Making it easier for some groups to visit cuba from the United States. Cuba and the u. S. Broke diplomatic relations in 1961 when cuban president fidel castro banished u. S. Diplomats calling the u. S. Embassy a nest of spy. Critics including several republican president ial candidates say cuba hasnt done enough to earn a new relationship with the United States. I would end the diplomatic relations with our antiamerican communist tyranny until such time as they held a democratic opening in cuba. The flag raising in cuba will have to wait for john kerrys visit. The official embassy reopening scheduled for early august. Stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. Switching gears to a confrontationing that woof boy is sparking millions of comments. The cook and the owner of a dinner portland maine, is under fire for losing her cool, yelling at a crying toddler. Darla admits she nearly lost her mind after listening to the 2yearold cry for a long time despite the backlash from parents around the
And heros welcome. The superstar surfer returns home overnight after that shark scare. Now a worldwide phenomenon and opens up about that Close Encounter to friends and family joking about why he was targeted. As the internet goes into overdrive with its new hero. Im glad he can joke about a shark attack right now but were all going to have to get into the water to escape the heat. Im telling you. Well begin with the sizzling heat. Millions under heat warnings and advisories. It was the hottest day of the year in major cities across the northeast and temperatures could top 90 degrees again. Ginger where else would she be but outside in the heat for us this morning . Oh good morning, to you, robin. This is supposed to be the hottest time of year and, boy, is it turning out to be. Already in the low 80s this morning. One of the issues. The temperatures are not dropping. The other issue, a lot of moisture in the air. Look at some of the heat indyices and feels like 90. You have the heat a
Words honestly about this whole process. What we now know she told her jailers. Her family reacts to that dash cam video and what theyre learning in their own investigation, only on gma this morning. There is beauty in the world and beauty and the beast. The pageant contestant with the unusual hobby. What shes doing with these sharks that has some experts outraged. She has thousands of fans online but some are saying they need to protect the predators from her. And good morning, america. We want to get right to those wildfires burning right now in two popular Summer Vacation spots. Look at the flames there in napa valley and Glacier National park in montana. And those are just two of nearly two dozen fires that are burning right now and moving quickly, scorching thousands of acres, forcing people to evacuate, and abcs aditi roy starts us off in napa valley, california. Good morning, aditi. Reporter good morning, amy. Take a look at those flames blazing behind me. This fire is burning f
Surveilleo from nearby businesses apparently shows two people approaching the machine, then running away. Moments later, there was a blast. Debris flying about 100 feet. No cash was lost from that machine though. The california interstate where a brin was washed away by floodwaters will partially reopen friday. 10 is the main route connecting los angeles and phoenix. Drivers have to scramble for alternate routes since sunday when the bridge collapsed. Travel will still be slow. One lane in each direction will be open to traffic. Heres a look at your hump day weather forecast. Pleasantly warm in the midatlantic. Typical heat and hum texas and the gulf coast. Dry in the midwest. Showers and storms possible from oklahoma to the carolinas. 105 in phoenix, above average for this time of year. Pleasant in chicago and detroit. Atlanta, miami in the low 90s. Barry bonds says he is relieved and humbled now that the government has dropped its nearly decadelong steroids prosecution of him. Bond i
Is this big cat prowling the streets outside homes . Its a big hit on social media but not everyone is laughing. And we do say good morning, america. On this wednesday morning and were following that breaking news. We have some live aerials of that massive warehouse fire. Its in new jersey but smoke could be seen for miles. Even as far away as here in new york city. The fire broke out overnight and much more on that in a moment. That is coming up. We begin with the stunning dash cam video that shows the confrontation in texas between a trooper and sandra bland, the woman arrested found dead three days later in her cell and it shows a relatively normal traffic top that escalated so quickly answering some questions raising new ones. Abcs ryan smith is tracking the case. Good morning, ryan. Reporter the full story of why sandra bland was arrested after a routine traffic stop was a mystery until now. This new dash cam video shows a tense situation that escalated quickly. This morning, newl