and boys have been filing through this door behind me anxious to join the fight in cuba against fidel castro'sey were mainly cuban exiles. they hated castro. they thought that they could mount a small-scale invasion which could gatherer more and more support until it ended up overthrowing the regime. >> cuban businessmen, doctors, men who once drove taxis, always hoping the muscle of the united states would sustain them. >> we thought the united states be behind this operation, there was no way we were going to lose, and we were wrong. ♪ >> small force of invaders landed at a semi-isolated resort area on the south coast of cuba at the bay of pigs. >> castro alerted his small air force and his large army and raced toward the scene. >> the showdown came at dawn and the rebels were only able to move 20 miles inland and those able to move beyond the beach were trapped in swamp or high growth. >> long live the revolutionary forces which are shooting down yankee planes and are smashing the invaders of the land. the castro-controlled television network is parading prisoners captured on the beaches be

. >> would it be a surprise for him to meet fidel castro?er: i'm sorry fidel castro is that what you are asking about? >> yeah, i'm wondering if that would be a bridge too far. >> i think that would probably give a lot of ammunition to the republicans. this isn't expected to be a huge electoral issue, but the largest population of cuban voters is in florida. florida is a critical state. we have seen the republican presidential candidates say the president is rewarding the castros. so if they have that picture with fidel castro, that would just give fire to his enemies. and this is an issue that could change in the next presidential election. the embargo hasn't been lifted, even though 66% of the american people think it should be, but republicans say if they get -- especially cruz and rubio, if they are in office, that they are simply going to get rid of this diplomatic thaw. so it is an issue that is going to matter. >> thank you, patty. >> okay. >>> protests that started in new delhi has now spread to other parts of india. they are demandi

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

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former cuban leader fidel castro's older brother has died at a lifelong rancher and farmer who was often getting double-takes from people who insisted he looked exactly like his famous brother. despite their resemblance, ramon diverged from the political tendencies of fidel and now-cuban president raul castro. happening today rarely do games live up to the hype...but tonight'smatchup between number 1 villanova and number 5 xavier just might be worthy of all the buildup. kara dblbx our dan wells joins us live from the cintas center with all the details. live vo the first time these two teams played, this happened..xavier point guard edmond sumner went crashing to the floor and suffered a concussion early in the game. the musketeers never really recovered from that, and villanova went on to a 31 point win. coach chris mack says this isn't the time to wonder what would have happened if sumner had not gotten hurt. the game starts at 7 p.m. at the cintas center. live now... a local university is become smoke-free. plus a check of your rainy wednesday forecast.. and how the weather could impac

the real culprits are fidel castro and his brotherer raul, which have not been indicted here. taken to court or anything. even though this is an act of terror and murder against u.s. citizens because those that were killed, two of them were born u.s. citizens. and there was a a third one, was a naturalized citizen who had been two-term veteran of foreign wars of the united states in iran, and the other one is a cuban >> this is a presidential election year. >> yes. >> president obama will be traveling to cuba on march 21s do you think that no matter what happens in this election that the tide is already in a certain directiononnd it is too late to bring it back no matter what happens as a result of the presidential election? >> the tide -- >> the tide of change between the u.s. and cuba. >> i think president obama has more time to dourther damage to cuba, to the cuban people, to the united states prestige -- >> but if a republican were t t come out as president of the united states, do you think it still would be o late to change the tide of what has happened until this point?

in 1960, fidel castro and che guevara made 1961 the year of education.hey had an illiteracy rate of 27%, which is ours, as well. and within a year, they dropped it to 4%. how'd they do it? they had the political will to attack adult literacy. and they closed the schools. brigades of teachers and students went out into peasant fields, taught reading, taught writing. and within a year, it was turned around. and not only that, but today, cuba has the greatest literacy statistics in the world. and i talked to michael nutter's the director of the mayoral commission on literacy, and she said, "we could do that here. we have the plans to do that here. we don't have the political will to do that here." it would cost $56 million to really make a dent in adult literacy. 550,000 adults in philadelphia lack basic literacy skills. we can't get to job creation if we don't deal with this issue. >> and how would that begin? explain once you do that part, what does it move within education for our kids to change how we see that system? >> well, the way -- look, the city

, tom. >> thank you. >>> the white house says there's no plan for president obama to meet with fidel castro on his trip to cuba, but will sit down with raul castro and talk about the human rights. the president and first lady travel to cuba next month. this is the first time a sitting president will visit the communist island nation in almost seven decades. mr. obama plans to meet with cuban dissidents and members of cuba's civil society. >>> today, president obama and first lady will pay respects to the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. his body will lie in repose in a few hours. the justices and his family women attend a private ceremony. critics have slammed the president for deciding to skip the funeral mass. the white house saying security is a factor. >>> and it is time for an early start on your money. the dow snapping its three-day winning streak yesterday. futures are up now despite a drop in oil prices. stocks in europe are turning higher. asian markets lower. wall street is closing books on the worst quarter for profits since 2009. the 500 largest publicly traded compani

and fidel castro arrived in europe today after a breakthrough deal was reached in paris. he'll attend a state dinner with the president of france and the delegation is meeting french business leaders in paris. >>> still ahead, the worst may be over for chipotle. what the cdc is expected to announce that could get the restaurant chain going again. and a scary ride for passengers after something hits a window. and super bowl week is here. building for super bowl 50. >>> police have arrested two virginia tech students in connection with the murder of a 13-year-old girl. 18-year-old david eisenhower is charged with abducting her and first-degree murder. police say another woman helped him dispose of the body. authorities are now searching a pond on the university's campus for evidence. the disappearance sparked a four-day search. police have not disclosed a motive. investigating after an object hit the express train traveling through pennsylvania about 7 presidential and cracked the windshield. there were 201 passengers on board the train. luckily no one was injured. >>> exci

jorge: prensa cubana divulgÓ imÁgenes del encuentro que tuvo lugar en domicilio de fidel castro dondeue necesitas para ganar. la pasta de dientes crest 3d white remueve 5 veces más manchas que con la caja roja. para una sonrisa como ésta... crest 3d white es la manera de blanquear s roberto. hola roberto. un anuncio en la televisión dijo que pudiera reducir mi deuda por 50 por ciento. me dijeron que deje de pagar mis cuentas, y que no hable con mis acreedores. ellos se encargarían de todo. yo les di miles de dólares, pero la mayoría se fue a sus honorarios. [narradora] salir de la deuda no es rápido ni fácil. hay personas que le dirán cualquier cosa sólo para ganar su confianza. hable con sus acreedores directamente o para encontrar una agencia sin fines de lucro cerca de usted, visite termine con su deuda punto org. >> noticiero univisiÓn continÚa desde ecatepec. maÑana el papa francisco viajar al estado de chiapas. mayorÍa de existentes serÁn indÍgenas. desde san cristÓbal de las casas jessica nos explica porque serÁ tan especial la visita. jessica: el papa francisco llega maÑana el

. >>> the head of the russian orthodox church met fidel castro in havana on saturday for a private meeting. the patriarch and castro met at castro's home. this meeting comes a day after patriarch held a historic meeting with pope francis. >>> haiti has a new president, at least for the next 120 days. he was formally installed this afternoon to fill a void. the president was barred by the country's constitution in seeking a second term. run-off elections were delayed. that was amid deep public suspicions about possible vote rigging. a new round of elections will >>> new tonight, a big loss for aventura police. quantum passed away due to some complications from surgery. the german shepard was a member of the department since 2008. quantum loved to attend community events and meet with children at various school assemblies. >>> coming up next, details on two gunmen on the run as an injured police officer fights to stay alive. >>> and a mechanic makes an unsettling discovery that forces a rental car office to shut down. >> just images of what i saw that night, you don't forget them. >>> reliev

entire meeting may also present cuba as a peacemaker, which was never known for that under the fidel castro regime. reporting life from coconut grove, i'm alex de armas, today in florida. >>> a plantation woman sharing her story after experiencing surveillance video shows a man running from her house on tuesday. a get away car can be seen picking that person up. the victim said she was showeringhen the crook broke in. >> i was shocked more than frightened. i was just shocked like what's going on here? >> reporter: the thief shattered the glass of the front door to get inside and stole jewelry f. you have any information, call 954-493-tips. >>> two armed robbers ambush a pair of appliance live thorry men in northwest miami-dade. the crooks forced their way inside the house, ordering the workers and four people inside to the ground. th stole money and cellphones. they ran out but not before ring a shot at the group. fortunately nobody was hit. the men jumped in the delivery truck like this one and took it has a florida tag. if you spot it, calll crime stoppers. 305-471-tips. the right tip cou

says a few words to the people here, he arrived yesterday, and he was greeted by cuban leader, fidel castro, andnd today, he was also greeted by the cuban leader when he arrived at the airport earlier today. the pope is just making a pit mexico and he will be in mexico for a five-day trip of that country, and he just made the stop here to see if perhaps this historic meeting could take place. it took two years of secret planning behind the scenes to get these two leaders of catholicism behind the secret meeting to be able to sign this joint declaration, tt hopefully will improve the relations between the east and west that has divided them for over 1,000 years. as we understand, there's an english translation going on here at the meeting so, let's listen in and see what they're saying. >>and with a full sense of responsibility to work together so that there is no war, so that throughout the world. to strengthen the pillars of personal troup and social morality, and throughgh the participation of the church in the lives of modern cuban society. the name of our lord, and the lord jesus christ

it's considered the first significant u-s business investment since fidel castro seized power in 1959. .the tractor plant will assemble small tractors from parts shipped-over from the u-s. .the investors plan to sell about a thousand of the 25-horse tractors annually. that's it for news...meteorologist mike hoffman joins us now with the longer range forecast. mike, are we shifting away that wet el nino pattern? well, tyne at times we are, because we are getting this ridge developing in the western parts of the country that brings the cold air to the east and you can see that pattern starting to go back, but to occasionally come into the west off the pacific, so let's put this jetstream map into motion. you can see how a deeper and deeper trough continues developing as we head onto this week and very cold air for the northeast quadrant of the country as we head to this coming weekend, but that should keep it on the mild side through the southern tier of the country and maybe some systems finally coming into the west, coming in cutting under that area of high pressure. 30 day outlook fo

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. >> reporter: worked with fidel castro on it, is that what you're saying? >> yes. >> reporter: moments of silence were observed and memories were cherished for the four men shot down at sea. four pilotsp in the cuban air force were indicted, but they never stood trial. tonight there will be a mass celebrating the lives of the four men. i'm steve litz. nbc 6 news. >>> donald trump is on a the gop nomination. today, he enlisted his family's help. marco rubio and ted cruz and john kasich aren't quitting. super tuesday is looming just around the corner. donald trump is leading in ten states and focusing on texas, where cruz won the endorsement of greg bott. >> education, family, work ethic, all of these things that are often lost on children of similar fortune. >> meanwhile democrat hillary clinton is looking for another win saturday in south carolina, but rival bernie sanders says a great upset i still possible in the race to the white house. >>> the meteorologists ha declared it a first alert weather day as severe storms sweep across south florida. >> that's

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. >>> when president obama visits media next he will meet with fidel castro. instead he will meet with raul castro and dissident groups. cuba agreed in 2014 to normalize relations. the last president to visit cuba was calvin coolidge in 1948. >>> dangerous winds in the northern plains. wind damage outside last night in denver, wind gusts there reached 40 miles per hour. strong wind pushed fires into the central plains yesterday. some 40,000 acres burned in oklahoma. >>> one person is in critical condition following the crash of a tour helicopter into hawaii's pearl harbor. the trouble started yesterday morning not far from the "uss arizona" memorial. witnesses say they heard two loud bangs and saw smoke before the chopper hit the water about 20 feet from shore and sank >> looks like the chopper is coming over the land and looked like the pilot pulled it back over the water and dropped maybe ten foot off the shore and it sank like a rock. >> reporter: in all, there were five people on board. bystanders jumped into the water to rescue them. two had to be pulled

mandatario pueda hablar directamente a ese pueblo en la habana no hay planes para que se reÚna con fidel castrotercambiando sobre las posibilidades de ampliar el diÁlogo. reportera: insistiÓ en el levantamiento del embargo controlado por el congreso. >> el presidente no cumpliÓ el esperar haber cambios para visitar la isla. >> mÁs arrestos, más pretensiones. >> estoy a favor de todo lo que se pueda a hacer para ayudar al pueblo presta ayuda a apoderarse del rÉgimen. ted cruz: no mientras los castros estÉn en el poder. reprotera: esto ocurre 15 meses despuÉs de que obama anunciÓ la normalizaciÓn de las relaciones. >> va a cuba por varios motivos, primero para fomentar su legado. reportera: el vice asesor de seguridad nacional responde que es precisamente una forma de avanzar los cambios en la isla, mantener los contactos abiertos y seguir impresionando. ilia: unas 14.000 personas llegaron al capitolio de wisconsin y sus alrededores en el que denominar el dÍa sin latinos. grupos de trabajadores y activistas lanzaron la convocatoria para frenar los proyectos de ley anti inmigrantes que usan en el

he says he spent ten months in jail for painting pigs with the names of raul and fidel castro. he hopes his artwork can show how people in cuba live. president obama's decision to normalize relations with cuba. >>> the organizing committee unveiled the detailed route pour the relays on wednesday. it will start in olympia, greece and head to brazil and then make its way through 329 towns in 95 days before finally making it to rio for the kickoff of the games where the official torch will be lit. the flame expected to be carried by about 12,000 torch bearers by journey. >>> police in california led on a wild goose chase. they do a lot of chaseses this one was a mythical creature. >> probably the onlyly e that they ever enjoyed, like truly enjoyed, right? happen. these cops were given the mission to hunt down a ose unicorn, for real. they live! that's a unicorn, shelly. i don't care if you believein it or not. for a children's party when it got lose on wednesday in madeira, about 30 miles south of fresno. police were able to recapture juliettetafter a couple hours. then she got aw

>>reporter: one person president obama will not be with on his trip is fidel castro. in little havana, victor >> local 10 news will have live team coverage from cuba for the president's visit. look for call have you known to lead that coverage in late march. >>> religion is taking on politics after the pope said donald trump is not a christian. trump who is the front runner seems to differ. that's putting it mildly of course. glenna millberg has more from the campaign trail. >>> i don't question people's christianity. >>reporter: it was the headd line of the day. >> i think he's got a lot of personality, veve different, a very different kind of a guy and i think he's doing a very good job, a lot of energy. but i would say i think he was very much misintpreted and i think he was given false information. >>reporter: dold trump's head line taking on pope francis who while traveling from mass at the xico border opined on the politics of a wall there and the candidate who proposed it. >> a person who thinks wherever they may be located and not building christian. >>reporte

. >> danielle: also on 7, new video release fded of fidel castro in a major meeting. the 89-year-old sitting down with the pay tree ark of the russian orthodox church. down in havana between pay free at ca row and pope francis raising hope for peace. >> those two held the the first meeting in nearly a thousand years athavana's air pompletd cuba's hosting of the meeting reflected the growing profile on the world stage since it restored kip low make the ties with the u.s. last year. >> lynn: pope francis with a special message in mexico. the poon tiff holding mass in the southern state of chee a pass in three native languages in the region and his homily. he melted two core concernsment one a preef yaition for mexico's culture and the other to cie cair for the enviewer many meant which is close to his heart. and he stressed to fight corruption and fight drug violence. >> danielle: well, coming up on 7 news at 6:30. skiers strapping on gear and heading up the slopes but never they did. >> lynn: and fire crews flames and it would take hours. >> danielle: and a round up on

. >> lynn: the russian patriarch not only sitting down with pope francis, but his meeting with fidel castro. >> danielle: and a cruise liner passenger talking about a nightmare voyage. >> phil: you're looking at louisiana, kentucky, a lot of poible flooding as a front moves into colder air. all of that moisture turns into ice across north carolina, virginia, and then we have snow from new jersey all the way through the northeast. 2-6 inches o o snow expected there. and the tail end of this system will move in hereonight and tomorrow. cocouple of minutes. on. >> danielle: days after getting battered by a nasty storm, the royal caribbean anthem of the seas setting sail. it was in need of extensive repairs. >> lynn:n:he coast guard giving it the green light and robbin simmons has more from the passengers sail for the latest voyage. >> reporter: the passengers at the terminal in new jersey, hoping for a smoother ride this time. >> we can go through anything. >> reporter: last week, it was heading to the bahamas as it encountered a terrifying storm off of the carolinas. >> oh, my god. >> reporte

since fidel castro took charge. >> on the same day that almost 30 women get arrested, the president says he's going to cuba. is there more democracy in cuba? heck no. is there respect for human rights? absolutely not. will there be elections called for in cuba? no. did the president of the greatest democracy in the world make even one demand of raoul castro to change? not at all. >> republican presidential candidate marco rubio said during a cnn town hall that if he was president, he would not visit the island under its current dictatorship. >> they're a repressive regime. i want the relationship between the u.s. and cuba to change. but it has to be reciprocal. comes after the u.s. and cuba restored their diplomatic relations leading to the opening of the embassy just last summer. last time a u.s. president visited cuba was calvin coolidge in 1928. >>> new charges against the teen arrested for impersonating a doctor. today he's also charged with grand theft and forgery after another victim came forward. >> investigators say an 86-year-old woman claims she was victimized by the teen when

own small businesses but white house officials said totoy they meeting with former cuban leader fidel castro and of course michelle obama will be accompanying him on the strip and there's just a lot of of excitement even though this visit had been rumored for months today there's been a lot of excitementor cubs. many of whom never thought they would live to see a s sting u.s. president visit this island. patrick, any idea at this point which dissident group president obama maybe meeting with. so many there? how dot cuban officials begin to figure out who they will let president obama meet with? >> well according to quhiet house. they will pick which cubans they will meet with and which members of civil society and something john kerry was able to do athe u.s. bams tore's residence here when he opened up the embassy inn what snran last year. certainly president jimmy cartet president visited, he was able to meet with dissidents as well. the pope, pope francis tried to to meet and invited dissidents to some of his events and they were stopped by the government from attending. so it really we'l

there will be no meeting they say between president obama and fidel castro. >> so still criticism towards the shift in the relationship between the u.s. and cuba, but they didn't get everything they wanted from this. >> no, there's still an embargo, and only the congress can lift that. if you look at the polls they say it is time to lift the embargo, but it won't happen in congress, and here is why there is a lobby, and it is very powerful, that often determines presidential elections and so there's no move within the parties to try to change that. so what the president has done is he has issued all these actions. question are talking about agriculture, and food, more people can travel but he is going to be limited like i said, that embargo will stay, buzz here is the issue and this is why they want to make this foot, and see more brock in building the relationship. he says if some of the remembers presidential candidates get into office, they said one of the first things they will do is tear up the sod and go to how things were, so it will be hard tore turn back. >> thank you very much.

. >>> new images of fidel castro have been released. these images show castro and the russian leader of the orthodox church. the meeting came after the russian patriarch met with pope francis in havana. >>> the democrats from the tampa area, part of delegation going to the island. castro talked about shipping opportunities between tampa and havana. that will help the cuban people and it will also have the benefit of creating jobs in cuba and america and helping our american b sinesses. >> the trip is comomg before the trip to cuba. starting tomorrow airlines can submit their applications to the department of transportation. >>> it's a debilitating disease. >> singles, we'll tell you about a vaccine being used to treat it with the risks and benefits. >>> not only is it going to be warmer, it's going to be wetter. those will eventually come on shore. down by the keys we're see something showers as well. this is just the beginning of what's going to be a wet forecast going into tuesday ahead of a cold front that will be coming up after (do

he will not meet with fidel castro, according to the white house. will of course be that bilateral meeting between presidents, castro and obama. bigtrip to cuba is the symbolic one, possibly the most important trip of his presidency when it comes to foreign policy and once we will decide how his presidency went when he leaves the white house in january of next year. anchor: thanks so much. back here in europe, he says he's battling for britain. the you k's prime minister promising he's only interested in getting a good deal as he arrived in brussels earlier to renegotiate the terms of his country's membership in the eu. agreed arriving earlier on one thing, this deal is a big deal for europe. european leaders gathered in brussels for a possible brexit at the heart of the discussion. >> we have important work to do today and tomorrow. i will be battling for britain. if we can get a good deal, i will take that deal. important's much more to get this right than to do anything in a rush. work,oodwill, with hard we can get a better deal for britain. outli

. >> ramon castro brother of fidel castro has died. the life long rancher prefrpd tending crops and livestock. following the cuban revolution, he often worked as a consultant for the ministry of agriculture. ramon was 91. >> public schools hosting the school grades released earlier this month. officials say because of recent changes, they will have nine meetings to discuss these changes with parents and also community members. the first meeting starts tonight at 6:00 at boone high school. >> schools received a b overall grade from the state. >> she is less than 100 pounds, pound for pound, she has more size. goal. she hits the gym for two hours a day four days a week. while she has only had one official fight, she is the champ of her weight class. with female boxer hard to come by, she is throes her weight around with older boys. now she is training next month. >> you are a role model for a lot of girls. >> i know. i have a lot of girls following me on instagram. it feels good that i'm inspiring a lot of girls. >> beat up on those boys

he was best known for how much he looked like his younger brother fidel castro. he has already been cremated. >>> donald trump scores a big win in the nevada caucuses , but it is what he said during his victory speech that has social media lit up. virus possibly being spread through sexual contact. what the cdc is now saying as a florida surgeon general gets ready to testify before congress. >>get a glimpse of the rock and zac efron in the new baywatch movie right here in south florida. the story after the break. >>rob kardashian dropped 40 pounds. how did he do it? we will find out after the break. >>> and south lorna we are dry right now -- florida , we are dry right now however get ready for a stormy day ahead. we could see strong to severe storm, lightning, downpours, slight chance of a tornado, there's a lot happening today things down, cool things down lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth. man, wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry. now get 20% off sta-green fertilizer, (donkey soun

. >> neither the president or the first lady will have face time with fidel castro. they told them there's not enough time which appears to be a safe answer. the white house is looking for a way for president obama to address the cuban people in mass but the trip hasn't been finalized. elliot. >> thank you. cuban americans here in south florida are talking about the president's trip. many do not agree with it but some feel otherwise. cbs 4 live in little havana with what people are saying. hank? >> i can tell you this, there's concern about what exactly is going to get accomplished down there with obama's trip. now people here have a menned message here--mixed message here. it is interesting if this was 15 years ago there would be a huge crowd protesting but no more. take a look. in front of the restaurant would have been teaming with protestors. not the case now. many of the hard core exiles have passed on. new faces have replaced old. >> we have to understand we live in a world with different point of views and different forms of government and we are better served

he went on the invitation of fidel castro. coming up in our next half hour, find out what else cuban exiles are saying about this here and what else this means just in the we're live in little havana, julia bagg, nbc 6 news. >>> also for you this morning, a convenience store clerk still shake after an armed crook set his sights on quick cash and a cash register as well. the crime was caught on camera february 6th at the mobile gas staon on broward boulevard. the thief ducks below the counter catching the clerk completely off guard. he was armededith a knife. he urges her to come out with the cash and he was it done quickly. the thief eventually got away but not before cameras got a good look at his face. nbc 6 erika glover going through more video you're looking at. we'll have a full live report on what happened coming up in our next half hour. >>> people line the street of oak grove city park claiming the city closing down their programs. at a soup kitchen for the last 25 years. the group claims oakland park issued a cease an

. >> one person president obama will not meet with on his trip is fidel castro. >> reporter: in little havana victor oquendo,ocal 10 news. >> victor, thanks. >> local 10 news will have live coverage from the president's visit. look for calvin to lead our coverage in late march. >>> and votes 2016 where religion is seeping i to politics after the pope says donald trump is not a christian. >> a trump, a frontrunner for south carolina's primary seems to differ putting it mildly. glenna milberg joins us from columbia, south carolina where another town hall was heldd tonight. glenna? >> reporter: during that, laurie, a little bit of back pedaling. donald trump tempered his comments during that town hall. it was televised tonight and donald trump today stole the spotlight again with two days left before the primary vote here. >> i don't questioneople's christianity. >> it was the headline of the >> i have a lot of respect for the and he is a different kind of guy doing a very good job& with a lot of energy. i would say he was very much misinterpreted and i also think he was given false inter

this is his first trip to the european union since taking over for brother fidel castro back in 2006. frangois hollande visited cuba in may when i was there for news channel 8 covering the tampa chamber of commerce. >>> preparations are underway for the president's first one on one meeting with house ryan became speaker in october. over lunch in the oval office, they are expected to q discuss the president's 2017 fiscal request and president barack obama's last year in office. >>> a man with high profile connections is in trouble with the law this morning. he is accused of stealing pizza from an office and then taking a nap. police in pittsburgh were responding to a burglary alarm at an internet marketing company. the company had held a pizza party on friday. the intruder who is actor tim allen's nephew found the leftover, treated himself to a snack and then took a nap. >> he came in and just dumped stuff out, took pizzas out and there's trails leading to the back room. he was sleeping like a baby on a pile of pillows. >> i wonder why he was so hungry. >> good pizza will do that to yo

to be kept private for about 50 years that are often late, pope francis is a front runner, also fidel castro, vladimir putin and rush limbaugh past.lash officially, he has been nominated. >> ariel winter, and 18-year-old star from modern family is proud to show off her scarst . last summer she had breast reduction r surgery and this past weekend she attended the screen actors guild awards wearing this black dress and you can see her scars under her arm she downsized from a 32 f. two of 34 d. which helped alleviate back problems and she was tired of the getting . said -- a reason i do not make an effort to cover-up the scars, they're a part of of me and i'm not ashamed of them, then today, said that she was humbled by although the positive feedback about the scars,e embracing who you are, and love every love every bit of you because that lucky newbury high school students were picked to attend the caucus thomas lane talk to brittany harris about what that was likeke an sure that they've some great stories. >> this was a huge opportunity for the students to learn about thear politi meet some o

that's fidel castro raising money here in ybor for the cuban revolution. since 1922, patrick manteca's family has published a newspaper in tampa. he said his pres. obama's slated trip to cuba is huge. speemac this is the thing going to china. this is carter camp david helping solve the problems in the middle east. this is big. >> four generations the pages of documented and the cuban embargo. pres. obama's trip is trip is pushing the reset button on us - cuba relations. speemac this is probably five times or 10 times bigger than the pope's visit. speemac for the bay area >> this is going to be a boon for thousands of jobs. speemac development for trade at port manatee, agricultural shipments and more. and even as presidential candidates, marco rubio and ted crews speak out against obama's cuba visit. >> it's an anti-american communist dictatorship. >> to this woman who roll cigars in ybor say they are excited about the future. speemac i don't like politics he said, but she she is happy and grateful president obama is going. she has family and friends she w

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when president jimmy part k ky said he opened cubans with open arms and fidel castro pushed the mal contents out the door, along with criminals did and the mentally ill. today president oma issued a proclamation on cuba describing a better relationship between waington and havana but declaring americans cannot take theiei boats into cuban waters should raul castro throw openn the doors again. the unauthorized entry of united states registered vessels into company territorial waters is detrimental to the forei policy of the united states, the politicalmation says. >> president barack obama to another offense to us, especially to these four why you can men. it's going to be a slap in the face. >> michael: ironically, today is the 20th anniversary of the brothers to the rescue shootdowns which killed four miami men. that led to president clinton issuing a first stern cuban proclamation in 1986. so here we are 2016, 20 years passed, relations are better, and yet americans still cannot take their boats into cuban waters without prior special permission and not during a masas migration. we're live