half a million dollars in two thousand and ten alone to both republicans and democrats and sharing u.s. cuba policy remains virtually unchanged. military equipment and that it will enhance the effectiveness of the embargo the united states will keep the embargo. fewer than one percent of americans are of cuban origin and the journey emigrated before the end of the cold war unlike the rest of the panic population in the u.s. fifty eight percent of cubans are u.s. citizens cubans who arrive and step foot beaches in south florida are on their way to citizenship haitians who arrive and set foot on the beaches of miami are on their way to a detention center in deportation cuban americans are also a force to be reckoned with in congress we definitely are the most over represented community in congress with two senators and four representatives we say. including the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee and we gonna play and i welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate fidel castro and any leader who is. suppressing oppressing the people they have powerful political action commi

political action committees behind them like the u.s. cuba democracy pac the number one campaign donor in two thousand and six with more than five hundred thousand dollars our community is very focused and it's very concentrated in florida in new jersey therefore we really have to make an effort to get out there and create the relationships a lot socially and agenda that has been known to change many politicians minds including president barack obama i think. you know obama changed his mind while campaigning before the cuban american national foundation. going to go to the world for the majority of americans favor ending the sanctions against cuba even protesting in the streets that i think. you have yet to match the strength of the intake castro lobby given ford r.t. washington d.c. . are top of the business now to meters here. thanks for hello and welcome to the business update on our channel reported earlier moscow's international show is underway organizers expect more than ten billion dollars worth of contracts to be signed over the next

u.s. show that a growing number of americans think it's high time to lift the embargo against cuba it's been in place for over half a century and was designed to bring it down fidel castro bandits cuban citizens. and political promises from president obama downwards it seems the powerful anticancer lobby you weren't at the drop any time soon as you came forward investigates. cuba ninety miles from america's shores and for fifty two years a world apart following the cuban revolution in one nine hundred fifty nine the u.s. imposed an embargo and all trade investment in travel and attempt to bring down the communist government official castro. some of the cubans who fled the island for the u.s. push to keep this agenda alive and so the n.s.a. castro lobby was born they give a lot of money you know u.s. elections are in fact privately financed so they've been able to figure out how to play the game so even though they're a small percentage of the population they play very big in a key swing state polls consistently show that two thirds of americans favor ending the embargo and normalizing relati

suppressing oppressing the people they have powerful political action committees behind them like the u.s. cuba democracy pac the number one campaign donor in two thousand and six with more than five hundred thousand dollars our community is very focused and it's very concentrated in florida in jersey and therefore we really have to make an effort to get out there and create the relationships to live in a socially and agenda that has been known to change many politicians minds including president barack obama. you know obama changed his mind while campaigning before the cuban american national foundation. called him a jury of americans favor ending the sanctions against cuba even protesting in the streets i think that they have yet to match the strength of the intake castro lobby given ford r.t. washington d.c. . and in just a few minutes here trying to get behind one way england erupted in violence first they were placed in stop they were to me. good morning and welcome to business well as i was taught to go to mass it was international show takes to the wing in a few hours the organizers expe

u.s. put in place designed to bring him down continues why i fear that anti castro lobby has their part. cuba ninety miles from america's shores and for fifty two years a world apart oh and the cuban revolution in one thousand nine hundred nine the u.s. imposed an embargo on all trade investment in travel an attempt to bring down the communist government official castro. some of the cubans who fled the island for the u.s. push to keep this is gender alive and so the inside castro lobby was born to give a lot of you know u.s. elections are in fact privately financed so they've been able to figure out how to play the games even though they're a small percentage of the population they play very big in a key swing state polls consistently show that two thirds of americans favor ending the embargo and normalizing relations with cuba and some in congress agree it's about time we talked to cuba is to stop fighting these wars in about thirty or forty years old and take castro groups have given more than one point seven million dollars in donations to federal candidates from two thousand and four to t

cuba erected a stage next to the u.s. intersection so they could hold rallies and protests over ilan gonzalez. cuba responded by erecting billboards showing the abuse at abu ghraib prison. pictures are in the middle. but you can't help but stare at the swastika on the end. >>> america responded by putting up a billboard with big scrolling lit up anti-castro messages. to which cuba responded by putting up a bunch of flag poles to block anyone's view of that billboard. the thing that is new, the best new thing in the world about this today is something my friend steve clemens is characterizing as dackry diplomacy. i think it's an improvement on the swas tick can billboard. steve reported and we confirmed today that the cuban intersection in d.c. is opening a bar in their building. they're naming the hemingway bar. ernest hemingway claimed with pride both of our countries. he lived in cuba for years. his fondness of dack karrys is the reason for the life sized bronze statue of him. it will feature exhibits about hemingway's l

relationship with cuba it's about time we talk to cuba it's just stop fighting these wars about thirty or forty years or. now of course i have you know obviously the u.s. has things on cuba which you know he would argue are no longer relevant my question you don't often hear that on t.v. at the g.o.p. debate nonetheless but really got his chance to speak rick santorum said it said you know how come ron paul always gets to finish so why do you think that so much ron paul was with allowed on a very mainstream debate on fox news do you think it says anything about his foreign policy views. yeah it's it is really funny actually to hear candidates say why are you giving ron paul so much time when the last four or four years ago the last campaign it was quite clear that ron wasn't getting enough questions and you know you didn't hear him complain at all about it and yet you have these whiny ten free trade. so you know so-called free trade republicans up there and they are they're just continuing the same old policy with the cup a new word slipped in for people who are only paying attention on the superficial level but those who take an extra minute and extr

u.s. have a higher risk of dying during their first month of life than babies born in 40 other countries. some of the countries ranking better, south korea, cubamalaysia, lithuanilithuania, po israel. the u.s. has dropped from 28th to 41st and is now tied with qatar, croatia and the united arab emirates. for more on this and other health stories, you can check out the health page at msnbc.com. >>> coming up, the tigers roar in extra innings. >>> the hammer comes down on the hurricanes. >>> and the oldest trophy in sports. >>> plus, last night in boston, ooh, the love affair between the yankees and the red sox was in full bloom. what's up with those red sox? come on. your first look at sports is ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] it's been a good year for the chevy silverado. and not because of the awards or the accolades. no, it was good because you told us so. the chevy model year wrap up. get in on our greatest model year yet. just announced -- celebrate labor day with an additional $500 bonus cash. with all other offers, including the all-star edition discount, that's a total value of $6,500. ♪ our greatest mod

u.s.-backed military invasion of cuba in 1961, one of the most ill fated blunders in american history. he draws on long hidden cia documents and delivers as never before the vivid truth and consequences of those five pivotal days in april '61. to tell us more about it, please give a warm welcome to our author. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction. thank you to books and books for having me. this is a wonderful bookstore. i had not been here. i came here earlier today. and it is fantastic. so i urge you to buy a book tonight. it doesn't have to be my book, but if you want it to be, that's fine with me. as i'm sure all of you know by now this is on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the bay of pigs launch in cuba and i can't think of launching my new book here with you. i'm sure many of you have some personal history of the event and some deep knowledge of it. and i thank you for coming. i'm honored to be here. now, this is a story that i've wanted to tell for a long time. there's a number of reasons i wanted to tell you for the long time. i think it's one of the most fascinatin

cuba. >> i would like to say my commitment is here. i have a job to do. i think the u.s. has plenty of doctors. >> there is a fear here that cuba is losing its doctors. cuba's doctors are not just practicing in cuba. they are practicing all over the world. anywhere between one-fifth and one-third practice overseas. fidel castro spend doctors from angola to haiti. we find another purpose as well. cuba has sent 14,000 doctors to venezuela over the last ten years. in exchange, venezuela has sent millions of barrels of oil. for all that we americans spend on our medical bills, you would think that americans would be much healthier, but we are not. >> one of the things that comes up is the cost per capita here in cuba is much less than the united states. yet, life expectancy is about the same. childhood mortality rates are lower here. how? >> i think it is the way the system is organized. it is the emphasis on prevention. the articulation of primary health care with the family doctor. it is the way we have been forced to use resources. >> here is a key distinction. he is talkin

u.s. sanctions against iran, cuba, sudan, and liberia. >>> michele bachmann is in the early primary statecarolina tonight for a town hall hosted by another tea party favorite republican congressman tim scott. there you see it in a live picture, michele bachmann, of course, one of the leading republican presidential hopefuls. >>> libyan rebels get a tip where moammar gadhafi may be hiding out. are they getting any closer? we'll go live to tripoli when we come back. ♪ [ country ] [ man ] ♪ gone, like my last paycheck ♪ gone, gone away ♪ gone, like my landlord's smile ♪ ♪ gone, gone away ♪ my baby's gone away with dedicated claims specialists... and around-the-clock service, travelers can help make things better quicker. will your auto and home insurer... be there when you need them most? for an agent or quote, call 800-my-coverage... or visit travelers.com. [ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one o

u.s. have a higher risk of dying during their first month of life than babies born in 40 other countries. some of the countries ranking better? south korea, cuba, malaysia, lithuania, poland and israel. over 20 years the u.s. has dropped from 28th to 41st and is now tied with qatar, croatia and the united arab emirates. for more information on this and other health stories, check out the health page on msnbc.com. >> "early today" health is brought to you by vagisil wash. the confident clean. >>> now here's how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,559 after adding 20 points yesterday. the s&p gained 2 points. the nasdaq was up 14. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei inched up one point, while in hong kong the hang seng rose 330. a nosedive in consumer confidence was offset on wall street tuesday with renewed hope for economic stimulus from the fed. a volatile day of trading ended higher after minutes from the fed's latest policy meeting showed bank officials discussing a variety of options to bolster the economy, including buying more treasury bonds. in the end, earlier news showing consumer con

cuba's supreme court has uphe would a 15-year jail sentence give ton a u.s. citizen for bringing in satellite communications equipment. an aid contractor says he was just trying to help cuba's jewish community. the move is likely to further sour relations. the launch of an unmanned solar powered space craft from cape canaveral in florida had to be delayed chile engineers checked indications of a possible gas leak. it will take five years to reach the plane et. the biggest in the solar system. still to come we meet some of the thousands of children left homeless and schoolless after the japanese tsunami. >> a 17-year-old tourist killed by a polar bear has been named. four others were injured on the attack in a camp on the islands in norway. the injured were flown by amblass. >> air lifting the casualties to hospital from the remote archie pell go. one british 17-year-old dead, four more members of the group injured, two of them severely. an expedition of british students on an arctic camping adventure of a lifetime that turned into a tragedy. it's the chance of

quickly tackle disasters. >> with cuba drilling 40 miles from key west, we can't change that distance, so we better take a look at our attitudes. >> reporter: the u.s. trade embargo prevents american oil companies from operating in cuba, both in terms of exploration and eventually providing equipment in the case of a spill. the results could be disastrous, for marine life and beaches on both sides of the florida straits. tourism is a major money maker for both economies. as one expert put it, it would be a long trip if they also had to bring in an emergency rig from asia. shasta darlington, cnn, havana. >>> still to come on cnn, betting on what it takes to please top dollar customers at a gaming house in macau. we'll introduce you to a boss who says paying attention to the small details has given him a winning hand on the business front. [ woman ] jogging stroller. you've been stuck in the garage while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. >>> looking at world currencie

u.s. has been desperate to get rid of cuba when we talk about the rebels but this is a very disparate group of people and really who's calling the shots as nato leaders that we hear about matthew to be real trouble julio's these are people who have lish links with western financial institutions going back over several years so really when when we hear from these people that bad mouth this is made over a place the libyan state and we the same is what's replaced the state in iraq afghanistan which is a dysfunctional gov complete lack of security gang warfare and civil war and this is not a mistake on major they would prefer to see failed states and states that are powerful and independent and able to challenge their germany and those who are fighting a maidservant in libya and fighting for the t.n.c. really need to understand that this is nato is vision for their country we need to wake up and saying that there are news there. well coming up on r t were on a storm watch the city that never sleeps very brave sparkle storm irene as it sweeps up the west coast of the through the gulf. but the ru

u.s. requirements and work are cuba's state-run tourism operators.00 americans in its first year alone. >>> cnn news room continues at the top of the hour with fredricka whitfield. it's good to see you. >> we're going to have to do this more often. t.j.'s going to have to go on assignment more often. we love you. happy birthday. >> oh, yeah, happy birthday, t.j. have you heard of swatting? there are so many different things out there. mob calling, flash mob is taken on a new connotation. hackers calling on computers or hacking into x-boxes and then sending a message that then is sent to dispatch, 911, s.w.a.t. teams and s.w.a.t. teams descend on a certain address and there's nothing going on. >> so, like the reverse of the flash mob. >> it's interfering with responding to real calls. there's a recent case in naples, florida. it involved a 15-year-old and his x-box. and then, you know, we're dedicating to helping people kind of rebuild their finances. so, if you're out of work, lost your job, you probably, you know, what is five or six months of savin

cuba. visitors from the u.s.heading to the island nation and getting a taste of culture in a once-forbidden place. vote by texting 22360, 1 for danger in yosemite, 2 for made in china, or 3 for american tourists in cuba. the winning story airs next hour. >>> and up and down, week four wall street. let's check in with alison kosik with a look at where things stand right now. >> hi, fredricka. right now we are up, the dow up about 66 points. it looks like investors are pretty much shrugging off an inflation report showing that wholesale inflation in july was a bit hotter than expected, not weighing on stocks much. instead, investors are focustion on the positive, on some positive earnings reports from retailers including b.j.'s wholesale, abercrombie and pitch, staples and target. it's good to show the earnings, it shows that regular old americans are getting out there and spending their money. >> alison, i also understand you have interesting numbers to tell us about concerning social security accidentally declari

cuba, 61-year-old u.s. swimmer diana niyad setting off on 103-mile swim to florida. to of world records. she says the weather looks good and claims it will take about 60 hours. >> look out at a dead flat calm. i think this is my day. and i don't know. you have to talk to me in 24 hours. >> with a small fanfare off she went. >> yeah. >> a 45 member team with her will reportedly use an electrical field to keep the sharks away. also help her with navigation and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> around the world is brought to you by hotels.com. the smarter way to book. fox news is america's election headquarters, and the texas governor rick perry is reportedly ready to announce this weekend that he does plan to seek the 2012 presidential nomination. according to politico, governor perry will make the announcement saturday during a republican conference in south carolina. that's the same day as the ames straw poll in iowa. we're told governor perry in texas will make his first trip to new hampshire. he led a prayer rally in houston, texas o

hoorah for hawaii, roosevelt wrote from cuba hearing the news u.s. annexed the islands. he was in the caribbean with the rough riders licking the spanish. one of the enresults of that conquest was american control of guantanamo bay. the most important objective of all the 1898 maneuvers was prevention of far flung island for naval bases and ports like guantanamo and honolulu's pearl harbor. they pined for the bases for years the way a normal man envisions his dream house. all they ever wanted was a cozy gloanl empire with a few islands here and there to park a fleet of battleships. that japanese dive bomber sank four ships in pearl harbor is how i was interested in hawaii in the first place a few years back. the purpose of my initial visit was a quick jaunt to see the uss arizona memorial, the monument in the harbor perched above the watery grave of the 177,000 sailors who died on the ship that day. unlike the flip-flop wearers on my flight to honolulu, i didn't come for sun or fun. [laughter] i came to hawaii because it was attacked. after i checked the arizona off my l

specifically of this issue of internet where in the case of venice where the cuba syria their countries russia china the u.s. is conducting campaigns of what they're calling cyber dissidents where they're training them bringing them into the u.s. funding and providing skills and now equipment we know in order for them to return to their countries and then wage these kinds of cyber campaigns against their governments when it takes place in the u.s. the will of the u.s. people we see a repressive reaction i mean this case of san francisco is in the first i remember two years ago in the protests in pittsburgh against the g twenty summit where several individuals were arrested for tweeting and for informing other protesters of you know the movements of police and during the protests i mean something that was a completely legitimate expression of speech was then criminalized and so again what's good for the u.s. to do in other countries is never good at home and you don't hear them saying anything i mean i think one of the most in your face examples that we were talking about in our news room today within the u.

cuba. he came to the u.s. to go to the university of texas. the arrived in austin, texas, he was 18 and did not speak english. he had no possessions but $100 on into his underwear. he got a job as a dishwasher making 50 cents an hour. he works seven days a week and paid his way through school and got a job and became a citizen and started a small business. my dad has been my hero my entire life. but everyone of us in this room has a story like that in our background. that is the history of this country. everyone of us has an ancestor who risked everything seeking freedom and opportunity. [applause] exactly. [applause] i will tell you, when i was a kid my dad used to say to me all the time, "when we face repression in cuba i had a place to flee to. if we lose our freedom here, where do we go?" there's no question that better explains why it is i'm running for u.s. senate than that question. everyone of us is here because we are fighting to preserve our freedom. the race for u.s. senate in texas has been incredible. we have united conservatives

u.s. is bracing itself to be hit by hurricane irene having rain and winds earlier batter parts of the caribbean sweeping through cuba and the dominican republic it's expected to become a category four hurricane as it passes over the northwestern coast on route to the eastern u.s. coast no deaths or injuries have so far been reported. student protests continue to shake chile as demonstrators demand free education and changes to school funding thirty six people were injured as riders aren't barricades and clashed with police three hundred fifty people were detained in the capital protests in the country started three months ago after president pinera proposed sweeping education reforms. well before time african player of the year two agreed a deal was russian. for a record salary of thirty million dollars a year the arrival of the superstar striker is a massive coup for russia's premier league and puts firmly on the map as one of the world's most ambitious clubs. has the details. the latest news coming from of the football club is really capturing the imagination of the world of football and it really seems that we ar

u.s. after abandoning her attempt to swim from cuba to miami. she was halfway on the 109-mile journey when she became too sick, and too sore to continue. well this morning, millions of us are waking up to smaller nesteggs, and, of course, looking at that big board on wall street and watching the numbers very closely, we're covering all the angles from new york to london and wall street to the white house. cnn reporters are there. let's begin with alison kosik here at the new york stock exchange. alison, what do you think? we're seeing a glimmer of optimism here. we're still in positive territory. >> that's right. got to take what you can get, right? it's still very volatile. but at least for now that volatility is moving in the right direction. we watched the major averages open up 1% each. we call the dow pop 141 points. we're still kicking the triple digit rally. but traders say the selling wave may not be over because the fact is no one wants to be the last person at the party without a chair. until we get a clear direction on where the econo

u.s. rangy unit was under fire. venezuela's president awaiting a second round of chemotherapy in cuba hugo chavez had a poll victory in a removed in june but the exact nature of his cancer has not been disclosed his illness has been casting down and saving his fitness to stand for reelection next year but president chavez says he's responding well to his treatment plans to go ahead with the campaign. on the most powerful storm in decades heading to its eastern china topical storm moves high winds and torrential rain causing huge destruction over the weekend more than three hundred thousand people have been evacuated to safety around shanghai thousands of homes were left without power in south korea as the storm power lines and trees it's expected to reach western parts of north korea by monday. or more on the impact that america's credit rating drop is having on stock markets worldwide in the business now with marina. hello and welcome to business here on ars the global markets have been under pressure for weak spot have now reached the selling crescendo asian stock markets so that is. into the red with exchanges i

u.s. ranging unit that was under fire. venezuela's president raising the second round of chemotherapy in cuba hugo chavez cheema removed in june to be the exact nature of his cancer has not been disclosed his illness has been cost him down so his fitness to stand for reelection next year president chavez insists is responding well to his treatments and plans to go ahead with a campaign. came on the impact of america's credit rating drop is having on the stock market right now it's the business of marina. hello and welcome to business here on artsy now global markets have been under pressure for weeks spot have now reached a selling question though it's being accelerated by american losing its top tier credit rating major indexes in tokyo hong kong seoul and sydney are now down between two and four percent in europe futures are also lower ahead of wall street's opening and analysts think that a lot so that it will remain high while strong economic data remain strong on the ground. but we seem to be in the line structural problems are still the us employer in this still over nine percent european employ in the slogan nine p

. >>> emily is on track to hit the tip of cuba and the bahamas, but it's no longer expected to make landfall here in the u.s. before eventually turning back out to sea. >>> the killer heat wave is getting even deadlier as temperatures soar again today from dallas to atlanta. more than a dozen states are trapped under that sweltering dome of hot, sticky air and for many cities it's not letting up any time soon. more from abc's steven portnoy. >> reporter: the heat has been brutal. emergency rooms are swamped. heat-related calls are pouring in. more than 100 people have died. just this week, two football players from georgia died from excessive heat exposure, 16-year-old forrest jones -- >> he was such a great kid. >> reporter: -- and high school junior d.j. searcy. >> it won't be the same. >> reporter: some scary moments at the philadelphia eagles training camp when mike patterson suffered a seizure, possibly heat related. he is in stable condition in the hospital. scorching weather is affecting 165 million people in 18 states. 2,700 all-time heat records were broken in july, and more are being smashed this

emily is expected to continue toward cuba and by saturday may bring rain to florida. >>> "cbs moneywatch" time now on this purse. u.sstocks make a rebound. ashley morrison in new york good morning to you. >> good morning to you terrell. a mixed day for asian stocks. japan's nikkei was up 0.2% and hong kong's hang seng's lost about 0.5%. a late day rebound on wall street, the dow wiped out a triple-digit loss to finish 30 points higher and the nasdaq closed with a gain of 24. >>> a new report says the country's biggest banks are still charging high overdraft fees. the consumer federation of america surveyed the 14 largest banks and says their median overdraft fee is $35, the same as it was last year, that $35 charge can be triggered if customers overdraw their checking account by as little as $5. >>> you may soon be able to buy popular cholesterol drug lipitor without a prescription. the pharmaceutical giant pfizer has not confirmed it but the "wall street journal" says the company hopes to offer an over-the-counter version of lipitor when prescription generics become available in december. >>> budweiser is giving it

u.s. ranger unit that was under fire. from as well as presidents awaiting a second round of chemotherapy in cuba hugo chavez the how the pelvic tumor removed in june the exact nature of his council has not been displays the illness has been costing down over his fitness to stand for reelection next year but president chavez insists he's responding well to his treatment plans to go ahead with the campaign. most powerful storm in decades is heading towards eastern china topical storm a move for high winds into renshaw rain causing huge disruption over the weekend more than three hundred thousand people evacuated to safety around china high thousands of homes were left without power in south korea as the storm brought down power lines and trees it's expected to reach western parts of north korea by monday . i'll be back with a recap of our top story shortly but first the latest business news marina. hello and welcome to business here on artsy global markets have been under pressure for weeks spot they have now reached the selling crescendo asian stock markets continue to slide with exchanges in tokyo hong kong dropping between t