" and i didn't realize the connection when i read "our man in havana". well, i intend to do -- the title of the book is this man in havana and on america and the story i'm going to reveal in the store in the book i'm going to compress a great deal is about a person heinz luning will became a spy partly of necessity because he was antiknock see -- and perform poorly but had considerable international significance for four or five months and they caught him immediately after. and the first impression german agent in havana, cuba, heinz luning was not a successful spy. after examination of his career many would describe him as, bumbling, incompetent, observed and other unflattering adjectives. however, if we reflect upon his role in wolrd war ii we will probably the signed than a different evaluation of the significance of the luning in the war, at least for the for some months that he was captured at the end of august 1942 and he had some impact even before that since they were searching for him for about a year and a trailing influence because for two and

cuba is cleaning up its tourist sites in havana for a reason. jose antonio, an official at ministry of tourism, says american companies are trolling for business and cuba holds the key. that means a whole new industry that could be supported by u.s. tourism. with american hotel chains, american rental cars and regular flights by u.s. airlines. and that's only a start. >> for every million american this van, airline. lose $300 million. >> one can conceive one day a marriott or sheridan or some other company being interested and doing a joint venture here as well? >> why not. why not? we are open to foreign investment. right now to build some new hotels. 10,000 rooms. in the next four, five years. >> reporter: if cuban officials and american business have their way, many of those hotels woulding built by u.s. companies. and after that, they're certain that american tourists would be strolling these beaches like everyone else. i'm peter eisner for "worldfocus" in havana. >> you can find much more from peter eisner at worldfocus.org where he blogs a

a sellout for the royal ballet in havana, the first to visit there in almost 70 years. >> hello and welcome to this week's. this week as the world creeps into the global recession, at the third largest economy announced it was booming again. the chinese economy is growing at an astonishing pace. china achieved an annual growth rate of 8% between april and june even though its export market collapsed. it has done it by putting money into public infrastructure projects and ordering banks to lend. >> china is back in business sooner than expected. there are signs that a recovery is under way. companies are buying more equipment and hiring more staff, firms and their customers are more optimistic. the government's statisticians are still cautious. prices are dropping and deflation is not helping and the economy. there are still serious challenges ahead. the recovery trend is still unstable. this structure is still unbalanced, but there are unknown factors in the recovery process. for the next phase of development, we need to fully implement scientific development. >> they went to see improvemen

the uk's royal ballet has arrived in havana for its first visit to cuba. it's putting on five days of shows. tickets sold out within hours. locals with poulticing the first malley -- first major ballet company in the country since the bolshoi many years ago. >> all of the royal ballet's 96 dancers have come to havana along with technical and artistic staff. the local press have dubbed it the cultural event of the year. the driving force behind its is the company's cuban-born star named carlos acosta. >> i always dreamed i could come and show my people what i have learned all these years in the royal ballet. the dream to come back to cuba. >> clouds were gathering outside havana pose a grand theater hours before opening night. -- crowds were gathering. the first such show in 30 years. alicia, the founder of the cuban national ballet was was possible for this show. >> classical ballet can be repetitive, but we are excited to see something new and different, this woman said. this man said he felt privileged to finally get to see the royal ballet. tickets for

i'm peter eisneror "worlocus" in havana. you can find mu more fr peter eisner at wldfocus.org whe he blogs about cuban/u.s. relatis and other lan american issu. >>> finally tonight, we're going to te a look at a kind of a r that's being wed in the skies over great brita against the very serious and growing problem of people aiming lasers at aircraft as they take o and land. the lasers can temporarily bli pilots and caus a crh. so now british autrities have launched an aggrsive campaign torack down on those wh are putting hundreds of otrs at risk. increasingl they can track down the perpeators with pinpoint accuracy as we hea in thiseport from julian rush of itn. >> reporter: a night landing at heathrow, one o the word' busies airports. a time when pilots need to concentrate, take off a landing the most dangers part of any flight. >> lased quite heavily by a very powerful green lar. >> reporter:ore and more, aircft are being taeted. the brht light not only distracts butan temparily blind. briefly turns the wind screen greeno

. >> jimmy: havana is going to be fun. >> we're going to go to havana. he's not going to be around much longer. you know what i mean? and you know he has, like, a spider hole he set up in the u.s. you know what i mean? >> jimmy: of what? >> cigars and [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] great coffee and -- >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. spider hole. >> it's probably in mel gibson's property in malibu. [ laughter ] and fidel's got, like, a little casa set up in case he got, you know, chased out of there. and he can't go to florida. let's face that. [ laughter ] so, he's in malibu and i'm going to, kind of, suck up to him and cozy up to him. >> jimmy: you like the cigars? >> you don't smoke cigars? >> jimmy: i try to now and then, but i'm not good at it. i was trying to bring the pipes back. >> because you're like what? you're like 17 years old. >> jimmy: i'm 14. [ laughter ] i'm 14 and a half, mr. baldwin. [ laughter ] >> when i go there, i hope i get to meet castro. just so i can say, "where is your spider hole in malibu?" >> jimmy: yeah. >> do you think he'll know wha

the first visit to havana by a british representative. this is a cultural event of the year for cubans. >> all of the royal ballet in 96 dancers have come to cuba along with artistic staff. local press calls this a cultural event of the year. the company's cuban-born start is among them. -- start is among them. >> i had always felt that i could do this show. >> crowds were gathering outside the grand theater hours before opening night. this is the first major ballet company to come into cuba in about 30 years. the guest of honor, the founder of cuba's national ballet who helped to make this classical dance form popular at home. classical ballet can be a little repetitive, so we are excited to see something new and different, this woman told me. this man felt that he was hugely privileged to get to see the royal ballet. the tickets for all five performances sold out within hours. they erected giant screens next to the theater for those who cannot get in so they can watch it. the visit is partly to give cubans a chance for work that has nev

i would like to single out president castro who traveled from havana and was here with us to voice his repudiation of these gross acts perpetrated by a military group, doing nothing more than establishing a lease that stand in the way of change and the transformation, as has always been a way of the world. there has always been a conservative group that wish to maintain the status quo and maintain things the way they are. and they wish to keep the establishment. it is always difficult to bring about change. nothing comes free of charge. it has never been easy for the people of the world to find space for themselves, to gain rights and to develop instruments to uphold these rights. the guaranteed democracy worldwide. i wish to acknowledge it. and of charges have been leveled against your humble servant in honduras, but i have not been put on trial. i have not been called to the stand to defend myself. nobody has indicated what my error is. no accusations have been brought to my attention. i assume the presidency in january 2006 after elections were held in 2005. i had a margin of 3%-5%

diplomatic mission in havana. for years, it displayed pro democracy and human rights messages to cubans that infuriated cuban leaders. >>> a california judge has appointed a guardian to monitor the money made by the octuplets of nadia suleman. a petition was filed by a former child actor. suleman's octuplets will star in a reality show this fall. >>> a camera capturing a time lapse every time cars cross on the brooklyn bridge. >>> here's an early look at how wall street will kick off. the dow opens at 9108. the s&p gained day and the nasdaq edged up one point. in tokyo, the nikkei closed down a point. in hong kong, the hang seng shot up 372 points. >>> wall street breathe a sigh of relief with more signs the worst of the economic downturn has passed. investors were able to sustain a two-week rally, even in the face of downbeat corporate and economic earnings reports. the dow jones eked out a 15-point gain, which a couple of weeks ago, investors would have taken the money and run. the worst of yesterday's news was

i would like to single out president castro who traveled from havana and was here with us to voice his repudiation of these gross acts perpetrated by a military group, doing nothing more than establishing a lease that stand in the way of change and the transformation, as has always been a way of the world. there has always been a conservative group that wish to maintain the status quo and maintain things the way they are. and they wish to keep the establishment. it is always difficult to bring about change. nothing comes free of charge. it has never been easy for the people of the world to find space for themselves, to gain rights and to develop instruments to uphold these rights. the guaranteed democracy worldwide. i wish to acknowledge it.

sign in havana, cuba. we, of course, cut off diplomatic relations with cuba in 1961 so we don't have an actual embassy there. the billboard went up at the u.s. interest section, which is kind of like our embassy light in cuba. the billboard is 25 separate red light panels and they're programmed like a ticker to display news and information. news like sports scores and headlines and denunciations of the castro regime. and you notice that last one, the denunciations, that really bothered the cuban government. castro hung big, black flags on 100-foot poles in front of the billboard to block it out, and they stationed guards in san francisco positions to dissuade passersby from even looking up at it. well, wae can now report that last month the obama administration quietly pulled the flug in the big thumb in the eye bad news about castro red light ticker in havana. presumably this is only the start. ultimately we will start tepeeing each other's houses and yelling neener neener as well -- someday. >>> finally

. >> all of the royal ballet's 96 dancers have come to havana, along with artistic and technical staff is the cultural event of the year. the driving force behind the store is the company's cuban born star, carlos acosta. >> i always dreamed that i could do and come home and show my people what i have learned in all these years. the dreams sometimes do come true and this is one of these cases. >> crowds were gathering outside of town of's grand theater hours before opening night. -- how sanavana's grand theaters before opening night. the founder of the national ballet helped make this possible. classical ballet can be a little repetitive, so we are really excited to see something new and different, this woman told me. this man said he felt usually privileged to finally get to see the royal ballet. -- he felt hugely privileged to finally get to see the royal ballet. >> tickets sold out within hours, so they directed giant screens next to the theater for those who cannot get in to watch it live at least. >> the visit is partly to give cubans a chance to see works that have never been per

the obama administration quietly pulling the plug on the billboard in havana.sta darlington reports. >> good morning, john and carol, but the u.s. and cuba have made overtures since obama took office. but with this latest gesture, no news means good news for bilateral relations. >> reporter: cuba unplugged. the united states took off a huge electronic ticker in havana sending a message that times are changing. the sign board was unveiled in 2006. it displayed news and human rights slogans and ignited a war of words with then cuban president fidel castro. this is a provocation of that nest of cockroaches as people call them and excuse me for offending the cockroaches. one message said one man isn't good enough to govern another. cuba retaliated. arresting a field of 138 black flags representing what it called the cuban martyrs of u.s.-backed terrorism. the ticker was effectively blocked. according to the state department, the sign was quietly unplugged in june. >> we believe that the billboard was really not effective as a means to delivering information to the

there was a great team in triple-a for years in havana called the havana sugar games. >> gary: they'lls into the long trip. just outside. pena thought about going after it. stays away a three ball, two strike count. >> buck: trying to go backdoor with a breaking ball and pena offered at it, but checked his swing in time and the ball came around the plate. >> gary: so, 3-2, bun down. pena battling here fouls away. >> buck: ball four. did georgia favor as that fastball was up and away. >> gary: this has really begun a -- been a grind it out game. each team getting two runs in the inning. royals getting one in the eighth to tie it. now we are tied in the ninth inning. three ball, two strike count, pena. 3-10-0 for the orioles. 3-7-0 for the royals. 10 left on by the o's and five by kansas city. george sherrill doing battle right here. again, the 3-2 delivery. pena base hit. there's a quality at-bat. so, pena gets his second hit. 2-4 ballgame and he's on at first base. we will get a pinch-runner here as pena will come out, ryan freel will come on to run. >> buck: what a good at-bat for pen

this ties in with speculation leaking from havana that castro's military alert may have been caused not by division, by intensification of resistance inside cuba. >> that's the way it is, monday, september 2, 1963. this is walter cronkite, good night. >> this was the title that became so famous. remember that interview with president kennedy, again, it was 2 1/2 months before he was assassinated. walter cronkite from his first 30 minute won broadcast for cbs. in 1981, a special look back at his career later in our show. >>> let's get caught up on some of the top stories. indonesian police are working to identify the two homicide bombers who attacked a pair of american luxury hotels in jakarta, killing at least eight people, wounding more than 50. the attacks may have the markings of an al-qaeda linked group. also two u.s. crew members are dead after an f15 aircraft crashed in afghanistan. the pentagon not recently the specific location of the crash. a second aircraft flying next to the fighter say they did not come under any enemy fire. the world remembering walter cronkite who died yes

i was in havana not too long ago and got the same kind of remark from a cuban. we have lost the high ground with regard to human rights and the rule of law. we lost it because of the last eight years. >> that's bothersome. let's pick up on that subject. i think you're the guy to talk to because you were a part of that administration. so we'll be talking about that. can you stick with us? >> i will. >> stay there. we'll come back and pick up on this subject and be as fair about it as we possibly can. >>> meanwhile, south carolina governor mark sanford has said he's sorry more times than i can count now. guess what? he's saying it again. this time, it's a little different. it's in an open letter to the people of south carolina. i will read it to you. my guys brush their teeth like they clean their room. i'm glad anticavity listerine® smart rinse™ attracts stuff like a magnet, then shows it in the sink. ewww. gross. cool! (announcer) listerine® smart rinse™. to save, visit listerinekids.com >>> i am sorry. that's governor mark sanford's message to the people of sou

free have resisted degree camera to brazil, to black paris, slave castle in senegal, as a harlem, havanae and the serengeti plain, we're going to end this session by taking of town to harlem and if i hold my mouth down this is our virtual tour works. when you walk down the streets of harlem. isn't that great? we think of to 25 or so to worse odds. and for a ticket to the law famous apollo theater, lets you display there today. duke ellington, billie holiday, every the franklin pierce u.s. check out every the franklin. sing to. ♪ ♪ response, ladies and gentlemen, it was called respect that a young african-american harvard graduate in 1909 will go one day and if you have a vision and that was the most efficacious way to fight anti-black racism would be the editing of a comprehensive encyclopedia. anthony in the holly and the eye with the help of microsoft and frank pearl are pleased that we were able to fulfil w.e.b. dubois not dream. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [applause] just in two minutes my friends would kill me, cd-roms are going at a business, they are like a tracks.

brayan pena is 27 years old, born in havana, cuba. he now live in this miami.ed around with the atlanta ors for a none of years. he was with them last season. 3- 2 delivery, ripped to left field. reimold over. one out. that will bring up ryan freel, will theover familiar names. freel spent part of last year with the orioles an was dealt in may to the cubs. that was taken down low for a ball. 1-0 delivery, a little shot to the bermuda triangle. >> the witness: when you see this ball off the bat, you know the second baseman is going to make the play. the outfielders too deep, roberts knows he's got plenty of room to make this over the gap. >> gary: nice play by ryan. zest goods anyone at second base with his back to the plate. >> buck: he's as good as jeter is at shortstop. he does it very well. >> gary: those are tough plays. here's alex gordon. a-rod came back and a lot of people thought he came back too quickly. kansas city is trying to go slow with gordon. >> buck: this injury is something trainers an coaches are getting used to. you have to be patient betwee

. >>> the delegation for the new york philharmonic is heading to havana, cuba this morning.een invited to play in the cuban capital. it's not the first bit of diplomacy for them. >>> more flights on time? the u.s. airlines are doing a better job of staying on schedule this year. you have to keep in mind that airlines have been cutting the number of flights and also extending the estimated flight times so that they can appear to be on time more often. hawaiian airlines the best in the business, by the way, on time over 90% of the time. let's go there. >> absolutely. today. >> last time this happened, their workers received death threats. some were afraid to walk to their cars. insurance giant aig again reportedly ready to give out millions more in bones to the top executives. aig is not commenting on these reports this morning. but the company is only alive as we know because of a $180 billion taxpayer bailout. aig wants president obama's blessing to give out more cash. congressman elijah cummings a big critic of the bonuses that aig gave out in march joins us from our bureau

political bureau, in deciding which would be the venue for this meeting and praising the city of havana wade what was achieved beyond the first months of the year under more or less normal circumstances, and especially it weighed the efforts of the various promises first to face the weather problems with the smallest possible loss of human lives and human-resources and especially the work to rebuild those provinces. and, holquin has had a tremendous load on its shoulders. it is a very large province with more than 1 million people and with a tremendous impact on our nation's economy because of the industry of nickel. it is the third largest city visited by tourists and because of other productive activities. and, this is a reward for the work and the effort that has been carried out here. we congratulate the men and women of holquin. [applause] first secretary of the party in this province during the difficult times, and also in previous years that four years of great work. we also congratulate comrade ramos from the students. a province that was also hit very hard by hurricane ike and

and the book says that he met with soviet agents in havana and london.y political information. the book is based on notice from -- notes from a former kgb officer and one of the headlines for the story was "was hemmingway a failed kgb officer" and the book alleging he might not have done anything and may have been a failed agent. >> dave: i hope not. everyone out there has had a dog in their neighborhood that will not stop yapping. like that one in the studio. >> clayton: and my parents how, my parents are watching this morning, and i know what i am talk about, a yippy jack russell terrier and my parents have and as you australian shepard, beautiful dog, never barks or bothers anybody and the dog in the back of the neighbor's house will schott not shup up, all date is out there, and what happened in one community maybe could have taken care of this dog. >> dave: taken to a new level and the police took the barking dog into custody and removed the dog and brought it to the a local shelter there in new hampshire. and, what they say, the dog becomes a nuisa

i went to hospitals in havana how many deaths from gunshots? actually i said, how many murders do you have? at that time of the year i was doing, like 75 murders, of any kind, actually murders and suicides in the last year. and of those, three were from gunshots. they were all military people who committed suicide. they were in the middle of a crime wave. there were robberies about going on and burglaries. and so, when i asked people about the, the crime wave, because they had been used to having virtually no crime at all. when somebody burglarizes your house, they were very upset. when someone tried to steal your in front of your house, pretty much everyday occurrence in parts of the united states, they were really outraged. so the government did do a big crackdown on crime. this was in the late '90s. and apparently it turned things around because, certainly on the perception level, they don't have a feeling. people can still, women could walk late at night in the a cuban city and not worry about being raped or assaulted. you don't see a lot o