objective observers and that accomplished that. that cab ride is a great example of the economy that the people of skraub to deal with. it a test black market. that cab ride us being pulled over is exactly what the driver tells us happens to cuban people all the time, buses full of cuban people as the government looks for black market contraband. we re not talking about drugs, but things as simple as a leg of ham, a block of cheese, that the cue ban people can t afford to buy on their average monthly salary that s equal to u.s. $20. so they ve created a black market economy and often times cuban police will stop cars and buses to bust these people and there s big punishment that goes along with that. at one point you called avenue that a tale of two cities. what do you moon by that? this ties being to this economy. it posted using the #genein cuba, and this one is a jarring image that you see the very famous top for hoe he toes for
tourists in havana. on the other side you see an older cuban woman picking up her food rations. it s such am rare experience. a mojito can cost an american $5 $6 peso where the average income is $20,000. so if you made that little, the mojito would cost you a thousand u.s. dollars. so between the u.s. and cuba when it comes to domestic policy and foreign investment with h which the cuban government says they need our money, how does this affect the cuban people? they will tell you they are happy tourists are going there because they re getting cash tips and using that currency to buy the cuban-run government-run stores but down the line how does that hafblgt people? that s often left out of reporting. this was a personal trip for you? your family s roots are in cuba. what was it like meeting relatives you d only heard about? you say and i get goose
the trip to cuba to see how the new chap sister playing out on the ground. here s one moment after gene s taxi driver gets pull over for no apparent reason. we just got pulled over by police for no apparent reason. the driver alain did not break any rules. what did he tell you? just routine to check my driver s license point, things like that. and that s common? that s common. i thought he was going to ask me to check my trunk, he didn t. i told him we are friends. joining me now just back from cuba is gene ramirez. gene good to see you. good to see you, jose great to be on thank you for our interest in coverage in havana. great reporting and stuff we don t normally get to see. talk to me about your experiences. for example, that cab ride is that something the driver felt happens to him all the time? what was your feeling on that? and we set out to be
i think i first met you in the 80s? we have been around for a while. war coverage of central america. time has passed. good to see you. developing in washington, d.c. the latest round of diplomatic talks with cuba kicked off. here are glimpse from the last hour. the focus is the opening of amnesties. the talks come after a long day of testimony on the hill. she got a mixed reaction from members of the senate foreign relations committee. in southern california we have a first look at video of a frightening incident at lax. a man reportedly broke through a security check point and is tasered by security officials. the very latest details on the video. this is what shocked passengers witnessed. how it all came to an end. it began just a few moments
it s better than what has not happened in the past? it s clear for people to first know what is happening now. the castro regime wanted sanctions eased and they got that. they wanted a prisoner swap they got that. they wanted to be removed from the state sponsors of trim list. they got that. they want to change the pro-democracy programs cod paid to in law and they got that. now with regard to the embassies, essentially they want to restrict the movement of our diplomats, they want to search all of the baggages and diplomatic pouchs that come to the embassy and they want to maintain they want to essentially acquiesce to the regime s condition that they maintain a military security cordon oemp the inters.e.c. to intimidate cuba s war and approach it. this is not good. essentially there s nothing in return that the u.s. is getting thus far, let alone the cuban people. mauricio, the question is that when nothing has this is what senator flake and others say when nothing has work