speaking spanish) preparations are still under way at the baseball stadium for the game between t cuban national team and the tampa bay rays on tuesday. today w@ heard a song that was very surprising to hear on cuban soil, the national anthem, being played and sang by a cuban choir of young people. oh say can you see by the dawn's early light >> reporter: i'm joined now by my colleague who had a chance to talk with some tampa bay rays players, and we als heard today danevitar who had some painful words about the game that be played on tuesday. >> he is highly critical becausehe is of cuban heritage. he says the mlb should have never come here for this game. but then we hear from the cuban players, from the folks in tampa, they're so excited, not just because it's competition, but because it's history. baseball bringing two old foes >> theheove of the game is at the core of what they have there. >> reporter: players from the tampa bay rays thrilled at the chance to see the legendary baseball culture here in cuba. >> we feel pretty lucky that we got picked. >> same union of two countries by way of base

the tampa bay rays took on the cuban national team in a landmark game. but right now.. it appears the rays team is stuck on an airplane.. on the runway.. in cuba. according to a tweet from pitcher chris archer - they've been stuck on the runway for "six hours"! 3 trying to figure out why the team is stuck.. and when they'll return.. but now let's focus on the reason the rays were there.. the game. president obama was in attendance with his family... along with cuban president raul castro. they shook fans' hands... and even joined in on the wave. this was m-l-b's first trip to havana since 1999.. fox 13's sports director scott from both tampa and cuba before the game. 3 3 the rays beat the cuban national team... 4 to 1. we'll have highlights from the game later in sports.... that's coming up in about 10 minutes. 3 3 it's the perfect way to beat the crowds at disney world... the theme park is offering "after hours!" 3 during select nights in april and may... park-goers can pay for "after hours" tickets. it gets you into the park from 10 p-m until 1 a-m... and on some night

major league baseball club and the cuban national team since 1999. president obama and cuban leader raul castro is expected to be there. >>> right now preparations are also underway for the rolling stones. the band will hold a free concert in havana this friday. it was originally planned for this weekend but rescheduled to friday due to hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch that concert. >> keith cate will bring you special coverage of president all week long. keith will be there when the rays take on the cuban national team right here on news channel 8. >>> it's 6:15. a south carolina fire department is mourning the the firefighter was hit and killed by a fire truck. officials in conway say a fire truck was backing up to the scene of the fire when a firefighter on the the firefighter was on the department for 6 years. right now this story is all over social media. a number of people are reaching out to send messages of condolence to the firefighter's family. >>> this morning an 8 on your side alert, every time it rains water flows in

before the -- cuban national team. before the game he shook hands with rays pitcher chris archer. played in cuba since 1999. >> we're having the time of our life to represent america and represent the states. it's for a great cause. hopefully everything here gets better and we continue to grow and come here. and they get to play in the states. >> reporter: the rays beat the cuban national team 4-1, tom korun more on that later in sports. >>> a tampa man was particularly interested in the president's historic visit to cuba. years ago augustine lombard put his life on the line crossing a mine field to escape from cuba. >> he tells our cameron polom what must occur for cuba to be truly free. >> i went through the woods, through the swamps. three days and nights until i arrived to the guantanamo bay. >> reporter: at 14 years old augustine lombard risked it all running through a mine field and scaling a fence to freedom. >> best thing that ever happened in my life. i have a big family now, 14 children. about six or seven gr

the -- >> the tampa bay rays are getting ready for their historic game against the cuban national team. and our keith cate made the journey from tampa to cuba. he's been talking with locals there about everything happening in that country right now. keith joins us from havana. >>reporter: good evening in hold havana. time has stood still for decades. the old cars, stores, hotels, bars, lots of people on the street. fewer today because of the presidential visit, but the inconvenience is welcomed if the president can deliver on his message to forge new agreements and commercial deals and build new mexico ties between our two nations. one of the areas of agreement found on the playing field. baseball field is -- american cultures. even if the tickets are hard if not impossible to come by. >> did you just -- >> this is the first time you have visited to cuba. >> it's important to obama after his ceremony here at the jose memorial. he walked across the street and had a meeting with castro and with entrepreneurs focused on business. like from america, the economy is something cubans are thin

the cuban national team went to baltimore and the cuban national team crushed the baltimore orioles 12 to six. so this game will decide who is maybe the better baseball team in baseball. >> aside from competition i think they know the historic natureref the game. a lot of of them in tampa bay will maybe get a glimpmp of the president and shake his hand. >> so it's going to be quite a week.

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>>tampa bay takes on the cuban national team tomorrow. for one player this trip literally hits home. verona defected from cuba to pursue his dream. he never thought he would set foot on the island again so when family greeted him the tears of joy just flowed freely. permission to join the team for this trip. what a moment. >>and jupiter, [ indiscernible- name ] looks great. look at him here. that was a nasty curveball. not much offense in this one so the marlins are glad to take dips. that throw by new york. the marlins wins 2 - one this afternoon.>>> the coach says he is all in with the teams new regime. it will get more free -- freedom to change plays at the line of scrimmage. he did not get such latitude under joke but the new head coach says he will check and i trust his qb to audible if need be -- -- he will trust his qb to audible if need be. >> the main thing for ryan of course if he has to have some blocking so he has time to make a play when there is one. >>it has to be nice to know his new coach trusses him -- trust him (vo) mak

back in 1999, balance more beal cuban national baseball team here in 3-22. and then, five weeks later, cuban national team went to baltimore and won that game. >> it is on >> it is on! in this rubber mooch will win this game. coming up on actuals day we do want to mention here breaking news too sadly nine cuban pry grants died sea. ship 130 miles off the florida coast. we know story all too well. since last october, more than 2400 have tried to reach u.s. soil. >> and soveriegn border we have seen same thing. 40,000 to want migrants coming thugh mexico. in 2015 >> issue migration story would cover all too well. we will have lot more coming up testify the. >> >> we see you guys about half an hour. great work. stay local ten fins nor live coverage of from cuba at 6s also have live coverage of the president arrival in ashav tomorrow afternoon at 4:00. >> also, at 5:00, remembering life of tray walker fans morning the dead of nfl star. who was involved crash thursday night. local 10news reporter somebody live in northwest miami today with more. >> it has been rea

the teams plays the cuban national team today in havana. it's the first time a major league baseball team will play in cuba since the baltimore orioles in 1999. the game starts at two this afternoon. it's coincides with president obama's visit to the island nation. he'll be there for the game. obama has already met with cuban president raul castro. the headline says it best: obama and castro make a historic moment oh so awkward. president obama and cuban president raul castro had a pretty awkward high-five-hand- shake-limp-wrist- grab-thing after a news conference in as they went to castro held up obama's arm, but instead of grasping limp. so naturally, the internet has some questions - did the president not want to hold casto's hand? was he going in for a hug? was his arm asleep? whatever the reason it made for a pretty entertaining moment. a colorado man is getting national attention this morning for his unique rental property he owns. to rent one room in this victorian house, mark homes usual...rent paid on but there's one cannot support

>>tampa bay takes on the cuban national team tomorrow. for one player this trip literally hits home. verona defected from cuba to pursue his dream. he never thought he would set foot on the island again so when family greeted him the tears of joy just flowed freely. he was granted special permission to join the team for this trip. what a moment. >>and jupiter, [ indiscernible- name ] looks great. look at him here. that was a nasty curveball. not much offense in this one so the marlins are glad to take dips. that throw by new york. the marlins wins 2 - one this afternoon.>>> the coach says he is all in with the teams new regime. freedom to change plays at the line of scrimmage. he did not get such latitude under joke but the new head coach says he will check and i trust his qb to audible if need be -- -- he will trust his qb to audible if need be. >>[ indiscernible ] >> the main thing for ryan of course if he has to have some blocking so he has time to make a play when there is one. >>it has to be nice to know his new coach trusses him --

the cuban national team went to baltimore and the cuban national team crushed the baltimore orioles 12 to six. so this game will decide who is maybe the better baseball team in baseball. >> aside from competition i think they know the historic natureref the game. a lot of of them in tampa bay will maybe get a glimpmp of the president and shake his hand. >> so it's going to be quite a week. baseball game and friday the rolling stones. big big show. we were at the setup area. it is massive stage. we can't wait to be there. >> you will be covering that story for local 10. >> yes. >> away from that let's talk about the headline today. let's unpack it. we know the ladies in white the protesters were out there and all of them were arrested. let's take a short clip so we can look at chaos in havana. >> we're looking at exactly what happened out there. with cuban police basically clamping down and crushing what was a protest that isp typically a silent march for the ladies in white. >> yeah. it takes place every sunday typically slme people to get arrested. they march from the catholic church

was seeing the rays play the cuban national team. turns out there was lots for rays' fans to cheer about... but the team is not smiling this morning. what happened to them *after the game... that's kept them up *all *night. fox-13's alcides segui has the story for us, in the next half hour. 3 3 3 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 (vanessa - it may seem like tampa bay has some of the worst traffic in the country, but things could be worse. according to navigational device company tom tom, the two worst traffic-clogged cities in america are los angeles and san francisco. tampa ranked 15th. the overall congestion level and by evening rush hour. miami was the worst city in florida... ranking worst city in miami was the rush hour.and by evening congestion level on overall ranked cities based the study 15th. tampa ranked francisco.angeles and san america are los angeles and san francisco. tampa ranked 15th. the study ranked cities based on overall congestion level and by evening rush hour. miami was the worst city in f

our hatzel vela live from outside the stadium where the game was playe between the cuban national baseball team and the tampa bay raises. in the president's speech today he talald about cuban ingenuity and he talked about when cuban americans able to come together, they can build, and when they do come together, they build things like miami. i wananto go now to my colleague. glenn who is live in little havana were reaction to thatstatement and the speech. what a shutout today a aut the magic city, glenna. >> glenna: absolutely, calvin. >>> in south florida knows how much the cubans built miami, and right here in little havana this is for the last 50 years the heart and soul o cuban exile. same voice here. this is not had a monolithic block at all. but i will tell you today even the hardliners were very impress wednesday the tone and the content of the president's speech. a click clack of domino tiles and dancing shoes where so many decade in exile exile say today they watched their president do good. >> he spoke well to the people. >> they need to be open to the world. >> more food. >> glenna:

down at the airport of course getting ready for that big game happening on tuesday against the cuban national team. we will be hear for it. look for the latest report at 11:00. for now, laura harris in havana, back to you. >> you can follow along with all of those big moments in cuba with the online coverage. all you need to do is find us on facebook. at abc action news wfts. there are plenty of people from tampa to cuba as laura mentioned, one of them, st. pete mayor rick krysman. laura talks to him and more about what the rays playing on >>> today on this historic milestone. tampa is home to many of cuban americans and many keeping close tabs on the relationships between the two countries. kerry kavanaugh has more on the reactions. >> reporter: certainly an important event for so many people in the community. tonight huge celebrations going on at the annual cuban sandwich festival. live music and lots of food and celebration of all things cuban happening this evening. hundreds of people have lined the streets and many decked out in cuban colors and celebrating and cuba and u.s. are venturing in

. >> this isis a rubber match between the cub national team and the american baseball team, the baltimore orioles actually beat the cuban national team back in 1999 and then the cuban national team beat them lat in baltimore. >> it's odd. when a cuban comedian actually got on the phone with the president before leaving to come here. >> you can't make this up, risht around a little. we've seen it before back in america. here it is, local 10 already has the story, the comedian, apparently this c character's name -- the president did have a conversatiti with him. >> let's take a listen. (speaking spanish) >> yes, the real obama. who is this? >> my name is -- >> from the tv show? >> yes, yes. >> (speaking spanish. the united states is s saying -- you can't make it up. >> we have a lot to look forward to tomorrow. when the president arrives here, again, willl president castro meet him at the airport? so we will have to see. of course we're following the president every step of the way and we have you covered. so until tomorrow, we'll see you then. back to you. >> calvin hughes in havana for us. stay with local 10 news for& c

changes in the preparation for tomorrow's baseball game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team and a reminder that not all cubans are giving the president a sunny reception. more than 50 people were arrested during a protest by the group known as the ladies in white. overwhelmingly cubans see the visit as a way to celebrate. >> we are very proud. >> we need relations with north america in the united states >> chris martinez, cbs news. >>> president obama and castro praised the work both nations have done so far in resuming the relations. later this year more regular commercial flights will return to the cuban sky. >>> here is more of the story on why there has been so little interaction between the us and cuba. the dells took over. he took away land and oil refineries. following year before cutting ties in january 1961. pigs invasion a year later. the cuban missile crisis. john f. kennedy attempted to talk. a decade later the us revealed there were eight failed assassination attempts on castro. in the early 80s the us put cuba on their state-sponsored terrorism list. dialogue b

on all facets of the game. lady watching the rays play the cuban national team today in havana. rays got the better part of the home team. >> . final look at the forecast. what will it be light mild too. we'll have an over night low. near 50. tomorrow up to 58 but a strong chance of showers. thunder storms. by thursday. >> appreciate your time here.

your mornings on 2, as part of the historic trip to cuba, president obama will take on the cuban national team -- will be present when the rays take on the cuban national team, and the u. s. and cuban governments are talking about a deal that would allow the cuban players to leave the country legally to play in the major league. >> what it would bring to the game is pretty significant, and it is an honor to be a part of all of that.>> i am happy to be a part of this trip and to bring joy to the people of this country. the baltimore orioles were the last baseball team to play in cuba >>> the giants picture giving up six runs in six innings, and saving and hit, and the giants lost, 6-4. >>> the warriors are heading back home after barely losing two games in a row for the first time this season, overcoming 17 turnovers to beat the minnesota last night, and steph curry finishes up with a double double, 19 points, and the warriors inch outscored the timberwolves by 28 points. they will host the clippers at the la arena tomorrow night. >>> two women said they were sexually harassed by team members,

. >> reporter: a cuban choir of young people singing the national an them all in preparations for tuesday's game between the cuban national team m and the tampa bay rays. out as they did back in 1999. the baltimore orioles win the game 3-2. my colleague here had a chance to talk with tamp bay rays baseball players and comments from a miami columnist who really was very very honest and very painful comments too coming from dan. >> very painful and honest. miami calling this now tv commentator says the rayshould not be traveling to cuba or playing against the cuban national team. osciously whee is of cuban heritage and has -- cuban heritage and has a lot to say. the excitement in tamp because i traveled to kavm to talk to the players, this is not just about the comment titian. it's about history. baseball bringing two old foes together. >> the love of the game is at >> reporter: players from the tampa bay rays thrilled that the chance to see the legendary baseball culture here in cuba. >> we feel pretty lucky that we got picked. >> rorter: the same union by way of baseball still pains some. >> it just hurt my feelings. >> report

they played against the cuban national team and our very own to havana to cover the historic game and the president's visit. keith joinstous night from the stadium. >> reporter: good evening from havana. president barack obama spending his final day in cuba watching the tampa bay rays take on the cuban national team with raul castro by his side. this is only the second time since 1959 that a major team has played in cuba. the reasons for that help explain why the president made his trip to cuba in the first place the roar in cuba was deafening. 55,000 baseball fans stood, screamed, and became a part of history. the president of the united states and the first family there. the island's main stadium. a guest of raul castro. an extraordinary sight. and this invitation only crowd >> do you think it will change anything? >> reporter: this man said it was good obama was at the game and good he is going to other places. he thinks all of it will make a difference. the rays players an coaches acknowledged the significance of this moment. >> you think this brings the country together a little

barack obama did attend that baseball game between our home team, the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team. the president sat next to razl castro. at one point, he even tried to catch the wave. the rays ended upbeating the cuban national team 4-1. today the rays are back in florida. and the team will take on the twins. >> yeah, one of the most important things out of yesterday from cuba was the president said to the cuban people telling them that the and that's different from what they're used to hearing about hands. so that was interesting to hear the president to say on cuban soil in an address televised to the cuban people. >> it will be interesting to see if that can happen. >> just the fact that they heard this is a change. >> yes, very promising. >>> and right before the game, all the rays players went to shake the president's hand and he held chris archer for quite some time, knew who he was and all of that. what he stood for. and chris said it was one of the best experiences of his life. >>> temperatures this morning, a little on the cool side but basic perfect baseball weather for

and the he expects about 11 million to be watching the game tomorrow between the rays and the cuban national team. that's going to do it for us on a monday night from havana, cuba. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc >>> hello everybody. this is "early today." we want to begin with breaking news at this hour. several people dead and more wounded following an explosion at brussels airport at belgium and reports of multiple casualties p. casualties. the number of dead and wounded is unknown at this hour. terrorism or an accident. but we understand that the brussels airport did tweet out that the building is being evacuated and flights have been canceled. confirming that two explosions did occur and they're asking people to not to come to the airport. we're hearing word of explosions at the curb departure at the belgium airport there in brussels and we are following this story and will continue to bring more information as it becomes available to us. >>> and want to tell you about a big announcement on the hotly contested iphone case. apple 's help may not be needed afterall. they said an outside

the tampa bay rays faced off against the cuban national team in the first exhibition game in cuba in nearly 20 years. meaningful time. something americans and cubans never thought they would see. our own keith cate made the joins us now from havana where the rays game was just played. havana cuba. it is a wonderful day for baseball as you might imagine. the sun is out. the cuban national team taking batting practice before the game started. and our tampa bay rays wooing the crowd. it really is a magical kind of day. [ music ] >> they are welcoming us with open arms and we appreciate being in this position. and, to have impact. to have the impact on the guys coming over from the states and hopefully, these guys will come over and play against us in the states one day. and just to continue to work toward equality. it is great. the atmosphere is unbelievable and the love for baseball is unbelievable. they are welcoming us like it is home for us. us, as ballplayers, we love the game of baseball. >> reporter: the biggest highlight, this day took place before the first pitch. the president

keith will be there when the rays take on the cuban national team that's right here on news channel 8. >>> the south carolina fire department is mourning the los angeles of one of their own. the firefighter was hit and killed by a truck. officials in now the story is all over social media. a number of people are reaching out to send messages of condolences to the firefighter's family. >>> a three alarm fire at an $2 million in damage. take a look at that. more than 100 firefighters battled the flames at the flying j truck stop. destroyed the building. a grease. fire sparked the inferno. everyone was able to get out safely. >>> happening today, police at the university of south florida are cracking down on drivers in order to keep bicyclists and pedestrians safe. starting today officers can issue citations using money from the florida department of transportation. fdot awarded the usf police department a more than $14,000 grant. this goes towards a bicycle pedestrian initiative. they can issue citations and warnings. >>> this morning an 8 on your side alert. >> every time it rains wate

. >>> > baseball and that historic game between the rays and the cuban national team. that is out of here, makes it 3-0 tampa bay. holds the national team scoreless until rudy reyes changes that. tampa bay 4-1 over the cuban national team. >>> i'm clay ferraro and that's your local 10 morning sports wrap. >>> we do continue to follow the terror in brussels. that is where the death toll has risen to 34 ter attacks at an airport and subway station. >> coming up we're arning the identities of two of the suicide bombers believed to be all this as the man >>> right now at 5:00, terror in brussels. the man hunt continues as we learn the identities for suicide bombers. >>> eaking overnight a man shot and killed by police. the weapon they say he was hold and why they were forced to fire. >>> president obama wrapping up an historic visit to cuba. the message he had for the cuban people. >>> vote 2016. the primary results are in. who swept arizona and utah taking home the delegates. >>> good morning, south florida. i'm eric yutzy. >> i'm jacey birch. we have a lot of stories to g

cuban american families there. >> no doubt about it. so it's going to be a big rubber match between the two teams. they're tied 1-1 in 1999 and baltimore won the first game cuban national team one second five weeks later and i want to lot of folks are wondering what the first lady had on tonight at the state dinner it was a black dress with a floral print. you can do whatever you want with that one. but reporting from havana with my colleague here. i'm calvin. i'll send it back to you. >> it was a cual night kind of a surprise for a state dinner. calvin, great job today. so much politics tomorrow about baseball and cuban people. we'll tune in to you. thank. not everyone was celebrating the president's historic visit and ptesters gathered outside little havana voicing their opinion of the trip and other younger people nearby were not as critical. >> they are businessmen and they are looking foremen and they don't care about suffering my people. >> i think they'll come eventually. itks just somebody has to take initiative i mean you know i think this is better if we're there first. >> ultimately the protests againstresident obama trip than 30 people. our coverage continu

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. >> the last event was a game between the tampa bay rays and cuban national team. castro accompanied obama as they watched along with 55,000 fans. the president left in the third inning tap along the game. some would say the most important meeting happened when obama met with dissidents at the american embassy. >> these are people who do not get attention in cuba and some say they are the heroes here because they are standing up forced -- for free speech. there were about one dozen at the gathering and they were pleased with the meeting but there has been no changes and conditions are getting worse. the cuban people and it was broadcast on tv. >> with castor looking on the president pulled -- told the cuban people to look to miami. >> i am hopeful we because -- because i field you can do whatever you want. >> it was a message of reconciliation. they were calling for reform and freedom in cuba. >> the global economy powered by ideas and information, a country's greatest assets is its people. in united states we have a monument to what the cuban people can build, is

on all facets of the game. >> president obama and first cuban national team today in havana. rays got the better part of the home team. >>>> . final look at the forecast. what will it be light mild too. we'll have an over night low. near 50. tomorrow up to 58 degrees. variablely cloudy. but aar strong chance of showers. thunder storms. byto thursday. >> appreciate your time here. well, i must say, leonard, when i first heard your idea for giant jenga, i was skeptical. i cat blame you-- tiny tster was a complete bust. no, i was wrong. the looming threat of being crushed under a pile of lumber does add a certain sce. i've never felt so alive. (knock on door) oh, hello, alex. uh, let me go get you st night's recordings. what recordings? well, you remember when

. >>> a historic major league matchup, rays taking on the cuban national team. >> this game signals a major change in american politics. president obama in cuba meeting with the cuban president raul castro. some are calling it the final rodney dunigan joins us live from tropicana field with the political impact of this visit. good morning, rodney. >> reporter: good morning. as you guys mentioned this visit, along with this game signals a major shift in relations between the u.s. and cuba but this visit also comes with a bit of controversy, a number of people here in the cuban community, in the u.s., believe this game along with the visit ignores the pain that the cuban people have endured under this regime of this government for many years. the communist cuban government resisted change for a half century now. it's believed this game along with the meeting between the leaders of our two countries is a slow sign of progress. raul castro has stressed his grievances with the u.s. including an embargo that still stands. president obama has delivered a tough message to the cuban government

rays served as ambassadors for major league baseball in an exhibition game tuesday against the cuban national team. president obama and the first if family had a front-row seat next to cuban president raul castro for the festivities. the rays went on to beat the cuban national team 4-1. lisa: in texas, nine months after sandra bland' s death in texas, the former trooper who stopped her appeared before court. brian encinia pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor perjury charge. a grand jury says encinia lied about what led to bland exiting her car during a july traffic stop. between his version of the events and what was seen in the dash-cam video. if encinia is convicted, he will face up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine. jailers found bland dead in a county jail cell three days after her arrest. her death was ruled a suicide. mark: and in london, heightened security for the premiere of a highly anticipated movie. the premiere of "batman versus superman: dawn of justice" took place as scheduled, following the terror attacks in belgium. entertainment news site deadline reported heightened security

they are both scheduled to attend the baseball game between the tampa bay rays and cuban national team in havana this afternoon. i spoke to some of the rays, they say it's more than just an honor to play in front of the cuban people and people from back home but also a chance to be part of history. >> hopefully we bring some -- we take some awareness of what is actually going on here and hopefully the people from cuba we're here and going forward, hopefully having some things change as far as the human rights go. >> reporter: free admission to today's game but getting in will be pretty difficult. we saw people that came all the way from tampa bay but there are not enough tickets to go around. one last note -- possibly a product of all of the changes that are happening between the united states and cuba. select cruises will now be allowed to cruise from the u.s. to cuba. that starts in may. with all of that, many commercial airlines have already petitioned and are trying to be able to fly here starting hopefully by the end of this year or next. in havana, laura harris, back to you. >> l

each player for both the tampa bay rays a the cuban national team getting a personal es tort dort field by a child as they were introduced. and the president was even caught par 'tis naight fan favorite, the wave. they've been playing baseball on this island since the late 1800s introduced first by sailors and students from the united states of america. >> and today flr the second time in almost six decade, a team from the united states come to play in cuba. moments later. >> tipped the group of pig onreleased from the center of the diamond. platers headed overr in a historic moment to greet president. the # leaders t anding side by side as the ceremonial first pitch is thrown n d the two team get ready to play ball. >> there's nothing like going to a ballpark and just everything slowing down a little bit and the rhythm of the game give you a sense aer preach yaition about all the bletionz we have nearly 50,000 fans packed the stadium. not every one can go to the game. the cuban government is distributing tickets deciding o gets in and who doesn't. >> my company a state company and they

he was the third base umpire in today's game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team in havana. >> laz's dad was one of those who left on a boat among 20-foot swell. >> diaz family in miami gardens watched the game together diaz cuban born mother wa the most emotional. >> i feel happy i cried. diaz a veteran major league umpire. but for hi family, today's game on cuban toil soil was equally significant. very important time and it make me proud that hopefully relations will be better betwe cuba ant u.s. a which i think it will because there are changng already. >> diaz was one of two cuban american on the umpiring crew today. angel hernandez was born in cuba. he now lives in pembroke pines. for diaz family, what they witnessed live on television today is almost unbelieve able. >> i'm very proud and happy for him. >> it's a very emotional and wonderful time of for us as a family. >> laz diaz is going into his two # season umpiring in the big leefnlgt diaz turns five # next week. pretty good prebirthday party for him today. tampa bay beat the cuban national team # to. live

, and he expects about 11 million to be watching the game tomorrow between the rays and the cuban national teamthat's going to do it for us on a monday night. from havana, cuba, i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. ♪the rm." rs :03==je/vo==righte >>> you know, it's difficult to ignore the elephant in the room. >> right now at 6:00, apple's new gadget is up staged by the fight with the fbi and late word tonight, the government may not need apple's help after all. good evening and thanks for joiningicaingjessica. >> i'm raj mathai. the government says it may not need that key to hack a terrorist locked iphone. nbc business and tech reporter scott budman has been tracking the late, breaking developments. scott, pretty interesting twist here. >> reporter: yeah, raj, what a day. it started with apple trying to put the focus on its new lineup of consumer products and ended with the focus entirely on the fbi's claim it may be able to hack into an apple iphone. [ applause ] >> good morning. >> reporter: apple ceo tim cook got the biggest cheers of the day n

also a baseball game that everybody was talking about as well between the tampa bay rays and cuban national team. as faras the score's concerned, in case you're wondering, 4-1, tampa bay rays. the first major league baseball game to play in havana since 1989, when the baltimore orioles took on the cuban national team. many are wondering what this could mean for cuban baseball players who want to be a part of the mlb here in the u.s. cuban-american baseball player be knows it's important. >> all of us, it was a dream to come play in america. that's how it was. we'll do whatever it takes. and, you know, that's tough, but hopefully this can open a lot of doors. >> fernandez admits he's got mixed emotion about the tampa bay rays havana. he's still not ready to head down here wth the miami marlins until things change. and obviously, he's very conflicted, as imas a cuban-american. what thing president obama said in his speech, he said we know what cubans can build. look at miami. it gave credibility to what our parents did whenn they fled here after the revolution. >> i'm sure not just you, jackie, bu

and castro sitting side by side between the cuban national team and the tampa bay rays. the espn interviewed the president about his reasons for reaching out to an old cold war enemy in cuba. >> our beef is that if you have more americaning travels if you have more commerce, if you've got more interaction, if our ideas and our culture is penetrating this society, that over time that gives us more leverage to advocate for values we care about. >> before the game, obama met with disdents. >> i am not satisfied but i feel good because i was able to express how i feel. >> we are doing to talk more about the baseball game in just a moment,ith my colleague here, hatzel vela, but i thought magic city a shout out. he said you know this' a clear monument back in the united states that shows what the cuban people can build, and it is called miami. >> cheerily that is a message for south n n, for those in the compiled community, growing up in south florida you know and you quickly learn the history of cuban americans in miami. sort of the foundation, not only economically, but also

cuban ex ichlts he was the third base umpire in today's game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team in havana. >> his)dad was one of those who left on a boat amid 20 foot swell. >> diaz family in miami garden watched the game together. diaz cuban born mother was the most emotional. >> i feel happy. i cried. >>reporter: diaz is a veteran major league umpire. he um pird in the world series but for his family today's game on cuban soil was equally significant. >> make me proud this hopefully between cuba and the usa which i think it will. there are changes already. >>reporter: diaz was one of two cuban americans on the umpire crew today. angel hernandez was born icuba. he now lives in pembroke pines. for dz's family, what they witness live on television today is almost unbelievable. >> i'm very proud. and happy for him. >> it's very emotional and wonderful time for us as familywonderful time for us as family. >> diaz going into his 21st season umpiring in the big league. he tur 53 next week. pretty good pre-birthday party today. ll be back rate intersports. heat play in new orleans. li

cuban american families there. >> no doubt about it. so it's going to be a big rubber match between the two teams. they're tied 1-1 in 1999 and baltimore won the first game cuban national team onene second five weeks later and i want to end this lori and jeanine a lot of folks are wondering what the first lady had on tonight at the state dinner it was a black dress with a floral print. with that one. but reporting from havana witit my colleague here. i'm calvin. i'll send it back to you. >> it was a casual night kind of a surprise for a state dinner. calvin, great job today. so much politics tomorrow about baseball and cuban people. we'll tu in to you. thank. not everyone was celebrating the president's historoc visit and protesters gathered outside little havana voicing their opinion of the trip and other unger people nearby were not as critical. >> they are businessmen and they are looking foremen and they don't care about suffering my people. >> i think they'll come eventually. it's just somebody has to take initiative i mean you know i think this is better if we're there first. >> ultimately,the protests against president obamatrip was small and limited to few he t

and castro sitting side by side between the cuban national team and the tampa bay rays. the espn interviewed the president about his reasons for reachingut to an old cold war enemy in cuba. >> our beef is that if you have more americaning travels if you have more commerce, if you've got more interaction if our ideas and our c cture is penetrating this society, that over time that ges us more leverage to advocate for values we care about. >> before the game, obama met with disdents. >> i am not satisfied but i feel good because i was able to express how i feel. >> we are doing to talk more about the baseball game in just a moment, with my colleague here, h hzel vela, but i thought the president really gave the magic city a sut out. he said you know this' a clear states that shows what the cuban people can build, andndts called miami. >> cheerily that is a message for south n n, for those in the compiled community, growing up in south florida you know and you quickly learn theistory of cuban americans in miami. sort of the foundatio not only economically, but also cultural

the tampa bay rays served as baseball ambassadors in yesterday's exhibition game against the cuban national teamfamiliar faces on hand for the festivities along with president obama including former yankee captain and baseball icon derek jeter. obama, the first sitting u.s. president to visit cuba in 88 years had a front row seat for the game right next to cuban president raul castro. the heads of state left the stadium by the third inning. as for the action on the diamond, tampa bay james loney homered and drove in three runs, propelling the rays to the victory over cuba. the rays nearly shut out the cubans but a long ball in the ninth inning put cuba on the board. >>> against the back drop of the bloodshed in belgium, the optics of president obama's trip to cuba are drawing a lot of attention. the president stuck to his planned schedule of attending a baseball game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team. at the ball park, he spoke with reporters from espn. >> given what mapped today was there ever any consideration to not coming to the game today and it's clear that you're enjo

and the he expects about 11 million to be watching the game tomorrow between the rays and the cuban national team. that's going to do it for us on a monday night from havana, cuba. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc >>> more money for hulk hogan. the case goes into the punitive phase.

war seem to vanishes today as cuba hosted american pro baseball team tampa bay ray played the cuban national teamhis family alongside cuban president raul castro. second batter of the game. brad miller. line tore center. raul santos. sliding catch. replaced the cuban national team. tampa here it comes and there it goes big bomb james in the fourth. 2 run homer in the first visit by mainly league team to communist island nation since 19 nichbility rays win 4-1. how about closer to home. giants and white sox brandon bell his people are talking with the giant about a long-term contract extension. this will help. two run homer there. in the sixth rollins pride offal immediate. 3 run homeb]r off cory travis also homered from the sox. lose 8-7 and they lose to the angels 6-5. finish up with cal taking on usc and women beach volleyball internah right there that was cory she is the captain of the bears squadv@ and the spike rigt here. unfortunately the match didn't go cal's way and they were beaten in straight sets: and cl would lose 5 nothing. come on cory. the she's great. abc 7 sports brought to you

as he mentioned, the tampa bay rays headed to cuba to face the cuban national team on tuesday. >> rays players tweeted out these pictures just before departing for havana tonight saying they are very excited to be a part of this historic game. >>> preparations also underway for the rolling stones who will hold a free concert in havana on friday. that concert was originally planned for today. however, it was rescheduled for friday because of the president's visit. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend that concert. >>> news channel 8's keith cate will bring you special coverage of the president's historic visit to cuba all week long. keith is also going to be there national team. that will take place here on news channel 8. again. another wrong-way driver in the bay area and in time a tampa police officer narrowly missed a head-on collision on i-275. news channel 8's chip osowski joining us live from busch boulevard in tampa where chip, how many more times are we going to hear about this? >> reporter: i don't know, mel, unbelievable this point in. this case investigator

he'll thrown out the first pitch of that historic baseball game between the rays and cuban national team at 2:00 in the afternoon. keith cate will be at the game tomorrow and he will bring us reports on all of the historic developments coming up tomorrow and wednesday as well in all of our newscasts. >>> tonight an 8 on your side warning, a deadly super pill a lethal mix of xanax and fentanyl and it's killed nine people in a matter of weeks. this super pill is 80 times stronger than more teen. the question is who is making it -- morphine. the question is who is making it and where is it coming from? news channel 8 melanie michael is live from the pinellas county morgue. this stuff is made to look like the real thing. >> reporter: this super pill looks real just like real xanax, but when people take it, they don't go to the hospital. morgue. deadly and deceiving, this secret. handful of them. and you're dead. >> reporter: its lethal contents are cleverly packaged. it looks just like a xanax, but this pill is mixed with a fentanyl. the combination is so potent that it's killing people with

around here, and speaking of baseball, the president tomorrow here between tampa bay and the cuban national team. if there's anything that unites our two countries it is the love of the sport of baseball and here in the u.s. little boys growing up of wanting to some day play in the major leagues. baseball. it is also cuba's national pastime. they start young and like 13-year-old noah tortollo they dream big. what do you want in your life? >> for me i want to be a good baseball player. like i would like to get to the major leagues and play. >> reporter: as a kid tampa bay rays outfield er outfielder had the same team and today two years after defecting he got a hero's welcome as he practiced for tomorrow's exhibition game speaking to us through a translator. >> it's wonderful, i'm so appreciative to be breathing in the cuban air. it's a huge deal for me. >> in ballparks and dusty fields across havana. junior, you play every day? >> yeah. >> passion for the sport runs deep, often driven by a shot at the majors. what's your favorite team? >> yankees. >> we love baseball since we are little boys. we

president's decision to stay there in cuba for that game between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team. >> reporter: david, this is an historic day, an historic trip, but there was a more profound reason that the white house was determined to go forward as scheduled today. the president put it himself this way when he was at that game. he said the whole premise of terrorism is to disrupt people's lives. so, the mere act of going to that game was a political act, a not and cannot be allowed to disrupt our way of life. david? tonight. jon, thank you. >>> when we come back here, what's being done right here in new york city tonight. and a spontaneous tribute in brussels written in chalklanguages, all sharing the same message tonight. we'll be right back. stock prices, earnings, and dividends... an equity summary score that consolidates the stock ratings of top analysts into a single score... and $7.95 online u.s. equity trades, lower than td ameritrade, schwab, and e-trade, you realize the smartest investing idea isn't just what you invest in, nexium 24hr is the new #1 selling frequent he

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