irish that went to cuba, in particular to havana. i want you to know that on the left side of the entrance to the havana harbor, there is a well-known fortress, el moro. there is a lighthouse there and the moro has become a image of cuban nationality and in particular havana. in that lighthouse you find, you read an -- when you enter the havana harbor, you find an irish name. that lighthouse was known for many years as the odono lighthouse. who was this person, odono the man that oversaw the project of the lighthouse in 1844 and he was a governor of cuba from 1843 to 48, but he was a spanish man of irish origin and irish ancestry, a descendant of the -- chieftan of the ticanelles. he is spanish and irish together. if we look at the history of the irish in cuba, most of the irish to went to cuba in the 18th and 19th centuries arrived from spain, some of them with the spanish royal armies; other irish influx arrived from the u.s. for the construction of railroads used to transport sugar cane to the sugar plantations. that was at the en

we're in havana's rumba palace.s: cuba, that's like one of your cousins. they do their thing, they have their way of dancing, their way of cooking-- you know, red beans and rice, the kind of food that we have. >> safer: the great cuban musician compay segundo once said it all-- "cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music." their moves aren't so bad, either. ♪ ♪ the rumba palace crowd partied long into the night. soon, it would be the americans' turn to show their stuff... ...with an old-fashioned new orleans street parade, with a gaggle of music students in tow, spreading that timeless new orleans rule of life-- let the good times roll. >> marsalis: the music touches people, the students. if you're receptive to it and you have a little bit of it, you want it. ♪ ♪ >> safer: havana, of course, is the city of the brothers castro; of che, the cha-cha-cha, and the classic chevys, a city still off limits to most americans, but a city where cubans nearly broke down the doors to hear the american music. ♪ ♪ and

it was described by many foreigners, in particular british and irish who lived in havana at the time, as one of the best order and most elegant cafes in the world. its large door led to a main floor with a fantastic stone floor.

he was rushed to surgery in havana to treat a pelvic abscess. these photos visiting chavez in hospital is all anyone has seen as a venezuelan leader. apart from a brief phone call to caracas two days after the operation to say he was recovering, it wasn't malignant and a few recent twitches, the vociferous leader has become unusually quiet. the lack of news put the rumor mills into overdrive, whether complications following the operation or has doctors simply ordered him to take complete rest? once miami newspapers citing unnamed u.s. intelligence sources allege he's in critical condition. the truth is no one knows. cuba is a place where you could have medical treatment with absolute privacy. not once since fiddle was taken ill five years ago was there a single leak about his condition. speculation has now reached such a fever pitch that venezuela's vice president has been forced to deny the rumors. translator: he's recovering to continue the battle. national and international press are rubbing their hands. even talking about the president's dea

as he recuperates in havana, mr. chavis has been visited by fidel castro and wrote calved stroraul castro. opponents hope his health will have a bearing on the next election. >> this is tuesday on the bbc. i am in singapore. >> i am in london. the exodus from syria is continuing. latest reports suggest more than 6000 have crossed into turkey. >> air passengers across south america are facing huge disruption because of ongoing abrameruptions from a volcano. we're focusing on the power of asia. looking at the impact of the continent's economic growth. we're looking at indonesia which is hosting an economic forum. a sign of how far this country has come since the crisis 13 years ago. joining us live from jakarta, our correspondent. >> i am in the heart of the business district and you can see signs of the recent economic recess. -- success. the economy virtually collapsed during the crisis and foreign investors wrote this country off. at that time, indonesia transition from being a dictatorship into a democracy and toda

michael voss, bbc news, havana. >> you're watching "bbc world news" america. still to come on tonight's program, getting in the race. michele bachmann officially joins the republican field with hopes of taking her campaign from waterloo, iowa to the white house. >> when it comes to tapping into new markets the rush is on to get a foot hold in china. today chinese companies unveiled new trade deals worth more than $2 billion. the announcement was made by prince william david cameron after talks between the two in london. at home beijing is going full speed ahead as well and later this week a bullet train will officially open between the chinese capital and shanghai. it's all part of a hugely ambitious high-speed rail plan and the bbc's martin patience got on board to have a look around the brand-new ride. >> where it started over three years ago and it cost more than $30 billion to build. now the centerpiece of china's high-speed rail program is complete. connecting the country's two main cities, beijing and shanghai. journey time just under five hours. let's g

shasta darlington looks at startups in havana taking advantage of the new rules. >> reporter: workingrom her back porch turned beauty is ajuan, juana ramirez applies a coat of fire engine polish. she charges the equivalent of 50 cents for a manicure. "i loved my career but i didn't make enough to survive. this won't make me rich but i make enough to live on." like many going into business, relatives abroad help keep her afloat with a steady supply of nail polish. this mobile phone doctor wouldn't be in business at all if it weren't for the startup money that an uncle in miami sent him. he cracks enscription codes and fixes phones, most of them sent from family abroad. cuba announced the biggest shakeup to its soviet style economy last year publishing guidelines on how to set up small businesses it hopes will offset massive layoffs in the state sector and provide a steady flow of mtax money. it's been a bumpy ride from the government where 90% of the economy is run for the state. this private gym didn't know how to get the word out. "the biggest challenge is so few cubans know what spi

on allalong 270 particularly we have a higher volume near havana and hyattstown. there is a live picture of 95 traffic, still light. headlights are northbound. now to news. >>> 4:54. apple is trying to change the face of technology again. >> it started with the ipods. now this and company is unveiling icloud. how it works and how apple loveless are reacting >>. the father of apple had republic appearance. steve jobs took to the stage in california to unveiled the latest apple masterpiece icloud. >> [unintelligible] ahead>> you can think all of your devices -- sync all of your devices. music, photographs data of yourself that you can access to -- access from anywhere. >> i will probably sign up this afternoon. >> it cuts down on an extra step. >> if there is a place i go to for everything, that's good. >> this woman's daughter is a deejay and she will be thrilled. >> is always downloading stuff and people are always sending her stuff. so she will be excited. >> steve jobs have been battling pancreatic cancer. the mere appearance of the computer king caused exciteme

they will start offering weekly charter flights to havana in december oakland is the only to fly to cuba and one of eight u.s. airports to offer service to the communist country. u.s. tourism and trade is banned in cuba. it's for religious and academic groups. tickets are going to be $816. no word on which carriers will offer those flights. >>> time to get you caught up on the business news before the markets open. we turn to nicole lapin who is live this morning. good morning. >> good morning, marla. futures are higher. wall street closed down for a sixth straight session. ben bernanke's grim economic outlook and signs of a slowdown in several parts of the country. europe is lower. they were treading water until that happened. oil rallied after opec failed to reach a decision. crude is up. just to recap, the dow fell 21 points yesterday. 12,048 is where we closed. nasdaq 2675. citigroup is confirming hackers gained access to credit card information. roughly 1% of customers were affected. the hackers weren't able to see the social security numbers, birth dates, expiration dates. they are

speculations around the health of president chavez, it's believed that his condition is more serious, from havana, our report. >> cuba's chavez is constantly traveling when his mentor, fidel castro underwent a series of operations, he was one of the few bed-side officials. and complaining of abdominal pain and rushed to treat an abscess, these pictures of visiting is all has been seen of the venezuela leader, and with reports of recovering and the rumor mill is put in overdrive. and ordered to take a complete rest. one miami newspaper citing unnamed intelligence office that he's in critical condition. no one knows that cuba is a place to have medical treatment with secretacy. >> a major regional summit is due in venezuela on july 5, if president chavez has not returned by then, this could create a major crisis. >> this is news day on the bbc, i am in singapore. >> and in london, the headlines this year, as greek trade union had two-day strike, the prime minister to lift that measure. >> and no arrest warrants are issued for colonel qaddafi and one of his sons. >> in syria a meeting has ended with

michael voss, bbc news, havana. >> this is "newsday." >> i'm babita sharma.he libyan justice ministry says it does not recognize the international arrest warrants issued for colonel gaddafi and his son. >> in syria, a government sanctioned a meeting of dissidents ended with a call for a peaceful transition to democracy. condemnation of violence used by the government. the united states senate has unanimously passed a resolution condemning what it called the use of force by chinese ships in the south china sea. the vote which is largely symbolic calls for multilateral negotiations to solve the territorial disputes. the resolution was passed as the u.s. begins major military exercises with the philippines in the area. this was one of the many issues on the to do list of the philippine president durit. our correspondent in manila went to be tempered >> the philippine president aquino has been in power for a year now. he came into office on a wave of optimism, but right now with an increasingly dominant china next door and a growing row with the church, he faces

amid speculation is that his condition is worse than the government has revealed, he called from havanao quash the rumors. >> i am in full control of my faculties. believe me, if i was feeling at all like i had diminished faculties to lead the government, i would be the first person to take a decision. but this is absolutely, absolutely not the case. >> despite his claims that the surgery was a success, his critics have seized on his health as a potential weakness in his armor. he has been in office for almost 13 years. it comes as a series of the electricity blackouts have affected parts of the country, sparking protests in some areas. the government accuses its opponents of trying to sabotage the natural -- national grid. but opposition fighters say it is just one area that chavez is unable to leave -- is unable to leave well. back in venezuela, his supporters wish him a speedy recovery. but his opponents hope his health might have a bearing on next year's presidential election. >> this is newsday on the bbc. i am in singapore. >> and i am in london. the exodus of refugees fleeing the

today these pictures were released showing chavez speaking with fidel castro in havana but he did postpone a meeting of latin american leaders planned for next week. they are children of the recession. the only home they know is a motel in the shadow of disney world. ,, them open. his unique campaign to collect cash. next on cbs 5 disbelief in some parts of the country, the poverty rate for children is nearly 21%. we asked kelly cobiella to go to central florida where a lot of kids have lost their homes, and now many of the homeless have lost their last place of refuge. >> reporter: this is the road to disney world, hidden among the souvenir shops are florida's new homeless, 500 homeless children living in some 67 motels along this strip, so many, that during the school year, buses come to pick them up every morning. their parents are among the millions who lost jobs in the great recession. >> we were trying to get out of there, but the place is hard to get out of. >> reporter: 17-year-old jonathan davis and his family earned just enough money to pay the hotel bill at the vacation lodge mo

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renting place they said it's the top problem and you know grew up in an orphanage in the city of havana on the russian law she should have received state housing once she left the institution in this flood misgivings and by the state and despite having no money she's been told. the situation is absolutely desperate people give me work because i don't have a profession for them i don't exist perhaps hanging myself would be the best thing to do. without even the most basic of i mean it's nice there's no way. here however here is exactly where it's origins of told her that she should bring up her children lena's case isn't unusual those who work with all friends in russia say that it's when they leave the care homes that they need the most help the problem is or things are killed out smaller you know when they're little and everybody loves to help others with presents and things the closet whereas in actual fact they've got bigger needs when they get bigger and that's really where we need to be standing beside them housing is one of those big in need support off and leaving care it's also

also a tour of urban slavery's sites with the civil war havana harbor on, and on american history tv, travel to the founding days of savannah as we visit a plantation and discovered antebellum savannah. today on c-span 2 and 3. this week, a professor of economics and a filmmaker team up to make a rap videos explaining who economic policy. our guests are ross roberts and john papola. >> when did you decide to teach economics with rap? >> when i was 12 years old. doesn't every young boy dreamed of that? i got contacted by john out of the blue. he said, let's do a video together. i said, great idea. you do the work, i will get it started. he is an extremely persistent person. we started out with the idea of doing a video that caught some aspect of economics. it strangely morph into a rock video. -- rap video. >> i saw there were 2 million kids on your first video. is that a lot? >> it is the high bar. in terms of economics, that is good. long after the first pop, 3000 use a day every day. going to look get this video. what is it called? >> we want to go back in history and look at the ro

the treasury department has approved oakland international airport for limited charter flights to havanacommunist country will have to prove they are visiting relatives or traveling for educational or religious activity. president obama lifted a 50- year-old ban on travel to cuba in january. >>> b.a.r.t. has resumed construction on their connector. this is b.a.r.t. animation of what that connector will look like. the plan is to have an automated train. at 7:00 this morning, crews at the airport started using live pile drivers as part of the process to install the foundation for an elevated track. that scheduled work is expected to continue all day tomorrow. b.a.r.t. hoping to have the project finished in two years. >>> the target of the suit is the new san francisco ordnance that bans leaving yellow pages directories on doorsteps unless people have requested them or agreed in advance to accept them. the trade group says that violates its first amendment right and singles them out while not applying the same rules to advertisement fliers. a hearing has been set for september 20th. >>> san

but this novel, it does reach around the globe from the back alleys of manila to the havana harbor, but -- and it covers a lot of territory in the five years which it's written. but it doesn't sprawl at all. it's contained in certain kind of scenes, and so it's sort of -- there's an even kind of pace to the novel. an energy that really propels you through. and so in that way it's like, you know, the whole individual, white and black soldiers, wheeler dealer movie guys, you know, yellow journalism, some real characters like mark twain, william randolph hearst to sort of remind readers this was real history. he wrote the novel during a writers guild america strike and then assembled it in seven binders and lugged them in shopping bags to his agent. and in further testament to independence and the world of publishing, um, can credit this beautiful book to being published by mcsweenys which has done an exquisite job with it. dave edwards publishing house. it's sort of a beautiful cover, the to be, the type -- the fob, the type, it's a work of art, as is the novel. and let me just introduce,

. >> we were in havana last year, great city. have you been in havana? pictures downstairs of mafia leaders who ran cuba. we'd accept raul or fidel. there's a story raul may do one more interview, and we do four specials a year. we've got johnny depp coming. he is for an hour. and we've got a big one on harry potter's last movie. that will be in july. but fidel would be my all-time. only one that would top him would be the pope. >> larry, let's talk about what's going on in the middle east, the arab spring. you have interviewed -- >> all of them. >> all of them there. one of your most notable interviews was about the middle east. you had the leaders of jordan, of israel, and palestine, yasser arafat at the time -- >> they're all gone now. >> they're all gone. >> that was historic in the sense that i got calls from the state department, you're about to do diplomacy tonight. it was really interesting because -- >> what year was that? >> '92, '94, in there. >> back when it looked like there could be some breakthroughs. did you have a lead that was close? >>

jon: this is in the west little havana neighborhood of tphao*eupl not too far from one of the bitphao*eupmiami notto fz was snatched. you're seeing these courtesy of the wsvn khaerp. alisyn: we have a man, a stabbing situation, possible children inside. as we get the details we will bring them to you. a swat stand aof in miami. jon: brand-new details on the shocking stand cal that continues too swirl around new york congressman anthony weiner. we have exclusive behind the scenes details on what preceded yesterday's dramatic news conference. did you see this? it involves weiner's spectacular fall from grace. >> i brought pain to people i care about the most, the people who believed in me. and for that i'm deeply sorry. i apologize to my wife and our family. jon: rick folbaum is watching the story and has details. >> reporter: wong man weiner had to admit the truth to his staff. members of his inner circle who had been lied to just like everybody else. fox news has learned from one of the aids that weiner conducted a conference call ned morning asking for help in crafting his strategy.

the meeting officials say took place in havana.video of chavez since he had emergency surgery three weeks ago. the government wanted to dispel rumors of his deteriorating health. there were rumors circulating. these two guys look like the picture of life and health just before their run. >> or after. >> or a pick up game. >>> the fbi now reportedly trying to find out who was responsible for the grave mix-ups at arlington national cemetery. "the washington post" is reporting an investigation has been under way for six months looking into this. a senate report found that cemetery had either lost track or mishandled more than 6,000 sets of remains of military heros, many of them may be lost forever. >>> a court hearing set for jared loughner, the accused gunman that killed six people including a young girl and wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the tucson massacre in january. his lawyers want to stop doctors from giving him mind altering drugs to treat his skit fren na and make him competent to stand trial. his lawyers say th

i wasn't to havana last year and met people in the government and trying to get them for us.country ever. >> yeah. unbelievable. >> you know, along the lines of misses, are there -- 'cause you are responsible for so many years of great television, has there ever been an interview where you and your producer is it wendy walker? >> yeah, terrific. >> that did not work, that was incredibly disappointing? tell me. tell me. >> okay. >> i like hearing these stories. >> it is -- it was not generally known almost embarrassing. >> do it. it is good four. >> rock hudson had a wife many years prior to becoming a famous actor. >> i know. >> and the wife's name was phyllis gates who recently passed away. never accidenter views, did a couple of anting roles but basically a low-key person. but she finally agreed after hudson died to do one interview and it would be us and we made a mistake. we overpromoted. never overpromote. we went crazy. tonight, phyllis gates, rock hudson's wife. what has she got to tell us? tune in. you won't want to miss this. rock hudson divied of aids, but add wife.

and so whether they came here on the mayflower, on a slave ship or on an airplane from havana, we are all descendants of the men and women who built here the nation that saved the world. we are still the great american people, and the only thing standing in the way of us solving our problems is our willingness to do so. and whether we do so or not is of great consequence, and not just to us but to the whole world. i know that now some say that times are so tough here at home that we can no longer afford to worry about what happens abroad, that maybe america needs to mind its own business. well, whether we like it or not, there is virtually no aspect of our daily lives that is not directly impacted by what happens in the world around us. we can choose to ignore global problems, but global problems will not ignore us. you know, one of my favorite speeches is one that talks about our role in the world. it was the speech that president kennedy was set to give had he lived just one more day. it closes with these words." we in this country, in this generation, are by destiny rather than by

in a lot of places we don't havana anymore. you go china, beijing has a great airport.just let our infrastructure fall apart. we are america. we have got to make that adjustment. [applause] we've got to invest in innovation that will pave the way for future prosperity. we invented stuff that the world now uses and that the world now makes. we have to keep on inventing stuff and make sure it is made right here in america, and that requires investment. [applause] that requires investment in basic research and basic science. so these are all things that will help america out-innovate, out-educate, out hustle everybody else in the world. i wannamaker to win the future, and i want our future to be big, optimist im, not small and fearful. so we have a lot of hard work left to do, ohio. we have a lot of work to do. but we are going to get there. and if anybody tells you otherwise, i want you to mention the improbable turnaround that has taken place here at chrysler. i want you to remember all those voices who were saying no, saying no, we can't. toledo, you have shown that thi