you're well loved in jamaica., first of all, i can say to you, publicly, i love you. >> that doesn't happen every trip. president obama also made an unannounced trip to the bob marley museum, which he called one of the most fun meetings he has ever had as president of the united states. earlier tonight, the president left jamaica en route to panama for the summit of the americas. at that summit, he will meet a lot of different national leaders, including, probably, this guy, raul castro, the president of cuba. this will be the first meeting between president obama and raul castro since the u.s. started normalizing relations at the end of last year. and on the eve of that meeting, we got sort of an amazing new poll out of cuba. you've never heard that phrase before, a new poll out of cuba. this is believed to be the first independent poll of cubans in decades, and it shows, not to put too fine a point on it, but they are really psyched! look at those results. really psyched about reestablishing ties with the u.s. 9

is that in jamaica?aica. >> looks like the blue mountains. >> even head the worlds record though. >> yes, definitely. >> for a few years. >> hey better than nothing. >> you seem in fairly good shape. (laughing). >> i try to be. >> so, before the race, i used to run track in high school. i remember right before a race i was so nervous, and i was trying to figure out what to eat. what do you eat? what do you do? what's your routine to get ready for a race? >> i try to eat as small as possible so i stay very light. you know, but sometimes i just eat whatever. >> well really? >> we have a giant birthday cake over there. real quickly. >> yes, i could go for some that far. >> eating at this big party. when is the big party? >> saturday night after penn relays at the mezzanine. >> that's over in north filly? >> yes. >> it will be a good time, like celebrate, you know, come on out. >> i'll show you what i will do. i will bring some ... >> oh, nice. >> a new throat. >> that would be right. >> there are a throats

president visiting jamaica in 30 years.orrow he heads to panama for the summit of the americas. >> reporter: for the last 10 years the united states watched as venezuela gained friends and influence throughout the caribbean through a generous programme of oil. it's donated or sold oil at cutrate prices to the tune of $50 billion through a programme. now, the tables have turned. the price of oil has plummeted, venezuela is in debt and it has been forced to cut shipments to the caribbean by a half, include including to its ally cuba according to barclay's banks. that's why president obama is visiting jamaica, he is the first american president to visit in 33 years, and will discuss energy energy security. the white house is keen on trying to wean away the caribbean's dependence on venezuela oil and wants to recover a lot of its own lost clout. president obama will meet with members of all of the cara come the association of caribbean nations who welcome the initiative. they are probably more keen on securing their own fuel in

right now on a onedy day visit to jamaica.n panama city we've seen clashes between small groups of anti-and pro castro protesters, some disrupting a meeting where former president bill clinton was speaking. >> if you are an ngo, if you are part of civil society, the core value you must never give up is that you are fighting for decent treatment for the people you represent because our common humanity is more important than our interesting differences. >> the big questions here in panama city at the summit how substantial will any discussions between president obama and president raul castro be? when will the u.s. remove the terror designation. joining me now on that chris jansing, also here in panama city. chris, the president just now has said they have the recommendation from the state department and we have that recommendation but the president wants an interagency process, said just now to the group with him in jamaica, that they will not be announcing it today. he doesn't arrive and speak at the summit until tomorrow. let

. >>> plus president barack obama's visit to jamaica. he convinced the caribbean to reconnect with the u.s.? >>> and education emergency. we look at why i understand indonesia's report card is so bad. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, we begin with the war in yemen. a saudi-led campaign against houthi fighters is entering its third week. iranian warships have arrived in the gulf of aden adding to the already heightened tensions in the region iran says the ships are there as part of an an eye piracy mission. they have been and they are obviously surprise coming from iran, there are a anybody of flights, every single week that have been plying in and we trace those flights and we know this. we are well aware of the support iran is giving to generally. and iran needs to recognize that the united states is not going to stands by while the region is destabilized or while people engage, you know, in overt warfare across lines international boundaries in other countries. >> intense fighting taking place in the port city of aden where rockets have reportedly lande

mike viqueira has the response from the white house. >> in jamaica for a regional summit president obama stepped carefully around provocative comments by iran's top leaders. >> it's not done until it's done. the next 2-3 months of negotiations will be critical. >> iranian's president hassan rouhani is disputing the white house version of a key issue, how quickly will sanctions be lifted after a final deal is struck? >> we will not sign an agreement unless all economic sanctions are lifted on the first day of implementation of agreement. >> that is at odds with the president obama administration which on thursday repeated its stance. sanctions relief will come gradually. >> sanctions will be phased on completion of specifics. >> on the streets of tehran the deal was hail as a breakthrough. in his first public comment. iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei warned the agreement could yet fall apart. >> what has been achieved so far does not guarantee a deal neither do the talks leading up to the deal. it doesn't guarantee that the talks will continue until the end and lead to a deal. >>

let's talk about jamaica.ere knowing that many of the caribbean countries believe that the united states has not paid them as much attention as they would like. the administration would like to change that and there may be an opening in oil prices. venezuela has been very influential there because it's provider of oil to caribbean nations but the drop in oil prices and also other internal problems there means that the united states can sort of step in. and so the president had a meeting today with the prime minister of jamaica. both of them talked about some of the issue where is they think the two sides can come to a mutually beneficial agreement in trade, meaning the economy to human rights. >> what we want to do is find out how we can be an even more constructive partner in addressing some of these issues. >> reporter: it also was for the president something very personal. he's ban fan since he was in high school of bob marley and when he arrived first theng he did was go to the bob marley museum. >> quick

president in more than 30 years to visit jamaica.g with jamaica's prime minister and other tear bean an leaders. the u.s. is looking to revive its influence in a region where shinechina has expanded its economic alliances from hero bomb applies at that panama to attend the summit of the americas there he will meet cuban leader raul castro for the first time since they plan today normalize relations in december. there are growing signs the united states is ramping up its focus on the caribbean as venezuela scales back its oil production. our latin america editor through see anew man reports from panama city. >> reporter: for the last 10 years the united states has watch the as venezuela has gained friends and significant influence throughout the caribbean through all generous program of oil. it's donated or at least sold oil at cut-rate prices to the tune of $50 billion through a program. but now the tables have turned. the price of oil has plummeted venezuela is deeply in debt and it has been forced to cut its shipments to the caribb

joke on miss jamaica. >> it is not a good would be.ou need to come to her and say something no man has ever said to her before. >> what could that be, that is tough. >> i'm not sure. >> that is the thing. that will make you stand out. if you figure it out she will remember you, and she will not forget you. >> like you don't sweat much for a skinny person, something like that. >> i said something that is nice. >> maybe ill will's do this. look, i can take my thumb off. >> then she thinks you air ten year-old boy. >> just something like a nice i am is many hello. >> you had me at will hello. >> yes. >> that has already been used. >> is doctor oz ready. >> no. >> let's talk about this. >> we will talk to doctor oz. >> he is getting himself together. >> we need to help find this woman. she publicly shame a man by out flexing him. they have these at fat ballgames. they have the flex cam. you go around and show off your guns. the get a ticket to the gun show, right. >> sort of. >> yes. >> flex cam goes around and sees this guy. there is a wo

jamaica!> tell me the premise here. >> we're working with relativity putting it together. >> yes. >> and pepa's the jamaican cook -- >> who's the best cook? >> i am. we actually had a cook-off. >> i cook southern. she cooks jamaican. she threatened my kids. that's how she won. >> that's an episode on its own. >> yes. >> all right. >> trying to do something called jamerican. >> talking about the geico commercial, our booker fig said -- the geico commercial, the geico commercial. that was fun. >> it was. >> it was hilarious. i'm studying to be a life coach also. putting that out there. this is my specimen. >> i remember her reality show. >> yes. i'm going to have a couch. >> thank you. good luck. i can't wait to see the cooking show. we'll will this in to existence. >> and my son's line "equally unique." >> are you jamaican. >>> up next, andrea mitchell reports. >>> time for entrepreneur of the week. aaron holland is the owner of a comic shop and geek easy in california. he attracts customers by

here we know he is in jamaica.version therapy for youth there and how that ripple effect is coming in saying it's long overdue. many advocates saying it's long overdue. what is he saying? >> reporter: it's getting a lot of headlines, you're absolutely right. the president has called an end for conversion therapies for gay and transgendered youth that comes after a petition that was posted on white house.gov in honor of a 17-year-old transgendered youth who committed suicide back in december. she wrote a note saying therapists tried to convert her to a boy after she reassigned herself as female that. petition got 320,000 signatures in three month. one of the president's type advisers valerie jarrett condemned conversion therapy and wrote as part of our dedication to protecting american youth, this administration supports the use of efforts to ban conversion therapy for minors. the ms. jarrett says the problem is much bigger than this tragic story. the white house is not supporting a federal ban, just to be clear, bu

they have their entire life savings $9000 to a scam in jamaica. it's illegal to play a foreign lottery that they thought it was jamaica winds not be jamaican island. they were told all this to do is put a 20-dollar check in this envelope going to long beach new york. >> it looks official. here's a guarantee, cash prize. $20 of them seem much to put the stamp of approval on something. >> in the next couple of days is when -- >> she still thinks it's coming? >> she still thinks the money is coming. >> she thinks that she is one of the winners. >> that is what they said and they had three names and they showed me they knew how to get to my house. it's coming any day. >> one witness says you have won a cash prize. that's about as clear as you can get. >> that's right. i drove 102 miles to long beach new york to wear this mailbox is to find who owns this mailbox. elaine and al sent four for 20-dollar checks to the mailbox. who knows how many more are in there. >> is there a chance to -- >> we went to the ups store and a post office and spoke to a super

so we're talking about kids from jamaica. the jamaican track team is off the charts the fastest track team in the world. so we're going to help try to get the kids here, i'm assuming to get college scholarships. >> right. it is not in the professional. these are the high school kids. we help kids from jamaica, trinidad grenada, the bahamas and st. vincent and the grenadine grenadines. five caribbean nations, 350 of those kids. at least more than half of the kids come from jamaica, a track factory. >> tell me how this all started. 11 years ago this started. >> actually team jamaica, the national group that helps the kids from the caribbean started out 21 years ago and we're part of that. 11 years ago we were trying to raise more money to help the kids come here and started caribbean cuisine week. the first restaurant to help us was sabrina's at 10th and christian. there are now four sabrinas all over the city. >> i love caribbean food. i go -- i frequent some of the folks -- some of the places in the city. i don't see all of t

one of the president's first stops in jamaica, a tour of the bob marley museum.the homes of the former legend. the president says he still has all of his bob marley albums. >>> european nation shares are high. yesterday was a quiet day. a bit of a gain though because stock investors think an interest rate hike may be put off until september or later. >>> the rich are getting richer. the top 400 taxpayers made $336 million on average each in 2012. compare to $221 million a year earlier. they paid $56 million in taxes. that comes out to 17% of their income. some paid taxes below 10%. that average tax rate is 16.7%. >>> the war escalating in yemen. united states and iran taking sides, opposing sides. secretary of state john kerry has a new warning for iran this morning. we will tell you what it is after the break. i'm brian vickers, nascar® driver. i'm kevin nealon comedian. and i'm arnold palmer, professional golfer. know what we have in common? we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. me, when i had a blood clot in my leg that could have traveled to

. >>> president obama is in jamaica today attending a summit of caribbean leaders.sident is the first u.s. president to visit jamaica since ronald reagan back in 1982. >>> a long time journalist planners to make final sign off this summer. >> two trenton sisters are the target of a brutal bang beating. we'll show you the video of the i attackers. >> reporter: bundle the kids up almost like it's late winner. there could drizzle around, i'll be back with the day planner forecast next. >> long time tv journalist bob schiffer will retire this summer. he has worked at cbs news for 46 years, he has interviewed every president from president nixon to president obama. >> reporter: looking outside boulevard, looking good. an accident at f street has cleared out. jenkintown greenwood avenue at old york road watch for an accident. down streetlight cleared mercer county on the ramp 2915 northbound to route 1. >>> 38 degrees if pottstown, 37 in saints david. 39 in chester and center city. 36 in quakertown. a couple of spots are around 40 degrees, one of them would be the boardwa

. >>> president obama has a busy day in jamaica today. his visit to the island is historic.e is the first sitting u.s. president to visit jamaica in more than 40 years. >>> president obama is expected to interact with cuban president raul castro. the state department is expected to recommending that cuba be taken off the list of state sponsors of terrorism. the move may help the nations restore diplomatic ties. >> reporter: the removal from the list is a precondition for reestablishing diplomatic relations, so i think if we see that i'm optimistic that the presidents of cuba and the united states may announce the reestablishment of diplomatic relations, that means opening embassies and ambassadors. i think we need to update this list to reflect modern realities. in the 1980s, cuba did support the farc in columbia movements in angola and western africa and perhaps the designation of state sponsor of terrorism was appropriate at that point in time but these day cuba's involvement is pretty much limited to hosting the peace talks between the farc and the columbian government an

the president has arrived in panama city from jamaica. begin his activities this afternoon by joining the presidents of brazil, mexico and panama to talk investment opportunities in the region. on the diplomatic front, there are reports that president obama is close to a decision on whether to remove cuba from the list of sponsors of terrorism. an announcement about the opening of each -- the other big story here, the president of venezuela will use the summit to criticize the policy of the united states. mark: renee hernandez in panama city covering the settlement of the americas. -- summit of the americas. up next, encore, your guide to the biggest newsmakers of the week on "bottom line." ♪ mark: coming up, scarlet fu has the friday edition of "off the charts." highlights of peter cook's interview with the former u.s. investor to italy -- ambassador to italy. we bring you on core, a look back at the most notable newsmakers from this past week on "bottom line." >> i think there is a key number. the key number of one has to focus on is 67

this is the president's first trip to jamaica, the first visit by any sitting president since 1982. president obama will meet with caribbean leaders today, and then attend an economic and security summit tomorrow, although nothing is scheduled. me may talk to cuban president rauel castro. >>> a salt lake city man says a miscommunication landed him in a closed door meeting with president obama. a utah solar company says it received a white house uni have station to send someone to sit in the audience for the president's utah speech last week. company sent a relatively low- level employee, because he served in the national guard. president obama's speech was focused on ploying veterans in a solar energy industry. when he arrived, he was ushered into a private room where he found himself sitting at a table just one seat away from the world's most powerful man. >> here i am with the commander- in-chief, and i'm a little underdressed. >> that is funny. the first thing he thinks about. he said president obama asked him about the solar company he works for and the career paths for veterans

. >>> president obama is in jamaica. there the president signed the guest book complimenting jamaica for its beauty and the extraordinary spirit of its people. now he's en route to panama where he'll attend the summit of americas in panama city. >>> it's a majestic symbol of our country. >> d.c. lawmakers want to join other states in establishing a national bald eagle day. challenger, the bald eagle, and his handlers join city councilwoman mary clay in front of the wilson building. challenger is known for flying at sporting events like the men's final four last weekend. >> the bald eagle is a symbol of our nation. it's only fitting that this symbol here should be making a home in the nation's capital. >> cheh will introduce the resolution to make june 20th national bald eagle day joining 43 or states. >>> it may have been cloudy and rainy, but that couldn't slow down these guys. >> we'll have more on this loud celebration of the national cherry ♪ ♪ know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can

one of the president's first stops in jamaica, a tour of the bob marley museum. of the reggae legend. >>> calling for an end to transition therapy. the president condemned the practice which is aimed at making gay people straight. the white house started a petition in honor of a young girl who killed herself in december. >>> time for an early start on your money. european and asian shares are higher. hong kong, seven year-for hong kong stocks. the federal reserves interest hike may be put off until september or later. >>> the rich are getting richer. the top 400 taxpayers made $337 million on average in 2012. compare that to 220 million a year earlier. that is a big gain for the top tax households. they paid $56 million in taxes. 17% of their income. some paid less than 10%. that's not the rate that they're supposed to pay. loopholes? tax system? 16 volumes of that thing. rich people find ways to pay less taxes. >> rich people. >>> war escalating in yemen. u.s. and iran taking opposing sides. this morning secretary of state john kerry with a new warnings to iran.

>> you're in jamaica and why not. i'm a physician's assistant. i know the risks. i work in orthopedics. >> reporter: rick's had a warning sign to jump at your own risk. are you scared? >> yes. >> reporter: listen to what can happen if you get cold feet. >> she's chicken. she's a chicken. >> reporter: yes, that man positioned here giving safety tips is encouraging kids and teenagers to take the plunge. >> don't be chicken right now. >> reporter: that same spotter even making a promise to this scared girl. >> you're not hurt yourself. unless you're scared. i promise you. >> reporter: we even witnessed this close call. watch what happens when he tells this girl to jump. >> wait. there's a person. >> hey! >> reporter: she almost jumps on to a swimmer below. >> oh my god. >> reporter: by the way, rick's also sells alcohol. a waitress offering it to me as i recorded along the cliff. >> cold beer my friends. >> reporter: i'm good. thank you. >> a cold beer. >> reporter: thank you. i went to see the manager. jeff rossen from nbc news. is this a safe environment? like peop

president obama was travelling in jamaica for a regional summit and he was asked about it at a forum. here is how he responded. >> this is not done until it's done. the next next 2-3 months of negotiation are critical to make sure we emortalize an agreement giving us and the world confidence that iran in fact is not pursuing a nuclear weapon. >> >> reporter: now the problem with the white house argument is that they admit the details have not been nailed down by the sanctions. the schedule is one of the decades left for the final stage of negotiations. >> you mentioned the somewhat bipartisan opposition from congress is this more fuel to the fire of the potential to the deal? >> well you know everyone recognises that there are politics in the united states. obviously there are politics in iran. there are hardliners that have to be abeefedppeasedappeased. having said that that nuance will not be granted by republican opponents - and there are democrats - they'll seize on this to drive a wedge. tuesday, the senates committee will take up a bill to allow congress to give a thumbs up or d

he's in jamaica today where he'll talk with leaders there about the trade deficit, about the economy, and about energy security. but it's the sit down with raul castro at the summit of the americas that is really the highlight of this trip, is it going to happen. the white house says it's likely. and also are they going to continue to restrict u.s. diplomats in havana. still a lot of details to be worked out as the u.s. tries to open relations with that country. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. >>> in just a few hours vice president joe biden will make a major speech on the future of iraq. he will speak at national defense university in washington the same place president obama spoke about his counterterrorism police in 2013. today's speech comes amid serious concerns about iran's involvement in the iraqi fight against the terror group isis. >>> we're learning new details about a shoot-out that left an american soldier dead in afghanistan. this morning we're learning that accept otherseven other u.s. soldiers were hurt. the attacker wore an afghan uniform and opened fire

the president touched down in jamaica tonight. the first american president to visit the country in three decades. president obama will spend the day in kingston tomorrow before going to panama for two days. shortly after landing in jamaica, the president made an after-hours visit to the bob marley museum. >>> a break from the cold rainy weather is in sight. tracking when temperatures will jump near 80 and how long it will last. >>> i need help. >> for the first time a south jersey police union talks about this new video. >> demonstrated great restraint. >> why officers are only doing their job and the man's death wasn't their fault. >> this defendant is the sexual predator that every parent warns their kids about. >> this deejay accused of luring girls into his home sexually assaulting them. the lies he told his alleged victims, what they found inside and why they believe more victims are out there. >>> tonight we have new video of a police encounter that ended with a man's death in cumberland county. >> critics say violent polic

tremendo recibimiento le dieron a barack obama en jamaica.e pÚblicamente que yo te amo". babrie: no se quedÓ conforme con la posiciÓn que le han dado... pamela: no estÁ avalado sin un poco mÁs alejada. barbie: el presidente levanta ese tipo de pasiones. pamela: es trendin topic. borja: ademÁs hace muy pocos minutos que nos ha llegado esta informaciÓn. bueno, ya saben que recogemos todas sus denuncias usando el hashtag secreto a voces. maÑana no al programa pero saben que ustedes y yo seguimos conectados. barbie: gracias, borja. continuÓ bajo investigaciÓn el accidente que cobrÓ la vida de 5 integrante de la banda la tropa chicana y del chofer. volcÓ en una carretera de jalisco. sospechan que uno de los neumÁticos estallÓ. pamela: tenemos imÁgenes de la mujer que acusÓ a fernando carrillo de pasarla a la fuerza. tenemos los detalles del acuerdo judicial que te librarÁ de la cÁrcel. >> estÁ esa mujer que asegura que fernando carrillo la acoso y besÓ la fuerza. Él no estÁ en venezuela. segÚn esta orden de arresto cuando fue detenido, carrillo ju

obama is in jamaica a for meetings of caribbean and latin american leaders. >>> check this out right here new york city the subway station is soak in a huge water main break. about 500 people were evacuated from this train after the pipe burst sending water just cascading a all over. you can see it popping up on the streets here aboveground. that gushing water flooded streets in the westville age. officials are working to figure out if the morning's commute will be affect. >>> right now 5:13. for us that rain is not going a away, um. >> in, it is a mist but it is still damp out there you may want if you are trying to protect an article of clothing or your hair due a little covering wouldn't hurt. we are looking at wet boards, this is down in the rehoboth beach area you can see that it still has that misty, rainy, this shouldn't be april kind of looking to it but it is april and we will deal witt. those may flowers will be gigantic. they better be as a result of the showers we are finding here in april. new storm scan three just cloud over us. you can see clearing way back, into the c

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. >> we're looking at video of the president landing in jamaica yesterday. what is the focus of his meetings there today? >> reporter: a number of things. the white house says they want to talk about energy security that is a big deal in the caribbean. jamaica wants to talk about its trade deficit with the krupd.united states. today the president will sit down with the prime minister, a woman by the way. and also other leaders to talk about some of the issues that the u.s. and jamaica may have in common. >> tracy pots on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> 6:34. for the first time, president obama is calling forus. thank you. >>> 6:34. for the first time, president obama is calling for a ban on so-called conversion therapy for minors. it attempts to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of gay, lesbian and transgender people. in a statement the white house senior adviser valerie jarrett wrote that this therapy for young people is quote, neither medically nor ethically appropriate and can cause substantial harm. will comes this response to a white

he started a day with a meeting with jamaica's prime minister.ll head for panama later tonight for the summit of the americas. there the president is expected to remove a key obstacle to fully normalizing relations with cuba. he'll likely accept a state department recommendation to remove cuba from the list of states that sponsor terrorism. mr. obama's mind may already be on the summit though. the reporters who travel with him noticed he signed the prime minister's guest book with tomorrow's date april 10th. back in 2011 when the president visited london he signed the westminster abbey guest book with the year 2008. of course that was his year the year he was first elected president. >>> a french tv network is working to improve fire walls after a massive hacking attack. hackers claiming allegiance to isis seized control of a french network. they briefly cut transmission of 11 of the network's channels and took over its websites and social media accounts. they also posted messages warning french soldiers not to take part in the fight against isis

president in more than 30 years to visit jamaica.met at the airport in the capital sting tonight by the caribbean nation's prime minister porsche simpson miller. from here a bomber supplies to panama to attends the summit of the americas there he will meet cuban liter raul castro for the first time since wash quash ask & havana announced plans to normalize their relations. >> reporter: the caribbean an is famous for its tour cues seize it's hume trees and warm weather but one thing it's not known for is oil. it doesn't say single drop. for the last 10 years the united states has watched as venezuela has gained friends and significant influence throughout the caribbean through a generous program of oil. it's donated or old at cut rate prices to the tune of $50 billion through a program. but now the tables have turned. the price of oil has plummeted. venezuela is deeply in debt and it has been forced to cut its shipments for the caribbean by almost one half, including to its ally cuba. according to barclays bank. and that's why preside

president in more than 30 years to visit jamaica.by the caribbean nations prime minister. from here, obama flies to panama a to attend the weekend summist americas there he will meet cuban leader raul castro since washington and havana announced plans to normalize relations in december. on you latin american inning. >> reporter: one thing it's not known for is oil. it doesn't have a single drop. but the last 10 years the u.s. has watched as venezuela has gained friends and significant influence throughout the caribbean through a generous program of oil it's donated or at least sold at cut rate prices to the tune of $50 billion through a program. but now the tables have turned the prize of oil has plummeted venezuela is deeply in debt and it has been forced to cut its shipments to the caribbean by almost one half including to its ally cuba according to barclays bank and that's why president obama is visiting jamaica the second largest island in the caribbean he's the first american president to visit the island in 33 years and he will

jamaica's gorgeous.aking of obama, in a new interview, the president discussed the upcoming election. and said that hillary clinton is going to do great as a a presidential candidate. when asked how biden would do, obama said, "hillary's going to do great." [ cheers and applause ] biden? that's right. when he was asked about hillary's candidacy, obama said "if she's her wonderful self, i'm sure she'll do great." [ laughter ] he added, "if she's her other self, watch out." nasty. [ cheers and applause ] watch out. i saw that in a new interview bill clinton said that if hillary runs, his role would be "a backstage adviser to her until we get much, much closer to the election." but it didn't help that every time he said backstage adviser, he went "if you know what i mean." [ cheers and applause ] i don't know what that means. t.m.i. [ bill clinton impression ] >> steve: i'll advise yer backstage. >> jimmy: do you know this group draft biden 2016? yeah. draft biden 2016. they started selling bumper stickers

president in more than 30 years to visit jamaica. he's meeting with the prime minister and other caribbean leaders. the u.s. is seeking to revive influence in a region china has expanded economic alliances. from here. obama attends the summit of the may. he'll meet cuban leader for the first time since plans to normalize relations were announced in december. >> there are going signs the united states is ramping up focus on the caribbean. we have a report from panama city. >> for the last 10 years the united states has watched as venezuela has gained friends and significant influence throughout the caribbean through a generous program of oil. it's donated or sold oil at cut rate prices to a tune of $50 billion. now the tables have turned. the price of oil plummeted venezuela is deeply in debt and cut shipments to the caribbean in half, including to cuba. that's why president obama is visiting jamaica the second largest side in the caribbean the first american president to visit in 33 years. he will be discussing energy, energy securit

started when i took a trip to jamaica and i found a piece of land. the property because of the river. there is a beautiful river, a spanish river. by impulse i told the person, i want this land. stephanie: you did not know what you are going to do with it. rohan marley: no. i did not know the situation between the community and the previous owner, that he was not only offloading the land and the situation on me because he was trying to do a coffee business and it took him several years to get done, but he kind of failed. it had been a year since people were working. my only thing to the community -- i said to the community, what are they known for? they told me, coffee. the told me coffee was on the land. i said, do you know anything about coffee? they said yes, mr. marley and i said, all right, we are in the coffee business. stephanie: it is a really competitive business. rohan marley: if you are really passionate about what you are doing and you have the time to put into what you are doing it is research. i think knowledge is what is going to reall

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the president is now in jamaica en route to the summit of the americas in panama where he's pected touban president raul castro. nbc news senior white house correspondent jis jansing has beat him there and is already in panama ahead of the president, and she joins us live. so what can you tell us about the president's apparent decision, chris, to take cuba off the terror list? >> reporter: we do expect it's going to happen maybe within the next 24 hours or so alex and this would be obviously a huge step forward in the president's plan to reopen to reformize relations with cuba. we're also watching very carefully to see about that meeting with raul castro. now in terms that have terror designation here's why it's significant for the folks in cuba. this has stopped them from having financial opportunities by being on that list, something they very much want, and for both sides it means they could open an embassy, something the president thought he might be able to do by the time of this summit but was not able to do. everyone is watching to see what kind of meeting will happen between p

. ♪ >>> president obama is in jamaica this morning.ee-day trip to the caribbean and central america. the president was greeted by jamaica's prime minister last night. it's the first time in 30 years an american president has visited the island nation. one of the first stops last night was to the bob marley museum. the president admitting he has all of marley's albums. >>> from there to panama for the summit of the americas. just ahead of the president's arrival, supporters of the cuban government and dissidents clashed in panama city. people can be seen punching and pushing each other in front of the cuban embassy. >>> turning to the manhunt that stretched from texas to puerto rico. authorities chasing down a man accused of impersonating a navy s.e.a.l. for profit. >> it's known as stolen valor. it's terribly damaging and disrespectful type of thievery here. clayton sandell with more. >> police say carlos luna-gonzalez told fake war stories, but his arrest is quite real. he was busted for impersonating the best of the best. a navy s.e.

that suddenly cuba became a partner diplomatically with us the way jamaica is for example. that will take some time. >> reporter: one sign of the difficult work that lies ahead, a couple of fights broke out in panama city with cubans and dis disdants from the island. that is not expected to pose a threat. it is a reminder of the hard feelings exist on the island. >>> thank you jim. >> we have deadly storms across the midwest. we will tell you the damage that was done and what comes next right after the break. look at that. >>> deadly destructive tornadoes tear through the midwest. communities destroyed. residents devastated. we are tracking the storms for you and what you can expect today. >>> new video shedding new light on a deadly police chase. we will tell you about the moments before walter scott was killed. that's ahead. >>> nuclear roadblocks. leaders from iran and congress casting new doubt that a deal would be reached. >>> welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. 30 minutes past the hour. our breaking news this morning. a deadly stri

. >> last hour during a visit to jamaica jamaica, president obama responded with this. >> as i've said from the start, this is not done until it's done. and the next two to three months of negotiations are going to be absolutely critical for making sure that we are memorializing an agreement that gives us confidence and gives the world confidence that iran in fact is not pursuing a nuclear weapon. >> let's go to our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. it's one thing for the foreign minister to say something, it's another thing for the president ruahouhani to say something. when the grand ayatollah says it, if he says the talking point, that four-page document the u.s. released last week in his words were mostly wrong what does that say in. >> it says either several of these issues have not been finally agreed including that sanctions issue, or both sides are spinning for a domestic audience or perhaps both are true. it's very confusing. i was reading this morning through the language. there was no written agreement that came out of this interim deal, it's only a u.s. int

the president flew to panama city from jamaica. he'll spend the next two days meeting with leaders from north central, and south american countries including cuba. we're live from panama city right now. david, good evening to you. you know, some are expecting the president to announce that the usa is taking cuba off the u.s. list of state sponsor of terrorism. what is the latest on that? >> morgan, today he essentially said that if the state department put forth essentially trying to normalize relations of these two countries. this is one of the major sticking points preclude the raising of flags in havana and washington. once cuba comes off the state sponsored list of terrorism the wrangling becomes a little easier. the choreography of all this is important. obama is coming down to meet raul castro. he meat raul at nelson mandela's funeral, but this is the first time that they're meeting face to face to bang out some of these issues. it's not known if they'll go behind the scenes during the summit to really have an in-depth discus

. >> president obama will meet with jamaica's prime minister. he landed last night in kingston the first visit by a u.s. president there in more than 30 years. we have more about where the president is headed next to the summit of the may,. >> for the last 10 years the united states has watched at venezuela has gained friends and significant influence throughout the caribbean through a generous program of oil. it's donated or sold oil at cut rate prices to the fun of $50 billion through a program. now the tables have turned. the price of oil plum melted, venezuela is deeply in debt and has been forced to cut its shipments to the caribbean by almost one half, including to its ally, cuba, according to barkley's bank. president obama is visiting jamaica, the second largest island in the caribbean. he is the first american president to visit the island in 33 years and he will be discussing energy, energy security. the white house is keen on trying to wean away the caribbean's dependency on venezuela oil and wants to recover a lot of its own lost clo

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>>james:president obama is in kingston, jamaica this morning.>james:it's the first visit of a sitting u-s president to jamaica since ronald reagan went there in 19-82. >>james:the president will attend a historic meeting with 48 leaders of caribbean nations. >>james:top administration officials say security --- along with energy --- is at the top of the agenda. >>james:the next leg of his journey will take him to panama, for the summit of the americas and a likely encounter with cuba's >>james: we have the live camera here at the richmond san rafael bridge toll plaza traffic off the light at this early hour we will be right back. it took tennis legend serena williams, fencing champion tim morehouse and the rockettes years to master their craft. but only moments to master paying bills at chase.com. depositing checks at the atm and transferring funds on the mobile app. technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. >>james: is your life on other planets the scientist thinks the answer is yes the to live with a guest to the

. >>> at this moment president obama is in jamaica meeting the country's prime minister, this comes befores to the summit of the americas in panama where cuban president raul castro will be present. >> visiting the bob marley museum. this is the best part of his presidential journey. but first let's talk about other thin things. >>> the president and the white house going to great nds to prove relakeses with cuba. that will be the topic of discussion on coming days. he could run into cuba's leader raul castro. it's likely they will see each other, will exchange greetings. >> they will have an interaction. >> like half my relationships in high school. let's bring in senior white house correspondent joe johns. give us an update on what's going on down there. >> reporter: hey, john. well, at this hour the president of the united states is meeting before the cameras with jamaican prime minister portia simpson miller, graduate of the john f. kennedy school of harvard university, member of the people's national party. this is the type of meeting that perhaps the most important thing for the pres

. >>> and president obama is in jamaica this morning. we just got this video of the president meeting with jamaica's prime minister in kingston. mr. obama will meet with other leaders in the 15 member caribbean community. and then later today, president obama will speak with student leaders at a town hall meeting and he'll lay a wreath at the national war memorial. >>> and check this out, imagine being on a long flight from iceland to the united states and lightning strikes the plane. >> there was a jolt and a bright light. lightning struck the plane. so i never had been in a plane struck by lightning before i was startled. >> it happened on a flight from iceland to denver tuesday night. the lightning strike left a gaping hole in the nose of the plane as you see there. somehow the aircraft continued on and made a safe landing and now it is grounded for repairs. aviation expert says a lightning strike only hits a plane between one and five times per year. >>> and subway service is resuming this morning in new york's greenwich village but