that will inform i talk here because i will look at truman and latin america in the way a latin american would look at it. i will go over some of the same materials, but from more of a latin american perspective. if you were to ask an educated , ain american citizen citizen who had a sense of history, if you were to ask them, what do you think of harry truman and latin america? muchould probably pretty draw a blank in terms of that question. truman does not have among latin americans a strong memory. if you mention harry truman, they immediately bring up the marshall plan, which is probably the most successful u.s. foreign-policy ever. certainly an educated latin american would bring up nato. and it certainly that person truman's decision to resist north korean oppression. by comparison, most latin americans would bring of many of the 20th century democratic presidents. franklin roosevelt, the good neighbor policy. virtually every latin american major city has a boulevard named after president roosevelt. john kennedy. the catholic president. the alliance for progress. you would not be ha

relations with latin america. i have never done a book on truman and latin america. i have done a couple of articles. i have done books on jfk and eisenhower and latin america. i have been a general study of the cold war relations in latin america. i've had the honor and privilege during my life to teach abroad. i have taught in 20 different countries, and in particular i have talked many times in argentina. i have taught in brazil, in ecuador and colombia. that will inform i talk here because i will look at truman and latin america in the way a latin american would look at it. i will go over some of the same materials, but from more of a latin american perspective. if you were to ask an educated latin american citizen, a citizen who had a sense of history, if you were to ask them, what do you think of harry truman and latin america? you would probably pretty much draw a blank in terms of that question. truman does not have among latin americans a strong memory. -- a strong presence. if you mention harry truman, and educated latino would immediately bring up the mars

influence in latin america. aid economic and military was given primarily to europe and asia during women's presidency. truman and his advisers believed that latin american economic health should be achieved through foreign investment. and the last. the focus of u.s. foreign defense policies on europe and asia, combined with the almost exclusive focus of u.s. aid programs in those regions caused some latin americans to feel their countries had more in common with the newly independent european colonies than with other undeveloped countries -- and with other undeveloped countries than with the united states. the united states sometimes seemed an enemy to their national interests and aspirations. so this is the legacy that president truman left with respect to latin america. thank you very much. [applause] mary lou: we have times for questions. if you have a question, he stepped to the microphone and say who you are and where you are from. >> hello. i'm a college student here is a guest. thank you for the presenta

relations with latin america. if he felt he had left a legacy, he decided everything else in his presidency was more important than the legacy and did not mention it in his memoirs. what did the situation look like in 1959? -- 1969? i think 1969 because i have dr. robert farrell's book on american diplomacy at home, and i look at what he said. 1969 is a good time to see with the legacy is because the documentation of the foreign policy of united states during truman's administration was not open in 1969, and just about to be opened a few years later after president truman died and his white house files have begun to be opened. what did it look like in 1969? dr. farrell says "u.s. diplomacy toward latin america lost importance after world war ii it had in the 1930's. truman had said he would continue the good neighbor policy, but there were no large gestures during truman's presidency of the sort made by roosevelt at the conferences. since the end of the second world war, the problems of the united states and latin

we must stand together to defeat the most immediate threat the latin -- a latin american countries faces, transnational crime. he was right to say we must come together. this is what we know about criminal violence in the hemisphere. latin america will not be isolated from other international realities. particular, those threatened by so-called islamic terrorism ,r jihadi terrorism or whatever my presentation will not make a difference between those things. they are all the same. there is no insult addressed to the muslim populations, people with the muslim islamic faith. it is quite obvious the majority of the population around the and itre not terrorists is obvious that those claiming acts of violence and terrorism allah name of our -- claim to belong to the islamic state. all the jihadi terrorists claim to belong to the islamic faith. state is losing the battle, losing the war in syria and iraq. not all of them haven't been killed, not all of them have disappeared. wonder, theo security services have started of squeezing a lemon. whenever you squeeze a lemon, you get the best part, th

in latin america. 10% on one side, 50% on the other. and just to name a couple figures in 2016 in venezuela, lot via, 29,000 crimes. i crimes which certainly the proportion with a different level of population were 26,000. 29,000 people being killed through criminal violence in 2016. and it is also a fact the systemic spread of violence, we can see enormously the political structures of the country, giving rise to the states where everything becomes possible. everything bad becomes possible, including the appearance of terrorists. we can think of some caribbean island states in all those cases you listen to the affairs in their heart they discussed the situation of the country and come to the conclusion that country is not really fair. it is considered to be a change stay. it is also not the fact of the frontier between criminal violence and terrorism is very much alert. we think about columbia, which is a basic example of that paradigm. politically motivated terrorists in common criminality. what is the difference with the frontier and

it is inspiring nations across latin america who have followed their lead. return from this trip more encouraged than ever, thaten not only will our commerce grow, strengthening jobs and opportunities in america, strengthening prosperity across latin america, but i truly do believe that the unity that i have experienced in our determinationç to ensure that e will not permit a failed state in venezuela in this hemisphere. it is more true than ever, the determination i have heard among the nations i have visited, about ensuring that we stand with the venezuelan people, that we bring the full measure of until it's democracy is restored has truly been inspiring. i've made it clear as the president has that the united states of america has options to advance the security of the united states regarding venezuela. i will return home tomorrow more confident than ever that freedom loving countries across latin america along with the united states can continueok to

prefers in latin america? isn't latin america nationalism bee sort of virus to accessed at all cost? that does not represent a terrible threat to middle-class society? the responses to these questions bring me back to my main argument. it depends on what kind of nationalism. for the german administration, continuing to butte bolivia, giving in mind the spirits is from world war ii, the bolivian oligarchy's completed claims that the facts this -- ask ex-fascists were communists? they proclaimed themselves internationalists. i will give you a few examples of the quotes in these very heady moments. we are not anti-capitalist, we are a national movement. this is not the u.s., this is the bolivian people. we have no relation to foreign parties, least of all the communist party. in that interview to time magazine, the new bolivian , the great nationalist leader told time magazine that we are in fact the bats -- the last one against communism and we will not play with orthodox document. given the truman administratio

caller mentioned the manual doctrine in latin america. we go down that route, we are setting up, not just conflict the entire la, but region. i think, you know, should prevail, look at working with the region, find ways to work together with europe, other the world to bring pressure on the venezuelan overnment and not make things worse for the venezuelan people. host: tony from nebraska, thank waiting, good morning. caller: good morning. know, went is that, you have a business with anything in venezuela. it's a democracy. bush what happened when invaded panama, repercussions from that. what happened w when the c.i.a. got involved in civil wars down there. have no business in venezuela. compassionny sort of for latin american, he would just leave it alone. compassion kind of he showed for mexico, i'm just assuming he has the same southgs about the rest of america. host: tony, as you are weighing in, we got a tweet saying the a dime to not spend solve a problem caused by socialist economy. caller: the president, you kn , -- overthrow this g

recently marked 25 years of delivering surplus medical equipment and medicine to impoverished areas in latin america. i was invited to see vida usa's programs, and i traveled to peru with them to learn firsthand how it is changing lives at the most basic level. i learned about the tremendous support vida usa has from the bay area to peru because of its mission and its beloved co-founder. >> [ speaking spanish ] >> it was a spectacular 25th-anniversary gala, with 900 donors and the cónsul general of peru in san francisco, candy chávez. haydee rodriguez-pastor is the co-founder of vida usa and vida peru. this mother of six lives in the bay area and was born in peru. she inspires people because of the work being done by the nonprofit she started in the east bay with her late husband, carlos. he started a bank in peru, which has been an enthusiastic supporter of vida for years. a deadly illness prompted the birth of the charity. the infrastructure was already there after the epidemic ended, so haydee and her team built it into a life-saving powerhouse that ships containers full of surplus medica

[inaudible] there are five people from latin america. [inaudible] the next one would be that our spanish citizen appeared yesterday. [inaudible] they are doing a campaign to seduce people from latin america and the caribbean. this is not something only in syria. do you see how those videos are framed. but you think about this video. [inaudible] the guy we see from barcelona. [inaudible] it is a popular videogame but this is spread all over the world. the social contract is super important. the government is meeting public services. this is fake news they are corrupt and violent. it is a populist movement in syria. they need to pay attention to the importance of showing we are doing good will. this is all the public services we are creating in the region of iraq. the roads and electricity and water, commerce building. [inaudible] then finally. [inaudible] i mean going through my study on what we have on isis 50% of cases of violence are copied in europe and latin america. so this is the way that they see it around the world. they are doin

he explores the latin american legacy through photos and truman's detailed diary entries. the truman white house and -- to send carlos in's to in key west, florida hosted the , conference.

vonnie: regional recovers in latin america, where are you most hopeful?argentina and the recovery of the market in brazil. difficult years but now growth in demand in her travel. optimistic about -- air travel. optimistic about all of let america. vonnie: you said you would pull and avoidingela airspace, what would allow you to reenter venezuela? >> if the operational challenges we face and the safety conditions approve, we will be happy to go back to venezuela as we serve them for 60 years. not an easy decision to leave. vonnie: given this court case is the bane of your existence at the moment, how do you intend to get rid of it? what would be a potential expert on it situation? >> we believe in the dismissal, we have the case, it is only two weeks away and we hope it will be the end of the process. vonnie: thank you. that is hernan rincon, ceo of avianca holdings. time, oilng up, botc prices wearing off against netflix and the u.s. income the gap. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ mark: time for our global battle of the church where we look at some of the most --

>> yes, of course. >> okay. [ up-tempo latin music plays ] this is big. what's in here?>> that's an oven. >> this is an oven? >> yes. >> from 19... >> probably 1920s. >> and it works perfect? >> yeah. >> the workers i met in the kitchen -- two engineers and a lawyer. like their bosses, they make more here than they did at their government jobs. where does everybody come from? where are they trained? >> we trained them all. >> so, they came here looking for a job? >> yeah. >> you took their engineering clothes off, and you made them chefs? >> yeah. >> and you taught them step by step by step. >> what they got to do. >> everybody likes sugar. >> yeah. >> right? everybody likes chocolate, too. but on the day i visited, there wasn't any. why don't you have the ingredients? money? >> both: no. >> because they are not available right now. >> chocolate's not available? >> the exact kind of chocolate we use, dark chocolate, like more than 40% of solids. >> and so it's not available? >> right now it's not. >> you cannot find it at any store? >> any store. >> i'd like to see where

yes, french. >> and of course latin and greek. >> of course latin and greek, yes. but i think that the use of french was both something useful in his diplomatic career and something that the family employed for their own edification too. i saw one more -- well, rich? >> i was going to ask about the idea of him being considered a founding father because he was of the revolutionary generation. as president, having been a revolutionary war veteran and wounded at one of the very famous battles, did he trade on that? did he use that with his -- >> it's probably instructive to know that even as president he liked to be called colonel monroe. his style of dress when he was on his northern tour was not a military uniform, but it was buff britches and a dark coat. a big hat of the revolutionary style, which we have in our collection actually. and there's a wonderful story i'm going to share because you've given me the opening. that hat is very napoleonic, very big wide brimmed hat. we've made a reproduction of it for our interpreter jay harrison to wear. we were contacted r

security and stability the vice president spoke while touring latin america this week artie's marina porton i reports tonight. the vice president says the u.s. will use all its economic and diplomatic power to see democracy restored in venezuela but latin american leaders even those who have sparred with caracas are urging washington to keep its actions restrained and peaceful vice president pence is in the midst of a weeklong trip to latin america building ties with allies while speaking out against the growing crisis in venezuela during a joint news conference the argentinean president advised against military action in venezuela saying the plan for restoring stability should not include the use of force mr pence says america and its allies agreed the need to keep pressure on the doro through possibly more sanctions however the vice president warned the u.s. will not stand by as venezuela sucks the region into a war tax of instability the united states will continue to bring the full measure of american economic and diplomatic power to bear until democracy is restored in venezuela

this is in latin. if you know what her still look like, you would be able to identify the spread very of her books have survived because when she was executed, her life rates were absorbed into the french national library. this was at a little but she carried with her and she would've had more than one. each year the copy. they were given new copies each year so she may have given this one way and that was out of the french national library for another book i have is a shift about that's quite rare. he died in 1616. in fixing three complete works with first printed and again in 1632 and 1664 and 1685. only about 250 copies of each but have survived because there's only about a thousand world. the vast majority are institutionally owned, but i have a 1685, and even before you open the book, you know the book has a story to tell. starting finding -- stunning binding. it's the complete work from 1685. i have it open to romeo and juliet. i will collect books for the rest of my life. people have asked me, w

large or richest country in latin america. large 01’ reserves richest country in latin america. latin america. large 01’ reserves and to consume no large or reserves and to consume no other country. but how did it happen and how bad is the situation? translation: it is a really, really bad. we had to get up early to buy just one item not use ago you were able to go to the supermarket and get whatever you wanted. if you have five or six kids, how do you give one item to five kids? we want our country back, we want nicolas maduro out of the country and we want the country like it was before. slums surround cities like caracas. many venezuelans is to be middle—class but now most of them, in the middle of the crisis, have become poor. what is life like? translation: what we need now is food, a lot. what about crime in neighbourhoods like this? crime is everywhere. you are not safe in many places dot with this situation, people are turning to crime to be able to feed their kids. that's the way it is. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the natural beauty of the scottish highland

there was a time in latin america when there we re a time in latin america when there were a a time in when there we re a lot a time in latin america when there were a lot of left—wing authoritarian regimes. right—wing authoritarian regimes. right—wing authoritarian regimes, people went to the hills. that is not happening i'iow. to the hills. that is not happening now. colombia is adjacent. they have come to an arrangement with the government and reaching a post—conflict situation. as in northern ireland. in venezuela, trapped in some early 1970s time warp. there is not much the outside world can do, as david said, the traditional allies of the regime, cuba is going to transition. there was a cuba is going to transition. there wasaa cuba is going to transition. there was a a decade ago when chavez was still in power. having economic problems and cuba sent over doctors and aid. i do feel there are many steps to go but it is an internal process. i feel for my contacts in venezuela, reporting from there, kind of stuck in that terrible situation of 80—90% inflation. whatever they have accu

this is the seal of marie antoinette and this, it is in latin. you might not recognize the bookends may overlook that but if you know what marie antoinette's feel looks like you can identify this, few have survived in private hands because when she was executed her library was absorbed into the french national laboratory. she would have had more than one. this is why she would have given this copy away, and the french national library. finally another fun book i have is a shakespeare book, quite a rare. shakespeare died in 1616. in 1523 his complete works were first printed and then again in 1664, 1685, only 250 of each of these copies have survived so maybe 1000 copies in the world and the first thousand the vast majority, 90% are officially known, but i have a portfolio, 1685. even before you open the book, you know that book has a story to tell, a stunning binding with working-class. the complete works of shakespeare from 1685 and have it open to romeo and juliet. i will continue to collect books for the rest of my life. i have had people ask

discuss this in more detail now i'm joined on the line by professor joseph and he's the author of latin america and international politics challenging us had germany good to have you all professor what do you make of the recent demonstrations which have been violent and also the calls. to actually ramp up those protests that is. well first you have to take into account that the so-called constituent assembly election was a fraud to call an election would be a mockery of what happened no opposition candidates were allowed to stand and the votes cast were not in favor of one candidate against and the other so the so-called candidates were all cronies of the president and the ruling p s u v party which controls the executive and the courts so the election was obviously similar to those you had in the soviet union not too long ago in which ninety five percent of the votes cast were in favor of the referendum the so-called constituent assembly so let's get that straight the constituent assembly is it is not a democratic body second of all the. head of that assembly. has been indicted by the

i'm going to see the greatest mexican, the band is mexican, the hot latin bombshell. we've seen these before and we will pay to see them again. if you try to come out with a show that is a little bit different, intelligent and progressive and breaks the mold, you are going to pay for it, you are not going to get on broadcast. the impact on ethnic communities is huge. it is internalized. the great writer teaches us that the net result of negative stereotyping is the internalization of inferiority at the level of the unconscious. it means you dream about your boozing and the mirror that shows you as a second rate never goes away. it's almost always already there and so the consequences for not intervening where the stereotypes appear is yet another generation of self-loathing. i first moved to san diego and there was a great disaster his name was leonard deloria. in order in paris in san dieg ao i guess because when i moved here in the '90s it was very conservative and he had to miss pronounce his name to pass. it's not perez. so i'm texting them in the world series, he

week-long trip to latin america. he will discuss trade issues and increasing pressure on venezuela

wealthiest countries in south america, in the last century emerges as one of the most prosperous nations in latin america would now be collapsing into dictatorship and poverty and deprivation as well as the upheaval. the election of a constituent assembly that existed to facility a dictatorship, more than 130 venezuelas have died in efforts to oppose the maduro regime. we will not stand by as venezuela crumbles, but it's important to note, as the president said, that a failed state in venezuela threatens the security and pros peerty of the hemisphere and the people of the united states of america, a

a the plans to override elected lawmakers united states the eu and several countries in latin america. refuse to recognize his new assembly will tell

also we have the largest institution of slavery even more the latin-american or caribbean could it not time for there 4 million slaves on the ground so these are the things that make bad institution in the history of slavery unique in the united states. >> why africa?. >> it began in the americas with those discoveries of africa so when we had the portuguese arriving on the west coast and beginning trade relations when they arrived in their own society or their own government so the first thing they would trade were slaves because there were very few. so they were looking for riches and exotics like ivory or gold or spices initially that is the was traded between europe. but also they began to discover the americas is a cultural pursuit with the desire or the need for labor so at the same time of ivory and gold now to be used with the agrarian economy could develop use the crops such as sugar or coffee or tobacco and then of course, later was cotton that became the basis of trade for africa that more more africans that were part of the trade. >> was there slavery in europe?. >> there w

. >> given the troubled history of the us intervention in latin america, a us military option in venezuela creating huge uproar and what is the justification for this in terms of us national security? >> i will leave the defense department piece of this to secretary james mattis. i'm confident he can answer that. from an intelligence perspective we have watched in my seven months in office, a continued deterioration of maduro continuing to assert more power, inflict more pain on the people in venezuela. you can see the beginning of fissures amongst various groups and what i believe the president was trying to accomplish this week was to give the venezuelan people hope and opportunity to create a situation when democracy can be restored in venezuela and intelligence makes very clear that they maduro regime continues to put snipers and towers and do things that are horrible, repressive and the american policy to work with the latin american partners to try and restore democracy. >> that would involve a military option for the us? i mean is a terrible war and i understand is a terrible situat

vice president is being asked on his latin america trip aro.qát % comments after charlottesville by thepresident. let's watch together. >> it was her tragedy and the president has been clear on this tragedy and so have i. i have spoken at length about this heartbreaking situation, saturday night in columbia and i stand with the president and i stand by those words. today, while i am here, our hearts are in charlottesville. ago, family and friends gathered to say farewell to a remarkable young woman. heather heyer. and we've been praying, we've comfort for her family and her friends.s and we are also praying that in america, we will not allow the few to divide the many. the strength of the united states ofç america is always strongest as the president has said so eloquently, we are united.

which shifted the attention to pivot was the word that was used, shift the attention to china, asia, latin america. did that ever happen other than in rhetoric? >> in important ways, it did happen. i'll give you a couple of examples. there is a group of leaders in the asia-pacific called the east asia summit. >> rose: right. and before president obama came into office the united states was not a part of that. this is the premier political and security forum in asia and the united states didn't have a seat at the table. the chinese, indians, japanese were there, all the southeast asian countries were there, even industrialias, america wasn't there. president obama, secretary clinton ended up putting us there. so we are now at the center of the major institutions in asia. that's one. two, we have, in fact, engaged in a foreshift in the terms of the amount of military posture we built up in asia as compared to the rest of the world. >> rose: to say what to china.

>> he had a very successful trip through latin america. i don't think there's ever been a time where we are better aligned with our partners. >> in terms of military options there is no such thing as a diplomatic option or an economic option. we try to int gait all elements together. in terms of contingency planning and trying to invision, what might trigger us bringing to the president options. obviously any decision would be in conjunction with our partners in the region. none are anticipated in the near future. what the president asked us to do, he said look how it could evolve and provide integrated

has refused to rule out possible military action against venezuela several latin american leaders are objecting to the use of force artie's marina porton i reports from miami the vice president says the u.s. will use all its economic and diplomatic power to see democracy restored in venezuela but latin american leaders even those who have sparred with caracas are urging washington to keep its actions restrained and peaceful vice president pence is in the midst of a weeklong trip to latin america building ties with allies while speaking out against the growing crisis in venezuela during a joint news conference the argentinean president advised against military action in venezuela saying the plan for restoring stability should not include the use of force mr pence says america and its allies agreed the need to keep pressure on the door oh through possibly more sanctions however the vice president warned the u.s. will not stand by as venezuela sucks the region into a war tax of instability the united states will continue to bring the full measure of american economic and diplomatic power

we have a long and not pretty history of using our military in latin america.ent to use that kind of rhetoric simply walks us away from the solution we need to achieve, which is working together with our allies in latin america, to get a handle on the situation in venezuela. >> has anyone given you insight into why he said it? >> no, no one has given me any insight. i cannot imagine what is going through his head. the best possible interpretation is that what he meant was hu huemanitarian response. but when you use those words of military option, normally that conveys hard power, wrong message in latin america and the caribbean. >> and thank you very much. thanks so much for your experience on all parts of the globe. >>> and coming up, we have the inside scoop, stay with us right here on "andrea mitchell reports." we'll be right back. boost. it's about moving forward, not back. it's looking up, not down. it's being in motion. boost® high protein it's intelligent nutrition with 15 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. boost® the number one high protein

with them to restore democracy in wednesday way la but also a message of resolve to partners across latin america, here in colombia, and beyond. the election of a co-called constituent assembly -- grand peninsula. it has utterly failed as we've continued to see the regime in its head long pursuit of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons. the prime minister spoke -- we're putting all the resources of the united states and the energies of this president behind the effort to resolve this present confrontation with north korea peacefully. but all options are on the table and as our secretary has said, there's no future for the regime in pyongyang with nuclear weapons. and now with the administration and asked them to be fully transparent with you and the american people? >> i think i was very clear that what i spoke about on television is precisely what general flynn told me and i believe the president was right to move him out of his position in the white house. we'll continue to fully cooperate with the special counsel and provide them with whatever they require. we're completely focused o

longest democracies in latin america and that here we are. facing. what's equivalent to a failed state that. icon to read a government that cannot believe it basic public services to its population. noises nine thank you very much for joining thanks for having. and in other news today the former hedge fund manager martin scrawny once dubbed the most hated man in america. has been found guilty of fraud by a jury in new york he was convicted of two counts of deceiving investors and his failed hedge funds. scully is best known for drastically raising the price of a drug used to treat aids from thirteen dollars a pill. to seven hundred and fifty dollars. watching bbc world news america still to come on tonight's program. they've attended the edinburgh festival for the past seventeen years one couple still company for the acts they've seen. based in sydney say a terror suspect tried to smuggle a bomb onto a plane by planting it on his unsuspecting brother. investigators believe the improvised device was due to be smuggled onto an idea that white and waste

threatening a latin american country with an american invasion. there's a history of yankee imperialism. it weakens our friends, strengthens our enemies. this was a blunder of the first order to be walked back are not repeated. of course in the end, there's always a military option. or even a humanitarian rescue. this is a government collapsing internally. the last thing you want to do is give them an excuse, the dictator, giving him an excuse for suppressing his people. >> bill: he would argue you don't want to show your hand. >> he showed it for no reason. >> bill: thank you. in a moment, breaking news on the taylor swift trial. don't miss it .. .. ♪ >> bill: fox news alert to close out the hour now. a verdict in the taylor swift lawsuit involving a denver radio announcer she says groped her before a concert back in 2013. the jury has determined the dj assaulted swift by grabbing her. jurors found that swift's mother and another person were in their right to complain to the announcer's employers. he was fired. he was seeking $3 million from the

an expert on latin america who told us why he thinks the u.s. has held off on sanctioning crude oil. but so far the sanctions that there have been to mention have been against refined venezuelan oil products and against individuals in the venezuelan government they have not been for the importation of crude the fact that they are not including crude speaks to that interdependence and the fact that us all producers and export don't want to up the market and potentially that ten percent extraction of venezuelan oil could spike u.s. gasoline prices as well so i think that that is the concern meanwhile the protests in venezuela not going away the opposition denouncing sunday's constituent assembly elections as illegitimate also insists officials are lying about the turnout but those government says more than forty percent of voters took part in sunday's vote the elected a constituent assembly will be rewriting the constitution and will have the power to dissolve the current parliament voting took place amid fierce protests and deadly clashes to sixt

well, not many leaders in latin america.inese do, the russians do, and some folks around him in caracas. so it is a very polarized and very divided situation, and that's part of the problem, who can speak to him to try to get him to change course in his government, and at this point that's not the influence that the u.s. or the latin american countries really have. >> eric farnsworth there talking with me earlier. we are learning more about the investigation into the trump administration's possible ties to russia. "the new york times" is reporting that special counsel robert mueller, seen here, is trying to interview current around former senior officials from the trump team. that includes former white house chief of staff reince priebus who was dismissed last month. the report says mueller is also asking the white house about specific meetings and looking into the firing of fbi director james comey. >>> ahead here, we'll dig into some virginia history to find out what could trigger this white nationalist march and the day o

unbeknown to me during the week, a producer from the world service, latin american service, phoned melevels come and join us. finish your a levels come and join us. so i then got sent a job application, i applied and got onto the secretarial training scheme, and within a year i was working at the latin american service. so it is such a great memory i have of bruce andi such a great memory i have of bruce and i thank him for everything. i didn't stay doing the job at the latin american service, i moved into make—up, which is obviously my passion. but, what a wonderful beginning, and it really was who you know! an extraordinary story, i've obviously known you for a few years and never heard that story before and never heard that story before andi and never heard that story before and i walked in today and you said you were sad because you'd been watching the output and heard he had died, because he was very, very kind to people. he was very kind and a lot of the time when you finished recording the show as a contestant you have a drink in the green room and then you go home but he didn'

threatening a latin american country with an american invasion.re's a history of yankee imperialism. it weakens our friends, strengthens our enemies. this was a blunder of the first order to be walked back are not repeated. of course in the end, there's always a military option. or even a humanitarian rescue. this is a government collapsing internally. the last thing you want to do is give them an excuse, the dictator, giving him an excuse for suppressing his people. >> bill: he would argue you don't want to show your hand. >> he showed it for no reason. >> bill: thank you. in a moment, breaking news on the taylor swift trial. don't miss it next. only during crabfest. now this is seafood. and hurry in to enjoy our new crab melt part of our seafood lover's lunch for just $9.99. (keybdear freshpet, tank was overweight and had no energy. until freshpet... put the puppy back in my dog. ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) lo

america. >> cuba in the 1950s probably had the highest standard of living anywhere in latin america. >> the author of numerous books on cuban history. >> it became one of the poorest countries in the region to the wealthiest and it has the largest mass of latin america. >> a lot of european shops and a lot of american businesses. it you exciting. >> in march of 1952, cuba was rocked by turmoil, the former president seized power in a bloodless coup from a leblgted elected president. >>. >> installed dictatorship and people started to protest. >> born in 1918 he was a schoolteacher and shocked by the ruthless repression of the battista regime. >> did you know anyone who had been jailed or worse by battista? >> translator: i myself was jailed by him. >> what crime did he accuse you of? >>. >> translator: he accused me of signing a proclamation for democracy. i was sent to prison and released but nothing compared to why would go through later in castro's jail. >> battista's corrupt wife. he posed a democrat promising a series of elections but the voting was either fraked by fraud or neve