to cuba. there was a attempt to overthrow castro. the invasion in the bay of pigs was a fiasco and propaganda coup for castro and a black eye for the new president john f. kennedy. 1962, kennedy extended the cuban embargo with the exception of humanitarian aid but not before purchasing 1200 cuban cigars for personal use. then came the cuban missile crisis and the united states and soviet union had a tense stand off over the weapons deployed in cuba. as part of the settlement, the u.s. agreed not to invade. but president kennedy imposed restrictions and preventing u.s. citizens from traveling there. and over the next few days, presidential support for the embargo waxed and waned. >> there is no fresh bread or meat on sale only goods from china and russia. >> the nation was a constant thorn in the side of the u.s. and it lent cuba a romantic mystique. and celebrities in hollywood spoke highly of fidel. and praised the socialized health care system. and bill deblasio travelled to havana for his h

-cuba a new era. >> i'm antonio mora coming to you from havana, cuba.esignated a world heritage site. as we walked there havana's streets and spoke to its people you can hear how things have changed. the cold war chill began to thaw late last year. >> today the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. and the most significant changes in our policy in more than 50 years. >> in december president obama made the stunning announcement that in more than 50 years the u.s. would move towards normalizing relations with cuba. the same day, cuba freed jailed american contractor, allen gross. >> what a blessing this is to be a citizen of this country and thank you president obama for everything you have done. >> and the u.s. released three cuban spies. one of the biggest hurdles to normalization occurred in may, u.s. removed cuba from the lits of states sponsors of terrorism. the cuba an flag was raised in july. >> my friends, our leaders president obama and president castro made a courageous decision and decided to focus on t

en su llegada a cuba.antes cuando de inicio esta ceremonia de manera formal? blanca rosa: efectivamente, un rato antes de referirme a la pregunta que estÁn haciendo. jaime ortega, que ya lo hemos podido ver a lo que raÚl castro es el arzobispo y el Único arzobispo en el mundo que en tres oportunidades ha recibido al papa. es sumamente importante, realmente histÓrico en este dÍa que ya de por sÍ es histÓrico. pero quÉ mejor para hablarlo que ousti. que tiene un libro publicado sobre el papa francisco. el gran reformador. muchas gracias por estar con nosotros. que nos podrÍa seÑalar con respecto a lo que pueda decirnos, el discurso de su santidad. se va a repetir? >> es un momento muy importante. todos recordamos el primer discurso de juan pablo ii cuando llegÓ aquÍ en el 28. esa famosa frase, que el mundo se abra a cuba y que cubra se abra al mundo. me imagino que el papa francisco va a repetir esas palabras. Ésas primeras palabras van a ser muy importante. van a definir el tono de esta visita papal. es una

and cuba. they also considered what the future relationship between the two countries may look like. sony andnt -- this in associates hosted this event. it is an hour and 40 minutes. thank you for having us. i want to start with several coincidences -- if they are coincidences. is two days before john kerry goes to cuba and raises the stars and stripes over the newly reconstituted u.s. embassy there. is it a coincidence that the sony and associates decided four months ago to schedule this top this very week 48 hours before this event? that wea coincidence are speaking here with you on ill leograndethat b and my new article comes out on the secret diplomacy president obama exercised with raul castro to bring about these momentous and historic changes in the u.s.-cuban relationship. -- is it artesan coincidence that i and william leogrande were there when president obama and president castro both announced they were changing the policy? a lot of our associates thought that we knew that that was g

i was born in cuba.st prominent schools when i made a joke about president fidel castro. i was a teenager. the kid that slept on the bunk bed on top of my recorded our conversation and i was expelled from school. my mom said the only choice it for us to leave cuba. i'm a businessman. i've lived in miami 35 years. it's my home base. i come back and forth it cuba. i've been coming to cuba for over 20 years. cuba is a communist country in economic transition. >> fidel castro allowed cubans to establish more businesses, there are people that are making money, there are people that have created a tremendous amount of wealth. >> people with family connections to the states, people tied to the exploding tourist industry, small businessowners, taxi drivers, people operating in ever-changing gray areas of what is permissible. how's it work right now? if you're cuban, you can sell your property to -- >> another cuban from cuba. that's what's happening right now. a lot of cuban-americans, a lot of cubans living abr

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restrictions still remain on americans traveling to cuba and cuba is still restricted from buying and using dollars in international transactions. nevertheless, change is in the air. and it seems inevitable now that cuba is opening for business for more americans. but even if more firms negotiate their way around the u.s. restrictions in place, they still have to contend with cuba's economy. david ariosto has this report from havana. >> on december 17th, 2014 president barack obama dropped a bombshell. >> today the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. >> reporter: the u.s. and cuba would seek to normalize relations, opening embassies in respective capitals. for many it was a shock yet the surprise quickly gave way to the prospect of opportunity. a market of 11 million people with more than half a century of pent up demand for u.s. goods and services. >> i have to tell you it's no exaggeration. sis december 17th my phone has been ringing off the hook from a company that's interested and aiblghts undeabilities opportuny under the embargo. >> the

>>> pope francis is in cuba. he just landed in havana, he came from above, but now he's on the ground with the rest of us. we've been showing you the plane just finished taxiing. our rosa flores was onboard. the pilots put flags out the windows, one of the signature vatican flag and one of the flag of cuba announcing the arrival of what is certainly not just a visit, but a mission of pope francis. what was it like onboard? >> reporter: you know, like you just mentioned, the plane just stopped at the airport here in havana. the pope is in the front of the plane, chris, i'm in the back with probably 70-plus journalists, and we're going to see pope francis walk off of this plane here pretty soon and, of course, you're going to see a rush of photographers. i'm standing right by them. outside to take all of those pictures and also to have the video of his landing to cuba. let's keep in mind this is his first visit to cuba. there's huge expectation. he has big speeches coming up, as you know, and from here we head over

and cuba. after celebrating mass in havana's revolution square, the pope met with retired cuban president fidel castro, and is due to arrive in the u.s. on tuesday afternoon. we'll go to havana to speak with a former cuban diplomat who attended the pope's mass on sunday. then "fracture: barack obama, the clintons and the racial divide." we will speak with author and msnbc correspondent joy-ann reid . >> the fundamental question the last 50 years is what to do with johnson's legacy, whether to run away with it which the party by large did, spearheaded by bill clinton who shifted the party to the right as a corrective to what i think a lot of party leaders saw as the consequences, the electoral consequences of embracing so much social change. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. japanese lawmakers have voted into law new measures to allow japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since the end of world

♪ (mÚsica) ♪ >>> esto es la noticia del dÍa, >>> ya se encuentra en santiago de cuba el papa francisco hoy vi sivisitarÁ la basÍlica d la caridad del cobre, en cualquier momento, Él estÁ en santiago despuÉs de haber bendecido la ciudad de holguÍn en la loma de la cruz y llamÓ a superar la resistencia al cambio, en la que resaltÓ la labor de la iglesia de cuba para llevar todo a los fieles. pero antes otros titulares del dÍa. ♪ (mÚsica)♪. >>> exigen respuestas a estudiantes de ayotzinapa exigen claridad d clarid claridad de los desaparecidos. sorpresivos aumentos se dispara el nÚmero de menores no a xafrn acompaÑados y familias que cruzaron la frontera en el mes de agosto tenemos la cifra. y peligro bajo el sol en california, alertan son las elevadas temperaturas veremos quÉ nuevas regulaciones se han anunciado. ( ♪ mÚsica♪). >>> este es noticiero telemundo con ustedes marÍa celeste arraras desde la habana cuba y josÉ dÍaz balart desde washington d.c. ( ♪ mÚsica♪). >>> muy buenas tardes, sales saludo desde washington d.c. >>> quÉ tal amigos los saludos y yo desde josÉ desde la capital c

el caso de cuba es diferente al resto de marco latina cuba hay que recordar que independiente al finalhubo tiempo que cuba podÍa expresar la fe ni podÍa ir a la iglesia se se retiraron muchos de los sacerdotes y de las monjas que estaba en cuba para que la gente no profesor sara la religiÓn abiertamente. >>> justamente a eso iba, en el caso de cuba lo que sucediÓ fue que en el aÑo 59 cuando se produce la revoluciÓn entonces sobre todo al estrecharse relaciones de cuba con la uniÓn soviÉtica se estableciÓ elmente a ismo porque el rÉgimen que estaba establecido comunista establecido en en la uniÓn soviÉtica y paÍses socialistas, no eran laicos como en el caso de nosotros de todas maneras el liberorial ismo a veces hay confuso en el resto amÉrica latina nunca hubo uno relaciÓn directa desde el periodo colonial hasta ahora hubo un conflicto muy grande en el siglo xix fue de ruptura el a partir comienzo del siglo xx que es justamente cuando se produce la independencia cubana en que entonces vaticano tiene esas embajadas que no es lo mismo de la iglesia nacional, entonces ellos nunca rompen,

and cuba relations? >> reporter: i think there's going to be a lot of close attention paid to exactly what this pope says. both here and then following up on the u.s. how far is he going to go? he's known as a pastoral pope, someone who ministers to the people. he has played an oversized role in politics. he now has had real foreign policy success on his resume. how far is he going to try to push that? a man who presents himself as the pope of the poor, pastoral pope. yet he is making things happen on the world stage. which direction will he go on in the open air mass. close attention will be made. raul castro himself is is going to be in attendance at all these masses, julie. >> as you mentioned, raul castro is curious about this particular pope because he likes a lot of things this pope has said in terms of knocking down some of the greed of capitalism, if you will. he has also talked about mercy, hope, and bringing people together. he's been a practical type of pope and understands the mechanics of wh

and fled to cuba. one of them that i talked to hill, he isarles accused in the killing of a patrolman in new mexico. he is a really interesting guy. i united states and face charges. he said no, man, i'm going to stay here. if i went back there, they'd give me a hundred years. in the story i did about him that most recently came out, a defense lawyer in santa fe, new mexico, got in touch with me and said, hey, did you put me in touch with charlie hill. so i put them in touch and now charlie hill has a rain shower. this lawyer told me that he's concerned that renewed cuba-u.s. relations is going to make it easier for bounty hunters to go down and grab people. he thinks he's kinds of fugitives are less secure that they were and he wants to try to protect them. so i guess time will tell how it ll shakes out, but the cuban government has said that they've given political amnesty to these people and they don't intend to turn them over. cuba is a challenging place to work, you know. there's a international p

van a construir tres nuevas iglesias en cuba. en santiago de cuba en donde estamos ahora.an pablo ii. esta es la historia, el santo padre regresa. y maÑana en donde estamos reuniÓn de familias para unir a los de filadelfia y ahÍ partiremos a washington de la capital que espera con ansias del pueblo cubano. desde santiago de cuba, a los estudios. jorge: muchas gracias marÍa antonieta y vamos a ver un recuento de la jornada del papa hoy, tercer dÍa de la visita a cuba marÍa elena. marÍa elena: así es. primero celebrÓ misa en holguÍn y bendijo la ciudad, y despuÉs fue a santiago de cuba. >> estuvo cerca del centro de la virgen de la caridad. luis: asÍ es. histÓrica jornada del papa francisco en la provincia de holguÍn. comenzÓ a las siete la maÑana cuando el pontÍfice se acercÓ la plaza de la revoluciÓn en el papamóvil y fue recibido por cientos de miles de personas que desde temprano llenaron el parque que tiene un significado especial. donde se asienta el altar donde se encuentra el papa donde la misa es donde se encuentran restos de algunos prÓceres de cuba. >> venimos aqu

dijo el papa francisco hoy, en esta, la Última homilÍa en su visita a cuba.ix. fÉlix: vamos con nuestros enviados especiales, galo arellano se encuentra a las afueras y ha estado pendiente de esta celebraciÓn, ¿cÓmo se viviÓ esta ceremonia religiosa a las afueras de este santuario tan importante en la historia de cuba, tan significativo, cuÁl era el ambiente en el exterior en esta Última celebraciÓn del papa francisco? galo: en efecto, fÉlix, arantza, en este momento estamos en el centro de la ciudad de santiago de cuba, frente a la catedral, y ustedes, no pueden ver, pero detrÁs de mÍ esa toda la plaza adjudicada frente a la catedral, la gente estÁ organizada, obviamente, las calles del centro de santiago de cuba son muy angostas, por eso no se permitiÓ la entrada masiva de personas, la gente que quiere permanecer aquÍ tuvo que obtener una especie de permiso, pero vemos gente enferma, minusvÁlidos, ancianos, hombres, mujeres, niÑos, estudiantes, que ya se encuentran sentados en su silla, y tambiÉn, disfrutando de lo que puede ser una tarde muy especial, porq

que cuba estaba encomendada a la patrona nacional.talmente en donde hubo muchas cosas. lo hemos contado ampliamente, pero vamos a mostrarles a ustedes este recuento. >> apenas llegar en el pastor 1, el papa francisco recorriÓ santiago de cuba en el papa mÓvil. la gente a sus pasos por las calles estaba evnprtasiada. todos querÍan tener de cerca al primer papa hispano. luego fue el momento de llegar hasta cobre, el santuario nacional. la virgen que fue bajada de su nicho para que francisco le rezara. le dejÓ de regalo un jarrÓn de plata con rosas tambiÉn con tallo de plata y pÉtalos de cerÁmica. [imÁgenes] >> era la culminaciÓn de un dÍa que comenzÓ con la misa campal en holguÍn, donde un coro de las parroquias lo saludaba. mientras en el papa mÓvil recorrÍa el sitio, donde mÁs de 150 mil personas fueron a escuchar misa, manuel alejandro rodrÍguez era uno de ellos. jamÁs olvidará este lÍa. dÍa. >> es mi lugar esperitual. marÍa: catÓlico practicando desde niÑo vino con un motivo especial: intercambiar solideos con el papa francisco. per

right now, though, pope francis and his historic trip to cuba. he rode in an open-air popemobile, as he often does. he even stopped to kiss children. he met face-to-face with ailing fidel castro. the pontiff urged the cuban and u.s. governments to push ahead on their renewed path toward full diplomatic relations. >> his message was a simple one to both the faithful and the hopeful. >> [ speaking spanish ] >> interpreter: jesus always comes with the logic of love. >> pope francis delivered mass and prayed with tens of thousands of cubans in havana. he arrived at the revolutionary plaza in his famous popemobile, stopping to greet the men, women, and children who came in the early-morning hours to see him. >> interpreter: to serve means to take care of the fragile ones in our families, in our society, in our people. >> in attendance at the mass, cuban president ra`l castro, who recently said that this pope has inspired him to consider joining the catholic church. >> interpreter: thank you to you, mr. president, for all that you do in this work of re

opens up with cuba, as the pope gets ready to begin his first visit to cuba, a look at his church's role in the communist country. sure, tv has evolved over the years. it's gotten squarer. brighter. bigger. it's gotten thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. this is a great place to work. not because they have yoga meetings and a juice bar. because they're getting comcast business internet. comcast business offers convenient installation appointments that work around your schedule. and it takes- done. - about an hour. get reliable internet that's up to five times faster than dsl from the phone company. call 800-501-6000 to switch today. perks are nice. but the best thing you can give your business is comcast business. comcast business. built for business. >> the united states today announced -- consume. one open question about the pope's visit to cuba is what, if anything, he'll say publicly about the castro government's human rights records. david ariosto has the story. >> reporter

his first trip to cuba as pontiff. he is scheduled to make several appearances before heading to the united states on tuesday. we'll have the latest on his trip >>> then, russia's military build up and increasing presence in syria, we'll look at the panel of experts. she was malawi's first female president. she talks about sexism and other issues faced. they are some of the stories ahead >>> more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed by a pair of queensland fires raging in northern california. fire-fighters added more than 250 homes to the tally, and said several thousands structures remain in harm's way. both fires are contained and some forced to evacuate are return. the fires killed five, and charred almost 150,000 ache erts -- acres. >> frrd, tropical storm ida formed in the east atlantic. it's not expected to form a path, but forecasting the path of the storm is not easy. researchers in florida hope a state of the art simulator can change that. >> reporter: at the university of miami scientists have been studying h

but insert a stop in cuba, a cameo before u.s., and a speech at the u.n., and the visit could create a trinity of tension. first, havana, where the vatican's influence helped ease 60 plus years of cold war animosity between the u.s. and cuba. >> there is a checkered and complicated past, but that's the past. and the pope is about living in the present and moving forward. >> reporter: during presidnt raul castro's vatican meeting with francis earlier this year, the communist leader said he plans to attend every mass celebrated with francis. with the pope in the pews, will he scorn the country's lack of religious freedom? pope francis told students in cuba thursday through video conference he would like to see friendship between the u.s. and castro's communist nation saying -- >> translator: one of the most beautiful things is social friendship. this is what i would like to be able to achieve. social friendship. >> reporter: whatever the pope says in cuba will set the stage for a major address before a divided house in american cong

de la caridad del pobre patrona de cuba como anticipÓ que lo harÍa.ltima escala de su gira cubana tras celebrar una gira masiva ahora pasamos en vivo a santiago de cuba, marÍa antonieta collins para contarnos sobre esta intensa jornada papal. marÍa antonieta: gracias maría elena y jorge le saludÓ esta noche de este cobre la segunda ciudad mÁs importante de cuba. ciudad que por tercera ocasiÓn recibe a un papa. el papa francisco llegÓ a santiago y diego de una forma muy especial no le gustan las recepciones, fue rÁpidamente hacia el cobre. en el cobre, a una reuniÓn de obispos donde a los que llama mis hermanos, mi familia lo estaban esperando. los que estaban allÍ pudimos ver al cardenal de boston, uno de los hombres mÁs cercanos al papa francisco en las reformas que estÁ planeando en el vaticano y tambiÉn a monseÑor bechum nuncio apostÓlico en cuba y bajo su labor se reconstruyÓ el seminario de la habana. allÍ en la virgen del cobre la virgen gira 360° para poder ser vista, la bajaron de la urna, la pusieron a nivel del altar y frente a ella el papa

jorge: el papa francisco viaja a cuba.ral. jorge: como cambia las cosas tras el segundo debate entre republicanos. >> trump no sabÍa absolutamente nada del tema. jorge: bien dice que leopoldo lÓpez estÁ sido torturado psicolÓgicamente. emilio estefan no muestra su nueva canciÓn llamada todos somos mexicanos >> al cierto odio y tenemos que somos mexicanos >> al cierto odio y tenemos que unirnos. done! just sent you the money for yesterday's lunch... your wells fargo app is in >> al ciespanish...coolemos que unirnos. hi! hi! ¿hablas español? sí, claro. ¿qué me recomiendas? ¡nuestro especial! ¡pero bien especial! claro que sí. lo mismo por favor. ahora con tu app en español, wells fargo hace tus transacciones bancarias más fáciles, y listo. se ve que le gustó a tu amigo. ¿le gustó? no ha dejado de compartirlo. esto es una red wireless. miren! una puerta! vamos a cruzarla todos al mismo tiempo! cuando mucha gente se quiere conectar al mismo tiempo, las cosas se complican. así. una mejor red está preparada para soportar mucho t

and cuba to continue their reconciliation as he

cuba pretty well.them about what he can expect, themes in the masses, as well. >> let's talk about the significance of the friendship between pope francis and raul castro and the significant rule that cardinal ortega played in thawing diplomatic relations between the united states and cuba. >> cardinal ortega was kind of the go between between raul castro and president obama, and because he was so trusted by raul castro, you know, he was able to kind of act as that intermediary and really help to thaw things, so i think he's sort of the hero of the hour. >> and the friendship, i mean, the thing that raul castro has said, a communist leader, are stunning. let me read you one that he said recently. if the pope continues this way, i will go back to praying and go back to the church and i am not joking. that coming from the leader of a communist country, where before, not that long ago, people weren't allowed to embrace religion. >> honestly, you're right, it is stunning and to see the picture of jesus in

there are no such schools here in cuba. they are making a little bit of inroad in education in that the catholic church is offering english as a second language course and of course an entrepreneurship to help cubans develop their own businesses. >> we also saw pictures of raul castro waving. i have never seen a more ebullient raul castro. >> reporter: that's what we have been amazed at. when they were walking through the government offices on sunday, raul castro was grabbing the pope's arm, he was holding his hand, he was smiling and laughing and our havana bureau chief, mary murray, said she had never seen him react to anyone that way. he was almost giddy. people have been very surprised by that reaction. >> anne, they are rolling up the red carpet. i don't know if you can see out the window from your vantage point. >> reporter: i can. i can see them moving the chairs. i have a restricted view here but we can see that we're taking off and so far, nobody's coming to accuse me of being alec baldwin so we can keep talking. >

en un momento vamos a tener todo lo que pasÓ en la Última jornada del papa francisco en cuba antes destÁ josÉ. >> efectivamente marÍa celeste arrarÁs quiero llevarles las primeras imÁgenes del papa francisco en estados unidos el papa francisco fue recibido en la base militar andrew por el presidente barack obama, la prima dama y sus hijas asÍ como el vicepresidente estados unidos, joseph robinette "joe" biden y la familia, decenas de de vo devotos aplaudieron entusiasmados al tiempo que gritaban, bienvenido francisco en inglÉs como espaÑol, son momentos llenos de esperanzas que tienen en los corazones de millones de latinos en el paÍs que serÁ hasta el domingo. >> durante estos 3 dÍas estarÁ quedÁndose en la embajada del vaticano aquÍ en la ciudad de washington, desde ahÍ estÁ liliana con lo que se vive por la llegada de un huÉsped tan especial y la agenda que le espera liliana? >> asÍ es josÉ, el papa francisco llegÓ aquÍ a la nunciatura poso toluca de washington dc todavÍa hay algunas persona que * no se han ido, cientos de ellos lo esperaban para ver si podÍan saludarlo, verlo mÁs

llegÓ esta tarde a washington dc procedente de cuba.ue es el reencuentro simbÓlicamente ante los vecinos. jorge: la sencillez es la marca registrada. abordando el vehÍculo mÁs pequeÑo de toda la cÁmara la se encuentra en la nunciatura donde pasamos en vivo con lourdes. lourdes. lourdes: el papa francisco aterrizÓ en la base aÉrea andrews cerca de washington para su primera visita a estados unidos. fue recibido allÍ por el presidente obama y la primera dama, y el vicepresidente y su esposa. es distinciÓn excepcional a un jefe de estado. es el lÍder espiritual de 70 millones catÓlicos en este paÍs. la embajada del vaticano aguas entran, allÍ lo recibieron 200 niÑos. algunos discapacitados. su humildad y mensaje de apertura compasiÓn ha hecho inmensamente popular este papa. con esto las esperanzas de millones caerÁn en sus hombros. mujeres indocumentadas de todo el paÍs caminaron 6 millas, desde un centro de detenciÓn de familias en pennsylvania para pedirle al papa que interceda por ellas. ella no puede ver a su madre anciana en mÉxico ha

>>> estÁ ahÍ el santo padre claro, los obispos, occ pons de cuba el arzobispo de santiago.dre. >>> al peregrinar a susan tau rÍo del cobre a encontraron con la madre estamos continuando una tradiciÓn de 400 aÑos. la mÁs antigua de las tradiciones cubanas. que permanece aÚn vigente. trece se recrea y actualiza con el pasar de los aÑos en medio de las cambiantes circusntancias sociales que ha vivido el paÍs en su historia. en la pequeÑa y hermosa imagen de la virgen de la caridad del cobre los cubanos experimentamos la misiÓn misericordia de dios para nuestro pueblo es funl inspiro ciÓn y ante ella naturalmente brota la oraciÓn por el bien de todos. la sentimos cercana y sabemos que es fuente de uniÓn consuelo, y esperanza. los cubanos en la patria o lejos de ella la llevamos en el corazÓn. porque sabemos que es la madre de todos. sin hacer distinciÓn creyentes y no creyentes, la consideramos un es mi b sÍmbolo de cubo nia porque vemos en ella los mejores anhelos y aspiraciones de nuestro pueblo. santo padre, la ver genoma rÍa de la caridad es la primera en cuba al pronunciar

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the pope has been on a world trip in cuba. hours, he will be heading up to new york city after he leaves d.c.. thatll keep you updated on plane as it takes off. a different kind of party to celebrate the pope's arrival. the one-of-a-kind party you have to see for yourself. the controversy of county clerk in kentucky is speaking out. her words and why she might face even more jail time. we want to take a live look outside at the capital wheel at the national harbor. we will check in with jumy: welcome back. they are taking another live look at the airport in santiago, cuba. pope francis is on that plane and his next stop is here. this is a farewell ceremony for the pope. we expect them to get here around a 4:00. the president and first lady will greet him when he gets here. monks in washington is celebrating the pope's arrival with a one-of-a-kind event. john gonzalez is live with more on a holy watch party. that it's hard to believe in just a few hours, the holy father will arrive. he will land 21 miles from where we are. just

outstripping tourism as a money maker for cuba. cuban medical personnel see little of that, and have no say over the conditions in which they work overseas. conditions that can be dangerous and trying. this cell phone video shows roof. the farmer left venezuela for columbia after 17 days. >> for the first few days i was hungry. they didn't feed me. they took me to a house where i was expected to sleep on the ground. there was no bed. it was a pad laying on the cockroaches. >> having made the trip to columbia by bus and on foot. things have not turned out as planned. between the raising of cuban flag at the embassy in washington in july, and the stars and strips at the u.s. embassy in havana in august. visas for medical workers dried up. what had been an orderly process, taking less than three months, suddenly fell into limbo. for much of the summer, no visas at all were issued. >> i think that there was political pressure from a side that wanted the programme to be taken away. it was what the cuban government wanted. >> this nurse

and cuba restart diplomatic relations after more than 50 years.id is live for us in havana and david i'm sure you have seen many incredible sights during your visit there watching the pope, such a busy day he has had, what has been most impressive for you? >> well, you know, i'm telling you it's hard to think of a more impressive sight than hundreds of thousands in havana and he is 150,000 gathering had gathered there and just the sheer numbers of people who turn out to see this pope, not only here in cuba but across the region and mexico and honduras and nicaragua and a pontiff coming to cuba with a new relationship between the united states and cuba so pope francis visiting here on basically in the wake of that new paradigm between these two countries and also the fact he is latin and speaking spanish to people across the region it's quite an emotional moment for many. quite a few tears and quite a few heat strokes as well, caribbean sun and as they gather in revolution plaza and gather in holgeen it's something people have to contend with but t

como hemos seÑalado en estas transmisiones, 3 papÁs han visitado cuba en 20 aÑos.rÍa antonieta que ha estado desplazÁndose en el aviÓn del papÁ, está ahora allÍ. muy buenos dÍas, el ambiente que se vive en esta ciudad para esta su primera visita del papa. maria antonieta: muy buenos dÍas, lo había dicho monseÑor y el obispo, nos decÍa venga a ver lo que tenemos para recibir al papa, esta plaza estÁ llena de cubanos con las banderas del vaticano y de cuba, la mÚsica maravillosa mÚsica sacra y son cubano, para decirle al papa en una canciÓn quÉdate con nosotros. en estos momentos estÁ recorriendo el papamÓvil, 40 minutos por lo menos para circular. ha pasado muy cerca de nosotros,le ha pedido a su jefe de seguridad que le acerquÉ niÑos para besarlos y saludarlos. hay un calor terrible, la primera visita de un papa algo que han ansiado, a una tierra de profunda tradiciÓn católica. felix: incluso una de las peticiones del papa era la preponderancia que le querÍa dar a la virgen del cobre, entiendo que es allÍ en donde aparece la virgen del cobre. maria antonieta: exact

perdedores, las redes sociales durante la visita de papa francisco, el papa francisco y su visita a cuba y a estados unidos, histÓrica eso y mÁs hoy en enfoque. >> (♪). >> (♪). >> hola, ¿quÉ tal? amigos y gracias por dejarme ser parte de su domingo 20 de septiembre esta semana los candidatos se enfrentaron en un segundo debate durante el primer debate principal que se llevÓ a cabo el primer mes pasado participaron 10 cuanandidatos en este se agÓ carly f. >> y para analizar estÁ con nosotros luÍs miranda estratega y ex asesor de john mccain, muchas gracias por estar conmigo este domingo. >> gracias josÉ siempre un gusto. >> gracias encantado josÉ. >> vamos con usted adolfo hablar sobre este segundo debate donde nuevamente en el centro estaba donald trump pero esta vez, esta vez pues sufriÓ algunos golpes. >> sÍ. bueno yo no solamente golpes el enfoque fue totalmente diferente el primer debate tuvo que ver mÁs con donald trump y donald trump el centro y resto de candidatos no marginados pero no con el nivel de participaciÓn que vimos en este, no solamente que atacaron directamente a alguna

and cuba can be strength evened more because of the pope's trip? >> reporter: the pope is coming in on the heels of his important role he played between opening and reopening the relations with u.s. and cuba. obviously the vatican's hope is that will be furthered. two points on that. they would like the economic embargo to eventually be lifted. equally in cuba, they want to see the furthering of democratic rights for the people there with regard to freedom of expression and freedom of religion. he will then go from cuba to the united states for the very important first u.s. trip where he will address the joint session of the u.s. congress. the first time a pope will address a joint session of congress. then on to the u.n. for another important speech and topics in those speeches likely to be

between the leaders of cuba and the united states. president obama and raul castro speaking today for the first time since april, speaking about normalizing relations between the two countries, relations that the pope helped to negotiate. also today the pope tweeting out i ask you to join me in praying for my trip to cuba and the u.s. i need your prayers. final preparations indeed underway right now in havana, his four day trip, the pope's, will include visits to several churches and he will meet the country's poor, meet with its clergy and possibly, possibly with an ailing fidel castro. sunday morning thousands expected to turn out for an open air mass. of course we will have more on the pope's trip to cuba in a few minutes. and by the way, on air and online, eyewitness news is your go to source for information on the pope's visit from his schedule to road closures and mass transit changes. it's all in one place, our website, abc7ny.com/pope. >>> turning now to the other news of the night and an arrest tonight in the deaths of two wo

it's a lot in cuba. place where even fit's for an hour or two and you can go and post and have an event like this where people are going to be encouraged to post, tweet, whatever, be online around the pope, it will bring in the youth because they don't have access to this technology otherwise. >> today this place is emptied out where we were, but tens of thousands of people were here for the mass. you have the faithful and the hopeful. you had a mix of inspiration and aspiration. whether or not they were there for the religion or just there for the hope for something better. complete silence during the mass monopoly when we come back, we'll tell you more about the means and motives that pope francis has in this historic trip to cuba. stay with us. devhighest quality,the clinically proven nutrition isn't easy, so at gnc, why do we do it? why do we include key ingredients found in fruits and vegetables to create the world's best multivitamin programs? why do we do over 150 quality checks before putting the

the pope meets the president much cuba. then raul castro went off script, way off script. >> if the pope continues talking like this, he says, i may go back to the church and start praying again. i am not joking. it could have been castro's way of thanking the pope for playing a crucial role in restoring u.s./cuban relations. if castro is thinking of returning to the foldt could be quite a turn around. for three decades, his revolution all but banned religion. his comments weren't a big surprise to the cardinal, ortega who are told cnn in his office, the cuban leader that is a statue of a version of the virgin mary that looks similar to this. he was supposed to give it to pope benedict but he changed his mind. many people who visited his office told him it was really nice the cardinal says and that he should leave it there and have another one made for the pope. that's what happened. he gave another one to the pope when he came. that one stayed in his office. during his trip to cuba, the pope and raul castro will be seeing