john: let's talk about that once the fastest growing business in cuba was air bnb. >> air bnb gainingraction one unlikely location, cuba. private homes like these ran for his $40 a day. the company ceo explained how air bnb rushed to cuba once a travel restrictions were lifted. >> by february via the team on the ground of that we have over 1000 homes in cuba. nearly 500 havana Åland. >> i assume they can't keep the money. they are simply tax like we are taxed everywhere else in the world and air bnb has done what i like to term the ccc and i promise there's no communism in that. it's a cuban citizen cycle. air bnb provides a holistic service here in the u.s. hitting a few buttons flying down on an american airline which is going to have, waiting faa approval. walk outside and go to a restaurant, cuba and run restaurant and there we are. john: castro when i was in college said there will be no future in this nation for private business. most of them are not and there hasn't been much. >> sure but he was wrong even before america's involvement. the canadians and europeans have been ther

john: let's talk about that once the fastest growing business in cuba was air bnb. >> air bnb gainingocation, cuba. private homes like these ran for his $40 a day. the company ceo explained how air bnb rushed to cuba once a travel restrictions were lifted. >> by february via the team on the ground of that we have over 1000 homes in cuba. nearly 500 havana Åland. >> i assume they can't keep the money. they are simply tax like we are taxed everywhere else in the world and air bnb has done what i like to term the ccc and i promise there's no communism in that. it's a cuban citizen cycle. air bnb provides a holistic service here in the u.s. hitting a few buttons flying down on an american airline which is going to have, waiting faa approval. walk outside and go to a restaurant, cuba and run restaurant and there we are. john: castro when i was in college said there will be no future in this nation for private business. most of them are not and there hasn't been much. >> sure but he was wrong even before america's involvement. the canadians and europeans have been there forever and joint ve

. >>> and youay want to think twice about renteding out y yur property on air bnb. one woman found out her home was used an adult filmfest. >>> nothing like grabbing a green beer thes holiday. the music is pumping out there. we heard it. at one of >>> an animal lover is offering an extreme amount of money to get back his lost cats. nbc 6 reporter amanda joins us now, spoke to the feline rescuer in an effort to find his cats that he said were stolen. how much money are we talking about here, amanda? >> reporter: well, keith, we're talking about $20,000. that's how much animal lover steve rosen said he will offer up and pay to anyone who can said went missing and were taken off his property. cat lover steve rosen said no amount is too high to find his stolen cats. >> between march of last year, and february of this year, seven of my cats have been stolen from the adjacent parking lot. >> reporter: the retired dentist and businessman said his cats were snatched one by one starting last year. he's so furious about getting his animals back, that at one point he installed

john: let's talk about that once the fastest growing business in cuba was air bnb. >> air bnb gainingkely location, cuba. private homes like these ran for his $40 a day. the company ceo explained how air bnb rushed to cuba once a travel restrictions were lifted. >> by february via the team on the ground of that we have over 1000 homes in cuba. nearly 500 havana Åland. >> i assume they can't keep the money. they are simply tax like we are taxed everywhere else in the world and air bnb has done what i like to term the ccc and i promise there's no communism in that. it's a cuban citizen cycle. air bnb provides a holistic service here in the u.s. hitting a few buttons flying down on an american airline which is going to have, waiting faa approval. walk outside and go to a restaurant, cuba and run restaurant and there we are. john: castro when i was in college said there will be no future in this nation for private business. most of them are not and there hasn't been much. >> sure but he was wrong even before america's involvement. the canadians and europeans have been there forever and jo

who is booking air bnb in cuba. >> 20% of all americans who come to cuba are staying in an air bnb. >> manuel and family live in los angeles. they decided to rent a room in playa miramar to experience cuba like the locals. >> in a hotel i will not have the opportunity i will take a tour. not end up getting contact with real people. the people that the cubans. >> reporter: cuba remains one of the few countries in the world left virtually untapped by american or racings due to the that is changing. starwood hotels will soon be the first u.s. hotel chain to operate in cuba in nearly 60 years. scuba scholar, peter kornblu says businesses are lobbying the obama administration to allow them in the market. let us go to cuba. make our money. get government out of the way of u.s./cuban relations. united states. their economy is opening. >> reporter: visitors like this one, fear an influx of biz businesses, will damage the unique charm. >> everything is going to change within the few years. so we want to take the last grasp how it was before the change. >> reporter: the authoritarian castro gov

air bnb neighbors have complainted of rowdy crowds and party houses. the new feature will debut in weeks, first in japan. neighbors can visit an online forum to comment and air bnb will take action when necessary. russ? >> we're also hearing there might be a replacement for the good old fashioned 911. we're so familiar with that. what's the deal? >> reporter: maybe not. a new study looked at how helpful your smartphone is in a health crisis. the answer is, not very. researchers at the university of california san francisco tested four popular voice assistants asking about rape, suicide and other issues. answers varied widely and included "i'm here for you and i own know what that means." several didn't recognize any concerns about when "i'm having a heart attack." >> good to stay with the tried and true. overnight, three police officers in chicago in the ho north carolina's furniture and textile industries decimated by decades of disastrous trade deals. over 361,000 manufacturing jobs lost. only one candidate for president has opposed every disastrous

. >>> and the home sharing site of air bnb says that they are the fastest-growing market, and air bnb has been operating their under a limited basis, and the star resorts will take over three cuban hotels, and the marriott hotels says it's been authorized in cuba as well. >>> chelsea clinton will hold two events in the bay area, palo alto and san francisco. hillary clinton will be in the bay area on wednesday holding fundraisers. >>> in the meantime, bernie sanders is campaigning in washington state in hopes of making a solid ground after the lead of the hillary clinton, and more than 20,000 people showed up in vancouver, and more than 10,000 in seattle for the sanders rallies. >>> the gop front-runner donald trump will kick off a major effort today to unite his party behind that controversial campaign for the white house, and much of it may take place behind closed doors near capitol hill. >> reporter: this very powerful law firm in washington is where donald trump is expected to try to reunite the party, meeting with the republican insiders. the trump rallies continue to draw instig

. >>> good news for air bnb. othe online lodging service book private homes in cuba. >>> to move comes after air bnb got special permission from the obama administration to expand. operating in cuba for about a year now, but only in a very limited way. the new authorization announced yesterday allows anyone in the world to book a stay in cuba. >>> meantime, live pictures right now from havana, cuba. president obama visiting the cuban capital and breaking a decade old's freeze on declarations with that country. the last time an american president visited the island nation was in 1928 and that was president calvin coolidge. a new dawn, clearly. today is an important one for president obama. >> he will meet with president raul castro and two leaders certainly have a lot to talk about. jay gray live in havana this morning. jay, the president has a lot on his plate today. >> yeah. he's waking up along with the rest of cuba to what are extreme wins and a bit of rain, as well. an important day yesterday with the first f

. >>> air bnb calling on the party police. how neighbors can now get back at nightmare renters next door. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, its about to get a lot tougr to throw wild parties at air-b rentals. after multiple properties we >>> it is about to get a lot tougher to file -- throw wild parties to air bnb rental owners. after multiple owners were trashed on new year's eve, the company announced a new feature today that allows neighbors to complain if a party does get out of hand, community members can contact air bnb directly to intervene. >>> forever 21 has pulled a teacher from its website, after complaints that appear to make fun of rape victims. the graphic t-shirt features a slogan "do not say maybe if you want to say no", it was held in the men's department. earlier today and nonprofit that promotes to -- claims to promote positive dialogue, said hey, forever 21 we think you should hashtag stop victim blaming. >>> they have big vocabularies and big dreams, students face offer a shot at a national championship. one bay area girl pul

and air bnb has been operating in cuba on a limited basis under u. s. laws, but has received expanded authorization to handle listings in cuba. >>> 6:37 am. >>> u. s. representatives and south korea meeting in seoul, and north korea reportedly filing -- firing missiles in the off coast, and the u. s. and south korea say that north korea appears to be rehearsing for an invasion. >>> thousands of refugees are stranded today between the borders of greece and macedonia. they are holding over 12,000 people, mostly from syria and iraq and conditions are said to be terrible. these refugees became stranded after many european countries began posting their borders to them. european leaders are meeting in brussels to reach a deal with turkey to it helped ease the refugee crisis. >>> pope francis eustis sunday service at the vatican to call attention to the blight in europe with the refugees. the pontiff went off script from the prepared homily, and decried and indifference toward refugees, appealing to the nations not to turn their back on those seeking asylum

they owned a lot of stock but the hotels had disappointing valuations ever since the advent of air bnb. i love that but it's probably worth more now than starwood and marriott combined. there are so few new hotels being built is absurd and the people of air bnb have to consider buying hotels since they are so cheap. i only mean that somewhat if a teeshsly. at the 11th hour a chair of the chinese communist party figured out marriott was buying the property so deeply because the demands of the activists were such a quick sale they swooped old bid by as much as $2 billion. this morning marriott had a $13.6 billion offer. now we are talking about a deal worth a whopping $2.6 billion more than marriott's own first offer. hallelujah you would think if marriott were over paying the stock one hammered but it's barely down. that means starwood never should have been so low, that the stock the communists saw it aided by the fact that starwood's board made it easy for another company to come up with a higher bid. last week on "squawk on the street" we interviewed herb and he said it was never so

. >>> a group of air bnb renters made a grew many discovery. they found a woman's body decomposing in the garden. intentionally covered with branches. the renters are not suspected in the woman's death. the seven-room mansion is no longer listed on the rental. >>> a car hit a bus near google's headquarters in valentine's day, according to the accident report the car was trying to get around an obstruction when it hit a bus. the employee who was in the car said he didn't take control because he thought the bus would yooeld. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" lumber liquidators and fast food skparjs in a price war. >>> lumber lickquidateors tallied a fourth quarter loss that was more than three times what was expected amid a new round of safety concerns. last week they said people exposed to certain types of laminate flooring were three times more likely to get cancer than the agency predicted. last year they stopped selling chinese-made laminate floors. >> stocks on wall street ended lower as nine of ten market specters fell yesterday. lost 15 points,

. >>> taxes on furniture and house-hold items used by guests stay in the air bnb. they have to submit a list of furniture, appliance and equipment and fixtures used in the rentals. the items will be subject to a tax of over 1%. they call the new regulations invasion of privacy saying "middle class family shouldn't have to inventory and pay taxes on every picture frame, towel and spoon in their home". >>> shortage of homes on the market made last one a slow one for bay area sales. last month was the second slowest february in eight years. the only area that showed an increase was east contra cos ta county. >>> drivers may get the opportunity to get paid after each ride. they are testing out a partnership with go bank. uber will directly deposit money into a driver's account once a ride is complete. right now uber drivers get paid weekly. uber also announced its expanding where it can take passengers. today uber launches passport. uber drivers can take you across the mexican border but only one way. that is due to regulationses. it's only available through the black

all we had to do was make sure the community embraced air bnb. >> pedro suarez and girlfriend gretel say it broadened their world view. >> thought it was a very good chance to be in talks with people from other countries and so. that wanted to have the with cuban family. >>> the race for the white house head west today. nominating contests will be held in idaho, utah and arizona. arizona holds the biggest prize for the republicans. 58 winner-take-all delegates that could push trump closer to the nomination. >> i say it for everybody. especially for the media. >> reporter: speaking on his home turf of mar-a-lago, it was protester free. >> thank you, everybody. thank you, thank you. >> reporter: on saturday yet another trump rally erupted in violence. this time in tucson, arizona. video captured this protester getting repeatedly punched and kicked by one of trump's supporters as he was being escorted out of the arena. >> there is a disgusting guy, puts a ku klux klan hat on. thinks he is cute. >> a video appears to show trump's campaign manager. grabbing the collar of a protester. thou

you want key, from march 2015 to march 2016, more than 16,000 guests stayed in the county through air bnb. the company released a statement saying with the republican national convention in cleveland around the corner, this agreement ensures the entire community can benefit from local people opening their homes to visitors across the country. >>> and looking ahead, several rallies are being planned in ohio for next week. they're being planned by liberal and labor groups to put pressure on republicans refusing to act on the judge's supreme court nomination by the president. and rallies in cleveland, cincinnati and lima, ohio, are aimed at senator rob portman. he voiced a willingness to meet with garland. >>> lots of green and celebrating and probably lots of beer. something else interestingly and cleveland police say there were no arrests during the saint patrick's day festivities and parade in downtown cleveland, a good thing. and still, police were not prepared with security cameras in place and a bomb-sniffing dog about article went well said cleveland police. >>> and police departments

. >> air be in the -- air bnb has announced mansion -- expansion plans in cuba, and says it has achieved authorization to handle listings in cuba, and this comes as the deal to take over three cuban hotels by the marriott. >> and in the meantime chelsea clinton will be in the bay area. >>> front runner hillary clinton will be in the bay on monday, and bernie sanders has been campaigning in washington state in hopes of making a solid delegate lead currently held by hillary clinton. more than 20,000 people turned out at a high school in vancouver, washington. clinton has a lead of more than 300 delegates over sanders. >>> donald trump kicking off a major effort today to unite his fraction party. much of it may take place behind closed doors near capitol hill. >> reporter: this powerful law firm in washington is where donald trump is expected to try to unite the party today, meeting with republican insiders. the donald trump rallies continued to drop instigators and violent clashes. for donald trump, the larger issue is uniting those that should be on the same side, the republicans, and in

isn't there an acknowledgement that air bnb does some good?nd i go to l.a. or see family, i can rent out my apartment and that could help sort of close that gap, can elevate people up by allowing them to monetize an asset they have. >> so the northeast corner of san francisco that i represent actually has some of the richest people and some of the poorest people. we have some of the lowest income census tracks in the entire city. in china town, we have the heart of the area of artisan poets in the city, many under extreme pressure. we don't have any problem with folks renting out a room in their house or renting their place out had they're on vacation or out of town to help make ends meet. that's been going on for hundreds of years. used to be called the classified ads, later craigslist. but we do have a problem when unscrupulous speculators use that business model to buy up entire buildings, evict five and six units of housing and turn them into 24/7/365 hotels. >> aren't you worried when you request changes to what the market is doing natura

a air bnb. >>> local 10 news anchor shyann malone has more from the site of the search. >>reporter: a group of 16 friends set out for some fun on the water. but things took a turn for the unthinkable when one of the boats got stuck. >> they were inexperienced so they panicked and decided to go ahead and start pulling anchor. the other vessel was stuck and can't move. >> that's when two men jumped in the water to help dislodge the other boat only to find themselves in distress. >> the winds started getting worse and the current got worse. one of the persons back on the vessel. >>reporter: the other never made it. >> shyann malone reporting this morning. authorities were able to identify that missing man as 31-year-old paul city. >>> a house party leads to gunfire in plantation and police say hundreds of people were packed into the home w when gunfire broke out leaving one person dead, four others injured. liane morejon has more from broward health where one of the persons is recovering. >> he was a great artist, uplifting everyone around him. >>reporter: li

liters of shark infested waters in the capital aquarium, it is the top prize a new competition run by air bnb. you get a private tour of the center and this is what's up or grabs for the lucky few. they can spend a night in the murky depths. >> they will be able to feed the baby sharks. and after that, they will have dinner. then they will go into the tank for the night. sharks ofook at 35 six different species. eligible to win, the two guests have to be over 18 and must collectively weigh less than 190 kilograms to climb in and out of the underwater tank. ing of the event is trying to change the perception of sharks being mindless killers. >> we can show people that you can swim with sharks and nothing bad happens. also that we need to protect the sharks because they are crucial for the ecosystem. >> the bedroom won't stay at its current state for too long after the last guest check out. it will be transformed into a hub for scientists and marine barlett -- biologists. it looks like fun, scary but fun. you are watching france 24 -- a turnaround for the french president. he says he is droppin

air bnb will help people find places to stay in cuba. other local firms stand to benefit from the thawing of relations between the u.s. 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

. >>> like airbsndb, the whopping 30,000 americans have stayed in the air bnb since the federal governmentloosened the restrictions. but still americans, they can't travel to cuba for pure pleasure that you must be one of several categories like education or humanitarian work. >> and they still have travel restrictions, but becoming much easier. >> we have all predicted that these changes will start to happen very quickly. >> and they predict that the barriers are lifting even more in the next few years. >> it is an extremely rich culture. >> just to give you an idea on how they have changed back to 1986. the gallop poll found nine out of ten americans had an unfavorable view of cuba. in the newsroom i'm mark kelly. >>> on to campaign 2016 three more states are up for grabs tomorrow, arizona, and utah. they are holding primaries for both parties. the democrats will all be caucusing in idaho. and today that the candidates had their eyes on washington, d.c. and the largest pro israel action group, all of them made an appearance, except for bernie sanders. he addressed the crowd remotely from

air bnb is operating as well. it is still technically illegal for u.s.zens to visit cuba, but flights are beginning soon and it is easier to travel there. >> i want to go. i want to spend my money there. >>> the captured paris terror suspect admits more attacks were in the pipelines. that story is coming up next. >>> authorities in belgium say salah abdeslam, the lone surviving suspect in the paris massacre is now talking to investigators and planning a new attack before he was captured last week. officials are taking the claim of the new attack seriously. a cache of heavy weapons lead up to his arrest. cnn's nima elbagir has more from belgium. what is fascinating is he was found in his neighborhood, basically, of molenbeek. >> reporter: just a street away from where they were first looking for him, christine. what is extraordinary is how surprising this is to belgian authorities given the central role molenbeek has played and the nexus into the paris attacks. throughout the months of abdeslam's ability to evade capture, authorities had been working with

air bnb is spreading, you can have air conditioning, but what blew my mind is, a, just how broken therming, the '57 water and power -- >> the one behind you -- >> that's a 59 fuchsia -- what's interesting about these car is they keep them together with basically duct tape and spit. they have to make due. but the people who keep grandpa's car running make $40 an hour and the people of cuba make $20 a month. >> he doesn't think it's going to be great for the average cuban. are they leery of americans? >> very much so. i went thinking they can't wait until the castros kick and they'll turn this place into a playground once again. but many aren't so sure they want the whole capitalist package, the consumerist idea of america. they know the need gates are opening. how is this for perspective. cuba and florida, same size geographically. cuba gets 2 million visitors per year, florida got 100 million. it's not going to turn overnight. s -- the infrastructure is shocked. they don't have enough to take 4 million or 8 million new tourists, to handle it. the tourists who go down there, if you go

marriott hotel, star hotels, air bnb. and others. if randall. >> doing something about that congressional embargo, is this meant to do something about that? >> there seems to be no how no way republicans in congress are going to go along with lifting the embargo. it has to be done legislatively. republicans are showing absolutely no inclination to move forward. they are even dragging their feet on confirming an official u.s. 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 fier

. >>> air bnb hosts have to pay taxes on furniture, appliances, supplies and fixtures used in the rentalaxed slightly over 1%. middle class families shouldn't have to inventory and pay taxes on every picture frame, towel and spoon in their home, says abnb. >>> uber is testing out a new way to pay drivers. right now they get paid weekly. this comes a few month after lift introduced the express pay program. uber is expanding where it can take passengers. they launch passport service where they will take you across the mexican border. due to regulations, this is only a one way trip only available through uber's black car option which is more expensive than a regular ride. >>> a pro-soccer team moves to kezar stadium in san francisco. the final approval was given yesterday and the san francisco deltas, a new team in the north american soccer league will play at kezar beginning next year. some of the people who live near kezar are worried about traffic, alcohol and rowdy fans. >> san francisco is a global city missing the most popular sport in the world so it's exciting to bring the beautiful

. >>> if you're an air bnb host in san francisco you have to pay taxes on the items used by the people staying in your home. they have to hand in a list of furniture, appliances and supplies and equipment and fixtures used in your rentals and those items will be taxed over 1%. air bn b calls this an invasion of privacy saying "middle classes shouldn't have to pay taxes on every picture frame, towel and spoon in their home". >>> a new report by the real estate company core logic says last month was the second slowest february in eight years for home sales in the bay area. the only slowest was in contra cos ta county. >>> seattle is one of the top destinations for bay area job seekers. here's a cost of the living comparison. a one bedroom apartment in seattle costs $1,160 a month. in san francisco it's $3,000 a month. >>> a radio attack ad against san francisco's district attorney attorney. the organization behind that ad and what's causing this war of words. >>> part passengers dealing with a third day of a bus bridge at the pittsburgh bay point line. we have details of that coming up.

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. >> we know the president landed with a lot of big name ceos, air bnb ceo coming in here.excited about the money coming in. the big american businesses or wary of it. >> more wary of it because when you think some people say they will go the way of china. like a one-party capitalism. but they don't have a billion people to work in factoriefacto. a lot of them don't want to be bartenders or hotel maids. even if marriott got the green light today or mcdonald's, the cuban government will demand 51% ownership in that business. >> try to convince shareholders that is a good bet. >> where they can't keep the water on. the change is going to happen. probably take longer than we are used to. when you think of a place opening up, boom, it will turn in to south beach. >> not south beach yet. >> it will be years in the making as they try to figure out a balance between capitalism and communism. >> little tease for tonight. biggest surprise tonight? >> just the condition of the place. the warmth of the people. so much love for their cold war enemy, which ends today. vc day, victory in