nearly nine decades later, cbs news confirms president obama will pay an historic visit to the island nation within weeks. the two republican, cuban americans running to succeed him quickly offered up criticism. "is that something , as president, you'd ever do? not if it's not a free cuba and i'll tell you the problem with the cuban government; it's not just a communist dictatorship, it is an anti-american communist dictatorship" "i think it's a real mistake i think the president should instead be pushing for a free cuba" president obama's trip has long been expected since he normalized relations with cuba in 2014. communist government there still engages in human rights abuses. nat clapping just tuesday the countries signed an agreement clearing the way for daily u-s commercial flights to cuba. a u-s economic embargo in cuba is still in effect. don champion, cbs news. coming up next on channel 2 news this morning... there's a tiny micro-chip on new credit cards...but not everyone is accepting this new form of for her "experience, leadership, tenacity," the las vegas sun endorses hillary cli

it appears imminent. >> diana: this will be the first time a sitting president has visited the island nation in nearly 90 years. >> president obama: today america chooses t t cut loose the shackles of the past. >> reporter: president obama announcing the reknewable in diplomatic nations after the cold war. havana and washington, d.c. just four months later he met with raul castro face to face for the first time at the summit of americas in panama. president obama an the cuban leader shaking hands. mr. obama talking about the long and complicated relationship between the two neighs and would not be removed from the list of terror without further investigation. the cuban embassy reopened. protesters gathered across the street as dignitaries raised the flag. august, secretary of state john kerry traveled to cuba to watch as the american embassy was reopened, the flag raised over et. marco rubio said if he was president, he would only visit a free cuba. >> i want the relation between free cuba. it has to change. look what we did to burma. is now the majority party because our change to them was

heafdz >> lynn: good evening every history will beade in havana when president obama visit ts island nation. >> danielle: and we haven't seen a trip like this in am a century. alex diprato in the plex with the details. alex. >> reporter: danielle, the the last visititg president to visit cuba took a train to key west and then a beat ship to cuba. when president obama boards airforce one to fly to cuba, he will meet with ras ctro and the white house says they will speak withdy dissidents who want change on the island. >> it is historic for the first time in decades, a sitting u.s. president will step foot in cuba. president obama tweetingext month i'll travel to cuba to advance ourro pgress and efforts that can in prove the lieftz cuban people. ce we still have differences with the cuban government that i will raiseseirectly. america will always stand f human rites around the world. the prident will travel with first lady michelle obama to the island mash 21 for a two day visit. when president cool aj and his wife took ah a battleship to havana i1928. >> the opening to cuba hold out real pro

president will head to cuba as president obama heads to the island nation next month. >> danielle: making the announcement this morning on social meedsia, we have live team coverage from south florida. but we want to begin with alex diprato with the latest on the upcoming trip. >> reporter: well, the last sitting president going to cuba took a train to key west and a battleship to havana. when president obama goes to cuba next month, he'll meet with raul castro, and he will speak on the island. it's historic, for the first time in decades, a sitting u.s. president will head to cuba. president obama tweeting i'll head to havana to advance our progress with the cuban people. we still have difference was the cuban government that i'll raise directly. america will always stand for human rights in the corm world. he will travel with his wife, michelle obama, and the last time was when coolidge went on a battleship in 1928. >> signaling between the two countries and peoples, and going to cuba could help to enlarge this space that benefits the cuban people. reporter: the obama administration bel

president obama will visit the island nation in nearly 90 years for the first in the nation. >>> the debate over privacy and security widens after a judge orders apple to hack into the iphone of one of the san bernardino shooters. >>> learning the hard way. a texas man says u.s. marshals pounded on his door and arrested him, all to collect a student loan debt. >>> and where is the cheese? graded parmesan include high levels of additives, including one made from wood pulp. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> later today, the white house will announce that president obama will make a historic visit to cuba. it will be part of a trip to latin america, mr. obama is making next month. the obama administration began normalizing the relations with the castro regime in 2014. this would be the first state visit by a u.s. president to the island nation since 1928. on the campaign trail, the news did not sit well with at least two republican presidential candidates, ted cruz and marco rubio who are bot

hello again, this will mark the first te a sitting u.s president has visited the island nation in nearly 90 ars. >> craig: it has been rumored for weeks or even months but tonight it appears an simmons is live in the satellite ken we are with w wt we know >> reporter: we knewed that intentiod to visit nine months after it was removed fromm the state sponsored terror list, a u.s. president is planng a visit >> today america chooses to cut look the shackles of the past. >> december, 14, 2014, president obama announcing the new renewal of relations between the united states and cuba after decades of old war, reopening embassiesembassie just mths later he met with castro face-to-face, and president obama and the cuba leader shaking hands, mr. obama talking about the long and complicated relationship between tht two natns and said cuba would not be removed from the state department's list of state response ors of terror without the session was reopeped as the embassy, and protestors gathering as they raised the flag. in august, secretary of stat jo kerry,raveled to can you t watch as the amer

this would be the first state island nation since 1928. on the campaign trail, the news did not sit well with at least two republican presidential candidates, ted cruz and marco rubio who are both children of cuban immigrants who fled the castro regime. >> my whole problem, i want the relationship between the u.s. and cuba to change but it has to be reciprocal. >> my family has seen firsthand the evil and the owe pregs ression in cuba. >> ted cruz is leading donald trump in a national poll. a nbc news/wall street poll shows the pole was taken following the most recent debate in south carolina and the first time trump hasn't led a national trump has threatened to sue cruzs advertisement showing trump supporting abortion rights in a 1999 interview. yesterday, trump's lawyers sent a letter to the cruz campaign s replete with outright lies. >> i don't think anyone is surprised that donald is threatening to sue people. he has done that most of his adult life, but thisally was -- look. i practiced law 20 years. this letter pressed the bounds i'v

but critics say while a presidential visit to that communist island nation may be symbolic, it still lends a value and prestige that the castro regime doesn't deserve. >> it's time for a new approach. >> that new approach will take the president and first lady to that island nation that hasn't been visited by a sitting u.s. president since calvin coolidge. new jersey's senior u.s. senator who's cuban american, say obama is rewarding a dictatorial regime where human rights abuses endure. >> without a core value, a beacon of light in the world on the questions of democracy and human rights. >> marco rubio and ted cruz both fiercely opposed to this visit. with the cuban development government is it is an antiamerican communist dictatorship. >> here on the streets of new jersey, reaction was mixed. >> the people of cuba have suffered for too long. obama needs to get over there and talk to who's in charge and, you know, try to make it a better place. >> though cuban officials have already warned obama not to meddle in that country's internal affairs, relations continue to thaw. the americ

president to the island nation since 1928. on the campaign trail, the news did not sit well with at least two republican presidential candidates, ted cruz and marco rubio who are both children of cuban immigrants who fled the >> they are a repressive regime. there are no elections in cuba and there is no choice in cuba. my whole problem, i want the relationship between the u.s. and cuba to change but it has to be reciprocal. >> my family has seen firsthand the evil and the oppression in cuba. we need to have a president that stands up to our enemies. >>> for the first time, ted cruz is leading donald trump in a national poll. an nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows that cruz is leading trump. the poll was taken following the most recent debate in south carolina and the first time trump hasn't led a national poll since october. trump has threatened to sue cruz over this advertisement showing trump supporting abortion rights in a 1999 interview. yesterday, trump's lawyers sent a letter to the cruz campaign charging the ad i

cuba, sources with abc news confirmed president obama will make a historic trip to the communist island nation next month, marking the first visit by a sitting u.s. president in sources say a national security council member will make the official announcement during thursday's white house briefing where further details about the trip taking place march 21st and 22nd will be outlined. >> i'm cuban. i'm here for 20 years. my mom and brother are still there. that's good. >> i think that's a good thing because i think it's been a long time waiting for the people, the cuban community. >> reporter: the unexpected announcement thrilled local cuban-americans who say they're hoping this is the first of many historic changes to come. >> all the cubans around here, we need change. for 40 years we need change. we need people with different ideas. >> reporter: for the past 15 months diplomatic relationships between the two nations have been markedly improving with opening of embassies last summer commercial flights. while there's still much more progress to be made between bridging the longstanding gap, m

. >>> there's only one country that for sure is rated not free at all and that's the island nation o cuba and yet the president is going to visit cuba. >> critics of change in cuba weighing in on an historic visit. the presidentxpected to announce today he will be going to the island next month. >> it's clearly a controversial topic in miami. sanela sabovic, this hits close to home for some presidential doesn't it? >>reporter: exactly, eric. news of this broke last night of this planned trip. just moments after that, as you heard right there, ileana ros-lehtinen spoke out with some republican presidential hopefuls speaking out on this trip that's consider very historic and also controversial. here's wt we know so far. the trip abc news is reporting is planned foro march 21st and 22nd. this would happen right before the president flies to argentina. a` u.s. president hasn't visited the island nation since 1928 and that's when calvin coolidge was in office. senator ted cruz, his fathth is cuban and thinks this is a bad idea. >> as president is that something you would do? >> it is not a

as don champion reports, president obama will become the first potus to visit the island nation in 88 years. not since 1928 when calvin coolidge visited havana has a sitting president visited cuba. now nearly nine decades later, cbs news confirms president obama will pay an historic visit to the island nation within weeks. the two republican, cuban americans running to succeed him quickly offered up criticism. "is that something , as president, you'd ever do? not if it's not a free cuba and i'll tell you the problem with the cuban government; it's not just a communist dictatorship, it is an anti-american communist dictatorship" "i think it's a real mistake i think the president should instead be pushing for a free president obama's trip has long been expected since he normalized relations with cuba in 2014. critics raise concerns that the communist government there still engages in human rights abuses. nat clapping just tuesday the countries signed an agreement clearing the way for daily u-s commercial flights to cuba. a u-s economic embargo in cuba is still in effect. don champion, c

secretary of transportation will sign a new travel agreement with the island nation. news channel 8s jeff patterson is in cuba to explain. >> reporter: the u.s. secretary of transportation is scheduled to be here today to sign a historic agreement that will allow u.s. commercial airlines to fly here on a daily basis for the first time in decades. up to 20 flights into havana. and 10 flights a day in other cities throughout cuba. it's a big change for a country change in decades. and a u.s. congressional delegation is here this week and they are talking about the possibility of totally lifting the embargo which will allow more trade between the united states and this country. in cuba, jeff patterson, news channel 8. >> all right. thank you so much, jeff. and news channel 8 is the only television station bringing you reports from cuba on this delegation. stay tuned for the coverage from havana. all week we will have the story for you on-air and online. >>> and also news this morning, really rough weather overnight. >> that's right, in fact, sofia vergara and i were on f

and cuba signed a deal restoring commercial air traffic to the island nation. mike: despite the long-standing ban on most types of birth evil." he had been asked about women aborting fetuses when he suggested the use of contraceptives as an alternative. a jump for ted cruz, showing 28% of republican primary voters, this is a wall street journal poll. u.s. senator marco rubio is third with 17%. and there is john kasich with 11%. sheree: nevada looks like a tough battle ground both hillary clinton and bernie sanders. 48% say they support clinton. the democratic caucus is this mike: a notorious intersection getting a makeover. sheree: and what drivers think of them. kevin: temperatures starting to climb across the area today. we get into tomorrow and your weekend. i' m also talking about when the i sheree: a creative solution to one of our area' s most dangerous intersections. it is known for congestion and accidents. eric takes a look at the proposed change to make it safer. reporter: when you look at the intersections, they rank as number one when it comes to ac

and island nation. majority going to havana and third spread between 9 other cities which means more optionscities which means more options. >> ferry nan nann do hadn't seen his wife and daughter for 10 years and news of the new flight has him hopeful he may be able to reconnect with other family members like mother an other. tourism still not allow under the agreement u.s. sentences must clarify with the state department the reason for going to cuba under 12 approved categories like visiting familycategories like visiting family. the brother just one of hundreds of thousands of passengers who already fly between cuba and miami international every year and she's hoping more commercial flights will lead to more reunion like theirs. >> they need it. not me because i don't want to go back to cuba. >>reporter: and officials@ saying this agreement should not affect how existing charter flights operate. reporting live at miami international airport, 7 news night team. >>> back to the breaking news juvenile ha

it's the latest move in impringg relations with the island nation. december 17, 2014, president obama announcing the renewal and diplomatic relations between the united states and cuba after cades of cold war. the goal reopening embassies in havana and washington, d.c. >> president obama: the day america chooses to cut loose the shackles of the past. >> ashley: just four month later, he met with raul castro face to face f the first time at the summit of americas in panana. president obama shaking hand, talking about the long complicated relationship between would not be removed from the state department's list of state sponsor of terrorful in july of 2015, the frmer cuban interest section of washington, d.c. was reopen as the cuban embassy. protesters gathering across the street as dignitaries raisedhe cuban flag. in august, secretary of state john kerry travelled to cuba to watch as the american flag was raised over the embassy in havana. marco rubio saying if you were president, you would only visit a free cubaful >> my hope oblem, i want the relat

he would become the first sitting president to visit the island nation 90 miles off of florida's south coast since calv calvin coolidge in 1928. the president raul castro met last april in the first official meeting of the two nations since the u.s. cut diplomatic nations in 1961. president obama said he'd consider traveling to cuba if there was evidence of an improvement in civil liberties. plans for the president's trip could coincide with a trip by a major league baseball team given the island nation's passion for the sport. >>> let's turn to the presidential race and two polls that produced two different results. in our new nbc news/"wall street journal" conducted after saturday's debate, senator ted cruz has pulled ahead of trump, 28% to 26. that's a 15 point swing in cruz's favor since just last month. the poll also shows a drop for trump in the percentage of republican voters who can see themselves supporting him. marco rubio does best in this category at 70% followed by cruz at 65. ben carson at 62. but that comes a as a new national poll from "usa today" and suffolk university

island. cuba's national baseball team will play the familiar bay raise during the president's visit. however t is unclear if he will attend the game. >> last week the two count tree signed a deal on air travel allowing u.s. airline to fly commercialoots between the two count treatment however, tourism is still banned. it will be up to congress to lift the embargo. >> livi in the newsplex. i'm alex diprato. 7 news. >> all right alex. now we have a chance to take live to cuba. reporter patrick ot man covers the island heachtz been there for a long time. live in havana night patrick i'm curis a state run media is people on this end. the u.s. saying or the white house saying it's a chance for the president to press the u.s. a again darks human rites and so. what is thtake on that side of the florida straights? >> reporter: well, cuban foreign minintry officials had a press conference saying they are willing to talk about alice use including human rites and as they put it this is a chance for president obama to be beart acquainted with what they call the cuban reality. president obama sai

winston has caused airlines to suspend flights to that island nation. the fiji broadcasting corporation reported that an elderly man was killed when a roof fell on him. >> in our area just fantastic >> fantastic yes but winston is a pretty nasty system out there now. you mentioned winds of 155 knots as it was making landfall now that's estimated by satellite put tends to be pretty accurate. you can imagine for a asmall island nation of fiji, that entire storm consumed the nation, we will see devastating video in the coming days. storm headed out to sea well off to the east of of fiji, came back a complete 180, should dissipate a bit when it heads off to the south, thoughts and prayers with them. viewer photos, a completely different story around here. check this out. this photo kyle ross sent in from lakeland. last night's sunset. andrew des, from the causeway, especially when you compare it to last year, last year, february 20th 59 was our high. this year, 78 was our high. so a big big difference over the span of one year. pleasant weather continues in

they'll allow daily flights to and from the island nation for first time in more than 50 years. it calls for as many as 110 daily flights to ten destinations in cuba with about 20 of them to havana. u.s. airlines will now be invited to apply for operating the flights. >>> time for an early start on your money this morning. future, stock futures pointing just lower right now following a nice rally yesterday. oil price edging lower. stockmarkets in europe are mixed. america's bull market in stocks may end soon but it's not time to panic just yet. there's a 50% chance u.s. stocks will dive into the bear market this year. most believe the fall will be short-lived. here's what that bull market will look like. it's the third all-time. since the recession lows in march of 2009, the s&p is up an amazing 180%. this year the stocks have come close to breaking a streak and entering the bear market but experts in this survey think the s&p 500 will end the year with a 2.5% gain. that's a jump of 11% from its current level. you know, it's been such a painful start to the year, miguel, that wh

particularly in the outer lying islands and do a needs assessment. >> fiji relies on the tourist industry. there's about 1,200 australians registered there, and other nationalities affected. getting home will be difficult, because airports have been closed. many of the low-lying alds are flooded. res -- lying islands in are flooded. the fijian government declared a 30 day state of emergency. because many of the islands in are remote. it may be time before the full extend of the damage is known >>> today u.s. secretary of state john kerry urged calm as he met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas to discuss tensions in the west bank and jerusalem. he told the president he'sed committed to a 2-state solution. secretary of state john kerry called for a de-escalation of violence. more than 160 palestinians and 28 israelis have been killed since october. many in shootings and knife attacks. >> in dubai, a prominent saudi prince commended the formation involving 34 islamic nations. . >> it's no secret, unfortunately, that in our world today the majority of terrorism-related acts, its victims are muslim. east or west, north or south. it is our responsibility as musl

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that's a major first step in bringing the island nation online. state telecommunication company e-t-e-c-s-a made the announcement on sunday saying that cubans would be allowed to order service through a chinese telecom provider. prices will be announced at a later time. we are just days away from super bowl 50 in san francisco. both teams will begin practicing at levi stadium today. the carolina panthers and the denver broncos arrived on sunday. the mayor was on hand to greet the teams. remember, you can watch super bowl 50 right here on 10 news w-t-s-p this you can get 10 the road - with our 10 weather radio partners. in tampa bay, catch us on magic 94- point-9.... and the dove 105.5 f-m on sarasota talk radio, listen to wsrq 106.9 fm. and hear 10 weather in spanish on maxima 92-5. it's a warning for anyone who plans on vacationing in orlando anytime soon. becoming a a prime target for vandals. but first, it may seem like a childhood dream, but you can get paid to work with legos, all day long. live from clearwater beach mmm, herb roasted florida

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. >> it marks his fourth visit to the island nation. >> raul castr will host today's historic meeting. pope francis is on his way to cuba right now. he's expected to land in havana later this afternoon before continuing on to mexico. this trip marks his second stop in cuba in six months. >>> the two leaders also expected to speak out together against the persecution of christians in the middle east. christ is much, much more powerful and much stronger than what could possibly be differences. >> the pope expected to land in havana this afternoon. hatzel vela will be there for that moment. he will bringng us also live reports throughout the day. that begins this morning just a few minutes away at 6:00 a.m. >>> this morning a mother is under house arrest. she told deputies her infant son had drowned while she was bathing him and is inside a an autopsy determined the baby died from a lack of oxygen but it's unclear how. now vargas-ortiz is manslaughter. >>> caught on camera making a getaway after a bold break in at a the homeowner tells us she was in the shower when these crooks struck va

the island nation to witness this history. hatzel vela is live in havana.. >>reporter: it's going to be a huge day for the world of christianity. you have two religious leaders, one from the orthodox church, one from the catholic church. behind me you see the plane that the patriarch of the russian orthodox church used to get here. here on the tarmac, here in havana. take you a couple hours back to rome. that's where you're going to see pope francis departing there. he's expected to arrive here some time at 2:00 this afternoon. at that point he will be meeting with patriarch of the russian crthodox church, something he's been wanting to do for quite some time. this is something even to do as well but never got accomplished. it took some diplomacy and coincidence that the both are meeting. i spoke to a priest who says there isn't much differences between the orthodox church and catholic church but there was a represent turin what they called the schism, the fight over politics and dock trip. let's show you video of the patriarch arriving yesterday at 3:45 in

the number of cubans entering the united states since the announcement of new relation was the island nation. >> across the state we will see maybe 200 and something. >> reporter: don nicholas of immigrants. she said cubans are reset isling across north carolina. >> we are looking at [inaudible] wayne county. >> reporter: as relations change between united states and cuba they hope it'll be a good change for cuba and for north carolina. >> i [inaudible] >> reporter: while cubans fall under that special treatment policy they still have to wait three to six months before they can even apply for a job here in north carolina. >>> the state senate hassa the map had to be drawn after federal judges ruled that unconstitutional because this relied to much on race. the new districts give republicans a 10-3 advantage in congressional races. democrats say that is going to far in the state. that is fairly politic alley evenly divided. the house will take up the map tomorrow. >>> tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote in the election on march 15 president. same day registration will be available at

president to visit the communist island nation in almost seven decades. he will interact with members of the cuban civil society. >>> today, president obama and the first lady will pay respects to the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. his body will lie in repose in the great hall. in a few hours, the loved ones of scalia and eight remaining justices will have a private ceremony and join the public viewing. critics have slammed the president for skipping the funeral mass on saturday. the white house citing security as a factor. >>> and time for an early start on your money. the winning streak for stocks is over. the rally ran out of steam yesterday with the dow dropping 40 points as the gains in oil faded. it was just the eighth time this year that blue chips didn't move more than 100 points in either direction. that put a small dent in the major rally over the past four sessions. the dow is up 750 points in the past week. here is where the three major averages stand for the year. dow is off 5.8%. nasdaq is the biggest loser down 10%. the s&p 500

the first time in 80 years that it american president has visited the island nation. tisha: charges are now filed in a chastened crash involving a motorcycle. he faces a list of charges and could indeed and reckless he was going 30 miles over the speed limit on highway 42. a trooper attempted to stop in. he started going down highway 401 we had a car had to horn was taken to the medical center. he is now at the wake county jail. steve: and next con accused of killing his wife. according to the search warrant he admitted breaking into stephanie autry's home and hitting her in the head with a hammer and then strangling her with wire. bank. tisha: search warrant's link a raleigh hit-and-run. was early sunday morning. he hit higgins and kept going. accident at the time police believe he may of been on his cell phone at the time. no charges have yet been filed. raleigh police identifying a man found dead. 60 three-year-old andrew terry junior. was found behind a homeless shelter. the initial calls for a drowning. steve: an intense day of testimony for the penalty phase of

break it down day by day when we return. >> called the super-cyclone and it ripped through the island nation of fees gee last night, al jazeera's caroline malone says authorities are currently assessing the damage. >> reporter: a glimpse of the island of fiji after a strongest cyclone winston, hit the island. flattening homes and electricity cables. even though it's the part of the country with the strongest infrastructure to withstand wind and rain. phone and power lines are down so it's been difficult to contact people living there. some deaths and injuries have been confirmed. relief workers are finding it difficult to duet around because of trees strewn around the roads. >> i've been in charge of my counterpart and i have offered australia's support and we have in place prepositioned supplies, in that are available, i've also offered the adf to send a p-3 orion so we can carry out aerial surveillance particularly in the outer islands and do a needs assessment. >> fiji relies on the tourist industries, there are 120 australians registered there, many of low lying islands are flooded and m

the storm hit the island nation over the weekend, leaving widespread damage. a state of emergency is in effect for 30 days as a major cleanup operation gets underway. 3 officials close a 12-mile stretch of highway in honolulu because of giant waves washing over the roads. some of those waves brought big rocks with them. only emergency vehicles, city buses, and residents are allowed to pass. workers are now cleaning up the debris left behind. beach officials say this is the biggest swell they have seen in a decade. 3 3 3 3 we are just days away from the oscars. how crews are preparing for the stars. 3 3 3 time for this morning's see it, shoot it, send it picture. this photo comes to us from sherrie ledford in burnsville. she says a hail storm blew through her area. you can send us your pictures and video too. just log on to w-l-o-s dot com. or e-mail them to pics at w-l-o-s dot com. 3 3 3 news 13 is hosting the third annual "live well expo".. coming up next month. it is on march 19th at the w-n-c ag center. we will have more than 100 exhibitors offering free he

.>>> us representative, kathy castor is leaving a congressional trip to the island nation. she as well as six other lawmakers took off her tampa this morning. they are encouraging cuba to take off week us companies that want to bill offices and well houses -- and warehouses there -- build offices and warehouses there. >> that will also have the benefit of creating jobs in cuba. and helping our american >> -->>> for those in the market for a new job, we are taking action for you. we have a full list of jobs on our website. type in abc news.com/what -- jobsites. >>> bee attacks are already ramping up hours before the gop debate. ahead, some candidates are facing off and what makes this >>> in democracy 2016, six republican candidates will turn on their southern charm tonight. the first time the candidates have squared off since the new hampshire primary and since the gop field has gotten much smaller, donald trump is watching blistering attacks sue him. marco rubio hopes to rise again. john kasich comes off a strong second-place finish in new hampshire. the first primary for

is doing in the island nation to help expand trade with cuba. >>> kathy caster is in cuba this week, and so is news channel 8. she is looking for ways to expand business with cuba, and jeff paterson -- reporter there. he shows us the agenda for today. >> reporter: it was a busy trip for the delegation. they med with a woman who makes baby clothes and who is licensed to do that, and they met with a man services the old the road. meet with officials to find out what are the obstacles between business with tampa and cuba and to find out what can be done to make the obstaclings easier to get around. >> thank you, jeff. >>> ad on your -- 8 on your side is bringing you reports for cuba over the next several days. >>> the pope will be celebrating mass at a soccer stadium where he will talk about the migration through the u.s. border. nearly 100,000 people showed up for his mass on valentine's day in mexico city. >>> right now the fbi is trying to figure out who installed an explosive device on a rental the bomb squad spent hours working to neutralize it. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> swa

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