>> in havana? not that ai am aware of. >> are you aware that any canadian diplomats, since all of this have unfolded, did they have additional ailments or additional problems? >> sir, they have withdrawn with some of their personnel. i think we can go to greater details on thclassified briefin on that element. >> thank you, i look forward to that. what benefits have we achieved from these actions and how has this impacted america's businesses as well as it does in cuba? >> i am sorry, i missed the first part of that question. >> the trump administration reversed a variety of steps to improve ties made by the previous administration, referring to the obama administration trying to improve ties and opening up and engage and trying to help the cuban people and we have seen a big growth in the small business community there in cuba. i am wondering now if this administration have reversed all of that. what benefits have we achieved from these actions. are you aware that the cuban people are doing better

>> in havana? not that i'm aware of, sir. >> are you aware that any canadian diplomats, since all of this has unfolded, have they had additional ailments or additional problems? >> sir, the canadians have withdrawn some of their personnel, but i think we could go into greater detail in the classified briefing on that element. >> thank you. we look forward to that. the trump administration has reversed a variety of steps to improve ties made by the previous administration. what benefits have we achieve from these actions? how has this impacted american businesses as well as cuba? >> i'm sorry. i missed the first part of that question. >> i say the trump administration has reversed a variety of steps to improve ties made by the previous administration, referring to the obama administration trying to improve ties, trying to open up and engage, trying to help the cuban people. we've seen a big growth in the small business community there in cuba. i'm just wondering now that this administration has reve

fabrica de arte, the hottest spot in havana. art gallery, highlighting artists, musicians and deejays from around the world. questlove is scheduled to deejay here tomorrow night. >> inti: it's like a big bag that all the arts can fit inside. >> anthony: what is going on here? i asked inti herrera and x alfonso, two of the young entrepreneurs behind the place. nothing like this ever existed before. did the government bureau of arts help you? >> inti: at the beginning, we had subsidies from the ministry of culture. ev the building, we asked for the building, because it was abandoned for 30 years. >> anthony: the place is very popular. >> inti: right now, yes. >> anthony: who comes here? >> inti: these people that love art, but at the same time, it's very diverse. >> anthony: it attracts a once unthinkable mix of foreigners and locals, that enjoys the actual support of the government. without whom, of course, it couldn't exist. >> inti: our chef here, is part of the art world, you know, here. >> anthony: the ceviche of dogfish with

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>> the best bar in havana. it's the best restaurant in havana.nts to experience real life in cuba, you ought to come here, and you can see it all. >> but enrique knows dinner here costs the average cuban almost two months' salary. so they stay away. he wants to change that. less tourists, more locals? >> more locals, less tourists, yes. that's one of my dream. >> and how do you think that becomes possible? >> i hope the economy, our cuban economy, can grow and develop. >> with 40 employees, enrique is helping to grow that economy -- even though 20 of his best workers recently left for america. nothing is easy here. i have a lot of respect for you and a lot of admiration, but now i want to eat your food. >> yes, of course. that's the most important. >> let's go eat some food. up next... you ever go fishing? >> no. >> travel down any road in havana, you'll find a surprise at every turn. ioye! your friend @just_marea. you like her. she's really good at social media. she buys stocks in companies that "stand for something." you like her. she's always

. ♪ havana ooh na-na ay ♪ half of my heart is in havana ooh na-na ay ay ♪ >> welcome back to "gma." tune is camila cabello's hit song, "havana." her new album debuted overnight and it's already topping itunes charts this morning. only one thing that is topping that. >> what's that? >> she's here this morning. she will perform live. >> awesome. >> that's a topper. >> a lot of fans here from very early this morning. >> oh, yeah. >> they're in for a treat. >>> following a lot of headlines right now, including all of the fallout growing over president trump's offensive and vulgar slur about haitians and african immigrants made right in the oval office. leaders around the world condemning his comment and this morning the president faces that firestorm he's also preparing for his first annual physical in office. that comes today. >> we're also talking about that big winter storm that caused so much destruction out west. it's now barreling east bringing blizzard conditions and dangerous commutes. schools in parts of the south and midwest are closed right now so kids will get an extra long

times walk as well as performing at the mozart in havana festival i also did some teaching at the least a year mozart chano music conservatory it was great to meet all these talented cuban horn players. as part of the mozart in havana festival he gave a horn on songbook concert but there was also some time for sightseeing i just love this beautiful city. oh yeah it's there i forget. you. she's funny cause it's a game sagal. you didn't you might your father made it for me i love it so you're like. ok reporter here she's a mascot and tell me when you stop to take a horse and b.s. and you come and say oh no instance when if we said a prayer i don't mean to maintain the mandible be gone. when the woman said to the i don't know when i'm a little much the same up here we. don't we just know when you are completely out of the company and don't know if. the horn is the best instrument i'm glad you chose this but i must say that it's very very hot here for me playing the horn in this heat is quite difficult because my valves go slow one of the problems you have for your horn in this this tempera

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embassy in havana. this all happened back in 2016. here's what cuban american senator bob me nen des hnendez . >> it is unimaginable that the u.s. did not know about the attacks. they must have begun given tacid approval to foreign agents to operate in cuba. the scope of the attacks is too specific. >> secretary of state rex tillerson says he has no plans to bring a full staff to cuba despite the new fbi report casting doubt there was any kind of sonic attack many the first place. this mystery just keeps getting deeper. here's what tillerson told the associated press, quote, i would be intentionally put them back in harm's way. why in the world would i do that when i have no means whatsoever to prothat? let's bring in josh who is covering the hearing. he ran out to talk to us about the new reporting. josh, thank you. ashley and sabrina are back with us. josh, i'll start with you, i'll start with the up in comments from secretary tillerson because he's not convinced it seems that cuba's hands are clean in all this. >> reporter: that's

it's the mystery in havana. tonight lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of what really happened to american diplomats in cuba who ended up with serious medical conditions. correspondent rich edson has the latest night from the state department. >> months of investigation, multiple trips to cuba, and the state department says it still cannot explain what caused these symptoms. >> sharp, localized ear pain. dull unilateral headache, ringing in one ear, vertigo. >> the u.s. has 24 americans are experiencing this. they worked at the embassy in havana. state department says it has no evidence of attacks after augus. frustrated senators called state department officials to explain their findings. preliminary report from the fbi says it's uncovered no evidence sound waves are responsible in the so-called sonic attacks. in october, the associated press reported some diplomats heard this sound. investigator said they are unsure that sound itself was harmful or a byproduct of something else. state department claims

they worked at the embassy in havana.t has no evidence of attacks after august t one. this morning frustrated senators called state department officials to explain their incomplete findings. a preliminary report from the fbi says it has uncovered no evidence, sound waves are responsible in these so-called sonic attacks. in october, the associated press reported some diplomats heard this sound. though investigators said they're unsure that sound itself was harmful or by product of something else. the state department claims and cuban denies the cuban government know s what ease hurting these diplomats. there are 24 americans who work forth us government who during their time in havana have experienced symptoms which are consistent with what you would see in mild concussion chts rubio and others said in september the us should close the facility in havana. the us has moved much of its staff in havana. senators supporting better relationships saying there h is no evidence that cuba attacked american diplomats. other countrie

. >> she's heading to havana where temperature is 85 degrees today, nicely done. hi karen. >> i love that outfit. >> thank you. well, sweater weather. >> it is k nit tey. >> before we get to those water main breaks lets get to the reason for them. it is because it is 12. twelve. >> so cold outside, i know it. >> i should mention that philadelphia public schools staff only today, kid go back tomorrow. three out of 10. bus stop buddy is ready for kid who are going back today, wind chills below zero many out there so it is same way about a week now with as little exposed skin as possible. we will see buddy smile again but not to day, yes, 13 but it feels like three below, that is your wind chill thanks to those 15-mile an hour wind is very biting out there, biting cold. 7:23 is your sunrise time. checking other wind chills because that is how it feels outside two below in pottstown fourteen below in the mountains. single digit wind chill in wildwood, new jersey. today deceiving sunshine. it will look bright, beautiful and appear to be warm but no, it will be a high o

on all reports from havana. sharing a stage comes naturally to these cuban and u.s. musicians. best known pianist this playing alongside american jazz legend. the saxophone player is among the u.s. artists who headline this years have been a jazz festival. musicians turned cultural ambassadors at a time of renewed hostilities between their governments it's now more important than ever that music is a common language connects this two countries again the politics of the politics but the art form is a common language and that will help strengthen perhaps some of the other areas the broader international relationship. and that relationship has deteriorated significantly since its high point two years ago today the state department is actively advising americans to stay away from cuba but not all of them are listening even under tighter travel restrictions reimposed by the trumpet ministration and then president a number of americans visited and performed at this year's just festival here in havana and when asked why they're here they generally gave the same basic answer music trum

economic activity is linked to the river thousands of people have marched through the streets of havana to mark the anniversary of the birth of cuban independence hero was a marty students and senior communist party members including president raul castro took part in the procession not is considered a key planner of the nineteen the eighteen ninety five war of independence against spanish rule marchers carrying torches and flags filled the streets at the entrance to the university of havana president castro is expected to step down in a pool. former fark rebels in colombia have launched their campaign for upcoming elections with a promise to fight poverty the parliamentary and presidential votes will mark their party's election debut thousands of foreign fighters handed in their weapons hundred twenty sixteen peace deal. got as of today i am a candidate for president of the republic representing my party the far and i'm committed to head the government of transition to generate the conditions for the dearth of the new colombia a government that will for the first time finally represent

she is getting plenty ofsu the . >> ♪ north of havana ♪ it ♪ c ♪ hope your copaeaer. thank you.thought that far just now. and you can tell. tay, because we actually may make it to freezing, before the snow hits. single dig places, this morning, so don't let down your guard. even though it is a than yestere kids are going back today, after the long and just for fun, it is national chocolate covered cherry day. because we d holidays, did we? right now nothing to show you yet on radar, we will potentiale coming up, 15 degrees in like eight, sunrise time 7:23. and we do expect someunine today. it feels like 12 degrees in wilmington, one in lancaster, r. so, we may not have below zero windchills, except for the mountains, still very, very cold. so 14 throughout the rest of lu, and yes, we could get to the high temperature degrees. by the end of our day, which is in end of daylight. and we will talk about the st nor'easter, bob kelly, on the way. >> you got it, sue. 6:02, good morning, weekend. live look at i95 right near girard avenue. no pro looking live as you work your way out of

known as a va destination, is home to an exp skyline of high-rises and smiles and livine neighborhoe havana. it is one of the largest urban country with 5.5 more than half of them are last november, francis suarez, a cuban-american, ca office when in more than 80% vote and a nef leadership. we sat down with mayor suarez at miami dade college.so nice to hs you have been an office since november. give me the lay of the land. how is miami doing? mayor suarez: i've been a years, so i have a great understanding of the way the government works. bubble, the real estate had burst. we had a $115 million deficit. two of the five commissioners indicted, and that is what i e in in 2009. by contrast today, we have over $160 million in surplus revenue. we have a city that has grown 50% in the last five years. we have turned it around we are an urban city. we have challenges. we have challenges with transp congestion. soledad: let's talk about some of tnearly 28% of the people in miami are below the poverty level, and that is almost twice as high as the national level. how do you tackle something like tha

a foreign policy chief for the me is on a two day visit to cuba aimed at strengthening ties with havana after washington tightened restrictions on the communist nation mogul remey has called the u.s. blockade of cuba illegal and obsolete saying that it serves to worsen living conditions on the island u.s. cuba ties thought after the obama administration eased trade and travel rules. but the trump white house has since moved to reverse those measures saying that cuba had failed to improve its human rights record. in iran as the country's elite revolutionary guard is trying to stop anti-government protests in several provinces a new amateur video purports to show security forces aligned with the guard parading down the streets of the city of solly around one hundred and twenty kilometers southwest tehran they're there to put down the protests labeled sedition by the head of the revolutionary guard iran has imposed a blackout on social media after more than a week of demonstrations. and for more let's bring in a.f.p. correspondent eric roundoff who is standing by with the latest from tehra

it was one of three outfits the havana hottie wore last night. color, the lace and ruffled a few feathers. the results a night of fierce grammy fashion. ♪ >> we're here at the grammys. we're boob squishy. miss cardi b looking beautiful, like an angel ♪ >> i love the blue eye liner. you're giving me electric youth right now. >> thank you. >> it's fabulous. >> i feel like we're in for a lot of fun. >> from pink in hundreds of blue back, pin and purple feathers. to katie in a metallic lbd what goes into getting grammy glam? for some it's spanx. >> there was a great social media photo you helping chrissy get ready by putting on some spanx. >> we do it every day. >> she's doing a lot and making a lot of sacrifices. >> i'm wearing press on nails because i'm trying to let my nails breathe. i cannot physically do it with no nails. >> this is tom ford. i put it on. it's a stretchy material thank god. i am sucking in my stomach so hard. i had spanx on. sometimes spanx make you bigger. i took them off and i'm free flowing. ♪ >> ga ga gown had a 13 foot remo

two dozen us government officials and their spouses fell ill in their homes and in some hotels in havanaof state rex tillerson has said that he's convinced there were targeted attacks. >>> well this store has more than just fine men's clothing their selling bullet proof clothe fox's carrie coffin gives us inside look at the first store in the united states to sell the ballistic wear. >> reporter: taking a look aspetto suits you might do a double take finding out they can stop bullet. >> used the light test materials in the world. >> reporter: abbas founded the company in 2008 as clothing line namely custom suits. >> freshman year of college right down the street at mary washington. >> reporter: fast forward to senior year he meets robert davis during a class project to sell a product overseas. >> the idea came to us, hey, how about we combine armor and clothing towing well realized there was nobody in america doing it. >> coming from such an opposite side of the spectrum as formal wear and going into armor we look at completely different way. >> reporter: before they can even present the

diplomats in havana.ex tillerson standing by, his decision to order most state department employees and their families to leave the island last september. >> if i can be convinced that i am not putting people back potentially in harm's way, why in the world would i do that? >> melissa: a recent fbi report concluded that there is no evidence impacting any americans health in cuba. cuba has denied any involvement or knowledge of any targeting of americans in their country. >> jon: the author of the controversial memo inside google is now suing that tech giant. he is filing a class action lawsuit claiming google still engages in harassment and career sabotage of anyone who holds conservative viewpoints. damore was fired by google in august, he posted the lawsuit. it contains dozens of screenshots of internal google documents. what makes it interesting is the detail, wherein so-called diversity summits, managers were told they'd be penalized if they didn't hire 50% women or meet minority quotas. when google w

in march nine hundred sixty five and she is back in havana. castro himself is there to welcome him. the awkwardness between the two men is obvious. this is their last public appearance together. get it on with you see give cover don't fail to give a. good on a bad day or you've got the good news can. you give are. that the book. called holy document. discredited for his handling of the economy has become a political spectacle castro and givati need to find a compromise. what i'm going to be punished for of it that are ye shall your care i wanted to do. not be a feat where shall you have gone to war you know what i have. they only put a man with ground. zero. thought . to moan that. but do you. know you know. these are food. on matthew. going. does he miss all that he was the i gave obviously. he's the better of it i feel that freak is something that i feel dizzy to get down to look for the new on national should. she did get who did was e.g. regina existed. in april nine hundred sixty five give ata take a mist of a more secretly reaches the congo general mobutu is about to take over

ter in havana the hometown of the featured guest right who got up this single of the new album the dropsy night for all the lip love of. her work cut fishman to the caribbean spirit now takes his teachings to any chance to track teachin for colloidal j. tainio got help from jamaican musicians including sina richie lose the to chat chat. why i contacted the happy that's a question posed by the masked michelle rockers from him a told me it's the sound german bands most closely tracked to date and to sample something you were stalberg eleven. so we have already introduced you to the german justin bieber german new camera alina also often gets compared to a mega pop star namely the u.k. adele let's have a look they might not pass as twins but alina talks us through some of the similarities whatever you think her voice is one worth getting to know next up top export meets alina. oh i see good. skiing is it. good to. have voice full of emotion keeping lyrics honest and personal that's salena sometimes strong sometimes vulnerable which brings to mind the u.k.'s megastar a dal. i. pad. elina is m

little havana is a very vibrant there's all kinds of people it's always really loud because there's alot of cuban population so there's always something going on. back i'm. going to. bring your. domino into the special game played by the cuban culture everybody gathered at this park every sunday for about seven to eight hours and there's always a line so if you're going to play better expect to get here early or you're going to lose your spot. by any it's known for its cultural diversity but there is a wilder side to miami and it's called the florida everglades so all these borders get very lovely turned on so we're going to be used to protect. the evidence is very special to us because of its unique ecosystem the everglades is the only one like this with over nine habitats and over sixty endangered species it is a very rare and protected site just. so we leave you here at the florida everglades we hope that you enjoy the tour around miami florida and that one day you can come visit it for yourself a little by. the outline day in the al gore elvis is almost over now it's time for the

'cause last time you were here, you did havana ooh-na-na -- >> yes! and then -- top of the charts and then the biggest thing in the world. [ laughter ] and then i was like, "yes!" it was so good. >> thanks! >> jimmy: what a performance, what a song. you just did jingle ball -- >> yeah! >> jimmy: at -- at madison square garden. >> oh, my god, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i mean, big time, so this is like a giant gig. i mean, this is one of the biggest gigs you can get madison -- you're at the garden. >> i -- i ripped my pants that show. did you -- did you know that? >> jimmy: yes, i did and i have a photo of it -- [ laughter and applause ] but i don't have a photo of that. it's just a photo of you and it says, "me trying to look chill, trying to cover up the fact that my pants just ripped." >> my face looks good in that picture, though. >> jimmy: yeah -- your face looks good. [ cheers ] you kept your cool. you said you ripped it mid-squat. >> dude, i don't know how -- i literally heard the rip. [ light laughter ] but my in-ears were in, and

josh: today on "the voyager", i take a ride back in time and learn about havana's classic car culture. wow, look at all of these here. it just doesn't stop. how cool is that? what a fun way to see the city. ...savor the sublime simplicity of cuba's naonal dish... i got to say, it's not a complicated dish. you just got to keep it simple. ...and step out of my comfort zone learning one of havana's most popular dances. rodolfo: okay, josh, come here. josh: where? rodolfo: okay, remember, two, three, five, six, seven, come on. josh: my name is josh garcia. ever since i was a kid, i dreamt about traveling the world by ship, immersing myself in new cultures,

reports from havana. sharing a stage comes naturally to these cuban and u.s. musicians. cuba's best known pianist chucho this playing alongside american jazz legend. the saxophone player is among the u.s. artists who headline this years have been a jazz festival. musicians turned cultural ambassadors at a time of renewed hostilities between their governments it's now more important than ever that music is a common language connects mr countries again the politics of the politics but the art form is a common language and that will help strengthen perhaps some of the other areas the broader international relationship and that relationship has deteriorated significantly since its high point two years ago today the state department is actively advising americans to stay away from cuba but not all of them are listening even under tighter travel restrictions reimposed by the trumpet ministration and then president of number of americans visited and performed at this year's just festival here in havana and when asked why they're here they generally gave the same basic answer mu

the symptoms ranging from 15 to hearing loss, and called washington to collect most of its staff in havana. cuba has denied involvement. ecuador has called for mediation to avoid a standoff over the wikileaks founder julian assange , who has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london the last five years. assange refuses to leave the embassy, fearing he will be deported to the usa and put on trial for publishing classified documents. we have had unusually cold weather in the usa, but it has also been snowing in the sahara desert. northern algeria was hit by a rare spell of icy weather. it didn't last long, though, the snow melting nothing after not long after these pictures were taken. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, prince harry and meghan markle make their 2018 debut, delighting their many fans. in europe, heavy snow across the alps has cut off towns and villages and raised the avalanche risk to the highest level in some areas. a swiss ski resort has begun airlifting tourists out after snow block trains and cars. people are stranded there. reporter: so muc

and number two, you can't have people in havana if you guarranty their safety.ainst. of course the big part of this hearing to see how the state department handled this. in other words, this opening to cuba under obama and we want to get to the bottom of what did they do when they started finding out? did they respond quickly enough? did they provide assistance to the americans, access to doctors and like? or was it not handled appropriately. that is a key part of the hearing today. steve: so, senator, do the cubans, if it is at the government level and there is some sort of, you know, trying to make people sick or to impact them somehow if they came from the government do the cubans have that technology or would they have to rely on somebody like the russians to help them? >> that's a key question. the fact we can't figure out how these people were injured, tells you allows you to conclude if we wanted to harm people this way we wouldn't be able to do it ourselves. so but my whole point at end of the day you can't do this at this level of sophistication, especi

he is showing tourists across havana. his guests love it. the business took off after then president barack obama lifted a long-standing travel ban for americans. the first "the first years were very good. there was an opening an increase in tourism, and that helped us. today things are more complicated. conditions are worse, and tourism has dropped a bit p -- dropped of it." in fact, tourism has not dropped. 2017 was a record year for cuba. tourism was upcoming clinic from the u.s. but under new regulations from the trump administration, all travel must take place with organized for groups. tourists can rent classic cars the owner is famous for. he has an idea of why u.s. tourists are facing tighr rules again. "when americans see the reality of cuban life when you hear the testimony of cuban businessmen from the private sector, they realize everything they then told our lives. tighter regulations or not, american tourists still flock to the island. in small businesses won't benefit from the business until after the trump years. >> from cuba

embassy in havana were ordered home after some of them suffered permanent hearing loss and brain injury two years ago the cuban government has denied any responsibility. those are the headlines coming up next it's inside story. this fury in the white house as a new book lays bad done altos first year in office the us president has slammed it calling the author a loser but what's on the ramifications of this book for the middle east and trump's presidency this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. there's so much demand for a new book on done all trump source counts keep up with demand is published to release it early after the president's lawyers wotton to sue them and the former white house adviser steve bannon the book is britain by my kind of draws a picture of the chaotic first year in office trump has slammed it as phony but what will be the impact of wolf we'll get to our guests in just a moment but first then reports from washington d.c. . crowds swarmed this washington bookstore at midnight friday snatching up copies of fire and fury inside the trump white house ros