scratch. but on november 17th, 2009 someone else showed up at gibson s door. mid-morning i get a call that homeland security was raiding our factory. gibson ceo henry, a musician himself, has been running the company since 1986. i thought it was a joke because, you know, homeland security raiding a guitar factory just makes no sense. armed federal agents showed up at gibson s nashville headquarters and their factory two miles away. nashville manufacturing supervisor carlton sanders was on site that day. the agents came in and told us to back away from our desks. and i kind of vividly remember, you know, who are these people. they weren t looking for bombs. they weren t looking for terrorists. they were looking for wood. what did you find when you got to the factory? there were several dozen armed agents. and they were taking a lot of wood. and it was kind of a bizarre
off the coast of florida with his family fleeing cuba. in 2000, armed federal agents seized gonzalez from his family in miami returning him to cuba to be with his father. he arrived back home a national hero. tensions began to thaw with the election of president barack obama in 2008. the new president lifted travel restrictions for family members to cuba and the nelson mandela memorial, leader of cuba leader shook hands. by phone, jimmy carter tried to ties with havana. what do you say to the critics who say this is basically rewarding a repressive dictatorship and giving up leverage the united states might have had with cuba? well, the agreement is not supposed to help the cuban dictators and it doesn t. it helps the cuban people and
in 2000, armed federal agents seized gonzalez from his family in miami returning him to cuba to be with his father. he arrived back home a national hero. tensions began to thaw with the election of president barack obama in 2008. the new president lifted travel restrictions for family members to cuba and the nelson mandela memorial, leader of cuba leader shook hands. by phone, jimmy carter tried to ties with havana. what do you say to the critics who say this is basically rewarding a repressive dictatorship and giving up leverage the united states might have had with cuba? well, the agreement is not supposed to help the cuban dictators and it doesn t. it helps the cuban people and the american people in the long-term. when i was a president, as you
up in the gibson store. i get a call homeland security was raiding our factory. gibson ceo, henry a musician himself has been running the company since 1996. i thought it was a joke. homeland security rating a guitar factory. makes no sense. armed federal agents showed up at their headquarters and factory. he was on-site that day. they came in and took it away from my dad. who are these people? they weren t looking for bombs or a terrorists, they were looking for wood. what did they find? there were several dozens armed agents they were taking a lot of wood. it was kind of a bizarre situation. the fish and wildlife service
into the pier. eventually punching a giant hole into the hull. you see guys trying to save it. they are okay. you are in the cnn newsroom this saturday. i m in for don lemon. good to see you. we are following a massive storm stalled off the coast of new orleans. this ireport sent to us by andrew caylee from a suburb of new orleans. doesn t look too bad now. already power has been knocked out to about 30,000 people in louisiana. the governors of louisiana and mississippi have drayeclared sts of emergency for areas, parishes are under mandatory evacuation orders because of the threat of flooding. the mayor of new orleans today warned residents to brace for a long ordeal from this storm. up to 20 inches of rain could overwhelm the area. cnn s ed lavandera has been tracking the impact of the tropical storm all day today. tropical storm lee. he joins us now from waveland, mississippi, east of new orleans. how s it looking? reporter: well, you know, i think a lot of people reme