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Making their way across, i mean they can see them, why did they not intervene there? >> i think it is just too many people. theyve got thousands of people contained on this bridge and that is really the focus. they tried to rush across yesterday. they know if they take away resources from there, but as well, it is a big river and if the police come down here, the ferry boats will go a little further and people will find a different area of the river. >> gotcha. >> so as well, they cant be everyw...

Diplomats. dozens of unexplained illnesses including head injuries forced the u.s. to bring home diplomatic staff from china, cuba. speculation at the time pointed to a sonic attack but now the scientists who led the investigation tells "the new york times" it was likely some kind of microwave weapon. patrick ottman is following the story. fill us in, patrick. >> those investigators have now confirmed these reports to cnn saying that microwave weapons may not be something you are familiar w it i...

Tightly controlled. so the u.s. and the cuban governments are at a stand still, a bit of a standoff over who needs to come up with information, who needs to provide evidence and the u.s. is not letting this go and they have pulled out most of the diplomats and say they will not send them or their families back until this matter is resolved. >> all right. patrick in cuba for us, thank you for that update. youre live in the cnn newsroom hello on this sunday. tonight a major test for the bipartis...

Some pretty heavy baggage. renegotiating nafta, defending these proposed tariffs and of course his downgraded security cleens, we have patrick ottman. tell us what were expecting. >> reporter: absolutely. well, the big issue, big question is can jared kushner in a meeting turn around what has really been a dead-end relationship just a few weeks ago. we were telling you about how the mexican president was expected to go to the u.s. but that visit was canceled because he and president donald trump...

The u.s. is drastically cutting its embassy staff in cuba after miss tier ya sonic attacks made some diplomates ill. the state department is warning americans not to travel to the island saying they could also be at risk. cnns patrick ottman has our report from h had avana. >> just two years after the reestablishment of full diplomatic ties, the u.s. embassy in havana has seen better days. hurricane irma battered much of cuba and the havana sea boulevard. u.s. diplomates are still picking up fro...

U.s. diplomate homes. but u.s. officials say still the the attacks continued. u.s. officials say as a result of the attacks, they will stop issuing visas to cubans immediately and issue travel warnings to americans thinking of visiting cuba. despite the harassment, both current and former diplomates say now is the wrong time to lessen u.s. presence on the island. >> it is the worst thing that can happen to both countries and what worries me more than anything is that hard liners on the cuban sid...

If you are told to evacuate, get out quickly. >> category 5 hurricane is expected to hit cuba friday and saturday. patrick ottman is there. lets get another angle. it looks beautiful. thats how it looks when a hurricane is coming fast and furious. what are you hearing there? >> its the calm before the storm. its a cliche. theres an ominous feeling in the air. cubans are trying to get ready as best they can. we are seeing tourists trying to leave the island. this cruiseship, it wasnt due to depar...

In terms of dollars or pesos, at the the least important thing." what? for more on the fallout from these explosive transcripts, lets bring in cnns patrick ottman live in mexico city. it is stunning to read some of what president trump said in this phone conversation. what kind of reaction are you getting in mexico? >> reporter: and mexicans like many americans cant get enough of this. the transcripts have been translated, and the spanish people are going through them line by line. this is highl...

Its tough for mexicos president because the economies between the us and mexico are so closely aligned. and we have seen that when this issue of the walls come up, the mexican peso has dropped. mexicans are getting a glimmer of hope with some of the comments that show some flexibility on the part of donald trump that perhaps the wall might not be built, it is not the most important issue between the countries. just last month, pena nieto and trump met in germany. a reporter asked trump if mexico...

Pena nieto. and theyre also finding a lot of hope in this flexibility. what you had mentioned, that the wall might not be built after all. the wall here is incredibly unpopular. when mexicans read president trump telling pena nieto this is not the most important thing, this is more of a political issue, theyre finding hope because they do not want to see the wall built. >> the transcripts were amazing. like watching "the art of the deal" in motion. cnns patrick ottman live from mexico city, than...