many people have likened you to fidel castro.arrier of the torch for the socialist revolution in latin america. fidel castro built his revolution over a0 years. how long will it take you to build yours? so you will definitely run again in 2012? you can now, you have removed the term limits. you are determined to keep running for president. president hugo chavez, thank you for coming on hardtalk. hello. this is the shape of things to come rather than what we saw for many, at least, during the course of sunday, which was a decent enough day for many. 0ur weather watchers were out in force yet again. but it really clouded up in southern parts through the afternoon and on into the evening. that came as we began to see the first signs of very humid air piling its way out of france across the channel up into the southern part of the british isles. and then late in the day, thunder storms brewing up in the south of france. some will go overnight into the southern half of britain. very muggy fare here. something much fresher into the nor

and boys have been filing through this door behind me anxious to join the fight in cuba against fidel castro'st. >> they 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 the swatch 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 t

the death of her uncle, fidel castro, and the departure of her father as president has generated much uncertainty on the island. however, mariela castro guaranteed one thing, the next president of cuba whether a man or woman will not have the surname castro. >> i can guarantee that. i hope not. it is not a dynasty of succession. what happened is that in historical context, two castro brothers came together and shared a struggle. there was much confidence between, but those conditions do not exist anymore. reporter: i pointed out to her that also rules her out. >> i know, but i do not want it. i want to be a citizen with other responsibilities. reporter: true believers are holding on ever more tightly to the image of fidel and route -- raul castro. but at least one family member is convinced that castro era is about to end. will grant, bbc news, havana. conservationists are keeping track of an endangered bird. it is all with a little help from space. reporter: a little ungainly on land, the albatross is the giant of the bird world. with its formidable wingspan makes it easy to spot. co

. >> well, it all started with a very strong human relationship between hugo chavez and fidel castro.l castro persuaded chavez that he needed his support, his advice, especially in terms of his own personal security and in ensuring how to use the military, how to use selective oppression from stopping the opposition -- contain the opposition from becoming too strong, and also policies. he recommended policies that chavez wholeheartedly adopted, and the result is now here. so, fidel castro not only crippled the cuban economy but also managed to cripple the venezuelan economy through its influence through chavez first and now through maduro. >> and moises, why did these policies -- why are these policies being -- why were they still popular? these are policies pretty discredited in the rest of latin america, which has rejected this kind of status populism. >> yeah, the ideological necrofe necrofe necrofeel -- necrophilia. that's a passionate love for cadavers that some human beings have as a perversion, but it happens in politics, in which politicians around the world, we have seen them

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the cia used him to get information about fidel castro in cuba, then found he was giving informationbout the cia to castro. they decided not to turn a blind eye to his large scale drug dealing any more, especially when he started attacking america openingly. "i say to the north americans, stop threatening because i'm not afraid of death." by 1989, president george h w bush had had enough. general noriega's reckless threats and attacks upon americans in panama created an imminent danger to the 35,000 american citizens in panama. noriega hid in the vatican embassy in panama city, but the us army bombarded the building with heavy metal music at unbearable levels. in 1990, he was flown to miami and charged with drug—trafficking, and although the defence argued that the cia had known all about this, he was sentenced to a0 years jail in 1992. pineapple face, as he was known from his acne scars, was finally humiliated. at home the crowds rejoiced, some waved teddy bears because, weirdly, noriega used to collect them. he spent the rest of his life in prison in the us, france and panama. two

the cia used him to get information about fidel castro in cuba. then found out he was giving information about the cia to castro. they decided not to turn a blind eye to his large scale drug dealing anymore. especially when he started attacking america. " i say to the north americans, stop threatening because i am not afraid of death." by 1989, president george h.w. bush had had enough. noriega's threats and attacks on americans in panama created an imminent danger to the 35,000 american citizens in panama. hid in the vatican embassy in panama city. the u.s. army bombarded the building with heavy metal music at unbearable levels. in 1990 he was flown to miami and charged with drug trafficking. although the defense argued the cia had known about this, he was sentenced to 40 years in jail in 1992. pineapple face, as he was known from his acne scars, was finally humiliated. at home, crowds rejoiced. some waved teddy bears come a because a weirdly noriega used to collect them. he spent the rest of his life in prison. two years ago he asked for forgive

intelligence to cuban strong man fidel castro. noriega's critics protested his tight grip.1989 the u.s. military invaded panama and apprehended the general. he was convicted on judge charges and spent 17 years in prison. in december noriega was sent back to panama to serve 60 years in prison for murdering his opponents. manuel noriega died because of a brain hemorrhage. >> 27-year-old remmington peters of colorado. peters family calls him a role model an angel on earth who taught them to live life to the fullest. the seal cut free from his chute when it failed to open over the weekend. you see it here floating away without him attached. peters landed in the hudson driver and died at the hospital. the navy is working to determine what caused the chute to not deploy. peters was part of the navy's leapfrogs team. >> tensions over immigration policies boiled over in texas. hundreds of protesters on that possession the state's anti-sanctuary cities law. there was a scuffle among some lawmakers during the chaotic scene. it happened after republican matt rine new england dee alleg

he presided over attempts to bring down the cuban government of fidel castro. but during the cuban missile crisis, when the soviets placed missiles 100 miles from florida's shore, he rejected the military option to remove them and may have averted ww-iii. he was at first a reluctant civil rights warrior, but in the last year of his life he committed to a landmark bill that banned racial discrimination in public places and the workplace, though this would have jeopardized his re- election. >> we chose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. >> reporter: and he set the nation on a path to win the space race. despite what he did in life, the shocking manner of his death and its aftermath may have had as great an impact. his alleged assassin was a violence-prone former marine and self-taught marxist. but for many, the responsibility was elsewhere. this was supreme court chief justice earl warren at the capitol memorial service. >> we do know that such acts are commonly stimulated by forces of h

the cia used him to get information about fidel castro in cuba, then found he was giving informatione drug dealing any more, especially when he started attacking america openingly.

bannon is a little like the kamikaze or the che guevara to fidel castro. those guys don't last very long once you assume the problems of governing so everybody wondered bannon himself how long bannon could win and last with this. disruption and chaos.nt it lasted about a month and what stopped him was at least made him go underground a little bit andy's trying to come back now with the idea that you went to cpac the conservative political action groups annual meeting and he stepped up and the jrue the light to himself. he was then on the cover of "time" magazine called the great manipulator. "saturday night live" made skits about him being the real president of the united states and it didn't take long forr of jared to draw the attention ofhi the president's prospects father-in-law to the idea thata bannon who admits to all the other collapses around the travel ban and other things that steve bannon was giving a littli big for his britches and it didn't take long for trump who we all know is all about the spotlight is on me. we talked to people who save wi

it's the first may day celebration since the death of fidel castro in 2016 and the last that his brotherob zuma had to abandon a may day rally after he was booed by workers demanding his resignation. fighting broke out between mr zuma's supporters and opponents — and all speeches had to be cancelled. devastating weekend storms in southern and mid—western parts of the united states have killed at least 16 people. deaths were reported in texas, arkansas, missouri and mississippi. tornadoes flattened homes, overturned cars and brought down power lines. more dangerous weather is forecast — as abc's senior meteorologist, rob maricano reports. tonight, the system that brought deadly tornadoes to texas now targets te ns deadly tornadoes to texas now targets tens of millions in the east. we are outside texas. just after the tornadoes tore through, tom mitchell discovered this truck overturned and a family of four trapped inside. oh my god. with storms are still swelling overhead, good samaritans racing against time. mitchell puts down his phone and start giving the infant cpr. tonight, the famil

he provided drug cartels safe harbor and selling thousands of passports to the cuban director fidel castro giving cuban spice cover. his biggest threat was to the panama canal. >> damage to one lock could shut the canal down for weeks or months or years. >> a tipping point came in 1989 when a handful of american troops were ambushed by noriega's soldiers. >> this was a demonstration of what this man really intends to do. it gets worse. it was time to take this military commander out. >> president, i have no higher obligation than to safeguard the lives of american citizens. >> on december 20, 1989, president bush sent 20,000 troops to invade panama. noriega sought refuge until he was brought to the united states to face trial. he served 8 years and then sent to france to face another trial. he died in the hospital yesterday still a prisoner. 23 u.s. troops lost their lives in the u.s. attack against noriega. an admiral remembers flying with president bush who wrote to the families of the 23 who gave their lives. >> bret: up next deadly bombings in baghdad. and the man who killed 2 people i

he was a paid cia informant for years while also feeding information behind the scenes to fidel castrong illegal drugs. president george h.w. bush eventually sent 20,000 troops into panama at the time the largest u.s. military action since vietnam. noriega escaped and was found hiding at the vatican embassy in panama city. american troops blasted to torment nor yeah go what surrendered. convicted in the u.s. court in '92 in what was called the drug trial of the century he would serve prison sentences in the u.s. and back in panama for the remainder-is life. remember, follow the show on-line on facebook and twitter @mitchell reports. craig melvin is up next on msnbc. hi, craig. >> hey there, good to see you. good tuesday afternoon to you as well. craig melvin live at msnbc headquarters in new yor and we start with breaking news. crisis mode. the white house now scrambling to manage the multiple investigations into russian collusion. we just learned president trump's personal lawyer has been asked for information in congressional russia probes that's in addition to the fbi's focus on son

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within hours those that claim he committed suicide but that ak 47 assault rifle given to him by fidel castro his voice was strong and defiant . long live chile and the people in the workers. i am certain with sacrifice will not be in vain at the very least a moral lesson to punish felony cowardice and treason. the radio fell silent i can only think of another. where was she? wish to save? what i never see her again? i did not fully comprehend the political situation i knew enough spanish to know his words and recognize my mother could be in danger after all she was a supporter of the leftist government and in her complaint about him was that he was not left enough personalities with the were the more radicals with the revolutionary left movement she that they should distribute arms to the workers in preparation for a military coup. i have not seen or heard from her in more than a month and had no idea how to reach forefather and at that moment i felt more loan and cut off than any other time in my life. i was happy living on the farm now it seemed i was rude to their -- ruth and his voice is

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considering there is no way that 93% of their stories about, i don't know, pick someone, fidel castro, were negative? 92% is a lot. it's not really news coverage at that point. it's advocacy. the press doesn't like trump. we knew that. but it's not just trump. it's the issues that trump's voters favor. the media disagreed with those tour go and they skew their coverage. take immigration for example. most americans believe it ought to be illegal to come to our country without permission. that's why the congress has made it illegal. that's not what the people in the media work they think. they believe defending the border is an act of bigotry and so that's how they have portrayed it with no other side were presented at all. most of the time. the harvard study found that stories on trump's immigration policies, 96% were negative. there is more diversity in the romanian -- here is new york times for example. the "l.a. times." "trump's crackdown strikes fear onto immigrants illegally." and america's least on his new paper, "the washington post," which wrote in a headline, "immigrants are c

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barack obama went to cuba and said he was honored to meet with fidel castro, the same word.he honored, he sat there eating popcorn and cracker jack and doing the wave at a baseball game. that is not exactly hard-nosed diplomacy. when he met with vladimir putin the first time, he said he praised him for the extraordinary work he had done as president of russia. in 2009. there is a huge level of hypocrisy here. he was saying the exact same thing, having these dictators on the back, there's a difference between what trump is doing and what obama is doing. that is, trump was engaging them for my position of strength, and barack obama was engaging them from a position of weakness. >> martha: zach is shaking his head. i got to let him jump in. they see micro to get points to me. why not? >> let's look at what happened in cuba. president obama stood next to raul castro and publicly criticize the regime and what they were doing to political dissidents. what did he do? he met with the political dissidents that were opposed to the regime. let's compare that to what secretary of state

allen dulles' cia vision of returning cubans from florida that were trained to throw a coup in fidel castro's cuba. it failed. kennedy got a lot of egg on his face for that and he was following a cia program to fruition and he learned from that to have skepticism of the cia and its power and how to rein it in and limit it and also at times of the u.s. armed forces. he did not always say yes to the generals. he was not over enamored by brass. in that way john kennedy was a tough operator. he manned enemy -- he made enemies internally within the dod. he made the cia say i am not quite sure i fully trust some of the things you are doing abroad. susan: do you want to answer about monetary policy? >> no. i will say what president kennedy would say. no. susan: let me close by asking .ust one question the chapter on the assassination in the book is titled -- anyone who did not raise their hands, they were alive, they have answer that question -- where were you when? why are you giving the assassination such a small part of the overall book, and let's wrap up high talking about how did the assassinat

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fidel castro was the enemy. executed hundreds of people when he took office, betrayed democracy, betrayed his commitment to democracy, brought in the communists, made an alliance with the soviet union against us. when kids like me kids at the time were all rooting for him and he betrayed us, and now we're back with his somewhat more pathetic brother raul there, it's fading but not quick enough. what do you think obama did to deal with that situation? do ah agree with what he did to open the door? >> on the cuba question, i think the president made the right choice. i think he recognized that if our country -- two countries were to be more connected and to learn from each other and to have freer exchange and trade, that ultimately it would be productive for both countries. i think we're seeing that's true. i think the cuban economy has improved since the embargo was lifted and relations have been normalized, and i think the outpouring of excitement that you see in america from so many people eager to go to cuba a

reporter: the embargo that prevented cuba's access to american pharmaceuticals led the late president fidel castro to invest heavily in developing medicines and vaccines. former president obama travelled to cuba last year. he later announced new policies making it easier for american researchers to apply for f.d.a. approval to trial cuban drugs in the united states. mick phillips voted for president trump, but mr. trump has vowed to rollback some of obama's policies when it comes to cuba relations. phillips fears what that could mean. >> i am concerned that access to this medication will go away for many, many people. >> reporter: dr. lee says it's all part of a potential change in the way doctors approach cancer treatment. >> there is an idea that's developing of converting cancer into a chronic disease. we give you a pill that you take every day, and it allows you to live a perfectly normal life. >> reporter: outside cuba and the u.s, there's great interest in cimavax. it's approved in five different countries. worldwide, 5,000 patients have been treated with the drug since 2011, 1,000 of them c

all of our lives -- i was at the fidel castro funeral when someone drove into ohio state and all of our coverage immediately turned to what was the larger message from that? how do we know, was that isolated or not? with each of these incidents they have to figure out who is connected in this, if anyone. the ingredients of the explosive device, the manufacture of it. the common ingredients that isis often uses, ammonia and other things that are sore relatively available in relatively small quantities as well as some of the more sophisticated bombs we have seen in yemen. there are so many wars going on right now. the conflict in yemen, which is saudi and uae fought against -- you know, the hoodies and the radio-backed insurgents. there is that. there is isis of course in syria. there are so many different factions. >> right. >> this could just be a lone person, someone mjtly deranged. we don't know what the pathology of any of this is. >> andrea, as you mentioned we have a live picture of 10 downing street showing the front entrance there of the prime minister's residence and office as t

at points, she was directed personally by fidel castro, tasking her on specific missions. it does not get much worse for us. for years, we cannot understand how she was communicating. years, we was -- for could not understand how she was indicating. 232urned out she had unauthorized meetings with cuban officials over coffee at starbucks in different locations around the d.c. area. a significant damaging case. she lived in this apartment. siblings that were members of the fbi, completely uninvolved with the case. she had a boyfriend who worked for special operations and lives in miami. she was operating from this red room, communicating over one-way voice link over a short wave radio. toshiba laptop computer. this was surveillance film of her coming in to her house. once she came to the attention, through a fluke, she was placed under surveillance. while under surveillance, her boyfriend shows up unannounced from miami at about 10:00 one night. he knocks on the door and she starts screaming at them and won't let them in. it turned out she was in the midst of receiving a one

working for somebody else at that moment, and that somebody else could not be anyone else than fidel castrohat building. >> my opinion, castro -- violence. >> there was an entire world of assassination. but some raised valid questions. >> could a bullet which have done as much come out looking like bullet 399? >> it is another one of the very many highly improbables that we are asked to accept by the warren commission if we are to accept the validity of their full report. >> some had completely mad theories. >> cody was killed by a karate chop to the throat in september of, i believe, 1964. >> but everyone i believed had a right to give their views. >> you have apparently succeeded in persuading the majority of the american people that we cannot trust the most august conceivable panel to do a responsible job. >> you talk about faith in these institutions or faith in the fbi as if it's a religious experience to read the warren report. i think to the contrary, you're always supposed to have faith in a democracy in our own ability to look at the facts and reach our own conclusions. >> the decr