japan's emperor and empress receive a warm welcome as they start a two-day visit to the pacific island nation of palau. >>> the defense chiefs of japan and the u.s. have agreed to speed up a review of their defense cooperation guidelines. >>> and a new terminal at narita airport has opened for business. it's devoted exclusively to the needs of budget airlines. >>> japan's emperor and empress are visiting pa law for the first time to remember a tragic period in history. the imperial couple will pay their respects to those who died in fierce fighting between japanese and u.s. forces. they chose to visit the pacific island nation to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. emperor akihito and empress michiko touched down at palau international airport. they met the president and his wife. the couples enjoyed a welcoming ceremony and chatted in the vip room at the airport. the imperial couple's schedule includes a visit to a coral reef research center built with japan's assistance in palau's largest town. and they'll attend a banquet in their honor. with the presidents and fir

>> japan's emperor and empress are about to begin the second day of their visit to the pacific island nationemembering a tragic moment in history. they're going to fly to a nearby island, site of one of the fiercest battles during world war ii. emperor akihito and empress michiko began their first visit to palau on wednesday. they attended a banquet that was hosted by the country's president, tommy

still in the planning stages but nautilus mining company report the contract in place with the island nationlan on its website. here is how it works. a collection machine on the sea bed breaks up the top layer of the ocean floor and pumps a semi-liquid or slurry up to the production ship. there the ore and water are separated and brought to land. "techknow" contacted nautilus minerals on the situation but they declined to grant our interview. here is phil torres off the coast of coast costa rica. >> how can working with academics ensure that's done responsibly? >> it's absolutely essential to have academia monitoring the works of industry. industry 's motivation is for profit. the results of not doing it that way are huge fines which cut into their profits. >> it was the discovery of hydrothermal stleants gained the interest of mining companies. high temperatures quickly cool forcing a chemical reaction between sea water and rocks causing metals like copper gold silver and zinc to form mineral deposits on the sea bed. cindy van dover was the first to verify the existence of hydrotherm am ven

in bangkok. ♪ >>> japan's emperor and empress have attended a memorial service on the pacific island nationf palau. they offered prayers to the thousands of japanese soldiers who died in fierce fighting against american troops during world war ii and among those at service was a man who survived the fighting. nhk world has his story. >> reporter: yoji kurata was still only a teenager when he found himself fighting in one of the fiercest battles of world war ii. now 88 years old, he's drawn up a list of names of his former comrades. he made the list on his own on the occasion of the emperor's visit. he was working for a marine research institute in palau when the war broke out in 1941. when u.s. troops landed on palau in september 1944, he had been conscripted into the army. he was stationed on ongawa, an island in southern palau. there he was assigned to an artillery battalion. there were only about 1200 japanese soldiers on the island against 20,000 u.s. troops. many of his comrades died. >> translator: bullets rained down on us. it was like a scene from hell. soldiers all around me were p

the visit comes as people in the pacific island nation prepare to mark 70 years of the end of the war. it's the couple's first visit to the can't. they'll meet with the president and his wife. it's the site of the battle. the imperial couple will visit a memorial to remember those who died. people in palau are busy getting ready for the imperial visit. the country was under japan's control for about three decades until the end of the war. police held a meeting to confirm their security detail. >> we're thrilled to be part of history. it's an exciting and anxious moment for us, we want to welcome them with the best service that we can provide. >> some families of the japanese war dead donateded national flanks of the two countries to local authorities. >> yapjapanese -- we'll make the people much closer together. >> the emperor and empress made an official visit to sypan in 2005 to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of world war ii. >> it's been almost a year since a south korean ferry sank off the country's coast, about 300 people died or remain missing. the captain was sentenced to

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now we just learned pope francis is adding a stop to the the island nation before coming to america in september. the vatican confirmed the visit this morning. the pontiff is widely credited with helping the u.s. in cuba reestablish diplomatic relations. the pope is scheduled to visit three u.s. cities including washington, d.c. if late september. >>> a colorado man is waiting to learn what punishment he'll face for shooting his computer. frustrated with another blue screen of death, lucas-inch pumped eight runs into his doomed dell pc. >> i recently purchase add new firearm and -- purchased a new firearm and thought hey, i never tried it out. i made the poor decision to try it out on the dell, the computer. immediately after doing so, i felt that i'd gone a little too far. >> he was right about that. but the computer rage story has gone global. even the blood -- even the bbc took the story. he has a summons to appear in court. >>> to kentucky and a big bourbon bust. authorities have nabbed the leader behind the 2013 heist. >> reporter: bourbon is big business in kentucky. none are mor

coming up next, how improved relations could lead to accessing treatments the island nation is perfecting for lung cancer and other diseases. >> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it's the very beginning >> this was a storm of the decade >>...hurricane... >> we can save species... >> our special month long focus, fragile planet welcome back, the united states agreed to renew diplomatic ties after a 50 year embargo on the country. in one area, this is expected to impact healthcare. cuba has unlocked a number of health invasions and lifting travel restrictions could mean add recess to the global community. request cuba, and not reasonable ago, he led a trip to cuba with a help of government and public health leaders to learn ways to improve medical care. and with us from california, michelle berry, senior dean from global health, thank you for being here, so doctor, given what the world sees of cuba it is surprising to find out they are a global leader in some areas that has peeked the interest of the

nations normalizing ties. before it cap happen cuba says the u.s. must remove the island from its terrorism list >>> before landing in panama for the summit of the americans, president obama made history in jamaica as the first american head of state to visit the island nation. >> greetings. >> reporter: but he was his remarks about jamaica's caribbean neighbour, cuba ha received praise from the jaum achan prime minister. >> we are happy to say to you mr president. you are on the right side of history. >> reporter: president obama announcing that he's close to deciding whether or not to remove cuba as a state spon or of terror. >> that review has been completed at the state department. it is forwarded to the white house, our inner agency team goes through it and presents it to me with a recommendation. cuba is one of four countries on the terror list iran syria and sudan the other three. the change allows havana more access to credit and ease financial roadblocks. palay, who called the -- president obama who called it a powerful tool hinted a change may be coming. >> one

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>> japan's emperor and empress are about to begin the second day of their visit to the pacific island nationf palau by remembering a tragic moment in history. they're going to fly to a nearby island, site of one of the fiercest battles during world war ii. emperor akihito and empress michiko began their first visit to palau on wednesday. they attended a banquet that was hosted by the country's president, tommy remenghesau, and his wife debbie. the presidents and first ladies of micronesia and the marshall islands were among the dignitaries. >>> the second day of their visit will take them to the world war ii battlefield on the island of peleliu. more than 10,000 japanese soldiers and u.s. soldiers died in that battle. they will also visit a memorial for u.s. troops. the couple will later immediate islanders, many of them of japanese descent, before returning home thursday night. >>> the defense chiefs of japan and u.s. sat down for face to face talks on the security alliance. they've agreed to speed up a review of defense cooperation guidelines and they've also found common ground on a numbe

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in the last few days stories surfaced of islander nation taking it a little too far. >> should be ableo a place and have a good time and cheer for your team and boot other team for sure, but taking it beyond that is pretty absurd. >> reporter: the battle will continue on the ice as well with players throughout the locker room voicing one theme, most porn game of the season to this point -- important game of the season to this point. from kettler iceplex dave owens, wusa9 sports. >>> the washington wizards did what no other postseason team has done yet this post season, win a game on the road. now a new perhaps more daunting challenge stand in their way. win at home. the wiz were just 1-4 at home last season in the playoffs. so despite their 2-0 lead over toronto the wizards realize there's plenty more basketball to be played. >> we can't stop being aggressive. we can't change anything. we need to make a few adjustments here and there, but our aggression needs to stay the same. we got to lay with the chip on our shoulder because they're not going to back down. >>> as we told you yesterd

between president obama and castro breaking more than 50 years of es strangement with the with island nationr a look behind the news here's liz trotta's weekly commentary. >> 56 years ago this week fidel castro took cambridge by storm. one warm, april evening he roared onto the harvard campus amid motorcycles, a crowd of 10,000 shouted approval as he mounted a platform, looked fiercely into the spotlights and announced he had once applied toer harvard law school but was rejected. the crowd loved it and him. these were the heady days of cuba's revolution three days after they demolished the bautista regime. to much of america he was a prince of dash a liberator. the new york times denied any suspicion that he was a communist. then came the firing squads arrests, the clamp down on freedom of movement or expression. then came the myopic american journalists who offered glowing accounts of fidel and his communist state. then came bay of pigs, the missile crisis and the cia's botched attempts to assassinate fidel. cuba responded by supporting and harboring terrorists and fugitives like joanne ceh

that marks another step in his efforts to improve economic relations with the island nation. >>> a s ahead, are u.s. companies issuing too many u.s. dividends at the head of growth. the head of a top u.s. asset manager thinks so. >>> walmart prevails in a shareholder case we told you about last week. a court in philadelphia overturned a district court ruling that would he required the world largest retailer that include a shareholder proxy that the fcc had declined to include. it called for the company's board to set policy on selling assault-style weapons. >> the fcc refused to include it on the grounds that if approved it could interfere with the walmart day-to-day operations. >>> results from csx, the railroad reports an increase of $0.45 a share, a penny better than estimates. and revenues were higher than a year ago. they said freight volumes grew and were able to charge higher rates and that pushed shares higher. and the company announcing a $2 billion share bu and a dividend mark to 18 sents a share. morgan brennan shows us with the report. pretty good report this time around.

book a place to stay in a cuban home is one of the largest signs of business expansion on the island nation for more, i spoke with the airbnb cofounder, nathan but charming, in san francisco a short time ago. how much of a business opportunity for airbnb is this move into cuba? nathan: over the last 50 years americans have largely not been able to travel to cuba. when president obama announced the restrictions would be relaxed in december, we saw a 70% increase in the number of search queries to cuba. i think it makes sense. there's clearly pent-up demand and curiosity for cuba, and airbnb is a great fit for those who want to experience local culture. i think cuba has a lot of that to offer. the final point i will make is that you think about where americans travel outside the u.s. certainly canada and mexico and the caribbean are the top destinations. cuba will quickly join a list. anchor: but american travelers can be fairly demanding and their choice of accommodation. cuban housing tends to be pretty simple. do you think they are prepared for the kinds of things you can offer them? natha

this is the most significant expansion to the island nation since the obama administration loosened restrictions last year. >> 4:45 right now. >>> godaddy exceeding expectations during its first day of training. landon dowdy joining us live at cnbc world headquarters with all the details on that. good morning, landon. >> hey there, that's right, shares of godaddy soaring on the first day of trading. the it soared to $26.13. it's considered a big company which generated necessary losses from 2011 through 2014. futures are lower ahead of the open, all of the major indices closing in the red yesterday. the dow lowest level since february 3rd falling 7 points to 17,698 and the nasdaq down 20 to 4880. back to you. >> landon, thank you very much. we'll be following that. >> we sure will. >>> baby's first profile pic. you're about to see a lot more kids photos on your facebook feed, offering a scrapbook feature that lets parents tag their kids in photos. the parents can create customized shared photo albums of their children in the facebook app and on the web. multiple family members can contribute to

they'll travel to the pacific island nation of palau to a major battleground of world war ii.fficial visit comes ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of the war and is aimed at bringing the two countries even closer together. emperor akito and empress michiko's two-day tour begins wednesday. their schedule includes a visit

european island nation of malta participating in search and rescue operation and we are joined on the from the capitol there and carl a captain involved in the search operation has been speaking out, what does he have to say? >> this is the captain who is commanding one of the malti's navel vessels involved in the rescue operation and on the mediterranean sea and said he was the first to arrive with the italian coast guards to search for bodies but however his ship didn't find anything but a lot of debris which was floating on the water. it is an indication that when the boat capsized many people were trapped inside and went down together with the boat. those who were rescued were the only few who managed to get off the boat in time and who called actually swim. this vessel is coming towards malta now and it's bringing with them some 24 corpses who will buried in malta and on the boat are 28 survivors however will not land in malta but proceed to the sicily port and transferred to hospitals for medical check ups and then to be processed as refugees. in the meantime the maltice prime m

they'll travel to the pacific island nation of palau to a major battleground of world war ii. the official visit comes ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of the war and is aimed at bringing the two countries even closer together. emperor akito and empress michiko's two-day tour begins wednesday. their schedule includes a visit to peleliu to pay their respects to the war dead. the island was the site of a fierce battle between japanese and u.s. soldiers during world war ii. palau's president, tommy hemengesau, says residents are looking forward to their arrival. >> we are very honored and very appreciative of the now planned visit of the emperor and the empress to visit palau as we remember the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. >> remengesau says palau and japan must console the spirits of the dead. he says the anniversary is an important occasion to mourn those who died and to pray for peace. palau was under japanese control for about three decades until the end of the war. remengesau says he hopes the visit will allow the people of japan to learn more about p

dwight eisenhower severed diplomatic relations over concerns that fidel castro was turning his island nation into an outpost of soviet communism. but last december, after 18 months of secret talks president obama announced the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries and urged what he called a "serious debate" about lifting the economic embargo this weekend's summit of the america's meeting was the first time u.s. officials didn't block cuba's attendance at the gathering. >> sreenivasan: hundreds of mourners gathered in south carolina today to pay respects to walter scott, the unarmed african-american man gunned down last week by a north charleston police officer. the shooting, which was recorded by a bystander, showed scott being shot in the back as he ran away from officer michael slager. slager was later fired and charged with murder. scott's casket, draped by an american flag, was wheeled into his family church as loved ones arrived. other events honoring scott were held throughout the city last night and today. a second man has been charged in connection with that a

and cuba as today the president of the island nation, raul castro, absolved president obama of the rift that has kept the two countries that are separated by a near 90 miles but worlds apart over the past half century. the two men did have an opportunity today to address the summit today. president obama for his part acknowledged the long road ahead but he promised not to let the past dictate the future. >> the point is the united states will not be imprisoned by the past. we're looking to the future. and the policies that improve the lives of the cuban people and advance the interests of cooperation in the hemisphere. >> reporter: president castro, meanwhile, spent nearly an hour reciting past grievances between the two countries but he said the president is an honest man and he didn't blame him for the past. >> translator: i have told president obama myself that i am very emotional when i talk about the revolution. i apologized to him because president obama had no responsibility with this. he has no responsibility with this. they were ten presidents before him. >> reporter: the presi

cuba foreign intelligence is powerful and skilled even for a small island nation like cuba and has ag track record. people can google that. >> and in the absence of google and live television. how does cuba really is today to terrorism? and to answer that question what would you say in >> we know for example, there is a long- term environment with venezuela and places like columbia and destable american influence and running an operation in the united states. and the fbi consistently over a period of 20 or 30 years arrested people and breaking the networks apart. the nature of the regime, it is a strain. the cuba government was reforming, they would are have released everyone. we have to be careful when we make decisions about a nation or group on the terrorist list. and we are concerned with objective reality. and it should not be politicized. >> and quite frankly we don't talk about cub a. but we talk about iran and i would like to talk about that. the last 24 hours legislation is approved by the senate committee that would allow iran to stay on as a state sponsor of terror. and th

. >> meanwhile cuba's direct relationship with farc played a direct relationship with the island nation being on the terrorist list. as we mentioned the u.s. classifies it as a terrorist organization. cuba de denounced its relationship with terrorist nation. >> spot of the accident to remember their loved ones. more than 300 people died in the incident. most of them were high school students. the chief engineer is now serving a 30 year prison sentence for homicide. harry fawcett joins us. it is a day of grief and remembrance but some controversy over the accident. tell us about that and what we're going to see today. >> reporter: well, that's right. this is a very somber day for this country which was hit so hard by this terrible disaster. exactly one year ago. and as you said, we saw those images on wednesday of the parents going out on boats to where the sinking took place and the grief. the pain was still very raw a lot of confrontation not being better parents while their children were still alive. the high school where these kids came from, a number of high school students have jus

obama missed the opportunity to make a real change inside of the island nation. >> reporter: this ise first time a sitting president has come to the cable since the u.s. broke off diplomatic relations in 1969. both leaders acknowledging it will take time to rebuild a trusting relationship. president obama said since the ties became severed long before he came into office, he is not interested in keeping the relationship cold. secretary of state john kerry met with the cuban foreign minister in panama and called the mighting a show of progress. >> belief is very powerful that by beginning to engage, by beginning to have greater travel, greater ability to move, greater ability to visit. ideas and opportunities will grow that the cuban people will have the opportunity for expressions, change of views, that's what will promote transformation over a period of time. >> reporter: critics argue the administration should be march wary over the relationship. >> i think the president has a misguided calculation that if you open your hand to dick indicators, they will unclench their fists. there

but critics argue the administration should be more wary of the historical relationship with the island nation. they argue a more stronger, consistent nation of foreign policy approach. >> i think the president has a misguided calculation that if you open your hands to dictators that they will unclench their fists. there was a real opportunity to create change inside of cuba then you should have gotten something significant in return. we got nothing in return in terms of the people of cuba in terms of human rights and democracy. >> the u.s. has not released cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, but the president says he's reviewing it and the trade embargo remains in place. only congress can reverse it. shannon, back to you. >>> ron desantos is the subcommittee chairman. he joins us live for reaction. congressman, thanks for being here. there was a newspaper out in panama that had this on the cover. it was the picture of the hand shake between president obama and raul castro. they got the headline right, historico, meaning historical. is this historically good or historically

tries to build ties as america's tense relationship with the island nation eases. eases. . >> . >> >>> hundreds of opponents of same-sex marriage rallied in washington d.c. ahead of the supreme court hearing on the issue. the organizers of the second annual march for marriage sought to make it clear that their movement is not losing steam. speakers urged the crowd to fight to have marriage defined as being strictly between a man and a woman. >> god did not create it like that. our nation was created by foundations and it's driving like no other nations. we pass the line trouble will come. >> it's in the bible and god said so, between a man and a woman. the supreme court has no authority to redefine or talk about it. it's not in their authority at all. it's not in the constitution to discuss it. >> the supreme court is expected to deliver a decision before the end of the court's term in june >>> kate kendall is the executive director at the national centre for lesbian rights and joins us from san francisco. thank you for joining us, kate. >> my pleasure. >> there ar

and the island nation after a half estrangement. >> the most recent patient treated for ebola is out of the hospital. the patient is an american health worker who was treated back on march 13. doctors say the patient is no longer contagious and treated after a successful treatment. >> act -- accuweather is tracking a system heading our way. >> heavy smoke from fire overnight proved too strong for a philadelphia firefighter. more on the story next on "action news." >> developing now on "action news," devastating tornados in the midwest have left one person dead and small towns nearly destroyed. >> live double scan radar is tracking the storm system as it comes east. accuweather is calling for the chance of downpours later today. >> an investigatorrive report uncovers serious weaknesses at philadelphia international airport. >> good morning it's 4:30 on a gray drizzly and soon to be rainy friday april 10. let's finds out about that with david murphy it's been a busy traffic morning with karen rogers. >> reporter: all right, we have light drizzle on the terrace the surface is wet here a

this was an island nation in the caribbean. it had unstable government. revolving governments. revolutions every other week practically. it's beleaguered president asked the united states to annex it. grant did not invent this idea of annexing santo domingo, as is sometimes alleged. when he became president, they renewed the offer and grant investigated it. it brought to bear a consideration of a certain nature and thinking about santo domingo. one of the lessons the united states learned in the civil war was the importance of controlling sea lanes in the western hemisphere. great britain at that time had a cordon of island colonies and outposts, in central and latin south america, which enabled her navy to pretty much control the caribbean seas, so the united states going from the east coast to the gulf coast would have to go through what grant referred to as foreign waters. so, santo domingo sounded like an ideal spot for a base and would serve a vital function in time of war if necessary. everybody was thinking at this time about building a canal through central america. thi

. >>> today the emperor and em-peres in japan visited an island nation of palow and laid flowers in front of a memorial for japanese soldiers and prayed at a separate memorial for americans. nearly 12,000 died in the battle. one of the final conflicts of the war >>> since may 2014 the misty upham grappled with -- the u.n. has grappled with what to do with autonomous weapons systems. >> it translates as robots designed to kill. in off the radar jacob ward displays the moral dilemma and how far the technology has become. >> reporter: human rights watch has shown a loophole in the system - there's really no rules as well. if a commander accidentally set one of these lethal robots loose on the wrong people and people died - there would be no one to blame. we would live in a world where you could simply casually activate a robot a bunch of in the people would be killed and no one would be held accountable, no one would be punished. let's look at how close we are to a world like this. all branches of the u.s. military are trying to figure out how to use robots to be more efficient. the navy ran

they're slated to discuss the energy initiative aimed in part at bringing down energy costs for the island nation. >>> to the second city that voted for a second term and a second chance. >> that is chicago mayor rahm emanuel winning a second term after an unexpectedly tough campaign. emanuel has faced heavy opposition from several unions and criticism over his brash style. in the end he brought in a 55% of the vote. p. >>> if you love in culpeper county your taxes could go down next year. personal property taxes could decrease because of how much commercial space is worth is on the rides. the report says the board of supervisors voted to advertise a rate of 10 cents less per $100 than the current tax rate there. >>> coming up on 21 after 6:00 on a wednesday morning. it is a wet cloudy wednesday we'll have to deal with. >> we'll just power through because chuck bell saying not a whole lot of relief today. >> yeah not so much. but we were in the 70s the last couple days so we can't complain too much. and the 70s are just a friday away. but between here and friday what you see is what you get. and

for centuries, this small island nation has played host to immigrants from across the globe. people in search of a better life. a way to make a living in this free and democratic nation. the cliffs here have long been seen as a symbol of britain's frontier. the very first glimpse of the promised land of immigrants arriving from mainland europe. but now this border has become the source of political as well as physical division. the leader nigel faraj says mass immigration is responsible for many problems in british society. and has left public resources overstretched. it's a sentiment that's gained him increasing support amongst voters. when prime minister david cameron took power five years ago, he made a big promise, to big immigration down to tens of thousands. but on this commitment, he has failed. >> do you accept you haven't met the promise there? >> not met the commitment that i made. i fully accept that. >> reporter: in the year to september 2014, there was a net migration flow to the uk of almost 300,000. the coalition government has brought in some control measures,

the pontiff is trying to work out whether he'll travel to the island nation either before or after hiso america in september where he'll address congress visit the white house and the u.n. adding a stop there is considered a critical step in providing more support to both nations. currently making moves to try to restore diplomatic ties. that is the latest. now back to you, adam. >> thanks. >>> thousands of e-mails from last year's sony hack are now on the internet. wikileaks uploaded more than 170,000 e-mails from the entertainment company into a searchable online archive. they published 30,000 additional documents. the whistle-blower site says the information belongs in the public domain, but sony says they're helping to distribute stolen information. sony estimates that the hacks have cost them millions. >>> it is now 6:34. today we'll be learning how the district plans to recruit more firefighters. d.c. mayor muriel bowser and fire and ems chief gregory dean will announce their new plans. that will happen in northwest at 10:00 a.m. >>> it seems that recruitment is not just an issue

the storm killed at least four people when it slammed into the island nation of micronesia on wednesdaydestroyed part of,n a general electric fault in louisville, kentucky, spokesman was nobody was hurt. not clear what caused the fire.=>cñ >>> in laughings a driver had to pay $200 check because she put /'&y chap stick behind the wheel. that's what a local newspaper is reporting. she was at a red light but troopers call it distracted driving, putting on chap stick. >>> just in from "associated press." tiger woods says he will play in the masters tournament. see how that goes. ♪ ♪ we love our smartphones. and now telcos using hp big data solutions are feeling the love, too. by offering things like on-the-spot data upgrades an idea that reduced overcharge complaints by 98%. no matter how fast your business needs to adapt if hp big data solutions can keep wireless customers smiling, imagine what they can do for yours. make it matter. >>> bad unemployment numbers today. u.s. companies pulling black own the number of workers they're hiring. the labor department reports employers added 126,000

slated to discuss the caribbean energy initiative aimed to bring down energy costs for that's island nation> it's dreary and gloomy out there. chuck bell here now with more on your forecast. >> just start thinking about palm trees and sunburns and it will be like today never even happened. it's cloudy and chilly outside. a cold front went through while you were sleeping. and now we have the wedge of cold air coming off the western atlantic. i just checked some of the bowie water temperatures ocean water temperature now only 46 degrees. the bay water not much warmer. as a result that east to northeasterly wind look at that everywhere across the metro area pretty much stug within a couple degrees of ocean water p temperatures. and raindrops coming in from the west and southwest promise a wet start to the day today. during the course of the day, the rain will ease up a little bit after about 9:00 this morning, but clouds and drizzle will remain. quek check of that seven day forecast here you go 50s today and tomorrow. a big push of warm air comes in on friday with highs mere 80. could have som

relations with the neighbors that are troublesome politically, but human rights problems within the island nation, but that it does not support terror in this hemisphere other than backing the government of venezuela, which some feel is a terroristic government. but this will be a done deal. congress will be informed that cuba will be scratched from that list. and that is another move by president obama to normalize relations between our nation and that communist nation. lawmakers would have to lift the sanctions. and there's no indication whatsoever that that's imminent any time soon. back to you. >> thanks for the update steve, we appreciate it. >>> more chaos when the manager returned to collect some of her belongings. paula brown was turned away at the door and that touched off more arguing there. council president tells us brown is supposed to come back tomorrow morning to collect her things. she says there's evidence in her office that needs to go to the district attorney. brown was officially fired last night but still hasn't turned in her office keys and she says she won't. >> it's very s

and hoops in cuba the nba tries to build new ties as america's relationship with the island nation nationback to al jazeera america, coming up on 8:50 eastern time take a look at the top stories comcast just announced it's formally dropping its bid for time warner. the merger would have been worth about $45 billion, both the department of justice and the federal communication's commission raised concerns that the deal would not benefit the public. a columbia university student is suing the school over rape claims and says he was publically called a serial rapist by a fellow student and the school failed to protect him against harassment and the campaign against rape carrying a mattress around and previously cleared of rape charges but the university. fda has warned the makers of eight dietary supplements and products contain a potentially dangerous substance and according to "new york times" it comes after pressure from some three u.s. senators to crack down on dmpea. in today's tech beat styrofoam packaging is clogging landfills and floating in the oceans because it's not degradable but

the president says he's removing the islands nation from the state terrorism list. >> this decision,however already creating controversy some republican lawmakers say they'll try to block the move from taking place altogether. fox's jacky ibanez with more. >> takes major step in in restoring the relationship between the united state and cuba. the president announcing tuesday, he will remove cuba from the state department's list of terrorism sponsors. in a statement, the white house says, quote that determination is based on the stat story standards, and the facts. the united states will continue to support our interests and values through engagement with the cuban government and people. the news leading to mixed reactions among cubans in the u.s. >> i believe obama's between democracy and freedom the things the united states stood for for centuries. >> the terrorism state designation will remain in effect nor another 45 days, giving congress time to review the decision. lawmakers could try to put cuba back on the list but the president would be all but certain to veto the measure. st

. >>> ever since 1982 the island nation of cuba has been on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.ria. but all that changed yesterday when the white house announced that president obama intends to remove cuba from the list for the first time in over 30 years. cuba was placed on the list in 1982 because of its history of supporting revolutionary movements in spanish-speaking countries and in africa. >> we're especially not going to tolerate these attacks from outlaw states run by the strangest collection of misfits, loony tunes, and squalored criminals since they advented the third reich. >> the designation happened as cuban aligned leftist governments were gaining a foothold in central america, and as tensions between the u.s. and the soviet union, cuba's biggest backer, were higher than at any time since the cuban missile crisis. but the genesis of the fallout between the u.s. and cuba goes all the way back to the 1950s. 11 years before man stepped foot on the moon. a year when "leave it to beaver" was still one of the most popular shows on tv. that year fidel castro toppled the d