mark: daniel lee, deputy research chief of the international monetary fund joining us from washingtonu for your time. still ahead, president obama and wright ruled castro expected to meet during this week's summit of the americas in panama city. detailed in today's latin america report. we will go live to mexico city when we return in just a moment. ♪ mark: timeout for today's latin america report. -- time now for our latin america report. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. the story everyone seems to be talking about in the region's u.s.-cuban relations ahead of the summits of americans which will kick off later this and panama city. we know president obama will meet him at the summit for the first time. the white house says there is no formal meeting planned. there is used -- news that may revoke cuba from the tourism list. here in mexico trying to block american airlines from starting flights between mexico city and los angeles. america recently for us to permission to take other routes from alaska airline, which has agreed to turn it over before june. there will be an open competi

i thought about king lear and this play called "the lion in winter" and i thought i should call lee daniels butler" together and i called lee a few days later and pitched him the idea and he told me i love this idea but it's not a move. it's a tv show. >> at the networks convention, we honored the show and you and gave a big humanitarian award to lee, and the show deals with a lot of social issues like homophobia and mental health and you've been able to bring in people's living rooms something that has inspired discussion that activists and social activists like me have not been able to get people at home to talk about. is that an important part of the show to you? >> it's a crucial part of the show for me and it was part in the very first pitch that i ever gave to lee. it was an integral part of it because tackling social issues is a major part of why i'm a writer and what i'm interested in doing in my writing is talking about issues of race sexuality, gender all sorts of things, and lee daniels feels the exact same way and that's part of why we work so well together. >> i think it's a lo

how the hell is lee daniels going to audition me for this thing? >> jimmy: really? at's cookie." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: and you guys are so good together. it's a good chemistry. i know you're ex-husband and wife. should i explain it? would you like to explain it? >> yeah, yeah, yes. "empire" is about a couple, cookie lyon and lucious lyon. we were best -- we were married. we sold drugs back in the day. i became a huge star because she went to jail, took the fall for the 17 years i ain't seen her. i've built this huge billion-dollar empire. now she's getting out of jail. she wants her piece. lucious got a.l.s. i got a gay son. i got a crazy son. and i got a worthless son. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you've got to watch! america loves it! it is exactly what you need! [ cheers and applause ] it's fun. >> that's on wednesday. you can get your fix on wednesday. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. everyone -- so you've got to watch. it's just fun. but i love that everyone's getting involved and you get to talk about it. because when you see a a phenomenon like this, it's so exciting. and it

so it was like a loft celebrities, media people, they seem tone joy mixing, so lee daniels was there oh, there is misty, on point. >> yes. >> and also a lot of people there. >> sure. >> there is the woman barefoot with her husker i like to watch her food show. >> we talk to lee daniels there. let's hear it. >> really really, really humbled. because this is not hollywood i'm more nervous than i ever have been before at any awards show ever, yes because i'm with real people. not that hollywood isn't real people but you know people that like do stuff that like you know, that i admire not that hollywood doesn't do stuffy don't admire, you know what i mean. >> trying to get him to spill the beans about season two any plot lines of course he wouldn't do that. >> of course, and there with his mother and lee from fill. >> i oh, yes. >> he lives here. nice he can take his mother to. that will how sweet. >> you know what he did say to the interview major character is going to die just like last season, but we don't know who it is. >> oh my gosh. well no i like all of the characters on there now

bradley cooper was one of the most influencetial people in the world and lee daniels made the list andn hart. the issue hits news stands on friday. music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪♪ sometimes, at last doesn't happen at first. ♪♪ ♪♪ your dad just kissed my mom. ♪♪ turning two worlds into one takes love. ♪♪ helping protect that world takes state farm. >>> a wilmington teenager has received a national honor he has been awarded the disney friends for change grant, that means volunteers are teaching low income children how to play chess and means will donate the money back to the center to buy new chest boards, disney is the parent company of 6 abc. >>> delaware governor jack markell is on hand as they open the doors on the new technology facility. the governor helped to cut the ribbon in newark, they offer solar energy for homes and businesses and the company is expanding in delaware and now employees 100 people. now "action news" is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. a tragic outcome in the hit and run case in kensington, a little 2-year-old victim has died. and

so lee daniels was one morning those being honored this year. >> love it. >> yes, you know, essex he can tiff producer behind fox's hit empire of course. >> well, let's wait for the video to catch up. >> oh, there is megan kelly. >> there is lee daniels. >> and his mother with him. >> looks like great event. >> all right, well, 7:20. >> too bad we didn't see much of it. we just saw red wall. >> well, it was red carpet. >> true. it is at the normally at the met. big, big, they decorated all that beautiful museum. everybody's in ball gowns and all. big time. >> have you been part of the 100? >> no, never. i won't even make a thousand. i betty wouldn't make a hundred thousand influencial people. >> oh, my goodness. here in philly you're number one. >> oh, i love you. clock 20. >> buying everything from clothes, movies, groceries, so why not book your next trip with them? trying to tackle now, called amazon destination. >> as my friend camille ya said, amazon is trying to take over the world. now, they're getting to travel? >> ya. one of the cool perks of this place, is you can eat as mu

this latest lawsuit claims parents howard and lee daniels copied their hit show off a documentary called big. the man who made it ron dude suing for 1 billion you heard me right billion dollars. he says he told howard about his documentary and howard connected to it and he says empire is a coach his work. no comment from howard or daniels tonight. >>> all righty. if you hear children laughing from the other room, they may be playing a new smart phone game. it's a new take on the good old -- whole in no blinking thing. >> who blinks first. the new twist i guess do you it via live video chat. >> i spent a lot of time on this today. it is a game that can be addictive. i played eight lot today. but and it is being downloaded in record numbers right now. if -- it's called fringe. >> it's like that old time, you know, you smile on the other end and get the other one to smile. you win. you get points. some say it is an innocent app but others say it could be quickly inappropriate especially for kids. >> call eight high-tech international game of made you laugh. >> where you from? >> smart phone

senator bob corker is there, actor bradley cooper made it as did comedian john oliver, director lee danielsing the "time" list and you could have guessed this one, tailor swift. both kanye west and kim kardashian also making the "time" list. >>> there will be a full-scale emergency response drill this weekend at the greenbelt metro station. just yesterday you saw that pedestrian bridge collapse onto the tracks between the greenbelt and college park stations. this drill is sunday morning. emergency responders will simulate the evacuation of passengers from a fake disabled train. the greenbelt station will remain open during this exercise exercise. there will be be similar drills later this year in d.c. and virginia. >> emancipation events are well under way in the district with parades and other events. april 16 1862 marks the abolition of slavery in the district of columbia. more than 3,000 people who were slaves were freed on this day 153 years ago. if you missed the parade no worries. a concert on freedom plaza starts at 4:30 and will last until 8:30 tonight followed by a fireworks show.

actor bradley cooper made it as did comedian john oliver director lee daniels is also on the list and you could have guessed this yes, taylor swift, she's wherever and in the mix now. get ready for a little bit of side eye here. both kanye west and kim kardashian are on the list. we don't know why. we'll let you be the judge in how influential you think they are. >>> well we're getting close to the weekend. tom is coming back after >>> thould there be a woman on the $20 bill? some lawmakers in the u.s. senate say it's time and they've introduced a bill adding steam to the women on 20s movement, the campaign aimed at getting a woman to replace andrew jackson on the $20 bill. legislation requires the treasury to organize a panel to discuss this idea. president obama has been resentive to the idea. he asked -- we asked you earl kwlaer woman you'd like to see what woman you'd like to see wean el noor roosevelt, harriet tub man, rosa parks and wilma mankiller. the majority say they want to see eleanor roosevelt. harriet tubman came in second -- >> no harriet tubman was first 3rk9s%. >> you

you know, lee daniel was here, sort of pointing out the show's creator.able and stuff. so, being on network television, it must be nice knowing that sort of anyone you meet can watch this show. >> yeah. and i guess what means more to me is when i hear fans say, "finally, we have family night in my house." >> seth: yeah. >> you know, that means grandma's watching, everybody's watching so -- >> seth: and they watch and they go, "you know, our family might be screwed up, but we're not this bad." >> exactly, exactly. >> seth: we might fight but we don't do any of this stuff. >> but that's what the art is for to kind of get you off of your crappy life. >> seth: yes, absolutely. [ laughter ] but you know, the other thing, which i'm really impressed by, because it is you know, it's a network show but it doesn't feel like a network show. but at the same time, because it's not on cable, you know, you guys can't curse. there's no nudity. but i will say, and i mean this as such a compliment, i can't believe you don't curse on the show. because i feel like i've heard

and star of the hit series, "the game," brittany daniel is here telling us whole to expect in the surprising last season. plus, food network star, katie leeares her favorite warm weather recipes. so bring on the heat. now here's wendy! [ cheers and applause ]

and star of the hit series, "the game," brittany daniel is here telling us whole to expect in the surprising last season. plus, food network star, katie lee

daniel from the nepal earthquake are just stunning and heart breaking. seeing destruction has inspired a lot of people to help the victims in nepal. some give money others time. non-profit in san lee app co volunteers made way to help. wayne takes you in the warehouse. if sorting sorting sorting some more. it's not exactly glamorous work but in the san leandro warehouse it's the next best thing to helping quake ravage nepal. >> of maybe that's why we hear about non-profit called medi-share in times of need. every item came from hospital or manufacturer. >> glove gauze suture your. tubes. mask. >> and on and on and on. materials discarded because they were either obsolete or expired or replaced with newer model. >> like a home depot of medical equipment. everything here used. all usable everything here would have been going to land fill. what does it tell us about waste in the medical industry. ty would it go to land fill when people can use it. >> we live in a throw away culture here in the u.s. i don't think it's any different than our cell phones and our plastic water bottle and many other things that we waste. >> andrew pines the executive director and former investment banker

daniel left that clip buried. just embarrassing accident. >> embarrassing maybe, but goldberg takes all the teasing in stride. >> i get ridiculed for sure. my friends make fun of me to this day. pretty bad -- leee kids i don't even know -- "on his birthday"? it's funny when my friends do, it but when kids i don't know are yelling that at me, like they're being the funny ones, i'm like, you're not funny, you're as old as the kid was, and you're making fun of me. >> miranda hits the ramp with a new, perhaps less polite approach. >> you run into a kid, you could say sorry, but it might get you a punch. if you run into a kid, just leave. [ laughter ] >>> a heroin addict must choose between the lifestyle she craves -- >> when you shoot the heroin and you want more you will co-whatever you can. >> -- and the young son she left behind. >> he was going to the door pointing mommy and she says mommy is not coming right now. >> a inmate is transferred back to the jail from state prison. >> if somebody doesn't pay me on store day it kind of gets ugly. >> but suddenly finds herself on

bloom ryan clark austin michelle kloid, josselin nowak daniel alejandro cueva matthew gwaltney jeremy herbstreet emily hillshire, matthew laporte, henry lee liviu lebrecue lauren mccain, daniel o'neill juan ramon ortiz aaron peterson, michael polley julia pride mary karen reed, reamos ramaha, leslie sherman, maxine turner, and nicole white. 32 precious, precious people of amazing accomplishment and even more amazing promise. 17 others were shot that day and wounded. six others were not shot but were injured leaping from windows in a classroom building to escape the carnage. and so many others were affected mr. president first responders pastors counselors the entire hokie nation is what we call the virginia tech community. i know there has been a presentation on the floor about mental health issues and first responders, some of the most painful discussions i had in the aftermath of this shooting and i had many with family members and students who were injured but some of the most painful were first responders, the e.m.t.'s on the scene included students who were volunteering at the campus e.m.t. operation. their description of this carnag