now, raoul was selected -- sorry. keep it there.ected to serve a second term as president in 2013. he announced at the time he would leave office at the end of that term, which is today. but he is still in charge of cuba's communist party. joining me to talk more about this is someone who knows a lot about cuba. david air yoes just spend a couple of years reporting from cuba. he spent a lot more years reporting on cuba outside of it. he is the author of this upcoming great book. this is cuba, an american journalist under castro's shadow, and a focus on what lies ahead for the island nation. which is what we are here to ask, david. what does this represent? there is real change here or no change at all? >> this is sort of like working at a store and being promoted to the store manager because the boss wants to spend more time with his emif a. you have got more responsibility but the boss still owns the store. castro is going to be moving to his retirement complex in the region where he is from, going to be spending time with his gran

. -- and raoul.orter: cuba's opposition is calling for stronger reforms to lift the majority of the population out of poverty. raul castro's modernization efforts have mixed results so far. the cuban government reorganized thousands of companies in 2011 to make them more competitive. despite those good intentions, production quotas, centralized planning, and the government's monopoly on foreign trade still prevent true autonomy. agricultural reforms are loosened regulations on farmers and prices. however, the state dominated system was later restored because speculation inflated prices. many reforms remain a work in progress or have yet to begin. will diaz-canel approach them head-on? the world will find out in 2021 when it will be his turn to where the boots. -- to wear the boots. helena: to france, and key economic reforms continue to come under fire from the powerful unions. more walkouts on wednesday by rail workers. only one in three high-speed trains were running, meaning misery for commuters.

a mysterious man named raoul guided me i helped him unwittingly. there was no raoul. if there was it was one of his brothers, or both of his brothers. for 30 years he gave interviews on tv, and it is through journalists. he did a book. he never admitted he didn't get one of the most disturbing historical photographs i've ever seen is dexter king grieving james earl ray in prison. and attempting to shake his hand and say i believe you. you didn't tell my father. james earl ray did kill martin luther king. one thing we can be certain of. whatever the conspiracy do you believe in whatever motivated ray was a paper not paid, there is no evidence that supports any conclusion but ray was the man with the rifle in the bathroom stand in the bathtub and sure enough he fired the shot. when you look at that photograph, king is holding out his hand to rape. rape is standing with his hands at his sides thinking you expect me to shake the hand of that -- >> host: right. it's just incredible. the manhunt, the chasing ray, the international chasing which is being led the fbi, the one

reporter: good morning to you he man raoul macron royal treatment at white house couple days with stateceo invited to state dinner last night he seated next to wife of the french president and later today, he will have a sit-down inside the oval office with president trump. that meeting of course comes as the u.s. and china continue on this back-and-forth over tariffs, and future potential tariffs as well but, also, as talks are happening, president trump revealed yesterday that the treasury secretary steve mnuchin will soon be heading to china. >> i think china is very serious, we are very serious we have no choice but to be very serious. you know we've put on very substantial tariffs, and that will continue unless we make a trade deal i think we're better chance of making a deal. >> macron will give address before congress this morning after he spent part of his time, trying to convince president neither to completely back out of iran nuclear deal next month. >> translator: common views because we are not -- thank you. always -- i think -- >> i al said we should not tear apart -- and

dagen: trust verifier we pointed out earlier in terms of when why it is more he man raoul macron wasonseeded that he is willing to accept nuclear deal from iran with this changes they have concessions important in negotiating with north korea. >> we will follow that newly recovered text messages between fbi about officials peter strzok and lisa page next. the electric car industry has spiked demand for cobalt, whose price has recently increased over one hundred percent. cruz cobalt has amassed 9 of the highest historically graded cobalt projects in north america with multiple work programs now underway. down busy earnings week half s&p 500 compensation have rortsdz their first-quarter results, communications -- both out nicole petallides look at impact on markets good morning. >> good morning, maria. what a busy week we've had, companies reported thus far 79% beating on earnings per share going to break down moments ago charter communications comes out with numbers, a slight beat on revenue, you can see slightly higher, we did see revenue 10.6 billion earnings per share 70 cents bloo