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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. they've 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 can't be everywhere at once, frederica. >> it is amazing. all right, patrick ottman, thank you so much. appreciat...

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 is strange. you think of microwaves and heating up food and cell phones. but they're all weapons that...

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. you're live in the cnn newsroom hello on this sunday. tonight a major test for the bipartisan spirit that rained under the capital dome in the wake of john mccain's death. in less than 48 ...

Some pretty heavy baggage. renegotiating nafta, defending these proposed tariffs and of course his downgraded security cleens, we have patrick ottman. tell us what we're 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 got in a fight over who of course was going to pay for the wall that president trump wants to buil...

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. cnn's 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 from the storm and are facing another calamity. diplomates and nonessential personnel ander their fami...