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Formula somehow. i am willing to say that we will work it out. you cannot say any more that the united states is going to pay for the wall. i am just going to say that we are going to work it out. in terms of dollars or pesos, it is the least important thing." for more on the fallout from the explosive transcripts, lets bring in patrick ottman live from mexico city. some of the things that president trump says on this call are just jaw-dropping. how is it being received in mexico city? >> report...

Bring in cnns patrick ottman live from mexico city. good morning. has the government reacted at all to the leaked transcript? >> no official reaction as of yet. and its got to be like a nightmare they cant wake up from, dave. for months, they have tried to reset relations with washington, tried to get past the issue of the law. of course that has not happened. like in the u.s., theyre going line by line through the transcripts and blown away by what they read. people think that enrake a pena nie...

Years it has sent over $40 million to cubans who rent out their homes. money that is helping to fix up scenic streets like this one in old havana. private entrepreneurs who run prive lt cars were banking on more americans coming to the island. already in this garage, we have 14 employees, she says. before we rent it all out of my house. we have grown a lot and its all been thanks to the increase in tourism. much of the emerging private sector in cuba is banking on the hope for better relations w...

Tournament, 6 matches to 3 for the americans that beat opponents, victory was tweet. >> in the end, success wasnt based on jabs or knockouts but in bringing young athletes from very different places together. patrick ottman, cnn, cuba. >> patrick, thank you. now, to talk about a solar eclipse that will be visible in parts of the planet. derrick van d derek van dam is hear to tell us about it. >> two dozen countries, three continents. millions of people going to be awarded a nice surprise in the ...

Journal. this comes on the heel of a letter of 50 democratic fund-raisers urging him to enter the race. another big story we are following, the popes historic trip to the u.s. and cuba. he will land in havana later this afternoon expected to give a speech alongside cuban president, raul castro. tuesday is when he heads to washington. the first of three times he will visit in his first-ever trip to the united states. a live picture from havana where people are setting up and getting ready for t...

Great to see you on "new day." thanks for being here. cnn is reairing the republican debate tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. mark your calendars. in three weeks, cnns facebook will host the first democrat candidates debate, tuesday, october 13th in las vegas. >> ill give you a big event. pope francis is going to cuba tomorrow. tomorrow he begins his highly anticipated nine-day tour of that island and the u.s. hes coming here as well. three big cities, d.c., philly, new york. but lets start in ha...

In a speech to the countrys national assembly earlier he caused theres a long road ahead for the two countries. patrick ottman was at this mornings address. we heard there was a lot of praise from raul castro but what more was he willing to reveal to the cuban people? >> reporter: this talk, this speech really seem directed not just to the cuban people but to the elite in the cuban government and military. raul castro of assuring some people hes not selling out the revolution, normalizing relati...

Be full-fledged embassies, an american ambassador in havana, a cuban ambassador here in washington. not just diplomatic interest sections but embassies and all that means a normalization of diplomatic relations, in other words. cnn is covering these seismic developments as only cnn can. our patrick ottman is the only reporter there. elise labott is standing by live. alina machado, jim sciutto, evan perez and our white house correspondent, jim acosta. lets go to havana first. patrick is on the sc...

Years the u.s. has said in its annual terrorism reports that cuba doesnt have links to terrorism. theyve been on this list for political reasons and the whole thing now is the u.s. will start treating cuba like any country thats not mired politics, diplomatic relations between two countries. if the u.s. lz a problem it can take it up between the embassy and the foreign ministry or here with the ambassador in washington and we were talking about a presidential visit, secretary of state john kerry...

Then the question is why if there had been a loosening of restrictions why doesnt it improve regular cubans lives because for 06-plus years the cuban government has been blaming all of the countrys economic woes on the u.s. embargo and now it will really be up to the cuban government to improve the peoples well-being, wolf. >> patrick, thanks. patrick oppmann the only u.s. television network correspondent in havana right now. critics have been quick to slam the presidents shift on cuba. congress...