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Now, for the real test. definitely very bitter. cafes and restaurants still serve the pure coffee that cuba is famous for but the caribbean island once a net exporter of the beans now imports more than half of its annual consumption. shasta darlington, cnn, havana. in addition to our war dead, this weekend were remembering thousands of widows across this country. one young woman who became a widow at the age of 21 went on to build a sisterhood for those like her. first, another shutout from ...

President obama will be on the ground in joplin, missouri. it will be his first look at whats left of that devastated city. 142 people lost their lives in last sundays terrible tornado, another 100 are still missing. yet amid this widespread destruction cnns casey wian found people already starting to rebuild. >> reporter: its difficult to find signs of hope amid so much death and destruction, but one man is already starting to rebuild his wifes business. >> this is america and were going to reb...

>> reporter: shortly afterwards, the line goes flat. nurses detach meds body from the life support equipment and cover his face. ben wedeman, cnn, misrata, libya. president obama arrived back at the white house tonight wrapping up a six-day trip to europe. he ended in poland where memories of the old soviet union are still strong. here is our white house correspondent ed henry from warsaw. >> reporter: on this final stop in poland, the u.s. president has really hit two big themes, the first tr...

Yet amid this widespread destruction cnns casey wian found people already starting to rebuild. >> reporter: its difficult to find signs of hope amid so much death and destruction, but one man is already starting to rebuild his wifes business. >> this is america and were going to rebuild it. >> reporter: four days after a historic tornado demolished much of joplin, missouri -- >> why dont you cut them and put them underneath. >> reporter: contractor darren collins started construction on the firs...

Room for us to continue our tradition of providing leadership when it comes to freedom, democracy, human rights. >> reporter: after returning to the white house saturday night, its right back to work for the president. on sunday hes heading to missouri to attend a memorial service and try to comfort some of the people devastated by those tornadoes in joplin. ed henry, cnn, warsaw. there was some emotional testimony in the casey anthony murder trial. sunny hostin will tell us about it. thats ne...

The numbers and the results and what weve heard so far will all be analyzed and compiled into the final report in some months time. we know a lot more about what happened, but it will be up to the final report, and we may never know why the cockpit crew continued to keep the nose up when every pilot from cessna to jumbo jet understands and is taught that when the plane stalls, you have to lose height to gain speed to save the aircraft. richard quest, cnn, london. here in this country the faa u...

>> heres the gas station that we were at. >> reporter: this is the convenience store now. >> this would have been where we walked in. >> reporter: all across the city, thousands and thousands of people in shock, taking the first steps on the long road to recovery. make no mistake, joplin, missouri, will rebuild, but it will never be the same. hello and welcome to this one-hour cnn special report on the joplin, missouri, tornado and other deadly storms. a twisters fury: in the path of destruction...

Is no heart rate. as long as theres a heart beating, theyre going to continue, but the chance for this gentleman to make it is almost zero. >> reporter: shortly afterwards, the line goes flat. nurses detach meds body from the life support equipment and cover his face. ben wedeman, cnn, misrata, libya. president obama arrived back at the white house tonight wrapping up a six-day trip to europe. he ended in poland where memories of the old soviet union are still strong. here is our white house c...

Tradition of providing leadership when it comes to freedom, democracy, human rights. >> reporter: after returning to the white house saturday night, its right back to work for the president. on sunday hes heading to missouri to attend a memorial service and try to comfort some of the people devastated by those tornadoes in joplin. ed henry, cnn, warsaw. there was some emotional testimony in the casey anthony murder trial. sunny hostin will tell us about it. thats next. we used to bet who could...

It with expensive coffee from the supermarket. she says it plugs up the coffee maker. im going to cook up a mocha pot here. this is what most cubans use to make their coffee. but i have been told i have to be careful and thats because apparently peas expand a lot faster a lot more than coffee and these can explode. now, for the real test. definitely very bitter. cafes and restaurants still serve the pure coffee that cuba is famous for but the caribbean island once a net exporter of the beans now...