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International correspondent Jim Bittermann joining us from paris and cnn aviation analyst peter goels joining us from dallas. Jim, walk us through exactly what the copilot did on that earlier flight how investigators now came to the conclusioning that it was a rehearsal for what eventually wound up doing. Right. Exactly. Basically the earlier flight was the outbound flight from dusseldorf to barcelona and during that flight at one point, the pilot left the cockpit leaving the copilot lubitz in charge and he dialed into the setting on the autopilot, he dialed in the lowest setting, 100 feet. He had been ordered to descend according to air Traffic Controllers, descend from 37,000 to 35,000 and instead of setting it at 35,000 he set it to 100 feet and then just about a minute later, he again was ordered to descend by the air Traffic Controllers and they said to go down to 21,000 feet. Instead of setting in 21,000 he again set into motion the setting of 100 feet. So it was either a rehearsal or perhaps he was, in fact was going to try to crash that earlier flight and lost his nerve. Unclear. In either case the pilot came back and was unaware apparently of any of these changes that were taking place in the cockpit, wolf. Very disturbing. Peter, when he selected that altitude to go down to 100 feet shouldnt that have gotten the attention of air Traffic Controllers . Well it wouldnt have because he was in a descent, an ordered descent, so unless he went below the ordered altitude it would not have shown up. The only way somebody would have picked up on that behavior was some time after the fact downloading the data recorder and sometimes that occurs but there was no way this that this could have been picked up at that moment. What do the french investigators there who released this report think that copilot was hoping to learn during that socalled dry run, that rehearsal, if, in fact, it was a rehearsal . Well theyre not going to tell us. We just had an interview just a short while ago with the head of the dea who was responsible for that preliminary report and he said they just dont have an idea of what was going on in his head but its clear that he had gone through this pattern before. Thats what makes this chilling is that if there was any kind of possibility that anybody was aware before the fatal crash, if there was any awareness that he had this intent then that would really sort of change the perspective on what happened in the crash. There apparently is none of that. We know jim, that when he eventually did crash into the french alps he locked the door when the pilot went to the went to the mens room and left in the rehearsal if you will the door was not locked. Is that right . It was not locked and the pilot came back and just before when the pilot buzzed the buzzer to say open the door in fact he dialed back the right the correct altitude into the autopilot so, in fact, he had he reset it so the pilot would not be aware, we assume that the pilot would not be aware he had been playing around with it. Does this suggest there should always be two people inside the cockpit, when one pilot or copilot has to leave, somebody else should go in there, based on what weve based on the experience of this ill fated flight . Well thats certainly the most obvious first step wolf is you have to have two people in the cockpit. But one of the indications that the investigators are taking a new look at cockpit security they indicate that as part of this investigation and this tragedy tragedy, they are going to look at the post9 11 procedures about how do you secure the cockpit, how best to protect passengers should the procedures be revised. Thats going to be part of this investigation when it comes out over the next year. And it certainly strengthens those, peter, who have called for cameras inside the cockpits video cameras, Live Streaming if you will at all times. Thats been on the thats technically theyre technically capable of that but pilots have resisted right . Thats right. Its been a recommendation from the ntsb for years. Pilots have resisted it. Pilots continue to resist it although i think theres going to be some real dialog in the next six months about this. What happens, jim, next in this investigation . Well, its just about what you were just talking with peter about, the fact that the head of the accident investigation authority, will be bringing in all the details they can about the pilots Mental Health the copilots Mental Health and background what kind of drugs he was taking. They dont think theres going to be change in the major parameters of the crash. What we know about the crash now is what apparently happened. But they do want to have all the Background Information and then they are going to come up with a set of recommendations about what should be done two pilot rule in the cockpit, all sorts of other change in the locking mechanism, for example or other kinds of things that might be done to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, wolf. And peter, Andreas Lubitz the copilot did suffer as we know bouts of depression. This ill fated flight what happened 149 People Killed and the copilot himself, apparently committing suicide, has it affected the way airlines around the world are handling the issue, sensitive issue, of Mental Health of pilots . Well there have been no changes yet, but there are dialogs taking place, both, you know the Pilot Community is deeply concerned about this. They want to make sure that theyre protecting their members members, but at the same time they have a special obligation. And how thats addressed in the coming months will be critical because people have a right to know that people who are in command of their aircraft are of sound mind sound body that theyre going to do everything they can to get the flight there safely. As you know also peter, weve discussed this over the years, there is the technologies available right now, all the information, that goes into those two socalled black boxes, the flight data recorder the cockpit voice recorder all that information that winds up there, then they have to search for the two black boxes, they are capable of streaming all that information some place so you dont have to worry about finding those black boxes but been resistance on the front as well. Tell us why . Well the i means the air carriers worldwide are resistant to change. Particularly when you have an accident like this that they view as its a one in a million, its a one off. The reality is you could have streaming, you could set up parameters in which the streaming only begins when the plane is out of its flight parameters out of its approved flight plan then it starts. It sends out alerts. I think its overdue. It ought to be done. Yeah the technology is clearly there and i think the pressure is going to intensify. Jim bittermann and peter goelsz thanks very much. The investigation into a terror attack in texas zeroing in on a series of tweets between one of the gunman and the man, an isis recruit from the united kingdom. A closer look at how big of a role he may have played in sundays attack. New polls on the 2016 president ial race here in the United States. Theyre showing good news for Hillary Clinton. Some challenges ahead for jeb bush. Stay with us. To the texas terror attack. The terror group took responsibility but thats not been confirmed by investigators. The investigation is centered on two individuals who tweeted with one of the shooters elton simpson, one is in syria, the other one in somalia. Joining us from london terrorism analyst paul crook shank and our correspondent atika shubert. Lets start with Junaid Husain. What do we know about him and his pa past . Hes a convicted hacker and really the only established hacker whos gone claims to have gone to jar to fight for isis. Convicted of computer offenses in 2012 for publishing the address book of tony blair, but also for hacking into the antiterror phone lines of mi 6, the u. K. Secret service. Its hes an established hacker but what makes him unusual his Online Presence is that hes always online, popped up numerous times under a number of different accounts and always cheering on these attacks including this most recent attack in garland, texas. Apatiently why u. S. Investigators are looking into what degree he may have had in either inciting or instigating that attack. Ive spoken to a former hacker who was part of his hacking team in 2012 and he described Junaid Husain as a sort of volatile individual bit of a prankster, and but he grew increasingly worried when he had his last phone conversation with him in syria and he fired off several automatic weapons. He described him as a dangerous individual. Paul what else do you know about this guy, Junaid Husain . Well we know wolf he went to syria in early 2013 that he connected with isis there, hes helping them try to hack isis enemies overseas. He was linked to that sort of death list they put out in march where they listed all the United States personnel. We know he was late to that wolf because he posted that from his twitter account. [ screaming ] were hearing extraneous noise over there. Whats going on . Basically, i mean were in the middle of karn na by street with an area with a lot of people and as you know theres also an election happening here in the uk. I think thats attracting a lot of attention. So thats where that extraneous noise is coming from. But as the election continues, this is going to be a concern but also Security Issues and this is why things like Junaid Husains twitter account is being closely followed by investigators. Thats right, wolf. Isis british fighters have called for attacks in the u. K. Against polling stations here certain amount of tension here in various forms leading up to the election. All right. Were going to leave you guys alone for now. Well get back to you, obviously theres a lot of excitement in the uk. The election is coming up in the next day or so. So were going to be having update on whats going on in the elections. Thats coming up later this hour. Atika shubert, paul crew shank, thanks very much. Coming up the controversy in the freddie gray case here in the United States. One of the Police Officers charged in this death, challenging the prosecutor over the knife gray had when he was arrested. 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Lawyers for the officer edward near ro and Garrett Miller requested to see the knife. Whats the distinction between how the officers and the states attorney Marilyn Mosby are describing the knife, whether it was legal or illegal, for freddie gray to be carrying that knife at that time . Hi wolf. Of course the question of whether the knife was legal or illegal is important because if it was a legal knife as Marilyn Mosby is arguing the officers didnt have a right to arrest limb. The lawyers for the two arresting officers say this was an illegal switch blade, illegal under the law here in maryland. They are demanding the states attorney the Police Department present this knife, produce the knife, so they can examine it and prove that, in fact, it was he was not allowed to be carrying this knife. Of course i spoke with a former prosecutor here who told me if it turns out that knife was illegal it could complicate the case at least against these two officers. So thats the issue they are bringing up. Of course it could take several weeks, if not longer to get a word back from that judge, a response on whether they will get to see that knife. Are there different rules . We had been told i dont know if this is true, theres one set of rules for that knife in the city of baltimore, another set of rules in the state of maryland or county of baltimore . Have you looked into that . I did ask a former prosecutor for the States Attorneys Office whether there was a disparity and she said she hadnt examined the law. She suggested there are sometimes different rules applied to the city versus the state and whats interesting here if thats the case in this particular case then the states attorney chose what rules to follow. She was able to select the rules governing Baltimore City. Its a little complicated in terms of the weeds, but the bottom line a lot of questions about the knife and whether or not it was legal. We, of course, havent seen it and so were not going to know the answer to that until that knife is produced. The mayor also requested, as you know a new investigation by the department of justice here in washington. Theyre already looking into whether freddie grays civil rights were violated. What does the mayor want . What is her request from the federal government right now as far as the baltimore Police Department is concerned . Right. This is a big deal, wolf. As you mentioned the d. O. J. Is investigating the case of freddie gray. The mayor wants to see the Justice Department investigate the entire Baltimore City Police Department to look into the patterns and practices of the Police Department, to determine if police have been violating the rights of residents. For instance violating the their Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure, an important civil right. She wants to have them look into that. This is similar to the patterns and practices investigation that the d. O. J. Conducted in ferguson, missouri. The officer in that case wasnt indicted but the department of justice did investigate the entire ferguson Police Department and, of course the municipal courts there and found that there was a pattern of civil Rights Violations so if the d. O. J. Decides to go forward on this they are actively considering whether to open that investigation, it will be a big deal and also take a long time. This is a much bigger Police Department, of course, than the one in ferguson, missouri. Certainly is. The mayor also made an announcement regarding body cameras. Whats her plan . Her plan she said was to have body cameras implemented here in the Baltimore City Police Department by the end of the year. Now i, of course asked how soon would body cameras be on every single officer. She said she didnt want to set any false expectations. Shes ordered her people to cut through any bureaucratic red tape there could be to fast track these body cameras. But its unclear at this point how wide reaching it will be by when. She said it would be the Biggest Program of body cameras of any department in the country. They want to study it and do it right. I should mention next week next tuesday, the governor of maryland larry hogan plans to sign a bill that would allow study of these body cameras so this is something they want to move on not just here in the city of baltimore but across the state. Wolf . All right. Thank you very much athena for that report athena jones reporting from baltimore. What a difference a day makes. Brand new poll Shows Hillary clintons growing more popular despite the controversy over the controversies over the last few weeks. Were standing by and well explain whats going on when we come back. If you cant put a feeling into words, why try . 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We had a policy when she was secretary of state that we would only continue accepting money from people that were already giving us money and i tried to recreate that policy as nearly as i can now during the campaign. With minor exceptions of our Health Care Work which we can talk about if you like. I think they all people know that. They understand that enormous percentage of health and Development Work around the world is funded by governments and multinational organizations and they fund us because they think were good at solving problems and taking advantage of opportunities. But we also have 300,000 other donors and 90 of them give 100 or less. So theres no evidence. Even the guy that wrote the book apparently had to admit under questioning that he didnt have a shred of evidence for this. He sort of thought he would throw it out there and see if it would fly and it wont fly. It wont fly. Is that what you say . It wont fly . It wont fly. Stay with cnn throughout the day to hear more of christians interview with the former president bill clinton. From questions about the financial practices from her familys foundation to scrutiny of about her private email account when she was secretary of state, Hillary Clintons campaign is watching the polls right now, but sometimes the information from these polls can send out some mixed messages. For example, the latest New York Times cbs poll shows 48 think Hillary Clinton is honest and trust worthy 45 do not think hes honest and trust worthy. A wall street journal nbc poll asked a similar but not exact question only 25 of the people think she is honest and straightforward, thats down from the 38 last summer. Lets talk more about all of this with our chief political analyst Gloria Borger and chief Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Gloria you have an important column on cnn. Com among other things you write this you say even though the new cbs news New York Times poll found a slight rebound in her favor regarding whether shes honest the public is still split on the matter and when you run for president , trust is not a small matter. These numbers, though, they seem to be a bit confusing. They are confusing, so we took a real look at it. Look wolf it depends on what youre comparing your new numbers to what the history of your numbers were thats why theyre divergent because the journal has had lower numbers for Hillary Clinton than the New York Times, but also it depends how you ask these questions. If you ask people is she honest or trustworthy yes or no one kind of an answer. Ask, rate her on a scale of 1 to 5, is she honest or trustworthy you will get a different kind of answer. Will it be a 4 . Shes a trustworthy 4 or 5. Its complicated. So these polls are divergent. But the bottom line wolf is i wrote, which is that she does have an issue out there with American Voters so far about whether she is honest and straightforward and thats something that the campaign rightly so is paying attention to. Its not just the Clinton Foundation the fundraising its also her emails the server and all of that. Theres been a whole lot of stuff thrown out there. Absolutely. And it doesnt help Hillary Clinton that you have more than a dozen republicans just so entirely eager to not necessarily hit each other, they Vice President been doing that theyve been going after her with all of the force and might that they have on a whole number of issues but because theyre watching the same polls that we are, on the issue of trust. And whether or not shes trust worthy because, you know, they see what happened to their republican candidate in 2012 not that mitt romney wasnt considered trust worthy but wasnt considered authentic and thats something that republicans to a person say is going to help whom ever is the republican nominee because most of them claim that they come across as who they are. You know gloria she was in las vegas yesterday speaking about Immigration Reform and she had some strong words, ill play a clip. We cant wait any longer for a path to full and equal citizenship. Now this is where i differ with everybody on the republican side. Make no mistakes today, not a single republican candidate announced or potential is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one. When they talk about legal status that is code for secondclass status. So shes not mining words as far as the 11 or 12 Million People in the United States who dont have legal status right now. She wants them dana gloria start with you, wants them to have an opportunity to become full citizens of the United States. She does. Its translation, bring it on republicans. There is no reason for Hillary Clinton to not take on the republicans on this issue. She could stand to do better with hispanic voters than she did when running against then candidate obama. This is a clear way for her to do it. She is not only saying let dreamers be citizens but let the parents of dreamers be citizens. This is a big step even beyond the president and i think she is saying to thep are bes, folks you want to have this debate and change the topic from what we were talking about before her trust worthiness to her stand on immigration a serious issue. Did it in nevada which has a number of hispanic voters. The other thing to glorias point republicans are saying okay bring it on and shes finally picking a fight with them at least a couple are saying okay be you want to fight, lets go. Read you quickly what Mike Huckabee said about the comments. Hillary has started her campaign with an open plea to win obamas third term supporting president obamas call for a pathway to squintship is in effect support for amnesty. So, you know gek again, within a republican and trying to prove to your constituentsy and gop and primary caucusgoers youre the person who can take on Hillary Clinton theyre more than happy to answer her call for a fight. Gloria talk about jeb bush a lot of Establishment Republicans think hes the frontrunner right now, but a new quinnipiac poll in iowa the first caucus state that does not show him doing well in iowa. Doing badly. Take a look at this. Scott walker the governor of wisconsin, 21 , marco rubio, rand paul 13 , hes down at only 5 in iowa. Whats going on . Not so good. Look i was talking to people from the walker team and you see walker is doing very well there, look hes out front, hasnt even announced yet. Clearly rubio and cruz look like they have a lot of staying power in the state of iowa and im told bush is personally making phone calls to activists in the state to say, consider me. Hes clearly got an iowa problem. He wants to play in the e evangelical field as dana was pointing out yesterday thats pretty crowded right now, so he does he does have a problem. But now they can say, we dont need to win in iowa just need to do well in iowa. Thats the point i was going to make which is the fact of the matter is because the kind of republican jeb bush is, he tends to appeal more to the establishment republican party. The expectations are already incredibly low for him to do well in iowa much more of an activist grassroots kind of place and it sounds like spin but in this case i actually based on my experience covering campaigns believe it to be true. That the expectations game is perfect for them. Theyre very low. They cant go lower than this. So, you know actually its walkers people who are concerned about peaking so early. Right. Who wants to be in first place now . Its coming up not that long from now. Guys thanks very much. Gloria and dana. Coming up new information the nfl is just releasing a new report on its socalled deflategate findings and the new England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady will likely not be happy about this report. The details coming up next. I have type 2 diabetes. I started with pills. And now i take a longacting insulin at night. I take mine in the morning. I was trying to eat right, stay active. But i wasnt reaching my a1c goal anymore. Man my doctor says diabetes changes over time. It gets harder to control blood sugar spikes after i eat and get to goal. My doctor added novolog® at mealtime for additional control. Now i know. Novolog® is a fastacting, injectable insulin and it works together with my longacting insulin. Proven effective. The mealtime insulin doctors prescribe most. 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This is huge in my mind wolf because this is the second offense for the patriots and especially under the microscope now will be tom brady who came out in the press conference and addressed this issue and said he had no idea about what was going on. Thats not what ted wells found and thats likely this how goodell will treat this as a second offense and may bring down the hammer on the patriots and maybe tom brady as well. One of the excerpts from the report let me read it more than probable that it is more probable than not that new England Patriots personnel participated in a violations of the playing rules and were involved in a deliberate effort to circumvent the rules. I know that the chairman and ceo of the new England Patriots robert kraft hes not happy with this. Hes disputing it saying they fully cooperated issued a lengthy statement saying while i respect the independent process in the investigation, the time effort and resources expended to reach this are incomprehensible to me although went on to say theyll abide by whatever the nfl tells them to do. Theyre disputing this conclusion. Where do we go from here . Wolf one thing, this is a 243 page report working through it to find more but i think that based on the fact that this is a second offense, we can look to the first offense, spygate, when the patriots were involved in illegally using sideline cameras, the organization was fined 250,000 there and bill belichick, the head coach was fined 500,000 for that and the team lost a first round draft pick. I think that theyre going to because of the second offense, its going to have to be at least as much maybe even more we can also look to spygate for reference about some possible punishment here. Thats when the new england saints involved in bounty gate. Sean payton suspended for a full year and goodell said ignorance was no excuse. Sean payton claimed to not know about the wrongdoings of the team it did not save him from suffering a year long suspension. It will be interesting to see how big of a hammer Roger Goodell brings on the new England Patriots in this. And maybe on tom brady the star quarterback of the new England Patriots because as we said the conclusion of this report its more probable than not that tom brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activity sies so a serious situation. Coy wire reporting for us thank you. Other news an election with big implications for the United States. Its not the president ial race here in the United States still 18 months away the u. K. Elections are tomorrow and british voters facing choices that could reshape their countrys global roles for years to come. Richard quest is joining us to help us better understand whats going on. The current Prime Minister David Cameron with the conservative party. The labor Party Challenger ed miliband they seem to be neck and neck. Theres a special relationship between the u. S. And britain. Tell us whats going on first of all in the u. K. Right now. What is all this mean because it looks very close between cameron and miliband. Wolf in all the years ive been covering politics and living in britain, weve never seen an election quite like this. The entire twoparty structure conservatives and labor, backwards and forwards has gone right out of the window. Its too close to call. The scottish party, the Scottish Nationalist Party may hold the balance of power. Weve got fringe parties who are antiimmigration. Weve got a coalition that may not survive. Wolf putting it bluntly, britain as it goes into this election tomorrow is facing absolutely, unchartered electoral waters. No one knows how its going to end tomorrow night. The polls are that close. We know the economy is a huge issue as the voters goil to the polls. David Cameron Conservative Party stays the country will have a referendum on whether britain should stay in the european union. How would that play out . Thats the interesting part from the United States point of view. Because the u. S. Is very keen that the u. K. Stays in europe and the u. S. Politicians and u. S. Diplomats, in fact u. S. Strategists are saying whats happening is that britain is looking inwards, antiimmigration looking at whether its going to pull out of the european union, questioning its trident defense replacement, looking at all these different areas, britain seems to be retrenching from a global position. Thats worrying in the United States and worrying for any administration coming into washington because the one friend theyve always known pretty much they can rely on is the person in number 10. Ed miliband the labor leader doesnt mind saying no to the leader of the free world and, wolf weve got a situation where washington may not be able to rely as reliably on london. Lets see what the results are. Well have obviously a lot of coverage coming up tomorrow here on cnn and cnn international. Richard, thank you. Coming up inside the mysterious world of nouk. The cnn north korea. From the countrys Nuclear Program to charges of human rights abuses no topic was off limits. Music continues [announcer] everyone works hard for a reason. Working together,we can help you prepare financially for when two becomes three. Wells fargo. Together well go far. Were back with a cnn exclusive, taking you inside the worlds most secretive country. For years weve heard stories about north korea and its alleged crimes against humanity. Everything from mass executions to political prisons, forced labor camps. So how does north korea view these charges from the outside world . Our own will ripley traveled to pyongyang to get some answers. Reporter north koreas Propaganda Machine turns out plenty of fiery rhetoric and highlevel officials fiercely distrust international media, rarely giving interviews. But a member of north koreas inner circle is speaking exclusively to cnn. Hes Deputy Director of a north korean think tank with close ties to the highest levels of government. No topic was off limits. South Koreas National Intelligence Service alleged that the marshall kim jongun ordered 15 executions of officials this year. Translator the report itself is malicious slander. Reporter he calls allegations the Supreme Leader is killing off his opponents baseless and groundless but does not deny executions do take place here. Translator its very normal for any country to go after those hostile elements and punish them and execute them. Reporter we also asked about north koreas growing Nuclear Program. Much of the International Community considers pyongyangs Nuclear Arsenal a threat to the regions stability. Translator we are equipped with nuclear weapons. Well continue to improve our Nuclear Arsenal as long as we are under threat from the United States. Reporter does north korea have a longrange missile capable of striking the mainland United States . Translator yes, of course. Reporter would north korea ever consider using that weapon . Translator we may use them if we are forced by the u. S. To do so. Reporter the north clearly undeterred by u. N. Economic sanctions. Pyongyang is also at odds with the International Community. On a recent u. N. Report alleging human rights abuses based on the testimony of hundreds of defectors who claim the north has a network of brutal prison camps. Translator we dont have political prison camps because my society is a society where we have no political strife factions or political divisions. As a result we dont have the term political prisoner. Reporter in north korea, you do not hear dissenting views in interviews with every day people or on the staterun media. In fact, most north koreaens koreans have no access to the internet. Yet, park says they are making strides in science and technology. College is free to those who pass rigorous entrance exams. The focus now, improving north korea koreas struggling economy. Translator they have now advanced in many different areas. Were a major power politically, ideologically, and militarily. The last remaining objective is to make a strong economic power. Reporter improving the Living Standard for north koreas nearly 25 million citizens means this nation must improve ties with the International Community. With mutual distrust and pyongyangs consistent refusal to disarm its nuke earclear arsenal there, seems to be no clear path to moving forward. Will ripley cnn, pyongyang, north korea. 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Side effects may include tiredness and headache. I am ready to put hep c behind me. I am ready to be cured. Are you ready . Ask your hep c specialist if harvoni is right for you. Trip to cuba could soon be just a ferry ride away. The u. S. Government has now issued ferry licenses to at least five companies. Travel to cuba still heavily restricted however with more lets get to cnns havanabased correspondent Patrick Ottman whos joining us now. Who will be able to take advantage of this Ferry Service when its only 90 miles from florida to cuba . Reporter thats right, wolf. And very soon we expect to see droves of american visitors coming to where i am standing right now, the harbor in havana. This will be the First Time Since the cuban revolution theyll be able to come by boat or regular Ferry Service. Of course, as you mention, it is restricted. Not anybody will be able to get on these Ferry Services once it is set up. But more people, with the loosening of restrictions will be able to take advantage of a Ferry Service. Were talking about journalists, cubanamericans visiting families people coming for research reasons, religious reasons, people coming here to investigate future Business Opportunities once the u. S. Embargo is lifted. So were already seeing an uptick in american visitors here. The flights from miami, and theyre added flights from places like new york to havana. Theyre always packed. This is just going to be one more avenue. It might take up to ten hours to come on a ferry from miami to havana but people are almost scrambling. They want to do it. They want to be part of history. They want to go across the straits of florida, go to sleep in miami, and wake up in havana just like their grandparents did before the cuban revolution. Some of these boats even offer gambling. Of course once they get into cuban waters theyll have to put away slot machines and card tables. Ever since fidel castro took over in cuba, one of the things he did was ban gambling. But lots of people excited about this new way to come to cuba. With his new opening in u. S. Cuban relations, a lot of tourists are going to want to go to cuba. Can they accommodate them yet . Reporter oh they need a lot of theres too much to build to really meet the demand the shortterm demand. Cuban officials have told me they expected just this year to see over 500,000 new visitors from the United States. Thats going to almost double what hay got last year if theyre correct. They say thats conservative. Perhaps close to a million visitors coming from the u. S. And thats still with certain travel restrictions in place. Theres just not enough room. The infrastructure is not here. Theyre going to have to do a lot of building. All the same people americans are coming. Theyll be doing it im sure. Thanks very much Patrick Oppmann in hahvana. Thats it for me. For our viewers in north america, newsroom with Brooke Baldwin starts right now. Youre watching cnn. Im Brooke Baldwin. Breaking news now from the nfl after months we are finally getting an answer on the infamous deflategate. Well thats actually depending upon who you ask. According to this league investigation, new England Patriots more likely than not deliberately deflated game balls during the afc championship game against the indianapolis colts. When you read further into this report it specifically says Quarterback Tom Brady of the pats likely had at least general knowledge of the possible violation. That finding a stark