is base if colombia or cuba there is also a constituency in latin america. and sometimes it makes it more difficult domestic pressures here and the domestic pressures in latin america, going two different direction. it goes both ways. >> to give you an example if i may. part of what is happening between brazil and iran, that has so many people in washington has to do with domestic politics. the fed poking the eye of the u.s., always plays well with the political base of ruling this case. >> and it irritates washington. >> rose: ahmadinejad came to brazil, did he not. >> yes. and hugo is going to brazil in-- to iran in may. he is in brazil. >> ahmadinejad his 9th visit to latin america. american presidents have not spent that much time in latin america. >> rose: and what are these visits about, selling iran oil or. >> oil and trade. >> agriculture. >> rose: so it is not there, not trying to just stick his figure never america's eye but a byproduct. >> it is a combination of economic interests. >> it must be said that barack obama is enormously popular persona

. -- taking cuba closer to the free market. president obama's security summit has begun. 47 leaders are there to find a way to deal with nuclear weapons. but on the first full day of the summit, russia and the u.s. have signed an agreement to dispose with plutonium that they have stored. >> the biggest gathering of world leaders by an american president since 1945. an opportunity for barack obama to show leadership and give some momentum to his agenda. nuclear threats topped the list. >> just the smallest amount of plutonium could killed and injured hundreds of thousands of innocent people. terrorist networks such as al qaeda have tried to acquire the weapon for a nuclear weapon. if they ever succeeded, they would use it. >> the summit was an opportunity for world leaders to meet barack obama. there is a quick handshake, a few polite words and then on to the next leader. was this enough to foster ties and cooperation? he would like concrete action from each one to help to get rid of nuclear material. the ukraine has given up it

cuba released these photos of elian wearing an olive green uniform. and the boy's case caused an international sensation ten years ago, when he was rescued off the coast of florida and ordered back to his father in cuba. >> hard to believe he's so grown up now. >> it's been ten years. >>> an annual tradition on the white house south lawn. thousands of kids were invited to the white house easter egg roll. it follows the first lady's healthy living initiative. >> president obama read "green eggs and ham," as glee serenaded the crowd. mrs. obama and the first daughters danced and sang along a little bit. the white house kitchen dyed more than 14,000 eggs. >>> coming up, the stories we'll be following today, including the latest from west virginia. >>> and flooded out homeowners hoping for good news today from the federal government. ♪ [ woman ] nine iron, it's almost tee-time. time for new zyrtec® liquid gels. they work fast. so i can get relief from the pollen that used to make me sneeze, my eyes water. with new zyrtec® liquid gels, i get allergy re

cuba is turning over hundreds of state run shops to employees. as our correspondent reports, this could be the beginning of a long expected privatization of firms. >> it is a light trim rather than a short backside, a small tentative step to reform. the cuban retail sector has often been announced for its core service. nell the proprietors' will be able to rent the space where they work. >> it is experimental, i could not say if it was a good thing or not. i have never worked like this. we are just getting started. >> fidel castro nationalized all businesses back in 1968. -- 1958. now his successor is trying to modernize the system without jumping to full-scale capitalism. he started by giving unproductive land to private farmers. now he is turning to the retail sector. >> i think that they will explain how it will work to the workers. many people think it is a good idea. they are all for it. >> cuba and north korea are the only remaining soviet-style command economies. many others have long since to push through market reforms while maintaining

au hu el cardenal jaime ortega pidió la liberación de todos los presos políticos en cuba y el acoso de las damas de blanco era penoso, aleyer esas madres fuer abucheadas por militantes comunistas luego de asistir a una misa. >>> la ciudad juárez, una joven periodista fue asesinada, el estado de morelos parecía un pueblo fantasma y provocan terror a través de la internet, verónica del castillo afirma que la mayoría de las víctimas no son inocentes >>> sin vida quedó este policía de monterrey, luego varios hombres les dispararon, junto al cadáver sus verdugos dejaron coronas de flores y mantas donde s amenazan a más. la violencia del crimen organizado en cesa en juárez, este sffin de semana fueron asesinadas 7 personas, también aparecieron 4 narcos manta nuestro chihuahua donde se exige haya policía estatal de quienes alimentan a la narco de línea. >>> los agentes que tomaron el lugar del ejército en juárez, tomaron una banda, con 18 plagios de trabajadores, presión r de preso prempresarios y estudi >>> más del 90% de estos homicidios y ejecuciones es la lucha de cartel

raul castro a hacer los cambios necesarios para remediar la crisis economica, a la vez que insto a cuba y los estados unidos a romper el circulo critico de su conflicto a traves del dialogo... en republica dominicana,anoche y a pesar de una persistente lluvia, mas de 40- mil personas se dieron cita en un concierto para ayudar a haiti... en una iniciativa respaldada por la onu y una empresa francesa de telefonia, actuaron los cantantes espanoles alejandro sanz, miguel bose y enrique iglesias, el colombiano juanes, el boricua luis fonsi y los dominicanos juan luis guerra, jhony ventura, milly quezada y maridalia hernandez... la convocatoria fue hecha por el cantautor juan luis guerra... buenas tardes a todos, los deportes de hoy lo iniciamos con una noticia muy triste que enluta el boxeo en general y varias familias, se trata de la tragedia del boxeador venezolano edwin valero. el campeón venezolano de boxeo edwin "inca" valero se suicidó esta madrugada colgándose del cuello en la prisión donde estaba detenido por haber asesinado a su esposa horas antes, los celadores encontraron

. >>> los abogados de algunas víctimas dicen que garcía fue sacado de cuba por la aprobación de la alta jerarquia católica, cuando el papa benedicto xvi era el encargado de velar por esto, pero garcía dice que fue expulsado por el régimen. >>> me llamaron y me dijeron que había una carta de cuba, supuse que era del gobierno, donde decían que nos habían sacado por cuestiones de inmoralidad. después no hubo más evidencia de nada. >>> garcía vive en costa rica desde hace 10 años con su esposa y una hija de 15 años. >>> los vecinos del ex sacerdote dicen estar sorprendidos, muchos dicen que desconocían que había sido sacerdote. >>> doña silvia fue su empleada de confianza. >>> yo los conocí, excelentes personas, trabajé 4 años ahí, me trataron bien. >>> el ex sacerdote dijo que lo que hizo en cuba fue ayudar a los necesitados, y en miami ayudó a los inmigrantes. aseguró que nunca conoció a el papa actual. >>> bueno, cabe mencionar que la imagen del papa benedicto xvi está en tela de juicio, ya que cuando era cardenal su deber era analizar los casos de inmoralidad, y as

porque esta es una verdad de cuba y de venezuela. >>> nosotros tratamos de contactar are representantes de ambos gobiernos pero sin embargo alberto gonzález secretaria de prensa de la sección de intereses de cuba en washington comentó que estuve en estas y tr estas demandas son con declaración falsas: no obstante la operación de los médicos, sigue en pie, y dicen que ahora no es sólo por ellos >>> hay muchos esclavos todavía que están trabajando para ellos, para poder mantener los dos sistemas sociales tanto políticamente como económicamente >>> según estos testimonios los médicos cubanos no pueden negarse ir a venezuela, y sí hacen un trabajo mediocre les quitan la licencia veremos qué pasa. ( ♪ música) >>> y nuestro final de impacto, como anunciamos hace semanas nuestra querida bárbara está esperando su segundo retoño y estas listas para anunciar el sexo del bebé >>> nuestros fieles ttelevidents se enteran de esta gran noticia, lo pueden ver otra nena >>> estamos muy contentos >>> estamos bien contentos y felicidades, era lo que yo quería una hermana para mí an

. >> hugo chÁvez tambiÉn negÓ las denuncias del proceso de cuba. dijo categoracimente que los cubanos sÓlo nos estÁn ayudando. >> yo lo llamÉ y le dije: qué te pasa a ti? ya eres un escaulido, se volviÓ escualido. >> asÍ las cosas. chÁvez garantiza el respaldo total de sus militares. la alta participaciÓn de los votantes, no son buenas noticias para el gobierno quae postaba lo contrario. y una buena seÑal de que las prÓximas elecciones primarias podrÍan ser muy pelaedas. >> una hora antes del cierre de los colegios electorales habÍan votado mÁs de 8 millones de personas, o sea el 93, 5 % de los electorales. es un espaldarazo al sistema socialista. >> continuaremos mÁs adelante con mÁs noticias, estÉn atentos pero ahora vamos con el doctor dÍaz que nos toma la temperatura del clima. buen dÍa, doctorcito. >> buen dÍa, otra vez. y te manda un saludo especialmente para ti, me dijo: me saludas a todos, pero especialmente a neida, salud de mi papÁ. cÓmo va a amanecer con las temperaturas mÁximas hoy en los estados unidos? 69 washing

the passion for baseball in cuba. there it's about the love of the game, not the money. we will take to you brazil for, of all things, the rodeo. and to bolivia, where indigenous women still sport these bowler hats. >> to india with glass making on the west bank and wine making in lebanon. finally we will take you to prague where we met czechs following the mushroom hunting. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." major support has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. welcome to our final edition of "worldfocus." as we prepare to end our 18-month run we want to remind you one last time about america's place in the world. the united states is the third most populous country with 310 million people. our population actually represents only 4.5% of

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anywhere but cuba. this is the best country i've ever been. [ applause ] >> mike: that is a wonder of thing. michael moore has done a movie he talks about how wonderful it is in cuba and the great healthcare system there. if michael were sitting here, would you take some issue with his assessment? >> i think they're convinced that health is a right, not a privilege. you can look elsewhere, not in cuba. i don't think the system works in cuba. people are not paid a salary for the work. so it's for free in cuba if you get $10 a month. >> mike: oppressive regime. we want to talk more about it and the relationship you had with your father fidel castro when we come back. alina fernandez stays with us, and you will too, because you want to hear what she has to say. we'll be right back with alina. ♪ [ male announcer ] try fixodent with a time-released formula. use just once per day for dawn-to-dark hold. it is important to use the product as directed. fixodent and forget it. anncr vo: ...you can get help gwit

what good is a dummy prisoner of your jailer looks like cuba does not set you free? black south africans turned to one of their own to govern but wasted the opportunity to transform the values opposed on their country by outsiders and he can hardly bear the thought of, repeating the mistake. in south africa's case, lee believes the mistake was looking at the west generally and to washington, d.c. specifically to solve the problems of african people. and as was the case with apartheid there's nothing in americans fetish for democracy but the free-market for people of color. what is it the cubin -- what is it the cubans say? each day in the world to hundred million people sleep in the streets, not one of them is in cuba. can america's a that? while lee is watching, obama takes a step closer to the presidency and an african proverb comes to mind. one of his black countrymen often try to describe the dilemma in the post-apartheid era got a stone but not a not to crack, not a not a that no stone to correct it with. the south majority government built homes for the people

american invasion of cuba yet they did tell us about it. maybe you can continue. >> well, you're right. "the dead hand" was retaliatory system that soviet leaders devised and i actually at one point thought about a completely automated retaliatory system and i think they got worried that would be too frightening for them so they developed a semi-automatic system which involved in this deep underground bunker in the shape of the globe and several men with a checklist and under certain circumstances lost communication with authority, seismic evidence of a first-rate they would launch small command rockets which would be used to launch all the weapons. i describe this in a chapter in the book but the key point dimension which we puzzled over including the man who worked on the system and describes in the book is why did they keep it secret because of it was intended as a deterrent it would only work as a deterrent and if it was public. by keeping it secret they essentially suggest that they didn't see it as a deterrent. i don't think that i or

[cheering] and during my childhood i saw my town turn into cuba. people from cuba were risking their lives coming to america for freedom autographs. and my boyfriend when i was 15, i dated him -- i don't have time to go into the romantic tinge live with my past -- i am new at this. his name -- in english is angel and i said, angel, whereas your dad and he said he said in jail in cuba and i said why and he said because he resisted communism. and then i said to my neighbor, what's it like to grow up in a communist country? she said,, well i will tell you, in kindergarten they tell the kids to bother heads and pray come close their eyes and ask god who can be and when the kids open their eyes there is no can be there. then they tell them to buy out their heads and close their eyes and pray to castro and s kemper can be and when the little kids open their eyes and there is canadair. that is communism and have starting to smell it in my country. [cheering] and obama is offering free stuff to people so they will vote for him. [cheering] ny to your educat

[cheering] and during my childhood i saw my town turn into cuba. people from cuba were risking their lives coming to america for freedom autographs. and my boyfriend when i was 15, i dated him -- i don't have time to go into the romantic tinge live with my past -- i am new at this. his name -- in english is angel and i said, angel, whereas your dad and he said he said in jail in cuba and i said why and he said because he resisted communism. and then i said to my neighbor, what's it like to grow up in a communist country? she said,, well i will tell you, in kindergarten they tell the kids to bother heads and pray come close their eyes and ask god who can be and when the kids open their eyes there is no can be there. then they tell them to buy out their heads and close their eyes and pray to castro and s kemper can be and when the little kids open their eyes and there is canadair. that is communism and have starting to smell it in my country. [cheering] and obama is offering free stuff to people so they will vote for him. [cheering] ny to your educat

and there is a satellite station in cuba that promptly blocked the satellites so the satellite would see recently decapitated the move. so this left me with this idea that perhaps the most effective things we could do would be to provide enough oxygen for the iranians to do what they want to do themselves to communicate with each other, to leverage technology they currently don't have. this is by the way the regime of course think it is invasive but this is just a natural evolution of the protest that you see now in iran. we have to think about how to make that more effective. >> i agree with what you are seeing rather than democracy is ideas about democracy are already pervasive in society and they are spreading even more in my opinion as we know many of the iranian people are young under the age of 30 daisy about two-thirds are under the age of 30 so they were not alive the time of the revolution or they don't remember it. more and the year more and more connected through the world of technology, travel, they have relatives overseas, they've been exposed to the ideas about the univ

cuba does not allow humanitarian agencies to monitor these prison conditions. the fact that somehow prisoners are rebelling against these conditions, we are led to believe that this is the responsibility of the united states. it is the responsibility of the cuban government. they include those in custody. they should live up to those obligations. >> they accuse the united states and european countries. is this going to be a possibility of a more coordinated an approach toward cuba? >> i am sure that when we talked to other governments around the region, cuba tends to come out. but what i just described is how would this. >> there is this saying that they want to sell them about $5 billion worth of weapons. do you know which kind of weapons? >> what relationships governments have is up to them. what they do in those relationships is a matter of bilateral issue between venezuela and russia. we do not care. on the other hand, to the extent that venezuela is purchasing equipment, we are hard-pressed to see what legitimate defense needs of venezuela has. our primary

and cuba with concentric rings around it. what does that mean? yes, those are the target ranges of the various muscles in cuba. one of the things that chairman khrushchev did when he intended to install the missiles in cuba was to increase the soviet strike force against the u.s. and reduce the morning time from 20 minutes, to less than three. it was an existential threat to the u.s., and that is my president kennedy treated it as seriously as he did. that was one of the catalysts which led to the modern world of arms agreement, having seen how close the world came. host: on hava lot has been writn about the cuban missile crisis. what did you learn that you did not know before? guest: i was interested in and telling a great story in context of other stories. one thing that i was able to benefit from was recently the classified information on the soviet side. it must information to put those into a side-by-side so that you could tell what both sides were doing, how they were thinking, and how they were interpreting the action, as it was unfolding.

envy of the gangsters of cuba. today my thoughts and prayers of limitless solidarity are with the ladies in white. >> mr. davis of illinois. the speaker pro tempore: mr. davis of illinois. mr. moran from kansas. ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. burton of indiana. mr. defazio of oregon. mr. forbes from virginia. ms. ros-lehtinen of florida. mr. bilbray of california. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from california, mr. royce is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as we watch the senate move on legislation yet again toward a cloture vote on senator dodd's legislation, i think it's worth noting some of the concerns that many of us have, and that many economists have, with the dodd-frank approach on the legislation. i begin with focusing on a past occurrence, the rescue of investment bank bear stearns in the spring of 2008. the federal government has committed trillions of taxpayer dollars to institutions like fa

from cuba? guest: we came out of cuba in 1960 and went to miami for a little while, two years, where we stayed in a hotel. my father thought it was going to be a vacation because this man cannot stay. then we moved to new york and became u.s. citizens. then he got a job in mexico with heinz company, food company. that is how we ended up in mexico. i went to junior high school and high school in mexico. but the interesting thing is, because i was naturalized, when my son was born -- it just highlights the plight of an immigrant and refugee. when my son was born i needed to be in in the u.s. 10 years after the date of my 16th birthday. so i took his application to the desk at the embassy and said i want my son to be a u.s. citizen. i only had eight years. so i walked out without a pass support. it took me 14 years to eventually make my son a u.s. citizen. because of the little quirk in the law. my other daughter was born in the u.s., then my other daughter, we went back to mexico, she was born in

from cuba? guest: we came out of cuba in 1960 and went to miami for a little while, two years, where we stayed in a hotel. my father thought it was going to be a vacation because this man cannot stay. then we moved to new york and became u.s. citizens. then he got a job in mexico with heinz company, food company. that is how we ended up in mexico. i went to junior high school and high school in mexico. but the interesting thing is, because i was naturalized, when my son was born -- it just highlights the plight of an immigrant and refugee. when my son was born i needed to be in in the u.s. 10 years after the date of my 16th birthday. so i took his application to the desk at the embassy and said i want my son to be a u.s. citizen. i only had eight years. so i walked out without a pass support. it took me 14 years to eventually make my son a u.s. citizen. because of the little quirk in the law. my other daughter was born in the u.s., then my other daughter, we went back to mexico, she was born in

and cuba with concentric rings around it. what does that mean? yes, those are the target ranges of the various muscles in cuba. one of the things that chairman khrushchev did when he intended to install the missiles in cuba was to increase the soviet strike force against the u.s. and reduce the morning time from 20 minutes, to less than three. it was an existential threat to the u.s., and that is my president kennedy treated it as seriously as he did. that was one of the catalysts which led to the modern world of arms agreement, having seen how close the world came. host: on hava lot has been writn about the cuban missile crisis. what did you learn that you did not know before? guest: i was interested in and telling a great story in context of other stories. one thing that i was able to benefit from was recently the classified information on the soviet side. it must information to put those into a side-by-side so that you could tell what both sides were doing, how they were thinking, and how they were interpreting the action, as it was unfolding.

american consumption rate incomes are about seven times higher than in cuba. the cuban government, as a matter policy, has insured that infant mortality in cuba is lower than that of the united states, making clear that much of our american consumption does not contribute to any reasonable definition of standard of living, such as whether your child lives or dies. the other big -- the other thing new under the sun for americans is that we have to realize that insulation of the elite, political or economic from the consequences of their actions in the past has been the cause of the collapse of decided. it is the recipe of desire if the league do not suffer from the consequences of their decision. contrast hurricane katrina with the north sea plots. floods. americans in new orleans allowed the disaster of katrina to happen. we and the united states live in a gated communities within our country. we have gated communities and we are rich people will fall from the outside world. we americans are living as of the rest of the world was a gated community separated by

as a matter of policy has insured that infant mortality in cuba is lower than that in the united states, making clear that much of our american consumption does not contribute to any reasonable definition of standard of living, such as whether a child lives or dies. the other big new thing under the sun for us is that we have to realize that installation of the elite political from -- it is a recipe for disaster. contrast hurricane katrina with the netherlands in 1953. the dutch learned that if there is a flaw -- americans in new orleans allowed the disaster of katrina to happen. we live in a gated communities within our country. literally, rich people live a walled off from the outside world. we are living as if the rest of the world were a gated community, but the gates and no longer keep out immigrants are terrorists. we need a wall, but the wall we need is all within ourselves, are drawing up a fence to figure out what traditional american values are and which ones have to change. thank you. [applause] >> in addition to a provocative and i opening keynote, let me commend you for sti

[cheering] and during my childhood i saw my town turn into cuba. people from cuba were risking their lives coming to america for freedom autographs. and my boyfriend when i was 15, i dated him -- i don't have time to go into the romantic tinge live with my past -- i am new at this. his name -- in english is angel and i said, angel, whereas your dad and he said he said in jail in cuba and i said why and he said because he resisted communism. and then i said to my neighbor, what's it like to grow up in a communist country? she said,, well i will tell you, in kindergarten they tell the kids to bother heads and pray come close their eyes and ask god who can be and when the kids open their eyes there is no can be there. then they tell them to buy out their heads and close their eyes and pray to castro and s kemper can be and when the little kids open their eyes and there is canadair. that is communism and have starting to smell it in my country. [cheering] and obama is offering free stuff to people so they will vote for him. [cheering] ny to your educat

the people of poland now offer their solidarity with those who seek freedom in my native homeland of cuba. having suffered in the not-too-distant past under the crushing yolk of the -- yoke of the soviet regume, many in poland know all too well the struggles the cuban people face each and every day under the cuban dictatorship. poland's support for human rights and democracy in cuba illustrates it has not forgotten its past sufferings more the strength that it received from the solidarity of others. and how proud we are today that poland has become an important member of both the north atlantic alliance and the european union and that it has become a strong voice for those countries in the eastern europe that are working to ensure that they never again fall victim to the domination by a more powerful neighboring states. president kaczynski was in fact an important leader in an effort to ensure that the hard-won liberty and democracy today enjoyed by poland and other nations of eastern europe is not bartered away. he recognized the temptation faced by other european states which eagerly ex

the people of poland now offer their solidarity with those who seek freedom in my native homeland of cuba. having suffered in the not-too-distant past under the crushing yolk of the -- yoke of the soviet regume, many in poland know all too well the struggles the cuban people face each and every day under the cuban dictatorship. poland's support for human rights and democracy in cuba illustrates it has not forgotten its past sufferings more the strength that it received from the solidarity of others. and how proud we are today that poland has become an important member of both the north atlantic alliance and the european union and that it has become a strong voice for those countries in the eastern europe that are working to ensure that they never again fall victim to the domination by a more powerful neighboring states. president kaczynski was in fact an important leader in an effort to ensure that the hard-won liberty and democracy today enjoyed by poland and other nations of eastern europe is not bartered away. he recognized the temptation faced by other european states which eagerly ex

you also mentioned cuba. how can you be a diplomat in a state in which there are no diplomatic relations. host: james, you've given us a lot to work with. thank you very much. guest: there are many extraordinary scombem people of color for a long time. but i do think it's the case that there are more now and there's a welcoming attitude, and it's not just folks from the old, old, old days, from good new england families. it's a very wide reflection of american family, which is use informal reaching out to the world. you're quite right, there are consuls of both diplomats. there's a separate consul ar relations in the vienna convention. it's also the case that lots of people are diplomats who aren't the ambassadors, and there's a cutoff of the kind of immunity you get changes, if you're administrative and technical person, then you only get official immunity, the things you do specifically for the mission. but if you are an administrative person under an administrative heading, you would only be i am mized for

from cuba? guest: we came out of cuba in 1960 and went to miami for a little while, two years, where we stayed in a hotel. my father thought it was going to be a vacation because this man cannot stay. then we moved to new york and became u.s. citizens. then he got a job in mexico with heinz company, food company. that is how we ended up in mexico. i went to junior high school and high school in mexico. but the interesting thing is, because i was naturalized, when my son was born -- it just highlights the plight of an immigrant and refugee. when my son was born i needed to be in in the u.s. 10 years after the date of my 16th birthday. so i took his application to the desk at the embassy and said i want my son to be a u.s. citizen. i only had eight years. so i walked out without a pass support. it took me 14 years to eventually make my son a u.s. citizen. because of the little quirk in the law. my other daughter was born in the u.s., then my other daughter, we went back to mexico, she was born in

/cuba relations and what have you or what will you say on that matter to the president? >> i did very much. we already had the event. we had it in two parts. a small group of people met with him first on one side of the house. and then after he greeted them, i was able to show pictures of the march that we had pictures of the ladies in white in cuba getting violently beaten by the police and thrown into a bus. i gave him a letter from a martyr of recent times. his name is orlando sapato de mayo who died on a hunger strike and was beaten. 18 days without water. he died. another one, guillermo familez is about to die. he's asking for prisoners of conscious who are dying because they are so sick. he's been on a hunger strike for 85 days. i talked to him about that. give him letters from the mother of the dead dis-sident. he was standing by me as was everyone here at the party. it was a wonderful night. >> let me ask you right quick, you mentioned earlier that it was an honor for you to have the president in your home. trust me, it was an honor for the democrats as well and

eventually won and here he is today, 16-year-old military student in cuba. the grandmother describes him as a little man living a normal life there. that's it for us. "larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, "family guy" creator seth macfarlane. >> i want you to meet your family. >> you're my family. >> larry: his twisted, dysfunctional, perverse take on mom, dad and the kids made him hollywood's $100 million man. the highest paid writer in television and only in his 30s. he's an equal opportunity offender. >> those americans. >> larry: christians, gays, sarah palin, you name it, nothing, no one off limits. >> i met larry king. >> name dropper. >> larry: cruel or cool? wicked or wonderful? seth macfarlane next. >> you know, today started as a really nice outing but as usual you had to ruin it. >> larry: on "larry king live." that is funny stuff. by the way, we have a group, a gang of nice-looking people here in the studio from the pacific ridge school in carlsbad, california. all high school students all as fans of our special guest seth macfar

and a giant middle finger flipped at cuba's enemies to the north. friends and relatives of elian gonzalez have largely put the past behind him, but monuments like this museum is remind e it's hard to know if he'll ever be able to lead a normal life and what kind of future he'll play in cuba. shasta darlington, cnn, cardenas, cuba. >>> on this earth day, one parent is wondering what on earth was the school thinking when it let a famous felon come talk to the kids. the principal's response? priceless. to stretch around the earth over 190 times. each brita filter can take up to 300 of those bottles out of the equation. >>> well, a degree from a press teenous georgetown university, sounds like a slam dunk. want so much for our 30-second pitch guest. miaima tucker has a bachelors in criminology and has been looking for a job for more than a year, but still no luck. she joins us now from los angeles and we'll try to help her with that. maia why do you think it's so tough? what do you think the biggest challenge has been for you? >> i think at this point e