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cuba. we thought it would be good if cuba was a little more open to u.s. influence. there were pro-spanish riots in havana in january and teddy roosevelt and others sense the uss maine to have been a harvard harvard -- harbor in february. the idea was to show the spanish authorities and cuba that america was intent on at least helping these revolutionaries overthrew the government. the maine was in havana harbor and then it was sunk in an explosion. the bugle was especially poignant to cause the capital of maine was writing a letter to his wife and he heard taps that night. i think it was about 9:30 at night. he had heard that huekler sound taps which in any military out those is a sign of people expressing it -- but it is very peaceful and soothing quality. he heard taps and just after that the maine exploded. most of the man on the maine were killed. over 250 of them were killed at night and not explosion.

of america, and we thought we had a lot of investment in cuba, wanted to trade with cuba, and we sort of would be good if cuba was more open to u.s. influence and exchange. there was pro-spanish riots in havana, in january, and so teddy roosevelt and others sent the uss maine to havana harbor in february, and the idea was the show the spanish sthorts in cuba that america was intent on at least helping these revolutionaryies overthrow the government. maine was in havana harbor, and then it was in a big explosion. the bugle is poignant because the captain of the maine, fikse, was writing a letter to his wife, and he heard back that night, 9:30 at night, he heard the bugler sound taps, which in any military outpost, you know, is a sign of, well, there's a peaceful and soothing quality to it. he heard taps, and then just after that, the maine exploded. most of the men on the maine were killed. over 215 men killed that night in that explosion. he described it as calamitous noise and black smoke and really chaos aboard the maine. the maine went down in havana harbor, and we went to war in april of 18898 wit

perhaps competing with other ports in the caribbean, and they hope that it not only will help bring goods into cubabut perhaps at some point, and some later date, this will be some kind of transport that goods are coming from other parts of the world, and cuba is making money on it to send it to other countries that can't handle that kind of trade. as i said, this is the biggest investment we have seen in years but the fact is it does comment from brazilian credits and it shows that wealthy nations seek cuba as an opportunity, perhaps as a way to look to other countries besides the u.s. to show their power, and how that power is growing. >> in havana, thank you, adam. police allegedly spun the wheel, punishments including people being hound upside down for 30 seconds or being repeatedly punched. >> the deputy asia pacific director, she says it is a horrific case. >> it happens in secret detention centers. four detainees have come forward. and they have been involved. obviously acknowledge that this is a serious problem, and even the issues antiapartheidty torture law a few years ago. the program is

cuba? >> we have developed good relationships and cuba.restrictions in joint business with cuba as well. it is all going to change. all the bold countries in the world are coming into the fold. if you look at it, three or four of them in the world today. i believe you have to forge relationships and countries to change them. you can't ignore them. a great example is myanmar. the fact that the u.s. led the way they're in terms of trying to get reforms on the train, as such. if you look at the progress of the last 18 months in myanmar, it is insignificant. >> steve schwarzman, when he was talking about investing all of the world coming said they targeted countries that have a strong rule of law. you don't. >> we have a mixture of it depends on what industry you're in. if you're in a basic industry, the telecommunications, like we are, managed from all parts of the economy, you can take some risks. >> what does that mean? >> you can invest in these countries because it is a basic necessity to have a mobile phone now. maybe in certain industri

. >> cuba gooding, jr. said they take that risk when you release the movie early on.he story of barkhad abdi, who we just talked to a little while ago here on the "today" show, nominated for "captain phillips", his first time ever acting opposite tom discovered and gets this role of a life thyme and there you go. >> bradley cooper, a second year in a row getting nom gaited. >> exactly. he just can't do any wrong. and michael fassbender, "12 years a slave", jared let to. >> is this the second year for him as well? >> he has been incredible. was that last year or the year before? >> i think it was last year. >> best supporting actress nominees, a tough cage match which al would love to see, you have sally hawkins, jennifer lawrence, lupita nyong'o, "12 years a slave", julia roberts and june squibb. >> that is really a tough one. you can pick anybody there -- >> i feel like this year you could pretty much say that about every category including this one, the director nominees. >> david o. russell. >> alfonso kwar ron. >> i love the way you say that. >> strooef mcclean, a

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pave the way for the future students and help free the island and make it the democratic cuba they hoped for. >> good for them. that's our show. have a great night. thanks for being with us. >> you're watching al jazeera, i'm betts with the quick headlines. the upcoming syrian peace talks could come to an end before they get starred. syrian opposition threatened to withdraw. a spokesperson spoke with al jazeera after the announcement was made. >> we decided to withdraw it participation and the invitation is withdrawn or iran to withdraw its forces from syria and pledge to accept geneva. >> the state department

or the other hand could get the rotation but those that look pretty good in which that nobody to ikea in cuba. it transpired that we thought it would be enough to live by it. and if he she will live to wind up with a dedication to the get go and give attention to this point. you need to keep it that it didn't even think that the number going to write because of the pinwheel far away from the deep end of the pdp. this is also one of the series dancing of hosni mubarak in egypt it is to be more likely than ever the center assessments. yes it is dated but it is so ridiculous that they want it to the breaking of the one that was taking a confusing but also in court tuesday to close the circle. he is equipped with him wanting to read freedom and social justice. nope they pick up spending their money go home and the coating to put him up the courage to put it up to it's going to repeat it. so this car because for the creation of the gender can quickly changed to cope with the ppp that their protest of the posts thus laces almost sounds like the streets like to use at any one answers the cycle of vi

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cuba. have a lot the dow up to it. so about. i wish you good health the family reunion. but the emotion that meanie what's your art. the india the falls we will go into our home looking spirit to be on top. serve with them about things. what's even better all around china will continue to let them get over with one cup. i love fall into china's continued prosperity and development and the new he thought i would stuns people of all ethnic groups. that said and that got me all. the an old with a knife which was that new year's eve hundreds of millions of people welcomed in the chinese new year by tuning into the cctv spring festival gala. that's the most watched television event in the world. in this year's gala included but traditional and modern performances. bringing together of chinese and overseas stars john united has more details the eye to eye. the due to the euro ports. well what's in the spring festival gala. as you roll the deal included singing dancing mini dramas as well as the traditional crawl stroke dialogues martial arts and opera performances. and raleigh

to work with congress but i wish we could have and there are some good people but too often the special interests whether it's on cuba or whether it's on russia or whether it's on the middle east special interest in congress don't represent the majority views of people in this country and that disconnect is a much longer tail which is another program i hope larry and we when we have a lot more time in the future or to do a little more and is stephen what is the what are the people over russia think. you know there are a lot of people in russia one hundred forty five million and target we are majority of russian. or i actually don't know their area i think there they were puzzled to begin with russians are a little bit racist they had not had much experience with black people. and so they were puzzled that americans would elect a black person as president at the same time many of them solve this is a confirmation of american democracy that it was really possible for america to overcome its history of slavery and segregation as a president they are puzzled because they don't understand what we call the separation and d

cuba. and in the town of hana who went on to the shiite iran. loyalty is not a good way to the twenty twelve until his instrument the only tax is not an exchange currency unit and a being that now. when hannah. in the shiite areas of teaching at dc area. each his own line that's because i ain't it great we only can strike anyone next to the two mines since the nineteen eighty three areas one time it's intriguing. fourteen people opponents to me and teaching at the center of the cn he's raising tensions between those teams is the same champion. for many months to the course last year we've been talking about looking ahead to this potential spin over from the war. it crossed the border in syria the see of course. over the documents mention that the upsurge in violence indication today as to who is behind this pony or why but i've clearly what has been happening is this increased tension between us between the communities in lebanon is one of the consequence is what's been going on across the board. many people are keen to trace this change the time. it's a little conte

cuba and zimbabwe. these are totalitarian governments. that tells you the difference between the freedom, economic freedom, free market society and those run by totalitarian dictators. >> very good. part of th numbers that go in to this list are taxes. under president obama he raised the topincome rate from 35 to 36%. raised the capita gains taxes and the payroll taxes for everyone. maybe estate taxes. it goes on and on and on. were we lucky to be 12th next year and the year after? >> well, freedom is not just another word for nothing left to lose, no matter what conservatives want you to think. you can't just come up with a survey of economic freedoms that have nothing to do with the economic growth. nothing to do with the political freedom. look at the countries topping the list. they have the universal healthcare coverage. hey, something all the panelists argue against. the union density is sometimes 10 to 20 points higher than what the u.s. has. what say you, eric? >> it has a lot of the things you mention. limited government. jonathan, i will go to you, one of the worst scoring we have in the survey is limited government. we have score 48 out of 100 on government spending a

cuba it was really to tear the u.s. from thinking that it could completely dominate the ball game good reason to fear the united states during that time because we had about overwhelming if you talk about the missile gap kennedy deployed mcnamara patrick right from the beginning his administration to find out what the reality was in the missile gap they found that there was a missile gap but the united states was far ahead of the soviet union by the time of the cuban missile crisis. we had about a ten to one advantage of every capability more on cuba right when we get back with oliver stone in paris nick thank you. for three to. take the bus that slow motion housing time bomb ticks away of the british economy over which george osborne presides he says twenty fourteen will be a year of hard truths the hardest of all being that many must live so that the few marginal seat voters he needs may win at the property roulette wheel so the hard truth for twenty fourteen is that in the boom and bust property market never must supply meet demand for those before our market producing you know so hurry got it bought now to get the job th

cuba and it would make sense for us. >> okay. byron is going to stick around. i think we have three or four more to get through for the surprises. for the auto industry. it would be goodyear-old cars in this country, average year. what's the average american car in cuba? it's like a '52 ford. >> not a lot of american cars left to cuba. >> if we do open up to cuba, we'll sell a few. they love buicks in china. what does your guy drive. >> i don't have a guy. >> now that's a surprise from byron wien. >> i don't have a guy. >> that's a surprise. >> did he jump in a cab with you at one point? >> i'll tell you something -- >> you did. you glommed on to me because i had a car. i think i stuck you with it. i stuck morgan stanley with it. >> it was worse than that. you said to the driver, this guy is rich. be sure to get a big tip. >> that's right. i did. >> i gave the biggest tip i had ever given a driver. >> pape money? >> paper money. it was before bitcoin. >>> more surprises from byron coming up, including commodities, predecks and where interest rates will end the year. you owe us for your muffin, too. those things are expensive. >>> up next, a recap of a very interesting

cuba, never announced it. he wants to attack the rich, give one hoot about economic growth. unfortunately, if obamacare wasn't goodugh, obamacare is catching the disease also because he's been talking about inequality and punishing successful people. you are going to have a huge war here again he was at 39% and they should be against obama, against the welfare state. >> that's why if you would just listen to me, save the republicans from themselves. i know it cost $40 billion but the level of discretionary appropriations is still less than 2009. sometimes, terry, you've got to give a little in order to get the grand prize. that's all. you're here because i knew you would disagree with me. >> they cannot do that. >> watch the message. economic growth and pink slips to cancel policies from obamacare. >> even leading towards a socialist state where the government is going to redistribute to somebody who does it. >> paul ryan, you're in so much trouble -- paul ryan saved himself from the gop, as i said, and gives now plenty of running room for the new sandinista wing in the primary because the extremes always -- hell,

good reminder. >> absolutely. all right. >>> a rare sighting in cuba. we want to turn to now.his first public appearance in nine months. he was spotted at the opening of an art studio in havana. the frail looking 87-year-old now walks with a cane. castro led cuba for nearly 50 years before health problems forced him to hand over power to his brother raul in 2006. >>> prospects for peace is in syria is growing dimmer, as violence rage on. this video shows the government shelling of a neighborhood in eastern syria. but the main western backed opposition group is on the brink of collapse and may not attend peace talks scheduled to take place in switzerland later this month. >>> well, the u.s. is helping to beef up security in russia ahead of the olympic games next month. the move comes after a series of troubling incidents not far from sochi where the olympics are going to be held. here's abc's brian ross. >> reporter: with american athletes in the final stages of preparation for next month's winter games, there was growing concerns by u.s. officials that terrorists will make goo

unless you want to be in cuba, unless you want to go see -- you can't have perfect wage parody in a capitalistic system. go, kate. >> well, the 91% is actually. >> pretty good. >> it is pretty good. look, what more radical feminists don't want to acknowledge is that the reason it's 91% is that women make different choices. that's something that should be honored. a lot decide they want part-time work. a lot decide they want to stay at home with their kids or they just, you know, they get out of the workforce for certain period of time that results in the disproportionate number of hours work. when you take out married and parents, when you put together the childless unmarried individuals, women make more. 20-year-old -- 20 to 30-year-old women make more. so, look, we are so far ahead of a lot of other countries, about you we need to acknowledge making different choices is not a social problem. it's something we should honor. >> everybody has a different skill set. you know, but there is a law, powers, a law on the books so that if you, kirsten powers, are not making as much money as someone doing exactly the same job and i don't know how that is possible if

good night. >>> tonight on "red eye." >> coming up on "red eye." is this the world's greatest canine escape artist? shocking new claims say he is headed to cuba to bust terrorists out of gitmo. and how crucial was the moment the vice president tried ovaltine for the first time? >> it was the single most significant thing that happened to me for my job. >> and finally, dancing flight attendants. can anything stop the madness? our panel has tips on how to prevent the spread of the terrible epidemic. none of these stories on "red eye" tonight jie. and now let's welcome our guest. she is so cute she belches butterflies. i am here with fox business network reporter jolene kept. jolene kent. >> he ordered a mirror for his apartment so he can have somebody to talk to, andy levy and buck sexton, co-host of "real news" not fake news on blaze tv. and if humor were the chesapeake bay she would be full of crabs. next to me, writer and comedian bonnie mcfarland. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. from now on i am calling you the parking ticket, greg because you have fine written all over you. >> would you put this jelly in your belly? there is

cuba's mom happy to accept outreach to the community. no reason to turn her back on it. just because of his past. >> it's a goodre your past life, dealing drugs and smoking a lot, how do you square that with coaching kids? >> easy. i don't go to practice doing it. i don't do it in front of them. they never see it. when i'm coach snoop, they get the coach. >> do you understand that? >> he hasn't lost all his snoopness. >> my favorite. we call her brown sugar. many fleet of custom cadillacs can make quite an entrance. >> this is the '69 cadillac fleetwood with the chandelier in the interior make you feel like you're at grandma house. >> at 42, father of three, and married now almost 20 years, snoop has plenty of places to arrive in style. few weeks ago he was even playing the kennedy center. president and first lady looking on. >> i look up top seeing them having a good time. let me know that i was in the right police and right spirit and right mind. i continued to do what i normally do. >> at the white house the secretary of state, john kerry, ended with a fist bump. later a chance to talk one on one with the fi

good night. >>> tonight on "red eye." >> coming up on "red eye." is this the world's greatest canine escape artist? shocking new claims say he is headed to cuba bust terrorists out of gitmo. and how crucial was the moment the vice president tried ovaltine for the first time? >> it was the single most significant thing that happened to me for my job. >> and finally, dancing flight attendants. can anything stop the madness? our panel has tips on how to prevent the spread of the terrible epidemic. none of these stories on "red eye" tonight jie. and now let's welcome our guest. she is so cute she belches butterflies. i am here with fox business network reporter jolene kept.

cuba children line up of the gates ready for wad. they can earn up to find sudanese pounds of just under your and the whole thing will buy our goods across the sites. on thursdays labor at the time he walks back to the makeshift homes. with any rewards points in the camp of seventeen thousand tonnes more arriving every day everyone has happened to me that haunts the stream runs through the comp. but it's pollutants. it's filled with rubbish and human waste midfield tennis and the warts is still used to wash plates. comes the plane some ten thousand south sudanese the fulton been killed and placing the civil war for counting the samba band. the only boiled surprise and celtic in touch with supports is a former vice president's react michelle disease on the plate and food supplies. now hop humanitarian agencies calling out to greet the international support right now we're relying on food that we've been pre positioned in south sudan for other activities. but moving forward rather than me at least fifty seven million dollars but likely more in order to assist the conflict affected people. insecurity was a major challenge for the country ev

good.® >>> for the first time in five decades, cubans are able to by new and used cars. until now, the government had strictly regulated who was allowed to own cars in cubaas put new cars far out of reach for just about every cuban. for example, a 2013 vehicle going for about $91,000. i'm craig melvin. good saturday to you. here's a quick look at some of the other top stories making news right now. 25 states are now reporting widespread seasonal flu activity. that's up from ten just last week according to the centers for disease control. so far nationally, six children have died from the flu. >>> an accused murderer who escaped from a mental health facility in south carolina is back in jail now. troopers were able to track jason mark carter down by tracking his cell phone to a motel in tennessee. officials believe he was on his way to california where he has family. >>> and the white house is proposing two more executive actions it says will prevent people with mental health issues from getting a gun. the first would clarify who's ineligible to possess a firearm under federal law. the second would strengthen the federal background check system to keep gu

cuba for nearly half a century. let's get to some business bites here. a lackluster day, the dow lost 17 points investors marking time ahead of tomorrow's key december employment report. but for some goodews, it is there for homeowners right now, more of them are getting out from being deeply under water from 26% who owe as significant amount last january to 19% now and joining me to discuss these top business with absolutely return magazine, i haven't seen that. >> hey, good to have you on the program. >> thank you for having me. >> the folks -- look, if you bout your house in 2006, the crash starts to happen, late 27, rolling into 2008, if you bought your house in the high market 2006, 2005, this is good news, but it has taken a long time. pointedn't you say to get good news. >> well, it's part of a broader story we have seen. the economy is getting better. >> slowly. exactly. and part of that is a program that initially completely busted completely failed. >> what was that. >> the home afforden refinance program. >> it was teased it was pillared. >> initially, 54 -- fifth 3% of the owners who tried to refinance weren't able to do it, they failed they eventually went into forecast cl

cuba and rubio. [inaudible] that is the problem, the cubans want to do what they wanted to to castro. they are not allowed to. they will just do nothing good for this country. host: you have been in this country how long? been here for 30ve years but i have never gotten papers. this of tough to get them. host: are you worried about getting deported or are you pretty safe? caller: i don't care about that. i never did nothing wrong. safe.etty if they deport me to mexico, it's ok. thank you for taking my call. you for taking the time to phone in. immigration issues are hot issues. there has been talk about an immigration bill for one year now. bill -- an immigration i'm not sure what i can add to his question. it is certainly a hot and lively issue. it is something congress has struggled with. there are a lot of house republicans who have a lot of pressure from the teait is somes struggled with. party and conservative anti-immigration legislationt pass and they don't see any real incentive of going against those groups who are often active in the primaries. host: let me follow-up on this tweet -- we will look at a far larger number from u.s.

cuba. this is faithful loan socialist revolution that you are undergoing. don't make any mistake about that. i will did to press you folks with that because you hear it a good time you know? i think in 2008 the left thought they had a slam dunk. they had the house, they had the white house, they have the center. all their ducks were in a row and they had their agenda all written out and they were going to take up middle america once and for all. they were going to transform your nation. in 2009 something miraculous happens. you guys came out of left field or should i say right field. [laughter] you taken by surprise, folks. you took me by surprise. you came out of nowhere and you stood on your constitution and you marched and you blog blogged and agitated and you e-mail the nu phone banks and you took back that house in 2010. [applause] it wasn't the gop. you know that you to get back and had you not done that, where would we be now? those eight million illegals would be voting in the next election. obamacare would be -- captain. , green jobs, the whole thing. obama knows that you stop them. i was at a progressive conference in washington d.c. last year the

cuba and rubio. [inaudible] that is the problem, the cubans want to do what they wanted to to castro. they are not allowed to. they will just do nothing goodhis country. host: you have been in this country how long? been here for 30ve years but i have never gotten papers. this of tough to get them. host: are you worried about getting deported or are you pretty safe? caller: i don't care about that. i never did nothing wrong. safe.etty if they deport me to mexico, it's ok. thank you for taking my call. you for taking the time to phone in. immigration issues are hot issues. there has been talk about an immigration bill for one year now. bill -- an immigration i'm not sure what i can add to his question. it is certainly a hot and lively issue. it is something congress has struggled with. there are a lot of house republicans who have a lot of pressure from the teait is somes struggled with. party and conservative anti-immigration legislationt pass and they don't see any real incentive of going against those groups who are often active in the primaries. host: let me follow-up on this tweet -- we will look at a far larger number from u.s. debtcl

good educations, great health care systems. the question is how do you get there? countries like colombia and mexico are moving in the direction of chile. other countries are moving in the direction of cuba and that has not worked out so well. general, after 20 years of doing the index, we have accumulated a lot of data, a lot of trends. we have had economists look at the data and do congressional analysis -- aggressional analysis. capital growth, other ways of measuring economic growth over time. showed thes of statistical correlation between economic growth over time and the index scores is extremely high. in termsost like 98% of the correlation. indices thater come up with similar results, even though the methodology is somewhat different in the details. i would think we are on to something here. it is not just a matter of opinion. there is something going on in the behavior of people that we should pay attention to if we want to see economies grow over time. yes, ma'am. you mentioned that the washington consensus -- with the -- theodel be something new chinese government pledged that they will give the country more freedom. do you think that china will enjoy more freedom in economic

good educations. the question is how you get there. countries like colombia and to some extent mexico are moving in the direction of chile and other countries clearly are moving in the direction of cuba and it has not worked out so well. >> could i just add something? in general,a and after 20 years we have accumulated a lot of data and we have had a lot of economists, surprisingly they look at the data into aggression analysis the scores licit gdp growth, per capita growth, and other ways of measuring growth over time. the findings have shown a statistical correlation between economic growth over time and the index scores are extremely high, almost like 98% in terms of the correlation. also, there are other indices like the one done by cato that comes up with similar results even though the methodology is different in the details. that i think we are onto something here. it's not just a matter of opinion. there is something going on in the behavior of people that we should pay attention to if we want to see economies grow over time. >> you have to answer the voices of so many american reporters here. you mentioned in your speech that the washington conference is that really a model.