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Weather throughout the weekend. rob, thanks so much. next the loud explosion in cuba blamed on a possible meteorite. the reported meteor spotted streaking over the florida keys this afternoon before crashing to earth. here s victor oquendo. reporter: tonight, that startling noise from a possible meteor frightening people across the cuban countryside. residents gathering fragments like these right from their backyards following what sounded like an explosion. cuba s state run newspaper now saying the government is looking into if that trail of white smoke before the blast was from a meteor this afternoon. the national weather service saying they also were receiving reports that a meteor was seen in the sky across the florida keys, before it made impact near the western tip of cuba. in 2013, this meteor exploded above russia injuring more than 1,200 people and damaging more than 4,000 buildings. nasa calling it the biggest meteor to hit earth in more than a century. tom, fortunately ....
The results have been breathtaking. translator: everyone, cuban or foreigner, as soon as they see the video, they say, the first reaction is always the same. wow. they re allowed to film hotels and attraction toss promote the growing tourism industry. their cameras have captured and until now unseen cuba. images from above of a 1950s classic car traveling down the havana sea front. residents of old havana watching life go by from their apartment balconies. the tile rooftops of a small colonial town in the cuban countryside. pilot alejandro perez de la cruz shows the first models that they brought from china or they themselves invented. translator: we experimented with different propellers and ....
Havana here went 40 minutes in fidel s house. his wife, children and grand children were present. it was interesting to see just on the video how the leader of the catholic church and the man who basically banned the catholic church here for 50 years were having a friendly, animated conversation and giving each other gifts. the relationship between the pope and raoul, the current cuban leader seems to be even closer. raoul has gone to every mass. he is basically traveling across the cuban countryside now with the pope. raoul has joked the way this pope writes about the evils of capitalism i might even go back to church some day. as far as any meetings with dissidents go, that s been a bit of a sore point so far. a number of different dissident groups have tried to crash papal events. they have tried to get close to the pope. one even grabbing on to the pope mobile. the vatican press office has been clear there were no officially, publicly scheduled meeting between this pope and any dis ....
Havana here went 40 minutes in fidel s house. his wife, children and grand children were present. it was interesting to see just on the video how the leader of the catholic church and the man who basically banned the catholic church here for 50 years were having a friendly, animated conversation and giving each other gifts. the relationship between the pope and raoul, the current cuban leader seems to be even closer. raoul has gone to every mass. he is basically traveling across the cuban countryside now with the pope. raoul has joked the way this pope writes about the evils of capitalism i might even go back to church some day. as far as any meetings with dissidents go, that s been a bit of a sore point so far. a number of different dissident groups have tried to crash papal events. they have tried to get close to the pope. one even grabbing on to the pope mobile. the vatican press office has been clear there were no officially, publicly scheduled meeting between this pope and any dis ....