watching wb and learning about powerful women that were beyond my small world in little havana. what's interesting about the movement and where we are now is that, this is the largest group of latinos either been in outside of miami. for a long time i felt that it was impossible for me to be a latina come to be a lesbian and to be a survivor of sexual assault. that's because when you are survivor, when you were the first generation student, when you're the first person in your family to do something different, you essentially feel like you have to be this caricature of yourself. for me going to college was everything. i gave up all these other ideas of being a child to just go to school because there was so much on me being that first person to go. when i was a child, my ad while lowe told me no matter what, i could be that person. when i got into university of north carolina i was an out-of-state student being one of only a few hundred to get in out-of-state. it was a dream not to mention i got a scholarship. although i had to explain to grab her while i was meant it in a mostly at co

and books this evening. one author is a journalist who's written a novel. set largely in havana. the other is a veteran foreign service officer whose memoir draws on her long experience managing us diplomatic relations. robin lloyd, the journalist has been involved in tv journalism . you think that was really human? it involves tv journalism for, for more than 40 years. he worked as a foreign correspondent for nbc news for nearly a decade and a half before he mostly latin america and africa. he also covered the white house and the state department during the reagan and bush administrations. later as an independent news producer he created and produced news programs with networks from washington and has written documentaries and the longer news segments for many outlets, among them maryland public television. about six years ago robin left tv news toembark on what became his first novel, rough passage to london, and adventurous tale about a young farm boy in the 19th century who takes to the sea on a long . the bookreflected robin's own love of sailing. as a boy growing up on the

battleship maine exploded in the havana harbor so just can he beginning of the spanish american war. a lot of interest in trying to figure out are there new ways of making weapons. so he has this presentation, brings in the navy and inventors, other invendors, scientists, journalist and for 15 minutes he has a little mod model boat going forward, going back, dancing like a water bug, going around the pond and basically everybody is sitting thereyear you read the comments from the newspaper reports afterwards. some people were saying it was controlled by a tiny little monkey was inside that was trying to move it around. other people thoughts it was haunted. but what he then did, after mesmerizing everybody, he sort of turned to the crowd and said, would anybody like to ask the beat question? and everybody sort of has this blank look on their face, what do you mean ask the beat question. so, some probably math in other words comes up and says, what's the cube root of 64 and tesla, standing there in the back, has his hand underneath a secret panel and he flips a button four times that fla

panel. in late 2016 staff at the united states embassy in havana began complaining of strange noises and among it descriptions they complained of, high pitched beam of sound, incapacitating sound, akin to driving with windows partially open in the car or just intense pressure in one ear. at the time of this report the post's leadership and the supporting office here in washington d.c. viewed this activity as harassment from forces hostile to the united states or to u.s. presence in cuba. later there was information gathered from aditional individuals, including some that suggested the complaints to november. the initial events that were reported occurred at diplomatic residents. but later these events occurred -- individuals first visited the medical unit at the embassy in september 2016 and january of 2017. from february of april 2017. and to what you would see in patients that quote have a mild traumatic brain injury or concussion. and the test results up to that point. and they arrived at a consensus and the consensus is and i quote the patterns of injuries were most likely relate

in havana. the other is a veteran foreign service officer whose memoir draws on her long experience managing u.s./cuban diplomatic relations. robin lloyd, the journalist, has been involved in tv journalism -- [audio difficulty] you think those were the cubans? [laughter] that -- been involved in tv journalism -- i'm not paranoid -- worked as a correspondent for nbc news reporting mostly from latin america and africa. he also covered the white house and state department during the reagan and bush administrations. later, as an independent news producer, he created and produced news programs with foreign networks from washington and has written documentaries and longer news segments for many outlets. about six years ago, robin left tv news to embark on what became his first novel, "rough passage to london," an adventurous tale about a young farm boy in the 19th century who take toss the sea on a long quest. the book reflected robin's own love of sailing. as a boy growing up on the island of st. croix in the u.s. virgin islands, robin often sailed in the caribbean. "harbor of spies" als

some of the kids. havana, who is a follower of mine on twitter was in the audience, and i hadn't met her and her mom, destiny, until yelled but we had conversed on twitter. so a lot of fans i know throw social media, kid fans and their parents, and then a lot of new fans who have been reading my work in their classrooms over the years. >> host: next call for jacqueline woodson from vita in arlington, texas. >> caller: hi, pete, how are you. >> host: i'm good. >> caller: good. miss woodson, i am a -- the founder and president of a youth organization for young girls. we mentor and sponsor them, starting in the ninth grade through the 12th grade and one thing we do with them is look for literature for them to read. so, for 15-year-olds, what would you -- what do you think a 15-year-old most of our kidded are in a city -- achievers would get out of reading brown girl dreaming? >> guest: so, you -- um, you're asking what a 15-year-old would get out of reading brown girl dreaming? i'm sorry. i wasn't quite hearing. >> host: yes. >> guest: what are your girls reading now. >> caller: um, the

to pus is in havana. so we need to address this in order to eliminate this threat. e are seeing a regime that present tend themselves as -- indiscernible] also in the crisis in venezuela. -- idea and the regime [indiscernible] >> there is a constitutional reform. l the human rights that were entioned by our by senator menendez. forever as ing role he unique -- [indiscernible] >> and also right to use weapons against anyone that wants to change. anybody that is embolden should -- all the cuban pposition. the real challenge here to address the regime and the -- ts and their roots [indiscernible] >> that is also common element the three populations that have been affected. the one that is going to change those regimes. and we have to think about to me change that sometimes to be but only -- going the key factor of change. but they cannot do it alone. million people work in the reets of venezuela given change. and i think the other key factor it's a ra 'tisation and on the at that relies society of our country. >> thank you. you mentioned a critical point and brought up the discussion

sailed north they sailed to havana where they secured 500,000 spanish pesos from the citizens of cuba. so, a loan from the people of cuba with absolutely essential to our winning of independence. once again this shows you the international nature of this conflict. >> around the turn of the 20th century there was a book by the admirable that the power -- i think my timeline is right. i just wonder if he was influenced by the ideas put on by the sea power. >> washington's understanding of sea power has been appreciated by others. one of the things i wanted to get at in this research is washington's ability. the name of his home is named for the british admiral, so there's an element that i think is unappreciated when it comes to washington's abilities. and yes it has been a part of the naval historians, but one of the things i wanted to get a is many of those histories tend to rely largely on the british account because they were on english. the french accounts exist early in the 20th century and i can read french so i enlisted a wonderful translator and together we learned french naval

they feel terrible. it was gorgeous place. when i got here, i find out that the real little havana is hialeah but it's not for a little. it's 225,000 people. you go to the cafÉ and you watch the old men play checkers across the street. >> speaking of oscar, you have an incredible reputation for the amount of research that you do when you're writing a book. how do you compare the research you did to the research you did in miami for blood? i only give ever done this before so what was it like having a camera following you around during your research. you will see for yourself what happened to me when oscar follows me around. the one thing i couldn't do without any cameraman in on private interviews, there's nothing that puts a conversation to a halt faster than a tv camera. i noticed my posture wasn't very good. that was the first thing i notice. but i think he did a brilliant job. >> a few years back you came to miami with a book about art and its contribution to city life. in your book, high-end art plays an important role. of course you use the new art movement as one of the bac

born in havana cuba? >> that's very sad, isn't it? i don't think it's ever a tragedy for a baby to be born. i mean -- [applause] i mean, i think this highlights actually the dangers of government in charge of her life because when government officials reduce human beings two dollars and sense, then what gets left in the wayside? dignity, the dignity of human life. not only is he factually incorrect, your professor fact that the core is not worth for babies to go and the united states in any circumstance, and before them to become is also mixing up and look what their country was founded on the premise that every person has dignity conifers has a right to let that person has a right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. that apply to because it doesn't matter in our country what socioeconomic situation your boarding. you are not stuck there. you have the opportunity to achieve anything that you want, or at least to attempt to achieve it. won't always get a trophy which have an opportunity to put himself out of poverty. natalie is a missing the dignity of life, he's missing what make

the country concert in havana and they killed people, they never once called the white on white crime. there was a shoot shootout right outside of houston where nine people got killed and they didn't call it that. when putin and the russians, they didn't call at this. if something were to happen to you, they would look at you first so why all of a sudden do they use that to describe the criminality and that gives them reason to do what they do. the black people kill black people, white people kill white people, asians kill asians, whites tell husbands and husbands to wives. crimes in america, single it is black on white. somehow all of a sudden virtually the department of justice came out with a study that said black. white people commit the crimes of the same level we get a harsher sentence for. how they've been successful is the notion for us the most dangerous place to live is in their imagination. in the same circumstances. the basic proximity is the biggest determination of criminal conduct. somehow the bogeyman but he mentioned something interesting that was the biggest indicato

to grow up in havana illinois with the presidency like ohio pennsylvania michigan and wisconsin and president obama if he hadn't won the presidency without those states. today we have four people writing about the midwest and to have a better understanding of the country just one month before the midterm election. i will introduce to you the author of a book of poems called flyover country to grow up in a farm in western illinois and the author of the forgotten. and the long time "boston globe" reporter and editor. and the view from flyover country and the coverage of the 2016 election and jonathan the professor university of north carolina and to explain america's great divide. so before we get into our conversation i last to read a couple of poems from his book. . >> thank you to the boston festival and this was a very condescending phase in the region of the country. also in my book i write about american foreign policy so that resonates with the political as well so it is about how my brothers and i had the pittance. and even as we reach down trembling under the straw bale to be

federal response to the attacks on u.s. embassy personnel in havana.

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the staff at the us embassy in havana. state department officials testified they don't know the cause of the symptoms that resemble mild traumatic brain injury. the us government expelled cuban diplomats in response. marco rubio chairs this 90 minute

washington. we had it in havana cuba for decades to deal with the government we did not recognize. so i understand the north korean regime is all about. but, i think having a full-time diplomatic presence as a means of communication would be a big improvement. i can't make the case but i can argue things may have turned out differently for otto warmbier if we had a presence where we could of been bugging the north koreans every day about his state welfare. >> what you mean by bugging. >> pestering. >> pestering, engaging with the north koreans on a day-to-day basis about him. i don't know if things would've turned out different but they may have. been there would enhance our understanding and insight about the country. thirdly, as a conduit into north korea. >> host: so just have a more robust communications is a win. >> guest: i think so. then if you have a recognized state of diplomatic dialogue would be an improvement. i didn't find it unreasonable the north korean to me for a peace treaty. it's a cease-fire. everybody stop shooting in 53. so what you see is a very formidable c

report to me by the middle of next week. if i may, you're speaking about the incidents in havana. >> yes. >> if i might add here for the benefit of those who saw the news last night, we had an incident that was -- that the medical indications are very similar and entirely consistent with the medical indications that have taken place to americans working in cuba. one incident, we announced it to the workforce while we slept here last night. we have medical teams that are moving to be on the ground there. we are -- we are working to figure out what took place, both in havana and now in china as well. we've asked the chinese for their assistance in doing that. they have committed to honoring their commitments under the vienna convention to keep american foreign service officers safe. >> thank you. >> we appreciate very much your department keeping us in the loop on this as this proceeds. >> yes, sir. >> we go to steve chabot of ohio. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, as a founding member of the congressional taiwan caucus, i'd like to focus first on one of our key allies and what c

[inaudible conversations] >> one author largely from havana and an officer whose memoir draws on the experience managing those diplomatic relations and also with tv journalism for more than 40 years working as a foreign correspondent for abc news for a decade half and also the state department and later as an independent news producer to create news programs with foreign networks and has great documentaries for many outlets and many were self published so his first love was a tale of a yarn -- a young farmboy the book reflected his own love of sailing on the island of st. croix where his parents owned a dairy farm he often sailed the caribbean so there is a lot of see action centered around the civil war focusing on the sea captain and is forced to become a corrupt merchant over the confederate cost gets involved in the old unsolved murder of an english diplomat and he can tell you whatever else he thinks best but i would like to say the american captain so now to have a long and distinguished career without extensive experience with africa and cuba and to serve as a deputy assis

kids from an organization in little havana. a little girl asked me did it hurt a lot when your grandfather died and i told her it hurt like anything. i cried and i cried once i stopped, i remembered and to this day i know she is still alive in the year and all of my memories. she's never died there. in those ways, no one ever dies forever because we sta they stae mind of the people who love us. >> host: ocean township new jersey. he would like to know if you've ever considered running for president or for office. >> guest: i love my job, i love and enjoy being a lawyer and a justice. to be a voice for the decision of the most important question in the united states and sometimes in the world, for me it is the perfect job. everybody has their own perfect jobs. we don't all like the same thi thing, but i've always been interested in the law and the good that it can do for people so for me this is the right job. >> host: we are out of time and we are getting the wrath signal. we have hundreds of questions in a three-day span we want to thank the teachers and students for sending t

middle of next week. >> talk about the incidents in havana if i might add for benefit of those who saw the news last night we had an incident that the medical indications are very similar and entirely consistent with those that have taken place to americans working in cuba one incident we announced while we slept here last night we have medical teams moving to be on the ground we are working to figure out this place in havana and now china we have asked the chinese for their assistance they have honored their commitment to keep foreign service officers. >> we appreciate your department keeping us in the loopre now we go to steve from ohio. >> is a founding member of the congressional taiwan caucus focusing first on our key ally in a dangerous world is the nation of taiwan. i say nation intentionally it is not a faux pas. it has been a de facto independent country for more than half a century. of course they have to put up with china's bullying on an ongoing basis. the state department had a self-imposed policy thatn prevented top taiwanese officials to come to the united states includi

? >> this man was a microbiologist at the university of illinois and havana in 19 and that with a new form on life that was previously suspected in going after questions and from the earliest. three .-point 5 billion. but he picked one particular molecule in all life and that was his rosetta stone molecule the form of rna that exist with all creatures in america and he started to sequence fragments extracted from different forms of life he could grow bacteria in the lab and identify the culture in that extract this molecule to sequence fragments of their genomes and then compare the paragraphs of one form of life and how long those lineages had diverge from one another and in the mid- seventies a very primitive form of genome that was toxic chemicals and explosive solvents and high-voltage. and then those grad teams to come up with these paragraphs of dna fragments. looking at the results of one of the strains to realize it isn't bacteria at all but this creature it was a single celled creature living in the oxygen-poor environments to produce methane which was thought of as a bac

main in havana harbor? the spanish? the bad news it wasn't spanish. william mckinley went to congress on this wave of outrage. we have to go to war to avenge the sinking of the main and other things. turns out the main was probably sunk by a boiler accident but you can't go to war against boilers so we want a war against spain. we went to war, an incident that did not happen the way the government said it did. this went from being retaliation against spain, punishing spain for a couple other things. we went on, this has to be a war subdue the philippines, fighting insurgents, change the government of cuba, we took guam and puerto rico but this went beyond the war that mckinley talked about. americans began to say maybe we cannot believe our presidents especially when they are asking us to do the most sacred and dangerous thing a president can ask which is to ask us to put our young people in harm's way. woodrow wilson. are there any wilson defendants here? just want to know. any members of the wilson anti-defamation league? all right. i guess i can go on. wilson is not high o

watching wb and learning about powerful women that were, you know, beyond my small world in little havana. and i think what's interesting about the movement and where we are now is that, i mean, this is the large est group of latins i've been in outside of miami. for a long time i thought it would be impossible to be a latina, lesbian and survivor of sexual assault. when you're the first generation student, first about earn in your family to do something different, you feel like you have to be a caricature of yourself. for me, going to college was everything. i gave up all of these other ideas of being a child to just go to school because there was so much on me being that first person to go. and, you know, when i was a child. my abuello told me-- [speaking spanish] -- and the first person to make it. and only one of a few hundred to get out of state and a dream and not to mention i had a scholarship. and i had to explain why i was moving 800 miles away and i would promise to come back, it was still a lot on me to be that success story. and before i even experienced sexual violence, was d

departed from havana to attack pensacola. the third hurricane struck. known today as solon owes hurricane for the admiral in charge of the fleet the storm ravaged the gulf of mexico for three days and ultimately drove the remains of the spanish fleet back to cuba.with thousands of vessels sunk and this masted and hundreds of soldiers and sailors ground, solano and galvez reluctantly decided to postpone the attack until the following year. would take the english, french, and spanish, months if not years to recover from three hurricanes october 1780. when british admiral george rodney, who spent the late summer and fall in new york arrived in barbados early december, he was astounded by what he saw. had i not been an eyewitness, he wrote to his wife, nothing could have induced me to believe it. more than 6000 persons perished in all the inhabitants ruined, the hurricane brewed fatal to six ships of my squad. the lesson was impossible to ignore. given seasonal dangers of the storm battered string of islands the best place for navy or fall with nowhere in the caribbean. Ãbbut hardl

top priority for the committee. the unexplained attacks on embassy personnel in havana. and now in china are very disturbing. twenty-six americans have been medically evacuated from havana with serious symptoms including sharp ear pain, headaches, vertigo, and other conditions consistent with brain injury or concussion. canadians have been impacted as well. we need to know what happened, who is responsible and how to respond. the administration is actively addressing the western hemisphere's major crisis starting with venezuela. the united states is repeatedly condemned the illegitimate election of president maduro as well as the human rights abuses and economic meltdown unfolding there. the administration has deployed targeted sanctions, hitting venezuelan officials, not the suffering venezuelan people is the way to go. the vice president has traveled there for three times to urge regional leaders to do more for the venezuelan people. in nicaragua the administration has designated three top officials for human rights abuses and corruptions. we should do more to support the nicarag

what we had in havana, cuba for decades. to deal with the government we did not recognize. not to do that as a reward for bad behavior, i understand with the north korean regime is about. but, having a full-time diplomatic presence in pyongyang as a means of communication would be a big improvement. i cannot make the case, but i could argue things may have turned out differently for some if we had a presence in north korea and could be bugging them about the state and the welfare. >> what you mean by bugging? >> pestering. pestering and engaging with the north koreans on a day-to-day basis would be appropriate. i don't know that things would turned out any different. secondly, in their would enhance our understanding and insight about the country. thirdly as information into north korea. >> host: it sounds like have a more robust conversations with diplomatic exchanges that's a win. >> i think so. if you have a recognized steady-state of diplomatic dialogue or the possibility for would be an improvement. i did not find it unreasonable with the north korean to man for a peace treaty.

koreans and washington. this is similar to what we had in havana, cuba for decades. to do with a government we did not recognize. why do that? for us, not because we are for bad behavior. goodness knows i understand the regime is all about. i have seen it. but i think having a full-time diplomatic president in pyongyang as a communication would be a big improvement. i cannot make the case but i can argue that things might've turned out differently for otto warmbier henry a diplomatic presence in pyongyang and north korea that we can both north koreans everyday about this welfare and his state. >> what do you mean by bugging? >> pestering. i don't know things would've been different but second of course, being that would enhance our understanding and insight about the country. third, a conduit for information into north korea. >> is not like you're saying just having more robust conversations with diplomatic exchanges but that is a win. >> i think so. because if you have a recognized steady-state of diplomatic dialogue or the possibility i think there would be an improvement. -- i

have one for north koreans in washington. this is similar to what we had in havana cuba for decades. why do that? for us, not as a reward for bad behavior. goodness knows i understand the north korean regime is all about fear but i think having a full-time diplomatic presence in pyongyang as a means of communication would be a big improvement. i can't make the case but i could argue that things might have turned out different and we had a diplomatic president in pyongyang, in north korea that would talk to north koreans every day about his state and his welfare. >> let's bea little clearer about what you mean by bugging . not espionage. >> guest: freudian slip pestering, engaging with the north koreans on a day-to-day basis . i don't know that things would have turned out differently but they might have. currently of course is being there would enhance our understanding and insight about the country and thirdly, as a conduit for information into north korea. >> host: sounds like you're saying just havingmore re-robust conversations, that's a win . >> guest: i think so because then i

think met with me, don't be fooled by the propaganda. instead of reforming, havana is merely mutating. it continues to crack down on civil society by harass, beating, and imprisoning innocent civilians. the ladies in white still gather every week and walk peacefully to church to draw attention to the plight of political prisoners and violations of human rights. and every week they're still confronted, harassed, and arrested by castro's thugs. in nicaragua, ortega's regime is resurrecting old-style tyranny. he's reportedly authorized a shoot to kill policy against protesters, there's widespread kidaling and extrajudicial killings. and torture. over 500 people have been killed since april. thousands have been injured or imprisoned. and there's simply no greater tragedy in this hemisphere than a little further south in venezuela. the maduro regime is not only destroying that country's democracy and economy but its dictatorship created the largest cross-border mass exodus in the history of the americas. by some accounts, three million venezuelans have fled their homeland. from vi

small world of little havana and what's interesting about the movement and where we are now is that this is the largest group of latinos i've ever been in outside of miami. for a long time, i felt it was impossible for me to be a lucky dog, a lesbian and a survivor of sexual assault and that's because when you are a survivor, you are a first-generation student, the first person in your family to do something different, you feel like you have to be this caricature of yourself and for me, going to college was everything. i gave up all these other ideas of being a child to go to school because there was so much on me being the first person to go and when i was a child, my well always told me . got into the university, as n n an out-of-state student, being one of only a few hundred and out of state, was a dream not to mention i got a scholarship and although i had to explain why i was moving 100 miles away and i promise i wouldcome back , it was still a lot on me to be that success story and before i even experienced sexual violence, it was difficult to be that first person to go there.

about powerful women that were, you know, beyond my small world in little havana. and i think what's interesting about the movement and where we are now is that this is the largest group of latinos i've ever been in outside of miami -- [laughter] for a long time i felt that it was impossible for me to be a latina, to be a lesbian and to be a survivor of sexual assault. and that's because when you are a survivor, when you are, you know, a first generation student, when you're the first person in your family to do something different, you essentially feel like you have to be this caricature of yourself. and for me, going to college was everything. i mean, i gave up all these other ideas of being a child to just goo to school because -- to just go to school because there was so much on me being that first person to go. and when i was a child, my nunca always told me -- [speaking spanish] no matter what, i could be that person the make it. when i got into the university of north carolina as an out of state student, being only one of a few hundred who get in out of state, it was a stream.

a group of kids from an organization called amigos for kids in little havana and a young little girl asked me, did it hurt a lot when your grandmother died, and i told her it hurt like anything and i cried and i cried and i cried but once i stopped crying i remembered, and to this day i think of my abuelita almost every single day and i know that she's still alive in here and in all of my memory she's never died there and in those ways no one ever dies forever because we stay alive in the memory of people who love us. >> mohamed khan, ocean township high school, ocean, new jersey. >> now, that's close the other my home. >> there you go. [laughter] >> well, he would like to know if you ever considered running for president or office? >> no. [laughter] >> i love my job, first, i absolutely love being a lawyer, second i absolutely love and adore being a justice. i get to think about and be a voice in the decisions of the most important legal questions in the united states and sometimes in the world. for me it's the perfect job for me. everybody has their own perfect job and we don'

the havana harbor. we were just at the beginnings of the spanish-american war. there was a lot of interest to figure out where their new ways of making weapons? he brings in the navy and inventors scientists and journalists and for about 15 minutes he has this little model boat going forward, going back. it acted like a water boat going around the pond. basically everyone is sitting there and if you read some of thet comments from the newspaper reports some people were saying it was controlled by a tiny inside moving it around in other people thought it was -- but what he didn't did after mesmerizinghe everybody he turnd to the crowd and said what anybody like to ask the boat a question that everybody has this blank look on their face. what face. what do you mean asked the boat a question? some probably massenburg comes up andnd says what's the root of 64. he flips a button four times and flashes a light on the model boat and the crowd went nuts because they thought there has to be a inside their something. but this was as conflicts between the realities of the day. he just did a

havana, and a young girl asked me did it hurt a lot when your grandmother died. i told her it hurt like anything. and i cried, and i cried, and i cried. but once i stopped crying, i remembered. and to this day i think of my abonita almost every single day and i know that she's still alive in here. and in all of my memories. she's never died there. and so, in those ways, no one ever dies forever. because we stay alive in the memory of people who love us. >> host: mohammad con, ocean new jersey,. >> sonia: that's a little closer too my home. >> host: he would like to know if you've considered for running for president or office. >> sonia: no. [laughter] i love my job. first i absolutely love being a lawyer. second, i absolutely love and adore being a justice. i get to think about and be a voice in the decision of the most important legal questions in the united states and sometimes in the world. for me, it's the perfect job for me. everybody has their own perfect job and we don't all like the same thing, but i've never been interested in the elected office but i always have been intereste

material, 3 months after the battleship maine exploded in havana harbor. we were at the beginning of the spanish-american war. there was a lot of interest in figuring out new ways of making weapons so he has this presentation, he brings in the navy, other inventors, scientists, journalists and for 15 minutes has this little model boat going forward, going back, dancing like a water bug, going around the pond and everyone is sitting there, you read the comments from newspaper reports, some people were saying it was controlled by a little monkey. other people thought it was hunted. but what he then did after mesmerizing everybody, he turned to the crowd and said would anybody like to ask a question? everybody has a blank look, what do you me ask the boat a question? some probably mass nerd said what is the key root of 64? tesla standing in the back has his hand under a secret panel and flips a button four times that flashes the light on the model boat and as he said, the crowd nuts because they were thinking there has to be a monkey inside or something. but this was the conflict betwee

have in havana, cuba, to do with what we didn't recognize. for us, not as a reward for bad behavior. understanding what the north korean regime is all about. we've seen it. having a full-time diplomatic presence in pyongyang as a means of communication would be a big improvement appeared i can make the case i can argue things might've turned out differently had we had a diplomatic presence in north korea about a state welfare. >> guest: pestering from engaging with north koreans on a daily basis -- i don't know things would've turned out any differently. and thirdly, as a conduit for information into north korea. >> it sounds like you're saying having more robust conversation that that is a win. >> i think so. if you have a recognized steady-state a diplomatic dialogue or the possibility would be an improvement. i didn't find it unreasonable when i was there. the north korean demand and after all it's a cease-fire. everybody stop shooting in july july 1953. you see a very overwhelmingly superior and they understand it. and they think that forests, the republic of korea by the united

. poison from the sap of a native tree. and his men took him back to cuba to havana where he died of the wound. >> that was when 100 years and that was ultimately because of the visitation of spanish and others. >> you are talking about the spanish being impressed by the coastal indians and the gulf of mexico. largely because they were tolerating the spanish. these were people who took the majority of their protein from the sea. the spanish french and british as well were very impressed by the height of these people, the physical bustness. they were also quite intolerant of the european -- and wisdom. what ended up wiping out an aboriginal people of the golf course were primarily the european. that was one great accomplishment of the hernando desoto expedition, the four-year expedition around the gulf coast. he was there searching for gold and silver. he found none of that. but what he did do was he spread european diseases mainly, smallpox and measles. that opened up and killed off majority of the native peoples. that made it easier in later years for the spanish and the french to s

to cuba to havana where he died of his wound but then within a few hundred years, all the calusa are gone and that was 1 ultimately because of the visitations of the spanish and other europeans. >> that's right, and the spread of diseases. you were talking about the thspanish being impressed by the coastal indians in the gulf of mexico, largely because they were taller than the spanish.us these were people that took their protein from the sea. the french and british as well were impressed by the height of these people, the physical robustness of them. they were also quite intolerant of european invaders and resisted them . but what ended up wiping out the original people, original people of the gulf coast were primarily the european diseases. that's the one great accomplishment of hernando desoto expedition, four-year expedition around the gulf coast. he was there searching for gold and silver and he found none of that what he did do is he spread european diseases, mainly walmart and measles that opened up, that killed law the majority of the native people and that made it easier in

, republicans and 5% think the press are radio havana or radio hillary or something. but we are almost an institution, where not a monolith but it is a treat, almost as equally distrusted by the left. there's nothing quite like the lip curl of a bernie breaux using the words mainstream media. it truly a sight to behold. because obviously which is such forced to demand pick a specially the times, james. what does your inbox look like? [laughing] trash the newsroom, is that which you're asking? >> your job is to have diversity of opinion in balance and yet you to do with sometimes quite astonishing accusations that you are just a shill for big capital or, you name it. >> yes, and you're right, i was thinking about when you're running through the list earlier of some of the sources of the erosion of trust in the media, it was breitbart and rush limbaugh and so forth but the truth is there's been a lot of attack from the left as well for very many years and suspicion of the mainstream media. and as as as you also said, a t of it was deserved. it's not a bad thing for our feet to be held to th

little more pro-havana prn the bush administration was. what a a wonderful idea to actually give the cuban people a way to express their own actual use and share them with each other. that is something we should be embracing. >> what about that? everyone talks about iran. everyone says, it's positively there many people, a horrible regime and arenas, quds force, and it only i running people, are we putting bluejeans rocky music thing with every new people, what are we doing there? >> we're doing actually in iran what lester just described in cuba which is as agenda is a whole host of things. again, american companies doing things and iran, there is an exception for social media, the idea being with ty to facilitate the use of social media in iran so that people can express themselves what lester was describing. >> calico back to something lester said? >> please. >> about to pick up on his household -- [inaudible] which is that he's allowing his children to express himself. but lester is the head of the household, models -- he models truthfulness. he shows his children this is the pro

group of kids from an organization called amigos for kids in little havana and a young little girl asked me, did it hurt a lot when your grandmother died, and i told her it hurt like anything and i cried and i cried and i cried but once i stopped crying i remembered, and to this day i think of my abuelita almost every single day and i know that she's still alive in here and in all of my memory she's never died there and in those ways no one ever dies forever because we stay alive in the memory of people who love us. >> mohamed khan, ocean township high school, ocean, new jersey. >> now, that's close the other my home. >> there you go. [laughter] >> well, he would like to know if you ever considered running for president or office? >> no. [laughter] >> i love my job, first, i absolutely love being a lawyer, second i absolutely love and adore being a justice. i get to think about and be a voice in the decisions of the most important legal questions in the united states and sometimes in the world. for me it's the perfect job for me. everybody has their own perfect job and we don't all like

this is similar to what we had in havana, cuba for decades. to deal with the government we did not recognize. i understand what the north korean regime is about. but, having a full-time diplomatic presence as a means of communication would be a big improvement. i cannot make the case, but i can argue things would have turned out differently had we had a diplomatic presence they could be bugging the north koreans everyday about his state and welfare. >> what you mean by bugging. >> pestering. engaging with the north koreans on a day-to-day basis. i don't know if things would've turned out different but they might have. being there would have enhanced our understanding and insight about the country. as a conduit for information into north korea. >> so just have a more robust conversations with diplomatic exchanges is a win. >> i think so. if you have a recognized, steady state of diplomatic dialogue it would be an improvement. i did not find it unreasonable the north korean demand for peace treaty. it is a cease-fire. so, what you're seeing is a very formal conventional force, overwh

in havana, cuba? >> well, that's very sad, isn't it? i don't think it's ever a tragedy for a baby to be born. [applause] >> i mean, i think that highlights actually the dangers of having government in charge of our life because when government officials or politicos reduce human beings to dollars and cents, then what gets left at the wayside, the dignity of human life. not only is your professor factually incorrect. it is not worse for a baby to be born in the united states in my circumstance than to be born in cuba, our country was founded on the premise that every person has dignity, every person has a right to life, and every person has a right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. that applies here because it doesn't matter in our country what socioeconomic situation you are born in. you are not stuck there. you have that opportunity to achieve anything that you want or at least to attempt to achieve it. you won't always get a trophy for it, but you have that opportunity to pull yourself out of poverty. so not only is he missing the dignity of life, i think he's missing what m

havana. state department officials testified they don't know the cause of the symptoms that resemble mild traumatic brain injury. the us government expelled cuban diplomats in response. marco rubio chairs this 90 minute foreign relations subcommittee hearing. >> this hearing of the subcommittee on the western hemisphere transnational crime security democracy human rights and global women's issues will come to order. the title of this hearing is attacks on us diplomats in cuba response and oversight, one government panel testifying today, following through witnesses who are here and grateful for you joining us today on behalf of the advocate of branch, mister francisco paul mary, assistant secretary of state for the bureau of western hemisphere affairs, todd brown, diplomat security assistant director of international programs at the department of state and doctor charles rosen farb, director of the bureau of medical services. the deferment of state, thank you for being here for this important topic. >> the first is to establish the facts. and the conduct and activities of united stat

date of u.s. cuba relations in the federal response to the attacks on u.s. embassy personnel in havana. the house for the first committee on the western hemisphere held this hearing. it is an hour and 10 minutes. .. deputy executive secretary to former secretary of state clinton. earlier to secretary rice. overseas assignments have been in france, belgium, germany. and served the operations center as well as a bureau. bureau of economic business affairs. our second witness to testify, ambassador peter bodde. coordinator for the health incident response task force at the u.s. department of state. previously the ambassador served as ambassador to -- and report from the department in 2017. he returned from retirement in february, 2018. to chair the cuba accountability review board. known as the arb. and at my age i think of aarp for some reason. the health incidents task force. it has multiple overseas assignments in iraq, pakistan, nepal, and germany, and india, denmark. served in the bureau of diplomatic security administration. our last witness to testify, i thought we had more. the ac