the assassination program was privileged tell me about the perhaps their better known the castro fidel castro raul castro che guevara assassination attempts by going to leave and also patrice lumumba so who were hired a lot more and more poison or in cheap rebirth in the episode that you're talking about bettas the campaign by you know based in many. foreign leaders sidney got me. was the head of the chemical branch of the cia there was a logical that when the cia needed poison or any purpose including killing a foreign leader he would be the person they were turned in it was sydney got the. poison that was supposed to have been used to poison the chinese leader joe and why that plot was thwarted later on fidel castro became the target and it was godly who created all those elaborate devices you read about not only al pill that the phrase i learned while reading the file i wish dealt ill else that for lethal or help it was a little kill you he made those for castro but he also made things like a poison fountain and with an ultra fine so you wouldn't feel it went into your leg he made. poison

karen bass kept praising fidel castro all the way to his death four years ago.n the 1970s, karen bass belongs to a group that the l.a. police department accused of treading revolutionaries in "terrorist tactics and guerrilla warfare." bass apparently visited cuba multiple times a year. karen bass is not a mainstream figure. she literally cosponsor to the new way forward act, that is a lunatic bill that would force the u.s. government to re-import at taxpayer expense hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens that we've deported for committing crimes. in many case, violent crimes, for real. karen bass is so extreme that like kamala harris, by the way, she's currently trying to repeal california's main antidiscrimination law. bass wants to make racial discrimination legal as it was before the civil rights movement. we are not overstating this. karen bass has issued press releases bragging about it. you may not of heard about any of this, the details are rushed so shocking that virtually no media outlet bothers to cover them but it is all real, look it up. keep in min

thank you thank you that's it for the show on the eve of cuba is a month out of day when fidel castro is 26 or join movements have been trained the cuban revolution they were defeated continues to defeat united states designed to despite nearly ending the world will be back on monday with one of the world's greatest geographers professor that he will tell us which country he thinks could be the best ones and they've been in the world until the washer has joined the underground when you try to sound patents address and facebook. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confront dacian let it be an arms race in this offense very dramatic development only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very chaotic at a time time to sit down and talk. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the united states we've seen very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids it invaded america under the banner of medicine persist

i once had a seven-hour dinner with fidel castro at his house.ot to take former pakistani president to vote with me, at my suburban philadelphia polling place. you can watch it on youtube. it didn't go so well. >> the variety of stuff is -- is amazing. i'm shocked led zeppelin doesn't take orders from you. and a seven-hour dinner from fidel castro. i have heard about those. yikes. who's left on your list to interview? >> i've had fun along the way. and tomorrow night, i'm privileged to have the forum for an hour. it's a night for me to be able to reminisce. but there is a serious message. there is a message i want to deliver tomorrow night about the partisan gridlock, what came to create this era. >> i really look forward to it. always fascinating. michael sme michael smerconish, thank you so much. >> join michael tomorrow for an entertaining and poignant look at his fascinating career. tomorrow night, 10:00 p.m. eastern, right here, on cnn. up next, we remember the victims of the pandemic, including an emt and a barbecue restaurant owner. (vo) v

club elf thank you thank you that's it for the show on the eve of cuba is a month out a day when fidel castro's 26 of july movement 7 train the cuban revolution they were defeated continues to defeat the united states designed to the sovereignty despite nearly ending the world will be back on monday with one of the world's greatest geographers professor danny dorling will tell us which country he thinks will be the best ones in live in in the world until then wash your hands and join the underground on you tube twitter sound cloud instagram and facebook. syria has been engulfed in civil most 10 years it's cost hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions more no $1.00 foresaw the peaceful protests of 20 is collating into a complex conflict between various ami's geopolitical interests rebel groups just. how they are needed in the book on this. but if you tell us if you say you hate because the. message look cool. deep going to like. an ordinary has sat down i. never statham as the mother and then the shame what i did i miss the hate get a shout then you. get a. problem drugs don't alway

club elf thank you thank you that's it for the show on the eve of cuba is a month out a day when fidel castro's 26 of july movement 7 train the cuban revolution they were defeated continues to defeat the united states designs on the sovereignty despite nearly ending the world will be back on monday with one of the world's greatest geographers professor danny dorling will tell us which country he thinks will be the best ones in livin in the world until they wash your hands and join the underground when you put a sound cloud instagram and facebook. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the united states we see means very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids and invaded america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she just goes after dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer so who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers all the governments. u.s. china few to escalate says american agents break into

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thank you thank you that's it for the show on the eve of cuba is a month on a day when fidel castro's 26 of july movement 7 trying to cuban revolution to a defeated continues to defeat united states designs when it's over and despite nearly ending the world fully back on monday with one of the world's greatest geographers professor danny dorling will tell us which country he thinks could be the best ones and they've been in the world until the washer has joined the underground when you try to sound kind of dress and facebook. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see that. you cannot be both with the yeah you like. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies too in every state in the united states we seem very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids invited america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she just goes after dose after dose

it was one of the least well known things that we polled on and it was rated about as highly as fidel castro in our poll if you know anything about florida you know we don't like castro very much i repeated this poll just last month and found that support for cuban on has not increased. at all in 2 years and we've also done this nationwide and i've seen revolts results of other polls. too and it's not a big thing out there and i would say that it's support or is deeper than it is wide and i would also say if we're defining far right as the political dispositions of the people who support it it's not far right in any sense at all it's it's equal numbers of republicans and democrats and republicans and democrats rate it equally poorly so it's much as we like to think of it as far right the evidence for for that if we're talking about the followers just isn't there. you know if you go back to that pew poll i don't have it on the computer this other part of it but it was. democrats were more likely to have heard of it than republicans actually i believe in this poll and i can maybe pull that up

thank you thank you that's it for the show on the eve of cuba is a month on a day when fidel castro's 26 of july movement 7 train the cuban revolution they were defeated continues to defeat united states designed to despite nearly ending the world will be back on monday with one of the world's greatest geographers professor danny dorling will tell us which country he thinks should be the best ones and they've been in the world until that wash your hands join the underground when you try to sound the ground and facebook. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race.

one and watching old fidel castro speeches at any moment that's going to happen we saw this last tuesday during u.s. attorney general william bar's testimony to the u.s. house judiciary committee when u.s. representative matt gates worriedly asked the bar about the possible spread of mt if these protests in portland were not contained. is it your view then that chief and other violent people engaged in these acts would simply stop would simply accept that as their sole victory or is it your expert opinion having dealt with a number of law enforcement criminal cases and your legal career that that they wouldn't stop that they would go to the next town to the next community and potentially inspire more violence there's no doubt in my mind that it would spread . it would spread to one town up to another and another community oh my goodness they're coming for us all except like always truth gets in the way truth in the form of actual statistics you see it appears that the threat of extreme leftist groups and individuals including and statistically pales in comparison to the violence committe

flores arrived in the united states in 1959, days after the triumph of the cuban revolution, led by fidel castroty days, and realised straight away that cuba wouldn't have a bright future with him in charge. south africans gathered to mark mandela day on saturday, an event held annually to honour revolutionary leader, nelson mandela, on what would be his birthday. the event aims to encourage individuals to take action and inspire change. this year, hundreds of chefs gathered to prepare thousands of litres of soup for people in vulnerable communities, some saying it was a great opportunity to give back, in the same compassionate spirit of mandela himself. moving on now to a heartwarming story about a lonely and mistreated elephant. islamabad zoo is set to send its lone elephant, kaavan, to a cambodian sanctuary after a pakistan court ordered his freedom. kaavan was kept in chains at islamabad zoo and exhibited symptoms of mental illness. the pachyderm became the subject of a high—profile rights campaign backed by music star cher. bbc‘s ishleen kaur has more. meatpacker signed's loneliest elephant

arrived in the united states injanuary 1959, days after the triumph of the cuban revolution, led by fidel castroersity days, and realised straight away that cuba wouldn't have a bright future with him in charge. tens of thousands of russians have taken to the streets in the far eastern city of khabarovsk to demand the release of the local governor. sergei furgal was arrested on murder charges and flown to moscow last week. protesters claim his arrest was politically motivated. from khabarovsk, our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. they poured in from across the region. "freedom," they chanted. and, "send him home!" it was one of the largest protests kha barovsk has ever seen. seven time zones east of moscow, they have been taking to the streets for a week now. and he is the reason why. sergei furgal is the local governor. "we are all sergei furgal," he says. he is popular here. more popular, they say, than president putin. but last week he was arrested. officers flew in from moscow, bundled him into a car and flew him back to the capital. he has been charged with involvement in murders dati

flores arrived in the united states in 1959, days after the triumph of the cuban revolution, led by fidel castroealised straight away that cuba wouldn't have a bright future with him in charge. french police say a fire in nantes cathedral may have been started deliberately. investigators say the fire started in three different spots, which points to arson. it took around 100 firefighters to bring the blaze under control. it comes a little more than 12 months after the devastating fire at france's most famous cathredal, notre dame. reged ahmad has more. huge, bright orange and red flame seemed to engulf the middle of this ancient gothic building, as black smoke billows out from between the two towers. it took around 100 firefighters to get the blaze in the historic nantes cathedral under control, but not before it blew out the stained glass windows at the front and completely destroyed the grand organ inside. locals gathered anxiously outside to watch the firefighting effort. this cathedral dates back to the 15th century and took around 500 years to finish building, so it holds a special place in

this isn't fidel castro ruled first 30 some odd years.s is a guy who could rule for four years maybe or eight years of the most, and then he's done. he can only do what our legislative branch does and it's crazy. and that's the country understanding how we operate. >> tucker: that is such a smart point. i always give people a pass at politicians and i think you have the right to give the finger to the people in power, and as you noted you would think somewhere along the line, there's a difference between a politician in this case, trump, and the people who voted for them. he has power, but they don't, no one says that. >> also, the ends don't justify the means when you are a journalist. we are a held to a higher standd and we've been having the conversation in america the last ten years or seven years. hey, police, we have told them to and we take an unstated both. to a higher standard. blah, blah, blah. as a journalist, we are intentionally misleading the public. president trump, president obama, and if we are cuba, and they think they a

fidel castro first started sending medical assistance to show solidarity to other developing nationsd earn some positive headlines for his up start revolution. he named the groups henry reed. but it's the u.s. government, cuba's old cold war foe, that is urging other countries to refuse cuba's help. according to the trump administration, these doctors are heroes, they are victims. >> up to 50,000 cuban doctors have been forced by the castro regime into human trafficking organizations into 60 can you be tris. they are the regime's number one source of income. >> reporter: the u.s. says the cuban health professionals are not given their full salaries, that the host countries pay the cuban government for their services and that they are forced to work in hazardous conditions. accusations of mistreatment angrily rejected by the doctors and nurses we spoke to. the majority of cuban medical professionals choose to step forward. dr. mesa says, we are not forced or obligate today do our work, not inside the country or outside the country. it's part of our preparation. cuba says these brigade

. >> fidel castro started to send medical assistance to earn positive headlines and show support.med the international medical brigades for henry reeve, a medical cuban. it's the u.s. government, the cold war foe, who is urging other countries to refuse cuba's help. according to the trump administration, these doctors are not heroes, they are victims. >> up to 50,000 doctors have been forced in to human trafficking situations in more than 60 countries around the globe. they are the regime's number one source of income. >>> the u.s. said that the cuban health professionals are not given their full salaries. that the host countries pay the cuban government for their services. and that they are forced to work in hazardous conditions. accusations of mistreatment rejected by the doctors and nurses we spoke to. >> the majority of medical professionals choose to step forward. we are not forced or obligated to do our work, inside or outside the country. it's part of our preparation. cuba said the brigades are a sign of medical solidarity. and trump's administration said it's a business to

i once had a dinner with fidel castro at his house. i confronted the living members of led zeppelin with a demand that they reunite. you can watch it on youtube. it didn't go so well. i worked for and befriended pennsylvania's longest serving united states senator arlen specter. i drank champagne from the stanley cup and had my portrait painted at a fundraiser in front of a live audience. >> you have had such a rich career in politics, journalism, as an author, such a rich experience, a variety of experiences, and you've been able to share a lot of those insights with the public over the years. what are some of those things you wish you knew before you started talking, if you could give us a little preview? >> i've got 30 years worth of stories that i want to condense into an hour tonight. what i've learned is the destructive influence of a polarized media. so i hope that people watching will be entertained, have a couple of laughs, but take away the serious message about the changes that i've seen in the last 30 years. none of them go

i once had a 7 hour dinner with fidel castro at his house. to take former pakistani president to vote with me at my suburban philadelphia polling place. i confirmed those with led zeppelin with a demand that they unite. it didn't go so well. and work for and befriended pennsylvania's longest serving senator arlen specter. i drank champagne from the stanley cup. and i have a photo by named arson nelson changes. >> that is the coolest career. i know the film is called things i wish i knew before i started talking. fiddestel castro for seven hours at his house. we'll have to have a conversation about that. but is there anything in your career that you could point to and look back and say that explains our current moment in our politics? >> no doubt about it. i'm going to reminisce tomorrow night and thank you for referencing it. but there is a serious message. and the serious message is about the negative impact that a polarized media has had on our political discourse. the 30 years i've been doing what i've been doing is the exact same time per

but when you wear socks that depict cops, not bad cops, but all cops as pigs, when you praise fidel castrore in miami, and then when you go largely radio silent, although he's done good things in the community, i give him full credit for that, but he hasn't given the notoriety he received. he has not used that platform as effectively as he might have. >> does this mean this elevated power of today's athlete means, perhaps, that history won't repeat itself? >> well, first of all, however imperfectly or haltingly athletes for the most part black athletes for some white through the years, in a wimpdifferent w aly raisman today or megan rapinoe, whether you agree or not, they have been out there and made an impact. you go back to lewis and then mohammed ali and kareem and brown and bill russell is, they all made a positive contribution. when you hear people say stick to sports, what that really means is stick to sports if you're saying something i disagree with. the truth of the matter is because sports cuts across so many demographics and because it is essentially a meritocracy, so it's hard

the democrats in florida are saying they are worried given the sensitivity of the name fidel castro andial impact of someone who said that. he would like to know more about it, and i would, too. what was behind that comment and what did you mean by it? >> first of all, i have talked to my colleagues in the house about that, and it's certainly something i would not say again. i have always supported the cuban people. the relationship barack obama and biden had in their administration in terms of opening up relations. i happen to believe sometimes the best way to change a regime is through having relations versus not. for the last six years i've been a member of the national endowment for democracy, which is the organization that actually funds the democratic efforts in cuba. so again, for a country that is 90 miles away for a policy that we've had decades that hasn't worked, i think opening up relationships is the best way to go but i certainly understand the sensitivity. to me saying that, the understanding that the translation in spanish communicated something completely different. les

considering the preservation act, and i pointed out to theire were controversial figures like fidel castro and they asked the deputy secretary to comment on the national park service agenda to try to represent all people give to this concern them. the response was within the parks, we telle a lot of stories and demonstrate a lot of images and narratives prove educational interpretation we are able to provide them with a better understanding of where those images exist and why this exact statues exist and to develop theird own thought they are looking at. the majority of the witnesses on the bill have similar questions that i asked her to help me understand the possible comparisons adjusted a statues. she said there was little need for concern because there's mors more than 100 euros in the park and they were only a two featuring controversial people. we use the same model, which i think we showed it to be consistent . .. >> thank you ranking member it's a great question i will take a stab at it. one of my real concerns is a level of civic illiteracy not even knowing what it was about the f

i had a seven-hour dinner with fidel castro at his house. ♪ clowns to the left of me jokers to the >>a living. it's always been my calling. and not because i'm a lawyer, not because i have a background in politics. in retrospect, i guess i just wanted the attention. i host a daily radio program that bears my name. i have a weekly cable television program and i authored seven books. i am pleased with those achievements, but i am far more proud of what went into them. in 1980, i turned 18 and registered to vote as a republican. you know, like my parents. that spring my father decides to make a run for public office. my first time as a voter, i got to vote for my dad, and cast my first presidential ballot. george herbert walker bush wins the pennsylvania primary. my dad lost his. but i was hooked on politics. i was advanced man for sitting vice president of the united states. i traveled several times across country, planning logistics of his personal appearances. at age 23, i managed a portion of senator ar lynn spec ter's re-election campaign. i ran for the same seat for which my father

i once had a seven-hour dinner with fidel castro at his house.er pakistani president to vote with me at my suburban philadelphia polling place. i confronted the members of the led zeppelin band with a demand they reunite. you can watch ittan you tube. i didn't go well. i worked for arlen specter. i drank champagne from the stanley cup and even had my portrait painted at a fund-raiser in front of a live audience by named artist nelson shanks. i twice better viewed president barack obama from the white house. if first was august 20, 2009. >> i'm live at the white house and i'm joined by the president of the united states. mr. president, what an honor for me. thank you, sir, for this privilege, and thank you for coming back to my radio program. >> michael, it is great to be on the show again. every time we have been on, it has been a great time. i appreciate the opportunity. >> so many great memories. many involve interviewing people of stature like john mccain or collin powell or some of the sports heroes of my youth. smoking joe frazier, or bernie

cat donna colin kaepernick, nobody cared we had to say when he started wearing pink socks and fidel castroers and calling off like a symbol of oppression. what conversation could have been started in the tragedy of george floyd has now been quieted and squashed with an all-out offensive on police. we have a liberal politician's painting "defund the police" on the streets. we have black lives matter leaders at aoc saying, "no, this is during the baby out with the bathwater." changing the system, tearing it down. the rhetoric might be mixed but it's specifically not united in any way that leslie was representing it. they are absolutely antipolice right now, saying that there are no few bad apples. there is a bad police. that's just not true. >> katie: gillian, over the past month we have had the heated debate across the country about the best ways to move forward with legislation on national and local levels about police reform, but you seen a number of police unions and individual police officers pushing back and saying what they are offering, like this new york legislation, puts us into a

he is somebody who had met with fidel castro in september of 1960. met kwame and kuhna in harlem. met different caribbean leader and kept in contact women the. malcolm is interested in this idea of a third world internationalism but radical pan africanism. this idea that self-determination for africa is going to have real benefits for black citizenship domestically and globally. that he is interested in saying we can help each other so we can help the african union and the africandown can help -- african union can help us. when e in 1964 and then july to november 21st, 1964, he is away and going be in tanzania in ghana in nigeria, in cairo, in maybe cpa in -- mecca, and he tries to make linkages at universities, at different african political kingdoms. he is in the middle east and he is going to be both islamic faith leader and also this secular political leader. one thing we don't give malcolm credit for -- malcolm's notion of not just going to the u.n. and charge the united states withviolation of human rights the civil rights should be a human rights movement is a huge, huge in

park i pointed out that some of the murals we were talking about protecting featured murals of fidel castro. asked did this concern them. the response was, within the narrative of the national parks, we tell stories and demonstrate a lot of images and narratives . her. educational interpretation, we are able to provide our viewers to better understand why those statues exist and enable them to develop their own thoughts as to the particular item they are looking at. ask of the majority of the witnesses the same question and ask them to help me understand. she said there was little need for concern because there are more than 100 murals in the park, that there were only dealt with featuring controversial people get used that same model to be consistent. a quick google search because there are 116 statues in washington, d.c. and thousands in the national park system. the question i bring before the committee today is, what is our standard so we will know it when we see it? when we have crossed the line of oft statue should thus all when a statue should be removed and when it shouldn't? how mu

karen bass who is the chair of the congressional black caucus, past comments about fidel castro couldr. an atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms lacks statewide or federal experience but gained attention for her response to protest in the city. the national security advisor brings foreign policy know-how but biden isn't lacking there. and stacy abrams although she wouldn't galvanize voters also lacks federal experience. >> i wouldn't be surprised, and all i will say about that is it's not as if there are only one or two that she can choose from because there are so many more women in positions of pow power. >> biden also has a strong pick in tammy del fleur. a recent "usa today" poll shows 72% of democrats want biden to choose a woman of color. leland? >> leland: now we wait and see which private jets are headed towards bloomington and delawa delaware. >> alicia: a victim of jeffrey epstein speaking out an exclusive interview with fox news as his longtime confident is arrested and charged in a child sex abuse case. what thawhat the comment say abt ghislaine maxwell, just ahead. ta-da! di

fidel castro could support her with boats. the national security advisor has been policy know how.rogressives get left behind. senator elizabeth warren is in the running but she is white and older. >> i don't think she would lose a lot of hours but there would be a level of disappointment and concern about where, joe biden, are you can make sure our voices are at the table. >> other voices of color like asian american combat veteran, experts say unlikely white women on the short list will make the cut. the main driver in biden's choices unifying the democratic part party. >>> san francisco city officials completed the first phase to move homeless people off the streets of the tender loin neighborhood. if the tenderloin had been removed, hundreds of people have been relocated to hotel rooms. the city said the effort will continue but on a less intense scale. of reduction of tents by the end of the summer. >>> law enforcement took out for gambling machines, dj equipments and barstools and some other nightclub equipment inside. the underground club was right around people in another c

he also wore a shirt, by the way, to a press conference supporting communist dictator fidel castro.un-disney like to me. is it a good move for disney? >> i think it's an opportunistic move for disney. i think their management right now is very reactionary and i think it's an opportunistic move for colin kaepernick and also one for disney as well. ashley: interesting. so you would say a politically correct kind of move, perhaps? >> i would absolutely say that. you know, it's very much fairy dust he's looking for at this moment. i think that's all you are going to see added to the bottom line right now. ashley: all right. we will move on from that. let's talk about walmart, if we can. you say they are doing some pretty innovative stuff right now. what are they doing right? >> well, 90% of americans live within ten miles of a walmart. so what they are doing right now is solving a problem for their guests. so they are launching a virtual summer camp and they are also launching drive-in movies which when you think about it, walmart has what amazon doesn't which is a lot of real estate. s