my father, antonio de la guardia, was head of a government department created by fidel castro, tasked his job was to smuggle in high—tech equipment from the us. my father was accused of being in contact with drug traffickers. it was said that was the only reason he was executed. but for me, it was all about politics. fidel castro wanted to do away with a group of officers who had different opinions to those of the regime. from about 1985, we began to feel the influence in cuba of the reforms in the soviet union, perestroika. these were issues that were being openly talked about here. my friends and i used to sit in the garden with my father and talk about how if things were changing in eastern europe, then cuba should change too. i did not imagine that expressing those opinions could mean being arrested and then executed. the trial was filmed every day. it lasted a week and was broadcast each night on tv. it was totally controlled. the accused could only say yes or no. the last time i visited him injail wasjust days before his execution. by then, it was obvious that we were going to l

understand the assassination program was prolific tell me about the press the better known the castro fidel castro raul castro che guevara's assassination attempt by going to labor and also patrice lumumba so the title of my book poisoner in chief refer to the us doesn't you're talking about that in the campaign by united in the late. that in the foreign leader then he got. 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 the elbe 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 wetsui

all the said after that site -- mike was basically still fighting it to have fidel castro say i wouldto meet you. that is heavy. so when you presented is a very transformational moment in a life of ted turner as well. this television station, this thing that was growing in leaps and bounds, fidel castro was pirating the signals here is cnn headline news, cnn two, is moving into global markets and is cnn international. he begins to see it as something more than a mark, more than a money maker, more than a risk. but something that could actually change the world. how do you think that went for ted turner? >> i think it went enormously deep. i think it's also important, probably not the most captivating part of the story, that while all of that growth you mentioned was going on, the world is changing simultaneously. it's very hard for us to remember that was a moment and time when it was not just ted who was experimenting, lots of other people were experimenting. all around the world this technology was revolutionizing everything. all sorts of communication. so he was able to, as he marc

fidel castro entered havana in january, 1959, following the flight of batista, and castro promised freedemocratic elections. these never materialized. brutal executions following trials in the marxist backgrounds of chief aides made it increasingly evident his regime was under russian influence. evidence of communist agents in latin america had previously appeared in venezuela, when mobs disrupted the goodwill tour of vice president and mrs. nixon in 1958. upon their return to washington, the nixon's were held by the president for their courage in the face of political gangsterism. a crisis in the congo reflected the problems of new nations, complicated by russian interference. on june 30, 1960, the king of belgium declared the end of the congo status. the person who followed the communist line was elected premier and demanded immediate withdrawal of belgian troops. anti-western riots resulted, in which congolese soldiers participated in attacks, forcing them to evacuate. the premier of one province, supported by belgian troops remaining in his province, declares secession from the cong

when fidel castro was asked if he was a communist, he said he was a roman catholic.e knew he had to hide the truth. the country i was born in is .one, totally destroyed chicago, portland, and other cities, when i see history being rewritten, when i hear the of ases, i hear echoes former life i never wanted to hear again. i see shadows i thought i had outrun. wanted oneonly person to decide my fate -- me. not some party member, not some government official, not some bureaucrat. america, i would decide my own future. i am so grateful for america, the place where i was able to build my american dream through hard work and determination. president trump knows that the american story was written by people like you and i who love our country. born, but i am 100% american. this is the greatest country in the world. . said this before if i gave away everything i had -- have today, it would not be given,hat i have been the gift of freedom. right now it is up to us to choose -- fate and freedom over oppression. fighting themp is forces of anarchy and communism. i know he will

fidel castro was asked if you was a communist. he said he was a roman catholic.knew he had to hide the truth. but the country i was born in is gone, totally destroyed. when i watched the news in seattle, chicago, portland and other cities. when i see history being rewritten. when i hear the promises, i hear echoes of a former life i never wanted to hear again. i see shadows. my parents only wanted one person to decide my fate. me. not some party member, not some government official, not some bureaucrat. in america i will decide my own future. i am so grateful to america, the place where i was able to build my american dream through hard work and determination. president trump knows that the american story was written by people just like you and i love our country, and they wish to build a future for our families and neighbors. i am 100% american. this is the greatest country in the world. and i said this before. if i give away everything that i have today, it would not equal 1% of what i was given when i came to this great country of ours. the gift of freedom. ri

it was a great victory for fidel castro, there was a lot of bitter recriminations and finger pointingng on. kennedys advisers and pro kennedy historians ever since have placed all the blame on the cia. pay for its mistaken assumptions in planning, for deceiving the president about its chances for success. and on the other hand, cia people at the time and cia defenders ever since, but not me, have admitted that there were planning errors but insists the invasion could have been successful put if it had been allowed to work as. plant it's failure, they say, was kennedy's fault for canceling that second airstrike, for refusing u.s. military support. he is blamed for moving the landing site and even for liking covert action too much. the chief cia planner that was a brilliant man who is also the project manager for the you to aircraft and also the follow on the a 12. he and the director had to resign. it has memoirs, he says, i sincerely believe that even with the plans faults, as long as we were able to move ahead with the airstrikes and destroy castro's air force, the parade would still

as a kid, i was buddies with fidel castro. i was a pretty heavy cigar smoker and super communist back then. i went through that phase. this one might really surprise you. i was tight with a guy who murdered my wife. we hit it off at the trial. most people don't remember i was married. that's because he killed her on the wedding day, but anyway, all water under the bridge. people are always curious about me. i'm fascinating. i even did this thing for google recently, where i answered some of my most commonly-asked questions to set the record straight. let's look at it. why won't david spade's mustache grow in. thanks for asking. when i was 19, i took my girlfriend's birth control accidently. i thought it was a one-a-day vitamin, and now i can't grow a mustache, and i can't have a baby. thanks for bringing up a sore sub. when was the last time david spade [ bleep ]ed his pants? i can't believe one person on google asked that. let alone a majority to get to the top of the questions. i'm not a real pant [ bleep ]er, but i have a f

your book you do actually mention another president jack kennedy famously wanted to assassinate fidel castro and so many other global leaders and you talk about his nuclear bunker in florida but i think the theme in this book is is this somehow of a maverick of neo liberal individualists of this idea of well things can go wrong but you can also save yourself and prevent other people coming into the bunker should be apocalypse come and then create a new society off to. well it's it's a byproduct of neo liberalism on 2 fronts because on the one hand. having faith in the government to protect you from situations like this is something that's been consistently eroded over many years as you know cuts have been made. government programs will help their programs i mean the only thing that seems to be increasing year after year is military spending but i think a lot of people have lost faith in the government's ability to take care of them and you see that here in the united states with the distrust around how fema responds to. response to these sorts of situations but you know it is also a neo libe

your book you do actually mention another president jack kennedy famously wanted to assassinate fidel castro and so many other global leaders and you talk about his nuclear bunker in florida but i think the theme in this book is is this somehow emblematic of neo liberal individualists of this idea of well things can go wrong but you can also save yourself and prevent other people coming into the bunker should be apocalypse come and then create a new society off to. well it's it's a byproduct of neo liberalism on 2 fronts because on the one hand. having faith in the government to protect you from situations like this is something that's been consistently eroded over many years as you know cuts have been made to government programs that will help their programs i mean the only thing that seems to be increasing year after year is is military spending but i think a lot of people have lost faith in the government's ability to take care of them and you see that here in the united states with the distrust around how fema responds to. response to these sorts of situations but you know it is. also a

conocido entre los republicanos, algo polÉmico, el seÑor mÁximo álvarez que comparÓ a joe biden con fidel castrounidos. los puertorriqueÑos son ciudadanos estadounidenses. pensando en la migraciÓn, ¿es un tema que deberÍa importarle a los hispanos cuando se piensa en esta elecciÓn? luis: es muy fÁcil. tenemos que entender que para donald trump solamente mira el mapa electoral cuando hace decisiones a quiÉn va a apoyar, dÓnde va a mandar sus recursos. necesitarÁ florida -- necesita a florida para ganar, sin florida, no hay donald trump. pero los latinos en texas, en arizona, les vale un comino. estos latinos no son los que Él puede hablar, solamente tiene a cubanos, vimos a uno que trato de decir que pero le quieren poner una etiqueta de socialista y comunista porque es la Única cosa que enciende a los cubanos y a muchos latinos en hacerlos pensar que joe biden no estÁ de acuerdo con ocupar a las posiciones que necesitamos como latinos. leÓn: se nos acaba el tiempo. no quero dejarlos ir sin un pronÓstico. ¿quÉ porcentaje del voto hispano en estados unidos recibirÁ donald trump en la elecciÓn de n

supposed to have been used to poison the chinese leader joe and why that plot was thwarted later on fidel castro he became the target and it was godly who created all those elaborate devices you read about not only al pill that's the phrase i learned while reading the file i wish to help build elf as 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 a poison wetsuit so that if castro put another and we need a way to get him the obviously none of these plots were successful then when the cia decided at the order of president eisenhower to assassinate patrice lumumba of the prime minister of the congo not only did godly make the boy carried from washington to the congo which i think makes him the only person in history at its best ever of carry government may poison to another country intended for the use in the fascinating the leader of that country you know we don't know if you believe these assassinations go on in your book you quote richard helms as saying

he criticized the american establishment for failing to meet with ho chi minh and fidel castro. he argues the myth of white supremacy is crumbling and television has obliterated televisionory and has left an absence of a feeling of community. he says while the u.s. was willing to liberate grenada, it has not done the same for detroit or new york. he says the drug and alcohol problems of the inner cds went inner cities went unattended. strong words from a man who is too shy to approach langston hughes in harlem. mr. baldwin says there were two harlem's. the black people who lived on the hill, and himself. ,ho you called a raggedy, funky black shoeshine boy. he was born in new york city, 1924, the first of nine children. the grandson of a slave. the son of a preacher. he grub in harlem speaking the gospel. after graduation he had many jobs to support his writing. he has been published in harper's and commentary. by 1948, feeling frustrated, he moved to paris. as was the case for many artists, paris was an important breath of fresh air. he felt as though he came out of a dark tunne

you have to vote for him because nazi germany and fidel castro. to listen to this vicious attack. >> i'm not sure anybody had already made it, but he's like joseph goebbels. if you keep it saying the line, it becomes, knowledge. people see very clearly between me and donald trump. trump, trump's clearing protests in front of the white house that are peaceful. with the military. at this guys more castro than churchill. >> sean: really? joe biden comparing president trump to the world's two most terrible monsters. he informed the media mob that no one is allowed to attack joe for his gaffes. i guess i missed the memo because we're just calling it like we see it and showing you the truth so you can decide. i take a look. >> your husband has been known to make the occasional gaffe. >> oh, you can't even go there, after president trump, you cannot even say the word to gaffe. >> i can't say the word gaffe? >> no come on down. it's gone. >speak of the gaffe issue is over. so over. >> sean: so over! i've been in the senate 100 and0 years. hard-hitting jou

>> do you get an a if you're most like fidel castro, you get a better grade if you make a more persuasive create a revolution? here's the other thing that will be deeper here, wise is not considered controversial or the university doesn't back away from it, yet if they were to have some sort of defense of western civilization, why america is the greatest country ever to exist, that would be more controversial than a course that is provocative in nature to try to attract interest in students, i think that is a poor excuse dared to try to get students to indulge in the idea of overthrowing the state. is it mainstream to entertain insurrection and controversial to have appreciation and respect for the culture? that is when you know college campuses have lost. >> tammy: especially when one of the things they would be able to write about is exactly what the university system has been doing as well leading up to what has been going on in this country -- thank you very much, i appreciate you being here. coming up, laura is here with raymond arroyo for a special edition of thursday follies, the b

>> you get an a if you're in most like fidel castro and you get a better grade if you make a more persuasiveument to create a revolution? here's the other thing at a deeper level here. why is less noncontroversial for the university to w back away fm it but if they have somesn sortf court's defense of western civilization and preserve the american republic and why it's the greatest country to ever history of the world, that could be more controversial than a course provocative or not to attract interests. pretty poor excuse to be honest to get students to even indulge in the idea of overthrowing the states. on a college to campus, if it is mainstream to even entertain insurrection and controversial to have appreciation and respect for the culture, that's when you know college campuses are a blunder. >> tammy: especially when one of the things they would write about is exactly what the university system has been doing as well. leading us to what's been going on in thedi country right now. thank you very much and appreciate you being here. coming up, laura is here with raymond arroyo for a spe

as mick jagger, and suit all the monsters in the great leaders of our time, charles manson and fidel castront of the vice president and on and on. i think i have been a barometer in eyewitness to history for the last half-century. jon: absolutely. it is my understanding that you actually took a pay cut to leave cnbc and come to fox. why would you do that? >> i had a cushy job in the highest-rated show on cnbc at the time. but they would not let me go to war and when 9/11 happened, it hit my hometown and not only that, i was also the owner of the two river times, a newspaper in monmouth county and new jersey that happened to be the bedroom community for many of the executives from campus fitzgerald the big financial firm that got hit so badly and 9/11 we lost six dads and our child elementary school. jon bon jovi, his kids were in that school, bruce springsteen's kids, together, first of all it was outrageous and terrible and i was so furious, i just wanted to personally take revenge against osama bin laden and what they did to my town and my country. and nbc would not let me go. i do great

was behind that, that was joe biden's promise to be a progressive president compared to cuba's fidel castro using the word progressive there, is that an effective strategy >> it is because progressive, they're linking with socialist and socialist does have a strong meaning for certain people of the latino community, especially cubans and venezuelans who are residing in florida, so that message is effective we have to see if biden can or bloomberg on his behest fight that message back a little bit, there's room for it, but that's a pretty damning message. >> let me get your thoughts on another significant poll two more just out this afternoon, a cnn poll showing north carolina believe it or not is three-point race, biden at 49% trump at 46% another one showing biden leading by ten points among likely voters in the state of wisconsin, 52% to 42%. this follows both candidates going to wisconsin earlier in the month, what do those two states tell you? >> well, north carolina, i'm still iffy if that's a really biden state. but wisconsin's really interesting, because wisconsin's where president t

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according to joe you have to vote for him because, well, nazi germany and fidel castro, listen to this vicious attack. >> well, i'm not sure anybody hasn't already made up their mind for trump, who knows. you say the lie long enough, keep repeating it, it becomes common knowledge, they think. you know, i think people see very clearly the difference between me and donald trump. trump, you know, trump -- he's claiming protest in front of the white house that are peaceful, with the military. this guy is more castro than churchill. >> sean: really? joe biden comparing president trump to two of the world's most evil monsters? joe biden just informed his wife the media mob that no one is allowed to attack joe for his gas. i guess i missed the memo because we're just calling it like we see. >> your husband has been known to make the occasional gaffe. >> oh, you can't even go there. after donald trump, you cannot even say the word gaffe. >> i can't say the word gaffe? >> no, done. it's gone. >> the gaffe issue is over. >> over. so over. >> so over. i've been in the senate 180, it's over, don't

. >> they remember what happened to fidel castro cuba and see what's going on in venezuela republican thanks for spending time with us. >> pleasure. up ahead an update on covid-19 vaccine race. why our next guest saying some trials could conclude as soon as next month. ta-da! did you know liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? i should get a quote. do it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ astrazeneca and oxford university will resume stage three clinical trials in the u.k. with their potential coronavirus vaccine. they paused testing this week to evaluate one participant who displayed neurological symptoms. meanwhile, covid-19 rates are dropping in the united states. but some universities have become hot spots as students return to campus. let's bring in dr. marty professor of surgery at john hopkins school of medicine author of the price we pace and also a fox news contributor dr. you have been on, you know, evaluator of specialize trial qhs you hear that 18,000 people are involved in this oxford astrazeneca s

fidel castro and his july 26 movement overthrew the government of bautista. between 1959 and 1973, roughly half a million cubans are admitted to the united states, the majority of them through the so-called freedom flights of the mid to late 1960's. in fact today, this very day, , december 1, marks the 50th anniversary of the first freedom flight from havana to miami international airport. the kennedy administration created the cuban refugee program to screen the refugees to find sponsors for them, and to help them retool for life in the united states. by the time the cuban refugee program was phased out in the mid-1970's, the federal government had invested some $900 million into cuban refugee relief. now as i mentioned earlier, , those paroled into the united states could not become permanent residents or citizens unless congress passed enabling legislation, legislation that allowed them to normalize their status. and this is what congress did. congress passed the hungarian relief act of 1958 and 1966 cuban adjustment act, which allowed hungarians and cuban

revolutionary leader fidel castro turned his insurgency against the cuban dictator bautista into a government when he ousted the dictator in early 1959, this is during the eisenhower administration. we're dropping back just a bit for context. castro quickly declared himself a communist, aligned with the soviet union, and this presented to the eisenhower administration a more dire situation than what they faced in guatemala a few years before. eisenhower wanted something done about castro. cia proposed covert action to destabilize the cuban economy with economic sabotage. eisenhower said he wanted something more drastic. now, historians disagree on whether eisenhower meant that cia should assassinate castro. to cia officials at the time, it seemed clear to them that eisenhower, who clearly would not use words out loud like assassinate and murder, is still clear to the cia officials that eisenhower really wanted castro removed from the scene by whatever means necessary. just as they believed that eisenhower had expressed the desire that an african leader be removed, killed if necessary, to prev

socialism and for democracy and letting democratic nation stand and then have joe biden proceed up to fidel castro, those are real images of what latino voters but any freedom loving americans should take note of and have an impact on how they go in november. david: we should mention judge barbara lagoa's parents were refugees from communist cuba. she certainly does fit into that description of the refugees from latin america. thank you very much for being here, i appreciate it. good to see you. 2020 voting is underway more than 26 billion votes being counted so far and already casted -- they've not been counted yet, there are court challenges and issues in states across the country. fox news correspondent eric shawn with the details. we never had such a flood of mail in both. >> that is true, we expect a huge surge, one of the major problems with mailing votes, the reasons they are rejected happens to be the voters fault, they don't sign the back of the envelope so they forget to follow the forms and there's a push to try and help change that, and pennsylvania for example when you vote by mail in

ever have se befor vi ovine ovifvi subtitlubesti of my colonist, he honeymooned in havana and fidel castro'sa pension for think socialist and even the governor of new york, he is a liberal democrat, he has chastised blog seo saying you have to understand 50% of the city's revenue comes from the top 1% of the people. you cannot chase the rich people out without the city getting sunk. >> that is right, pretty much whatever newspaper you pick up lately whether it's on the left, the times, somewhere in the middle and anything in between, you see reports of new new york city population and the mass exodus, places that are slightly lower in taxes. there are people staying in the hamptons because they can avoid the 3.85% voluntary essential income tax that people pay for living in the city of new york. we have lost the premium for limited new york city, restaurants are still closed, gems are only open a certain capacity, you cannot see a broadway play, the reason peopl. david: forgive me for interrupting but the key is people in new york are well-off when they feel safe, they don't feel safe with t

this push by the trump campaign to label joe biden as a socialist, show pictures of him next to fidel castrot to maduro, is that having an effect in south florida? >> we won't know for some time how effective it is. it is clearly where they're going. and we all know that the cuban vote has skewed right of center in south florida for a very, very long time. but on the flip side of that, the orlando media market is oftentimes decided by the strength of the puerto rican community. a community still very, very raw because -- by the president's response to hurricane maria, for example. and the latino community as is the african-american community is disproportion naturally impacted by covid. so both sides have some vulnerabilities and both sides have some messaging that they can use to target each of these communities. >> trace: as you point out joe biden was up by 3 1/2 a month ago, now 1.6 getting much closer in florida. mo elleithee, good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. >> sandra: western wildfires now blamed for at least 34 deaths. are there any signs of progress as firefighters continue