castro himself came to see the captives. >> castro came to see you? victory against american imperialism arrested thousands of oppositionists, executed a number of people. this was the major consolidation of fidel castro. >> but with jfk's support the cia began a secret and to this day controversial project to get rid of castro. the strange ideas including an exploding conch shell as a gift. another scheme, a wet suit that would poison him while scuba diving. but the ideas remained on the drawing board. commune euism was infecting cuba. >> you began to see the militant, pro-communist. >> i told my father if you don't let me go, i'm going to go because a i cannot be here. >> i got in to that pan am flight. all the people were leaving the country for good. there wasn't anybody in that flight thats was going back. >> they are among the millions that flee cuba in a mass exodus from communism. >> the soviet union saw the u.s. failure to act decisively in the bay of pigs invasion as an invitation to do more in cuba. >> in june of 1961 there was a summit mee

castro revealed in his victory.n miami and washington that he would exploit for years to come. [ speaking foreign language ] >> new wave of cuban refugees poured into miami. >> what are conditions like there now? >> in cuba? >> yes. >> bad conditions. we have no food. >> where do you plan to settle in the united states? >> in miami where my mother lives and my sister. >> it was really kind of a red neck town. it was a southern, tough, good old boy white town. then into this atmosphere comes thousands of spanish speaking refugees bringing this fire in their heart from having to flee their home land. >> washington came the refugees a special status. the cubans didn't see themselves as immigrants. they were exiles waiting to seize their country back from castro. >> we came here to fight for our freedom and get back to our home land. >> hard line exiles turned violently in almost anyone they saw being soft on the communists. >> there was fear and actual domestic terrorism directed at modern voices in the cuban community

to be clear, castro was in the middle of this decision making. castro was waking up from a nap. the meeting was forever. it lasted forever and we drank more coffee and more water and people would be getting up and going off to relieve themselves. castro didn't move for four hours. i think perhaps he had a device. he would shake his finger at me and said why do you think an american court would ever rule in favor of a cuban national? there has never been a case where a cuban national has won. my only argument was i don't know of any time when the government of the united states has been on the same side of a case of a cuban national. which in term on the same side of the government of cuba. that's never happened in history. so maybe the results will be different. >> we're talking with dr. andrew wild, the author of "eating well for optimum health." >> i think it's fine to lower cholesterol levels. >> let's go to washington. >> my name is gregory b. craig. i'm pleased to report that juan miguel gonzalez, his wife, and 6-month-old son will be coming to the united states. they will

on february 10th, 1960, soviet premierer sent a man on a mission. >> it ak is sell rates as fidel castro began to nationalize and confiscate american and cuban property sfwls washington was increasingly alarmed and it is at that point that sizen hower gave the grain light to the cia to preparing to overthrow the castro government. the cia and the department of defense were recruiting an training cubaens to either land on an invasion or do commando

cuba foundation against the castro brothers.al third party which i thought was the catholic church. we got the blessing of the pope about using the vatican embassy in washington. i had a private jet prepared. elian was going to be taken to my home that evening so he could be on a plane at 4:00 in the morning. >> i got a call saying to go to elian's house and tell the family to bring elian to washington. i went into the house and said if you ask me, i wouldn't do it because if you're going to ask me for any guarantees as to what's going to happen, i can't give them to you. and i remember there was a huge thing of seafood or paella or something, and he grabs his phone and throws it in there and i'm sitting there and just watching this phone sinking into the rice. [ speaking foreign language ] they have businesses to run they have passions to pursue how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters ship packages all the services of the post office right on your computer get a 4 week trial plus $100 in extras inclu

in that castro valley wide area. the rest of the -- really nice commute. 580 jammed up once again. i saw a slot of slowing. we've seen improvement over the last 90 seconds. but look, it's slow here to the canyon and all the way and over toward 880. north 880 recovers from the earlier crash that cleared 20 minutes ago. there's your approach towards the bay bridge. and that's looking better than the hayward and castro valley area. look that the, no problems, but the metering lights are on over towards the bay area. travel times over here. the worst is 238 northbound off of the 580 as we talked about and there are other approaches towards the maize as we showed you back to you. >>> coming up next on taib. changes for ferry riders. starting today to park in the lot. >>> plus lyft is teaming up with mickey mouse. . ♪ what should i watch? show me sports. it's so fluffy! look at that fluffy unicorn! he's so fluffy i'm gonna die! your voice is awesome. the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> good tuesday mor

of course then castro takes power. he starts and people start falling away, cubans as well and methods that as a hero in 1957, 58 and 59 and now he is the guy who supported castro and turns out to be a devil. i went and used his paper about columbia university and you can follow him. every time he goes to cuba he is touching base with earnest and they talk about this and he says in his letters ernest and i are 100% on the same sheet of music. the moderates desert him and it's changes to you have enabled this communist monster to take over and this is one of the pieces of hate mail that he ge gets. after that, i argue this is kind of a pivotal moment or series of events in hemingway's life and eventually leads to the bay of pigs. his home is in cuba. castro writes and tells him you can stay here forever. we don't like the rich americans who run the big factories and live in the gated community. you are one of us but hemingway feels he's got to choose and he winds up leaving cuba. he is ambivalent for a while and thinks

ms posible y pura felicidad con ese entusiasmo llego al aeropuerto de la ciudad de mxico pascual castronte maltratado el mes pasado en la capital de ese pas "me siento muy contento de saber que lo voy a poder ver y me imagino esa primera mirada que l me va a dar por primera vez, tal vez en 5 aÑos me imagino ese momento" castro quien recientemente fue deportado a mxico.cuenta con la custodia de sus 2 hijos brandon de 3 aÑos y anthony de 5.ambos nacidos en estados unidos.desde hace varios aÑos los menores vivian en mxico con familiares de castro. el padre dice que no saba que su hermana estaba maltratando a su hijo mayor.la mujer y su esposo enfrentan cargos por el crimen. el pequeÑo ahora est en custodia de autoridades mexicanas "ahorita lo importante es el niÑo" tras salir del aeropuerto el padre se dirigi al sistema nacional para el desarrollo integral de la familia mejor conocido como dif.donde esperaba encontrarse por primera vez con su hijo.sin embargo no le permitieron ver al menor sin antes pasar por algunos exmenes psicolgicos "con los niÑos que tengo los pelee y tambin fue lo mi

it's a bad deal and recall castro taken full advantage of it. we get nothing except injured diplomats. >> keep it open or close it down? >> we have to keep it. that are tasting freedom, the genie is out of the bottle, so to speak, and the more we expose government with corruption and violence, the better. >> looks like they are attacking our diplomats. >> steve is right, i think the state department should put travel adviserry, when you go to havana, your dollars help pay for recall's torture chambers. >> bruce, truth in advertising maybe keep it open, folks, look, these guys are real tough cookies? >> well, i suppose you could do that, we could return to the days of cuba when -- [laughter] >> the god father cus pretty good back then. >> go ahead. >> no, exactly. >> the russians have embassy down there, it could be a multiple things. >> you're a big free market guy, would the free market cure this ill or not? >> you can't do business with the commu people doing cuba, i'm not going back there until the family moves back. [laughter] >> i see you s

chebya demostrÉ que puedo sacar adelante. >>> la llegada a mÉxico de castro causÓ preocupacion.sto de mÁs buso. la madre perdiÓ la custodia por. >>> me siento mal, me siento desesperada. >>> 96% de las quejas presentadas contra la patrulla fronteriza no resultaron en acciones, hasta 215 y bajo el gobierno de obama se realizaron pocas reformas, segÚn activistas reciben quejas a deportados por el nuevo gobierno. un informe de las propias autoridades de mÉxico revela que se aprovechan de la situaciÓn de la situaciÓn. >>> los inmigrantes que logran llegar a sasi prse y algunos perbrsfia y a lo que estarÍan expuestos en los centros de detenciÓn. >>> para sacar un uchacho te piden como mil dÓlares. no me gusta esto, siempre baypa>>> y una bloquemataftiva zvfe y el extorsionan a la familia de los que permanecen a cargo. segÚn el informe todo ocurre cuando llama, unas horas despuÉs esos familiares reciben una llamada del alegado ajvefa el comitÉ hizo una investigaciÓn, afirman que es una practica generalizada. >>> nosotros sabemos por otros compaÑeros. sael informe expone la mala condic

upper 70s and looks like richard there and berkeley to 80 in oakland, 88 in castro valley.yeah, my air-conditioning was running this morning. that's weird having the air drier on and air conditioner, doesn't seem right, does it? lows tonight, 67 in san jose. 76 in antioch. so we'll be pretty comfortable in most areas. definitely warmer in the highway four corridor. here's the forecast. get used to the high clouds around and chance of a thunderstorm tomorrow and friday. the heat does back off a little bit. it eases more through the weekend, by the time we get to next book, more clouds in the morning and temperatures back where they should be, 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay. upper 80s to near 90 inland. back to you, kristen. >> as many prepare for another hot day here in the bay area. important parenting alert about indoor heatstroke. one mom is sharing her experience about her daughter who wouldn't wake up from a nap. here's abc news reporter with the story. >> reporter: during a recent heat wave, 23-year-old mom two of jennifer ama kept her girls nods avoid the heat.

and also out of oakland down toward the castro valley y.me now. >> continuing to follow that shooting on 880 this morning. >> we'll see you at 11:00. >>> good morning. nbc news exclusive. >> these extremist fringe groups have no place in the american debate. >> vice president mike pence condemns white supremacist and the kkk for that deadly violence in virginia. president trump under fire for stopping short. >> why won't the president use those same words and why hasn't he? >> the attorney general jeff sessions responds to the uproar. as the suspect of that fatal attempt goes to court. >>> the regime's deadline to ready a possible strike on guam fast approaches. >>> trouble in the tropics. tropical storm gert forms in the atlantic oan

castro se quejÓ del trato que recibió por parte de los agentes de inmigraciÓn. >> yo pedÍ ir al juezdad de proceder legalmente contra su hermana y su esposo, a quienes encargÓ el pequeÑo. una de las promesas de campaÑa de donald trump fue revisar el tratado de libre comercio que estados unidos mantiene con mÉxico y canadÁ. si hubiera una renegociaciÓn de los vÍnculos, la industria textil mexicana estarÍa seriamente amenazada porque la administraciÓn trump aspira a aumentar los aranceles a productos que entran a estados unidos. alejandro: la industria textil en mÉxico es un gran motor para la economÍa nacional, al registrar ventas de productos manufacturados de casi 5000 millones de dÓlares anuales. podrÍan estar en riesgo durante la renegociaciÓn de tratado de libre comercio de amÉrica del norte. >> esta negociaciÓn es para mejorar los vÍnculos, mÉxico tiene una capacidad exportadora. no aceptaremos nada que implique establecimiento de aranceles. alejandro: la propiedad del gobierno de donald trump pretende endurecer los beneficios fiscales de las mercancÍas que se envían por paquete

we saw him doing the wave with raul castro at a baseball game which was a huge coup for the castro regimewith that? representation in cuban has increased since the opening that barack obama undertook. last year there were according to amnesty an average of 862 arrests and the detentions every month in cuba. the most repressive regime on the face of the effort and gotten more repressive since barack obama's policies were in place. by the way, we're looking at venezuela right now, what is happening there with castro's ally in venezuela. they have used the money they have gotten from the opening to help the maduro regime help repress the venezuelan people that are trying to rise up in democracy. >> dana: i think we have american citizens, diplomats that didn't deserve what has happened to them. i guess we'll get more information about them. of course, the canadian citizen as well. but there's a lot of innocent people living under these regimes that deserve better as well. i'll give you the last word. >> absolutely. the people that live under the repressive regime and the failed economic poli

we're league is delays through castro valley and -- we're seeing delays through castro valley and heavyover to 880. bay bridge toll plaza, well, at least it's really gorgeous outside right now. but we have those metering lights on. and it's about 20 minutes from the maze into san francisco. the eastshore freeway is at the limit. but give it time. it will get slow out there. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> time check now, 5:48. and it is the second day of the month of august. we have big doings going on! it's time for your total solar eclipse countdown. can you see that countdown box on your screen there? 19 days away, 4 hours and 26 minutes. we're counting down total solar eclipse. it begins to the north of us in lincoln beach, oregon, about 9:00 in the morning. we'll see the totality at 10 a.m. we'll only see a partial eclipse here in the bay area. next up october 14. we want to give -- that's 2023. we want to give you a little bit of a tip. don't look at the sun. no clouds at mount vaca. livermore slow recovery. 68 degrees after realizing 101 yesterday. santa rosa 53.

vo/cesar --en castro valley..la fuga tras estrellar su vehculo contra una casa. --el accidente se produjo esta tarde, en la interseccin de las calles "redwood road" y "watson", cerca de la estacin "castro valley" del bart. --varias calles a la redonda fueron cerradas mientras empleados de "pg&e" arreglaban una tubera de gas que se rompi en el percance. vo lorena -- la policia de concord difundi hoy el retrato hablado de un sujeto sospechoso de intento de secuestro de una adolescente, el mes pasado en la calle laguna, cerca a la calle ellis. -- segun la jovencita, el sujeto baj de su auto, la tomo por el brazo e intent subirla al coche a la fuerza. -- la menor golpe al sujeto y huy del lugar. -- si usted reconoce al sospechoso comuniquese con las autoridades. cesar --esta noche hay ms detalles sobre el hombre que muri a manos de la polica de vallejo tras una persecucin que termin en richmond. take vo --"jeffrey barboa", de 45 aÑos, viva en benecia y era un psiclogo clnico. --barboa form parte del equipo de crisis m

this is coming off of the 238 interchange there and the castro valley y. able to make this and the folks with the headlights are stopped up at lewallin

en mÉxico, las autoridades analizan si pascual castro puede reencontrarse con su hijo anthony con elctima de tortura a mano de sus familiares. ♪ locutor: este es su noticiero univisiÓn fin de semana. fÉlix: muy buenas tardes. en venezuela, el rÉgimen de nicolÁs maduro se radicaliza. las amplia constituyente sustituye a la fiscal general luisa ortega, tomando militarmente las instalaciones del ministerio pÚblico. la medida coincidiÓ con la suspensiÓn del paÍs como miembro de mercosur. francisco: comienza el aislamiento internacional. este sÁbado venezuela fue suspendida como miembro del marcosu por considerar que habÍa ruptura del orden democrÁtico. segÚn un comunicado, tras una reuniÓn hecha en san pablo, brasil. la suspensiÓn fue aplicada en funciÓn de las acciones del gobierno de nicolÁs maduro y su llamado para el inicio de un proceso de transiciÓn polÍtica y restauraciÓn del orden democrÁtico. el gobernante caso la exclusiÓn y dice que a su paÍs nadie lo saca del mercosur, en tanto que su constituyente comenzaba a operar destituyÓ de la fiscal general y nombrando a su sustituto.

>>cspan: how many children and wives of castro?.nner 15 children there is no official count we trust that he knows but maybe not he probably does. he buried early long before he came to power a beautiful girl high society, the sister of castro good friend and law school classmate he had a couple of sons to become u.s. congressmen. there on to was briefly married to fidel castro but it isn't clear if he married again most people think he did but he himself denied that with oliver stone. >>cspan: the pope was recently in cuba what was your reaction?. >> i have met and interviewed of the former political prisoners they are the people of wiedmaier the most i think those democratic forces should back them what the dictatorships most wanted that their names are not mentioned in what the democratic opponents want is a sign the world has not forgotten them i remember jeane kirkpatrick ambassador to the un would name the names of the prisoners of the gulag later in she would visit sakharov said to her the building was dark he said which a vi

to 90 in fremont and castro valley.shine all day there, and temperatures above average in san francisco. mid to upper 70s. tonight's temperatures, 60s for the most part, a few 70s inland. and look at the orange 80s up in the hills. it will be even warmer saturday morning. that will springboard us to another near record high saturday. temperatures tumble a little sunday. you'll start to really notice the difference, but you have to wait until wednesday. >> oh, boy. okay. i am not ready for that. taking a look at the roads here this morning. we do have a new issue on the benicia bridge. on the countercommute side. not too much of a backup yet. northbound 680 at the 780 merge, two to three vehicles involved in this. the two right lanes are blocked now. emergency crews are on the scene, but they're saying they're having trouble moving the vehicles. it's not terrible at the moment, but i'm keeping a close eye on that one. quick check outside. here's southbound 680 through walnut creek, so things have filled in and slows down

reportero: pascual castro, se reuniÓ con su segundo hijo de dos aÑos.ndo era un reciÉn nacido. >> es lo que uno anhela. sÍ, sÍ.. reportero: en su viaje, pascual meditÓ sobre este encuentro. >> yo no querÍa que se lo llevaran porque yo lo querÍa tener aquÍ. reportero: brandon creciÓ aquÍ, con sus abuelos. esta es una de sus amigas, desde que anthony se fue, se extraÑa su partida. por quÉ te pones triste? no llores, lo vas a volver a ver. reportero: de esta manera se reencontraron pascual y su hijo brandon. se espera que anthony pueda reencontrarse con su hermana brandon. ♪ ♪ ♪ enrique: al menos 37 personas perdieron la vida y varios resultaron heridos esto en un choque armado en una cÁrcel de venezuela. ilia: momentos de pÁnico vivieran decenas de pacientes y personal mÉdico en un hospital de guatemala cuando pandilleros, de la maras salva trucha mataron a siete personas durante una balacera para rescatar a un reo. la policÍa rodeÓ el centro mÉdico y detuvo a cinco de ellos cuando intentaban huir. [gritos] reportera: el terror se apoderÓ de este hospital

your commute to the castro valley y off the dublin. chp just updated me. instead of one lane two right lanes blocked. over to your fast lane and that should be all right. you do see slowing as folks start to move over and approaching the castro valley area. castro valley y. a smooth drive for most of the rest of the tre valley. a little slowing. it's not a big surprise there and no delays for transit. that's a good start to the day. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. >>> coming up, combatting the housing crisis in california. how state lawmakers plan to deal with the ongoing problem as they head back to work today. plus -- >> it's been almost 100 years since we've actually had a total eclipse go from one coast to the other coast. >> pretty amazing our coverage of the total solar eclipse continues. we're live in the so-called path of totality with a mad rush of tourists ahead of the big celestial event. mike traffic tease >>> it is 5:13. a live look outside at san jose. if you're watching it from evergreen we'll have the peak eclipse time at 10:15. tempera

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fidel castro was the only person to war. go host: what was it between crisof and fidel castro? today. slower than it was it was not invented in those ays, it took 24 hours to get a -- man from from western union coming on a bicycle to the embassy in and pedalling off with a coded cable that had to western itted through union and sent back. that was one of the risks in 1962. it was also one of the advantages. they had time to think about what was happening. wasn't age of instant communication. host: michael dobbs is the "one minute 'til midnight," if you want to ask questions about the current situation between north korea, lens of whatgh the occurred in history with the cuban missile crisis, here is your chance to do so. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. and independents, 202-748-8002. you post thoughts on twitter, too at c-span wj. will start with michael this morning, he's in ohio, on withent line, you're michael dobbs. go ahead. caller: yes, good morning, gentlemen. mr. dobbs, i read your book a while ago when it first came one of the most riveting books i'

i want to mention that 580 through castro valley is slow. an earlier accident on 238 that is now on the shoulder. you can see the traffic it left in this area. northbound 880 through hayward is slow because of an accident near a street. give yourself some extra time as you drive in this area. >>> new video released shows a group of robbers smashing a joint display case at a cosco. >> christien kafton is i know bought out with more on this investigation. police are also looking to see if this is connected to other robberies? >> reporter: that's right. we will get to those other cases in a minute. authorities in novato are looking for the thieves. the robbery was captured on video. you can see there are cameras all over the place out side this cosco. we counted at least six cameras in the entrance. police are hoping someone will recognize the suspects or the vehicle used in this robbery. nevada police released the video last night and it shows the robbers rushing into the store through the exit door and making their way to the jewelry display

castro valley is tough. we cannot pinpoint but there is a lot of fog. >> for sure, not in the city. >> probably not, nor oakland. there are some locations on the coast that will get breaks in the clouds and sometimes it 9:00 or 10:00 it will burn off but it looks like a solid cloud bank greeting many. concord and livermore both say fog and by 9:00 those locations will burn back but other areas in santa rosa and san jose, a lot of fog to go around. we could see some breaks at the sfo. low clouds for sure and most of the coast will deal with that. but sometimes the marin and sonoma coast will get a break before anyone else. there is a lot going on with hazy skies and the fires coming down from oregon and northern california making hazy skies. the eclipse starts at 9:00 with a maximum at 10:15 am, 71% in monterey, 78% in santa rosa. the farther north you go the better opportunity to see the eclipse. remember that the moon is our dance partner. do not look directly at the sun and sunglasses do not provide suffic

that's a good thing, i always thought, you want to punish the castros, make them deal with spring break, why in the world would we punish americans and tell americans they can travel. >> let me close by talking immigration with you, it's a lot in the group. are you a part of the game of eight. are you proud of it. yesterday i hat kuhns and angus king and tom cotton and senator purdue might do more to actually get an immigration reform done. do you know how many illegals were arrested on the border trying to cross in the month of july, senator? >> i don't know, very few. i was down on the border just earlier this week. >> 18,000. >> in the new gala sector, for example, in 2008, we had 60,000 caught and this year it's only 6,000. >> 18,000 people were arrested in july trying to cross into the united states. whatever we're doing, we're not doing it right. and i believe in a border fence. i think the president got elected on that. do you think the gang of eight made a mistake in excluding the invisible expression of an invisibility commitment from sovereignty about the bill. that's my last

it was released from the palm center right here in the castro.agreed with the president saying that a ban on transgender people serving would degrade the military. this is a week after the president tweeted that he would like to reinstate the ban saying transgender agendas are a distraction and the government will not accept or allow them to serve. he said they must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened. part of the statement says the ban would degrade readiness even more than the failed "don't ask, don't tell" policy. patriotic transgender americans who are serving must not be dismissed deprived of healthcare or forced to compromise hair "integrity or hide their identity." after the president's series of tweets on july 26, transgender veteran theresa sparks tells kpix 5 how disappointing it was. >> it was outrageous. i couldn't believe it. i thought it was a joke at first. i mean, to do it number one makes little sense. um, to say the outrageous things why he was doing it makes no sense. >> reporter: the presiden

the other in the castro. the city saw street closures but mostly peaceful throughout the entire day of action. >> yes just one arrest for public intoxication. but police still on full force just in case people make trouble. right? the latest tonight we'll have at 11:00. and we've got some great discoveries for you along the open road. explore an ancient and sacred sanctuary hidden in the hills of sonoma county, connecting the past to the present, and us to the future. see a large and lovely protected landscape above and around silicon valley, giving all of us room to roam and room to breathe. witness the wonders of a new trail growing along the california coast from oregon to mexico. and hike towards the heavens and dance for joy in the bay area's parks and open spaces. [music] doug: on a briskly beautiful winter's day, we step into a secluded, sacred, and ancient sanctuary. caryl hart: and then you drop into this valley, and as you drop into the valley, you feel it. it sort of envelops you, this peace. bob n

it's 58 in ocean beach and the castro at 71 right now. the microclimates are hitting san francisco. here's a look at the fog this morning. it was like a dodgers fan, arrived late and left early. thank you. thank you very much. i like that. yeah, they're first place, yeah, they have the best record in baseball, yeah, they just got hu darvish, i'm not going to say anything about that. absolutely gorgeous though, isn't it? now this is the way it looks, it's already gone. let's talk about what's going to happen. high clouds and sunshine, heat hangs on. there's a chance of thunderstorms, tonight, tomorrow, and friday is the monsoon flow steers our way and the heat will break by the weekend. i'm not kidding about that flow. we're seeing high clouds at 20,000 feet. whoa, look at that. look how active that flow is. from the board we are arizona and the baja all the way up, getting dloes big sur, and this is going to migrate northward for the next couple of days. keep an eye on that. we could use the rain, not likely. lightning, an issue, fire

fidel castro is not in the room. it's just the family. so i said to juan miguel, if you want to get elian back this afternoon and stay in the united states with your family, you will have that opportunity because you're going to have the attorney general of the united states, you're going to have the commissioner of ins and they will grant that request, if you want to do that. >> sir. >> he says thank you very much. >> at a certain point, the attorney general asked that everybody else leave the room. >> it was very powerful meeting. very powerful. >> he cut off the conversation almost when it started. saying, i stand by my word. i have a family in cuba. i have a life in cuba. my son is going to grow up as a cuban. and i am not going to be claiming asylum. he was a very proud, very clear perso person. >> i called my cousin and said look, we need to go and meet with this father and find out what he really wants to do. this is our time to go and find out the truth. >> denad doe was instantly drawn to a camera. >> i begged him, no more shows.

the eldest of elian's uncles had come in the 1970s after spending years in castro's political jails.living in the keys makings lobster traps. and his wife and children followed. he worked mostly as an auto body repairman, but he struggled to find a job. his daughter, she had arrived in the united states when she was elian's age, and at 211, she processed loans at a local banning and dreamed of opening up a hair salon. >> i am told of all of the family members, you are the one that elian has bond ed with mos. do you feel the bond? >> i sure do. definitely. i feel like he has been my brother since a little kid can. [ speaking foreign language ] >> maybe two daysater i got a call from "good morning america" and they asked me if i would k like to reunite with elian gonzalez. i said that i would love to. >> wa is your name, sir? >> you know some people go out fishing for fish and treasures and for me, this is a treasure in the deep right here. elian, and to see this gift of god and that is what i believe really is to happening out in the water for that many days, and doipt know how long i

which led to the cuban missile crisis in which castro led -- castro allowed missiles that could almost hit any target in the united states, nuclear missiles to be housed and made operational in cuba. of course this is a picture of castro and khrushchev. -- castrot visiting moscow just prior to the cuban missile crisis. when america discovers russia placed intercontinental missiles on the island of cuba, jfk went in front of the united nations in september of and said we have 1961 to meet the challenges of our age and put into effect berlin, that dealt with the wall in berlin germany, , laos, south vietnam and so forth. america was introduced for the first time very seriously to the atomic bomb, because there were missiles so close to the u.s. this is a picture i made in los angeles of school kids being taught about the effect of the bomb and how they had run into the halls and protect themselves. and to me it kind of shows you this duck and recovery situation that we are all being educated to the effect of nuclear weapons, not in japan or some other place in the world, but right here a

just hearing about a new crash in the castro valley area.ck on that next. >>> the oakland a's investigating after fans say a person hired to protect them attacked them. >> and we have the video this morning of the fight. fans say it included a female security officer punch a person in the stands. abc 7 news reporter montana keller is live for us in oakland. matt. >> reporter: there were a lot of hits at last night's game between the giants and a's at the coliseum but it was the punches thrown by a security guard against a fan that's guard against a fan that's grabbing all the headlines this morning. this video was shot by a fan named shane. he says he saw a female security guard and a woman in the crowd arguing. another secured r security guard stepped in between the two but the female security guard went into the row behind the fan and started pulling her hair and punching her. shane also says another security guard grabbed the fan's friend's hair as well. eventually the crowd started booing the female security guard who gave everyone the f

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why exactly the castro valley "q" looking over here towards smooth sensors but the castro valley "y"chp had the empty tanker may be sticking out into your slow lane so just be careful, shuft over to your left as you travel off the gub dublin grade and over toward that 5 slet 80/238 split. we don't see any slowing we want to keep all those incidents out of the roadway and just that one disabled vehicle. west 30 sflen is now a disabled vehicle reported as your headed over to that sonoma raceway as well, keep that in mind just a mild build out at vallejo. and a quick look at oakland, a live shot, there's one incident on the shoulder, not a problem. a quick look at weighs weigh i want to show you no problems, but in case want to prepare do that on your app and make sure you're prepared toyota had the road joining our team. access your profile and you'll choose nbc bay area wazers as you guys have. >>> it's 5:21 right now '. coming up a once in a lifetime opportunity how scientists are coming together to make surety blind can witness the total solar eclipse. >> that's getting a lot of new

i'm not certain the change your leadership the odds are that next february when raul castro retires he's going to retain his position as first secretary of the communist party of cuba and under the cuban constitution that basically controls the country so even though they'll be a new president you're still going to have an almost ninety year old man basically in charge of the commercial economic and political decisions in terms of though what these new young primarily private sector folks are doing it's difficult because the cuban government can't define success it has a problem with saying to someone how successful can you be before you become so successful that we want you to give back and even everything out so what you have are some very talented people who are electing to drive taxicabs because they can make more that way than they can as being a physician and for the cuban government they've always looked at the private sector as evidenced by two hundred categories that are permitted whereas in never in most countries you'd have. thousands and thousands you'd have to try to create

much harder than going through the east bay and the castro valley.w you how these options haved. >>> hurricane harvey is picking up strength as we've been talking about this morning. this is a live look at corpus christi where folks are preparing for the worst. the cameraing around way more than it was even just an hour and a half ago. right now harvey is a category 2 hurricane. forecasters say it will intensify by the time it makes landfall later today and early tomorrow. it could be the biggest storm to make landfall in the u.s. in more than a decade and certainly since katrina. the corpus christi area appears to be in the storm's direct path. the city could see very strong winds plus a powerful storm surge as well. san antonio, austin, and the fourth largest city in the country, houston, further back from the water, could get about two feet of rain. the governor of texas already declared a state of emergency for 30 texas counties. coverage of hurricane harvey continues next on the "today" show millions of people prepare for this potentially histor

before and seven point three billion in twenty fourteen the alliance dates back to the days of fidel castro and hugo trial . it is when cuba imported all of its oil from venezuela exchange for medical and other professional services and supplies but lately venezuela has been unable to export as much oil to cuba last year sending just one point six billion dollars to the caribbean island compared with five point one billion a year before the economic crisis began human exports to venezuela have also fallen over venezuela struggles to buy goods at us while imported less than half as much as they did before. all right cuba's economy has expanded one point one per cent through june of this year but the government warned it's still struggling so austerity measures will be staying in place and may even be broadened joining me to talk about cuba's financial future is john kavanagh president of the u.s. cuba trade and economic council john we wanted to bring this up at r.t. because cuba is essentially fallen off the media landscape since trump's promise to enact stricter regulations on the country

they marched and sang in the castro. and they had a die in in the mission. this was san francisco's response to the patriot prayer right wing protests that were planned. >> they marched throughout the city with that basic theme that we're going to resist hate we're going to make sure our city is safe. >> reporter: several converged at civic center for more of a street fair than a political rally. first for their overall message and for their effort to take it to the other parts of the city. >> they wanted to move it to krissy field and now they are broken up. >> reporter: the men behind the demonstration cancelled the permit on friday and wasn't able to enter alamo square this afternoon because police shut down the park. joey gibson held a news conference miles away in pacifica and returned to san francisco when the commotion died down. >> how many more places you going to pop up in the city. >> i don't know, we'll see. pop up random spots here and there. >> reporter: he stayed in front of city hall for about an hour. >> reporter: joey gibson insists that he