we didn't use that scene in the film... >> hinojosa: oh, my god, because it was a cigar. >> ...it wouldlook like that iconic image, so we didn't want... we purposely avoided anything that referenced the future, because obviously, he didn't know the future. >> hinojosa: so you spent nine months thinking about the motorcycle diaries... >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: ...before you even wrote it. >> mm-hmm. >> hinojosa: but you actually didn't do the road trip that che guevara did, and when you told me that, i was like, "how could you... you're an amazing writer! how could you write that without having taken that road trip?" >> yeah. a lot... i mean, it takes a lot of other kinds of research, but yeah, i mean, i tried to imagine it for the most part, and his own writing is so vivid, you know? his writing is so beautiful that he puts you in that world. >> hinojosa: because he's a poet. >> he is a poet, yeah. >> hinojosa: and he kept a diary while he was on this trip... >> yes, absolutely. and his friend, granado, he took that trip obviously, and he kept his own diary. so we had both sources to work

another project was project cigar. pan-american airways, there's a new series about their stewardesses. back then project cigar, donovan arranged the ticket agents for pan am in africa would report to him on movements of nazis for rob a continent to keep track of agents in africa. he cooked up all kinds of wild schemes. he was open to practically any crazy idea or at least willing to consider it. his code number which you see on the secret oss documents was 109 which happened to be the room number of his office in the kremlin. his secretaries had another code name. they called him sea biscuit because like the race course he was always running around. he kept $2,000 in his desk drawer to pay off sources for information when he went crawling around washington. i don't think you will find cia director who keeps that in his office now and petty cash. he had a research and development chief named stanley level who invented all the spy gadgets. donovan call him his professor moriarty after the sherlock holmes character. stan

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on the plate under each language a long brown coil, paraquillo looking like a cigar and tasting of brown sugar, well-beaten eggs and flour. this is the sign, according to the traveler, of the spoon used it eat the towering cream. we used to eat these big ice creams in cuba, used lots of cream. most dominica patrons were male but a few foreign women venturing to the famous establishment in the company of men from the court. one of these women was my grandmother, merced moynihan. in la dominica, one of the best cafes in the world, located on oreilly street, where my grandparents met. ticket to ride, i talk about my family history but after they marry -- i am reading a little from the book -- my grandparents were at the center of many fascinating things. i found myself at el centro, the literary and musical gatherings. their house on calle mercades became a cultural cross roads with the traffic of foreigners created a new inspired geography. they travel everywhere. my grandmother, merced, nina played the piano and read poems, while edward read the poems besides playing the fiddle and violin

the coalition is calling upon lawmakers to extend a proposed tax of all forms of tobacco, including cigars and smokeless products. >>> viewers sounding off on the one there are a pack tobacco tax on our facebook page. if enough to not done so, log onto abc2news.com/facebook and like our fan page and leave us your comments on the tax hike proposal for cigarettes. >>> you know it's that time of year, staying inside and that can cause a lot of problem. >> we encourage them to use their own pens, their own notebooks and not to be sharing those types of thing. >> it seems kinds of extreme. but if you're trying to keep your kids from spreading germs in school, those are some of the ideas that we have for you. >>> and one raven is hoping he can help your kids to start thinking about being active. the move he's making to get kids to work out. >>> 68 is normal. so a little bit warmer than afternoon. how much and how long? that is the question when it come to the rain. and we have the answers right after this. >>> we have a health aletter. it turns out that texting while tracking your calories may h

purchasing cigars isn't. but no one gets slapped for smoking them.no doubt that increased american travels will have an impact on the island's economy. >> it will mean more income in cuba, both for entrepreneurs that run bed and breakfasts and restaurants and more income for the cuban tourism industry. >> reporter: cubans caution that although helpful, this is only one small step. >> they will be leaving the location totally. without anything to say, you have to come under this category, you have to come under that category. so if people can go any place in the world, why not come into cuba? >> reporter: for the foreseeable future, though, there's no way around it. if you want to see, taste and experience a country cut off from america for almost half a century, you'll have to participate in some preplanned activities. no one on our trip seemed to miss sitting by the pool. >> it has been such an incredibly educational experience. we have met very passionate people and it is the people interaction that's been very valuable. >> reporter: and nothing co

i am especially troubled -- vacancies in the state department and impending retirement and cigar. having said that i urge the administration to fill those and senate to confirm whoever is elected by the administration but it is important our recommendation be implemented. even if there were and there should be even if there were confirmed inspectors general in those agencies it is important to have a special inspector general for the following reasons. each of them is limited jurisdictionwise only to that agency. the special inspector general would have jurisdiction over the range of agencies and there would be the opportunity to insure the whole range of issues is fully vented. >> one question i hope the committee will explore is what is wrong at the department of defense. i want to read from page 162. this has to do with the defense contract audit agency which seems aptly named but says the current -- you mentioned this in your opening statement. the backlog stands at $558 billion having risen sharply from $406 billion in nine months. at current staffing levels the backlog will

bathtub, walked into the lincoln bedroom, completely naked, would walk around the room, smoking a cigar, making notes for what he's going to be saying to congress the next day. and there he's confronted with the spirit of abraham lincoln. churchill being churchill, he took a puff off of his cigar, looked right at the spirit of abraham lincoln and said, good afternoon, mr. president, i'm sorry, but you seem to have me at a disadvantage. >> how do you know that happened? >> right after that, churchill not only told his assistant, but he went downstairs -- well, he got dressed first, being very proper british -- went downstairs and said to the roosevelts, i will not spend another night in that acursed bedroom. >> so he told them what had happened? >> he told them what had happened and winston churchill was here a lot and he never again spent another night in the lincoln bedroom. >> now, nancy reagan is probably the most famous of the white house inhabitants who consulted with psychics. anybody else? any other presidents or first ladies? >> absolutely. calvin coolidge and his wife did. warr

the citizen's health initiative is pushing to add a dollar to the price of cigarettes and cigars. they want to reduce teen smoking fund public health needs. they hope it'll carry over to support their cause. >>> investigators are still trying to find what started a tug boat fire in south baltimore. the fire broke out just before 2:00, close to where key highway meets lawrence street. it was difficult to put out because of a fuel line. nobody was hurt. >>> and just up the street from where that fire happened a major traffic headache. for the last month the main drag at locust point has been closed. residents lobbied to get the bridge repaired. now that progress is being made they are learning it's a bit of inconvenient meaning long linings. something that frustrates residents and is cutting off business owners. >> i have been here 15 minutes already and had about 15 cars in front of me. yesterday was 40 minutes. >> the city said the bridge replacement should be done by the end of june. >>> the ravens had the weekend off from playing but today it was all back to business. they took

official told me, don't forget our own cia once considered killing fidel castro with an exploding cigar. they say the entire u.s. government would not sign onto this evidence if it weren't true. brian? >> andrea mitchell in our d.c. bureau tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> now we turn to politics. the campaign for president and a rare moment of candor today from the spouse of a candidate for the gop nomination. she spoke honestly and emotionally about the toll it takes to run on her and her husband, the governor of texas, rick perry. she also talked about president obama. our report tonight from nbc's kelly o'donnell. >> hello there. how are you? anita. >> reporter: a public display of the private side of anita perry today, exposing both her deep christian faith. >> amen. >> reporter: and deep frustration over attacks on her husband's campaign. >> we have been brutalized by our opponents in our own party. so much of that is i think they look at him because of his faith. >> reporter: at a prayer breakfast in south carolina where 60% of republican voters say they are christian, today mrs. perr

. >> and people at other people have been switching to cigars and smokeless, which are just as deadly. this time, we want the tax to go up on non cigarette tobacco products. >> if maryland races this cigarette tax to $3 per pack, it would be almost twice as steep as surrounding states like delaware and pennsylvania. maryland's tax rate would be almost 10 site -- 10 times as high as delicate -- as virginias. >> political insiders tell us the new tax proposal is not expected to pick up much support from lawmakers in annapolis. >> we want to know how much tax would stop you from smoking, if you do. the survey is on our website, wbaltv.com where we also have tips to help you quit. tonight, senate republicans and a pair of democrats and block the president's new jobs bill. it failed on a vote of the-48, 10 votes short of the 60 needed for full senate consideration. the president blasted republicans, saying the bill contains the kind of proposals their party has supported in the past. two democrats also voted against the measure. anticipating defeat, the administration says it will try to g

we are going to be talking about some other taxes on cigars as well. so, we will have that in the next hit. live in north baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. >>> more than half of adults take vitamins every day. and the study shows that in some cases the supplements are doing no good or may increase the risk of some disease. the study found older women who talk a multivitamin were in a slight increase of death dying of heart disease or cancer. dietary supplements don'trequire testing other drugs do. >> up until now there hasn't been much benefit or risk. some thought it might help but probably won't hurt. this raises the question that it might hurt. and i think that's a whole different level of understanding that we need to capri -- understanding we need to comprehend. >> in a statement it is important to keep in mind it's a associative not a cause and effect study. >>> reeling from damages from hurricane irene, a community got good news. they were cut off from the rest of the state and what's been the story straight ahead. >>> plus, are you a necklace use

it was smoked cigars, pipes, sort of like substances also used topically as medicines, snuff through the nose, enemas, a whole host of applications sort of varying depending on the region. chocolate had a more restricted domain but what's really important is that it was a beverage, almost exclude not just in the americas but in until the americas. it was a stimulant beverage used in some ways that we think of coffee today. and i could go on about it. >> please do. >> so chocolate had a more restricted domain in the americas than tobacco. it was used by groups we know today as aztec and mayan and other groups in the broader region that we call meso-america. and it was -- many different concoctions but one of the favorite ones had cocoa, the central ingredient mixed with water and then a whole host of spices, chili peppers that gave it a kind of spicy bite. and another ingredient that made it red and it was actually very central to the experience 'cause it was -- reminded people of blood. and then floral flavorings and another one that was to the central america which gave it a cinnamo

i'm referring to arab extremists but when you go to an arab country you're like come on baby have a cigar have a drink thanks for montserrat all bankers hold this myth that great financial crises. are rescued by war so well that was the panic of eight hundred fifty seven followed by the civil war which bailed out the banking system world war two bailed out the world from the great depression so let's look at this next war i mean iraq wasn't enough afghanistan's not enough yemen son of somalia is not enough pakistan's not enough now or in uganda that's apparently not enough revealed fox's best man and his ties to iran's opposition now liam fox the defense secretary that stepped down was forced to step down from great britain his mistress this guy adam wearily it turns out has been involved in an audacious plot to topple arena president mahmoud on the dish odd so the self-styled advisor to mr fox has visited around with several occasions and met iranian opposition groups in washington and london over the past few years he is so highly regarded by israeli intelligence service mossad who thou

many women he bed while in the white house and of course let's not forget that famous blue dress and cigar but of course the liberal media is always going to rush to protect one of their own and now politico has decided to atack a g.o.p. presidential candidate with smut piece so that's why they're tonight's pansies now for our patriots herman cain this pizza exact one candidate is not letting the ankle biters in the media gets you when he was at a washington d.c. think tank today and he refused to engage with the media on this issue as you're well aware there is a there's a big cloud right now and it is a fair few ability to get this out which is the story in politico and i just wonder if you can hear it for us right now. but if you believe that question is kind of question is inconsistent with the ground rules that we have. on. i really mean he's going to be at the party to do that. good for you mr cain standing up against this type of irresponsible reporting tell later in the day cain decided that he would go out set the record straight so he came to the fair and balanced fox news to tal

you know trying is commitment from the group every member of the timeline showed a lot about cigars so i'm very proud of the why because i want to be out it because you know that you have to fall in the water when it's always the next up or stray or new zealand the all blacks defeating argentina thirty three points to ten behind to work hard after getting in at half time just twelve seven up belo getting a try for this he missed. the wednesday with the all blacks after the break while. seven had. some sad news a member of the russian olympic ski jumping team has been killed in a car crash pavel curlin who was twenty one died in a road accident near his hometown of mission of god on sunday morning to his friends were also in the car and are in a serious condition in hospital corralling was a medal hope for the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen and was a member of the russian impi team that competed in bank and had made up. three times in seventy nine world cup a vent most recently a second place finish here in germany in january this year. and tennis andy murray has won his se

and sharing who are members of greenpeace and care about nature and on the other hand evil big fat cigars in their mouth and dollar signs like the katulis do and they laugh and say i want to destroy the world. nobody, believe me, nobody looks at a beach and thinks you know what would really improve the beach if it were covered with an oil slick and maybe a few dalia and pelicans nobody thinks that. we all like the sea otters and the beaches. it is in our nature to desire a clean, fresher, happier and more frequent world. we like that kind of stuff. but we can achieve that without bombing of the economy back to the dark ages in the name of saving it and the mentality to the green movement in order to save the city we must destroy yet, and i think that ury is wrong and self-destructive. i think it is not borne out by the facts and if you want to discover more about this you can ask interesting and lots of questions and read my book because it is good and funny, too. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, james. three simple rules. one, wheat for the microphone because we are taking this so eve

the current prime minister's high popularity levels make him the best man for the candidacy are the cigar piece going on has the reaction from the papers. well the president's interview with the heads of the three biggest t.v. stations in russia did focus on some of the most important to latest political events in the country such as his decision not to run for a second term in office his recommendation off prime minister vladimir putin for the top job and to the sudden dismissal of the now former finance minister aleksey who didn't so there's a loss of analysis and opinions in saturday's press in russia opinions both positive and not so positive let's start with the claim of sun newspaper really worried well known here in russia and it's published an article try to show you this polish law to go under the title of what were you after what's your ambition and the analysts that the newspaper was talking to have been saying that even though they need to do a deal has finally announced his political plans and the plans of his stand them with prime minister why do infortunate there are still

. >> these other taxes have not gone up, and people have been switching to cigars and smokeless, which are just as deadly. this time we want the text to go on non-cigarette tobacco products as well. >> more than 150 organizations have signed on to support it. >> a warning about a possible terrorist attack. there was word of an alleged terrorist attacks. two koreans plan to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states. officials say the men plan to pay a mexican drug cartel $1.5 million for adel al-jubeir's death. involved in kidnapping with plastic explosives. the rating government is being held accountable. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. -- the iranian government is being held accountable. you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> presidential contenders faced off in new hampshire last night. this was the first debate to focus slowly on the economy. kate amara has the highlights. >> good morning. in the debate, the candidates offered up their solutions to fix the economy. eig

that on average ridiculous about all people's comments about is being irresponsible bought a borrow a cigar or two much money in the ocean to where do you program for it and this is a major i mean people have against rescheduling get it both in america family lenders as well as the european states. this is like not at all should not what this signing when i signed the document put together by a thousand lawyers and written up with instruments run by two hundred ph d. students. his bet is not a thesis contests but once you should have known what they were going through fundamentally the lenders clearly they didn't and they have to take a haircut and so long as the the private debt levels remain silent on the sun only individuals who oppose this out the consumer collapse we're seeing in america will continue and we could be talking about two decades worth of bliss so we have to shift politics from being in favor of the lenders to being in favor of the debtors to decades of what exactly are you protecting. well if you take a look at japan as the best possible model what's going on right now i

. >> the people have been switching to cigars and smokeless. this time we want the tax to go up on non-cigarette tobacco products as well. >> if passed, the tax rate would be 10 times higher than virginias level. vendors the taxes that high will hurt their sales. >> 63 degrees on tv hill. happy hour making a comeback. >> prosecutor is getting ready to wrap up their case against dr. conrad murray but not before a few experts take the stand. >> michelle obama springs into action in the name of fitness. this also helped to set a new world record. >> you might want to do jumping jacks indoor this morning. we have some rain in the forecast. >> there is an inner loop delay on the west side. we will let you >> welcome back. 65 degrees downtown. there is a light rain shower and sprinkle activity in the city right now. the heavy stuff is north and east of baltimore. you can see some heavy stuff over in parts of queen anne's county, kent county, and back into cecil canada. towards baltimore and western suburbs, there's not a lot going on. this will be of

pan-am airways, and there's a new show on tv about it now, but back then project cigar, donovan arranged privately that the ticket agents for pan-am in africa reported to him on nazis flying. he cooked up wild schemes open to any crazy idea or willing to consider it. his code number, which you see on the secret oss documents was always 109, just happened to be the room number of his office in the kremlin. he has secretaries had another code name for them calling him sea biscuit because like the racehorse, he was running around all the time, a constant blur. he kept $2,000 in the desk drawer at all times to pay for sources or information when we went prowling around washington. you're not going to find that today. he a research and development chief, a guy named stanley level who invented all the spy gadgets for him. he was called the professor after the sherlock holmes character. he made things like the miniature cameras that spies use, pistols with silencers, pencil-like devices used as explosives. donovan was very, very interested for example in truth drugs, fascinated by the use of tr

. >> and they had the big fat cigar and these rosy cheeks and they would always share some of their,the fire. >> do you know what changed the happy hobo? drugs. >> do you know were? >> the corporation's favorite. >> god, i wish i had a prop on this. wait a sec, i to. >> feel bad for the people that actually work in the buildings, it's a briefcase. they walk like that and they try to get to the peckett. then they get back into their jobs. >> that is not bad, al. >> that beats the other hat. >> i had to beat this one. >> hey, bill, full marks to you, bill. you pointed out hallowe'en about a 2,000-year-old holiday started in ireland. it's actually an old celtic festival. the festival of sew, you know, that started about 2,000 years ago to celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of a cold dark winter. >> if i recall baker, you were based in ireland for a while and you told me in the green room, you hate them all. >> no, i love the irish. that's absolutely wrong. >> you've got to quit going back on what you said. >> let's move on. >> let's move onto the occupy wall street and get ri

. >> i tried for the cigar. >> but you know, a lot of this stuff you can do -- the other reason why iumped him. >> we'll take a look at my costume. i'm going full lady gaga this morning. i got the little bow, the glasses. lady ga ga always is outagous so if you're going to do this at home, go for it. another one that's popular this year, the year of the zombie thanks to amc's the walking dead. the zoom by is replacing vampires. vampires still popular thanks to hbo's true blood and other franchise. we'll move to the kids though because you want to know what little kids will be showing up at your door. party city reports captain america is going to be huge this year! we've had this whole new crop of superheroes coming out over the summer. you'll see lots of green lanterns. as for the girls, the cinderella princesses, the disney princesses always very popular. we're hearing from party city, tinkerbell will be huge this year. this is sofia's costume we went and got yesterday. there are lots of fairies involved. we also have silver mist which is a water fairy. these are some of the things

he always had a cigar in his mouth. luther, that's good idea.l gave him other things as well. my dad worked for woodruff about 25 years, in the whole 25 years that he received stock as a gift, he never cashed or sold one share. because he was thrifty, he was saving for the retirement. >> that must have become a huge nest egg. >> not huge, but when you consider -- when you consider what he started with, it was huge. >> piers: enough to take you to out of the projects. >> oh, yes. >> piers: into a nice house? >> more importantly, it provided enough such that after my dad pass at the age of 56, we could take care of my mother comfortably because she had alzheimer's, so my dad was always planning for his retirement and my mom's retirement. >> piers: what would they have made of you right now, where you found yourself? >> my mother's probably in heaven going, my, my, my, my. my dad is probably in heaven going, that's my boy! he is dancing in heaven. some just shaking her head he just never cease to surprise us. >> piers: if president obama is watchin