators ted cruz and rand paul as the only major candidates to formally introduce heir runs so far. another republican, florida senator marco rubio is expected to make his announcement on monday. in the united kingdom meantime, a fierce election is heating up. and the biggest sticking point is immigration. one man there has transformed his immigration into britain's biggest melting pot. new clo
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footage appears to have captured last weekend's jewelry heist in london. now, it shows several people dressed like utility workers. you see them there, carrying large bags, with what appears to be drill equipment. and then they leave with trash bins. now, near the end of the video, a white van is seen with people loading up their gear and alleged loot. britain "daily mirror" obtained the video. cnn has not been independently
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able to verify its authenticity. now, less than four weeks to britain's i election and immigration is the top. and traveling to the quote least white borough and the mayor has taken a stance on immigration. >> reporter: nowhere else in the united kingdom will have you see so few on faces or hear so many languages. london's east claims to be the most culturally diverse community of its size in the word. ♪ this is a place when new immigrants have been settled for centuries. here, some of the area's older
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residents are enjoying a regular dance event themed for st. patrick's day. >> everyone's in green today. i wonder why. >> reporter: robin wells is the city's new mayor. he believes the city has a proud history of immigrating people from around the world but he says it takes work. >> what we're seeing we value everybody, but we are one group of people, we're british. >> you have something, what is it? >> reporter: this is one practical way the local government is trying to encourage integration. free english lessons. other measures are a mix of symbolism and toughness. foreign newspapers are banned from libraries and public buildings. no public money is spent on events targeting just one cultural group. >> that's great, it's getting to more people. >> reporter: another policy divides opinion on new and
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straight. the budget for budgets that help those who don't spanish english has been cutting back. >> conduct back, that's not symbolic that has an impact on people's life? >> we will still translate where it's important. but otherwise, you have to make an effort. now, if you want something from us, you need to make an effort. >> reporter: that philosophy has many supporters here, are you proud to be british? >> yes, i am. >> reporter: this man moved from pakistan to east london 18 years ago. he started a business and studied english. >> studied in college. and i learned -- i'm trying to learn to get better. and find new friends. >> reporter: while immigration is celebrated in this vibrant corner of london, across the country, it's a concern for many voters. the anti-immigration uk independence party is expected to win seats in the coming parliamentary election and may even play a role in forming the
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next government. it shows more has to be done while spreading a positive message about its members. phil black, cnn, london. >> now, a uk poll taken thursday showing a conservative party and labor neck and neck. now, a one-point lead by conservatives is less than the poll's 3% margin of air. now, it's third in the polls over the democrats and the party. still to come on "cnn newsroom," we'll have a live look at saudi air strikes plus a rare look at north and south korea.
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hello, i'm paula newton, here's an update on the top stories we're following right now. u.s. president barack obama and cuban president raul castro shaking hands and meeting briefly in panama as the summit of the americas kicks off. also at the conference the u.s. is expected to remove cuba from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism. in pakistan, an act of targeted killing. that's what officials are calling an attack on a construction site that happened early saturday. they say armed militants opened fire and killed at least 20 people who were working on a bridge. it happened in the southwestern providence of baloch istan.
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0 thousands of supporters in yemen's capital showing support for the rebels. aid agencies say 16 tons of medical supplies have now arrived in yemen but they say the violence is preventing them from helping wounded members. this man joins us from on the ground since the conflict started. akeem, if you can give us an update, i know that the aid agencies are desperate to get aid to the south in aiden. what is the situation today? >> reporter: very tragic. the hunger crisis is increasing day by day. i have families calling me asking where they can find flour and sugar and cooking oil. these are families well off in yemen. the crisis is only a couple weeks and it's always becoming
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very tragic. this situation will be worse in the next couple of weeks, paula. very, very worrying for yemen which is already a poor country in the middle east. and what crisis and issues can happen in a couple weeks is very worrying. >> hakim, i've been reading just some accounts of medical authorities saying, look, they can't even get to the people who need their help who may have been wounded because both in the capital and the south of aiden, the fighting remains very grave. what is the situation in sanaa, and do you see any efforts to get a pause, that crucial pause that many aid groups are calling for? >> reporter: sanaa right now is very worrying, especially because most of these killed in the air strikes have been civilians. they're not houthis. and the air strikes day and night, hundreds of thousands have evacuated sanaa to safe
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houses. the problem is, right now, there is no way for any humanitarian aid or food support to come to the country. yesterday, barely unicef has been able to allow all -- in the country, but as of now, there are at least 13 ships near yemen waters who are refused entry. and these ships have food, medical support and also petroleum diesel. and you have thousands of cars lined up at gas stations. bread shops have hundreds in line to get bread right now. this is very worrying. we don't see any solution soon only if there's a cease-fire with the u.n. right now, trying to push at least a short-term cease-fire where dialogue can intervene and try to find an end to this crisis.
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>> so far, no relief over to. thank you for the update. france is condemning the release of a man charged in terror attacks. a pakistani court freed the man on bail friday. he will still face trial for those attacks. more than 160 people died during the three-day siege when gunmen stormed landmark buildings around mumbai. inside syria's refugee camp thousands of palestinians are caught in a brutal battle between isis and the syrian government. now, it's just 10 kilometers or 6 miles from syria's palace. witnesses say they have dropped barrel bombs. and they say isis is murdering civilians in the streets. 14, mostly palestinian groups
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say they will now join the fight to push isis out. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is hoping meantime to sell the iran nuclear deal to congress. kerry is a former senator and negotiated with iran over the framework agreement but he faces an uphill battle. meanwhile the u.s. defense secretary ashton carter said any deal has to include inspections of iran's facilities. he also said military action is still on the table. >> u.s. senator tom cotton also said this week, a campaign to take out iran's nuclear facilities if you needed to go ahead with that nuclear option would in his words take several days. that's it. is that right? >> i can't go into eye aspecific military plan. i will say this that we have the capability to shut down, set back and destroy the iranian nuclear program.
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and i believe the iranians know that and understand that. certainly everybody else in the region knows that and understands that. if we were to do that, it's also important to think about what the next step would be. and as the president has indicated, they could, over time then, re-create a nuclear program. they would then be free of sanctions, of course. because this whole arrangement would have blown up. and we would be in a worse position now. so, we could do it, and it would set back the iranian nuclear program for some period of time. and what the objective of the negotiation has been to get that much certainty through negotiation, rather than through military action. because the military action is reversible over time. >> now, significantly, carter went on to say that bunker-busting bombs would be available to penetrate and
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destroy those underground facilities. now erin interviewed carter in south korea, while she was there she traveled to one of the most dangerous places in the world. it's the korean demilitarized zone or the dmz that serves as the point between the north and south for direct military connections. here's erin burnett. >> reporter: so we're going here under the actual line to go into north korea, and i actually have to walk this way. we can't shoot left, we can't shoot right. we can only shoot forward. there's a lot of restrictions on our cameras. to get here, we have to get through three checkpoints and pass through explosives and into the blue rooms and into the north korea line. society north koreans and south koreans still meet in this room. >> yes, the last known visit was 2008. >> reporter: what are the microphones on the table -- that defines the line. north korea on that side, south
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korea that side. it seems so easy. just one step. this is literally the border, concrete, 17 inches by 5 inches, concrete. that's it. that marks the border. that's been here since 1953. now, the way they pass messages is pretty amazing. they don't use e-mail. they odon't even use a phone. they actually by a bull horn do that. if i were to step outside of that line here, what would happen to me? >> what would happen is, all of these soldiers here would make an attempt to stop you, especially me. once you get over there, we can no longer help you. >> reporter: what would the north koreans do? >> probably run down there and grab you. >> reporter: this is the most prestigious assignment there is. they have to be at least 5'9"
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tall which is taller than average and every single one has a black belt in tae kwon do. they're right behind me. then you see the building. that's where tourists can come to visit the dmz. apparently a lot of chinese actually come through the north korean side as well. then there's that soldier, he stands there every single day. the south koreans and the americans don't know his name, just basically bob. we're basically surrounded by south korea, right? >> yes, keep an idea that around this is all north korea. >> reporter: so it's all north korea, where we are is one safe spot but this is all mined as well, right? >> there's approximately, i'm assuming, 1,000 mines in this area. >> reporter: north korea is on the other side. there's actually a cement wall to prevent defectors from coming over from the south. it's called the bridge of no
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return. 60 years after the cease-fire, it's still a lonely place. >> that was cnn's erin burnett reporting from the dmz. now, the fbi is investigating a california sheriff's department after video surfaced showing deputies punching a suspect nearly 40 times. federal investigators are looking into whether the man's civil rights were violated in a chase that also injured three deputies. stephanie elam reports. >> here's your pursue. >> reporter: it's a police chase that looks like something out of the old west. the 30-year-old attempting to outrun law enforcement on the back of a horse in california. the horse bucks the suspect. >> suspect being tased. >> reporter: and sheriff's deputies attempt to tase him. then as deputies get closer, the man appears to surrender, lying
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face down on the ground before putting his hands behind his back. that doesn't stop the officers from mobbing around him, kicking him in the groin, in the head before kneeing him and landing punch after punch on his body. it's a beating that lasts about two minutes with ten officers involved. all of whom are now on paid administrative leave. >> somebody should go to prison over this. what i saw on the television was thugs beating up my client, that's what i saw. and these questions about what was he doing? what did they do? this is far worse than rodney king. >> reporter: san bernardino sheriff john mcmahon has ordered an immediate investigation. and they're also conducting a criminal investigation as well. >> i am disturbed and troubled by what i see in the video. it does not appear to be in line with our policies and procedures, at least a portion of of it. i ask that you allow us to conduct that investigation. and i assure you, if there's
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criminal wrongdoing on the part of our deputy shaeriffs or any policy violations we will take action. >> reporter: the deputies were attempting to serve him with a search warrant related to an identity theft investigation when he first fled in a car then abandoned it and then to the desert where he stole a horse and took off. in total a chase that took over three hours. >> i'm not going to stand here and say he's perfect because who is. >> reporter: his girlfriend said that the officers went too far. >> they beat the crap out of him and now they're trying to get out of it to avoid getting in trouble. >> reporter: trouble under intense scrutiny. and the fbi has now launched an investigation to determine whether or not the man's violent rights were violated. and then cleaning up what's left of their homes with devastating tornadoes.
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you're looking at the damage in the u.s. state of illinois after multiple tornadoes tore through parts of the midwest. two neighbors were killed in the city of fairdale thursday. those are incredible pictures. weather officials say the tornado was likely an ef-4 with winds up to 200 miles an hour or 320 kilometers. cnn's gary tuchman visited with some of the survivors. >> i don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: joe and sarah and their two kids left the city to move to their dream house in fairdale, illinois, their barn, their cars, their rv, all of it destroyed. >> oh [ bleep ]. >> reporter: when you saw the tornado coming in this
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direction, it was headed right to your house and you're thinking what? >> i'm thinking my house is going to be before. >> reporter: inside their house a never before used tornado shelter where they rushed. the shelter is tiny, that's where the whole family was when the tornado hit. was it scary being here? >> we couldn't hear anything. >> reporter: sarah said her husband and sons were relatively natural initially. >> i was okay until i saw them running in total panic. then i knew if they're panicking, we're screwed. >> reporter: they stayed in the shelter not knowing what to expect, when they climbed out the basement stairs -- >> we came out the front door there and we couldn't believe it. it looked like a war zone. >> reporter: they saw their barn right away. quickly walked around the house and couldn't believe their home only a short distance from the barn had relatively minor damage. to give you the power of this
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tornado, take a look at this, a branch that has gone through the house like a bullet. we go inside the kitchen here and you'll see the other end of it, it almost looks like a javelin came through. and the family has already written on it, in memory of tornado april 9th, 2015. farther down the street, other homeowners in fairdale much unluckier, utter devastation. after what old-timers say is the most powerful tornado they've ever seen here. fairdale, illinois is a tiny community only about 150 people live here. it's only a quarter square mile. a disaster like this affects everybody here. >> do you need -- honestly, do you need some? >> reporter: not far away people come from all over to help other other people who suffered damage to their house and barn. >> if somebody's in need, somebody is there to help out. that's the great thing about farm communities. >> reporter: they say they
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hadn't insured their barn and they take it in slight. >> it's the statue that's supposed to protect the home. >> reporter: taken in stride because they were not hurt. gary tuchman, cnn, fairdale, illinois. incredible, the national weather service has surveyed the damage there. standing by in the weather center with more. incredible video, that branch going right through the home. >> yeah, with tornadoes of this severity, paula, they can actually lift vehicles, place them in trees. they can put straw and take it right through the trunk of a tree. it's happened before. beale probably see it again. this is the enhanced fujita scale. this is how we attribute to wind speeds. of course, we can't directly measure wind speeds within a tornado. it's practically impossible. all the instruments would basically be blown to
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smithereens and used as projectiles which you saw with that log a moment ago or that three branch. an ef-4, enhanced fujita scale 4 is what took place with this massive tornado. it was a very violent tornado. of course, we heard about the the two fatalities and winds in excess of 300 miles per hour. the national weather service has to go back to the damage site to assess what actually took place. you can see the limbs ripped off the trees, leaving them completely bare, removing structures off their foundations. take a look at this aerial photograph, this is important for the national weather service to go back to help term how intense or how severe this particular tornado was. look at the distinct path that the tornado left, obviously showing the concise nature of its windfield. but it's the also interesting to note the striations in the ground. this intense of a tornado can
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easily rip up dirt causing ditches in the ground. upwards of three feet. it can also rip asphalt and pavement right from the ground. this is amazing stuff. extremely powerful. obviously, people need to take the warnings are that are in place with these types of storms very serious and seek shelter. by the way, we do have the possibility of severe weather this saturday across texas and the panhandle, isolated large hail, strong winds but no tornadoes anticipated out of this possible outbreak. paula. >> thank goodness for that. it's been a busy 24 hours. we've got a terrible thunderstorm in atlanta, right now in georgia. all eyes on the masters. still two very important rounds for this weekend. >> yeah, in fact, that's rough weather that we experienced in atlanta. i was in the middle of it myself enjoying what was called the dogwood festival in downtown atlanta in piedmont park. we do have the storms moving through attributed to the same
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cold front that brought the severe weather to the midwest. it's moving on up. notice augusta, georgia where the masters is taking place we have precipitation in the forecast this morning. so as they tee off we do have a small chance of showers. however by the afternoon, the sun will peek through the clouds. and for the tournament looking picture perfect. >> hot and humid for that finishing round. that's what they like. appreciate it. haul days in havana. it's an idea once thought impossible for most americans but with better relations with the u.s. some hotels are eyeing cuba as big business. that's up next. it gets. wouldn't it be great... ...if hiring plumbers, carpenters and even piano tuners were just as simple? thanks to angie's list, now it is. we've made hiring anyone, from a handyman to a dog-walker as simple as a few clicks. buy their services directly at angieslist.com. no more calling around. no more hassles. and you don't even have to be a member
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♪ now, as relations between the u.s. and cuba warming up somewhat, some hotel chains believe the prospect of u.s. tourists holidaying in havana is coming sooner rather than later. on this latest episode of "business traveler" cnn's richard quest examines the big potential in this budding market. ♪ >> reporter: running a hotel
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operation anywhere is a heavy lift. for foreign hotelers in havana the struggle is just staying above water. hms took over capri a year ago. and the general manager takes that in stride. >> you must have the ability to work with people and understand them and the way to give them knowledge and train them. >> reporter: but what of course for these hotelers are here is watch what happens when the americans arrive. will they poach the guests? >> it's not possible because the guests, of course, some new company comes they're going to bring customers. so it's a grow for everybody. >> reporter: hotel chains like hilton and ihg are eyeing cuba.
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and add the new kid on the lodging block already has more than 1,000 listings. it seems staying in havana is about to undergo a revolution of its own. >> that was our richard quest recording for cnn "business traveler." i'm paula newton. thanks for joining us i'll be back with another our of "cnn newsroom" after a short break.
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