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Is an opportunity for folks to send car part and everything else needed back down there in cuba? >> u.s. companies are beginning to explore cuba. there is more potential for some industries over others. american auto parts companies are beginning to establish relationships on the island. hoping to sell cuban car owners american parts for their american cars. >> you can see cars here from the late 60s you know. a lot of cars from russia. a lot of cars from korea. so very diverse. not the same as ...

With with cuba. and cuba is a restricted communist country with a state controlled economy. >> very cool to get my hand on one of those cars. they are awesome. >> perhaps, he did a few test drives. >> i hope he did. >> coming up. donald trump attacked the media that loves to cover him. now his fellow anti- establishment candidate bernie sanders is speaking out about the coverage donald was getting. and why he doesnt think that mr. trump is at fault. busy as the pope is at the christmas, he sha...

Since the eisenhower administration. and cheaper japanese diesel motors run them. american autoparts companies are exploring the cuba potential. >> there is a lot of things for us to do to do business. we are trying to see what is going on and how it will develop and hopefully after the change happens well go with it. >> reporter: and the demand with the american collectors. these franken stien cars are a segment that interest many especially with a long history. they have been kept running fest...

Not a prank call, just a wrong number. >> you cant make this up. i would have loved to been on the end. >> is this earth and is your refrigerator runny. >> hilarious. what a surprise call. classic american made calls filled streets in cuba. and theus put an embargo in place, they were unaushl to sell in cuba. now a business opportunity is presenting itself. rich is live from dc to explain. >> reporter: abbey, they are incredible to see. pre1960 cars. the bodies are american but the parts are int...

Veterans around the country. >> it is called joining forces.gov. >> i am assuming you will go to the website and be diligent. >> reporter: i promise i will not answer that question. we will not make you. >> merry christmas, my friend. >> classic american cars have been carousing cuba for decades. and how is lifting the ban may create a business opportunity. plus a misdial from the middle of space. it happen to one astronaut trying to call family back to earth. wait until you hear who picked up...

Rich, are these american car collectors excited about what they might find in cuba? >> absolutely, leeland. the potential is limited. there are 60,000 pre1960 american cars in cuba. so the regime inhibited imports since the eisenhower administration. many are peaced together with other international parts. still, one american classic car insurer says there could be a market for collectors in cuba. he said quote the holy grail would be finding one of the race cars in the cuban grand prix from 195...

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