concentration of cuban exiles trump and that is why president trump is coming here to announce his new cuba policy trying to make positive on a campaign process he made he believes cuban-americans in miami were crucial to delivering florida to him we are waiting to hear what these new policies will be in his speech we've gotten some hints. slightly tougher travel for americans. prohibitions on doing business with the cuban military and security officials we'll give you details on what that means for american companies that are already operating there. guys, back to you. >> all right, michelle we look forward to that. see you in a bit we begin with the deal of the year sofar whole foods shares soaring on news amazon will buy the grocer for $13.7 billion. that works out to $42 per share and that is a 27% premium to whole foods' closing price last night. this is the biggest deal in amazon's long deal history it is expected to close in the second half of the year. now as for whole foods, it will continue to operate as a separate brand and john mackey will remain as ceo you may recall whole food

the new cuba policy will hurt u.s.in a statement house minority leader nancy pelosi called it a disaster for american workers. a short-sided job-killing policy. president trump announced the new cuba poll? i miami neighborhood of little havana. shortly after the president signed a memorandum directing administration to channel funds away from the cuban regime by identifying businesses with strong ties to the cuban military, intelligence and secret services and then proba probabilitying "direct financial transactions with those certaintyties or subentityties" on the republican side there are supporters. >> it's good for the cuban people and national security of united states and if you believe in the enforces law. >> a senator criticized any policy that diminishesbility of americans to travel freely to cuba is not in the best interest of the united states. or the cube app people. some things are not changes and the embassys in washington and havana will stick around and americans can travel to the country only with regu

. >>> cuba crackdown president trump headed to miami to roll out a new policy with cu cuba. >>> and commodities getting crushed. gold posting its worst day of the year and crude continues to hold below $45 a barrel. a deep dive into the moves coming up. it's friday, june 16, 2017, "worldwide exchange" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning happy friday welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm sara eisen >> i'm mike santoli in for wilfred frost. >> before we get to the markets, breaking news to tell you about. the russian military says it may have killed the leader of isis in an air strike in syria. the russian defense minister says he may have been killed in an air strike late last month just outside of raqqah the u.s. is not confirming these reports. we'll continue to follow developments on this breaking story. now we can check on the global markets. after another selloff on wall street, tech stocks moved lower yesterday as has been the case, down about a half percent. the overall market was down less than that. things are looking up this morning in the futures market. dow futures up 40 poin

president trump announced the new cuba policy in miami's neighborhood of little havana. after, the president signed a memorandum, tracting his administration to channel funds away from the regime by identifying businesses with strong ties to the military, intelligence and secret services. and prohibiting track financial transactions with those entities. on the republican side there are supporters. >> let's go for the cuban people in national security interest of the united states. if you believe in the rule of law this enforces the law. >> a few critics in a statement he criticized the policy reading quote, any policy that diminishes the ability of americans to travel freely to cuba is not in the best interest of the united states. or the cuban people. some things are not changing, the embassies are going to stick around. americans can travel to the country, but only with a regulated tour group. >> julie: thank you. what if you have plans to travel to cuba? bottom line is you should be able to go if you have completed at least one travel related purchase white buying a p

rubio, and also congressman mario diaz-balart, a picture of the night they both hammered out the new cuba policy and he says thankful for president trump's leadership. here's vice president pence saying, president trump will make it clear, america is with you, that america stands with the persecuted, the oppressed and the exploited in cuba. one from kyle griffin from msnbc talking about arizona senator jeff flake hits trump on cuba. it's time to fully lift these archaic restrictions. and one from kathy who says, love you, trump. americans need to really see how obama's pro-cuban regime hurt the cuban people. you can watch cuban documentries and once again she thanks the president. taking your calls and hoping to hear from you if you are cuban american. right now, though, on the line, darrell calling from washington, d.c., republican. hi, darrell. you got the floor. caller: hi. i have to say the last person who was on the phone, i agree with him. what this -- what trump is doing is myopic. he's just tearing up old things just because he can. i don't buy this. he's grifter at heart, i feel.

. >>> president trump plans to push forward new policies next week about job training and relations with cuba. he still faces tough questions about campaign contacts with russia. the president is agreeing to answer them personally. >> reporter: president trump landed in new jersey friday evening for a weekend at his golf club after insisting in a white house press conference that former fbi director james comey senate testimony was wrong. comey had claimed that the president encouraged him to drop the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. >> i didn't say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didn't say that. >> reporter: the president also said he did not ask comey for loyalty. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version? >> 100%. >> reporter: but the president didn't give a clear answer to whether tapes of those conversations exist. >> well, i'll tell you about that maybe sometime in the very near future. you're going to be very disappointed whether you hear the answer, don't worry. >> reporter: nut investigations into the -- multiple in

their people and our people and also of cuban-americans. >> the new policy reinstates the tourism ban on cubamaintains the embargo, and prohibits americans from doing business with cuban military and government owned businesses. while the president says he's canceling to obama and deal, he stopped short of full repeal, announcing new provisions on exports, immigration, and diplomacy will stay in place. >> our embassy remains open in the hope that our countries can forge a much stronger and better path. >> in his public appearances and statements, president trump has stayed on message with his agenda, that he is still using the twitter-verse as a political weapon for his detractors. the president wrote... the president's legal team insist he was not acknowledging that he is under investigation, merely referring to the reporting that is out there. but a source tells fox news the tweet was squarely aimed at rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who appointed special counsel robert mueller. rosenstein also wrote that the three page letter laying out the reasons that james comey should be re

new york. >> ¿esta bien, eso? >> yeah. >> muy bien. gracias. >> he visits cubad has written expensively about its new business landscape. >> the changes have been significant, but woefully insufficient. >> he told me that cuba is going broke. the price of socialism is st o high >> well, you get housing, you get education, you get healthcare, and you get a job. there's a basic bottom below which people aren't allowed to sink. but that bottom has become frayed. it has lots of holes in it. one of the reasons why the state is allowing more economic freedom is it needs to relieve itself of the burden of providing for people. [ coins jingling ] [ mid-tempo folk music plays ] >> the economic troubles have led to another problem. >> the cuban population has stopped growing, and they have a major problem with people choosing to leave the country, mostly for the united states. they want to be connected to the rest of the world. they want to have opportunity now, especially young people. they don't want to have the same problem their parents did, waiting for the future to

cuba issue. the president is expected to announce some new restrictions on travel and trade with cuba. you're one of several republicans against this kind of rollback i take it. tell our viewers why you disagree with the president. >> i have a bill that would allow americans to travel freely to cuba. one of my com patriots who i met with this week in washington has a bill that would allow ag experts to cuba. another one has a bill in the full embargo of cuba. these are all republican measures. these are all republican bills. what we've seen is we've tried one approach for 50 years. it didn't work. we didn't bring down the castro regime. everybody wants the same objective which is how do you end communist role in dcuba. we've tried one approach and it hasn't worked. our approach, even ronald reagan was the one saying send a kid with a backpack to eastern europe, let's engage with the countries as a way of bringing them down. we believe that it's important we engage. if you flooded the place with american tourists, they would see an outside world the way they don't see it currently. too

say you can't trust the united states, you can trust us. >> russia just won the contract to build cuba's newve forgiven billions of dollars in debt, doing the things that we should be doing. >> no one can deny the human rights cditions in cuba. the lack of a free press, compared to erdogan in turkey -- >> or saudi arabia or the philippines, he talks about going out and murdering people. we have a fear cuba? it makes no sense. is there repression in cuba? yes. will it get better, yes, it will. you have been there many times, you know it is two steps toward and one step back. today our flag went up, the wan said we always liked the united states and cuba your relationship with cuba is like a stone shoe. when that flag went up, the stone came out of our shoe. it kind of says it all, i'm afraid that donald trump and the people around him who know nothing about cuba that just want to make the twitter feed, they're going to set back the people of cuba and our relationship with cuba. >> what is the chance for your bill, 55 sponsors, ten republicans, it could lift some of the travel restrictions. >>

again, c-span will have live coverage of the president's announcement, of his new cuba reforms here on c-span at 1:00. and next we have melanie. she's calling in from phoenix on our independent line. what's on your mind, melanie? caller: hi. good morning. yes, i just wanted to say about the gun debate issue. first, i wanted to send my thoughts and prayers to representative scalise and his family and, of course, all those affected in the shooting. i wanted to do a girl thing and tell you you have a beautiful dress on. i love it. and then on the question of whether congress should carry a gun or not, i think this has not been mentioned but i might have missed it. i do believe they should be able to carry. i think we tend to forget there are a lot of veterans -- excuse me -- part of the military in congress who are trained, including navy seals and who several members have been combat. i believe stripping of them of their rights is not the right thing to do. i think one of the comments earlier about -- what about the people not carrying? just to bear in mind, i was law enforcement and in

. >> in miami's little havana friday, the president signed a new cuba policy that brings back restrictions lifted by president trump. the move will curb individual americans from travel to cuba and tighten u.s. business with business with military-owned interests. but the president draw attention away from that event with new actions tied to the russia investigatio president trump added washington's john dowd to his outside legal team. but can another lawyer bench the president's twitter game? friday, the president declared i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt. referring to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. the president delivered another surprise. he voluntarily released a federal financial disclosure, not due until next year. the filing, cleared by the office of government ethics, shows the president reported earnings in a broad range, beginning at $559 million since january 2016. but president trump refuses to release any tax returns. >> and sources close to the president's outside legal team also take issu

he'll lay out his new cuba policy in a speech tomorrow in miami. marriott is urging the white house to instead improve ties with the island nation. >>> hackers have a new target. the oil and gas industry. that's ahead. >>> state attorneys general from across the country are investigating the makers of opioids. the by paipartisan investigatio looking into alleged marketing practices by manufacturers of the prescription painkillers. the states are issuing subpoenas for documents. >>> the high price of medications was a major topic of discussion among some of the industry's most influential ceos. meg terrell spoke to them at an annual gathering in minneapolis. >> reporter: since even before he took office, donald trump has been putting pressure on the drug industry. >> the drug industry has been disastrous. they're leaving left and right. they supply our drugs but they don't make them here. they're getting away with murder. >> reporter: today reports the president may be getting close to action. >> one thing that we hear is on the table for an executi

cuba's foreign minister is rejecting the president's news rules. never negotiate under pressure or under threat. american fugitives who received asylum in cuba will not be returned to the u.s. president trump needs today with some of the biggest names in technology. apple ceo tim cook will be among those at the white house taking part in the first major meeting of the american technology council. the ceos of microsoft, amazon, and ibm will also be there. government officials in mali say security forces killed all for extremists responsible for a terrorist attack at a popular resort. tooken yelling allah akbar 30 people hostage in the west african nation yesterday. most managed to escape, but people were killed. there have been no claims for responsibility for the attack. by more thanowered 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: want to bring you one headline from the talks between the brexit secretary. the parties have agreed on how to structure the brexit talks. that agreement has

katya adler, bbc news, brussels. cuba'sy president trump last week. speaking in vienna, bruno rodriguez said mr trump's decision to re—impose some of the travel and trade restrictions which were lifted by the obama administration "looks like a return to the same policy that didn't work for 50 years". from havana, will grant. until now, the cuban government had limited itself to a simple statement on the new us policy. now the foreign minister delivered a speech, first in spanish than in english, to make sure president trump got the message. cuba will not make any concession to its sovereignty and independence. it will not negotiate these principles as it never did in its entire history. on friday, mr trump had delivered a pretty uncompromising message of his own. in essence, he told cuba it was reimposing restrictions on travel and trade that had been lifted by the previous administration. if they wanted any further relaxation of sanctions they would need to take steps in improving human rights. again, that wasn't a stance

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and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture who really benefits from dr trump's new cuba policy cuban people the president's reelection campaign last video benjamin in just a moment and as they begin slowing the senate down to a virtual halt to protest the secret g.o.p. health care bill or maybe it's just a tax cut for billionaires or democrats finally learning what it means to resist i'll ask nick genius and valerie irvin. donald trump struck another blow against president obama's legacy friday when he announced that he was bringing back restrictions on travel and trade with cuba speaking to a remote cuban exiles in miami florida trump described the move in stark cold war era language we will not be silent in the face of communist oppression any longer you have seen the truth you have spoken the truth and the truth has now told us this group called us to action. talk like that will probably win the president some votes in the more right wing quarters of florida's cuban exile community as my next guest will explain trump's cuba policy is about as outdated as the rhetoric he's us

today a new president reaches out his hand to the people of cuba!-- >> usa. usa. usa. usa. >> i close with this, many will characterize this as an effort to punish the cuban regime, and it will punish the cuban military that open presses its people and helps maduro open press their people in venezuela. [applause] -- oppress. more than anything else, this changes powers of people in cuba. not cuba, not the government, not the regime but the people. so they can enjoy freedom and liberty very clear message, america is prepared to out stretch its hand toe work with the people of cuba, we will not empower their open press source! -- oppressors. you mark my words, and you mark my word, whether it is in six months, or six years, cuba will be free. and when it is -- [applause] and when it is,. [shouting] and when it is, i believe that the people on the island, and history will say, that perhaps the key moment in that transition began on this day here in this theater, with each of you and with a president that was willing to do what needed to be done so that

president trump nouned the new cuba policy in miami's neighborhood of little havana. shortly after the president signed a memorandum directing his administration to channel funds away from the cuban regime by identifying businesses with strong ties to the cuban li secret services and probabilitying quote, direct financial transactions with those entities. on the republican there are supports >> it's good for the cuban people and the national security interest of the united states and if you believe in the rule of law, this actually enforces the law >> a few critics like senator jeff flake criticized the policy writing quote, any policy that diminishes the ability of americans to travel freely to cuba is not in the best interest of the united states or the cuban people. some things are not changing. the embassies in washington and havana are going to stick around. americans can still travel to the country but only with a regulated tour group. in washington, i'm ellison barber, fox news. >>> jetblue rolling out a new facial recognition system that could help speed up th

in miami, he put new travel restrictions on american citizens visiting the island. >> we challenge cuba new agreement that is in the best interest of their people and our people and americans. mark: president trump made the announcement in miami's little havana neighborhood. ministryan defense says it is verifying intelligence that the head of islamic state was killed late last month in a russian airstrike near islamic state's de facto capital in syria. other senior commanders of the group are also reported to have been killed. still, the russian foreign minister says there is no 100% confirmation and white house officials caution that in the

we are also in cuba because president donald trump is expected to announce a new policy towards the countryoday. it could see rules on trade and travel tightened once again, and undo significant elements of president obama's agreement with the island. will grant reports from havana. after almost three years of the us policy of engagement with a great three, president trump is now expect it to unveil a new approach —— cuba. every year since 2014 has seen record numbers of visitors to the island thanks in no small part to the number of us citizens who have come here, both via direct flights and by sea on cruise ships. mr trump may choose to limit the number of categories under which they can come here, including the broad term people to people exchanges, all put limits on the number of times they can reach the island, perhapsjust one visit per year. many feared mr trump will prevent us entities from working with the tourism or the commercial wings of the cuban military and that would have an effect because they are basically ubiquitous to this economy and if you want any sizeable commercial p

if you already have a deal with cuba, you're set. it's the new deals that are harder. >> again, the focus here is on doing business, we're not favoring any, you know, particular business. we're favoring the cuban people. so if a business wants to go to cuba, work with the cuban people. and you know, as to the critics, i'll tell you, i was at the announcements today. it was in little havana and it was electrifying. people were excited. the president came to miami. he said i am here to make good on my promise, the promise that i made to the people of miami when i campaigned here. he did just that. >> trish: some people are saying they want more. they want it to be stricter. they want it all or nothing. right now we're in this sort of no-man zone with cuba. you still have flights there, cruise ships that go there, hotels that can build there. >> if i could, we're not in a no man's zone. the president made clear he's going to strictly enforce the law. he's going to make sure that the law is followed. a lot of it hasn't been followed under the prior a

anti-castro rhetoric, president donald trump promised a largely cuban-american audience a new attitude towards cuba. >> we will very strongly restrict american dollars flowing to the military, security, and intelligence services that are the core of the castro regime. they will be restricted. >> reporter: the new policy prohibits americans from doing business with companies owned by the cuban military. that's nearly everything on the communist island, including hotels, restaurants, the airports, and the ports. however, at the same time, any company already doing business in cuba is grandfathered in, meaning cruise lines like norwegian and carnival and airlines like jetblue and others, can continue operations. marriott can presumably still manage a military-owned hotel. >> i wouldn't call it a policy change in any way, shape, or form, because you see much of the same conditions. >> reporter: one change that will impact individuals, tighter travel restrictions. americans can no longer simply self-certify that they're going on a cultural exchange. it will have to be an officially licensed exchange wit

this is the new cuba policy under donald trump and he is signing it into action right now.tch and listen in and see if he has any new commentary. >> the policy of the united states toward cuba and i can add strengthening a lot. [laughter] >> so this is very important and you watch what's going to happen. it's going to be a great day for cuba. thank you, thank you very much. [cheers and applause] trish: there you have it. i'm trish regan. we have with us capri and ned and tracee carrasco who is there in miami with the very latest. tracee you have to break this down for us because we have been talking about there's a little confusion here. donald trump on the one hand is saying he's going to loosen or rather strengthen the regulation, if you would, with cuba in that not as many americans are going to be able to travel there, not as many businesses are going to be able to do business there specially if they're doing it with the military in any way. but simultaneously we are also reading that the travel cruise ship industry is going to be just fine because they will keep their

he will be giving remarks on new policies on cuba.s is bloomberg. ♪ 2 >> it is 1:00 in washington. .elcome to bloomberg markets here are the top stories we are watching at this hour. the trump faces another congressional investigation. the chairman of the senate judiciary committee may look at the possibility president trump have abstract and justice. the president is expected to announce a new policy on u.s. cuba relations this hour. he will outline plans made during the previous administration. and there's away from a special election in georgia, we look at the huge quantity of cash in that campaign. said toial election is have cost $60 million when all is said and done. another headache for president trump. the senate judiciary committee close to launching a new investigation into whether the president obstructed justice. ron rosenstein has privately acknowledged that he may need to reim

want to talk to him about is the, some of the changes have been made in the cuba policy, not all of them. it is fascinating new of evidence in an emerging store bit relationship that the trump presidency has with countries where there are human rights issues. there are obviously some in cuba but in other instances the president has said he will in the lecture or do anything to tell countries how to behave, specifically, with countries like russia or saudi arabia. so why cuba and in the those other countries. is there a hoe of other things to talk about including he is on the senate intelligence committee, he has had two high profile hearings in the last couple weeks. lots more to go into that investigation into russia. there are new troops going to afghanistan. he is on the foreign relations committee. what does he make of. that we will a lot to talk about with the senator. >> looking forward to the show , thanks very much, john. >>> of course, be sure to catch face the nation with john dickerson this sunday morning at 10:30 on cbs-3. >>> ban hour ago doctors gave an update on louisiana representative steve sc

new future. we challenge cuba to come to the table with a new agreement that is in the best interest of both theireople and our people and also of cuban-americans. to the cuban government, i say put an end to the abuse of dissidents. release the political prisoners. stop jailing innocent people. open your selves to political and economic freedoms. return the fugitives from american justice, including the return of the cop killer and hand over military criminals who shot down members of brothers to the rescue who were in unarmed, small, slow civilian planes. those victims included mario and carlos. [applause] those are great, great parents who love their children so much. what they've done is an incredible thing, what they represent, they did not die in vain. what they represent to everybody and especially to the cuban people. your children did not die in vain, believe me. [applause] so to the castro regime, i repeat. the harboring of criminals and fugitives will end. you have no choice. it will end. any changes to the relationship between the united states and cuba will depend on real progress tow

cuba and u.s. relations with the island nation, redefining them. again, in miami, the president will announce new and revised policies that are meant to stop u.s. cash flow to cuba's military and security services. at the same time, president trump hopes to maintain recently re-established diplomatic relations that occurred under the obama administration allowing u.s. travelers to visit the island. >>> it is 6:06. america's pastime is taking on new meaning at the nation's capital. thousands of people showed up last night for the annual congressional charity baseball game after a gunman opened fire on the republican team's practice on wednesday. a congressman and three others were badly injured. >> congressman who was of course still recovering this morning. blayne alexander is joining us live on capitol hill with a closer look at what proved to be a very emotional baseball game. blayne, good morning. >> absolutely, sam and kris. good morning to you both. you know, this tradition dates back 100 years, more than 100 years, back to 1909. so a long-standing tradition of bringing republicans and democ

. >>> and president trump plans to push new policies next week on a job training and u.s. relations program with cuba meantime, he is still facing tough questions at home about his campaign's contacts with russia and the firing of fbi director james comey. and we could hear some new answers to those questions in the coming days. >> brook silva-braga reports attorney general jeff sessions just agreed to take his own turn in the hot seat. >> reporter: president trump landed in new jersey friday evening for a weekend at his golf club after insisting in a white house press conference that former fbi director james comey's senate testimony was wrong. comey had claimed to the president that he encouraged him to drop the investigation into former national security advisor michael flynn. >> he didn't say that. >> reporter: he also said he did not ask comey for loyalty. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version -- >> 100%. >> reporter: but the president didn't give a clear answer to whether tapes of those conversations exist. >> well, i'll tell you about that sometime in the very near f

three days after president trump sign his new cuba policy, the nation is responding.reign minister is rejecting the rule, saying cuba will never negotiate under threat. he also says american fugitives who have received asylum will not be returned to the u.s. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts. i'm jessica summers. this is bloomberg. 5:30 p.m. in new york. i'm joined by paul allen for a look at the markets. good morning. . paul: it is looking like a bright day across the asia-pacific. nikkei futures pointing higher. later on, convenience stores and supermarkets sales for may out of japan. futures looking positive as well even though it is only eight points. we will keep an eye on the big banks this morning after moody's downgraded all four of them from a3 over concerns of what has been happening in the housing markets in australia. weak wages growth among the reasons given. those themes sound familiar because they are. we are expected to hear them from the reserve bank of australia later today. when the minutes of the june mee

president trump is due to announce a new policy on cuba later on friday during a visit to miami. new policy will tighten trade and travel restrictions once again, which were relaxed during president obama's detente with the island. will grant reports from havana. by air and by sea, the americans have invaded cuba again. over the past two years, hundreds of thousands of americans have disembarked on the island. some have taken the first cruise ships to havana in decades. direct commercial ties were reinstated. all here curious to finally see cuba for themselves. but if this is a sign of friendly relationships, people expect things to get frosty again, including those running educational visits to study the island's economy. it seems contrary to what people want to happen in both countries. there is a great deal of affinity between the two countries socially. many people will see that as concerning that things might change. during the obama administration, the mood was optimism. the only word for the trump time in office is uncertainty. many cubans are concerned for their businesses

news, washington. >>> it is 5:06 now. happening today, president trump set his sights on cuba and u.s. relations with the island nation. in miami the president will announce new and revised policies led to stop u.s. cash flow to cuba's military and security services. at the same time, the president says he hopes to maintain recently re-established diplomatic relations, allowing u.s. travelers to visit the island. >>> 5:06 right now. a developing story, we're learning more about the men who were killed in that u.p.s. shooting earlier this week in san francisco. the drivers, michael lefiti, benson louie and wayne chan were all shot and killed by jimmy lam on wednesday. replacement u.p.s. drivers broke the bad news to customers yesterday that that i driver, 56-year-old, wayne chan of san francisco is not coming back. >> this morning i was walking to work. i saw the u.p.s. drivers around the block and i was like, oh, god, i can't wait to see wayne to make sure that he's okay. and then they came and told us. >> he was a really caring guy, so of course he's going to get involved with everybody. and we're going to get involved

today, he made news on this cuba thing, rolling back -- >> and daca. >> daca is a different story in that was a semi-surprising -- >> and what are we talking about? we're not talking about either of those things nor are we talking about infrastructure? >> well, it's driving the news today not only because he's lashing out and he's not talking about the other events of the day, but also because it's mysterious. it's not exactly clear what he means >> or what triggered it. >> i think there's a legitimate complaint about the leaks. at this point, i don't see the public interest in it, but you've got to stop and think, presumably, if you're the president of the united states, does my planing about this serve any interest of the public's or of my own? and here, it's hard to see how it does. >> i disagree. there's a huge public interest in this leak. and that is, prior to this, the news was that the president might fire mueller. so if you get the information out there that mueller is investigating the president, that makes it much harder for the president to go ahead and do that. >> doesn'

daniel sandford, bbc news, finsbury park. cuba'sis country, set out by president trump last week. speaking in vienna, he said that mr trump's decision to reimpose surge in trouble and trade restrictions lifted by the obama administration looks like a return to the same policy that did not work for 50 years. we have this report from havana. until now, the cuban government had limited itself to a simple statement on the new us policy. now the foreign minister delivered a speech, first in spanish than in english, to make sure president trump got the message. cuba will not make any concession to its sovereignty and independence. it will not negotiate these principles as it never did in its entire history. on friday, mr trump had delivered a pretty uncompromising message of his own. in essence, he told cuba it was reimposing restrictions on travel and trade that had been lifted by his raiders of the. if they wanted any further relaxation of sanctions they would need to take steps in improving human rights. again, that wasn't a sta nce hu

on friday he will head to miami to bail a new cuba policy. he is expected to rollback many changes first put in place by the obama administration. first, tonight, president trump holding his very first public event of the weekend. he is hosting a fundraiser for congressman tom macarthur who played a pivoted role in getting the health care plan through the house. that should be underway right now, if not it will be starting shortly. president trump will then be heading back to the white house tonight. >> gregg: kristin, swinging the golf club out there with the president bedminster, new jersey. good to see. >> arthel: the pentagon is investigating an insider attack at eastern afghanistan. three americans soldiers were killed. another windy. the taliban claimed responsibility senate infiltrated the afghan army to carry out the attack. we have details from the mideast bureau. >> insiders attack continue to plague the mission in afghanistan with more than 90 green on blue attacks were afghan soldiers attacked their international training partners

. >>> up next here on "action news" cuba policy rolled b his own plans that he says will put america first and boost eco. >> and as if amazon needed any more muscle the retail purchases a well known grocery chain. >> ♪ >> calling it a one sided deal, president trump reversed key provisions of the cuba policy enacted by his predecessor. the he president announced a series of changes restoring travel and economic restrictions it eased. mr. trump said president obama was misguided. he encouraged cuban president raÚl castro to renegotiate. >> we will be ready, willing and able to come to the table to negotiate that much better deal. [applause] >> president trump said the u.s. will not lift any sanctions on cuba until it releases all political prisoners. >>> in all president trump appeared to confirm he is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. writing on twitter he said this i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director witch hunt. that seemed directed at this man rod rosenstein the deputy attorney general overseeing

cuba and the nieunited states. but one quick final point, if i might. what this newlicy has done, the rubio-trump policy, it opens the door once again for russia to return to cuba. >> all right. former ambassador, thank you for your insights. really appreciate it this morning. >> thank you, kristen. >>> and congressman steve scalise remains in a washington hospital this morning. what doctors are saying about his condition. we're live at the hospital. that's next. liberty mutual stood with us when a fire destroyed the living room. we were able to replace everything in it. liberty did what? liberty mutual paid to replace all of our property that was damaged. and we didn't have to touch our savings. yeah, our insurance won't do that. well, there goes my boat. you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. ready or not, here i come.ek.) ♪ anyone can dream. making it a reality is the hard part. northrop grumman command and control systems always let you see the complete picture. and we're looking for a few dre

. >> just to underline this and we'll move on to the issue with the president the new cuba policy shall it's a witch hunt. you believe in the integrity of the investigation. >> i do because i believe in bob mueller's record of serving the country. if there's evidence to the contrary obviously that may change but i don't anticipate that being the case. >> turning to cuba the president denounced a new policy friday one that seeks to undue some of president obama's normalization relations with the communist nation. president trump said he was motivated by human rights concerns, that was really the focus of his speech, but you know, to be candid, president trump downplayed human rights concerns in his dealings with china, egypt, saudi arabia, the philippines. i know that's not your position, but that is his, this double standard. does that poert you at all? >> well the one thing i would say to you is that they challenge the world to do more, to create stability in their own regions and the western hemisphere is the region we're in and i would say on national security interest to have human

glad you're here >>> president trump will be heading to miami today to unveil a new cuba policy. s expected to tighten the rules on americans visiting cuba and restrict some u.s. businesses dealings with cuban firms. let's look closer at the president's agenda and see where we stand everything to do with tax and healthcare reform. joining us now is judd gregg and former u.s. senator evan bayh. welcome to both of you i want to ask you where you think we stand now in terms of tax reform and healthcare reform senator bayh >> we're reaching the beginning of the end on healthcare it's in the senate my guess is that the odds are about 50/50, maybe a little better that something will pass out of the senate. it's a struggle between the moderates who want to ease the cut backs onmedicaid expansion and the fiscal hawks who want to do with it more quickly. my guess is mitch mcconnell will probably get it done it will then go back to the house. the real key is that freedom caucus in the house. the most conservative members, will they accept the moderate changes those in the senate make if the

. >>> president trump is planning a new crackdown on cuba. tomorrow he's set to make a new policy change to stop the flow of cash to cuba's military. traveling could become harder as a result. >>> silicon valley is soaring to new heights. len ramirez is at san jose international which just hit another major milestone. >> reporter: that's right. 1million passengers in a month and traffic tonight is still pretty busy. by the time it's all said and done tonight, airport officials say there will have been more traffic through this airport today than the day before thanksgiving last year, one of the busiest travel days traditionally and airport officials say the summer flying season is off to a flying start. fast motion video shows in hyper speed what frequent flyers out of ma net a san jose international -- manetta san jose international have been experiencing for months. >> there is a dramatic increase in traffic. >> reporter: for years it was slow growth coming out of the recession, but the last few months have seen double digit growth and in ma

on friday he is going to miami to unveil the administration's new cuba policy. he is expected to roll back many of the changes that were put in place by the obama administration. but first tonight, president trump will be hosting his first public event of the weekend. he will be hosting a fundraiser at his golf club. for congressman tom macarthur who really played a pivotal role in getting the republican health care plan through the house. a fundraiser for him and then president trump will go back to the white house tonight. >> thank you kristin fisher. >> we will bring in the editor-in-chief of the washington transits we appreciate you being here as always. we've got this sort of thing going on about the sessions hearing coming up, the james comey hearing that happen. and president trump's tweet. -- he was just brought on to the molar staff as was wiseman keeping the fraud section at the criminal division. is that what we should be in attention to? what hearings and the tweet's. >> i think definitely the special counsel investigation. i think that is what the p

quickly, before we hit the commercial break, matthew and aisha, your reaction to the cuba news and tohe -- what andrea was talking about, the rollback and significant undoing of obama era legacy initiatives from president trump? >> on cuba i think it's surprise because the president has limited ways to roll back president obama's agenda. it's popular with his base. he hasn't been able to get anything done legislatively. cuba is an area to do that so it's not surprising to see that. >> it's interesting they're going to focus on the human rights issue. they've taken hits with other leaders of other countries, saudi arabia. >> saudi arabia. >> chief among them. >> for not really talking about human rights publicly. it's interesting they're going to take the human rights pick with this. >> with all the talk inside the beltway about the u.s. pulling out of the paris climate deal, another big topic we are talking about today, what does it mean for the rest of america, everybody else, jacob is headed to rural indiana where coal power plants are big business to find out how the president's de