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Welcome back. new details this morning about the sonic attacks that caused u.s. personnel in china and cuba to suffer head injuries. the injuries were caused by microwa microwave ovens. we have patrick oppman with more. how did they come to this conclusion? >> reporter: this is a mystery still. this is the first time we heard from researchers coming out and saying they dont believe it is sonic weapons. sonic weapons dont work in the way they describe.

There is a microwave appliance. it is not a precise beam of injury and researchers say can cause concussion like symptoms that diplomats here in cuba and china report feeling. this has led to a breakdown of u.s. and cuba relations. drawn down the embassy out of fear there is some government out there targeting diplomats. this is what they worked out. the theory that microwave weapons used because they are portable and beam in the energy. the fbi has come to cuba and attorn torn apart the homes. ...

Salvadorans and a kucountry tha has been a stalwart ally. i lived in latin america and dont remember being in a country where america is so popular. they find it very insulting as people do in other countries that president trump mentioned and of course this is a country with incredible beauty. so they feel its very, very much unfair for these comments and they are pushing back against them. >> clearly their future still in the balance right now. thank you so much, patrick oppman. breaking new...

The area of cuba and coastline that are built out of wood and old and i saw houses that looked like they would fall apart in a light rain. this is not a light rain. this is the most serious hurricane that hit this island in many years. we have no words of injuries or deaths. you can only imagine for the people that are going through the long night that we just experienced, what a horrible experience that was and the morning they wake up to is not much better. >> and it is not done yet. daylight ...

Cuba is already seeing damage as hurricane irma rips through with high winds and there has been flooding as well. our patrick oppman is following the storm near the cuban coast. he joins us now. you certainly had rough times a few hours ago. how are things now, patrick? >> much worse, michael. that gust was bad. the house and town where we have been reporting from is now under water. probably a good 3 to 4 feet of water. halfway up the first floor of the house. there is another floor on top of u...

The cuban government must have been involved to allow these attacks to go forward. and what were told though, wolf, is that for the time being, there does not appear to have been any further attacks. >> so basically what youre suggesting is some very high-pitched audio with, was sent out to the homes of these u.s. diplomats, that they couldnt hear anything but it would have an impact on their hearing, is that right? >> thats correct, its a sonic weapon. this is a new tool that countries use to d...

Deputy national security advisor ben rhodes who has been the lead negotiator with the cuban government for now years also was there but of course it was a very small delegation. thats not a surprise because, of course, even with restored diplomatic relations fidel castro is a controversial figure in the united states. you saw that with the protests and celebrations in miami over his death. perhaps most surprising was there wasnt a high level russian delegation and you can read any number of thin...

Officials are indicating that the u.s. and cuba are as close as ever to an agreement to fully restoring diplomatic relations and reopening embassies. the fourth round of talks between the two countries resumed today here in washington but these are the first talks since president obama announced on april 14th that he decided to remove cuba from the u.s. list of state sponsored terrorism. cnns patrick oppman is in havana. what are you hearing about the talks there? how are they viewed in cuba? >>...

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1959 revolution, fidel castro wanted fugitives returned, but u.s. would not return them. this will continue as they continue to talk about normalizing ties. with closer tie was cuba, they will have a better chance of winning the return of the fugitives so they can at long last face justice. christine. >> patrick oppmann, thank you. later today, republicans will release a report of a culture of bias at the irs. it will claim irs employees subverted the non-partisan mission to advance the politi...