through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald s helps more people go to college. it s part of our commitment to being america s best first job. last thing before we go tonight, with a women phimper a a bang, the castros are gone from cuba, no exodus of refugees heading north to our shores. for the first time in 58 years the leader is not namd castro and the new guy turns 58 just tomorrow. he is miguel diaz-canel and part of the reason that today didn t feel earth shattering is he s a long-time party official, used to run higher education in cuba, enjoys a down-to-earth image.
i ve made my ideas real. i made my own way, now it s time to make yours. everything is working, just like it should last thing before we go tonight, with a whimper and not a bang, the castros are gone from cuba, no exodus of refugees heading north to our shores. for the first time in 58 years the leader is not namd castro and the new guy turns 58 just tomorrow. he is miguel diaz-canel and part of the reason that today didn t feel earth shattering is he s a long-time party official, used to run higher education in cuba, enjoys a down-to-earth image. and raul castro, who replaced fidel castro, raul is 86 years old and is stepping away.
still going to be in charge of the communist party. and so will have to put that into consideration. the other thing though is that he doesn t have the revolutionary credentials of the castros so he does have to kind of deliver on the economy in some way shape or form and that s going to be the pressure point because there was a recession last year if you believe the numbers there is no longer recession right now but the g.d.p. numbers are still not very good what are going to be his biggest challenges for example in his ties with the u.s. well that s something that he s going to have to try to fix i mean the onus is of course on both sides united states under the trumpet ministration has pulled back on obama era normalization policies and of course you have the incidents with the american diplomats being impacted by these mystery sounds these alleged attacks and the cubans have denied any involvement in that so d.s. can now will have to try to make some overtures of course that hopefu
introduced by current president raul castro such as allowing citizens to run small businesses and reducing restrictions on foreign travel cuba s new generation is optimistic. oh i would like to travel i d like to travel and see the world. while many cubans dream of change the social programs of the castros communist party remain popular d.s. can now a party loyalist is a conscious choice for a cautious country. in cuba the revolution will not be jeopardized. some sports news for you now and in the semifinals of the german cup on wednesday night frankfurt be chalco one nail and with a spy in munich in the final in the seventy fifth minute a corner from jonathan de guzman and luca joe that won the battle in the pot to hold the only goal of the match it looks like frankel de santo at equalised shouted
introduced by current president raul castro such as allowing citizens to run small businesses and reducing restrictions on foreign travel cuba s new generation is optimistic. that i would like to travel i d like to travel and see the world. while many cubans dream of change the social programs of the castros communist party remain popular d.s. can know a party loyalist is a cautious choice for a cautious country. in cuba the revolution will not be jeopardized. but like a mind in our top story here a german chancellor angela merkel and french president among lacan have put on a united front during meetings in our land but divisions have still shone through mcallen has called on germany to join his push for the wider economic reforms by june merkel meanwhile says that germany wants to stand with france but her