and that's in favor of the normalization is of course mayor philip levine. in a time of firsts for the@ presidential visit to cuba, another first by a south florida mayor, miami beach's leader philip levine traveling to the island. >> incredible the architecture, the smells, the people. you hear music on the streets. i'm excited to go out and interact with the people of cuba. >> reporter: it was fortuitous that his trip coincided with president obama's because i wasn't planned that way. >> i should give the students credit. they initiated this whole idea. they decided they waed to to cuba given the change that's been happening. >> reporter: when in rome, in th case havana, he has landed an invitation by the president to tuesday's baseball game. he brought with him miami beach commissioner and the son of the former miami city manager. >> i think it's a visit that's long overdue. having grown up as a cuba in miami and the hostilities between our nations, i think it's time it's this reproachment is occurring. >> reporter: although he has receivedsupport for his

i'm joined by the mayor, philip levine, who supports hillary clinton. mayor, thank you for joining us. tell us about florida and how -- well, it's an amazing state. as we learned through the recount. one of the good things we figured out how diverse your sta state. down south, more like new york, it's got every accent in the country, every ethnic group. >> florida is really representative of what america is today with our hispanic community, the african-american community. it's the united nations here. when it comes down to secretary sanders and clinton, you can see tremendous enthusiasm for secretary clinton. obviously, there is a lot of trust that both of these candidates need. senator sanders is espousing a revolution, a lot of them have gone through it. we kind of know what it's about. i think you will find here the message may not resonate very well. >> are you saying that socialism brings in government control to ends up being somewhat despotic. explain. he will say you can be a democratic socialist and have just as much freedom as we have in this

. >> reporter: she was accompanied by mayor philip levine. clinton didn't take media questions but she shook hands, posed for selfies and signed autographs to a crowd of excited supporters. >> i am excited. >> reporter: clinton has a clear upper hand for the democratic nomination but her upset in michigan prove her fight for the nomination is far from over. with a clear eye on the florida latino vote, clinton promised to take up immigration reform in her first 100 days in office. >> it's amazing. in spanish, we say -- if men can't do it, give the lady a chance to do the job. i am sure she will accomplish that job for us.>> reporter: before being whisked away by secret service. she will be attending a rally in tampa. >> be sure to check out our debate blog on our website. we will also be posting during tonight's republican debate. >>> this just in, we are hearing for the first time from chris bosch about his health scare. he has been out of action since the all-star break after reports of more blood clots. a short time ago, bosch released a st

philip levine is going to cuba next week with students and a professor. levine will be in cuba at the same time as the president. though history it will focus on a series of meetings on the restoration of ties between the two country, the cute will be in cuba from march 20 through the 24th. starting today, all mail service between the us and cuba is being restored the first time since 1963. all mail will arrive faster and more efficiently. individuals can now travel to cuba for people to people educational trip. you must have a full-time schedule and you are legally required to maintain records for five years. >>> cbs 4 will be in cuba next week. for live report starting monday that went viral, a homeless man hit by a police officer. this morning, the officer charged is on trial and the men he is accused of hitting has testified against him.>>reporter: it is the slap that went viral and landed a police officer on trial for battery. bruce leclair is a homeless man seen being grabbed, pushed, and slapped by the officer. he admits he was homeless and had had

the former secretary of state was accompanied by the longtime friend and mayor of miami beach, philip levine. afterwards hillary clinton went to north to tampa for a rally. stay with cbs4 news for continuing coverage of campaign 2016 and updates anytime, go to cbsmiami.com campaign 2016 with information on florida's early voting for you. >>> at 5:00, a woman opens fire and killed a burglar after he is caught in the act. police said that the homeowner shot and killed a teenager while he was climbing out of the window. cbs4 gaby fleischman is live in the newsroom with some new information. >> reporter: the sister of the yvonne johnson, a student at d.a doors see technical college. detectives tell us that the woman who lives up at home, she has a surveillance system that alerted her to what was going on. they say that she actually showed up before the officers did and then she took matters into her -- her own hands. miami-dade police detectives searched for clues and what investigators say appears to be a case of a homeowner protecting her property. police say the 54-year-old woman who lives up

perspective now from a clinton supporter, philip levine. you heard what ben cohen had to say, big sanders backer, not to smitten. let me put that around for you. would you support sander ifs he were the nominee? zpl well, at this point in time, i don't think bernie sanders is going to be the nominee. but the one thing i can say to ben cohen and i love ben and jerry's, but i hope he'd been willing to give 70 or 80% of his income tax because that's what's going to happen if bernie sanders became president. >> could you support sanders? >> i don't believe sanders is going to be the candidate. i believe secretary clinton is not only going to be the candidate or nominee, she will be the president of the united states. >> okay, so, not going to answer that. that's fine. but there is a passion gap between the two camps, right? she's certainly piling up the votes on the delegates, particularly the superdelegates. the sanders camp has complained that without those, there's more of a race. what do you say? >> i think the passion gap is there. it's am

the former secretary of state was a company by longtime friend and mayor of miami beach, philip levine. afterwards and hillary clinton went north to tampa for a rally. >>> stay with cbs4 news for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. we have information on florida's early voting. he is caught in the act. police say the homeowner shot and killed a teenager thief while he was climbing out of her window and see dysphoria debbie fleischman is live at the scene with a new information from overnight. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the sister of the young man killed, identifying him as 17- year-old yvonne johnson, and detectives tell us that the owner of this home, she actually has a surveillance system set up, that it actually alberta at her of the break in and she got back to her house before police could and took matters into her own hands. miami dade a police detective search for clues and what investigators said appears to be a case of a homeowner protecting her property. police say that the 54-year-old woman who lived at this home in northwest miami-dade south of 79th street n

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philip levine is with us now. a hillary supporter. joining us in the past.ould imagine, democrats like yourself are worried. you may be going into this election with a nominee that is under indictment or at least the threat of indictment. that, shortly is an area of concern for you. >> stuart, i am sure that you must have watched the debate last night. >> the democratic party is not with you. this is just one little episode. we know where it is coming from. secretary clinton is trustworthy . >> look at the polling. secretary clinton is way ahead. there is no question about it. it is all about the two americas. the democratic party, she is the party of opportunity. it is not about making america great again. mr. angry. mr. anxious. mr. annoying. >> i think that we came to this interview was some talking points and you got them in. very well. >> your talking points as well. about a fake scandal. >> he is going to the university. i love iowa. by the way do i love new hampshire. i love south carolina. i love nevada. we had the big night, by far. landslide for tr

we have the mayor of miami beach, and hillary clinton supporter, philip levine, and bernie sanders supporterhe democratic divide that we have here. big moments last night. the first one for your side is jorge ramos, though fearless, asking, would you drop out if indicted? loaded question. fair one? >> i don't think so chris. clearly we know there's going to be no indictment, because that's absurd, and he had to be bipartisan so i understand the question and clearly it's something that will never happen and democrats understand that as well. >> do you think it's a nonissue? >> that remains to be seen. well, one of the candidates supports a $15 minimum wage and one does not, and one supports medicare for all and the other does not, and one supports free higher education in public schools and the other one does not. >> how do you combat that? >> one likes the system but wants to improve it, and secretary clinton is saying let's improve our health care with the affordable care act and let's make sure we take off the burden of education costs to those that can't afford it, and i live in florida a

philip levine appeared on this program and he accused donald trump of shady finances. roll tape.odka company, whether it's the airline. >> you, sir -- excuse me. you have clearly -- [inaudible conversations] stuart: show me your evidence. you are doing a harry reid. you've made a statement about donald trump's mouth, which he cannot prove. you can't prove it. >> literally stacked documents that will build a prove it. stuart: i'm told that is what i look like when i was my temperature. i thought i was reprehensible. he made a statement donald trump is not a billionaire and he couldn't back it up and won't back it up. >> i love your reference. precisely what the moderate left does. death by 1000 cuts. it is do whatever you have to do because there's a bottom line and the bottom line is hillary clinton. another four years of progressivism. that is a preemption from washington d.c., high taxes, $23 in debt, the whole nine yards. that's why so upset with the previous answer concerning cruz. you have to support the nominee. major difference between hillary clinton banana republican nom

were with a sxhaf drop the other knife drop the knife but the cit training understanding mayor philip levine millionaires /* mentally ill why do you have those the little green people are coming out and i'm protecting myself that's part of the cit training we try to emphasize not about you about but that person is feeling you'll not know that unless you ask the questions. >> one of the interesting things in the skoolts if you pull the fine. >> someone 3 times to drop the knife drop the achieve you have to think of something else. >> yes. jd. >> thank you, captain we will continue to monitor the process and have you come back and let us know because as we're you know assuming our roles and policymakers it is clear the direction at the academy is your moving and that i have east you're not waiting for us to finalize the piper we'll have you back. >> all right. thank you. >> i'm going to suspend item 3 a temporarily in order to return to this item we'll go to item 5 i'll invite supervisor cowen welcome supervisor cowen. >> colleagues item 5 discussion and possible action inform adopt the resolu

joining us now the mayor of miami beach and a hillary clinton supporter, philip levine. >> good morning good morning. >> mr. mayor, i want to read what move on.org is saying is saying, those who support trump and his hate-filled rhetoric should be on notice after tonight's event. so moveon.org, thanking everybody that turned out to chicago that didn't let trump talk inside and left some police officers bloodied outside. how exactly is that elevating the discourse? >> well, i can tell you as a mayor of miami beach and i think i speak for all mayors, one of our primary duties is maintaining the peace, the order and the safety for all of the citizens and residents of our cities. i have no time or i condemned the organizations like this that this disrupt and cause all types of social unrest. for us, people's rights to freedom of speech is most important. and of course the right to protest is very important. but i have to tell you as a mayor i condemn any organization that promotes such social unrest and potential situations where people get hurt. >> and does it look like to you as somebody