ella serÁ la madrina del museo de harry potter en mÉxico. >> el joven que se dedica a la abogacÍa nosmprar una casa y no, o sea mi pasiÓn me llevÓ a destinar todo lo que ganaba aÑo con aÑo ir buscando artÍculos dÍa a dÍa por internet hay mucho honor, la historia me enamorÓ creo que voy vivir eternamente enamorado de la historia, cuando titubeo. defintivamente me hace recordar algunos pasajes de los libros y no, tu voluntad estÁ aquÍ firmeza de carÁcter. sÍ es muy pedagÓgico a nivel vivencial. >> el ganador del rÉcord guinness estÁ concentrado en unir a todos los fanÁticos de potter para hacer de este museo una realidad y lograr a travÉs de las redes sociales que la autora de la saga acepte estar presente en la inauguraciÓn. en la ciudad de mÉxico, inÉs moreno primer impacto. >> gracias falta bien poco para despedir el 2014 univisiÓn como siempre prepara tremendo festejo para decir adiÓs a este aÑo vamos a ny en vivo con el Único el irrepetible jomary que estÁ en la gran manzana, serÁ parte de la fiesta feliz 2015 mi querido jomary cÓmo te ha tratado la gran manzana? >> mi querida nata

la madre de toda esta magia de harry potter. es alguien que es para mÍ indispensable. auto, en comprar una casa. no. realmente mi pasiÓn me llevÓ destinar todo en aÑo con aÑo ir... buscando artÍculos por internet. hay mucho honor. la historia me enamorÓ. creo que... voy a vivir eternamente enamorado de la historia. cuando titubeo definitivamente me hace acordar pasajes de los libros. firmeza de carÁcter. realmente si es pedagÓgico a nivel vivencial. el ganador estÁ concentrado en reunir los fanÁticos de potter para hacer de este museo una realidad. y lograr desde las redes sociales que la autora de la saga acepte estar presente en la inauguraciÓn. en la ciudad de mÉxico, inÉs moreno, primer impacto. >> gracias, fralta bien poco para despedir el 2014. univisiÓn, como siempre prepara tremendo festejo para decir adiÓs a este aÑo. vamos ahora a nueva york, en vivo con... bueno, el Único jomary que estÁ en la gran manzana. serÁ parte de la gran fiesta. mi querido jomari, te mando un beso. cÓmo te tratÓ la gran manzana? >> mi querida natalia. con un poco de retraso, feliz na

rowling released a short story about potter's nemesis. it's about ten times longer than other stories offered during potter-more christmas. >> it looks at his upbringing and what happened to him after the book series ended. >> fans have lauded the writing says it's her best since the final harry potter book. find the story on pottermore website. >>> a group of friends in the east bay spread christmas cheer for all to see. sky 7 hd captured the group hiking a christmas tree all the way to the top of mission peak. that's a long walk. >> the tree is outfitted with lights and candy canes. beautiful. last year, hikers snapped numerous photos of the tree in the week leading up to christmas. what a nice tradition they have created. stunning. >> they had a big crowd welcome them. that's great. look at this. a little scary up there. >> you have to take turns carrying it, i guess. >> that was awesome. >>> that's going to do it for us. "world news tonight with david muir" is coming up next. i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your

up next an early christmas present just for harry potter fans. what author j.k. rowling is giving for the ?e ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people.

potters men are arranged around him by height.and potter is hatless and staring directly into the lens from the exact middle of the composition. if brady had stopped there it would be a very satsz filling photograph. but now that brady had started putting himself in photographs, he couldn't stop. this time we see his face. he has posed himself as what he was, not the sublt of the photograph but its presiding intelligence. his gaze not at the lens, but bisecting the line between the general and the camera. who could view this image without knowing that its author was not the sign but a person. the well-taylored art igs standing confidently to the right of the frame, hand on hip leg jauntly cocked. harold asked me a bit to focus on this talk in the photographs of lincoln that brady or his studio took an 1864 since a cup of pages in my book do this i thought i would read them to you. on august 9 9 and again in august, 1863 the first portraits made of lincoln since gardener's photographs of him in the field after anteetum the previous

serious black named after the character in the "harry potter" books is the dumbest dog alive. >> my dog steps on the mousetraps that i have. >> he shows us how he walks in them. >> oh! it's like he's got a tap shoe. >> don't make fun of serious black. >> this doesn't make him dumb. it makes him curious. >> one is curious. two is dumb. >> this reminds me of a great circus act. you see this little dog trying to jump on to that ottoman. will zuko be able to do it? he didn't make it. he keeps trying though.

. >> mark potter in havana. thanks for that. >>> for more on what the changing dynamics will mean for the obama administration, let's bring in the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. chuck, between cuba and north korea, i suppose this will be what they call a working vacation? >> reporter: definitely a working vacation for the president, but in many ways, carl, a preview of the final two years of the obama administration. and frankly very similar to what you see in the final two years of any eight-year tenure of a presidency which is foreign policy dictates a lot. both in choosing what foreign policy issues to go after to build a legacy because you're

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she'll be releasing the new harry potter stories in the 12 days leading up to christmas.es a new surprise each day and even a potion or two. you may remember that rowling celebrated halloween similarly with new content and personal thoughts about the characters. so if my math serves me correctly, let the six day countdown begin to muggle madness, ron. >> is her math right? >> you're excited. >> very excited. got your back. >>> and in case you didn't think bagging george clooney, bad pun, sorry. was enough to make amal an official a-lister, she's had a purse named after her. that's when you know you have really arrived. here's amal with her name sake handb handbag, an italian carry-all. it also has a celebrity price tag. it's $1,998. if that's a little too much to spend for you, i have designed my own handbag. it's called the sassy bag. and it's got my chihuahuas and my husband -- >> did you draw that? >> no, i had help. that's why it's pretty. this is going to retail for 199 on the corner. see you after the show. >> a dollar 99. >>> and finally, president barack obama and

prince," leading up to the story about harry potter's nemesis.racter's upbringing and where he ends up. leland: it is amazing how much of an industry she has created from that one book. molly: shul. and always -- absolutely. and always nice for the back story. leland: "outnumbered" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> and this is "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. here today, jedediah bee la, nicole petallides of the fox business network, julie roginsky, former political adviser to frank lautenberg, and a fox news contributor. today's *oneluckyguy, a friend of hers, as a matter of fact, and he is outnumbered." normally you guys are on opposite sides of the political aisle -- >> we're buddies. >> we have a block on hillary clinton coming up. this could get feisty in here, i don't know. [laughter] >> feisty friends. >> that's true. in real life, we're actually very good friends. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> merry christmas to you as well. >> to you and everybody as well. >> the nypd is now dealing with death threats. the city's finest are on high al

starting friday, the official harry potter website. a surprise every day through december 23rd. the first day will be a short story about potter's thanyplace asis. >>> why hershey wants to put more in your chocolate. >>> it was a mild and mainly dry saturday across the bay area. a live look outside, and we are tracking more showers on the a broader mix of energies, world needs nes to move, to keep warm, to make clay piggies. that's why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. let's broaden the world's energy mix, let's go. >>> could you use a little calming influence in your life? a new device developed here in the bay area is designed to put you in a less stressful place. >> many that practice yoga will tell you about how it can balance you, and a bay area startup believes it can help workers find the same nirvana through their smartphone. >> it's being aware of their state of mind. at the end of the day, breathe something just a tool. >> he is the creator of a s

up next, an early christmas present just for harry potter fans. what author j.k. rowling is giving for the at kaiser permanente, everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ >> happening today, the duke and duchess of cambridge arrive in new york for their three-day u.s. visit. this will be the pair's first official visit to the u.s. since the 2011 trip to california. during the trip william and kate are expected to pay their respects at the national september 11th memorial and take in a cleveland cavaliers-brooklyn nets basketball game. tomorrow william will head to washington, where he will meet president obama at the white house before return to new york. >>> harry potter fans, starting friday the official harry potter website pottermore will release a surprise every day through the 23nd. the first day will be a short story about harry potter's nemesis and his life after the final book. >>> much more ahead on the abc7 s

also, attention harry potter fans. jk rolling has present for you. this has to do with the 12 days of christmas. >>> and do you do this, you hunch over your mart donor computer and feel a pain in your back or your neck? it turns out this can do damage to your spine. doctor rob is here, he's in studio with some certainly recall things to do to improve your posture and reduce pain. those stories and much more coming up. we'll be right that's all i crave.e that's where this comes in. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste. plus nicorette gum gives you intense craving relief. and that helps put my craving in its place. that's why i only choose nicorette. acidity was in my diet...much that it was damaging the enamel. i wanted to fix it right away. my dentist recommended pronamel. he said pronamel can make my teeth stronger. pronamel is helping me lead the life that i want to live. >> we follow breaking news out of los angeles where this huge fire has broken out downtown. this is reportedly an unfinished apartment building,

. >>> still ahead, problems for passengers on one of the new harry potter rides at university studios. >>> l.a. po lice . >>> right now, the search is on for a man that fired at two los angeles police officers, they were in their patrol car and responding to a call in south l.a. when the man fired at him. one officer fired back. fortunately, the officers were not hurt. >> when you have officers that are in a marked black and white police car that are being shot at, in our mind they were targeted in this situation. >> police detained a man for questioning. a tactical alert for a person of interest was recovered. a gun was recovered at the scene. amid rising tensions between law enforcement and protestors and the murders of new york city police officers. the tensions were evident at madison square garden, with the city's mayor spoke at a graduation ceremony for hundreds of police cadets. some folks in the audience booed mayor deblasio as he addressed the cadets. >> congratulations officer, you have reached this moment in your life through hard work. i want to congratulate you all. >> th

filmed the first harry potter movie, and to dine with royalty. >> wait, but better yet, i mean, you,oxford. you're gonna know all these questions, right? >> yeah. studied abroad. just for a semester. >> okay. that's great. >> i didn't go there, really.

>> our thanks to mark potter in havana for us tonight. mark, thanks. and to your last point, anyone in their mid 50s and on up remembers what is a looming presence cuba has been in our lives from the cold war era until present day. back in '59, castro overthrew the president, declared a revolutionary socialist state. then president kennedy tried and failed to overthrow castro at the bay of pigs. then the cuban missile crisis. soviet missiles were moved into position, remember, 90 miles from the u.s. many thought nuclear war was inevitable, something we talked about today with the head of the council on foreign relations, richard haass. >> there was no guarantee we were going to survive this. this was the first real nuclear crisis, and there was -- there was a sense when people went off to school, or husbands and wives kissed good-bye in the morning that it was fateful. >> having survived that fateful times in recent years, americans watched the boatlift, 125,000 cubans came to our shores, then witnessed the kind of tawdry custody battle over a young bo

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brian. >> mark potter in havana tonight. thanks to you and that beautiful bel aire for our tour. >>> wall street just had the best day of the year, in fact the best day in three years. the dow finishing up over 400 points for the first time since november of 2011. good day for the nasdaq and s&p as well. both finished well into positive territory. all this on news that the federal reserve is not planning to raise interest rates, at least in the near future. >>> still ahead, on a thursday evening a rough ride for the company attempting to transform the way so many americans get around. increasing concerns about the safety of uber. >>> also, winning spirit. something extraordinary happened when a 9-year-old boy was recruited by a college basketball team. >>> we are back with a story about new concerns tonight for uber, one of the nation's fastest growing companies. the car service and taxi alternative now in 70 cities across the country. 260 cities worldwide. and with that rapid expansion comes increasing concern about safety.

as nbc national correspondent mark potter explains, some of the game's best players have come from cuba, but it's been a very difficult journey for them to get here to play. >> reporter: it's the last game of the regular season in the cuban national baseball league. the havana industrials versus the tigers. at bat, one of the best players in cuba, hitting a home run today. in the off-season, he played in japan but dreams of playing for the new york yankees. why would you like to go there, porque? >> for me, the best team in the world. >> reporter: but under economic sanctions imposed by the u.s. after the cuban revolution, the only way a cuban player can join a u.s. team is to defect and leave his country behind. cuban historian ismael knows many players lured away by millions of dollars versus what they make here. $40 a month is what they make here. >> yeah. >> reporter: but now with the u.s. and cuba promising to normalize relations, fans hope new rules will someday allow players to join american teams. if that happens, cuba could insist its stars play at home for a few years before g

and then he invented the "potter squatter." what's the potter squatter? it's a mobile pooper.arry lives in a mansion, while his sister patty went to jail. why? 'cause she gave up on her dreams. she also liked to steal wallets and purses. patty potter picked pockets? and purses. just go on an audition, man. if you believe you can get it, you can. yeah. why not? thanks, bobby. you wanna split some potato skins, poodle? mnh-mnh. muffin? no. pug butt? what? i wish i knew a way to get my dad excited. maybe i should get him a pet. that's a great idea, jules. i just need to find something to keep the public distracted from my political scandal. wait. did you just switch the conversation from my thing to your thing? i thought i could do it in a way no one would notice. epic fail! i have three puppies. you'd give chick one of your puppies? (laughs) huh? oh, sorry.. i was on andy's thing. i was gonna suggest a puppy race. puppy race? you're the dumbest person ever. wait! that's the answer! a race! oh, i can organize a gulfhaven 5k. people go crazy for that kind of stuff. would you quit

mark potter has our report. >> reporter: the historic ruling. the murder conviction of 14-year-old george stenny jr., reversed the decision 70 years ago that led to his execution in the electric chair. the judge said he was the victim of fundamental constitutional violations of due process. for his family, great relief. >> i was jumping for joy. and i said at last someone is listeni listening. >> reporter: the case began in the string of 1944 in south carolina. a tiny segregated mill town where the brutally beaten bodies of two white girls, 11-year-old betty june betticer and mary tems were found in these woods. shortly afterward the boy was charged with murder and his family run out of town. officers said he confessed to the killings and there is no evidence of that. and at his trial, there was no evidence presented and the defense put on no case and the jury reached the verdict in 10 minutes. >> after he was convicted and sentenced to die, his court appointed lawyer never filed an appeal. had he done that, his execution could have been delayed

. >>> new details are coming out about the popular harry potter series.r the last couple of weeks, author j.k. rowling has been giving out new information, stories around personal insights. for one thing, she planned to introduce a vampire but decided instead to create professor snake. some fans aren't happy though about these new disclosures. >> she goes too far and sort of might ruin the magic of it. >> i don't think she should do it because i think it will ruin the whole thing. think it's ended. just finish it now. >> the latest from her is a new chanter revealing the funeral of a character killed at the end of the harry potter series. >>> stock market is closed today. but business never sleeps. here's the latest from cbs news. >>> reporter: facebook is facing a class action lawsuit. it accuses the social media giant of violating users' privacy by scanning the content of messages they send to other users for advertising purposes. facebook made a bid to dismiss the suit but a federal judge in california is allowing the case to go through. >> the markets

carl. >> mark potter in havana. thanks for that. >>> for more on what the changing dynamics will mean for the obama administration, let's bring in the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. chuck, between cuba and north korea, i suppose this will be what they call a working vacation? >> reporter: definitely a working vacation for the president, but in many ways, carl, a preview of the final two years of the obama administration. and frankly very similar to what you see in the final two years of any eight-year tenure of a presidency which is foreign policy dictates a lot. both in choosing what foreign policy issues to go after to build a legacy because you're sort of a lame duck at home. in this case that's where cuba falls in for president obama. and then there are events that are out of your control that get thrown into your lap, north korea in this case a classic example. and the entire issue of cyber terrorism. so in many ways on one hand the president is choosing what to deal with on a legacy issue with cuba

. >> jk rowling is revealing more about the past of the famous harry potter character why she says she's not happy with the way public reacted to this. that little girl, she's giving homeless food for the holidays. we could all learn from that example. how she turned her >>> new details right the now after a three-year old was shot in his own home, his dad was the guy the gun man was aim for but first on fox that little boy's father speaks with us about how he plans to keep his family safe. >>> and then governor christie continues to president obama's plan to ease tension was cuba but why cube ace unlikely to extradite a woman convicted of killing a state trooper years ago but first, sue. >> doing those last minute errands. well, your umbrella needs to be by your side even if it is in the raining on you right the now, it will be, we will talk about the rain that should last through christmas eve, coming up. >> how often do you see this on the subway? the new push to stop man spreading. >> thinks pretty funny. good talker. >> yes. >> wide stance, senator craig. we go way back. >> good day

. >>> harry potter fans, starting friday the official harry potter website pottermore will release ary day through the 23nd. the first day will be a short story about harry potter's nemesis and his life after the final book. >> a celebrity is attracting a lot of attention in green bay, wisconsin, the snowman. there's a woman inside the costume. she calls herself mumbo. she's doing it to spread cheer and a message, love and care about everyone. she is getting a lot of attention. people stop to take pictures every day. >> when she turned the corner i said to her thank you, you gave me a smile on my face for two days. i just thought it was funny. >> she looks to make everybody feel this way, bringing joy and happiness for the holidays and beyond. >>> much more ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news. the health changes doctors are recommending for president obama after his unexpected checkup at walter reed hospital. and two bay area sailors thrust into the greatest generation by the attack on pearl harbor 73 years ago today. >> welcome back, everyone. we are starting this half-hour with a

. [ laughter ] so i was feeling -- come out and -- yeah, yeah, "harry potter."t was only when i became a a dad and they started -- you know, my children being interested in them that i thought, oh, these are great and they're fun, and i love watching them as a family thing. but for a long time it was me and six other people going -- staring through the window, like, you know -- >> jimmy: you forgot about us. absolutely. how old are your kids? >> six and nine. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. that's so cute. so you're reading to them now. congratulations on that. >> thank you. >> jimmy: but, i mean, are they excited dad is the hobbit? do they get to see these or no? >> no, they do. there are some bits that are a a little bit dicey. big spiders in this series. there are some scary bits, and some of it is kind of dark. >> jimmy: trust me. i get scared, yeah. absolutely. [ laughter ] >> there is, as they say, "mild peril." but they're very proud -- proud that their dad is in it. yes. >> jimmy: yeah. also 3d, imax. imagine being a nine-year-old walking into an imax. >> i've no

harry potter fans, starting friday the official harry potter website pottermore will release a surprisery day through the 23rd. the first day will be a short story about harry spotter's nemesis and his life after the final book. >>> much more ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news. the health changes doctors are recommending for president obama after his unexpected checkup at walter reed hospital. and two bay area sailors thrust into the greatest generation by the attack on pearl harbor 73 >> welcome back, everyone. we are starting this half-hour with a look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi there, carolyn. after yesterday's rain we enjoyed some sunshine and pretty foggy this morning in spots. live doppler 7hd is dry, but we will be tracking some rain later on today. it's the fog right now in hayward at 3-mile visibility. look at mountain view. just a mile and a quarter and up in the north bay three quarters of a mile in santa rosa. this extends all the way down to the central coast. only five miles for our friends in the east bay. so it does clear, but we will look

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potter, isn't it? >> yeah. >> or potter or anything. right?f harry potter instead. mark, thank you. let's get to rick santelli. >> every tsa agent in the world asks me that. >> jobless claims move down from a slightly revisedwo÷ 295,000, subtract six. you arrive at the new number 289,000. of course anything sub-300 just kind of, you know, it isn't going to make a huge difference to the market. if you saw 350, it would make a difference. i guess if you see 225, it may make a difference. but the notion that six years after the fed tightening -- excuse me. fed going to zero, that jobless claims after all we've been through wouldn't be at this level almost is illogical. it's good news no matter how you slice it. but how it translates into other areas is the issue. interest rates at 2.17. the big settlement of the year that has the most animal spirit associated with it was in october. that's where i think we'll be at the end of the year. we still have the philly fed to come out. when we look at the foreign exchange markets, it seems though the doll

their friend did. >>> jk rowling's biggest regret from the harry potter book, one character's fate thatut. we will be right back. the director is apologizing for let it go. jennifer lee says parents thanked her for the the great song, and now once people find out who it is, lee says she's sorry forgetting song stuck in the head. she's getting last laugh because the frozen sound track was the best selling, album of the year. >> how about that. >> how about that. >> you will be singing this. >> good song. >> it is. >> yes. >> i love that scene. >> running up, running upstairs. >> yes. >> i love it. >> what is the word, the word of ♪ >> cameo right there, word is expecting, justin timberlake's wife jessica beal is supposedly pregnant. >> all they they have not confirmed it themselves, justin's former ban made joey fattone spilled the beans. this will be the couple's first child together. they have been married for two years. by the way, soon to be new daddies staying busy these days, he is replying tonight at wells fargo center at 8:00, tickets are still available. >>> creator of the popul

potter's men are arranged around him roughly by height, while potter is hatless and staring directly into the lens from the exact middle of the composition. if brady had stopped there, it would be a very satisfying photograph. but now that brady had started putting himself in photographs, he couldn't stop. this time we see his face. he has posed himself as what he was, not the subject of the photograph, the presiding -- who can view this image without knowing its author was not the son but a person well tailored artist standing to the right of the frame, hand on hip, leg jauntily cocked. harold holtzer asked me to focus in this talk on lincoln that brady or his studio took in 1864. since a couple of my pages of the book do this, i thought i would read them to you. on august 9th and again on august 8 1863, president lincoln went to sit for alexander gardner. the first portraits made of lincoln since gardner's photographs of him in the field after antietam the previous october. brady was almost certainly galled by this, given his own relationship with the president. and on friday, janu

back to south florida with mark potter, our correspondent there. the reaction in washington expected in noon. the president's expected to speak. andrea mitchell saying the cuban leader raul castro also expected to speak at that same exact moment. there are going to be repercussions throughout the united states. nowhere felt more intensely than where you live and report in south florida. talk to me about what we can expect there from the large miami cuban exile population. >> i can expect a mixed reaction here. of course, the older cubans the more conservative cubans are going to react harshly to this. not to the release of alan gross. i mean they clearly want that. they certainly want that. but it's all the other talk that's out there about what this will lead to. does this suggest a softening in relations between the united states and cuba. could this lead to talk about the embargo and all the other things that have been discussed on the program. that's going to concern people here. the cuban five are seen as villains in that community. again, the

. >>> joe richardson says his dog serious black named after the character in the "harry potter" bookse dumbest dog alive. >> my dog steps on the mousetraps that i have. >> he shows us how he walks in them. >> oh! it's like he's got a tap shoe. >> don't make fun of serious black. >> this doesn't make him dumb. it makes him curious. >> one is curious. two is dumb. >> this reminds me of a great circus act. you see this little dog trying to jump on to that ottoman. will zuko be able to do it? he didn't make it. he keeps trying though. >> finally. well done, well done. >> could this be a leaked scene from the newest "terminator" movie. i'm not going to tell you where this is happening. slow speed police chase through a snowy road. police car close behind. sirens blaring. but the police car isn't quite getting the job done. the police officer take it into his own feet. >> are you serious? >> watch what happens. there he goes. racing down the street on two feet. jumps in the moving car. the subject bails out the other side and so does the cop. this is a little bit older, but getting lots of

nbc's mark potter reports from havana. >> reporter: here in havana, there's a conversation about what raul castro thinks about the plans to improve u.s.-cuba relations. vendors are also weighing in. president raul castro went before the cuban parliament to explain the country's new relationship with the united states. castro said despite efforts to normalize relations with the u.s., no one should expect cuba to give up its socialist principles. he also said improving the state-controlled economy is job one. as castro spoke today, cuban musicians and vendors in historic old havana were working hard to attract tourists from around the world. in the last 20 years, cuba has developed a lucrative tourist economy with nearly three million visitors expected this year. among them, about 100,000 americans. >> we have felt very welcomed, the people are very friendly, and we do not feel at all controlled. >> reporter: under u.s. law, the only way most americans can come here for now is by joining educational tours overseen by cuban companies. >> americans, whenever they go to someplace, they lea

mark potter reports from havana. >> reporter: here in havana, there's a little clarification on whatcuban president raul castro thinks about the plans to improve u.s.-cuban relations. vendors are also weighing in. president raul castro went before the cuban parliament to explain the country's new relationship with the united states. castro said despite efforts to normalize relations with the u.s., no one should expect cuba to give up its socialist principles. he also said improving the state-controlled economy is job one. as castro spoke today, cuban musicians and vendors in historic old havana were working hard to attract tourists from around the world. in the last 20 years, cuba has developed a lucrative tourist economy, with nearly three million visitors expected this year. among them, about 100,000 americans. >> we have felt very welcomed. people are very friendly. and we do not feel at all controlled. >> reporter: under u.s. law, the only way most americans can come here for now is by joining educational tours overseen by cuban companies. >> americans, whenever they go to some p

any ship that docks in a cuban potter can't dock at any other potter if they want to dock in the united states for six months. the shortages when you're out of milk, you're simply out of milk, and they've been dealing with these problems for the last half century. >> despite the problems, it's one of the highly educated societies. >> that's a very good point. we should go back and look historically. cuba was also one of the most educated latin american countries when castro took power. this is a highly educated country. not only with the cuban economy would benefit tremendously from a lift of the embargo. again, i don't think they'll lift the embargo, i think the feelings in congress are so strong that it is not going to happen. but already there is much more trade going on with cuba than you would think. and david is right, foreign countries are somewhat limited in the way they can deal with cuba the realit, the reality there are countries that put a lot of money in cuba and to some extent made that government survive in the years that the soviet union collapsed. >> and the impact for

as andrew potter explains now, the gunman has been on the police's radar for some time. >> i write toou to offer my condolences for the loss of a member of your family. >> self proclaimed, man haron monis. ,. >> i have got you patience for that bad incident. >> it wasn't the only one between 2007 and 2009, monis sent letters just like its to several families. they outraged the australian public. monis was charged and convicted but his campaigning continued. here he stands outside another court wearing chains, claiming to be tortured in prison. no stranger to the courts, came to australia as a refugee, at the time of the siege he was facing charges of being a accessory to the measured of his wife. then charges of indecent and sexual assault. self proclaimed spiritual healer. sentenced to 300 hours of community service and put on a two year good behavior bond. monis always claimed the letters were purely political and intended for the families to oppose the war. his appeal was thrown out last friday three days before the siege began. andrew potter, al jazeera. >> before we go to our gue

andrew potter al jazeera. >> french police believe they have broken up a recruitment network for young men traveling to iraq and syria to join i.s.i.l. >> most of the arrests were made in the southern city of toulouse. police also raided addresses in the norman d in the north and in paris. the recruitments big part in sending young men to fight for groups including i.s.i.l. in a statement after the arrests, the french interior minister said that dismantling similar organizations was now a police priority. >> it's believed that the investigation began after detectives were contacted by the mother of a young turkish man, a potential recruit. but despite this apparent success, authorities face huge challenges in preventing young men trooflg conflict zones. >> the french are government estimates that so far, it's thought 400 are currently fighting on the ground. about 50 fighters have been killed during operations. according to specialist observers it's getting harder for police to identify potential recruits. >> translator: these days it is difficult to say what is the profile of a typica