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

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mark potter, nbc news, havana. >>> up next here tonight, date night for man's best friend. all dolled up and looking for a love connection. respect to diana ross, but when the supremes sang you can't hurry love, they probably didn't envision a new type of matchmaking service in orlando. for many, the doggie date nights turn into puppy love at first sight. we get the story from nbc's carrie sanders. >> reporter: it's date night for norville. >> he's giving me kisses earlier. >> and kabob. two homeless dogs. >> he'll be a handsome dog. >> like so many single people, just looking for some loving. since we love those before and after pictures, first the before. norville. a springer spaniel dropped off by his owners due to the tough economy and kabob, a stray mutt found living in a ditch. the plan, if speed dating works for single men and women, then why not for dogs? so scrubbed clean and sporting new dos. >> you smell better. >> kabob before, and after. >> norville before and after. >> just be yourself. okay. be yourself norville and you'll find a perfect home. >> they join a

i was in cuba exactly a year ago for the 49th anniversary, and it's remarkable how around havana and down at the bay bay f pigs there are billboards all over the place celebrating the victory against yankee imperialism. and this 50th anniversary they will be marking with a parade, with all sorts of celebrations. i'm not expecting too many celebrations here, and that's, of course, because for the united states it was a disaster. it was a personal tragedy for the men who took part in the invasion, of course, and it was a humiliation for the kennedy administration which had only been in power less than three months. at first the administration tried to insist that the united states had nothing to do with this, that it was just the exiles had gone in on their own, but that charade did not last very long, and very soon the whole world knew the truth which was that the brigade had been trained by the cia, had been supplied with american equipment, and the invasion had been approved by the joint chiefs of staff, the state department and, ultimately, the president of the united states. in sh

havana is kicking off a new era in offshore oil exploration. as cnn's shasta darlington reports, u.s. officials are expressing concern. >> reporter: undaunted by last year's massive bp disaster on the other side of the gulf of mexico, cuba plows ahead with an ambitious oil drilling plan. the island currently produces 60,000 barrels of oil a day, about half its needs in onshore wells like this one. now full scale offshore exploration is gaining momentum. in 5,600 feet of water, deeper than the bp pell, other companies have also set their sights on the rig. the iadc has held numerous talks with cuban oil company, kupet. >> they're providing seven wells over the next two to four-year period. >> estimates for the oil shore reserve range from 5 billion to 20 billion barrels of oil. foreign oil companies, none from the united states, have leased 21. in the wake of the gulf spill some in florida are worried about cuba drilling so close to home. >> ultimately if there is a spill, say, in a cuban operation, its impact would be fully felt by the entire g

have you to go to a building under the protection of switzerland's embassy in havana. that section has been in the front line of a weird petty propaganda war between our two countries. cubans put up a billboard across the street from it that said, we are not afraid from you. cuba erected a stage next to the u.s. intersection so they could hold rallies and protests over ilan gonzalez. cuba responded by erecting billboards showing the abuse at abu ghraib prison. pictures are in the middle. but you can't help but stare at the swastika on the end. >>> america responded by putting up a billboard with big scrolling lit up anti-castro messages. to which cuba responded by putting up a bunch of flag poles to block anyone's view of that billboard. the thing that is new, the best new thing in the world about this today is something my friend steve clemens is characterizing as dackry diplomacy. i think it's an improvement on the swas tick can billboard. steve reported and we confirmed today that the cuban intersection in d.c. is opening a bar in their building. they're naming the

hope you've enjoyed it as i've enjoyed my time here in havana. time to get you to the cnn newsroom. >>> from cnn center this is "cnn sunday morning." good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm alina cho. t.j. holmes is off this morning. and government officials call rebel claims lies. we'll have a live report just ahead. >>> take a look at this. we're tracking tropical storm irene. there's a chance the storm could affect the u.s. we'll tell you where it's headed. >>> a soccer team scattered for safety after gun shots ring out in mexico, sending crowds ducking for cover. we'll show you what happened and what sparked it. >>> we begin in libya, and our correspondents this morning say gun battle in tripoli. this video is from another city just 30 miles from tripoli. one of gadhafi sons says the rebels are losing every belgts. a senior u.s. administration person says obama has been briefed on the situation in libya from his vacation spot. >> the raising of the white flag we will not talk about, and it's nauz because of islam, this is rejec

diana nyad, she just left havana last night, ali, trying to swim from havana to key west. got to navigate the gulf stream which in that area can be cranking from two to four miles per hour. she tried it back in the '70s. she's 61 years old. wasn't able to do it then. is in the water right now and cnn crews are reporting back with her progress. >> we got a boat near her. >> yeah. >> we're following this whole thing. that gulf stream your animation showing the gulf stream what she has to struggle against. looks like a straight line, but it's going to push her east. >> 61 years old. . she is determined to make this happen. >> more fit than i'll ever be in my life. rob marciano, check you out on "american morning." see you later. rob marciano on the extreme weather center. let's take a look at the word of the day. it is you guessed it aa+. by this point you know it's america's new credit rating according to s&p and worse than a aaa. find out what it means and why it matters after this short break. 54 minutes after the hour. >>> 57 minutes after the the hour. the word of the da

marathon swim from havana to the florida keys. get this, all without a shark cage. >>> hi, happy monday morning, i'm thomas roberts and we get straight to breaking news. downgrade slapped on our credit rating sending shock waves. on wall street, look at, this the dow jones down by 341 point. the s&p down by 43. and the nasdaq down by almost 95. exchanges from europe to asia fell through the early hours of the morning. many more than 2%. overall during a sell-off caused by a drop in investor confidence after this downgrade. treasury secretary tim geithner echoed the frustration over s&p's decision. >> i think s&p has shown really terrible judgment and handled themselves very poorly and showed a stunning lack of knowledge about u.s. fiscal budget math. i think they drew exactly the wrong conclusion from this budget agreement. >> joining me now is cnbc senior economic reporter steve liesman and jarod burnstein, former chief economist to vice president biden. good morning. steve, the immediate worries people need to have when they hea

i might add to that that we started this yesterday in havana, the seas were glossy and flat to.ot further into the gulf stream current, the waves started to pick up. it was three to five foot seas, it was rough going today. >> of course, we have to remember we're talking about a 61-year-old woman. she did swim for 29 hours. nearly 30 hours. still extraordinary. 41 an average particularly. she was trying to set show people that even at 61, you could do anything you want to, is she likely to try to do this again or could this and this effort for good? >> i think it is too soon to say, rose mary. absolutely this is not to take away from the hours of swimming that she did do. we have been following this story for over year and i have to say has been an incredible feat to watch, even 29 hours that today's attorney was. unclear whether she will try again or this will be the end of her marathon swimming. >> joining us on the line there from havana. just repeating that unfortunately the effort by the swimmer, the 61-year-old woman, diana, to swim from cuba all the way to florida, she ha

, cuba to -- endurance swimmer making her way from havana, cuba to florida.paddling a long side her -- paddle alongside her. she's hoping her swim will inspire other men and women her age. now, during her 103-mile swim, once an hour, she will tread water to get food to keep up her energy. in her attempt in 1978. >> she took in 1,000 calories an hour and she also lost 29 pounds when they pulled her out of the water after 42 hours. >>> let's go to sell for a final look at the commute. >>> right now we're looking pretty slow in some airsia. -- areas. 580 is still slow getting in the livermore valley. it's cleared up in livermore. moving along to some live pictures. the traffic is doing okay here. if you are driving own interstate 880. at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's backed up beyond 880 for about a ten-minute wait. >>> let's go to mark. >>> hi, there, sal. fog other a good portion. bay area. some clear pockets out towards -- over a good portion of the bay area. some clear pockets. it will be a little bit warmer for tuesday and wednesday. inland spots could be

she'll be moving from havana heading up towards key west. about a 103-mile swim for her and expected to take about 60 hours. that's three nights and two days that she will be taking this swim. we're expecting conditions to be good overall. seas will be between one and three feet. isolated thunderstorms will have to watch out for. and water temperatures are going to be warm, closer to cuba, water temperatures are averaging between 86 and 88 degrees. as you get closer to key west, they're warmer, about 91 degrees. that's extremely warm. she will be encountering that florida current, if you saw those arrows on my map earlier, so she'll have a bit of pull coming in. things are looking good weather-wise. we always watch the tropics this time of year. we don't see anything developing that could interfere with this. we have been tracking emily off the coast of florida. that's dissipated now. those water temperatures are very ripe for more tropical development in the upcoming days. there you can see the satellite picture from emily, which should not

for the very first time. >> reporter: sipping mojitos to the rhythm of cuban salsa at havana's historicists do it every year, but usually they're not americans. cuba receives more than 2 million tourists every yore. they flock to the white sand beaches and ogle at the vintage american cars. but for half a century, the vast majority of americans have been barred from traveling to the communist country. earlier this year, president barack obama eased restrictions and resumed allowing americans to visit the island for purposeful travel, called people-to-people tourism. such trips had been suspended by from president bush. the first tours organized by inside cuba have finally landed. >> swoe tao we take them throug real places in cuba meeting real people and real-life settings and they're incredibly rewarding. >> reporter: the idea is that visitors interact with ordinary cubans to help support the society. they also get a taste of forbidden fruit. >> i don't have to see a mcdonald's and strip mall and get to see something new. >> reporter: i ten rares include schools and hospitals and commu

. >> she is trying to swim from havana to the florida keys. it's expected to take 2 1/2 days. back in 1978, she tried the same feat, in a shark cage. >>> and adam scott clinched the bridgestone invitational. but his caddie is the one that stole the spotlight. >> steve williams, who was fired by tiger woods, after 12 years, called it the best win of his life. and he pumped his fist in celebration. woods tied for 37th place. >>> now, some baseball highlights. we get those from espn news. >> good morning. this is your espn news update. i'm max bretos. sunday night, the yankees and red soso playing for the rest record in the american league. in the seventh inning, tied a a 1-1. brett gardner, nobody on. trying to get on base. but he'll do better than that. off of matt albers' solo shot. 415 feet. first career home run first the red sox. bottom of the ninth, mariano rivera to seal eat. marcos scutaro tags and scores. we're heading to extras. bottom of the tenth, red sox get runners on second and first. josh reddick, driving in pinch runner, darnell mcdonald. red sox win 3-2, in wal

before sunset sunday, nyad spoke in havana just before starting the marathon. >> now i'm almost 62 yearsld, woohoo! and i'm standing here at the prime of my life. i think this is the prime when one reaches this age, you still have a body that's strong but now you have a better mind, a mind at peace with the joy of the world. >> if she makes it to the florida keys, nyad will become the first person to make the trip without the aid of a shark cage. she expects to finish in about 60 hours and arrive wednesday morning. >>> in health news, british cancer researchers isolated a gene linked to a sharply elevated risk of ovarian cancer in women. the study found women with a faulty copy of a gene called rad51d had a 1 in 11 chance of developing ovarian cancer. scientist also try to develop tests to identify those at highest risk. >>> 45,000 verizon workers are on strike this morning. part of the company's land line operations in the northeast. contract negotiations broke down over health care and pensions. verizon claims its land line business is losing money but union officials say the company i

nyad left sunday evening from havana headed for the florida keys, more than 100 miles away, without ak cage. but strong head winds and currents were just too much and she ended her attempt about halfway across, after swimming for 29 hours. >>> straight ahead, your tuesday morning weather. >>> and in sports, big papi and the red sox battle to build their first place lead. battle to build their first place lead. this is the network. a network of possibilities. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and off we go! seeking inspiration from the world's best yogurts for activia selects in paris we discovered the inspiration for a totally new yogurt. a

nyad set out from near havana last night on the 103 mile swim.sing an electrical field to ward off sharks as she attempts to complete the swim without a shark cage. there's not enough room in refugee camps along the somali border. so what happens to those stuck outside? scott pelley returns with that story next. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic low back pain. imagine living your life with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a non-narcotic treatment that's fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase b

diana nayad just got in the water tonight for the 103-mile swim from havana cuba to key west florida.nyad's spirits were very high when she got started today. >> my adrenaline is flowing very hard but we prepared for two years. >> reporter: nyad says there's no getting around that there may be dangerous sharks in the water. she attempted the same feat in 2008. >> she doesn't look 61. >> no she doesn't. >>> tiger woods former caddy takes a jab at his former employer. >>> and we'll hear from the giant's ace coming up next in sports wrap. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. >>> good evening everyone and welcome to this late sunday night edition of sports wrap. losers in eight out of their last 10 games, the giants were ready to get back into the win column. tim lincecum trying to

as cuban immigrants 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. see. how this comprehensive immigration reform and the dream marco rubio maybe the republicans superman but the way he handles immigration is this kryptonite and supports english only law even though he ran his campaign in spanish the fact is that when he ran for senator he was able to advertise in spanish saying i'm an immigrant too and it garnered a fair amount of support rubio represents the hallmarks of the neo conservative movement leveling this criticism that president obama's taxes on wealthy americans it's class warfare and it's the kind of language that you would expect from a leader of a third world country not the president of the united states supporting a strong military america still the only watchman on the walls of freedom. and there is still no one to take our place and light senators before him any experience of abroad tyrants of always lied about america's intentions because

her mission, to make it from havana, cuba, to key west, florida.r. and while others her age might be content to kickback and relax, diana nyad has set her sights on concurring a feat that has alluded her for 30 years. she will try to prove that age really is just a number. it is the swim of diana nyad's life, never mind that she is 61 years old. 103-mile, 60-hour journey across the straits of florida from havana, cuba, to key west, florida, is a swim no man or woman has ever completed. diana, former long distance swimmer tried the same swim back in 1978 when she was 28. >> and now she is on her own trying to swim to florida. >> reporter: after 40 hours, weather and wind pushed her way off course, she never made it. but she never really gave up on her quest as she later spoke about it with jane pauley on "today." >> the swim was rough. i mean, i don't think anybody knows at this point if i can be done. but that was part of what makes it exciting. i believe i can do it. >> reporter: in 1979 diana made it from the bahamas to florida swimming 102 miles

. >>> an american endurance swimmer is making her way from havana to key west florida. 61-year-old dianame the first person to swim without a shark cage. she is swimming with shark shields. the 103-mile swim should take 60 hours to complete. >> i am standing here in the prime of my life and i think this is a prime, you still have a body that is strong and you have a better mind. i am not afraid and i have a lot of courage. >> she attempted the same swim in 1998 but her team pulled her out because of strong currents and she went too far off coast. >>> we are still at the infancy stages, look at northbound 280 and it is looking light. also the morning commute 580 and 680, that is a very nice looking drive all the way to the south bane, let's gay pack. fire raced to a home in san francisco, what happened and what it took for firefighters to get it under control. >>> petting lower this morning. european markets are down this morning and we are watching wall street. >>> most areas are starting out in the 50s and i will have your forecast highs coming up in just a little bit.

hope you've enjoyed it as i've enjoyed my time here in havana. time to get you to the cnn newsroom. >>> from cnn center this is "cnn saturday morning." 8:00 a.m. on the east coast, 5:00 a.m. out west. good morning, everybody. i'm alina cho. t.j. holmes is off this morning. coming up, mounting pressure on dictator moammar gadhafi to resign. the libyan leader denies reports he is looking for refuge for his family. >>> take a look at this just released video. are london rioters firing at police helicopters. a live report in just a moment. >>> severe storms strike the northeast, unleashing deadly flash floods and it's not over yet. the ohio valley could be next. >>> but we start with the sputtering economy. president obama says there are steps we can take to spark the economy. watch. >> there are things we can do right now that will mean more customers for businesses and more jobs across the country. we can cut payroll taxes again so families have an extra thousand dollars to spend. we can pass a road construction bill so construction crews who are n

yesterday we talked about a 61-year-old swimmer that jumped into the water in havana, cuba, sunday afternoonim 105 miles over to key west. 29 hours into her journey, late last night at 12:45 a.m., she had to give up about halfway. started to get sick and wasn't a good deal. she got on the boat and her second try at it. 105 miles across. back to you. >> it is a lot. when you think about that i have trouble getting to the other side of the pool. i want to take to you london for a second. we have pictures of a fire that apparently has been burning for a little while. i'm told this is a sony plant in thrown. we've been reporting on these riots. we have no information that's connected to that at all. you can see that black smoke burning now. we have a shot from a helicopter. we can give it a shot of it for you. we do understand dvds and electronics are made in that factory. the reason we're showing it to you because we're waiting for prime minister david cameron to come out and talk about the rioting going on. we have no information those two things are connected but quite a picture of a fire the

diana nayad just got in the water tonight for the 103-mile swim from havana cuba to key west florida.yad's spirits were very high when she got started today. >> my adrenaline is flowing very hard but we prepared for two years. >> reporter: nyad says there's no getting around that there may be dangerous sharks in the water. she attempted the same feat in 2008. >> she doesn't look 61. >> no she doesn't. >>> tiger woods former caddy [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. montrose, california. in here, anarchy meets order. working with at&t, doctors set up a broadband solution to handle data and a mobility app to stay connected with their business. so they can run the office... even when they're not in the office. call at&t and see what we ca

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we're waiting right here in the marina, hemingway right on the west side of havana. she's about to jump in the water. we're just waiting for her to turn up. she's been waiting all day for the winds to die down. the idea is even though it's night it's going to be the time when the winds are the quietest, when the current is the quietest and she really has a very small window when it comes to weather. so she's about to jump in. you know, this is a very important personal challenge for diana nyad. she tried to do the same swim in the 1970s and she failed. it's something she put behind her, and she said when she turned 60, when she turned 60 she decided she wanted to try it again, to show everyone that you can still be young when you're 60. don? >> so, listen, i understand her team is taking extraordinary lengths to protect her from sharks. and man of war jelly fish. >> that's right, don. i couldn't hear the question very well, but she went into detail about how she's going to protect herself from the sharks. as you mentioned there will not be a shark cage. but what she'

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a 61-year-old american swimmer is attempting to make history by swimming more than 100 miles from havanas an estimated 60-hour swim in shark-infested waters without a cage. she famously tried to swim in 1978 input sea currents forced her off course and she was not able to finish. >>> and tiger woods didn't just lose his first tournament back from injury. he lost another major sponsor. those details when we go down to the wire. >>> new details emerging about this weekend's deadly helicopter crash in afghanistan that killed 30 american service members, including 22 navy s.e.a.l.s from the same unit that killed osama bin laden. eight afghans were also killed in the crash. it took place southwest of kabul. we're joined with the latest from kabul and what new thing are we learning about what exactly happened? >> reporter: good morning, chris. well, nato officials are finally saying today what exactly happened to that helicopter. they're saying the ch-47 chinook helicopter carrying the 38 people on board, including the 30 americans, were actually on their way to this village in wardak, a provi

the 103-mile swim from havana cuba to the florida keys is expected to take about 60 hours. >> boy, thatmile swim 1,000 years ago and done. but good for her. >>> well, you think that a bird would not have to board an airplane because it already has wings, roit? >> try telling that to this bird or bat. we're not sure what it is. it is going to fast. no one can tell. a passenger took this video. awakened by the raucous on a delta airlines flight. the flying animal was finally trapped in the lavatory but apparently the flight crew went back later and couldn't find it. so it has disappeared. >> a stow-away. >> didn't want to pay baggage fees. >> can you imagine being on a plane and having that thing? >> i would freak out. >> yes. >> and they didn't find it though, right? >> i would not be calm. >> that thing might be coming back and we could be doing another story tomorrow. and the next flight. >> that's right. >> lawrence played with his x box all weekend. and the kinect. >> i am so sore. >> i had so much fun but my hands are stiff, too. it is unbelievable. >> just use your clicker, though.

we're about 13 mile off the coast of havana, 90 more to go to make it to key west. be able to check in with you guys tomorrow as well. i have to say, she shoved off last night about 7:45. it was absolutely remarkable to witness. hundreds of americans and cubans came out to wish her well. >> tell us about this armada around here. there are boats and things watching out for her safety, especially when it comes to sharks. >> absoluteliment we're on a big mothership. just a few hundred yards from us, the most important boat to the swim is the yellow kayak with the shark shield on it. it's an electronic device that sends out an elipticcal electrical field that keeps the sharks away. the boat next to the kayak is called voyager, where all of her handlers are. she swims every hour over toward the boat. she can't touch it. she can't get out. she can tread water there while they hand her some food and drinks to keep her fueled up for the swim ahead. >> i can't imagine how much refueling she's going to need over the next hours. that must be an incredible endurance. imagine th

yesterday the 61-year-old left havana, cuba, headed for the florida keys. there she is.ing on wednesday morning. unbelievable. >>> a hydroplane race driver experienced the scare of her life over the weekend. a boat driven by ceili perkins mallory -- look at this -- went airborne in seattle over the weekend, landed upside down. she was under the water for 90 seconds before she emerged. but she was rescued, helped by that rescue crew. perkins mallory called it, quote, a very soft crash. >>> this weather report sponsored by mercedes-benz, experience truly great engineering today at your authorized dealer. >>> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now here's nancy. >> up next, a milestone for these twins born a decade ago joined at the head. we're going to go to their birthday party and tell you why mel gibson stopped by. now get an incredible offer on the powerful c300 sport sedan. but hurry before this opportunity...disappears. the mercedes-benz summer event ends august 31st. these are our ocean spray sparkling juice drinks in cranberry and pomegranate blueberry. the

at a campaign stop in miami's little havana, bachmann said she was exhibiting her great sense of humorachmann appeared to suggest that the hurricand earthquake wo >>> memorials were held across the gulf coast yesterday marking six years since that area was of course devastated by hurricane katrina. people gathered in new orleans' lower ninth ward, that decimated neighborhood, to lay wreaths in remembrance. then they danced in the streets also in rememberness of the hundreds who lost their lives in that storm. tears were shed in biloxi, mississippi, as survivors looked back on that day that forever changed their lives. they say they wanted to >> rezil yant, indeed. > former libyan leader moammar gadhafi is still on the run but most of his family has surfaced in algeria. some grandchildrenld l algerian officials have notified the united nations and libya's rebel leadership of their whereabouts. >>> the fighting between rebels and gadhafi loyalists is raging in the southern city of sert, headquarters of gadhafi's tribe. one especially dramatic battle was caught on camera when rebels captu

as you can see behind me, i'm in havana, cuba. i have never been here before.o be here. we're working on a special about diana nyad. she's a long distance swimmer who wanted to swim from here all the way to the florida keys to do something no human being has done. the way she wanted to do it. a remarkable story. we're looking closely at cuban healthcare system. they have one of the highest life expectancies, one of the lowest infant more talts and they spend a fraction of what we do in the united states. is it available to everyone? these are questions we're trying to answer. >> thank you, sanjay. tune in to cnn this weekend, dr. sanjay reports, the last heart attack, this sunday night at 8:00 eastern. sanjay talks to doctors on the cutting-edge of heart disease -- one man developed a radical diet he says can make anyone heart attack-proof in a single month. >>> this story i am about to share with you could turn out to be the biggest scandal in the history of college sports. it's unfolding right now with the university of miami. sure, of course, the world is no

>>> how about this story in 61-year-old woman, attempting a record setting swim, diana nyaz left havana trying to swim 100 miles to the florida keys, that swim expected to take some 60 hours, nonstop. she breaks for about two minutes but she keeps going without a shark cage. last time she tried it with a shark cage. not this time. jon: my hat is off to her. wow. age 61. >>> several gun store owners near the u.s.-mexico border are suing the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and the obama administration over new regulations that would require them to report multiple sales of semiautomatic rifles, the new rules only apply to gun dealers in those four states bordering mexico. now, its new fallout partially in response to the government's so called operation fast and furious which helped smuggle american guns into mexico, two of those guns found at the scene where border patrol agent brian terry was shot and killed last year. joining us now, criminal defense criminal dwayne cates, also with us, doug burns, a former prosecutor. doug, it's always been my understanding, based on high scho

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. >> cnn's chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta joins us live from havana, cuba.cuba, any way? >> i think sanjay can't hear us! darn. he is clearly is assignment. >> yes, he is. he will tell us about heart disease and how you can protect yourself against it when we get the tech snafus worked out. >>> let me tell you about something else we are dealing with right now. let's do the talkback. >> a great idea. that's do the talkback. now is your turn to talkback. we asked you this question. is heckling good for our political discourse? here are some of your responses. from tim, one person's heckle is another person's ingenious retort. it is an exchange that illustrates america's ability to respond to the ending talking points that have shoved into our brains. kelly says i think a difference between heck'ing will during a scheduled speech and heck'ing will during campaign events which allows us to see how the candidate handles negative feedback and uncomfortable situation. another one heckling serves no constructive purpose. abraham lincoln once said a how divided agai

diana nayad playing a little trumpet before swimming more than 100 miles from havana, cuba to the floridaw, the 61-year-old trying to become the first person to cross the florida straits without the help of a shark cage. she's relying only on the technology and divers. >> i'm standing here at the prime of my life, i think this is the prime. when one reaches this age, you still have a body that's strong but now you have a better mind. >> touche. she attempted the swam similar in 1978 but had to stop because of some strong currents. she had a little bit of a respite there. 1978 to 2011 but looking strong and looking good. >> sure, she's a legend. let's bring in the legendary dana perino. >> very nice segue. thank you very much. >> we're on the couch with your buddy from "the five" eric bolling. dana, so the bad -- we got the bad news on friday night where our triple a credit rating was downgraded to double a plus. we still, while we've heard from the surrogates. we still have not heard from the president of the united states. this is gigantic! >> right. so i think there's one of two things

. >> 62-year-old endurance swimmer diana nyad left havana, cuba, bound for key west, florida on sundaying to become the first person to ever swim the 103-mile stretch without a shark cage. 29 hours into the journey, she was hit by an asthma attack and had to quit. she arrived in florida by boat this morning in tears. >> last night at midnight. i was trembling. 11 hours of asthma had taken so much from my body. to train again and bring the people in again, i think i'm going to have to go to my gray without swimming from cuba to florida. >>> nino led the dons to one of their most successful seasons in his 12-year career. all while keeping a secret that would change his father's life forever. >> my father had a gall bladder surgery which was just a real simple procedure and 45 days later after the gall bladder surgery he was still in the hospital and he had kidney failure. >> reporter: as a baseball coach, nino has countless difficult decisions to make. as a son, the decision to donate a kid i know his father was a no-brainer. >> so when dad said the only way i can do this is with an orga