of a cuban cigar. no place has produced cuban cigars longer than the plastica cigar factory. a sign on the entrance says they've been in business in 1942. in which one presumes this is not the original building. >> no, there are no machines. the production here is completely by hand. why? because the assumption is a product like this is of higher quality. it has more value that way. >> reporter: between 200 and 400 cigar rollers work here every day. making more than two cuban pesos a month. the equivalent of 10 u.s. dollars. they sit eight hours day, seven days a week putting the tobacco leaves together and wrapping it in a leaf. the rolled cigars are then squeezed in a hand cranked press. a good roller can turn out more than 100 cigars a day. once rollers reach a certain quota usually around 100 they get extra pay for every cigar after that. but quality counts just as much as quantity. every step of the way inspectors make sure the cigars are up to top cuban standards. >> they're weighing them, they'r

that includes cuban cigars. jack, will you race down there. >> if you go to cuba for the cigars you will be mildly disappointed. cigars these days are better in nicaragua. you should go to cuba -- melissa: where i was planning to go. >> you should go for opportunity not for cigars and lovely surroundings and unique place in transition. melissa: stuck in the past. >> i think this will kill the dominican republic cigar business, i really do. the iconic image after cuban cigar is still up there in people's minds. >> i would say the cuba produces two great things cigars and baseball players. melissa: okay. fantastic. eye-opening report out today this one blew my mind. the average american pays $280,000 in interest over the course of their lifetime, that includes everything from mortgages to car loans to credit cards. it was even higher in a lot of places, district of columbia, $451,000 is how much interest they pay in their lifetime. new york, $300,000s in interest over the course of their lifetime. >> those are the

one other thing about the cigar bombs.r them. so he would take their money, millions of dollars to buy supplies and then he would say it was being loaded on to a ship. he would then have that ship blown up at sea so, a, the russians wouldn't get the supplies and b he was able to keep the money because he didn't even have to buy it. it was a very -- he was very ingenius and very ruthless. he wound up in the atlanta penitentiary for 15 years. your other part of the question i'm not quite sure? >> who was targeted for germ warfare? >> here in the united states? what they did is chemical factories first, the dupont factory, the factories in new jersey various fireworks factories, and every ship that was leaving for sea, theype went up to van cortland park and did the horse corrals there war horses that were going off to europe. they did that also by the new york ports. they really wanted to stop war materiel from going over to the allies. that's how they then moved on to j.p. morgan, because he was the one who was supplying th

you hear a lot about cuban cigars and rum. but to tell the truth the commodity likely to move the most is technology. with an entire country waiting to be connected. >> anna lee can't wait for things to open up in cuba. the san jose resident is from there. she has family there. and says the more open relationship means a, among others things more access to technology for cubans. >> they want to communicate and be open to the world. and all things that they won't be able to but now they can know. >> that openness will likely come through smoother pathway to devices like smart phones. after all, only about 5% of cubans currently have internet access. a business opportunity for sunnyvale's ruckus wireless which powers devices all over the world. they say they know cubans want better technology because cubans try to bring it into the country whenever they can. >> with suitcases that you can only imagine how big they are, when they come into america and buy up goods and bring them back. and the consumer lek tropics industry, i'm su

may legally bring in $100 worth of look core or cigars.in high demand. after 50 years of living in the past. it is the opportunity of connecting with the rest of the world, raising the most hope. nbc bay area's scott budman explains how silicone valley is ready to hope. >> only 17% of cuban residents have cell phones now. with only 5% able to hop on the internet. something we take for granted, poe ten shame apotentially a big business opportunity for wi-fi gear provider, rukus wireless. >> to have a new market to attack. a nice thing. >> rob gill handles sales to the americas. he says cuba represents an underserved market hungry for new technology and devices powered by wi-fi. >> my assumption is is that the technology base down there is very very light. okay. if they have things they're probably older. older, maybe, bought off secondary market gray market. a huge opportunity there. more wifi means more access to what is going on. more communication with your families here. >> where web access will help open an entire world that has been c

beautiful cigar. stuart: it is not the best selling.nd quality. >> right. all we know as a taster is one two, three four. we do not know the place. we do not know where it is from. we have a list somewhere. maybe you can put that on the screen. i want to focus on your before. that is a cuban. >> it has been around for 22 years. we have rated cigars around the world for a long time. this year, the cigar from nicaragua came out on top. the news of the day, you know, the crack in the embargo was just that, a crack. is it true that if you smoke a cigar, you do not inhale. you get the tobacco through your lips and all the rest of it. >> it is all about the taste. it is not about inhaling. it is very different than a cigarette. stuart: the time is up. i am seven seconds over already. come back and see us soon when you have some good cubans for us. more varney after this. ♪ stuart: my time is up, but here is deirdre bolton. deirdre: we will hear about the increasing cost of protecting your information. elon musk. the latest space excavation. n

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. >> cuban cigars will be permitted into the united states. >> cuban cigars and many other componentson the illusion that more commerce and access to money and goods will translate to political freedom. >> help the cuban people help themselves as they move into the country. >> this country is not going to lift the embargo. >> it's interesting. senator marco rubio did an interview saying they need to bring the party to the 21st century. maybe they should try to get on board with this. the white house announced a new set of regulations that will ease decades old restrictions on cuba. it's the first major step in president obama's plan to. these new regulations take effect tomorrow. first, americans will be allowed to travel to cuba for any of a dozen reasons without a license from the government. they include x education, journalism artistic performances and, quote, support for the cuban people. i think that could be interpreted in a lot of different ways. many wonder what impact this will have on cuban baseball players coming to play in america. it's not immediately clear with all this

one other thing about the cigar bombs.n ritlin managed to convince the russians under his assumed identity of emile gashe that he would buy supplies for them. so he would take their money, millions of dollars to buy supplies and then he would say it was being loaded on to a ship. he would then have that ship blown up at sea so, a, the russians wouldn't get the supplies and b he was able to keep the money because he didn't even have to buy it. it was a very -- he was very ingenius and very ruthless. he wound up in the atlanta penitentiary for 15 years. your other part of the question i'm not quite sure? >> who was targeted for germ warfare? >> here in the united states? what they did is chemical factories first, the dupont factory, the factories in new jersey various fireworks factories, and every ship that was leaving for sea, theype went up to van cortland park and did the horse corrals there war horses that were going off to europe. they did that also by the new york ports. they really wanted to stop war materiel from go

here in havana that means cigars and rum. how much can you get for $100? we wanted to see.e went to the store around the corner. we asked them, put down $100, what can we get. this is what that he showed us. six bottles of havana club rum, everyone asks me to bring this home to the u.s. there's the seven year three year, and this is a lot of rum, but the cigars are more expensive. these are the very expensive ones at $23 cuban, a little more in u.s. money for these percy gar. this one is the lancero, it's chopper, and this one was fidel's favorite cheaper, but all in with hundred bucks, we can only afford four cigars. that's what you can bring back now, guys. >> thank you very much. live in beautiful havana cuba. where saul that rum going, ty? i don't know about that. all right. that's all for us on power lunch. >> a great day, sue, thank you very much. and "street signs" begins in just three, two, one second from now. ♪ ♪ >>> 1.3 trillion is that stimulating enough for you? hi, everybody, full reaction and analysis to europe's monster money printing plan ahead. plus is thi

those ant really good cigars. cuba. that's right. today, for the first time in a generation, the u.s. and cuba are holding high-level diplomatic talks in public. and like sex in a hatchback, things are off to a rough start. >> the head of cuba's team foreign ministery official josefina vidal , criticized the cuban adjustment act, which includes the wet foot/dry foot policy. it states that cubans intercepted at sea by u.s. law enforcement are returned to cuba, while those who make it to u.s. soil can apply for permanent residency after one year. >> larry: so if you get to land, you can stay? but if you get caught on the water you're out? man, that's some high-stakes marco polo. marco! "you are under arrest!" polo. now america is easing restrictions on cuban travel, and commercial airlines like delta and jetblue have already shown interest in routes to havana. no word yet if spirit airlines is going to get in on the action, but in all honesty, seriously, you would probably be better off on a damn raft. sorry spirit. now, because we hav

here is a box of cigars. we have an article from the book coming out, cigar aficionado. cigar diplomacy. how castro used them as a weapon of keys. you can read about the story there. the idea there was a huge difference of opinion between the fidel and che guevara is not accurate. it is something that lisa howard and her reports played up when they came home. it is not clear that they themselves had any in depth knowledge of the relationship. there were more hardliners who were opposed to any effort to improve relations theory fidel castro held all the cars and power in cuba at that time. certainly almost all the way up to 2006 when he was forced to retire from illness. if he had wanted to do this he would have. i don't think it would have ended his regime in any way. i think it would have validated revolution. >> we need to make the most efficient use of time. go ahead. >> i wanted to ask if you had anything on the background of the arrest of the cuban officials in new york. i ask because they were supposedly doing a terror plot to blow up macy's and bloomingdale's? the

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four cigars six bottles of rum. you can't bring it all back. you can bring one or the other. >> you beat me to it, my friend. you and i go way back. i expect to get a cigar and a bottle of rum when you return stateside. >> this box is already spoken for. i'll get you another one. >> of course it is. thank you. cnbc's eamon javers. we've got a reid alert right now. this is from yemen, where officials say that country's president and his cabinet have all resigned after days of escalating violence at the hands of yemeni rebels. presidential officials say that the yemeni president, who's a close u.s. ally, resigned after being pressured to make further concessions to the rebels. yemen's president has agreed to some political concessions. he did that yesterday after his residence and presidential palace came under attack. >>> now to a suspicious death at the navy base at guantanamo bay. u.s. navy captain john nettleton, the commanding officer at gitmo, has been relieved of duty after allegations he was having an affair with a woman on the base. that

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and kuba from politics to rum and cigar ss. these pas sen, jr.s are flying into miami with items that used to be contraband. president obama changed the policy, and now passengers can can bring in $100 of cuban cigars and lickquor. but it seem ss that most cubans want computers. they have some internet access but they could have more trade like smartphones, and also companies like ruckus say they see this as growth opportunities as they are looking for buying technology. >> they come into america and buy up the goods and take them back. in the consumer electronic industry, i am sure the things that konconnect to the internet, there is a huge opportunity to go forward. >> and president obama thinks that the best way to change things in cuba is with engagement with the outside world. >> and a new school perk. intel is offering eight weeks of paid leaf for new parents. the new program is for both moms and dads and in addition to 13 paid weeks of leave it offers to new mothers which is 21 weeks in all. the news comes after the sant

computers, and internet technology to cuba and americans c buy up to $1,200 in cuban alcohol and cigars and up to $400 in total goods. local travel agents tell us don't think about a spring break trip to cuba yet. david cut loo at the potentl time line to book that trip. >> omega world travel. y i help you? >> rs professional travel planning. >> business or vacation? >> reporte and annette mccormk admits it's rare to discov a new desation. >> two w travel agency like omega, pull up a brochure on t ignores the region's largest island cuba. but these could b >> book is being written even a we're standin here. >> repor americans no longer need special permission to visit the island nation that is if they qualify for one of 12 exempt including cultural exchange education and family visits. that doesn't mean open travel for all. >> there's a lot of curi you knowe want to go down and experience something and they want the first to get down there and enjoy, you kno that cuba has to offer. >> rep but for those who do qualify for the new rule such as students with an educatl foc on cuba it's a s

americans coming with them can carry back 100 bucks worth of alcohol, tobacco and cigars. president obama plans to slowly reestablish diplomatic and trade relations with the island country. >>> a touch on the treadmill, an interesting piece of video. >> still ahead two free climbers prepare to go back up the wall of rock where they just made history just yesterday. >> up next this year's flu vaccine gets a failing grade. >> kind of a cold night. winds have not picked up yet. 20 sick to 302 at -- 26 to 32 at 5:00, a cold day at the bus stop. we'll come back, talk about a cold front tomorrow ♪ ah, push it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ push it. ♪ ♪ p...push it real good! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ ♪ oooh baby baby...baby baby. ♪ if you're salt-n-pepa, you tell people to push it. ♪ push it real good. ♪ it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. ♪ if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance you switch to geico. it's what you do. ♪ ah. push it. ♪ i'm pushing. i'm pushing it real good! >>> man, oh, man, a tough winter and the cdc said this year's flu vaccine, only 23% effective. this is one of the worst pe

cigars and rum. president obama changed the nation's policy on cuba, now travelers coming into the u.s. can legally bring in back $400 worth of goods including up to $100 of alcohol and cigars. and while cuban cigars and liquor are in high demand here, in cuba, they want technology. after 50 years of living in the past, cubans have hope for this opportunity to connect with the rest of the world. only about 5% of cubans have internet access. the easing of trade restrictions could lead to the possession of devices like smartphones. now companies like sunnyvale's ruckus wireless see a business opportunity. >> they come into america and buy up goods and bring them back. so consumer electronics industry, i'm sure things will connect to the internet, there's going to be a huge opportunity to bring new technology forward. >> the u.s. secretary of xlers says the obama administration thinks best way to bring change in cuba is through more engagement with the outside world. >>> a silicon valley original is bri

but for $100 we only got four cigars.it's very expensive no the for the cigars down here. >> that will change. when the market picks up, i think production will increase.the cigars down here. >> that will change. when the market picks up, i think production will increase.cigars down here. >> that will change. when the market picks up, i think production will increase. >> once you get here, bill. >> i'm not a cigar smoker but i'd be interested in that rum. >> thank you. good to see you. eamon javers from havana. >> i think it's fascinating we're headed back down there again. 30 minutes left in the trading session. just a little bit off the highs. if you just joined us european central bank finally announces quantitative easing. >> and up next what happens in europe may not stay there. our pros explain why the ecb 60 billion euro program per month is affecting your money here. >> and later are more earnings coming your way. this time starbucks and capital one. we'll get you the numbers instant analysis as soon as they hit t

can i buy cigars? can i travel to cuba? if you're in cuba, you can bring back $100 worth of cuban cigars that does not get you much, they are $25 each but you can bring them back you can only bring them back directly from cue da. if you travel to london, common for the audience and buy them there, that is illegal. no cuban cigars from third countries. now, travel is complicated. permitted forms of travel will now become much easier. there's actually a lot of permitted forms of travel right now. you can go if you're going for humanitarian reasons, family there, religious group, doing some training for an entrepreneurs, that's all permitted. right now, it requires a lot of paperwork. most of the paperwork goes away. you can just get on a plane. however, you cannot get on a plane and go sit on the beach for three days. that will be illegal. tourism is still strictly prohibited. if you do travel there, no spending limits on your travel expenses anymore. there was a per diem, couldn't spend more than $170 a day on hotel and food

the as i mentioned the cigars are best in the world.t's a sad country, because it's a slave state. the people are slaves to the government. they work for $3 a month. they can't leave. they're shot or, their family is held as hostages if they try to leave. isn't there something sad about cuba hard to sell to tourists? >> you know i think you are absolutely right, that cuba is a fascinating country. i think millions of americans are going to be attracted to visit the country. i think, at orbitz we're passionate about opening up travel to americans to give them free to travel where they choose. we launched a petition back in 2009. had over 100,000 signatures request the president open up travel to cuba. we're excited to see moves we're seeing today. david: barney, you're not guesting to the heart of the matter which is that it is a pathetic country to, see a country where the people are slaves of the state. do you deal with that all at all, in, i mean, clearly you're going to have to get over that image problem. that is a big image problem

what they mean for anyone who wants a cigar and sometimes as freud said a cigar is only a cigar.k to mels lisa on the halftime money report. >>> the swiss national bank surprising investors scrapping its cap on the franc which has been a safe haven currency. the international monetary fund christine lagarde dropped her own bomb shell in an exclusive interview. take a listen. >> this was a bit of as surprise. i would hope that it was communicated with other colleagues from central banks. i'm not sure it was. and, you know, i'm going to reserve judgment on the pert nence of that move because we have not discussed it with governor jordan and i would certainly want to understand exactly where he's coming from. >> let's bring in wall street's ed yardeneny an independent investment strategy firm. always great to see you. miss lagarde was surprised, i'm sure there are many, many funds out there, hedge funds that were surprised, what sort of dislocations in the market do you think we will see unfold over the next couple weeks and months? >> i think that's why we're seeing volatility in t

it used to be this was a more smoky place than it is in modern times, people smoking cigars. there are cloakroom's off of the house chamber where members can retire. they can use the telephones in their. they can get a hot dog, a soft drink, coffee. they can smoke they care to. there are cloakroom's for each party. the speakers lobby is for both parties. it is for anyone coming in and off the floor. it has these great portraits of the speakers of the house going back to the first speaker. all of them up to fairly recent times. they don't have every one of them, but most of the modern era speakers are in the lobby or somewhere near. they can't hang them all. >> who has access to this space? do lobbyists come here? >> it is called the speakers lobby but the only lobbyists that work this space are people who have been invited to accompany members. most of the lobbying that goes on in the offices of the members, in the corridors of the house and senate office buildings, that is for most of the lobbying occurs. they may lobby the speaker's office. anybody comes to congress with th

he smoked a cigar on his way inside. he put off the cigar on the tree. he has this bad boy reputation. you know i think he's kind of a scary guy. he seems legitimately tough, not like one of these guys just pretending to be tough. >> he definitely is a tough guy. he started out playing football before anything else. just his frame and he's a big imposing figure, sure. the cigar in his mouth and that's just who he is. that's who he's been through all these years. another important thing to note he is also a music mogul. what he did for hip-hop was unprecedented. you got to take that with it the image, but this guy has a brilliant business mind. >> absolutely. rob markman, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >>> we want to go quickly back to our sports lead because cnn justice correspondent pamela brown spoke with the fbi's counterterrorism chief about what's being done to secure the super bowl and whether his office is investigating any credible threats. here's what he had to say. >> the super bowl like any large public event, the fbi starts planning alo

items like cigars can now be legally bought there and brought back to the u.s. oakland one of the few airports that's leading the charge. >> and the measles outbreak is connected to disneyland and it's growing. 39 people are now confirmed to have that disease. all but one of those infections are in california. >> raider nation, you get your first look at your new head coach today, bay area native jack del rio. the raiders plucked del rio from denver and the broncos, where he served as a defensive coordinator over the last two seasons. before that he was in jacksonville the jaguars head coach. del rio graduated from high ward high school, born in castro valley and a lifelong raiders fan. his parents still have season tickets. the news conference is scheduled for later today. >>> the niners introduction introduction of their new head coach jim tomsula and maybe it's a good thing you don't win football games based on news conferences because reaction from the niner faithful has been mixed. the work will have to be done on the field. in that respect tom slew says he

i like to smoke meat and a cigar. sometimes just a simple chicken it's a beer can chicken, i get fancy sometimes. i'm smoking a pa trom mee. you can see there's a lot of smoke in the air. i can do this any day of the year, even spare the air days, smoke a cigar too. some of that might be changing though. >> on a spare of the day area, you're not supposed to have a fire in the fireplace. it's a $400 fine, but firewood burning grille burn on. >> you can smell the odor and it's releasing a part cal's unhealthy. >> my throat starts burning. >> robin is tired of it and she blames backyard wood smoking. >> i'm here at 2:00 in the morning breathing smokes. >> even with the windows closed? >> even with smoke. >> wood burn is okay with a fireplace is your own source of heat unless it has to do with heat. they're hearing that thing could change. >> we're going to have more public engagement and reexam the rule in that way. >> there's barbecues are fisher. >> we can make our own choices but we can be responsible without someone

. >> monica lewinsky with a cigar. >> unfortunate. a good cigar is still something special. >> newt gingrich on the back side of the elephant. >> well, i mean, he was associated with the grand old party elephant. and i think he was talking out of the other side of his mouth too often. there was this thing that -- he was a snake oil salesman, only you got bitten. >> bill clinton with an elephant nose. >> well, because i think that his -- there were hidden aspects to his political point of view. and they were frequently just as far right as any republican might go. so it was like saying he's touched by a pair of noses. >> dick cheney with puppet springs and george bush. >> i think that's self-explanatory. he controls mr. bush. >> the final page, you have a self-portrait. have you done many of those? >> a few. usually trying to balance the idea that if i made fun of your nose, what do you think i'm going to say about mine? and there it is, for people to say, wow! >> when did you first get interested in drawing cartoons? >> oh, i think ar

they encounter in midstream but the prime minister who has come to see for himself pulling on his cigarion he chats with a group of british men. >> he left a brittain more free more secure, more brave and more proud. and for that we must always be grateful to him. >> thank you very much for joining us. i'm isa soares. you stay right here with cnn. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. hear ye! the awkward teenage one has arrived!!!! don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers add xfinity home for $29.95 a month for 12 months. plus for a limited time, get a free security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast.com/xfinityhome. . >>> in a cnn exclusive, chuck hagel holds nothing back. he says u.s. ground troops may be needed to turn back the terrorists. >>> the fate of two hostages held by isis unknown this morning, more than a day since the latest i

. >>> close but no cigar. >> two, one. zero. >> space x launches its falcon 1 rocket. a spectacular liftoff. but the landing, not so much. we'll show you. >>> and new overnight, cosby confrontation. the comedian heckled during this show. protesters chanting blowing rape whistles. and what cosby did next. >>> and good morning, everybody. let's get straight to the new developments in france. this morning, top security officials held an emergency meeting. after which they called for extreme vigilance. >> one very prominent risk is this woman, still on the run. here she is face covered. here she is with hur husband, the man who died in the hostage crisis in a kosher supermarket. >> after three days of terror attacks there are fears of more to come. with officials here in america on alert as well. >> we do have team coverage this morning of the terror in paris. we start with abc's alex marquardt who is on the ground. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good mornings paula. we're right here in front of the kosher supermarket. you can see it's still cordoned off by police. one o

you trade with the government starting with the cigars.he government has a monopoly on cigars like the spanish colonial government had 200 years ago if of farmer was to grow a cigar and so that he will go to prison and it applies across the board. some of these reforms that we talk about me that i cubage can work as a barber to manufacture paper flowers but cuba is to not have the same rights in cuba as for investors to. most of them are members of the castro family. you were talking about a dynasty that resembles one from somebody else to the family, to somebody else who has to be obedient a and respectful. the present cuba policy i am sorry i have to say is based on outright lies. the president promised the cuban dissidents before anything that there be brought into the discussion. the president promised. but more recently why do i say allies? a few weeks ago with a congressional hearing someone appeared before a number of senators. someone from the state department talking about u.s. cuba policy and that official in the old bid hearing

i was sitting somewhere someone sins me a cigar. i don't smoke cigar. but it said thank you i am a customer. i was at the shangri-la hotel. someone open the door for me the boy at the gate said thank you very much. micro friend makes more money than i do on your site. this is something that you now if you don't do it, nothing is possible. if you try to do it -- >> the revenue comes through advertising and transactional fees. most from advertising. >> tiny. tiny from advertising and transactional. we need -- we have more than 10 million small businesses selling our site everywhere. the transactions we have tiny. second after walmart, i remember one of the guys from walmart five years ago said jack, you are doing a great job. i said in 10 years we will be better than walmart. he said young man, you can have of that. on the sales. if you want to have 10,000 new customers, you have to build a new warehouse. for me. it is to servers. >> where you going? what does jack want? >> we are an internet company. we happened to be in china. we have the same entrepren

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you have the three undeniable, the close but no cigar presidents and three others. choose to identify jack kennedy lyndon johnson and ronald reagan as exhibiting traces of greatness, real or perceived. but that is 11 presidents out of 44 the 43 different presidents because grover cleveland was president twice in nine consecutive terms. we've had 43 different presidents eli ben of whom in my judgment have been truly consequential. the point of the book and it's provocative, we don't want another great president because the founders created a political system, which was designed to disaggregate power. they fear the royal governors. they feed the team. they may feared the mob as well. they created a system of an energetic executive, but an accountable one highly constrained. the only thing that liberates presidents in the political system is the nation encumbering crisis. again, when i talk about nation encumbering crisis, not even the cuban missile crisis which lasted 12 days for 9/11, which frankly might've been a moment to encourage the nation but it turned quite th

before he took the cigars off the counter.here was some dispute with the store owner about the price of the cigars, and he just took them off the counter. that is information that i have garnered from sources close to that case. whether or not an offense was committed or not, these people, at most, were guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and certainly the death penalty was not called for. host: connie from illinois. caller: good morning, everybody. i hope you do not shut me off because this man is only telling half the story from ferguson. it was on the news immediately after the shooting. it showed michael brown going into that store. he got the cigars, and start a walkout, the man starts to stop him, he shoved that guy. he went right on out the door. the police officer stopped him later. there is no video of the shooting, but there was an audiotape. i heard it for five times. the audiotape proved the police officer was in the right. michael brown __ the man on the phone that was on the audiotape, he was yelling __ he's charging

i don't smoke cigars but there's a note, thank you very much i'm your customer.and i remember in the days in beijing when i get on the taxi the man opened the door for me like the boy at the gate he said jack, thank you very much. my girlfriend makes more money than i do on your site. and this is something that we know, if you don't do it, nothing's possible. if you%e try to do it at least you have the hope. >> rose: the revenue comes from advertising and a smaller amounts from transactional figures. >> yes. >> rose: most from advertising. >> tiny. >> rose: tiny from advertising. >> tiny from advertising and tiny from transactions. now we have more than 10 million small business power sellers selling our site everywhere. so the transactions we have is second after warm up. >> rose: after warm up. >> tiny of the money take us big. so you know, second after i remember the management guys came five years ago and jack you did a great job. so i said maybe two years it will be warmer. he said young man, you have good hope. i think in ten years we'll be bigger than wal-

fancy hotel stays, hundreds of thousands of dollars in prostitution services, spa treatments cuban cigarseals like kobe beef and spanish suckling pigs, computers and furniture, even ornamental swordses. five current and former navy officials have pleaded guilty to accepting bribes, and prosecutors say their investigation is just getting started. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. some surprising things to come out of this case, jen. >> well, shep, the most shocking is the extent of the corruption. nyis investigators have been watching fat leonard since 2002 -- 2010, but he had bribed a senior agent that worked with the navy criminal investigative service and was able to stay ahead of the investigators. another female contractor specialist based in singapore for the navy for 20 years was given an unlimited travel expense account in exchange for serving as a mole for fat learn understands, allowing him to win millions in navy contracts. five navy officers have pled guilty, nooning them a captain who played guilty this week as part of a plea deal. two more navy officials are facing charges bu

you can also take home up to $100 in cuban cigars. u.s. companies can export communication technologies as well. genera tourist travel is still banned but people like travel agents and doctors will no longer need special licenses to go cuba. >>> those that are gone before us say no more, no more. >> well, an oscar snub is fuelling a social media debate on racial fairness. "selma" was nominated for best picture, but the director was shut out. fans were outraged in part because they loved the movie and because she could have become the first african-american woman to compete for best director. some say this year's crop of nominees is the least diverse in nearly 20 years. the reverend al sharpton went even further, he's called it appalling an an emergency meeting with studio leaders next week in hollywood. >>> turning to the weather now in the storm team 4 x 4, it's moving. >> amelia segal live with your commuter forecast. >> repor good morning. it's definitely chilly out here, but i think you can leave the gloves at home today. we are lookin

. >> cuban cigars no doubt. those travel restrictions were lifted friday.icans can travelers can visit the country and bring back $400 worth of souvenirs, of course rum and those cuban cigars are the most popular items. not everyone can go to the island yet. travel is only allowed for family visits, education journalism and religious trips. many opponents argue east travel restrictions will help the communist regime in cuba maintain its power. >>> they're being called a modern day bonnie and clyde. young lovers on the run. why police say they're becoming even more dangerous by the day. >>> plus a four legged crime fighter. meet the great dane being honored her her history of catching bad guys and get this, she's not even a police dog. scott? >> chris, right now it's dry it's cold. but there is rain moving in. coming up the latest timing as well as where some of it ♪ >>> manhunt continues for teenaged couple on a maloti state crime spree. police say an 18-year-old and his 13-year-old girlfriend have been committing crimes across the south. we're talking forg

it's got -- >> it looks like a cigar room. >> doesn't it? >> it's better than my room.er than my apartment actually. >> there's music playing. there's soothing pooh-poom music. >> this is not just anybody. this is jason godfrey, he's a model, actor, writer, blogge father of my son. so we have live right this minute from hong kong jason godfrey himself. so jason, people the it is you do? what have you been up to? >> i was a model for a million years and got into television hosting. i had a really good year one year i got all his sloppy seconds. >> of all the things you've done you put together a 57 second video about a bathroom. 4.5 million views. how do you feel about that? >> pretty depr. this i for. people k video. >> did you ask them why they set it up this way? >> the guy who owned the shell station, we were shooting a tv show and he was super proud of the toilet. he was telling us about it. he was like jason, you have to see this toilet. i told the director of the show dude we should totally show the toilet. and he was like, no, n not going to s i was like okay dud

one other thing about the cigar bombs.ed to convince the russians under his assumed identity of emile gashe that he would buy supplies for them. so he would take their money, millions of dollars to buy supplies and then he would say it was being loaded on to a ship. he would then have that ship blown up at sea so, a, the russians wouldn't get the supplies and b he was able to keep the money because he didn't even have to buy it. it was a very -- he was very ingenius and very ruthless. he wound up in the atlanta penitentiary for 15 years. your other part of the question i'm not quite sure? >> who was targeted for germ warfare? >> here in the united states? what they did is chemical factories first, the dupont factory, the factories in new jersey various fireworks factories, and every ship that was leaving for sea, theype went up to van cortland park and did the horse corrals there war horses that were going off to europe. they did that also by the new york ports. they really wanted to stop war materiel from going over to th