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Say, still, the attacks continued. u.s. officials say as a result of the attacks they will stop issuing visas to cubans affected immediately. an issue of travel warning to americans thinking about visiting cuba. despite the harassment current and foreign diplomats say now is the wrong time to lessen u.s. presence on the communist-run island. >> it is the worst possible thing that could happen to both countries. and what worries me more than anything, is that hardliners on the cuban side and the ...

Of the british and virgin islands. normally, theyre showing you live radar. exactly where the rain is as we speak. but we cant do that anymore, because the national weather services radar have been completely blown out on the island in puerto rico. so, were depending on our computer systems for future radar information. and of course, it shows, just more and more rain for the region. so, not what they want to hear right now. >> derek, thanks. coming up here, united states taking action in cuba...

Thats happened in the past. what is significant is what theyre talking about. this is the first time at least publicly that the trump administration admitted that theyre talking back and forth about the missile program. the secretary of state did say this is very much in the beginning stages, that this is just the first steps to trying to start a diplomatic solution. but compared to the really fiery rhetoric weve heard from both sides, this is i would say a welcome development for most people. >...

The united states is drastically cutting its embassy staff in cuba after a mysterious sonic attacks made some diplomats ill. the state department is warning americans not to travel to the island, saying they could also be at risk. cnns patrick oppmann has the latest from havana. >> reporter: just two years after the re-establishment of full diplomatic ties the u.s. embassy in havana has seen better days. hurricane irma watered much of cuba and the havana sea front boulevard where the embassy is ...

Patrick oppmann there have been nearly 50 attacks, okay, 21 diplomats, some of them and their families, some of them have been effected several times, some of them were in hotels where the diplomats were staying and it is very concerting and now were being told that the u.s., the state department is considering bringing some of its diplomats home, keeping a smaller contingent there because they dont know who is involved, they dont know what is happening. the cubans have denied any involvement. o...

Patrick oppmann. countries were lying down in the street, protesting police brutality. >> the decision that found the former police officer not guilty of murder. he was acquitted in the shooting death of anthony lamar smith, an african-american man, killed in 2011. cnns ryan young takes a look at the protests that played out late sunday night. >> reporter: the cleanup has started here in st. louis, after another night of unrest. someone tried to break the window here. as you walk down, you can...

Certainly, it is an escalation of the worsening relations between havana and the united states. they think there are attacks from a mystery sonic weapon, that caused physical harm to them, everything from nausea, to headaches, to concussion-like symptoms. the cuban government has denied any role in these attacks. has allowed the fbi to come to investigate. its uncertain who is carrying out these alleged attacks and why. but u.s. officials claims they dont believe that cuba knows as little as the...

This morning. listen. >> on cuba, some senators have suggested closing down the embassy there. should that happen? >> we have it under evaluation. its a very serious issue with respect to the harm that certain individuals have suffered. weve brought some of those people home. its under review. >> so far, 21 americans have suffered experiencing headaches, loss of balance and brain swelling even. lets discuss this now cnn, havana-based correspondent patrick oppmann. who has happened, dating as far...

>> triple digit heat index. no power, no ac. before hurricane irma made its way to florida, it caused widespread damage in st. thomas. boat tipped over near the u.s. custom the border protection office at crown bay. u.s. virgin islands just devastated. >> st. zwron some of these resorts just wiped away. french president travelled to the devastated island the of st. martin and st. bart, french control all or part of both those islands. meantime in cuba the death toll at 10. cleanup efforts also u...

Charltton as well. >> thank you. people were evacuating too jacksonville to get out of the way of the storm. >> we should be clear there are flash flood warnings under way right now in the coastal cities in south carolina. this is still a very much ongoing water situation. >> indeed. before hurricane irma made its way it caused wide dev station across the u.s. virgin islands including here in at any time thomas. look at that boat. at crown bay. devastation across those u.s. virgin islands, were ...