he and his bearded entourage arrived in washington loaded with cuban cigars and cases of cuban rum, and castro spent most of his visit hugging and smiling and saying all the right things. there were some americans, including some in the eisenhower administration -- including dwight eisenhower himself -- who had pretty serious concerns about eisenhower, mainly that he was a communist in the making. but many found him quite charming and certainly charismatic. after a few days in washington, castro took a train to new york city. from the moment he arrived at penn station where he was greeted by 20,000 people, he had a grand old time. he went to the top of the empire state building, he shook hands with jackie robinson, he went down to city hall, went up to columbia university. having less fun in new york city were the policemen who were assigned to protect him because there were all these assassination plots surrounding castro, and these were reported in the press every day. and none of these turned out to be real, but the police didn't know that. and castro was completely impossible to pro

cuban government. a lot of that is supposed to be going to move the dissidents in cuba but it never gets there unlike the rest of the spanish population in the u.s. fifty eight percent of cubans are u.s. citizens cubans who arrive step foot beaches in south florida are on their way to citizenship haitians who arrive and set foot on the beaches of miami are on their way to a detention center in deportation cuban americans are also a force to be reckoned with in congress we definitely are the most over represented community in congress with two senators and four representatives we say stuff. including the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee ileana rustler and i welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate fidel castro and any leader who is suppressing oppressing the people they have powerful political action committees behind them like the u.s. cuba democracy pac the number one campaign donor in two thousand and six with more than five hundred thousand dollars our community is very fo

the cubans offer hospitality to general alexander alejandro o'reilly. he rose through the ranks of the spanish army. the spanish sent alexander o'reilly to cuba to form a militia. he was appointed governor of louisiana and head of the army later on. he arrived in august, 1769, and took formal possession of louisiana for spain. think of new orleans and cuba, in particular havana, governors there were also in cuba so there was all this traveling from one city to another because later when i got my ph.d. from tulaine university and i went to the irish channel. it's interesting, the irish history connected with new orleans. so the o'reilly family has been in louisiana for centuries. in cuba, nobody remembers him but it was the street of calle oreilly, famous until the 50's for its banks and bookstores. it was one of the favorite streets of (inaudible) secretary of the spanish count of fernandino, my grandfather, another irish man feeling at home in havana. there, at the busy corner of calle street and oreilly was a cafe bakery owned by a catelan. it was des

why is it that he always looked cuban? he never looked cuban.the perceptions, or self delusion, basically putting them in perspective and prioritizing what the truth might be. and opinions and juggling to make it coherent enough for someone else to get what you are trying to convey. >> he died on the job. >> yes. he worked at the bill more hotel in the 40s and had two jobs for most of his life in new york but not to belabor the hardship of all that, but he was working a job one night and local faculty, university faculty restaurant in butler hall, literally a block away from where i grew up. when he wasn't feeling well, cigarettes would make me feel better. and while he was doing that he collapsed. in the memoir i mentioned a fact that among the effects that came home where some cigarettes and wanting to commune with him at a couple now and then. very strange but at the time almost seem like part of a ritual. >> those incredible influences in my life, you make what some would say is the sharp right turn towards the writing life and how does that

about 1400 men again cuban exiles known collectively as brigade as 2956 got on the cuban coast called the bay of pigs. the plan was to establish and hold a spark an uprising against fidel castro. that was the plan anyway and it didn't work out that way. brigade got into trouble almost immediately. and within two days of landing, it was over. the 1400 men who came ashore over 100 were killed and the rest were sent fleeing either to sea, some tried to escape in boats or into swamps. there was a vast everglade inland from the bay of pigs and they were rounded up by castro soldiers and threw into cuban jails. for castro who looked like the david who slayed the yankee goliath and i was in cuba almost exactly a year ago and it's remarkable around havana and the bay of pigs there are billboards all over the place celebrating the victory over yankee imperialism and this 50th anniversary they will be parked with a parade and a celebration. i'm not expecting too many celebrations here. and that's, of course, because for the united states it was a disaster. it was a personal tragedy for the men

because cubans are treated very differently by the u.s. immigration system than all other latino immigrants virtually can you talk about that. there you know our brothers and sisters from cuba you know some in miami have a very extreme right wing agenda that is very different from the majority of our community now that you know the cubans brother and sisters who have you may agree with this but the ones that they favor these types of and take cuba and policies really have a lot to gain from this type of marco rubio vice presidential candidate they have a lot to gain because that gives them power they give them the pedestal to speak against revolutionary cuba which is something that the majority latino community i would say is not in favor of they're not in favor of speaking against cuba so he simply does not represent the interests not all the only of latinos but working class people in general that speaks for african-americans whites anyone who is poor in this country needs a job needs health care and he does not speak for us he speaks fo

it will go under if they don't fix the economy. >> reporter: cuban officials say a million government jobs will gradually be cut to help fill the gap, more than 300,000 cubans have been granted licenses to open their own small businesses. this woman who calls herself juana la cubana says her restaurant is booming. once a teacher, he sells shoes to feed his family. cuban officials say they are not embracing capitalism by allowing some free enterprise that this is simply an adjustment to their system which will remain firmly controlled by the government. amid concerns economic change could spark political dissent, president castro says the government will move very carefully in imposing reforms which he insists must come if cuban communism is to survive. mark potter, nbc news, havana. >>> up next here tonight, date night for man's best friend. all dolled up and looking for a love connection. respect to diana ross, but when the supremes sang you can't hurry love, they probably didn't envision a new type of matchmaking service in orlando. for many, the doggie date nights turn into puppy l

stay you. >>> my special guest mark cuban. tweeted me and said mark cuban's interview on the show tonight is legit. seems like a decent smart guy. i think he's talking about you. unlike how the media and entourage portrays him. >> if i cared. >> what about "entourage"? i liked you. >> i thought it was call. i should have brought evian. >> what was it like working with jeremy piven? is he like ari gold? >> he's intense. when i went in he was all over me, giving me a hard time. i didn't know they were going to bring me back for more episodes. he let me have it as a rookie. i held my ground, had fun with him. >> it was a fun show. let's go to politics. >> uh-huh. >> washington right fou seems in a real mess. it seems there is a total disconnect between people in america where they cannot come together and improve the country. you are a very successful american entrepreneur and businessman. what do you make of it? >> first, politicians are all about dogma and doctrine. they think by spewing doctrine voters will be happy. balanced

call or click today. >>> joined once more my special guest mark cuban.g mark cuban right now, you'll realize he needs to run for president. hash mark, mark cuban 2012. i must imagine one of the great days of your life june 12, 2008. i was in a bar watching, assuming the miami heat was going to win. one of the most amazing events for dallas, for you, for the american dream, for all of us. looking back on all of it, how did it feel to you? >> it was amazing. the playoffs run 57 days, and for me it was 56 days, 23 hours and, you know, lots of minutes of pure stress and anxiety, and i really didn't start to enjoy it until there was about 30 second left in the game. and it finally dawned on me that we had beat the evil empire, and all those doubts -- literally our first round against portland, people were calling us the one and done boys, meaning one series and we'd be kicked out. we lost a game we were up 23 points and rebounded from that, then fell behind to miami. but after game 3 of the miami series, our guys said, they aren't making any adjustments. we g

and this is what the puerto rican community... we inherited afro cuban music through our forefathers, et cetera, from the mambo era, et cetera, et cetera. and they... as we say in spanish, tambor llama, "the drum calls." so imagine listening to that in the projects. i grew up in the melrose projects, 681. in the canyons of the projects you're hearing that not only during the day, but at 3:00 in the morning in the basketball courts, et cetera. and instead of... what i tell people is the difference between our community and, say, somebody living in the suburbs, is in the suburbs, somebody would start calling 911, the cops, say, "hey, there's these people drumming," et cetera. but at 3:00 in the morning in our neighborhoods, people would be going, "yeah, keep it going." >> hinojosa: "don't stop." >> yeah, yeah. and so (speaking spanish) >> hinojosa: so for you... but this notion of kind of living with music all around you, you... i love the story of your dad, who was a machinist. >> right. >> hinojosa: again, puerto rican. and he would come home from work, and he would sit and listen to

mark cuban, 2012.ple want it. >> i'll get -- let's turn to -- i must imagine one of the great days of your life. june 12, 2010. i was in a bar watching assuming the miami heat would win. i'm sorry for being disloyal. what are they? what an amazing event. for dallas. for you. for the american dream. for all of it. how did it feel to you? >> it was amazing. the playoffs were on 57 days. it was 56 days, 23 hours and lots of minutes of pure stress and anxiety and i really didn't start to enjoy it until there were 30 seconds left in the game. it finally dawned on me, we had beaten the evil empire and all those -- literally, the first round against portland, people were calling us the one and done boys. one series and we'd be kicked out. we rebounded from that and swept the lakers and beat oklahoma city. fell behind to miami. but i'll tell you, the interesting thing, after game three of the miami series, our guys said they aren't making adjustments, we got them. the so the confidence was through the roof. >>

focus like a true politician he's also a walking talking contradiction and anti immigration cuban american i mean i will tell you how marco rubio might just be the next neo-con in chief. good evening it's wednesday august twenty fourth it's eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching our t.v. well by now you probably know that libya's moammar gadhafi is wanted dead or alive there is a one point six million dollars bounty out on his head is that large though he pledged overnight in an address to the nation he will fight until victory or martyrdom meanwhile though the rebels seized control of the colonel's compound the rebel leaders are reportedly moving their headquarters to tripoli so the question now becomes what will the government look like in a post gadhafi libya and of course just who are the rebel leaders who will come to power while the national transitional council though they haven't been elected they claim to be the only legitimate government right now and a draft constitutional charter purportedly from them has appeared online here is an excerpt libya

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, and the cubans had to surrender, and the whole thing was a disaster. but what fascinated khrushchev was that kennedy let it be a disaster. he thought that kennedy would use some of those planes that were flying overhead or that he would use some of those ships that were cruising off the coast of cuba in order to land troops and in order really to take over the island, but kennedy didn't do it. khrushchev said to his son, sergei, he said, you know, i don't understand kennedy. perhaps he lacks determination. and at that moment he changed his mind about kennedy. he decided that there was no sense talking to this man on an even basis because this man was weak. he called him a boy in short pants. khrushchev respected age, and he did not respect people who were too young, and he certainly did not respect people who did not act the way he would have acted. he was a fighter. if his friends were losing, he would do everything he could to make them win. kennedy did not do that, and khrushchev decided that he was facing a weak american president. he was reinforce

it over mccain and lieberman there's a new neo con poster boy in town so as conservatives turn to cuban american marco rubio to possibly win over latino votes are they forgetting something say his stance on immigration. good afternoon it's wednesday august twenty fourth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster you're watching r.t. now libya's moammar gadhafi is wanted dead or alive there's a one point six million dollars bounty out on his head he's at large even though he pledged overnight in an address to the nation that he will fight until victory or martyrdom meanwhile though the rebels have seized the colonel's compound rebel leaders are reportedly moving their headquarters to tripoli now and the question becomes what will the government look like in a post gadhafi libya and of course who are the rebel leaders that will come to power now the national transitional council though they haven't been elected they claim to be the only legitimate government and a draft constitutional charter purportedly from them has appeared online take a look at this part of it libya is an indep

many cubans welcome the move to a more free-market economy. currently 300,000 cubans have entered the private sector, who work out of their homes, yards and even cars. sunglass salesman noel says not even a 35% government tax on profits can temp his enthusiasm. >> it's amazing, he says, before the police would arrest you for this. i was just making enough to eat, but now for the first time i have some money in my pocket. >> currently 80% of cubans work for the state; an average worker makes about $19 a month. >>> one person is dead, three others wounded after shoots were fired last night near a cleveland concert featuring funk music artiest george clinton. it happened on the streets of the concert venue as the crowd was leaving a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed and another teen hit in the leg. two other adults were hit in the leg. no arrests have been made. >>> the mayor of new york city has outlined plans for the 10th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. the lawmakers will read short poems or quotes, but no speeches will

the convicted man say he was trying to help the cuban community. lawmakers here in washington have sponsored a bill that means federal aviation employees can return to work. the deal is a temporary fix that allows the faa to continue operating until september when congress returns from its summer recess. the two week shutdown cost the government hundreds of millions of dollars in lost airline taxes. chilly is marking -- chile is marking the first anniversary of the mine collapse that left many miners underground for two months. it to an -- the chilean president attended. shooting for the stars. a rather large planets, anyway. nasa's latest adventure b last off to jupiter. a 17 year old british tourist has been killed by a polar bear. four others were injured in the attack at a camp in northern norway. the injured were flown by air ambulance. >> there lifting the casualties to hospital on the remote archipelago a. one britches' 17 year-old dead and four more members-- of -- oe british 17-year-old and four more members injured. see a bear in its natu

once he realizes cubans are helping ethiopians as well as himself, he switches sides in the u.s. and saudi arabia and pakistan start supporting them and poor russians into somalia by the cubans and russians pour into ethiopia. the net result is the collapse of somalia and he refuses to let go until his army has disintegrated in somalia collapses and there's no government there. neither side -- neither camp in the cold war thought i would have been. nor was that the goal of the ussr or the u.s. the cubans were there to create a socialist alliance and revolution to improve people's lives, raise the standard of living of people. carter supported somalia because they strip people of the basics of a rates. best of intentions on both sides regardless of the consequence was the collapse of state that he destabilized. probably permanently destabilize the region. so that's how the climate crisis works through these preexisting problems. what you have now in northern kenya is essentially a state of war. intercommunal warfare that involves cattle raiding, rating traffic on the highways, cro

to the cuban you see that immediately right here too. there's a chinese press t.v. every man and the journalists and. those who are in the cubans on one side it was myself and the others are on the other side so you can see you could do it here in the national polls there's an roi tripoli from the center for research on globalization thank you for talking to assert live on r.t. international we wish you well and hope you continue to be safe let's get some more reaction now shall we talk to freelance journalist chandan he's recently come back from libya and he's now safely in london very good to see you tonight as well and based on your recent experiences and how much you heard of that interview there with marty just now based on your recent experiences in tripoli or would you assess what's happening in libya right now good evening kevin we've heard this several times before that we're on the verge of gadhafi and regime change is just about to take place in libya where more than five months into a nato bombing campaign six months into this libyan crisis and gadhafi i

the cubans and russians were trying to build unity between these two governments and supporting both of them, but there were local agendas, and the somali dictator was among many other things and most importantly, a nationalist, and he wanted to reunite the whole somali homeland part of which, if you buy this theory of a greater somalia, lies in ethiopia, the ogden region, a war that's still going on. so he launches a covert war against his erstwhile ally, ethiopia. this covert war spins out of control, becomes a conventional conflict. once he realizes that the cubans are actually helping the ethiopians as well as himself, he switches sides, and the u.s. and saudi arabia and pakistan start supporting him and pour weapons into somalia while the cubans and the russians pour weapons into ethiopia. the net result is the collapse of somalia. the dictator refuses to let go until his army has disintegrated and somalia collapses and there's no government there. and, you know, neither side, neither side -- neither camp in the cold war thought that that would happen, nor was that the goal of e

steve reported and we confirmed today that the cuban intersection in d.c.r in their building. they're naming the hemingway bar. ernest hemingway claimed with pride both of our countries. he lived in cuba for years. his fondness of dakarrys is the reason for the life sized bronze statue of him. it will feature exhibits about hemingway's life and work in cuba. will it serve daquari's? he's sure the bar will not serve them by the bucket which is the way hemingway ordered them to go. the gentleman at the not embassy also told us the bar will not be open to the public because, of course, we still don't have relations with cuba, so the even if you do get invited to the bar, the drinks will have to be free, right? economic embargo. diplomacy by dacquari. best new thing in the world today. that does it for us tonight. thanks for being with us, now it's time for the ed show, have a great night. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to the ed show tonight. live from las vegas. last night's big win for the wisconsin democrats now has ohio governor john kasich shaki

great the great and so basically almost all of the leadership of the ukrainian party had supported cubans who was a challenger in one who was murdered in one of the devil leningrad same exact thing so it was briefly and internal power power strong. within the party and stalin was eliminated as enemies but for me i think the more important question is how did this happen and in its inputs this question alexander solzhenitsyn puts this question much better than i ever could he says he asks where does this wolf tribe come from where did it come from the it came from among us because the line that divides good from evil goes through the heart of every man and who wants to cut out a piece of his own heart so this this this paradox of this incredible horror could be unleashed by russian men doing what they thought was right actually made poses a very complex moral question because my grandfather key field his personal revolution in bricks and mortar he was very active in building one of the great giant factories of the first five year plan but the men who killed him shared the exact same philos