in cuba, obama would be elected president. he really made a terrific, terrific impression. >> obviously the president of the united states is not soon going to be running for the president of cuba. >> he will need a job soon, imagine. >> yes, indeed. but there's a question here. and the question is, in saying what he said, in taking that step and in going to cuba, has the united states basically lost whatever clout it might have had to push for change, to push for the kind of changes that obama said were necessary? >> the united states tried the pose of isolating cuba, trying to bring about change in havana, through economic sanctions, through travel bans, and it didn't work, i mean, the best evidence that it didn't work, those sanctions have been in place for 50 years, and the castro brothers are still in power. so this should not beeen as a quilled pro quo. certainly, there's more chance that you're going to bring about freedoms in cuba if the cuban population is free to prosper. and i don't think that by punishing people thr

i think outside of peoplee, especially in cuba, the visit is something that the cubans in cuba decided, theyave been pining for it and i think it is a symbolic move that moves the aggregate of cuba of the hostilities of the u.s i think it takes away the enemy that if you grew up in cuba, it has been told to you since you were little. the what theyeed to continue pushing for that change that is coming. it might not bee coming at the speed they want but it's definitely coming. >> although, was it a year ago or 15 months ago the president had said he will not travel himself to cuba until there is, i think the words he used substantive change. andy gomez,here has been really no substantive change on the cuba side. so why did the president dece to now go? >> even though i disagree with the strategy, i understand his strategy. since jf, can, every president, republicans and democrats have put conditions on the can government before coming together. this white house decide glenna, let's take all the conditions off. and let's see what happens. my concern of this is that economic interests is d

yet the embar go is in place. cuba is in the throes of change and the relationship with the ufts may never bunited states pe same. president obama has removed some restrictions on trade and bank and this month he traveled to the country. no sitting president has set foot in havana since calvin coolidge sailed there in 1928. but president obama spoke to them live from the great theater of havana. listen. >> i believe the citizens should be free speak their mind without fear to organize and to criticize their government and to protest peacefully. and that the rule of law should not include arbitrary detensions of peopldetentionsof people whoe rights. >> our reporter david ariosto used to live in havana, as a base to report on it for an american audience. he went back to have a look at the america's policy and how it could fundamentally change cuban communism. >> reporter: for restaurant owners in cuba this is the picture of progress. live music, free-flowing rum and a high class of clientele who aren't just foreigners, c

socialism in cuba has wrecked lives are for 55 years when the president criticized cuba castro pushed back and said americans suffer because we don't enjoy the benefits of socialism and president obama kind of agreed. >> in his view making sure everybody is getting a decent education or health care has basic security in old age and those are human rights as well. i first of all do not disagree with him. john: so socialism is good? listening to some democrats planned for america, free education, it's clear that many are quite comfortable as socialist people who have lived under socialism or communism rarely feel that way. cuban exiles, americans property was stolen by castro are the most vehement in their hatred of socialism and they are furious that obama even went to cuba. >> we feel disgusted. we feel betrayed. it's the end it's the liberal press. john: this woman in florida got upset when she saw these family pictures of obama and rob castro. >> he is a murderer. i feel awful. john: i understand how she feels but i don't fully understand the opposition to lifting the embargo. we ha

i want to ask about your family's history in cuba. nd did your family come to the yourd states -- when did family come to the united states? and 96, fleeing be the ticket -- dictatorship. host: are you still involved in cuban efforts in miami? caller: i am a member of the human democratic directorate. i have taken victims to human rights council and the american commission of human rights to get their testimony. host: you mentioned lobbyists. there is a story in the washington post. lobbyists going to cuba, looking for a boost. different business interests that are watching this trip very closely and even involved in the trip as well. the story noted that under current law, the u.s. can sell to cuba, talking about lobbying for agricultural products to be sold in cuba. buyser, the food that cuba in the u.s. must be paid for in cash front of the credit and u.s. farm groups have long argued that allowing credit-based transactions allow them to compete with other countries that extend credit to cuba. some of the other business interests an

human rites and freedom of speech. >> and give me a name. >> 7 news with live team coverage president in cuba. >>> good evening every one. i'm belkeys nerey live in miami. >> >> craig: i'm craig stevens live in havana cuba where when you pause for a moment and think about it, it's been a extraordinary afternoon and here in cuba as president obama met with raul castro and raul castro appealed to the united states for a civilized could exist stafnlts thal not with stananng t is clear this afternoon that deep divisions do remain. >>> >>> >>> >> craig: it's a photo op many thought they would never see. american president shake hands with a castro brother on cuban soil. the pastro vef losing the welcome ceremony for president obama. >> here the cuban, and u.s. national anthems. >> trumpeted through the ceremoal hall. the flafghtz two former foes were together as the two leaders >> theair were joined with their respected dell giergses a new photo op. this a new day. a new eva dea. and he made remarks broadcast on cuban television. castro says the trade em wargo that only congress can lift needs to

in cuba, we're looking live in havana cuba right now. esident obama spending his first full day in the island beginning at the plaza of la revolution, where fidel castro delivered a lot of speeches denouncing the united states and a lot of other countries. >> you saw video in our newsroom minutes ago, the commander in chief getting swarmed by reporters moments after a wreath-laying ceremony. unprecedented right there. >> unprecedented that reporters this. that's not something that has happened on any dignitiaries ooer visits to that nation. not everyone is praising the historic step. you are looking at video here taken in the last 15 minutes. a small group of protesters is what you are looking at. they have gathered for a second traight day in little havana. >> thanks for joining us and nbc 6 is everywhere. ckie nespral and jawann strayeder. what can you tell us about what the sentiment is at this point? >>le with, there's definitely a divide that is going on here, whether it's on the island or in south florida wh the cuba exile community

the number of self employed workers in cuba has actually decreased. the cuban government today is licensing 10000 fewer self-employed workers than it did in 2014. in contrast, castro's military monopolies are expanding at record pace. even the limited spaces in which self-employed workers previously operated are fi being squeezed as the cuban military expands its control of the islands travel, retail and financial sectors of the economy. >> now will speaking recently in washington and the nation's capital, president, presidentch obama argued how this new policy is creating the environment in which a generational change in t transition will take place in cuba. the key question is, a generational change in transition towards what, and by whom? cuban democracy leader has concisely expresses concern he said legitimizing the castro regime is a path contrary to a transition. b cnn has revealed that the cuban delegation and the secret talks that began in mid-2013 with u.s. officials in ottawa, toronto and roll, and toronto and rome, and which led to the decem

socialism in cuba has wrecked lives are for 55 years when the president criticized cuba castro pushed back and said americans suffer because we don't enjoy the benefits of socialism and president obama kind of agreed. >> in his view making sure everybody is getting a decent education or health care has basic security in old age and those are human rights as well. i first of all do not disagree with him. john: so socialism is good? listening to some democrats planned for america, free education, it's clear that many are quite comfortable as socialist people who have lived under socialism or communism rarely feel that way. cuban exiles, americans property was stolen by castro are the most vehement in their hatred of socialism and they are furious that obama even went to cuba. >> we feel disgusted. we feel betrayed. it's the end it's the liberal press. john: this woman in florida got upset when she saw these family pictures of obama and rob castro. >> he is a murderer. i feel awful. john: i understand how she feels but i don't fully understand the opposition to lifting the embargo. we ha

back to you in havana, cuba. >> reporter: laura, thank you. even tough we are in havana, we have to talk about presidential politics in the united states. senator t cruz being a cuban american, he had something to y about president obama's trip here to the island. he called this a dissvice to the dissidents here on the island. he said he will visit cuba when cuba is free. >> for decades, leftists and hollywood liberals have made the pilgrimage to cuba to pay homage to fidel castro and raul castro. leftists celebrate vicious >> reporter: senator cruz not the oly one blasting president obama for this trip. >> reporter: donald trump tweeting out, wow, president obama just landed in cuba. big deal. raul castro wasn't even there to eet him. he greeted the pope and others. no respect. speaking of president obama, many cuban americans as well as cubans here on the island believe the president won't see the other side of cuba that so many people talk about. we spoke with a family who showed us their day-to-day struggles. driving through cuba, you say p

i was born in cuba. t prominent schools when i made a joke about president fidel castro. i was a teenager. the kid that slept on the bunk bed on top of me recorded our conversation and i was expelled from school. my mom said the only choice is for us to leave cuba. i'm a businessman. i've lived in miami 35 years. it's my home base. i come back and forth to cuba. i've been coming to cuba for over 20 years. cuba is a communist country in economic transition. >> fidel castro allowed cubans to establish more businesses, there are people that are making money, there are people that have created a tremendous amount of wealth. >> people with family connections to the states, people tied to the exploding tourist industry, small businessowners, taxi drivers, people operating in ever-changing gray areas of what is permissible. how's it work right now? if you're cuban, you can sell your property to -- >> another cuban from cuba. that's what's happening right now. a lot of cuban-americans, a lot of cubans living abro

president stepped foot in cuba. it is wonderful to be here. back in 1928, president coolidge came on a battleship. it took him three days to get here. it only took me three hours. [laughter] for the first time ever, air force one has landed in cuba. and this is our very first stop. this is a historian visit and opportunity to engage directly with the cuban people and a forge new agreements and commercial deals to build new ties between our two peoples, and for me to lay out my vision for a future that is brighter than our past. amy: president obama is scheduled to meet cuban president raul castro this morning at the palace of the revolution in havana. a state dinner for the obamas will be held tonight. on obama will give a speech to tuesday, the cuban people. during his visit, he is also scheduled to meet with cuban dissidents. just hours before obama landed, cuban authorities broke up a march by the ladies in white, reportedly detaining dozens of members of the group. while diplomatic ties have been restored between the two countries, many iss

socialism in cuba has wrecked lives are for 55 years when the president criticized cuba castro pushed back and said americans suffer because we don't enjoy the benefits of socialism and president obama kind of agreed. >> in his view making sure everybody is getting a decent education or health care has basic security in old age and those are human rights as well. i first of all do not disagree with him. john: so socialism is good? listening to some democrats planned for america, free education, it's clear that many are quite comfortable as socialist people who have lived under socialism or communism rarely feel that way. cuban exiles, americans property was stolen by castro are the most vehement in their hatred of socialism and they are furious that obama even went to cuba. >> we feel disgusted. we feel betrayed. it's the end it's the liberal press. john: this woman in florida got upset when she saw these family pictures of obama and rob castro. >> he is a murderer. i feel awful. john: i understand how she feels but i don't fully understand the opposition to lifting the embargo. we ha

jon with us in cuba tonight. jon, you heard castro say, give me the list, i'll release him. >> reporter: david, the simple fact is, cuba does hold political prisoners, in fact, just yesterday, only a few miles from this spot, 50 people, most of them women, were arrested as they tried to hold a silent protest. the three dissidents who i met with earlier today on the outskirts of havana know something about this. the three of them have spent a combined 27 years in cuban jails. and david, they told me today that the human rights situation here in cuba has gotten worse over the past year. >> jon karl with me here in cuba. jon, thank you. >>> and much more from cuba later in the broadcast, including, when will americans be able to come here simply as tourists, not as part of an exchange. and the american hotels tonight, already announcing their new plans. tonight. >>> but from the political headlines here to the race for the white house back home. tomorrow, voters head to the polls in three more key states, and tonight

cuba. going back to the cuban exile community in south florida, the normalization of relations between cuba and the united states. today, more protests in little havana. >> a lot of people still very upset about the president's visit. let's check in with steve litz. >> reporter: you're right. they were vocal aggn today. live tonight outside versailles restaurant here in little havana. soetimes debates break out here over what is best for cuba. the protesters did show up. it wasn't the biggest of groups. about 20 people mamamum. they were pretty loud though. the woman wearing the red t-shirt wasn't welcome at the rally in little havana today chased away`by a handful of screaming people. anti-castrond obama protesters used a steam roller to make their point, crushing pictures of obama. highly offended over his visit to cuba. accustomed to these protests. tourists apparently aren't. this woman is visiting from switzerland. >> i thought the cubans accepted it and like it that obama is coming over to cubaa to open the door. americans can go over there without any problem and the cubans to americ

for the first time in a long time, the president of the united states is visiting cuba. s a trip that will, in its people to people, official and serious moments, earn both scorn and praise. michael bustamante, ambassador and john suarez is still with me. john, the policy is going forward, the visit is going forward, there your perch what is the best course of action from now on? there's a cuban flag flietion on 16th street jusflying on16th sts from where we are in washington, d.c. >> the president who makes the argument over the last 50 years or 55 years there was a static policy on cuba. that's not the case. in the carter administration 19875 to 1980, the marielle crisis, and the clinton administration they attempted to normalize the relations, and this is at a time when the clinton administration was having joint military actions continuing to the present date. that ended another immigration crisis and also opened up trade. he shook hands with fidel castro. what's interesting under obama's watch we're talking about american interests beginning in 1972 when saw trade co

cuba. overall, nearly 6 in 10 americans support normalizing relations with cuba. the trade ban is a sticking point that cuban leader raul afternoon. he called it the most important obstacle between his country and the u.s. essential. newsroom. now back to havana withackie and jawan. >> thank you. >> thank you, julia. different sentimentnt about the embargo and different sentiments about the normalizion of relations twun the u.s. and that's in favor of the normalization is of course mayor philip levine. in a time of firsts for the@ presidential visit to cuba, another first by a south florida mayor, miami beach's leader philip levine traveling to the island. >> incredible the architecture, the smells, the people. you hear music on the streets. i'm excited to go out and interact with the people of cuba. >> reporter: it was fortuitous that his trip coincided with president obama's because i wasn't planned that way. >> i should give the students credit. they initiated this whole idea. they decided they waed to to cuba given the change that's been happening. >> reporter

everybody looking forward to it in cuba. and the stones just eleased this. hola cuba! >> hatzel: the stones saying that they have performed in many, many incredible places, but this concert in havana is going to b an historic event. they hope, they say, that this is historic for the cubans, too. they think thankhe cubans for welcoming us, they say, to this beautiful country. what a day it has been, calvin, of the presidential visit, because of his speech, but also because of that basasall diplomacy happening right before our eyes. calvin, back to you. >> calvin: it's not the end but only the beginning. our hatzel vela live from outside the stadium where the game was playe between the cuban national baseball team and the tampa bay raises. in the president's speech today he talald about cuban ingenuity and he talked about when cuban americans able to come together, they can build, and when they do come together, they build things like miami. i wananto go now to my colleague. glenn who is live in little havana were reaction to thatstatement and the speech. what a shutout t

over the past year. >> jon karl with me here in cuba. jon, thank you. and much more from cuba later in the broadcast, including, when will americans be able to come here simply as tourists, not as part of an exchange? and the american hotels tonight, already announcing their new plans. we take you on a tour of havana tonight. >>> but from the political headlines here to the race for the white house back home. tomorrow, voters head to the polls in three more key states, and tonight, donald trump in washington, defending his supporters and the fights, the violence breaking out at some of his rallies. trump turning the blame for this incident in tucson back on the protesters. tonight here, i asked president obama what he maucks of trump's prediction, possible riots in the party tries to stop him in a contested convention. how the president responds in a moment. but first, abc's tom llamas on the campaign from washington. >> reporter: today, mr. trump goes to washington, working the city he hopes to call home. his motorcade pulling in for a m

but no real significant construction has taken place in cuba for almost 60 years. so a lot of these monuments you're seeing were previously built. >> i remember in the construction during my visits there were the soviet style barracks, apartment houseses out towards the beaches. a lot of construction was that. of course the early days of the revolution, castro, fidel castro, his plan was to keep cubans in the country side. he did not want them to come to havana. >> that's correct. the whole idea is they were doing a revolution based on the cuban country side. those were built mostly for retired military and personnel. they were just putting people into rooms. >> and they are deeply ugly. >> it's iron in this case because some of the buildings were built by political prisoners that were condemned to hard labor. >> i want to just get you on i respect your work so much over the years. the criticism that we all have heard in parts of the cuban-american community. again, it's not monolithic, but from older cuban americans and from perhaps you is that this visit by the pr

. 10 news morning anchor ian reitz is also in cuba this morning. here's what he's working on for today: frontrunner donald trump meets with party leaders in washington today before delivering remarks at a pro- israel conference. the events come ahead of crucial for both republicans and democrats in tomorrow. trump is still ted cruz and john kasich in the state of arizona, but cruz says he will be able to stop him. on the democratic side - bernie sanders is counting on wins hillary clinton's momentum. another member of donald trump's family has received suspicious mail. trump's sister, who is a judge in sent a threatening letter. the f-b-i says it's aware of what was maryanne trump just last friday, the f-b-i said it was investigating a suspicious package trump's son, eric. we're learning more about the paris terrorist suspect belgian security leaders say salah abdeslam was planning a new attack in brussels. captured in belgium on friday.. and since then, he's been reportedly investigators. now he's telling police that he had an attack in brussels. a

thank you. >> president obama wrapping up his speech to the people in cuba. he said he had, quote, come to bury the last remnant of the cold war in the americas. there is a shot of raul castro, who was listening in on the speech with his head phones that gave him the spanish translation. the president did make several comments in spanish, and said quite a lot about his vision for cuba. which we will parse out in just a moment. but first we want to bring you an update on the breaking news we have been following all this morning. a series of explosions in brussels, the capitol of belgium this morning. two blasts erupting at the airport, followed by another at a metro station in the center of the city. at least 34 people have been killed. that death toll has been rising throughout the morning. there are dozens of people injured as well. and the belgian prosecutor says the attack at the airport likely included a suicide bomber. now let's go back to president obama addressing the belgium attacks just a short while ago in havana. >> the thoughts and prayers of the a

they like their music in cuba. the president doesn't want to go too fast, too far, and neither dot cubans. they are also on the same page in that regard. they both know there is a lot of at stake. but they both need each other right now. the president has opened up pandora's box. now we have to see how this will all play out. and you know, this is a gamble for president obama. what if he gets here and this just doesn't work out. >> look, that's a real -- lisandro perez, let's bring you in here. this moment on the tarmac is very real for you but also something that is not completely real and that is the change in the embargo status. an executive order is only as good as the executive in office. nothing legislative follows. staying the way it is. but still, the significance to you of this wait from the president on cuban soil. >> i think it is true, in other words, he can't really change the embargo. but in fact i think this trip goes a long way towards moving the agenda. let me say, i'm very surprised that raul castr

in cuba. a lot of families want to come visit, not as a one to one exchange, but to smoke a cigar, go to the beach. when do you see that happening? happening very soon. the changes we made allow individuals now to come here for educational purposes. we now have an agreement where cruise lines can travel from the united states directly to havana. we have now direct u.s. flights to cuba. which will make it much easier to travel. but inevitably, it's going to happen, and when you think about the proximity, it took me no longer to goat havana than it does for me to get to miami, have from washington, d.c. >> calvin coolidge took a battleship to get here. back home, it is spring break season. a lot of children are back home with their parents. you brought the first daughters with you. >> yeah. >> i'm curious what you have told them about the history their witnesses. their generation will not see cuba in the same way the rest of us do. >> it's really interesting. you know, last night at dinner, we ta

he is the coordinator or a forum created in 2010 to create a debate on issues between the u.s. and cuba. he pushes for change and speaks his find in a place where freedom of speech is not tolerated. do you think this is going to make a difference? is anything going to change when the president visits cuba realistically? >> well, we have had several pope john ii. in total, three popes have visited cuba and the situation is worse. we need to see what's going to happen. what the regime is going to do because here it's crucial what the regime is going to do. people probably have good intentions, but we need to see what happens before the visit. in several locations, the regime has been arrested a lot of the people and they have been cutting the communications. we need to see. we need to see in practice what's going to happen. >> reporter: while in the country, president obama says he plans to meet with groups advocating for change in cuba. earlier in the year, president obama wrote a letter to the women in white. that's what this activist has this is a picture of him after he was badly beat

president stepped foot in cuba. it is wonderful to be here. >> this is day two of the president's three-day visit. the culmination of a diplomatic thaw. the president and his cuban current part raul castro. we join melissa chan in havana. >> the biggest event is going to be president obama's bilateral meeting. it is important to mention that he's not going to be meeting with fidel castro. the two are going to assess the progress of normalization, their new bilateral relationship and they have re-established diplomatic ties. now for the goal of president obama very much on this trip it is symbolism to a certain extent misbecause he's thinking about his legacy, but he's considering the possibility that the next president might not move the process forward enough. his trip exceptionally makes it very difficult, irversible, in terms of the changes we have seen in the u.s.-cuba relationship over the past 14-15 months. now on tuesday morning president obama is going to be meeting with dissidents, human rights activists in

the overwhelming majority that we have met here in havavana are optimistic and hopeful, and here in cuba, there's a sense of excitement in the last couple of days that the american president ras here, the the last president to come here was calvin coolidge in 1928. and he took a battleship. and president obama said that it only took him three hours compared to calvin coolidge, it took him three days to be here. but there's excitement and optimism as the president wraps up his visit, that there will be positive change here in cuba. >> lynn: well, this indeed was a very very historic visit just on some of the things that we have already mentioned, the first time that the president has come to cuba in 90 years, but also the fact that the president and raul castro had a joint news conference if you will, and that raul castro took questions from the media. that's something that many cuban americans thought that they would never see. in addition to today's speech, as you mentioned, jeff, with the esident speaking and raul castro in the audience, talking about freedom, choices and rights. air f

>>later in the day the president was asked about a list of political prisoners in cuba. he says the white house is given a list to castro government many times in the past. >>in miami their activists who say they have plenty of names for raul castro. for more on that list turn it over to hank hester. >> role castro certainly got a today when he was questioned about political prisoners it. at the end of the exchange -- we are going to show you a lot of the exchange. he said well, give me some names and we will release them tonight. well, groups in miami got right on top of that compiled list and they say their sending them to the international press in havana. let's take a look. >> you asked if we had political prisoners, i wanted to know if you had cuban political prisoners. give me a list of the political prisoners and i will release them. >>release prisoners? within moments miami pro- democracy groups released list of political prisoners known to the. at the directorial not only list, they have pictures, biographies of about 50 video of the alleged prisoners protesting

what did you tell president castro that needs to change here in cuba? >> well, what i indicated to him was that, for 50 years, they have used american aggression, or interests in regime change, to guard against dissent inside of cuba. and as normalization occurs, that excuse is taken away. what i indicated to him is that we can't force changes on cuba, but what we can do and will continue to do is to stand up for the rights that we consider to be universal. >> president castro late today said, give me a list of political prisoners and i'll release him. >> we've given him lists in the past. and they have responded intermitt endly to our >> you were in that room. do you trust president castro? do you believe that he truly wants change here? >> i believe that president castro truly wants change. i do not believe that president castro wants to upend the ruling party or the system that they have. >> president castro seemed to be defending himself, his record on further, saying, i find it inconceivable that the government does not find. what did you make of th

we'll be back in cuba in a moment. let's listen to ted cruz. [ cheering and applause ] >> on wednesday night of this week in synagogues across the world, jewish people will read the purim, the miraculous rescue of the jewish people from the hands of a wicked persian king. when the evil doer haman plots to kill the jews, he describes them as a nation who is scattered and spread out. the jewish people at time were divided amongst themselves and the lesson is when the forces of good are divided, evil can prevail. but when we come together in unity, together we can defeat tyrants. today, we are reliving history, facing a similar time of challenge for america and for israel. but today, i give you a word of hope. in the next few months, we will bring this country together first by unifying the republican party and then by reaching out and building a coalition of young people and hispanics and african-americans and women and blue collar workers and jewish voters and reagan democrats. [ cheering and applause ] which will lead

president stepped foot in cuba. it is wonderful to be here. resident coolidge came on a bat ship. it took him three days to get here. it only took me three hours. for the first time ever air force one has landed in cuba and this is our first stop. this is a historic visit. and it's an historic opportunity to engage with the cuban president and people. michelle and i want to start with all of you because nothing symbolizes better. the american flag flies over a reopened u.s. embassy. having a u.s. embassy here means we are able to more effectively advance our interest and values and understand the cuban people and their concerns. i want to thank the outstanding leadership team that's here, especially our outstanding ambassador and his wonderful wife jennifer. give them a big round of applause. >> that was the first stop. one step of many here, jim acosta. this is one of the easiest parts of the trip for president obama. there's a lot of plus and minus coming at him about doing this. >> the diplomatic history there. it is worth mentioning as pres

tonight, diplo in cuba. >> i think we're writing a new language right now. in coming to cuba, since no one's done it before, we're going to figure out what we do that's great. we're going to try to learn new things. the next guys that come, there is going to be new deejays. hopefully we're one step. the next guys will do it bigger and a better job. everything we do is a learning curve. >> rose: we conclude with kamasi washington, the great jazz artist. >> jazz has been trapped in a poor image, and i think that it's been trapped in an image of something that is an his torque hic -- historic relic or something that is made to serve a purpose, to serve some other purpose other than to just enjoy. i think it's the reverse. it's such an expressive music, and when you hear jazz, you really hear a commune of people expressing themselves together. >> rose: diplo and kamasi washington when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by

. >>> president obama in cuba. the first u.s. president to visit the country in 88 years. >>> and the captured paris terror suspect behind bars claiming more attacks were planned. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm miguel marquez. >> nice to see you. happy spring. >> snowy monday more than. >> i'm christine romans. more mayhem in donald trump rallies. the frontrunner's campaign staff vowing to beef up security. trump hopes to put out a few political fires today. he meets with two dozen republican leaders in washington hoping to mend fences with the party establishment and meet with a pro israel group. we get more from chris frates. >> reporter: later today, donald trump has been criticized for not being a friend of israel will give a speech to a pro israel group apac. a number of leaders are expected to protest that speech by walking out. they believe trump is promoting hatred. those expected protests later today come after a wild weekend that found trump's campaign manager man handled at a rally. he seemed to defend his

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