become fully americanized. this is the end of the ceremony. we would like to thank everyone for expressing your sympathy and support. detail dismiss! reporter: the dismissal of the second funeral, a tough time for the nypd and city of new york. i can tell you that here in front of the church none of the officers turned their backs on the mayor as he spoke. a little farther down, there were a few. i spoke to one detective, retired detective who said he saw thousands of police officers turn their backs farther down the way. still a lot of upset. the mayor has met with the five police unions. the mayor has spent a lot of time with the ramos family and liu family in recent days. things may be moving in more things may be on more stable
sits down with the author just profiled there. watch the entire interview, 7:00 p.m. in london, 8:00 in berlin. if the united states lifts its trade embargo against cuba would the country become americanized? that s the fear of some tourists visiting cuba. we don t want to see too many starbucks and too many mcdonald s on each corner. we would like it to be as it is. we ll have more reaction from people on the streets of havana about the new day coming to cuba. ahead here, also, a big storm could be holiday headaches for thousands of u.s. travelers. we ll tell you where that s expected. much more ahead. [ rob ] we weren t always the most adventurous couple. once we kept the lights on. but then we started using k-y yours & mine. yeah, we were nervous to try it. there s an amazing sensation for her. amazing.
style and got signed to universal records. then it was a roller coaster ride. did you have any idea you would be this successful? no. ufgoing to say yes? grateful to make a living from singing, something we love to do. when you have experiences coming to the u.s., we go all over the globe. we re very blessed. it s an amazing job. what would be your favorite city you visited so far? washington. we get to a lot in the far east in the philippines particularly and manila is a great place, people are friendly and americanized so that really helps. i hope we ll do more here as time goes on. good country to crack. we love you already. maybe you can give us a little tune as we close out the show. you ve got a ukelele
towards race, and we know the long and tough history there, and it s still there to this day, in a democratic country, that s still majority white two times in a row, elected barack obama. not forever will it be majority white. your data shows browning of america is happening. there s always fear around an immigrant wave. but your numbers show that hispanics, second generation hispanics do show higher income, go to college more, and they re growing more americanized, so your data shows we should not be afraid of the browning of america. absolutely. and young americans are not afraid of the browning of america. older americans, you know, we were an 85% white country in 1960. we re going to be a 43% white country in 2060. that s a lot to adjust to and you get political and cultural backlashes. but younger folks, that s who they are. they re very comfortable with it. and i would say the country as a whole has absorbed these changes.
reporter: it is an international nightmare that began with a most american of love stories. in 1995 michael shannon was a computer specialist in chicago when his best friend invited him to a company softball game. the company was the engineering giant bechtel, and on that softball field he met a bechtel employee, nermeen khalifa, and fell in love. she was in your eyes american. americanized. yeah. i didn t find out until three months after we were dating that her father was born in cairo. reporter: her egyptian father was an extremely wealthy and powerful businessman who made sure his daughters, including nermeen, were born u.s. citizens. it wasn t long before michael shannon and nermeen khalifa were married. and michael found out just how wealthy the khalifa family was. for a while was it a good marriage? fun?